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    D630 Dock Compatibility

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    Docking model Dell PRO1 X for Adapter PA-10 and Dell D630 width Nvidia 135.The man who sold me did not even use it because it did not have the appropriate adapter PA-10. Monitor Fujitsu 22W6. For now it works flawlessly. :) I have had none methods. I just turned on and it works.

    Hi, what version of OSX are you running?

    My D620 Nvidia based laptop has gone belly up...

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    .....I assume due to nvidia graphics issue, my wife was using it and it froze with screen corruption - she handed it to me and no response - so rebooted and now I only get the power light, Bluetooth light and num-lock light - completely blank screen/no bleeps/no post!

     

    Assume it needs re-flow - but I don't have facilities to do this and can't say it's worth paying someone to do it (as it can't be guaranteed to last anyway and budget is low). I have read about doing this in an oven - but I don't fancy this - perhaps as a last resort.

     

    Any suggestions? I'm in the UK and it has a perfect 1440x900 screen. Budget is low and we have other laptops - so not critical to get it working immediately.

     

    I've looked at perhaps getting a second hand mobo - perhaps with Intel graphics - do the D620's with Intel on board graphics drive the 1440x900 screen OK? Intel as I don't want to risk another failure - mobo's seem to go for about £30 inclusive of P+P.

     

    Thanks in advance

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    EDP update not working?

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    -- E.D.P Rev. 424 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

     

    svn: access to 'http://svn.osxlatitude.com/svn/edp3/trunk' forbidden

    Your EDP have been updated, please restart EDP via edptool

    logout

     

     

    Trying to update EDP and get the above (understand 431 maybe the latest EDP Rev?).

     

    Any ideas (get the above on a D430 as well but that is already up to rev 431).

     

    Cheers

    D430 Lion Display is gloomy compared with Windows

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    +1 on that - after every cold boot the brightness always drops to below max brightness - but it shouldn't be flickery - just a bit dimmer than max - when you move the slider the brightness does go brighter/dimmer?

     

    But if you setup sleep (set a BIOS password but set it so it is not asked for when coming out of sleep) then you never really have to cold boot and have to adjust brightness :-)

    WIFI ISUES LION

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    Ok I have Dell Wireless 1490 card Im running Mac OS 10.7.4 and I have a problem because I can't connect to my hiden wifi I connect to other network Im typed my wifi name and password and It can't find my network but I have Ipod touch 4g and I can configure my network what should I do because it recognise so many networks not hiden in my region!! DELL LATITUDE D630

     

    What security do you have set? And do you mean you have hidden your SSID?

     

    If you make your wifi visible can you connect?

     

    Very little security benefits in hiding the SSID if you are using strong encryption (WPA with a good key).

    Updating Lion on Dell D620

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    Ahh, my mistake. I forgot 10.7.5 isn't out in the wild yet.

     

    But no, I haven't run Software updater. Should I? Just afraid of messing something up. :)

     

    I have just gone to 10.7.4 and left the Airport and 10.7.4 supplemental update until I got confirmation these didn't mess anything up - all other updates will be OK.

    Updating Lion on Dell D620

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    Hello,

     

    I am new here so I am not sure if there is somewhere that this is covered. So I am posting here. A friend asked me try to make his old D620(GMA) into a Hackintosh. I have been mostly successful in installing and running Lion(10.7) (except Wifi). My question is how do I update the OS beyond 10.7, to say 10.2 ect.

     

    Thanks!

     

    The OSXL guide here is great: http://www.osxlatitude.com/edp/pre-installation/

     

    But it doesn't mention the detail of updates and troubleshooting hardware issues (thats what the forum is used for until FAQ is populated with common issues).

     

    Do you know what wifi card is in the Dell? Intel cards do not work with 10.7 and the card will need swapping out with a broadcom one - DW1395 cards are common and cheap - a few quid/dollars on ebay. Card on D6xx series is under the keyboard (F4/F5 area) - check the Dell for workshops manuals - very simple to get access.

     

    My recent experience of a 10.7.4 update may be useful software wise: https://osxlatitude.com/index.php?/topic/1626-fresh-setup-no-wifi-or-ethernet/

     

    Download the 10.7.4 combo update from Apple first and grab yourself a copy of the kext I mention - which you can find here via a forum search or via google.

    Fresh setup - no wifi or ethernet

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    Well that kext was no good (a broadcom one from SL).

     

    So after much more kext shuffling, installing and myhack fixes - I thought this is just wasting time.

     

    So I did a fresh install again:

     

    > Used new USB stick as before (built with latest myhack and D430 bootpack).

    > After 10.7 initial Apple setup I did a copy of my original io80211familykext into extra/extensions and did a myfix quick and wifi worked after reboot - so card proved to be fine.

    > Then did a install of latest EDP - but didn't do build

    > Install of 10.7.4 combo - didn't restart

    > New build using EDP - D430 default config

    > Reboot - wifi broke

    > Did a copy of my original io80211familykext into extra/extensions again and did a myfix quick and wifi worked after reboot :-)

     

    So I'm on 10.7.4 with WIFI and ethernet working - so I must of messed up originally with a install of wrong kext or some update broke it.

     

    Just one more question - I now have 6 updates available - which normally I wouldn't worry too much about - but I don't want to break it again - so iTunes/Safari/RDP update/flashback removal tool I'm fine with but what about the AirPort Utility and MAC OS X 10.7.4 supplemental updates (the 10.7.4 looks harmless but the airport one makes me nervous) - any experiences of these updates?

     

    Cheers

    Fresh setup - no wifi or ethernet

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    yeah the wifi is a user supplied part as most latitudes are centrino with intel wifi.... put your wifi kext in E/E and run myfix from the myhack app

     

    Cheers, tried and same result. Tried quick and full my fix. Both kexts now exist in e/e and s/l/e - anything else I could try?

    Fresh setup - no wifi or ethernet

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    OK, I tried a update of EDP on my fully working D430 (10.7.3) and I just kept getting KP's and couldn't fix no matter what I did. So as the laptop has nothing critical on it I decided to create a new USB install sick (Lion) using latest myhack (3.1.2) and latest bootpack - just so I could try out the latest versions, get up to 10.7.4 and try out the new swanky OSXL instructions.

     

    USB stick setup went fine (replaced Extra as per OSXL instructions using myhack interface).

     

    Install went fine.

     

    Before doing EDP build I applied 10.7.4 combo update I had downloaded earlier. Then I did a EDP build and rebooted.

     

    All was good - apart from WIFI not working (ethernet was OK). So I downloaded all other updates and rebooted. All OK.

     

    Then I got around to fixing the WIFI which I thought would be a quick job (had been in the past).

     

    Applied ionetworkingfamily and io80211 kext's using kext helper (used the ones I had used when fixing wifi on my previous 10.7.3 builds - although I'm sure I only applied one of them in the past but latest post I found mentioned adding both?) - rebooted and wifi symbol appears but says no hardware installed! And the ethernet no longer works! In Network settings pref pane I get no ethernet or wifi when clicking + to add services. Only thing I can add is my WWAN card - which even if I setup I couldn't use as no 2g/3g signal where I am at the moment)

     

    Checked the obvious (WIFI switch and BIOS - WIFI is on).

     

    Did a full myfix - no difference.

     

    Did a new EDP build and rebooted - just the same (I was hoping this would at least get me ethernet back).

     

    I'm sure I'm missing something obvious here - any help gratefully received.

     

    Thanks in advance

     

    P.S. Only thing that seemed to be glaringly missing in the OSXL instructions was any mention of updates - somewhere between 2 and 3 on this page http://www.osxlatitude.com/edp/post-installation/ it needs to have a section on updating from 10.7 to whatever combo update is available as doing the 10.7.4 update after EDP build is going to break it.

     

    Also thought WIFI would get sorted by the latest EDP as well - or is this an issue due to amount of different WIFI cards?

    Dell D630 Intel - Lion 10.7.4

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    Hi!

     

    Thanks to you guys I have my Dell D630 with Lion 10.7.4.

    The only problem is that it Sleeps and i have to shut it down completly and boot again.

    Can someone help me please?

     

    Thank you!

     

    Hi karpais:

     

    Here you go:

     

    http://www.osxlatitude.com/getting-sleep-to-work-on-your-dell/

     

    But just one additional tweak that makes wake from sleep even quicker. In the BIOS you can set that the password you have set does not have to be entered when waking - thus saving a few seconds and you interaction when you lift the lid - the guide above needs this tweak adding - picked this bit of advice from bronxteck from memory.

     

    Cheers

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