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I figured the FSB would be main limit as far as processor choice...... I was worried that an upgrade like this would mess up the current installation - thats a relief knowing that it doesn't Thanks so much for the input!!! Matt

I have done research online, and found that the D830 processor is upgradeable, and can go as high as the T9500 C2D 2.6GHz. I currently have the 2.0GHz C2D (I think its the T7500). Now I have a few questions - First off, is my research correct as far as being able to use the T9500 processor??? Second, Will doing this affect my current installation of Lion 10.7.2??? Third, I am running BIOS version A11 - Will I have to upgrade to the latest BIOS (A15) to perform this processor upgrade??? Fourth, If I do have to update the BIOS, will this affect the Lion install I currently have??? Thank You all for reading, and for your time..... Have a good day!!!! Matt

I am curious. I have this black screen issue swell, but only intermittently. I can shut down, and restart, and most times it start working again. Will this fix work in my case aswell??

I had that issue with mine too. I had a USB keyboard/mouse combo that I used to complete installation. After doing the EDP install, internal keyboard/mouse worked great..... Matt

Thanks for the welcome Leon!!! It worked great, again thanks to you and your crew!! Im excited what more do you have in store??? Matt

Just dropping by to say hello. My name is Matt. I have always been a windows guy, as it is what I grew up on. My brother, however, is Mac through and through. He has a mac mini, and a macbook too. I got to play with those 2 Mac's, and I began to fall in Love with them........I think I have converted My first Mac purchase was my own Mac Mini (a used one from EBay, a 2009 model), that I have hooked up to my HDTV for Netflix, and internet searching and what not..........This fueled the fire even more...... Now, I began looking at MacBooks, and realized this was way out of my budget, so I began researching Hackintoshes and stuff like that. I succeeded in installing Snow Leopard on an old HP NC6320, but various things did not work.......then I figured out how to install Snow Leopard on an AMD PC, and this was an awesome, yet long, journey, but I love it..... Then I found this website, and soon after, I purchased a Dell D830 due to its easy compatibility with OSX, and the loads of specific information resourced here. This was a couple weeks ago, and I must say, I am now a OSX guy, and furthermore, I Love my new Dell 'MacBook Pro' Thanks to this website the conversion on this Dell was simple. I am glad I did what I did, and don't think I will be going back to Windows anytime soon!!! Again, just wanted to say thanks to all those that put this website together, and thanks for all the research and development that you geniuses do!!!!!! Matt

Did you update to 10.7.3 through the Apple updater??? If so, was there anything special you had to do before reboot or anything?? Matt