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Dell Latitude E6230 with Toshiba THNSFJ256GCSU 256GB SATA-III 2.5" 7mm SSD (SATA-III connection @6.0Gbps):

Enoch load kexts from /E/E as long as you remember to use a kernel.plist file in /Extra that contains the option KernelBooter_kexts set to Yes.

Try the nVidia Web driver. You can also remove the PCIRootUID=0 from your boot plist, that's the default value used by all bootloaders.

Lid sleep and wake works Ok with Enoch Chameleon branch. I've got no problems on my D630... Regarding the power button, action menu is obtained by pressing [CTRL-PWR] and Sleep by pressing [ALT-CMD-PWR] (or [ALT-Win key-PWR]).

Ok, well, that's really weird. How's your FakeSMC kext tuned with SMC keys?

This is a SandyBridge platform, not an Arrandale one. As such, MBP8.1 or MBP8.2 SMBIOS is better suited.

Again, remove generation of C States and P States and try without nvda_drv=1. Also, boot without cache using the -f bootflag (not -F with a capital f).

@ssprod: I can't explain that weird behaviour other than mis-configured performance tuning (SMBIOS profile, generated SSDT, patched AICPUPM/NullCPUPM). I have not experienced such misbehaviour on my E6220 between Yos and EC and this is roughly the same platform, just a little version of your E6420.

Are you saying that, in order to obtain proper/full CPU power management on this SandyBridge platform, you have to use an IvyBridge-based MacBookPro10,1 board id alongside the SMBIOS id of an Arrandale-based MacBookPro6,1? I must admit that this sounds kind of strange... Wouldn't the full full SMBIOS of a MacBookPro8,1 or 8,2 work as well? This would be the normal way to enjoy proper CPU power management as long as you've generated the SSDT with the well-know generator tool.

PCI root id is usually found right under Device (PCI0) of the DSDT; it's the value assigned to parameter _UID in a line that should look like: Name _(UID, 0xnn) --> where nn = PCI root id in hex By far and large, this value is usually set to 0 but some computer manufacturers opt for a different one. For instance, Dell, on their desktop workstations for which they very often used/use a value of 4. This can be safely replaced by a value of 0 in a patched DSDT. Failing that, you need to add Chameleon boot option PciRoot=x, where x is the decimal value of the number found in the original DSDT. Don't bother with patching AICPUPM for the moment, stick to NullCPUPM until your system is bootable and appears operational; you'll then be in a better position to do the fine tuning. I see you have the nvda_drv=1 boot option active. Try without. Did you set GraphicsEnabler to Yes ?

Well boot without cache, in verbose mode and 32bit kernel mode to check where things get stuck: -f -v arch=i386

You'll find I posted a few D430 packs in the D4x0 section. You'll have to search for it, I can't remember which threads exactly.

It's been reported many times by folks who use the VoodooPS2Controller kext for keyboard and trackpad: keyboard layout or mapping does not appear fully recognized when typing text. Example on a French AZERTY keyboard: The key is often not properly interpreted when typing and appears to be swapped out with key found right under [Esc]. This problem is usually due to the VoodooPS2Keyboard PlugIn of the VoodooPS2Controller kext not calling on ISO keyboard layout. However, this is configurable through the Info.plist file of the PlugIn where the associated parameter is very often set to false. Turning it to true usually fixes the problem. So, in order to enjoy proper keyboard layout/mapping recognition, try and adjust your Info.plist from this: <key>Use ISO layout keyboard</key> <false/> to this: <key>Use ISO layout keyboard</key> <true/> Hope this helps! I've verified the fix on my E6220 and E6440 so I know it works for the Latitude E Series; no reason why it would not work for other systems too.

To ascertain full graphics acceleration, you can simply open up DVDPlayer (assuming your E6420 does have a DVD Player) and display the "Supported Features" from many "Help". Everything will be supported with full graphics acceleration.

Keep the vanilla GMA950/graphics kexts.

No need to re-install SL: use myHack->Install Extra option.

You don't select C States and/or P States generation on anything post Core2Duo CPU generations, i.e. Sandy bridge/Ivy Bridge/Haswell/Broadwell/etc. Instead, you select DropSSDT in your boot plist and generate your CPU-specific SSDT with the well-known generator. You'll have to use NullCPUPM kext until you use the patched AICPUPM kext in order to avoid KP. Look at my guide for the HP EliteBook 8560W that had an i7-2630QM + nVidia Quadro 1000M. The GPU was natively supported. I just had to enable DualLink and/or BackLight in the Chameleon boot plist. Set GraphicsEnabler to Yes. Use MacBookPro8,2 SMBIOS rather than MBP6,1. Latter is unsuitable for SandyBridge platforms since based on Arrandale... IGPEnable is not a Chameleon-supported option, so don't bother with it, it's useless...

Tried the D430 pack?

There used to be a bootpack for the D520. Maybe Dinesh kept a copy somewhere in the archive data. I would not expect any specific kexts for GMA950. All D420/D430/D620/D820 ran SL with vanilla kexts as far as I know (and I've had 2 of those between my hands for some time now with a brief spell with a D420).

Battery indicator should work Ok with one of the latest ACPIBatteryManager from RehabMan (v1.6x).

And by now, you should know that Intel wireless are not supported in OS X... Do not confuse Wireless card and on-board LAN/Ethernet card.

It's not just legacy BIOS mode that's required. HDD mode is expected to be set to AHCI for OS X installation to succeed. On these laptops, the HDD default mode is often set to RAID...

You misunderstood: I'm not talking about the partitioning of the USB installer but that of the target installation disk... I've assumed your USB installer was created properly and could be booted up to OS X installation screen.

But bear in mind that Dogbert's published code/tool will not work on Latitude E Series BIOS lock... It only works on older Latitude D Series and/or older Inspiron models.

Try to post us the details of your LAN hardware as detected so that we can identify what you have; these details can be obtained through tools such as DCPIManager or lspci -nn Terminal command if you've got the lspci package installed (myHack does that). For example: or E6220:~ admin$ lspci -nn pcilib: 0000:00:02.0 64-bit device address ignored. 00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family DRAM Controller [8086:0104] (rev 09) 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0126] (rev 09) 00:16.0 Communication controller [0780]: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 [8086:1c3a] (rev 04) 00:16.3 Serial controller [0700]: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family KT Controller [8086:1c3d] (rev 04) 00:19.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation 82579LM Gigabit Network Connection [8086:1502] (rev 04) 00:1a.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 [8086:1c2d] (rev 04) 00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller [8086:1c20] (rev 04) 00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1 [8086:1c10] (rev b4) 00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 2 [8086:1c12] (rev b4) 00:1c.2 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 3 [8086:1c14] (rev b4) 00:1c.4 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 5 [8086:1c18] (rev b4) 00:1c.5 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 6 [8086:1c1a] (rev b4) 00:1d.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 [8086:1c26] (rev 04) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation QM67 Express Chipset Family LPC Controller [8086:1c4f] (rev 04) 00:1f.2 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family 6 port SATA AHCI Controller [8086:1c03] (rev 04) 00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller [8086:1c22] (rev 04) 02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation Centrino Advanced-N 6205 [8086:0082] (rev 34) 09:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Atheros Communications Inc. AR928X Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) [168c:002a] (rev 01) 0a:00.0 SD Host controller [0805]: O2 Micro, Inc. Unknown device [1217:8221] (rev 05) 0a:00.1 Mass storage controller [0180]: O2 Micro, Inc. Unknown device [1217:8231] (rev 03) E6220:~ admin$