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  1. Hervé
    A problem with the Lion installation app/package maybe? Legit copy or torrent download?
  2. Hervé
    And up to 10.10.3, still using Bronya's 14.0.0 RC7 kernel. In order to safely reboot into Yosemite, I had to: reinstate AxmanA's or ToraChiyo's IOPCIFamily kext (fix for boot-to-white-screen issue with my GeForce 9800GT) replace pthread kext by ToraChiYo's rewritten 10.10.2's version (vanilla version gave me systematic KP) re-binpatch IOGraphicsFamily kext (to fix final stage bootscreen graphics glitches) ToraChiYo_IOPCIFamily.kext.zip ToraChiYo_pthread.kext.zip IOGraphicsFamily.kext.zip
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    Why don't you revert to our standard myHack v3.3.1 + bootpack proven method? Boot the installer, format your target disk partition "Mac OS X extended (journaled)" on a GPT partition scheme and let it run its course. You can then tune up using the complete pack I posted several times in recent months. EDP appears best avoided on D Series since many users reported problems after use... Lastly, don't forget to apply performance tuning actions as detailed here.
  4. Hervé
    Ok, so it's a Haswell i7-4700MQ, nominal speed 2.4GHz and max Turbo speed 3.4GHz. Did you generate a SSDT with the usual script tool for your own CPU? If you didn't, please note that it is required/mandatory to obtain adequate CPU power management. You'll find the tool and detailed instructions at RampageDev's blog. The CPU Power Management setup process also requires that you use the correct SMBIOS profile (Clover normally selects the correct one, with Chameleon you need to select it manually). In your case, it could be MacBookPro6,1/6,2 or possibly 11,1; it really depends on your specs. This SMBIOS profile can have an incidence on the number of intermediate CPU multiplier you'll obtain between LFM frequency (say 800MHz for instance, I don't know which it is for the i7-4700MQ) and nominal frequency (2.4GHz). The SSDT should then provide all or most of the turbo multiplier between x25 (2.5GHz) and x34 (3.4GHz). Make sure you do not activate P States or C States generation, whether it be with Chameleon or Clover. You may not have to select option "DropSSDT", though it is often required. There are various tools to monitor Core "i" CPU SpeedStep; DCPIManager does provide a facility to monitor CPU multipliers for instance. And, of course, HWMonitor (choose the version that comes with FakeSMC) will display CPU speed/multiplier/voltage/T° on a (near) real-time basis.
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    Straight update on Chameleon-based installations, no particular issue, at least on the D630 nVidia. As usual, SSD Trim has to be reactivated through IOAHCIBlockStorage kext binary patching (replacement of string "APPLE SSD" by a string of "00"). Of course, AGPM kext also needs repatching to regain throttle of the NVS 135M GPU, following details described in dedicated thread. IOAHCIBlockStorage.kext.zip On the E6440 with Intel HD4600 graphics, things require a little more work due to the need to patch the Intel graphics-related kexts + OpenCL framework library. But it's the same as with previous Yosemite versions so no surprise there. On my Bronya's AMD kernel-based Precision 670, I had to replace the pthread kext by a rewritten version to avoid CPU-related KPs at boot time.
  6. Hervé
    No, not as bad, but your CPU sounds like a low end T7100 or T5670 Merom C2D. Penryn T9x00 CPUs with larger L2 cache and higher frequencies are better suited for Mavericks and Yosemite which are more power hungry. Add an SSD and you'd have a decent enough Hackintosh laptop.
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    D630 PCMCIA

    Hervé replied to Lubbits's topic in The Archive

    There it is: https://osxlatitude.com/index.php?/topic/1847-pcmcia-firewire-on-d620/?hl=%2Bd630+%2Bpcmcia&do=findComment&comment=13221
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    D630 PCMCIA

    Hervé replied to Lubbits's topic in The Archive

    From memory, PCMCIA was supported up until 10.6.6 and died with 10.6.7 or 10.6.8. Something like that anyway; could be wrong with specific versions. I did some tests ages ago, there might be an old post/thread in the archive. SmartCard reader, I've never tried, never had the use for it.
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    It'll run but I think you already know the answer in terms of performance expectations.
  10. Hervé
    If the CPU seems to operates at Turbo speed all the time, you clearly have an issue with CPU power management. How did you set that up? What exact CPU model is it? One thing to note is that your "basic" 2.4GHz frequency is probably the max nominal frequency, not the minimal speed of the CPU which should be way below. I invite you to research and read about Intel CPUs and things like SpeedStep, Low Frequency Mode, High Frequency Mode, etc.
  11. Hervé
    You may not be aware of it, but there is a search facility on the forum at very top and very bottom of the browser page: http://www.osxlatitude.com/edp/compatibility/ http://www.osxlatitude.com/edp/documentation/pre-installation/ https://osxlatitude.com/index.php?/topic/6731-d630-nvidia-yosemite/ https://osxlatitude.com/index.php?/topic/2120-supportedunsupported-wireless-cards-inventory/
  12. Hervé
    Meantime, you may try to boot with Chameleon flags and options -f -v PciRoot=4 GraphicsEnabler=Yes and see where that gets you.
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    Ok Goran, here are a few quick comments. 1) as expected, the DSDT uses a default PCI root value of 4; that's a pretty common thing on Dell workstations/high-end PCs: Device (PCI0) { Name (_HID, EisaId ("PNP0A03")) Name (_UID, 0x04) Name (_ADR, Zero) ... The _UID can usually safely be changed from 0x04 to Zero (or 0x00); that'll allow to boot Chameleon with its default PCI root value and avoid the need to specify boot option PciRoot=4. This is very important to get things like graphics cards working properly. 2) your IOReg output shows an AMD Radeon HD 6950 (device id 0x6719, vendor id AMD 0x1002) under PCI2@5. This means that if you need to inject cards properties in your DSDT, you'll have to do it under/within Device (PCI2) at address 0x00050000. You can consult RampageDev's blog for details on that particular part but basically, you'd need to add a Device (GFX0) section with full _DSM method to describe the required info using data available in the IOReg. It seems that personality is Lotus (a name that suits me fine... but for cars!).
  14. Hervé
    if you got there with 10.8.3 AMD kernel, then fine. I would recommend you use Bronya's 10.8.5 kernel once you've updated to 10.8.5 (use the Combo Update). Can't really help you on the mouse/trackpad/keyboard issue, you'll need to identify your hardware (e.g.: Elan; ALPS) and use the appropriate kext set then .
  15. Hervé
    No need for PCIRootUID=0, Chameleon uses 0 as default value... Did you install the PS2 kexts from myHack's generic pack (AppleACPIPS2Nub + ApplePS2Controller)? These usually work OOB.
  16. Hervé
    Try Bronya's 10.8.5 RC5 kernel instead. You'll get it here: https://osxlatitude.com/index.php?/topic/2061-dell-precision-470-670-workstation-snow-leopardlionmountain-lionmavericksyosemite/page-2&do=findComment&comment=35008
  17. Hervé
    The generic pack is Ok. Did you or did you not replace the vanilla (=Intel) kernel installed during installation on the HDD partition? What you did to the USB installer in that respect needs to be repeated on the ML HDD... You cannot use a vanilla Intel kernel on your AMD machine, so make sure you always replace the file called "mach_kernel" at USB or HDD root by the AMD version. Then boot with flags -f -v.
  18. Hervé
    I've just tried to verify DW1395 operation under Mav 10.9 and Yos 10.10. DW1397 is similar but 1/2 size mini-PCIe. I could not get the card to work, whether using the dedicated mode BroadcomFamily43xx kext or patching the vanilla IO80211Family kext. Assume DW1397 to be unsupported and needing replacement under Yosemite... https://osxlatitude.com/index.php?/topic/2120-supportedunsupported-wireless-cards-inventory/
  19. Hervé
    Which kernel did you choose to go for? You did follow up the initial installation with vanilla (Intel) kernel replacement, right? Did you install the generic bootpack when building your myHack USB installer, then install it too at the end of the myHack installation?
  20. Hervé
    Use boot flags -f -v to see what happens.
  21. Hervé
    Yes: start by giving us some setup info/system specs...
  22. Hervé
    Once you've formatted (Mac OS X Extended (journaled)) your freshly created OS X partition, you install ML on it! If the HDD partitioning table is MBR, make sure to use the MBR patch too. NB: If you don't want to risk losing any data in the process, I'd make some image/backup of your existing Windows/data partitions 1st if I were you... One is never too cautious, especially if a beginner.
  23. Hervé
    You only extract a DSDT if you intend to patch it; otherwise it's useless, Chameleon can read it from BIOS directly. Post your raw extracted DSDT and we'll see what we can do with it. You also need to extract your IOReg using a tool such as IORegistryExplorer. Download it and save the output to a file. Post that file too and tell us which version of IORegistryExplorer you used. Ideally, you should try and boot without DSDT and a default bootpack that will have the outmost minimum kext set: FakeSMC + PS2 controller + NullCPUPowerManagement eventually. You could always download myHack v3.3.1 and extract the generic bootpack found inside the app.
  24. Hervé
    Check your BIOS for graphics card selection, then boot with Chameleon option GraphicsEnabler=Yes
  25. Hervé
    Why would you use the DSDT of a Precision 690? You should never do that sort of thing (use another computer's DSDT) unless the systems are very closely related and based on the same hardware (like Inspiron 530 and Vostro 200 or Latitude D630 and D830 for instance). Try a manual installation with Chameleon and then extract your DSDT from BIOS; we'll then see if to needs patching.
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