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Try the VoodooBatteryManager.

You could also try with Virtualization Technology on. Surprisingly, I've had a Dell Latitude E6xxx that would not boot Mavericks unless Virtualization was enabled in BIOS...

Possibly. There are indeed AMD8000Controller and AMD9000Controller kexts in 10.10 and that's new. Support might be ported to 10.9 in some later releases. http://netkas.org/?p=1331 http://forum.netkas.org/index.php?topic=8481.0

That list shows names of ATI FrameBuffer personalities. Look those up on the web. To work under OS X, your integrated graphic chip would have to belong to a family of ATI cards/GPUs currently supported by OS X. It's not the case here...

In theory, yes. As I always say, try and you'll see. GT 820M, I can't say I've seen that much...

You should still have same HD3000 graphics...

You can ignore that message, yes.

I would have expected the DSDT to be the same regardless of the CPU; however, if you're using one, the SSDT table would naturally differ from one CPU to another. The SSDT generator tool has been mentioned in many posts, you'll quickly find out about it and it's very to use to make your own tuned-up table.

Pending EDP fixing, you can use the attached /Extra. It covers everything in terms of hardware support so no need for EDP on that front. You'll have full QE/CI, audio, battery management, CPU power management, etc. once you've re-run myFix (quick) and rebooted. D630i_HiRes_10.7.5.zip

Full /Extra below. It contains all the kexts and settings you need to support your complete hardware (i.e. no need for EDP fine-tuning re: hardware). Please note the DSDT in that pack was edited to reflect DW1490. It's just cosmetic and can be easily edited with tools like DSDTEditor (or TextEditor if you decompile it). D430_10.7.5.zip

Nope, clicking HDD means it's started the end of its life. It may last a while like that but prepare to change it. Anyway, that's off-topic.

Assuming your BIOS is configured for PCIe graphics card to be primary, you may need a DSDT patch to inject the card details. You could may try to boot in safe mode (-x flag) to see if that gets you to Mavericks desktop. You may then manage to extract a raw DSDT from BIOS and a full IOReg output.

Glad you eventually got there. Now what you write about partitions in point 2) is misleading. It's perfectly Ok to have several partitions and it's perfectly Ok to have an MBR partitioned HDD, not GUID, as long as you know it and apply the MBR patch if applicable. Your particular experience with an obviously incorrect/unknown HDD partition arrangement does not apply to everyone.

Use the pack I provided, it has everything you need. Don't use EDP for the moment. To me, your problems are probably due to an incorrect or unfinished myHack USB installer. myHack installs Chameleon by the way. You can update to a subsequent version thereafter but it's not mandatory. I would recommend you proceed as follows for your installation: with myHack v3.3.1, build your 10.9 installer on your GPT-partitioned target USB key, having been erased and renamed to XYZ for the avoidance of doubts, re-run myHack and: install myHack utilities on your USB installer install Chameleon on your USB installer install Extra->"own" pack (not Generic) on your USB installer, pointing to the pack I provided and that you'll have downloaded boot the USB installer and proceed with installation on your target HDD/SSD towards the end, myHack should prompt for /Extra installation (use "Your own" and point to /Extra folder of USB installer) and kexts removal. If not, your installer is not correctly made

Here's a good and working complete Mavericks pack for the D830 nVidia. Just tested on a D830n LoRes for a fresh 10.9.4 installation with myHack v3.3.1. BIOS was A16 and configured as per posted recommended settings. Target HDD was a SATA 120Go 7200rpm. D830n_Mav_pack.zip

One never knows, but I doubt your integrated HD3000 would be dying. But if you were up for a CPU upgrade, you would soon find out...

Maybe a little 10.9.4 bug? 10.9.5 will be out soon, hopefully it'll fix this.

Thanks for that useful contribution. You should attach that kext for the benefits of others.

The NVRAM module is a Chameleon boot loader module. You place it in /Extra/modules along with any other Chameleon modules. That's where they go to be loaded by the boot loader.

Why on earth would you mix that bootloader with myHack when myHack installs the full legit Chameleon? Stick to myHack/Chameleon. If you've done basic research, by now you know that Optimus is unsupported on Hackintoshes and you need to disable your nVidia GPU to fallback on the integrated Intel HD (usually, people cannot disable the integrated Intel HD GPU to stick to the discrete GPU). If you can't do it in BIOS, you'd have to get this done through a DSDT patch.

Yes, you need to run myFix (quick) every time you modify kexts in /E/E or replace the actual /Extra, as is the case if you use the pack I provided. Until you do that, your changes are just ineffective.

I've corrected your GPU info to HD 4600. For Ethernet and wireless, please specify brand and model as current info is of no use right now.

Mmm... Look here to begin with. Then, a basic search on our forum would have normally led you here too...

I'm not too surprised this XPS 720 is problematic: it's based on nVidia nForce 680i chipset, not an Intel one. So, you're probably going to need specific kexts to handle that. You probably won't be able to boot successfully with standard IOATAFamily kext.

@Diddlesom: please post the detailed hardware specs, otherwise people who have no experience on this particular machine won't even be able to help you.