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Dell Precision 670 - Paxville - BIOS A07 - GT210 black screen (ML & M)
Hervé replied to vanguart's topic in The Archive
I'm the one who added this specific reference to Paxville DP CPUs; for the rest and as I said, see with Bronya if you believe SSSE3 is not emulated. -
Dell Precision 670 - Paxville - BIOS A07 - GT210 black screen (ML & M)
Hervé replied to vanguart's topic in The Archive
You'd have to see with Bronya for that... SSSE3 emulation is a kernel matter. -
Did you check your power saving settings in the Preference Panel?
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Is this in Sys Profiler? How about in tools such as HWMonitor. You can always try to repair disk permissions and/or run myFix (quick).
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Make sure you use the right boot pack and all should be Ok with myHack USB installer. BIOs should be configured as per recommended settings in the dedicated thread in this very section. So just read the web site and forum.
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@ssprod: What do you exactly mean when you say in point 5: "erase Windows partition"? I hope you did not actually delete the FAT partition to recreate a new one, but simply reformatted the partition NTFS. If you really did delete the actual partition, you can restart it all from Mavericks, i.e. recreate the target Win7 partition in Disk Utility and format it FAT. Then reboot to your Win7 installer and install Win7 but do not destroy the Win7 partition, just reformat it NTFS and proceed with installation. How did you organise your disk partitioning in Disk Utility? Is your Mavericks partition 1st and Win7 2nd? I'm also wondering why you're booting off your myHack USB installer and not your HDD directly? Didn't you install Chameleon on your HDD?
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Compare the USB sections of both DSDT files. When sleep is not working, it's usually an issue with USB ports.
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Configure your D820 in the same way as a D620 and you'll find everything works fine. It's all explained in various thread in the D6xx/D8xx section of the forum. Don't hesitate to use the Search facility.
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Dell Precision 670 - Paxville - BIOS A07 - GT210 black screen (ML & M)
Hervé replied to vanguart's topic in The Archive
Use an older version of Flash Player, like v11 or v12. -
[Dell Latitude XT] Runs OS X Lion only from USB HDD
Hervé replied to ikianyong's topic in The Archive
Mmm, 'had a quick look at the Dell Latitude XT online documentation. It stipulates AMD RS600ME/SB600 chipset with integrated graphics Radeon X1250 and PATA/ATA66 ATI controller. Unless you can find support for that controller through some specific ATA kext, there's little chance to get your internal HDD supported. To top it all, I fear you'll probably never have graphics support for that ATI Radeon X1250 beyond Leopard or Snow Leopard (if at all supported in those). For your HDD, have a look here, here, here or here. To be honest, you'll probably find OS X on your Latitude XT to be a dead-end. -
[Dell Latitude XT] Runs OS X Lion only from USB HDD
Hervé replied to ikianyong's topic in The Archive
It would help to list the specifications of the machine. Can you use Terminal command lspci -nn and post the results? It appears you have no graphics acceleration at the moment... -
Mavericks bootpack for D430 and best stable chameleon bootloader for d430
Hervé replied to usmalu's topic in The Archive
1. No such bootpack no. There is no point installing Mavericks on GMA950-based systems: there is no graphic support so it's next to useless... https://osxlatitude.com/index.php?/topic/2672-d430-d620-and-x3100-based-d-series-mavericks-109-installation/ At best, you can install ML with the MLPF special hack. 2 & 3. Download, install and run Chameleon Wizard. It'll help you learn what's feasible with Chameleon. You can safely use the latest version available through the wizard on a D430. CW will show you all those options you're after. -
Yes, again through Chameleon Wizard. You'll see an option to hide partitions.
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You may have a Win logo in the list of available OS, it just depends on your Chameleon version and optional theme used (it works with default theme). Yes, use Chameleon Wizard to adjust this setting: by default, there us a timer but you may opt for the Instant Menu to manually decide each time (please note this means no auto-boot is possible). ? Yes, it's a simple matter of replacing the boot logo file in /Extra/Themes/default. Rename the current OSXL logo into something like 'boot_OSXL' and drop the attached original logo file with the filename 'boot.png' in there. boot.png.zip Yes, just disable automatic login in Users & Groups Preference Panel. The best tool to manage your bootloader really is Chameleon Wizard. I highly recommend it. You'll easily find it on the web.
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Dell Precision 670 - Paxville - BIOS A07 - GT210 black screen (ML & M)
Hervé replied to vanguart's topic in The Archive
arch=x86_64 -> 64bit kernel mode. That's the only supported kernel mode in ML or Mav, so it's the default mode with those. I see you're back with your EFI string, so if this works for you, keep it! Here is the code I had entered in your raw DSDT: Device (GFX0) { Name (_ADR, Zero) Method (_DSM, 4, NotSerialized) { Store (Package (0x16) { "AAPL,slot-name", "PCIe x16", "@0,compatible", Buffer (0x0B) { "NVDA,NVMac" }, "@0,device_type", Buffer (0x08) { "display" }, "@0,name", Buffer (0x0F) { "NVDA,Display-A" }, "@1,compatible", Buffer (0x0B) { "NVDA,NVMac" }, "@1,device_type", Buffer (0x08) { "display" }, "@1,name", Buffer (0x0F) { "NVDA,Display-B" }, "NVCAP", Buffer (0x14) { /* 0000 */ 0x04, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x03, 0x00, /* 0008 */ 0x04, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x07, /* 0010 */ 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00 }, "VRAM,totalsize", Buffer (0x04) { 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x40 }, "device_type", Buffer (0x0C) { "NVDA,Parent" }, "model", Buffer (0x13) { "nVidia GeForce 210" } }, Local0) DTGP (Arg0, Arg1, Arg2, Arg3, RefOf (Local0)) Return (Local0) } } And here is the code your EFI string converts to (with PCI root still set to 4): <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd"> <plist version="1.0"> <dict> <key>PciRoot(0x4)/Pci(0x4,0x0)/Pci(0x0,0x0)</key> <dict> <key>@0,compatible</key> <string>NVDA,NVMac</string> <key>@0,device_type</key> <string>display</string> <key>@0,name</key> <string>NVDA,Display-A</string> <key>@1,compatible</key> <string>NVDA,NVMac</string> <key>@1,device_type</key> <string>display</string> <key>@1,name</key> <string>NVDA,Display-B</string> <key>NVCAP</key> <data> BAAAAAAAAwAEAAAAAAAABwAAAAA= </data> <key>NVPM</key> <data> AQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA== </data> <key>VRAM,totalsize</key> <string>0x40000000</string> <key>device_type</key> <string>NVDA,Parent</string> <key>model</key> <string>nVidia GeForce 210</string> <key>name</key> <string>display</string> <key>rom-revision</key> <string>nVidia GeForce 210 OpenGL Engine [EFI]</string> </dict> </dict> </plist> or The only thing I did not include in the DSDT patch is the NVPM info. So, here it is: dsdt.aml.zip -
Dell Precision 670 - Paxville - BIOS A07 - GT210 black screen (ML & M)
Hervé replied to vanguart's topic in The Archive
Did you boot with any flags or options? Just use -f -v. -
Dell Precision 670 - Paxville - BIOS A07 - GT210 black screen (ML & M)
Hervé replied to vanguart's topic in The Archive
Hi, try the attached /Extra. It's basically a mirror copy of my ML 10.8.5 /Extra folder in which I have replaced my DSDT by your DSDT patched with details of your nVidia GeForce G210 as taken from your IOReg dump. I've also patched Device (PCI0) so that the root _UID is changed from 4 to 0 (so no need to boot with PciRoot=x or PCIRootUID=x). Replace your existing /Extra with the attached, the re-run myFix (quick). Extra.zip You can also use the attached HWMonitor app to monitor CPU and GPU T° and frequencies. Place it in /Applications folder, run it, then click on the Finder's bar icon to go to Preferences (via gearing icon in top right corner of pop-down menu) where I recommend you don't select 'Check for updates' and select 'Start HWMonitor at login'. HWMonitor.zip Let me know how it goes but everything should work, you have exactly the same Precision 670 as me, graphics card and DSP/IO cards apart. -
Dell Precision 670 - Paxville - BIOS A07 - GT210 black screen (ML & M)
Hervé replied to vanguart's topic in The Archive
A couple of things with kext cache: make sure your AMD kernel is copied as 'mach_kernel' at HDD's root. if myHack/myFix do not seem to rebuild cache properly, do it manually with following Terminal commands: sudo kextcache -system-prelinked-kernel ls -l /System/Library/Caches/com.apple.kext.caches/Startup/ You should see something like that once kext cache has finished rebuild: pc30:~ admin$ ls -l /System/Library/Caches/com.apple.kext.caches/Startup/ total 33992 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 89429 Jun 1 19:17 IOKitPersonalities_i386.ioplist.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 89429 Jun 1 19:18 IOKitPersonalities_x86_64.ioplist.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 41 Jun 1 19:17 KextPropertyValues_OSBundleHelper_i386.plist.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 41 Jun 1 19:18 KextPropertyValues_OSBundleHelper_x86_64.plist.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 17214481 Jun 1 19:18 kernelcache pc30:~ admin$ -
Which model of D620? Did you configure the BIOS as recommended in the dedicated thread?
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You need a retail version of OS X.
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Try different PS2 kexts off EDP, one of them surely supports the blue nib, but I could not tell you which one.
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Dell Precision 670 - Paxville - BIOS A07 - GT210 black screen (ML & M)
Hervé replied to vanguart's topic in The Archive
ML and Mavericks are 64bit kernel only... 32/64bit kernels stopped at Lion. Will look at your IOReg + DSDT tonight. -
D430 lion 10.7.x failing to get to initial setup screen
Hervé replied to pongc's topic in The Archive
You would not normally have to do that manual permissions repair. Maybe you have a corrupt myHack application from the very beginning. -
For sleep/wake, you need to do 2 things: set a BIOS System password set hibernate mode to 0 with Terminal command sudo pmset hibernatemode 0 Upgrading to Lion means a fresh install from scratch with myHack + boot pack, yes.
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Dell Precision 670 - Paxville - BIOS A07 - GT210 black screen (ML & M)
Hervé replied to vanguart's topic in The Archive
Regarding the patching your DSDT, please use the attached apps and, assuming you boot WITHOUT any DSDT file: run IORegistryExplorer and save the output of your IOReg and post it here. Just do a File->Save as when the app opens and shows the IOService info. run Chameleon Wizard and extract the raw DSDT table, then post it here. Go to DSDT tab, then Compile/Extract and in the lower half, click Save (you won't be able to do that if you've booted with a DSDT file). IORegistryExplorer.zip Chameleon Wizard.zip By the way, what are these Motorola DSP and PLX IO cards listed in your PCI hardware?