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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...

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.

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.

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

Did you boot with any flags or options? Just use -f -v.

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.

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?

You need a retail version of OS X.

Try different PS2 kexts off EDP, one of them surely supports the blue nib, but I could not tell you which one.

ML and Mavericks are 64bit kernel only... 32/64bit kernels stopped at Lion. Will look at your IOReg + DSDT tonight.

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.

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?

When you mention the BIOS, I take it you're talking about the HDD mode. You may not have AHCI setting available, in which case, yes, do try whatever option is available. I could be wrong, but I think several people reported issues with having the HDD detected in the OS X installer on that model. Boot with -v so that you see where it reboots, but a reboot usually means some unsupported hardware (could be incorrect BIOS settings) or a kernel issue. You would not normally expect a kernel issue with your Core2Duo-based Optiplex. You also mentioned a PCI-X video card, but I guess there's no PCI-X slot in your Optiplex and you meant PCIe (for PCI Express, presumably x16), right?

ML does work with Bronya's ML AMD RC5 kernel as stipulated here my guide. Of course, it won't work with Bronya's Mavericks kernel... There is clearly something wrong with your myHack installation since kexts placed in /E/E cannot be properly installed. Did you delete myHack.kext in /S/L/E as suggested, then reinstall myHack utilities?

Your /Extra has anomalies: no SMBIOS plist for a Mac model profile and the boot plist is not what I would have expected. Furthermore, if you still can't use the lspci -nn Terminal command, I suspect your kexts are not installing properly. Try and delete /S/L/E/myhack.kext, then re-run myHack->install myHack utilities and reboot with -f -v PciRoot=4. org.chameleon.Boot.plist.zip SMBios.plist.zip

Finally fixed the graphics injection in my DSDT patch which imposed to use the NVenabler64 kext: turned out I had 3 x typos !!! "@0,device-type" /* dash '-' */ "@1,device-type" /* dash '-' */ "device-type" /* dash '-' */ where it should have been: "@0,device_type" /* underscore '_' */ "@1,device_type" /* underscore '_' */ "device_type" /* underscore '_' */ Basically, I had copied/pasted a previous line and kept a "-" where a "_" was expected! Stupid! Now I no longer need the NVEnabler64 kext in Lion, ML or Mav. Post #6 updated accordingly. The tiny graphics defects I had on the desktop are gone too. 10.9.2/10.9.3 graphics issue still not resolved though...

Mmm, are you installing ML with a distro? It sure does not look like a myHack install, which would naturally explain why lspci did not work and why simply copying the kext to /E/E would not do much...

You will never get graphics working unless you enter the PCI root value that matches the default DSDT in BIOS or you use a DSDT to overwrite it to 0. Can you please zip your /Extra and post it here?

So you have ML 10.8.5 working with full QE/CI on your GeForce G210 when you use the EFI string in your Chameleon boot plist, right? If that is so, stay like that and stick to ML. You may try again Mavericks using the same EFI string, but it may not work. If you do try, maybe you should make a dedicated partition for the trial. I'm still trying to work out the problems. There could be an issue with the latest kernel from Bronya and the old Intel E7525 chipset, I don't know. Or it could be a stupid issue of connectors at the output of the card. I will try my GT610 again with a DVI-I to VGA adapter to see if it changes anything. I'm also going to put your EFI string through a decoder so that I convert it to a readable form. Hopefully something will come out of that and it could be injected as a DSDT patch as opposed to an EFI string.

The patch... https://osxlatitude.com/index.php?/topic/2120-supportedunsupported-wireless-cards-inventory/

Are we expected to guess the model of your wireless card?

It usually is a good idea to follow instructions but human nature is... human . A different D620 would have left you with an unbootable system but never mind, bottom line is you have ML 10.8.5 working on your D620.