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Moved and titled edited as this is only applicable to US residents...

Yes, look in R&D->Hardware section of the forum.

Hi, please note that Chameleon bootloader does not know of specific national keyboards and assumes a US (UK?) English QWERTY keyboard. This can affect place of "=" key, but should not affect "i" key (but I could be wrong of course). There's nothing a BIOS can do about that and since, this happens before OS X is loaded, no kext to cater for that either. Once in ML, you probably need to apply a proper layout that matches your specific national keyboard. I always recommend to use the Logitech Layouts provided in Ukelele: http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&id=ukelele Copy the 2 files specific to your country to /Library/KeyboardLayouts, then select the Logitech entry in your Language/keyboard Pref Pane.

Did you look at the Vostro 200 guide and use the bootpack? What graphics card do you use? The built-in GMA3100 is unsupported. https://osxlatitude.com/index.php?/topic/2032-dell-vostro-200/

Why don't you use the Logitech keyboard layouts available in Ukelele package? That will sort out your Hackintosh regarding true keyboard layout. Up to ML, you can complement this with DoubleCommand to reassign keys, so that Win key becomes Command key or End/Home keys work as in Windows. DoubleCommand is not supported under Mavericks (makes system hang), but you can do more basic keys re-assignments through keyboard Pref Pane. If you want to proceed with the above, do a little search on the forum as I've detailed the procedure before.

Don't pull your hair, buy one of those supported models off ebay or something. They cost peanuts. On my D630n, I'm using the Atheros AR5B91, which is natively supported On my M4300, I'm using the Dell DW1395 with patched Broadcom kext (clear wireless network with MAC @ filtering - haven't tried encrypted mode) On my Vostro Dekstop, I'm using the Tenda W522U USB dongle (supported with drivers available off Ralink's web site).

Try VoodooHDA (one of the latest 2.8.x) + AppleHDADisabler for audio. If you do a Google search for BCM5752 kext, you should easily obtain one off the Net For bootloader, you should install Chameleon Wizard app and use that to install Chameleon on your Mavericks partition (has to be v2.2 r2246 or above). You'll need a working access to the Internet for that. Failing that, look on the Net for an installer package for a recent Chameleon version (r2246 or greater).

Well, according to Leon, his X201s is quite different from "regular" X201: different screen res (he's got the WSXGA+ 1440x900 LCD) and probably different kext like framebuffer... So, you're not out of muddy waters yet I'm afraid.

I had that kind of graphics non-sense when installing ML (or was it Mavericks?) on a E6420. All I required was the correct DSDT, which I got from one of JakeLo's posts. But booting with the incorrect DSDT would give me this sort of things...

Ha, if you can't see what you're doing, I see your issues! How about trying to force to a lower resolution through the Chameleon bootloader? You know, with option such as "GraphicsMode=1024x768x32". Or trying to force display to an external screen?

Did you use the guide published in the EDP->Supported Models with Guides section of this forum?

Ok, so check and possibly add your SATA controller ids to the ICH9M section of the IOATAFamily plist. That may work. You should also remove that Intel wireless card, at minimum disable it in the BIOS.

It's in myHack generic boot pack and in many OSXL boot packs. You can also do a search on the forum using the full kext name.

If you have Wake from USB enabled in BIOS, try to disable it.

If you took your E5500 HDD out and used it via a USB adapter on another machine running Mac OS X to do whatever was required, there's nothing wrong with that. It looks like you manage to boot the OS X installer on that E5500, right? I would suggest we try to identify the exact PCI ids of your HDD controller. You could do that by placing the lspcidrv kext (if you do not already have it) in /E/E of your installer (run myFix (quick) on it afterwards) and once booted up to main installer screen, go to Utilities->Terminal and type lspci -nn. That will hopefully give us the full hardware specs of that laptop and it may turn out that we need to patch the IOATAFamily kext. I remember helping a forum user to do that and it fixed his HDD detection issue, so you never know...

You tried to disable CE1 in BIOS as advised in that same thread? Looks like it solved the problem for a few people.

Hi, In theory, you can "upgrade" to Mavericks by doing a fresh install over your existing ML partition. You wouldn't lose anything. However, I would strongly advise that you 1st try a fresh install of 10.9 on a small dedicated partition. This could avoid any nasty surprises in case there are issues. At least, you'd keep your ML installation intact and you could make an image out of it to keep as a full backup.

Here are BIOS settings that are known to work on M4300 with nVidia Quadro FX 360M GPU under SL, Lion, Mountain Lion and Mavericks. These settings were tested and verified with BIOS A11 and A15 (don't go beyond version A15). Onboard Devices: . Integrated NIC = enabled . Internel modem = enabled . External USB ports = enabled . Parallel port = Off (or anything else) . Serial port = COM1 . PC Card and 1394 = enabled . SATA Operation = AHCI (ATA found to be working too, having forgotten to change to AHCI) . Module Bay Device = Enabled . Flash Cache Module = On or Off . ASF Mode = Off . Microphone = Enabled Video: . Ambient Light Sensor = Off . Brightness = max . Brightness (AC) = max . Primary Video = Onboard Video Security: . Admin Password = not set . System Password = not set . Internal HDD PW = not set . Password Change = Permitted . Password Bypass = Off or Reboot & Resume Bypass (or any other value) . Wireless Switch Change = Denied . Wi-Fi Catcher Change = Denied . CPU XD Support = Enabled . Signed Firmware Update = Disable . TPM Security = Off . TPM Activation = Deactivate . Computrace® = Deactivate Performance: . Multi Core Support = Enabled . Dynamic Acceleration = Off with Merom T7xxx CPUs (otherwise FSB speed is reduced), On with Penryn T8xxx/T9xxx CPUs . SpeedStep Enable = Enabled Power Management: . Auto On Mode = Off . Auto On Time = xxxxxx . USB Wake Support = Enabled (allows waking from USB when laptop is plugged on mains; no Sleep/Instant Wake issue experienced) . Wake on LAN/WLAN = Off Docking: . Undocking Method = Hot Undock . PCI Slot Monitoring = Enabled Silent . Universal Connect = Enabled POST Behavior: . Adapter Warnings = Off (or Enabled) . Fn Key Emulation = Scroll Lock . Fast Boot = Minimal . Virtualization = Off or Enabled . Keypad (Embedded) = Fn Key Only . Mouse/TouchPad = Touchpad-PS/2 . Numlock LED = On . USB Emulation = Enabled Wireless: . Internal Bluetooth = Enabled . Internal Wi-Fi = Enabled (keep to Disabled if you have an Intel card, they're not supported and need to be replaced) . Internal Cellular = Enabled . Wireless Switch = All . Wi-Fi Catcher = Enabled

Just updated the M4300 to BIOS A15 and A17 using above method, so I can confirm it works.

Fair enough, I've no non-C2D systems, so never actually verified that particular point. I indeed used v3.1.x when I briefly had a D420 earlier this year. Meantime, I guess you'd have to make a small partition at the end of your E6220 HDD with ML on it then...

I had a look at that /Extra pack and most specifically at boot plist; it's quite a weird one: C-States + C2/C3/C4 states are ticked in the plist, yet there's a nullCPUPowerManagement kext in /E/E... Drop SSDT is ticked, yet there are no SSDT files provided to replace the BIOS tables... There's no DSDT table either, but that might not be required. FakeSMC v4.3.10 is used in /E/E, maybe it would be useful to know if there was a particular reason for that version (myHack uses v4.0 by default and we recommend Kozlek's v5.x.xxx when attempting power management/graphics management tuning). PXHCD kext is for USB3.0 ports. No idea if this is supported in Mav or not, you'll see soon enough once/if you manage to install 10.9 I would start by correcting that boot plist to start with: untick all those C-States/C2/C3/C4 boxes and DropSSDT boxes to start with and tick SystemType whilst selecting Laptop model. It's not mandatory, but you could also either untick the GraphicsMode box (right now it uses the default res) or change it to your actual LCD resolution (usually the better option). SMBIOS plist for MBP6,1 is used, you may want to check if that's the closest match to the M4600 specs; if it's not, amend as appropriate. When in Mav 10.9, you may experiment with Kozlek's FakeSMC, SMBIOS plist and P+C States boot plist parameters, removing that nullCPUPowerManagement kext of course.

You should be able to make a Mavericks 10.9 installer with myHack 3.2/3.3 from SL 10.6.8. It's making a SL installer that can be problematic.

As a test, you could try to reboot your myHack installer and, once you get to the main installation screen after language selection phase, try to connect to your wireless network using the wifi icon at top right corner, next to language flag. At that very early stage, you would normally succeed using a card that's supported OOB, like the DW1510. If it still fails, then you could have a dodgy Mac OS installer & installation, since your card appears fully functional in other OS -> try to re-install from scratch.

Mmm, I wonder if Kozlek's recent FakeSMC devs support AMD CPUs. If they do, that could probably help your CPU throttling and power/heat management.

I do, but I usually prefer the easier/simpler method of the BIOS-extracted HDR file copied to a USB key/pen: take battery out unplug power cord plug USB pen in press and hold [END] key plug power cord in on red power LED, count 2s and release [END] key wait for BIOS update to complete and PC to reboot with new BIOS Works for D420/D430, D620/D630, D820/D830 and more... 'haven't tried on the M4300 yet, but I expect it to work since it's a very close cousin of the Latitude D Series.