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Open up a Terminal window and post us the result of the lspci -nn command. You might need to patch the nVidia kext to support your particular card. I see no reason why it would not be supported, being based on the 9600M chip: http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-Quadro-FX-770M.11707.0.html Are you booting with option GraphicsEnabler=Yes ?

You really should use the Search facility of the forum and read about Hackintoshing and installing ML throughout the forum and web site. You'd have found out that you can ignore this "installation failed" message and let your system reboot straight into ML! There's no need to reinstall!

@mcr: the nVidia 7300 will not be supported by ML, it's one of those chips dropped by Apple from ML). Replace it by a supported video board and you'll enjoy full QE/CI. The 745SFF is quite similar to the Vostro200 and that runs SL/L/ML/Mav without any issue as long as you have the right graphics card.

Yup, you need to read the forum or use the search facility.... It's all under your eyes on forum 1st page.

Male sur to use the correct boot pack and configure your BIOS settings according to recommendation. Please note that creating the USB installer from VMs does not always succeed. Also, please note that support that myHack 3.2 does not support SL installer well (from SL) and that you should use v3.1.2 for SL instead.

If you have an issue with the bootloader but manage to boot with the help of the USB stick bootloader, check your Chameleon version with Cham Wizard. Remember that Mavericks needs Chameleon v2246 or later.

Queries about MLPF should be posted on the MacRumors forum as we don't support it; as explained in the guides, it's not our hack and we don't necessarily master its specific internal details. Bear in mind that an MLPF installation remains a "bastardised" form of ML. This being said, I can suggest you check your Chameleon modules. If you don't have it, add the FileNVRAM.dylib module through Chameleon Wizard and reboot and check iMessage again. In the end, you may find that iMessage does not work with MLPF.

When you mounted (i.e. double clicked) your 10.9 GM dmg image, you got that white icon called "install OS X Mavericks". It's just the mounted container. Open it and copy its contents (the app with the X logo) to your desktop. You can then eject the mounted folder and use the extracted app when you create your myHack USB installer.

As I said, there's only 1 retail version of GM as far as I know. I'm no Apple-insider, but I don't think there's anything else available for developpers at the moment. How are you creating your USB stick? What are you using (tool & version)? With myHack, you must use version 3.2, pointing that "Install OS X Maverics" app when prompted for Mavericks. Don't point to the dmg image. If you're only mounting the dmg image & pointing to the app available in the opened image, the error message you've experienced may be persistent (I too had it). In that case, extract & copy the "Install OS X Mavericks" app to a disk or desktop and point to that extracted copy when building your USB installer. Everything should be ok then.

There's only 1 retail version of GM today. See my edit in the post re: installation.

If you have a Bluetooth module, that may stop working until you repatch the appropriate IOBluetoothFamiliy PlugIns. Apart from that, it's totally safe.

It'll come as no surprise to anyone: installation of 10.9 GM is 100% ok on the D630 nVidia. It can safely be installed over an existing DP installation, nothing lost. EDIT: Make the usual myHack USB installer with Mavericks GM (retail as usual) and install on the HDD/partition that contains your existing DP installation. It's not possible to update from DP to GM (no software option offered and no combo update exist). For the bootpack, just use the /Extra of the existing DP installation.

The M65 really is like a D820 with the NVS 110M of the D620 and you should be able to use the bootpack of either or... Make sure your BIOS is configured as per those models' recommended settings.

myHack cannot boot the Retail SL DVD per sé; myHack is an installer creator in that respect, not a bootloader. However, Nawcom's ModCD can boot your DVD so that you load the SL installer, either with legacy kernel (default mode) or with Mach kernel (if you specify it). I posted a very detailed guide about ModCD just a few weeks ago for a D430. Just follow it (you'll find it with a search on the D4xx section.). If you subsequently want to make a myHack SL installer, use myHack v3.1.2. It's easily done from a ModCD installation and a fresh Vanilla installation is a much better solution than that old and obsolete D430 image... EDP has also been completely revamped since you last used it a year ago, so once you've done your EDP System Build after your initial installation, you're totally safe to update to 10.6.8.

You haven't found the forum Search facility yet??? -> https://osxlatitude.com/index.php?/topic/2925-bluetooth-firmware-uploader/

Apple changed its IOBluetoothFamily kext again. It now resembles the kext from Mavericks. A direct consequence for many Hackintosh owners is that a Bluetooth module that was working under ML 10.8.4 no longer works under ML 10.8.5 and kext patching/repatching is required. S/L/E/IOBluetoothFamily PlugIns 10.8.4 S/L/E/IOBluetoothFamily PlugIns 10.8.5 S/L/E/IOBluetoothFamily PlugIns 10.9 DP8 AppleUSBBluetoothHCIController appears replaced by this new IOBluetoothControllerUSBTransport Broadcom and CSR kexts have again changed names -> this can kill off some CSR or Broadcom modules and the new kexts need patching. The old patches are good for the bin...

Start by the CPU, then graphics card. You'll probably have to try several models until you find out the best results.

Bluetooth is very easy to fix. We've mentioned it the minute 10.8.5 got out: Apple changed (again) the Bluetooth kexts, so patching/repatching is required. Patch CSR or Broadcom or whatever kext applies to your module. Use lspci if required to identify your exact module.

Take the Intel 3945 wireless card out or disable it in BIOS for a start. That can lead to KPs.

We've posted an article about this in the "Articles" section of the Web site. You would need to find the Mac that best matches your own specs, then edit Fake SMC to include the associated SMC key id.

Try a recent version of Kozlek's HWmonitor. If SpeedStep is working, you'll see your various CPU cores frequency throttle.

As long as your install was made from the onset with myHack + EDP, you don't need to re-install. I would just do a new EDP System Build with default settings, only choosing the BCM4315 in the wifi kexts list.

In Network Preferences, did you try the + button at the bottom to add the wireless card manually? Which kext did you copy from the D630 to the D830? If you have one of the latest EDP versions installed (if not, update), you can easily do a fresh System Build and manually select the kext for the Broadcom 4315 in the Wifi list. That'll copy the Broadcom43XXFamilyrev2 kext to /E/E. It works; that's what I have on my D620 with ML 10.8.4.

That link looks totally outdated... Use the official truk link (http://forge.voodooprojects.org/p/chameleon/source/tree/HEAD/trunk) or use Chameleon Wizard to update to one of the more recent 2.2 versions.

Ok, the error is actually when booting ModCD, not the Retail SL DVD... You used the latest version downloaded directly off Nawcom's site, right?