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You can do a search for "X1300" on the forum. You should get these 2 at least:
https://osxlatitude.com/index.php?/topic/2032-dell-vostro-200/ (read Edit #5 too)
The patched kexts should even be available in the Vostro200 SL bootpack.
If you want to run Lion or ML or later on that Optiplex 745, you'll have to replace your ATI Radeon X1300 card to get full graphics support. If you need a low-profile card, the above Vostro 200 thread lists one that works OOB.
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Do you mean ATI Radeon Pro X1300 (X300 is a old laptop graphics chip if I'm not mistaken)? That is unsupported in Lion and above, only in SL (I posted the way to do it). The built-in Intel GMA3000 graphics is totally unsupported under Mac OS X.
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Sounds excellent Patel, thanks for sharing this. I'll test your solution with my DW1395 (affected by the 10.8.4 issue) and I would then suggest we add this to the list of EDP fixes.
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Patel4Prez has posted the following fix for broken wifi: https://osxlatitude.com/index.php?/topic/1695-e6410-mountain-lion-guide/page-18&do=findComment&comment=20857
Will test too and report back.
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What graphics card do you have in that Optiplex? Any BIOS settings for HDD like AHCI or RAID?
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Download a Chameleon installer off the web, but it looks like you've sorted that part out...
Try options such as PCIRoot=1 npci=0x2000/0x3000 GraphicsEnabler=No, you know, the usual stuff. Did you read the various existing posts about the Optiplex 745?
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Reboot off your USB key installer, interrupt the boot process and point to your freshly made Lion installation/HDD Lion partition. Once in Lion, re-install Chameleon and, if required, update to v2248 using Chameleon Wizard.
EDP does not install Chameleon, no, it merely updates it if you choose to do so; however, myHack should have done it but, sometimes, this fails...
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Tried to update to 10.8.4, as opposed to restart from scratch. It turned out pretty obvious: it's a simple matter of applying the combo update and re-run MLPF v0.3 for ML 10.8.4 on the ML partition! Here's the procedure to follow:
Phase 1 : update to ML 10.8.4/10.8.5
- download and install 10.8.4/10.8.5 Combo update but do not restart upon completion.
Phase 2: MLPF v0.3
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if necessary:
- make a new MLPF v0.3 installer USB key/disc/HDD partition.
- create Extra folder at root of your freshly made MLPF v0.3 installer and copy DSDT table + Chameleon boot plist + SMBIOS plist in the folder (from bootpack provided above or your current ML 10.8 installation).
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reboot your D430 and interrupt the bootloader at Chameleon delay bar. Select your MLPF v0.3 USB pen/disc/HDD partition and boot using options & flags DSDT=/Extra/DSDT.aml
arch=i386 -f - Once the MLPF installer has booted, pass the language selection screen and get to main OS X installer screen. Go to Tools and select MLPostFactor option in drop-down menu.
- Click on Continue until you get to the window that lists ML versions on the left and destination discs/HDDs in the middle.
- Select ML 10.8.4 in the left column and select your existing ML partition as destination.
- Once this is done, reboot your ML installation with -f bootflag.
- Launch myHack and re-run myFix (full) to rebuild cache.
- Open up Terminal and type sudo kextcache -system-prelinked-kernel -a i386 to rebuild 32bit-mode cache.
That's all.
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Looks like you might need a specific kernel for that Atom-based system. Let's see what we can do here...
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Good, but it doesn't sound that your WLAN card is an AR5B91 then. Did you verify the PCI ids?
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Big update indeed. Safely updated the D630. Nothing lost as far as I can see so far...
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Yes, you will always be prompted for that BIOS system password. Like you, I initially thought that was odd, but that's the way it works I'm afraid...
So you don't seem to have Sleep functionality working... How about when you simply close the lid?
Did you install the ACPI (CoolBook) fix in EDP at system build? That will install AppleACPIPlatform kext v1.3.5 in /E/E and you should then delete the kext of similar name (v2.0 in all likelyhood) from /S/L/E. Remember to re-run myFix (full) afterwards.
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Looks good. You should be Ok as long as you re-ran myFix (full) after you removed those kexts you mentioned above.
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No, there's no need to redo a System Build after changing BIOS and/or hibernate settings and order does not matter at all. You probably don't need SleepEnabler kext, so if you have it in /E/E, delete it and re-run myFix (full).
You can update safely to SL 10.6.8. Use the Combo update but redo the EDP system build before you reboot.
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First of all, make sure your BIOS is configured as per recommended settings in the dedicated thread. Then, make sure your Hibernate Mode is set to 0.
Once EDP System Build is done, you should have no problem whatsoever.
Intel 3945 is actually present in DSDT table. Don't hesitate to decompile, modify your text table source and recompile it to reflect true wireless card. This is just cosmetic...
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How is your HDD partitioned and formatted?
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Chameleon must be installed on HDD 1st partition.
Dual-boot is well supported but you may find 1) you have to play with DISKPART (to activate paritions) once you've installed Win7 and 2) you have to reinstall Chameleon...
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Boot off your myHack USB installer than interrupt process and boot your HDD partition. Then use Cham Wizard to update your Chameleon bootloader.
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What patched kext? AR5B91 is supported OOB, i.e. natively by OS X (real Apple Macs use that card).
Indeed, I have that card in my D630 nVidia and it works OOB in SL, L, ML and Mav and for all types of networks; I tested this.
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We've got an open list of supported/unsupported cards & dongles in R&D -> Network section: https://osxlatitude.com/index.php?/topic/2120-wireless-cards-inventory/
I'd also invite you to consult the wiki pages of InsanelyMac that covers supported HW components per OS X version quite well. Of course, this is only as good as contributors make it, but we do try and contribute there too! http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
There's a substantial list for 10.8.2: http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.php/HCL_10.8.2#Wireless
In all cases, I can only recommend to check the chip manufacturer's site and check for OS X support. There aren't that many: Broadcom, Atheros, Ralink are the main ones... For instance, if you're looking at Ralink-based card or dongles, look here: http://www.mediatek.com/_en/07_downloads/01_windows.php?sn=502
If you want to look at Realtek, same thing, consult their web site and look up each family of wireless NICs. For instance: http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/downloadsView.aspx?Langid=1&PNid=21&PFid=48&Level=5&Conn=4&DownTypeID=3&GetDown=false&Downloads=true
Then you can easily do a search on the net for chip # and see what pops up. That should give you some indications of potential cards or dongles.
The main conclusion is that you have to do some homework, as always...
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Which OS X version are you using?
This kind of connection issue was reported with 10.8.4 for cards that are not supported OOB but require a patched kext (eg: DW1395). I have that exact same card and it works OOB on clear/WEP/AES networks throughout the whole 10.6 to 10.9 Mac OS X range.
Check that you don't have a wireless kext lying around in /E/E. You could also remove all wireless reference from Network System Preferences panel and restart.
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It looks like you need to install the Chameleon bootloader. As indicated before, 10.9 needs Cham v2246 or above.
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There's no kext cache on your hard drive. Boot with flag: -f
That should do it, then rebuild your cache.
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In System Preferences you can override keys.
Or simply use Logitech keyboard layouts provided in Ukeleke dmg image. Copy them to /Library/Keyboard Layouts, then select Logitech
from Input tab of Language Pref Pane to activate.
WARNING: 10.8.4 update -> proceed with CAUTION
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Nah, I tried with Patel's file (I no longer have any 10.8.3 installation) and a DW1395 (which required a patched kext in /E/E) but no difference, so that's a no as far as I'm concerned for that card and Latitude D Series.