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Assuming you use Chameleon as boot loader, did you try to specify resolution in boot plist?

Loss of shutdown capability is probably due to a change in the DSDT table. You need to work that one out with Dinesh, although you could start comparing your previous DSDT with that provided with Dinesh if you know a little about DSDT tables.

Hi, can you please start by giving us your T430 specs so that we can maybe compare them those of the model integrated in EDP. Then, if you need a specific DSDT/SSDT patching for your model, I strongly suggest you make a query for it using the procedure listed here: https://osxlatitude.com/index.php?/topic/1945-dsdtssdt-patching/

Install Chameleon Wizard and double click on your Chameleon boot plist in /Extra; you'll then see all those options you inquire about. Chameleon wizard will also show you your current version of Chameleon; that can be important as some recent versions have a kind of bug where the bootloader keeps memory of previously used boot flags and options. You should be able to use Chameleon r2189 without issue (update if necessary). If it appears to keep memory of previously used flags and/or options, press a key at bootloader delay bar, delete any flags or options that may be listed and replace them them with a space. The booptacks are a minimum set of kexts and tables required to boot myHack installer and complete your initial OS X installation on your system. EDP is the fine-tuning post-install tool that you run to finalise your OS X installation. EDP will enable all those functionalities that may be missing at initial installation (audio, SpeedStep, TrackPad, etc.). When you run EDP and do a system build, use all default kextpacks that are offered. Your D830 will then be fully functional after a reboot, whether trackpad or audio. The default ANV-Slice trackpad kext does require a light finger for moving the mouse and a slightly heavier/normal finger for scrolling. It takes a little habit to get use to. If you want to change your trackpad kexts, re-do an EDP system build and choose a different trackpad pack. Sleep should be working natively without issue and without SleepEnabler kext. Same for CPU management: it does not require nullCPUPowerManagement kext. So, if you see those 2 in /Extra/Extensions (that's where all non-Vanilla kexts should go), delete them and rebuild caches & permissions with myFix (full). Finally, remember to check your BIOS settings against those published in the pinned thread.

You can update to 10.6.8 with the Combo update. Remember to re-run EDP upon update completion and before reboot. You should be able to use the D820 bootpack, as long as you replace its DSDT with that of the D620. Keep a copy of it at HDD root under a name like DSDT_D620.aml, so that you can always manually call on it (eg: boot option "DSDT=/DSDT_D620.aml"). After EDP, copy it back to /Extra under the name DSDT.aml.

PCMCIA is supported with early releases of Snow Leopard, but breaks with subsequent releases (from 10.6.6 if memory servers me right). You'll be better off replacing the Intel 3945 PCIe card by a supported model such as one of the Dell DW models.

Hi, what's your screen resolution?

You can do anything you want with /Extra folder on a myHack installer, but yes, you need to run myFix afterwards to repair permissions and rebuild caches.

Wake from USB is usually a BIOS setting. Have a look there.

Can't recall anyone talking about a Tosh here. Give it a try and let us know... If you need DSDT/SSDT tuning, look at the research section.

Great news, thanks DaFOB. Another one to the list... Edit: For subsequent ML 10.8.4 update, ML 10.8.5 update and 10.8.5 security updates, see the D430 MLPF guide. For fresh installations, refer directly to the D630/D830 MPLF guides.

ML installation mostly, if not always, ends up with "installation failed". Ignore it and try rebooting into your fresh ML installation.

Lion (and above) requires a Core 2 Duo PCU. Core Solo/Duo won't do. The D520 documentation stipulates that the laptop is equiped with either Intel GM945 or Intel 940GL, therefore can take Intel Celeron M, Core Solo, Core Duo or Core 2 Duo CPUs. Graphics is GMA950. The BIOS info page of your D520 will list its exact specs. Change your CPU to a Core 2 Duo (FSB 533 or 667MHz) and your problem should be solved. I guess the D520 is like the D620, i.e. you would need a socket M CPU, not a socket P.

myHack works properly with my 16GB USB key as well as with numerous IDE/SATA HDD connected externally via USB. Works also on internal HDD/partitions.

Then you my have a dodgy USB key... I'd also recommend you run the latest possible BIOS for your model and check that the BIOS settings follow the recommended ones (look at D620/D830 BIOS settings if necessary).

The Optiplex 755 is one of our desktop systems that's been integrated in EDP. Our OSXL bootpack does include the necessary kext for the LAN interface. Did you use our method to install Snow Leopard (i.e. myHack installer + bootpack) ? Should your LAN NIC still be undetected/unavailable, check the identity of you built-in LAN interface so that we can point you to the appropriate kext. It will require to be added to /Extra/Extensions and you'll have to run myFix (full) to repair permissions and rebuild cache afterwards. Secondly, you won't go far with the on-board Video chip; it's the unsupported GMA 3100 if I'm not mistaken, so you need an add-on PCIe x16 supported card to get full QE/CI.

The display sleep issue is a known one; it also affects the D620. It's to do with the nVidia chip; it's probably something to do with DSDT. Basically, if the display goes to sleep, it'll only wake to a grey screen. In that case, the best you can do is put the entire computer to sleep and wake it. For the rest, it still sounds like you're still without bootloader. You're probably not following the procedure 100%.

03 Jan 2024 - The posts below are kept for pure historical reasons. ML having been out of support and without further update since Aug 2015, any installation should now proceed directly with ML 10.8.5 and all (security) updates installed before applying MLPF.

Presumably, when you say "EDP", you mean OSXL bootpack. EDP is a totally different thing: it's the tuning tool to get your final installation in place.

Re-run myHack and select "install Chameleon"; target your USB installer. it looks like you're without bootloader. I assume that when you 1st created the myHack installer, you opted for "10.6 installer", right?

You lean the blue nub? I think so... Do a search on the forum, it's been discussed before.

You need to sit down a little longer to finish to RTFM! You've gone all over the place, in all directions, a bit like a headless chicken... You need to familiarize yourself with Apple Macs and Hackintoshing before you jump into this too quickly. You still don't grasp this bootloader matter in particular. Take your time, do your research on the Internet, you'll avoid frustration and disappointment, because it appears you're coming off a long way... Your laptop is one of the easiest model to install Snow Leopard on. You're going to use Nawcom's ModCD to start with because "all" you have is the Apple DVD (it has to be the retail version by the way). You boot off the ModCD and when the background display appears with instructions at the bottom, swap CD/DVD for your Apple disc then press F5. The Mac OS X installer should then load off the DVD. Once loaded, you'll have to click continue or next a couple of times and you'll get to the main installer screen. Go to the "Utilities" menu in the top menu bar and select "Disk utility". You'll then see your internal HDD and you're strongly advised to wipe it out entirely, partition it with option GUID (not MBR); create 2 partitions if you want OS X + Windows and format your 1st partition Mac OS X (journaled); you can leave your 2nd partition unformatted for the time being. Once that is done, exit Disk Utility. Back on the main screen, select your freshly made OS X partition (if you double click on it, you'll be offered to select/unselect a few options; you can uncheck languages and printers for instance) and proceed with installation. At the end, you'll obtain a "vanilla" (i.e. a "natural" real-Mac-alike) Mac OS X installation that you can reboot into. You would normally be able to reboot straight into your fresh installation on the D620 (I know you can on a D620 nVidia) and complete 1st boot setup before you get to the Snow Leopard desktop. At that stage, you'll have completed what I'll call your Phase1. Not everything will be operational yet, far from it, but you will be in a situation where you can prepare a myHack USB installer and then restart the installation process from scratch in a way that'll get your entire hardware functional under Snow Leopard. Put your retail DVD back in the laptop and open up Disk Utility (click on "Go" in menu bar, select "Utilities", then "Disk utility"). You should see your HDD with its partition(s) and the DVD underneath. What you want to do now is an image of that retail DVD, so click on it and select "Image" at the top of Disk utility. Create that image under a name like "SL_image" and save it on your desktop. This will take a few minutes. Meantime, go online and download myHack 3.1.2 tool. You'll use this to create a USB installer that will be bootable, will contain the while Snow Leopard installation package and the OSXLatitude bootpack that is necessary for your specific D620. Download the bootpack off our web site. You're now going to need a USB key of at least 8GB, or an external USB HDD. That's gonna be used to create your USB installer. Using Disk Utility, partition it GUID and format it Mac OS X (journaled). Once your SL image is done, run myHack, select "Create 10.6 installer" and follow the instructions displayed. Select your USB key or HDD as target volume. Towards the end, you should be prompted for an "Extra folder". Select "Use your own" and point to the bootpack you'll have previously downloaded. later on, if/when asked to remove kexts/extensions, answer "Yes" to all of them. In the end, you'll have a USB installer that you'll use to re-install Snow Leopard from scratch, your very 1st installation just being a temporary one. From there one, follow the procedure detailed on our web site, which you should read thoroughly, especially the EDP pages. Don't use unifail or stuff like that, our OSXLatitude method is much better on those D Series laptops and well proven. Good luck.

Permissions repair? Cache? Security settings to allow non-Apple apps?

Ok, so it's what Bronxteck said: vendor id 14e4 and device id 4315. Basically, same as DW1395 or DW1397. It works with the patched IO80211Family kext or one of the BCM43xx kexts.

myFix is fully integrated to the EDPWeb system build procedure. It's run at the end of the build. You can update to 10.8.3 at any time, before of after doing your EDP system build. There's no impact at all.