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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.

A few comments: you really should partition your drive GUID, not MBR. are you installing Mountain Lion? With ML, expect an "installation failed" error message at the end, but it's just false alarm. You can reboot straight into ML afterwards, no need to boot with the USB installer. what size is your D830's LCD? did you use the D830 nVidia bootpack? The "voice over" audio you hear on reboot is another typical feature of ML: you get this on initial boot at the beginning of the final setup procedure. I've done several ML installation on D830s nVidia 135M and there's no problem at all on 1st reboot after myHack+OSXL bootpack installation.

More likely a problem with chameleon boot file and NVRAM module. What do you see with a -v boot flag when it freezes?

What you're experiencing is perfectly normal: you can't just boot an Apple retail DVD like that; you need a bootloader. That is the most basic aspect of hackintoshing... Since you're trying to use Snow Leopard, get hold of Nawcom's ModCD software image and burn it to a DVD. Once you have Nawcom's ModCD booted up, you'll be able to load and use that Apple retail DVD and install SL on your laptop's HDD. You'll then be able to make an image of that DVD, image that you can subsequently use to make a myHack USB installer. That is what our OSXL procedure is based on.

Even in SL, unless you have some specific tool to keep CPU speed constant, your CPU will always use SpeedStep (unless disabled in BIOS and therefore running at lowest possible speed). That's just the way Intel CPU have been running for nearly 10years! Go tell Intel that "you don't want it all"... So, again (and I hope it'll be clear enough now), regardless of nullCPUPowerManagement + SleepEnabler, you need something like PState to either run SpeedStep dynamically or fix you CPU speed to any given available frequency. If, for some, reason, you don't like PState, then look for something else, whether another tool or another fancy way to block CPU speed at its max. End of story.

You need to understand that you're doing the complete opposite of what you seek! True, on a D630, you do not need nullCPUPowerManagement or SleepEnabler. However, if you do not use PState, your CPU will be stuck at its lowest speed, i.e. 600MHz. You may not trust me of course, so do run HWmonitor and look at the CPU speed as you run things in the background and tell me you see it change! PState not only handles SpeedStep, it also regulates voltage. Use it, even if at fixed maximum speed! Native SpeedStep is something we've not worked on for these D Series yet.

Last update: 03 Jan 2024 This guide applies to LoRes WXGA (1280x800) and possibly HiRes WXUGA (1920x1200) models. This guide was initially made with a MyHack-based installation of ML 10.8.0 + subsequent updates to ML 10.8.3/10.8.4/10.8.5. The bootpack was made out of the D630 nVidia ML bootpack where the DSDT table was just replaced by the table from D830 GMA X3100 Lion bootpack (LoRes). If you have a HiRes model, just replace the DSDT with HiRes version to try it out. Extra_D830_LoRes_ML.zip This guide assumes you're using a blank HDD, partitioned and formated GUID. No tests done on MBR partitioned HDD, so don't ask about it, try it for yourself and report back if appropriate. Read the MacRumors guide thoroughly and follow it to the letter as far as creating the installer is concerned. Remember that it is not our hack and we do not support it. http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1325709 You need a legit copy of M, i.e. the Install Mountain Lion.app application, otherwise forget it. The tool requires you to copy it to your Applications folder. It won't work if all you have is the InstallESD.dmg image. In June 2021, Apple finally made Mountain Lion freely available. A link to download the application package is available here. Phase 1: initial ML installation in mainstream 64bit kernel mode with unsupported graphics make the usual myHack USB installer for ML 10.8, using the attached LoRes or HiRes bootpack. myHack v3.3.1 recommended. It's available here. boot the myHack USB installer and install ML 10.8, pointing to the /Extra folder of the installer media when prompted for the boot pack (do not choose generic). reboot into ML and complete 1st boot setup. you're now in ML 10.8 with default graphics at 1024x768 and without graphics acceleration. If you have not already done so, remove your myHack USB installer and put it aside. install recommended version of Chameleon (r2468) or Enoch (r2839) bootloader on your disk. They're available here. install latest update or combo update for ML 10.8.5 and all security updates for 10.8.5 (your wireless may not be supported at that stage, so use Ethernet port or install appropriate Wifi kext). reboot into latest version of ML 10.8.5, still with default graphics and without acceleration. Phase 2: MLPostFactor download MLPostFactor from here (original links posted in 2013 at MacRumors are dead since 2015). create a new small partition on your HDD (8 to 16GB) or insert and erase your myHack USB installer (or any other available external media). following MLPF instructions to the letter, run MLPostFactor and create an ML installer on the freshly created spare HDD partition or freshly erased USB key. Select the appropriate ML version that meets your installation and run the app, knowing that version 10.8.4 is to be selected for ML 10.8.5. upon completion, create a folder called Extra at the root of that installer media and copy DSDT table + SMBIOS & Chameleon boot plist files there. if you have a Bluetooth module, turn off your wireless services with the side switch (or laptop will look for a BT keyboard at next step and you'd need to hook up a USB keyboard). reboot off your initial ML disk/partition, interrupt the boot process at the Chameleon delay bar and select this newly created ML installer partition/disk with options & flag DSDT=/Extra/DSDT.aml arch=i386 -f. once installer is loaded, do not actually proceed with any installation (it would not be bootable). Go to Utilities in the menu bar and select MLPostFactor. when MLPostFactor app kicks in, click Continue until you're offered to select a destination volume. in the list available under the HDD icon, select your previously-made ML 10.8 installation, check the relevant 10.8.x case (select 10.8.4 for ML 10.8.5) and click Install MLPostFactor. upon completion, click Quit MLPostFactor, quit installation program and reboot ML 10.8 with flag and boot option -f arch=i386. If you switched off wireless services, turn the switch back on before the reboot. You will now have full QE/CI ! open up the Chameleon boot plist file in /Extra folder with TextEditor and add boot arg arch=i386 to ensure your system boots in 32bit kernel mode. If you have Chameleon Wizard app, use that to open up the boot plist and tick the 32-bit (i386) option, then save the file. open up Terminal and type sudo kextcache -system-prelinked-kernel -a i386 to rebuild the 32bit-mode cache; this will remove the need to boot with -f flag. For ML 10.8.5, edit file /System/Library/CoreServices/SystemVersion.plist to replace version number from 10.8.4 to 10.8.5. That's it, enjoy ML on your previously unsupported D830 X3100. Remember that this hack is quite aggressive in the way it reverts to DP1 files and older graphics drivers (GMA kexts, OpenGL libraries), so you may find that things do not work. Again, no support for MLPF here. NB: Details of issues related to ML vanilla files that are re-instated by 10.8.5 security updates are kept in the D430 MLPF guide. They should no longer apply since ML went out of support and no further updates published.

Last update: 03 Jan 2024 This guide applies to the Core2Duo D430 models. This guide was initially made with a MyHack-based installation of ML 10.8.0 + subsequent updates to ML 10.8.3/10.8.4/10.8.5. The bootpack was made out of the D630 nVidia ML bootpack where the DSDT table was replaced by the table from D430 Dual Core Lion bootpack, appropriate kexts removed and/or added and Chameleon plists replaced. EDIT - 20Aug 2014: ------------------------- Bootpack edited following report of missing Broadcom LAN kext. Pack is now fully loaded with all necessary kexts, modules and plists and no post-install EDP is really required for hardware fine tuning. Includes tuned Kozlek's FakeSMC + SMBIOS for native CPU SpeedStep. Extra D430 ML.zip This guide assumes you're using a blank HDD, partitioned and formated GUID. No tests done on MBR partitioned HDD, so don't ask about it, try it for yourself and report back if appropriate. Read the MacRumors guide thoroughly and follow it to the letter as far as creating the installer is concerned. Remember that it is not our hack and we do not support it. http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1325709 You need a legit copy of ML, i.e. the Install Mountain Lion.app application, otherwise forget it. The tool requires you to copy it to your Applications folder. It won't work if all you have is the InstallESD.dmg image. In June 2021, Apple finally made Mountain Lion freely available. A link to download the application package is available here. Phase 1: initial ML installation in mainstream 64bit kernel mode with unsupported graphics make the usual myHack USB installer for ML 10.8, using the attached LoRes or HiRes bootpack. myHack v3.3.1 is recommended. It's available here. boot the myHack USB installer and install ML 10.8, pointing to the /Extra folder of the installer media when prompted for the bootpack (do not choose generic). reboot into ML through your USB installer and complete 1st boot setup. you're now in ML 10.8 with default graphics at 1024x768 and without graphics acceleration. If you have not already done so, remove your myHack USB installer and put it aside. install recommended version of Chameleon (r2468) or Enoch (r2839) bootloader on your disk. They're available here. install latest update or combo update for ML 10.8.5 and all security updates for 10.8.5 (your wireless may not be supported at that stage, so use Ethernet port or install appropriate Wifi kext). reboot into latest version of ML 10.8.5, still with default graphics and without acceleration. Phase 2: MLPostFactor download MLPostFactor from here (original links posted in 2013 at MacRumors are dead since 2015). create a new small partition on your HDD (8 to 16GB) or insert and erase your myHack USB installer (or any other available external media). following MLPF instructions to the letter, run MLPostFactor and create an ML installer on the freshly created spare HDD partition or freshly erased USB key. Select the appropriate ML version that meets your installation and run the app, knowing that version 10.8.4 is to be selected for ML 10.8.5. upon completion, create a folder called Extra at the root of that installer media and copy DSDT table + SMBIOS & Chameleon boot plist files there. if you have a Bluetooth module, turn off your wireless services with the side switch (or laptop will look for a BT keyboard at next step and you'd need to hook up a USB keyboard). reboot off your initial ML disk/partition, interrupt the boot process at the Chameleon delay bar and select this newly created ML installer partition/disk with options & flag DSDT=/Extra/DSDT.aml arch=i386 -f. once installer is loaded, do not actually proceed with any installation (it would not be bootable). Go to Utilities in the menu bar and select MLPostFactor. when MLPostFactor app kicks in, click Continue until you're offered to select a destination volume. in the list available under the HDD icon, select your previously-made ML 10.8 installation, check the relevant 10.8.x case (select 10.8.4 for ML 10.8.5) and click Install MLPostFactor. upon completion, click Quit MLPostFactor, quit installation program and reboot ML 10.8 with flag and boot option -f arch=i386. If you switched off wireless services, turn the switch back on before the reboot. You will now have full QE/CI ! open up the Chameleon boot plist file in /Extra folder with TextEditor and add boot arg arch=i386 to ensure your system boots in 32bit kernel mode. If you have Chameleon Wizard app, use that to open up the boot plist and tick the 32-bit (i386) option, then save the file. open up Terminal and type sudo kextcache -system-prelinked-kernel -a i386 to rebuild the 32bit-mode cache; this will remove the need to boot with -f flag. For ML 10.8.5, edit file /System/Library/CoreServices/SystemVersion.plist to replace version number from 10.8.4 to 10.8.5. That's it, enjoy ML on your previously unsupported D620 GMA950. Remember that this hack is quite aggressive in the way it reverts to DP1 files and older graphics drivers (GMA950 kexts, OpenGL libraries), so you may find that things do not work. Again, don't ask for support here, go to the authors at MacRumors.

Last update: 03 Jan 2024 This guide applies to Core2Duo D620 nVidia models. This guide was initially made with a MyHack-based installation of ML 10.8.0 + subsequent updates to ML 10.8.3/10.8.4/10.8.5. The bootpack was made out of the D630 nVidia ML bootpack where the DSDT table was replaced by the table from the D620 nVidia Lion bootpack, appropriate kexts removed and/or added and plists replaced. Extra D620n ML.zip This guide assumes you're using a blank HDD, partitioned and formated GUID. No tests done on MBR partitioned HDD, so don't ask about it, try it for yourself and report back if appropriate. Read the MacRumors guide thoroughly and follow it to the letter as far as creating the installer is concerned. Remember that it is not our hack and we do not support it. http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1325709 You need a legit copy of ML, i.e. the Install Mountain Lion.app application, otherwise forget it. The tool requires you to copy it to your Applications folder. It won't work if all you have is the InstallESD.dmg image. In June 2021, Apple finally made Mountain Lion freely available. A link to download the application package is available here. Phase 1: initial ML installation in mainstream 64bit kernel mode with unsupported graphics make the usual myHack USB installer for ML 10.8, using the attached bootpack. myHack v3.3.1 is recommended. It's available here. boot the myHack USB installer and install ML 10.8, pointing to the /Extra folder of the installer media when prompted for the boot pack (do not choose generic). reboot into ML with "-x" flag (or ML won't boot) through your USB installer and complete 1st boot setup. you're now in ML 10.8 with default graphics at 1024x768 and without graphics acceleration. If you have not already done so, remove your myHack USB installer and put it aside. install recommended version of Chameleon (r2468) or Enoch (r2839) bootloader on your disk. They're available here. install latest update or combo update for ML 10.8.5 and all security updates for 10.8.5 (your wireless may not be supported at that stage, so use Ethernet port). at that stage, ML 10.8 is unbootable, no matter what, so don't reboot yet! Phase 2: MLPostFactor download MLPostFactor from here (original links posted in 2013 at MacRumors are dead since 2015). create a new small partition on your HDD (8 to 16GB) or insert and erase your myHack USB installer (or any other available external media). following MLPF instructions to the letter, run MLPostFactor and create an ML installer on the freshly created spare HDD partition or freshly erased USB key. Select the appropriate ML version that meets your installation and run the app, knowing that version 10.8.4 is to be selected for ML 10.8.5. upon completion, create a folder called Extra at the root of that installer media and copy DSDT table + SMBIOS & Chameleon boot plist files there. if you have a Bluetooth module, turn off your wireless services with the side switch (or laptop will look for a BT keyboard at next step and you'd need to hook up a USB keyboard). reboot off your initial ML disk/partition, interrupt the boot process at the Chameleon delay bar and select this newly created ML installer partition/disk with options & flag DSDT=/Extra/DSDT.aml arch=i386 -f. once installer is loaded, do not actually proceed with any installation (it would not be bootable). Go to Utilities in the menu bar and select MLPostFactor. when MLPostFactor app kicks in, click Continue until you're offered to select a destination volume. in the list available under the HDD icon, select your previously-made ML 10.8 installation, check the relevant 10.8.x case (select 10.8.4 for ML 10.8.5) and click Install MLPostFactor. upon completion, click Quit MLPostFactor, quit installation program and reboot ML 10.8 with flag and boot option -f arch=i386. If you switched off wireless services, turn the switch back on before the reboot. You will now have full QE/CI ! open up the Chameleon boot plist file in /Extra folder with TextEditor and add boot arg arch=i386 to ensure your system boots in 32bit kernel mode. If you have Chameleon Wizard app, use that to open up the boot plist and tick the 32-bit (i386) option, then save the file. open up Terminal and type sudo kextcache -system-prelinked-kernel -a i386 to rebuild the 32bit-mode cache; this will remove the need to boot with -f flag. For ML 10.8.5, edit file /System/Library/CoreServices/SystemVersion.plist to replace version number from 10.8.4 to 10.8.5. That's it, enjoy ML on your previously unsupported D620 nVidia. Remember that this hack is quite aggressive in the way it reverts to DP1 files and older graphics drivers (nVidia NV40 kexts, OpenGL libraries), so you may find that things do not work. Again, no support for MLPF here. NB: Details of issues related to ML vanilla files that are re-instated by 10.8.5 security updates are kept in the D430 MLPF guide. They should no longer apply since ML went out of support and no further updates published.

Last update: 03 Jan 2024 This guide applies to Core2Duo LoRes WXGA (1280x800) and HiRes WXGA+ (1440x900) models. This guide was initially made with a MyHack-based installation of ML 10.8.0 + subsequent updates to ML 10.8.3/10.8.4/10.8.5. The bootpacks were made out of the D630 nVidia ML bootpack where the DSDT table was replaced by the table from D620 GMA950 Lion bootpacks (LoRes or HiRes), appropriate kexts removed and/or added and plists replaced. Extra_D620i_LoRes_ML.zip Extra_D620i_HiRes_ML.zip This guide assumes you're using a blank HDD, partitioned and formated GUID. No tests done on MBR partitioned HDD, so don't ask about it, try it for yourself and report back if appropriate. Read the MacRumors guide thoroughly and follow it to the letter as far as creating the installer is concerned. Remember that it is not our hack and we do not support it. http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1325709 You need a legit copy of ML, i.e. the Install Mountain Lion.app application, otherwise forget it. The tool requires you to copy it to your Applications folder. It won't work if all you have is the InstallESD.dmg image. In June 2021, Apple finally made Mountain Lion freely available. A link to download the application package is available here. Phase 1: initial ML installation in mainstream 64bit kernel mode with unsupported graphics make the usual myHack USB installer for ML 10.8, using the attached LoRes or HiRes bootpack. myHack v3.3.1 is recommended. It's available here. boot the myHack USB installer and install ML 10.8, pointing to the /Extra folder of the installer media when prompted for the bootpack (do not choose generic). reboot into ML through your USB installer and complete 1st boot setup. you're now in ML 10.8 with default graphics at 1024x768 and without graphics acceleration. If you have not already done so, remove your myHack USB installer and put it aside. install recommended version of Chameleon (r2468) or Enoch (r2839) bootloader on your disk. They're available here. install latest update or combo update for ML 10.8.5 and all security updates for 10.8.5 (your wireless may not be supported at that stage, so use Ethernet port or install appropriate Wifi kext). reboot into latest version of ML 10.8.5, still with default graphics and without acceleration. Phase 2: MLPostFactor download MLPostFactor from here (original links posted in 2013 at MacRumors are dead since 2015). create a new small partition on your HDD (8 to 16GB) or insert and erase your myHack USB installer (or any other available external media). following MLPF instructions to the letter, run MLPostFactor and create an ML installer on the freshly created spare HDD partition or freshly erased USB key. Select the appropriate ML version that meets your installation and run the app, knowing that version 10.8.4 is to be selected for ML 10.8.5. upon completion, create a folder called Extra at the root of that installer media and copy DSDT table + SMBIOS & Chameleon boot plist files there. if you have a Bluetooth module, turn off your wireless services with the side switch (or laptop will look for a BT keyboard at next step and you'd need to hook up a USB keyboard). reboot off your initial ML disk/partition, interrupt the boot process at the Chameleon delay bar and select this newly created ML installer partition/disk with options & flag DSDT=/Extra/DSDT.aml arch=i386 -f. once installer is loaded, do not actually proceed with any installation (it would not be bootable). Go to Utilities in the menu bar and select MLPostFactor. when MLPostFactor app kicks in, click Continue until you're offered to select a destination volume. in the list available under the HDD icon, select your previously-made ML 10.8 installation, check the relevant 10.8.x case (select 10.8.4 for ML 10.8.5) and click Install MLPostFactor. upon completion, click Quit MLPostFactor, quit installation program and reboot ML 10.8 with flag and boot option -f arch=i386. If you switched off wireless services, turn the switch back on before the reboot. You will now have full QE/CI ! open up the Chameleon boot plist file in /Extra folder with TextEditor and add boot arg arch=i386 to ensure your system boots in 32bit kernel mode. If you have Chameleon Wizard app, use that to open up the boot plist and tick the 32-bit (i386) option, then save the file. open up Terminal and type sudo kextcache -system-prelinked-kernel -a i386 to rebuild the 32bit-mode cache; this will remove the need to boot with -f flag. For ML 10.8.5, edit file /System/Library/CoreServices/SystemVersion.plist to replace version number from 10.8.4 to 10.8.5. That's it, enjoy ML on your previously unsupported D620 GMA950. Remember that this hack is quite aggressive in the way it reverts to DP1 files and older graphics drivers (GMA950 kexts, OpenGL libraries), so you may find that things do not work. Again, no support for MLPF here. NB: Details of issues related to ML vanilla files that are re-instated by 10.8.5 security updates are kept in the D430 MLPF guide. They should no longer apply since ML went out of support and no further updates published.

Last update: 03 Jan 2024 This guide applies to LoRes WXGA (1280x800) and HiRes WXGA+ (1440x900) models. This guide was initially made with a MyHack-based installation of ML 10.8.0 + subsequent updates to ML 10.8.3/10.8.4/10.8.5. The bootpacks were made out of the D630 nVidia ML bootpack where the DSDT table was just replaced by the table from D630 GMA X3100 Lion bootpacks (LoRes or HiRes). Extra_D630_LoRes_ML.zip Extra_D630_HiRes_ML.zip This guide assumes you're using a blank HDD, partitioned and formated GUID. No tests done on MBR partitioned HDD, so don't ask about it, try it for yourself and report back if appropriate. Read the MacRumors guide thoroughly and follow it to the letter as far as creating the installer is concerned. Remember that it is not our hack and we do not support it. http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1325709 You need a legit copy of ML, i.e. the Install Mountain Lion.app application, otherwise forget it. The tool requires you to copy it to your Applications folder. It won't work if all you have is the InstallESD.dmg image. In June 2021, Apple finally made Mountain Lion freely available. A link to download the application package is available here. Phase 1: initial ML installation in mainstream 64bit kernel mode with unsupported graphics make the usual myHack USB installer for ML 10.8, using the attached LoRes or HiRes bootpack. myHack v3.3.1 is recommended. It's available here. boot the myHack USB installer and install ML 10.8, pointing to the /Extra folder of the installer media when prompted for the bootpack (do not choose generic). reboot into ML through your USB installer and complete 1st boot setup. you're now in ML 10.8 with default graphics at 1024x768 and without graphics acceleration. If you have not already done so, remove your myHack USB installer and put it aside. install recommended version of Chameleon (r2468) or Enoch (r2839) bootloader on your disk. They're available here. install latest update or combo update for ML 10.8 (your wireless may not be supported at that stage, so use Ethernet port or install appropriate Wifi kext). reboot into latest version of ML, still with default graphics and without acceleration. Phase 2: MLPostFactor download MLPostFactor from here (original links posted in 2013 at MacRumors are dead since 2015). create a new small partition on your HDD (8 to 16GB) or insert and erase your myHack USB installer (or any other available external media). following MLPF instructions to the letter, run MLPostFactor and create an ML installer on the freshly created spare HDD partition or freshly erased USB key. Select the appropriate ML version that meets your installation and run the app, knowing that version 10.8.4 is to be selected for ML 10.8.5. upon completion, create a folder called Extra at the root of that installer media and copy DSDT table + SMBIOS & Chameleon boot plist files there. if you have a Bluetooth module, turn off your wireless services with the side switch (or laptop will look for a BT keyboard at next step and you'd need to hook up a USB keyboard). reboot off your initial ML disk/partition, interrupt the boot process at the Chameleon delay bar and select this newly created ML installer partition/disk with options & flag DSDT=/Extra/DSDT.aml arch=i386 -f. once installer is loaded, do not actually proceed with any installation (it would not be bootable). Go to Utilities in the menu bar and select MLPostFactor. when MLPostFactor app kicks in, click Continue until you're offered to select a destination volume. in the list available under the HDD icon, select your previously-made ML 10.8 installation, check the relevant 10.8.x case (select 10.8.4 for ML 10.8.5) and click Install MLPostFactor. upon completion, click Quit MLPostFactor, quit installation program and reboot ML 10.8 with flag and boot option -f arch=i386. If you switched off wireless services, turn the switch back on before the reboot. You will now have full QE/CI ! open up the Chameleon boot plist file in /Extra folder with TextEditor and add boot arg arch=i386 to ensure your system boots in 32bit kernel mode. If you have Chameleon Wizard app, use that to open up the boot plist and tick the 32-bit (i386) option, then save the file. open up Terminal and type sudo kextcache -system-prelinked-kernel -a i386 to rebuild the 32bit-mode cache; this will remove the need to boot with -f flag. For ML 10.8.5, edit file /System/Library/CoreServices/SystemVersion.plist to replace version number from 10.8.4 to 10.8.5. That's it, enjoy ML on your previously unsupported D630 X3100. Remember that this hack is quite aggressive in the way it reverts to DP1 files and older graphics drivers (GMA kexts, OpenGL libraries), so you may find that things do not work. Again, don't ask for support here, go to the authors at MacRumors. NB: Details of issues related to ML vanilla files that are re-instated by 10.8.5 security updates are kept in the D430 MLPF guide. They should no longer apply since ML went out of support and no further updates published.

If you remove NullCPUPowerManagement, you need to ensure your Chameleon boot plist is adjusted accordingly, i.e. enable P+C States, etc. Secondly, you're choosing to configure and run your Hack your own way, not the way we recommend (after thorough research and testing, you can imagine). As such, don't be too surprised to experience issues. I've run a D630 X3100 without SleepEnabler & NullCPUPowerManagement but with adjusted boot plist. I can't remember how long I tested this, but I think it would occasionally KP or something like that so I returned to the EDP standard settings. It's entirely up to you now...

You do not need Windows to change/update BIOS: a simple USB key with the .hdr file will do (i.e. recovery procedure) or a USB key with Unetbootin DOS + Dell BIOS exec (.exe) program will do perfectly. Do a search on the forum on that matter, there are several posts with details and instructions. When you say high res, what is it exactly? 1680x1050 or 1920x1200? It should not make a difference with the nVidia GPU (again, which chip do you have?) but users reported issues on X3100@1680x1050.

Having done a few ML installations on D830s with nVidia NVS 135M chip, I've never experienced what you report for your particular model. Are you using our installation procedure or a distro? Regarding SSD, it's true that on the D Series, it does not make that much of an improvement at boot time (Win7 boots in seconds in comparison), but it does a bit nevertheless. Make sure you enable Trim. Booting ML should take about 1min. Trackpad, audio and everything else is taken care of by the EDP system build after initial ML installation. If you follow that process, you'll be running ML within 1hr. Only the wifi is not 100% covered at this time, but that either works OOB or needs adding 1 kext. You just need a compatible card. There's a list of compatible cards in Research -> Networking, use it! Which CPU do you have and how much RAM? Check your BIOS settings against those published and adjust if/where necessary; running the latest BIOS is recommended. Your D830 specs will be listed in the BIOS info pages, don't hesitate to post them so that we have a better idea of your hardware: BIOS version, CPU, RAM, nVidia chip, screen resolution, bluetooth, wireless...

Hi, the non-functional features will require DSDT patching in all likelyhood. Follow the guidelines in the Research -> DSDT patching section to request a patch: https://osxlatitude.com/index.php?/topic/1945-dsdtssdt-patching/ Have you tried our OSXL installation method at all? We're adding lots of new systems to EDP, yours could be added too.

Try it.

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Well, just give us the vendor and device ids (available through System Preferences).