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4Gb is plenty (2x2Gb). Go to Crucial.com for details. You need DDR2-667 or DDR2-800 (a bit faster).

Black screen on boot completion usually means DSDT issue. Try to boot with display pushed to external screen and see if, on boot completion, display reverts to laptop LCD. That was a classic on D630 HiRes with incorrect LoRes DSDT.

What's the card make and model, so that we add it to the list if need be?

D630 Intel is X3100, so GMA950 should not apply. Brightness can be adjusted through Fn + UP/DOWN arrows. There is also a brightness default adjustment in the BIOS.

If you've installed OS X according to the OSXL procedure (i.e. with myHack installer), just copy thje kext to /E/E and run myFix (full) to set permissions and rebuild caches. On reboot, if the kext does support your card, you'll have a new Wifi card in the Network Pref Pane.

We advocate myHack here; we don't have much experience with the other installers. Clearly, your distro calls on a kernel patcher module which you may not require.

You're gonna have to provide a bit more details... What Ethernet card/interface do you have on your computer? Do you see it in Network Pref Pane or in the System Report? If not, it will require a kext or patching of an existing kext. Hence the need to know the specifications of that piece of hardware (PCI vendor id and Device id).

Look here and complete if possible: https://osxlatitude.com/index.php?/topic/2120-wireless-cards-inventory/ I understood the 1505 to be supported, but it looks like it isn't OOB; I had a doubt about it as you may notice. Look for a kext for that BCM chip.

No, there's no kexts for external display as such; your graphics chip kexts and DSDT control the video output capabilities of the computer. Then, it all depends on the screen's own resolution capabilities and limitations.

Try this one (extract and place at root level). boot(r2170).zip

It may well be that the Chameleon version integrated to myHack is a bit too ancient for these Xeon CPUs. They may not be recognized... You could try to install a more recent Cham version to the OS X installer to see if it helps (anything from r2168 to r2189 for instance). Also, try and boot with option: "GeneratePStates=No" and/or "GenerateCStates=No".

These guys have been busy refining their initial work and published an app. It seems it's not directly usable on our Hackintoshes (it's really geared for older Apple Macs), but I managed to use it and got ML installed on (previously) unsupported systems. I'm putting a post under "Other research" section.

'tried the "cpus=1" boot option?

You simply copy the files to /Extra folder, that's all... They're loaded at boot time.

The Intel GMA4500 chip is not supported by Mac OS X at all. You'll never get graphics hardware acceleration, so you'd kind of waste your time unless you want to use OS X on that laptop with graphics limitations.

Ok, well, the posted DSDT should be Ok then.

Send the files by email as indicated, then add a message in the DSDT thread.

Ok, well it looks like it's not the Intel HD3000 graphics but the Intel HD graphics controller. As such, the DSDT previously posted for the E5520 does not probably suit your machine... I would suggest you request a DSDT patching job using the documented process in the Research -> DSDT section. It's all detailed here: https://osxlatitude.com/index.php?/topic/1945-dsdtssdt-patching/

What's the graphics controller on that laptop? Did you try the generic bootpack (Create Extra -> Generic) provided by myHack at all? Please note that the syntax of the options you've used appear erroneous (PCIrootUID=0 npci=x3000). Note that, by default, the PCI root id is 0. Try the following options instead, respecting the syntax: PciRoot=1 npci=0x2000 PciRoot=1 npci=0x3000 You may also want to try: GraphicsEnabler= You should use a DSDT that matches your hardware, i.e. not use the table from another model unless is closely matches the configuration of your own model or not use the table of a similar model but with different hardware (like different graphics controller). That will likely cause unrecoverable issues. On looking at the specs of the E6520, it appears there is no way you can use its DSDT on your E5520; the 2 systems are not based on the same chipset. The post you refered to looks suitable and the DSDT table provided should work as long as you too have the Intel HD3000 graphics controller. On checking the Dell documentation, it appears the E5520 was also made with the earlier Intel HD graphics controller. Then there are 2 different screen sizes: HD and FHD. That could require DSDT patching too... So, provide us your full system specifications and we'll take it from there.

There's no set of GMA950 kexts in the bootpacks per se, it's natively properly supported by Mac OS X in Snow Leopard in 32bit kernel mode, which you run with a T2050 CPU. However, your problem could be due to the Framebuffer, so try the version that is available in our 6400 SL bootpack. There's a good chance it'll solve your resolution issue. You would probably avoid problems with a legitimate vanilla installation using our recommended myHack+EDP method. After all, we've done the hard work for you. It's always a leap of faith with distros...

Try one of the recent VoodooHDA (v2.8.1 and above). If it enables your audio, it may require iGain increase to get decent volume out. Install new kexts the usual way by putting them in /E/E and run myFix (fullp) to repair permissions and caches. You can do all this with EDP, your model is integrated.

A little UP! on this old thread... The best thing to do is look up for your modem/WWAN's PCI ids. If the card is not detected as a WWAN module, it may be listed under USB in Apple Menu -> System Report. I did a quick search on the Net and it looks like the DW5620 could be: Ven id 0x413c/Dev id 0x8186 (Dell (Qualcomm) Gobi 2000 modem). Once you have the ids, look at applying the process documented here: https://osxlatitude.com/index.php?/topic/2385-wwan-modules-a-quick-guide/ If you can confirm the above ids, this would look similar to Novatel modems and you should be able to get it easily added under Mac OS X. It could be locked to a specific network though, but that's a different matter altogether.

Could you follow the process detailed here? https://osxlatitude.com/index.php?/topic/1945-dsdtssdt-patching/

This is still supported with by latest Chameleon versions, yes. And yes, understood you're talking about the startup resolution (so that you get a nicer gray Apple screen). Use Cham Wizard, it's so much easier! It allows you to update Cham versions too.

Are you doing it the manual way (i.e. you enter the option by interrupting the initial boot sequence) or via the Cham Wizard? If doing it the manual way, make sure you use the correct syntax with double quotes as specified above. You can always just enter ? at the prompt to get the list of flags and options with full syntax details. Having used it several times and for a long time, I can tell you that this option does work on a D6x0 1440x900, regardless of the graphics chip, OS X version and Chameleon version.