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Ok, so don't use the NullCPUPowerManagement at all then. Use the Generic /Extra (it's quite basic) to do your initial installation. Once you have ML installed and, hopefully, running, we can have a look at adding whatever kext might be required to get non-operational hardware.

You made your myHack installer with Generic /Extra, right? Or did you use your own /Extra as provided above? Do you have NullCPUPowerManagement in /Extra/Extensions at all? If not, try to put it there and re-run myFix (full) on the media and retry.

Both tables do differ... Now, I'm far from a DSDT expert (quite the contrary) but I can make the following comments: I see this part of DVI table (under 'Device (PEG0)') not included in the VGA table: Device (PEGP) { Name (_ADR, 0xFFFF) Method (_PRW, 0, NotSerialized) { Return (GPRW (0x09, 0x04)) } } Device (VID) { Name (_ADR, Zero) } Also, I note that in DVI table you have: Method (_DSM, 4, NotSerialized) { Store (Package (0x22) { "rom-revision", Buffer (0x10) { "OSXLatitude.com" }, "@0,compatible", Buffer (0x0B) { "NVDA,NVMac" }, "@0,device_type", Buffer (0x08) { "display" }, "@0,name", Buffer (0x0F) { "NVDA,Display-A" }, "@0,built-in", Buffer (One) { 0x01 }, "@0,pwm-info", Buffer (0x14) { /* 0000 */ 0x01, 0x14, 0x00, 0x64, 0xA8, 0x61, 0x00, 0x00, /* 0008 */ 0x08, 0x52, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, /* 0010 */ 0x00, 0x04, 0x00, 0x00 }, whereas in the VGA table, you have: Method (_DSM, 4, NotSerialized) { Store (Package (0x1C) { "@0,compatible", Buffer (0x0B) { "NVDA,NVMac" }, "@0,device_type", Buffer (0x08) { "display" }, "@0,name", Buffer (0x0F) { "NVDA,Display-A" }, "@0,built-in", Buffer (One) { 0x01 }, "@0,pwm-info", Buffer (0x14) { /* 0000 */ 0x01, 0x14, 0x00, 0x64, 0xA8, 0x61, 0x00, 0x00, /* 0008 */ 0x08, 0x52, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, /* 0010 */ 0x00, 0x04, 0x00, 0x00 }, and what follows, related to "@1, [...]" looks the same in both tables.... Try and copy/replace the part from DVI to VGA or vice versa.

Yes, kind of... I tried briefly on my D630 GMA, but quickly stopped when I met problem booting the DP1 kernel; there's just no point at all.

Those who use ML know that Apple removed the ability to have the quick resolution switching/monitors dectection facility in the Finder's bar, as existed in previous versions. By default, ML users now have to go to the display pref pane and press Alt key to detect monitors or select 'scale' resolution to get a list and be able to manually select one. There are 2 little tools available to get that functionality back: Display Menu, which is available for free on App Store QuickRes, available from http://www.quickresapp.com Display Menu works great and is extremely well presented; this is the tool I would recommend. QuickRes is nice too, but I found it to be a little flawed. For instance, when testing it on a D830 WXGA (1280x800), I noticed it allowed to select a WUXGA (1920x1080) resolution that sets the laptop LCD to a sort of interlaced mode at what appears the said resolution. One may think "Great! I can get a much much larger resolution than normally expected!" when in fact it's bugged: the mouse cannot move to the very top and very bottom of the screen (stops at about 1/2 an inch)... As such, the mouse has to be set to about a 1/2 inch from the place where you want to click for items at top and bottom of screen, whilst it seemed to be Ok for things in the middle of the screen. So, careful ! There's no problem when correct/supported resolutions are used though. NB: for the above picture, in order to select the 'Resolutions' option, the mouse had to be placed right under the 'Quit' option of the QuickRes popup menu...

The message is probably a "failed installation" actually. I wouldn't call that "normal" per se, but yes, it's a known false alarm since 1st ML release... It's been mentioned in the following threads: https://osxlatitude.com/index.php?/topic/2258-1083-update/ https://osxlatitude.com/index.php?/topic/1852-1082-update/ https://osxlatitude.com/index.php?/topic/1621-installed-108-on-d630-nvidia/

Arguably, it is somehow easier to update your BIOS from within Windows, so yes, update it before you install OS X.

Any password can be removed...

Hi, you haven't done your research... Despite the associated non-sense (it's not usable), I actually provided in a post the /Extra folder to run ML on a D630 GMA X3100. Look for it if you wish, but trust us, there is absolutely no point. ML is quite unusable on a system like a D630 or D620 without graphics acceleration. It's been said on an on, but there are always non-believers... As such, we will not provide a bootpack for it, but you can easily make your own if you insist on trying it out. After all, all that differs from the nVidia model is the DSDT...

I could be wrong of course, but I believe most ghosting tools don't care about filesystems. Do a search on the forum, there's one particular package that's often recommended for cloning HDDs (I forgot its name), use that.

I use on-demand all the time, never conservative. I get about 1,5hr on an old 4 cell battery and 3,5/4hr on a much more recent 9 cell one. By the way, where did you see threads recommending "hardware acceleration be turned off"? If this refers to graphics, it's pure non-sense and you sure would not use Mac OS X very long without it.

Got a low-profile Twintech nVidia GeForce GT610 2GB-DDR3 (Fermi GF119) and put it in the Vostro, using the 2 low-profile rear brackets. The card works OOB with Lion (10.7.5) and ML (10.8.3) with full QE/CI. No specific kexts or patching required. Too easy! http://www.twintech3d.com/en/products_features.asp?num=322 In addition to its low profile form factor, one of the reasons for buying that card was that it was advertised as passive/fanless. The card I actually received is fitted with a very small fan (smaller than shown on above picture) on the heatsink. I was concerned this may be a problem for the small power supply of the computer (the card box says 300W min. when the Vostro's PS is only 250W), but no, all appears Ok so far (touch wood, it'll stay that way). The card is very quiet too and its fan cannot be heard over the Vostro's own fans. The card does not work with Snow Leopard, it looks like native support for this Fermi card only got introduced in late Lion and early ML versions. Remember to remove ATI1300Controller + EVOenabler kexts from /Extra/Extensions if you do not run SL with Dell ATI X1300 graphics card; these 2 kexts should only be used in that particular context (Snow Leopard + Dell ATI X1300 card.)

In your case, I'd go for a full disk image that will basically make a complete copy of your HDD contents and store it in an image. You can then restore that image and you'll get an exact mirror copy of your current HDD setup. Then, for more regular backups, use the Time Machine facility provided by OS X.

Well, 1st thing to check is what the BIOS says about your battery. It may indicate that your battery is nearing its life end and should be considered for replacement. This being said, yes running Mac OS X does tends to drain the battery quicker than Windows.

Can't say right now... Are your BIOS settings aligned with recommended parameters and which Ethernet kext do you have in /E/E?

All those manual boot flags and boot options are optional in the sense that you would not normally have to worry about them. The Chameleon boot plist takes care of that. You only use the manual parameters if you want to overwrite the boot plist settings. And don't worry about seeing what appears like 4 CPUs; that's not where your problem is.

Just tried and there's no problem at all after wake on my D630 X3100 LoRes under 10.7.5. Wired Eth is active again after wake.

Shouldn't it just be "PciRoot=1" ?

Just look in the various available logs. Consider the information of this thread too: https://osxlatitude.com/index.php?/topic/2186-random-ui-freeze-in-d630-intel-1440x900/&do=findComment&comment=17688

I'll verify that behavior; I never use the built-in Ethernet, only the wireless and that certainly has no issue after wake under Lion 10.7.5.

You can use an external display with SL or Lion on the D620 with Intel GMA (I'm positive for SL, for Lion I would have to test to be certain) . What we've noticed with Intel GMA models is corruption at the bottom of the display on external screen beyond a certain resolution. There's a fairly lengthy thread on the forum about it with screendumps. On the other hand, I cannot get any external display to work with my D620 nVidia. It won't detect the 2nd/external screen. It's probably a DSDT issue. Once OS X is installed, both wired Ethernet and wireless work (bearing in mind that Intel wireless cards are not supported).

Look in your logs: Apps -> utilities -> console Does it seem to happen with any particular application or is it totally random? Did you install tools like iStats or HWMonitor to keep an eye on HDD/RAM/CPU/T°/etc ?

D630 with GMA X3100 graphics, Mac OS X Lion and Intel 3945 wifi card, right?

Yes, you just need the correct BCM57xx kext in /E/E, followed by myFix (full). Normally, at the next reboot, Mac OS X pop ups a message about a new interface being detected. You then have to go to the Network pref pane and click on the + button at the bottom to manually add it from the list of available interfaces; that "activates" it.

When you see the bootloader delay bar, press a key and type what I indicated. You know, you can do a bit of research yourself too, don't just depend on babysitting... Re: bootpack, start by reading the EDP web pages. Don't just rely on forum posts.