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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.

Would you mind sharing how you did it (the serial number)? Did you just manually modify the SMBIOS plist?

Try: 1) remove the Intel WLAN card (or disable it in BIOS) -> it's not supported by OS X and would have to go 2) boot with option: "GeneratePStates=No" and/or "GenerateCStates=No" -> may prevent the laptop reset

Ok, well, I don't want to ruin your early enthusiasm, but this is highly unlikely to work on our hacks. And no, no-one made any GMA950/GMA X3100 kexts for ML. This is a rather dirty, not to say completely fu**ed up method (!): 1) it basically replaces the entire /S/L/E folder of mainstream ML by /S/L/E of DP1, to which 32bit graphics kexts from Lion have been added 2) it replaces the entire /S/L/F OpenGL folder of mainstream ML by an edited one (from DP1?) 2) it replaces mainstream Mach kernel with DP1 kernel (to support 32bit mode) Simply open up the install.command script with a text editor and you'll see... This leads to some sort of seriously degenerated 32bit version of ML! The result is that some real Mac can boot ML in 32bit mode and, thanks to Lion graphics kexts, then fully supports those GMA950 & GMA X3100 graphics chips dropped by mainstream ML. However, there's no guarantee that our EDP add-on kexts will load under DP1 kernel or that certain applications or utilities will even work on such bastardized installations. One of the replies in the thread mentions that Disk Utility no longer works and others mentioned losing networking too... One could argue that running ML DP1 itself would probably work better! I'm going to test this on D620/D630 Intel, but this may just end up as a red herring... This is very very different from the proper job done by Nawcom & Co on SL legacy kernels where each particular version of kernel was patched or the myHack clever way of bypassing /S/L/E vanilla kexts to load replacements from /E/E. /S/L/E should always be left untouched! On top of that, it's not really sustainable: you lose any new kexts provided in any mainstream ML that's not included in DP1 list you would have to repeat the task after every ML update, again losing all potential new kexts brought by the update It's probably kind of lucky that it worked at all on 10.8.1/10.8.2 installations (and it looks like it does not on 10.8.3). I guess, this has a better chance to work on older Macs than later ones dropped by Apple for ML. But calling and locking on DP1 kernel + kexts is just kind of stupid to me...

Even with GMA support, you'd find ML quite slow on a D430. Lion is already kinda slow on the D4x0. Best OS X version on those is SL...

Yes, definitely something to be tested! But caution, it seems to require the DP1 kernel, so that may lead to losing quite a few apps...

Here are recommended BIOS settings that are known to work on D420 (Core Duo) with Intel GMA950 under Snow Leopard. These settings were tested and verified with BIOS A04, A06 and custom OSX A06. Onboard Devices: . Fast IR = COM2 . Integrated NIC = enabled . Internal modem = enabled . External USB ports = enabled . Integrated USB Hub = High Speed . Parallel port = off (or whatever) . Serial port = COM1 . PC Card and 1394 = enabled Video: . Ambient Light Sensor = Off . Brightness = max . Brightness (AC) = max . LCD Panel Expansion = enabled . Primary Video = Onboard Video Security: . Admin Password = not set . System Password = set (/!\ Must be set on GMA950 laptops or Kernel Panic (=crash) on or after wake /!\) . Internal HDD PW = not set . Password Change = Permitted . Password Bypass = Reboot & Resume Bypass . Wireless Switch Change = Denied . Wi-Fi Catcher Change = Denied . CPU XD Support = Enabled . TPM Security = Off . TPM Activation = Deactivate . Computrace = Deactivate (may be set to Disabled) Performance: . Multi Core Support = Enabled . HDD Acoustic Mode = Performance . SpeedStep Enable = Enabled Power Management: . Auto On Mode = Off . Auto On Time = xxxxxx . USB Wake Support = Enabled or Off (USB wake only operates when laptop is on mains and may cause Sleep/Instant Wake issues) . Wake on LAN/WLAN = Off Docking: . Undocking Method = Hot Undock . PCI Slot Monitoring = Enabled Silent . Universal Connect = Enabled POST Behavior: . Adapter Warnings = Enabled . Fn Key Emulation = Scroll Lock . Fast Boot = Minimal . Virtualization = Enabled or Disabled (only required to run virtual machines) . Keypad (Embedded) = Fn Key Only . Mouse/TouchPad = Touchpad-PS/2 . Numlock LED = On . USB Emulation = Enabled Wireless: . Internal Bluetooth = Enabled . Internal Wi-Fi = Enabled (/!\ keep to Disabled if you have an Intel card, they're not supported and need to be replaced /!\) . Internal Cellular = Enabled . Wireless Switch = All . Wi-Fi Catcher = Enabled The above settings are compatible with sleep/wake operation (hibernation mode set to 0).

Try and select a different SMBIOS plist to pretend your Hackintosh is one of the Mac models officially compatible with ML