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<_ as last october...> https://osxlatitude.com/index.php?/topic/1881-latitude-d630-n00b-and-kernel-panic-help-d/&do=findComment&comment=13871 If you still don't have access to any Mac OS system to create your myHack USB installer, use Nawcom's ModCD. You'll still need to have a proper copy of retail Snow Leopard (by now, you should know how to get this...). The D630 can run full Vanilla SL/L/ML, so you don't have to insist so much on legacy kernel. Legacy kernel is for non-SSE3/pre-Core or AMD CPUs.

On some Dell laptops, this can be caused by a non-compatible BIOS settings: USB Wake=enabled. Probably worth a check on your system...

Welcome to OSXL. Don't hesitate to look, search and post in the Dell Desktops section for that particular Hackintosh. For HD5450, maybe you can get something out of this: http://www.osx86.net/view/3043-ati_radeon_hd5450_with_full_qe-ci_support.html

Intel wireless cards are a no go for all recent OS X versions (SL, L, ML). Regarding 802.11n wifi cards, you can use any model supported by OS X in the D630 as long as it's full size mini-PCIe format. If you get a 1/2-size card, you'll need a bracket to hold/lock the card in situ. Do a little search on the forum and you'll find various threads on the matter. There's also an open list in the R&D H/W section -> LAN&Wireless. Contributions are invited. https://osxlatitude.com/index.php?/topic/2120-wireless-cards-inventory/

Well, I can only advise to follow what was recommended in the E6400 ML installation threads: 1) Mountain Lion Anyone? https://osxlatitude.com/index.php?/topic/1617-mountain-lion-anyone/ 2) Mountain Lion on E6400 in 5 steps https://osxlatitude.com/index.php?/topic/1764-mountain-lion-on-e6400-in-5-steps/ PS: Please avoid multiple threads to report a same problem multiple times.

Please post your specs + OS X version. If your system was booting before adding a DSDT + a Voodoo kext, then try and remove them.

You have to make sure the DSDT fits your own hardware, otherwise, you'll have issues. Try and boot with option: DSDT=No

What specs for those modules? Are they identical? Do you see 4Gb in the BIOS?

Did you check your BIOS version and settings match the recommended values?

I've never experienced such difficulties. Whether using internal SATA HDD (from 80 to 320GB) or SATA/IDE HDD (from 40 to 250GB) connected via USB ports, I always succeeded in installation Snow Leopard, Lion and/or Mountain Lion on my D630s (GMA and nVidia). Maybe something wrong of incompatible with your particular HDD, because the recommended process as listed above is pretty much flawless, at least up to basic/initial OS installation.

Please, do a little search on the forum (D4xx and D6xx), all that has already been mentionned many many times before in the past and quite extensively on the Net too.

Chameleon boot0, boot1, etc. that really depends on how you've arrnaged your disk partition. Are you using MBR or GUID partitioning and how many partitions do you have?

As Mick said, ML is a no-go on the D430. Apple dropped support for GMA950 (and GMA X3100 for that matter) and I can't see anyone pumping time into writing 64bit kexts either. It's just too old hardware, that's how it goes unfortunately... The C2D-based D430 will therefore run Lion at best (in 32bit kernel mode).

How did you partition/format your HDD?

For Lion on D630 nVidia: 1) create myHack USB installer for Mac OS X 10.7 Lion 2) download D630 nVidia Lion bootpack then run myHack "Create Extra" and point to the bootpack 3) install Lion (point to /Extra of USB installer when/if prompted for Extra folder and answer Yes when asked to removed kexts) 4) reboot and complete basic Lion installation 5) download EDP package from OSXL EDP page and install it 6) run EDP by double-clicking on /Extra/edptool.command or by launching EDP from Finder bar->Applications 7) do a system build for your D630 nVidia model 8) reboot to your finalised D630 with Lion PS: sorry but we do not deal with tonycrap's stuff here, that has its own web site and forum if you use it and need support.

I guess you probably need a kext that will support your HDD controller (something like IOATA.kext or one of its plugins). Which chipset do you have on that laptop?

Post your compressed /Extra folder. Don't hesitate to list any non-standard/special things your did (for example patching of /S/L/E kexts) or kexts you used for specific hardware for example. It would also be a good idea to post the method you used, details of your BIOS settings and the full specs of your machine in a similar fashion as what's been done for other models listed in this section.

Is your basic installation functioning? Try to redownload and reinstall EDP, then double click on /Extra/edptool.command.

Just take the wifi card out, Intel cards are not supported; I would not even know which kext you could have used for that...

Change hibernate mode to 0 (via EDP fixes or command line) and delete the sleep image if one exists (/var/vm/sleepimage if I recall correctly).

I'd re-download a fresh copy of the EDP package. When running it, if prompted to choose your type of installation, choose the full install, not the update. Then do a new system build in EDP.

Did you do your ML installation with myHack + bootpack + EDP? Could you share your DSDT table?

Cloning will work, yes, that's not a problem. Ask Leon, he does it all the time! There is no known issue doing the installation with myHack as long as you follow our documented process: myHack + OSXL bootpack for basic/initial installation, then EDP to complete/finalise the installation. If you've encountered a problem installing your own Extra, then I guess there was a problem with your own folder or you did not point to the right place. In any case, if you've installed the bootpack, all you need to do is point to /Extra of the USB installer. Noone should really go wrong there...

You must be the 1st person to report a working DVI port on a D6x0 docking station. Can you tell us more please (model of dock, method to get it to work, etc.)?

I did, but it was not great! First and foremost, it'll only run with a legacy kernel because your Pentium M does not support SSE3 and booting with the SL Mach kernel will result in quick KP. You'll also need to patch the GMA950 kext to get full QE/CI with the onboard GMA900, if that's what you have in terms of graphics. Have a look at my Inspiron 6000 research thread, the specs are probably a bit similar to the D610: https://osxlatitude.com/index.php?/topic/1955-dell-inspiron-6000/ I did get SL 10.6.8 in it, but eventually abandoned because it was not running great (really bad graphics). Hopefully the D610 will be a bit different, but don't hold too much hope if it's using PATA/IDE HDD as you may find it difficult, not to say impossible to install SL on the HDD... Try and give us the full specs of your D610. There are 2 methods you could try: MyHack or Nawcom ModCD/ModUSB, the former being more flexible.