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Ok, so there probably isn't a lot to be added, once SL is installed: . audio HDA should be straight forward (may even work OOB) . DW1397 works with patched IO80211Family or BCM43xxx kext . built-in Ethernet ??? No idea... . Webcam, not listed, but that may be connected to an internal USB and you said that it was working, OOB I guess. What I would suggest is to 1st get a basic/generic myHack SL installation up to 10.6.8, then proceed with tuning to get devices & functionalities working. You seem to be able to run SL without specific DSDT table, so it's a good start...

Update & conclusion... Working: SL 10.6.8 (replacing USB kexts by those of 10.6.3) battery info speedstep audio wireless bluetooth sleep & wake shutdown graphics resolution and switching (i.e. full framebuffer support) Not working: graphics HW acceleration (QE/CI not exactly obtained, too buggy for honest decent use) restart SL Installation is the major issue as I never found a way to sort out the lack of proper HDD recognition/access when installation starts. The trick was to install SL on the HDD connected via USB to a D620 GMA950, do a basic/generic installation of SL 10.6.3, perform combo update to 10.6.8 and add legacy kernel 10.8.0 v2. Then the HDD could be put back in the Inspiron 6000, SL 10.6.8 booted and tuned. Rather unpractical and unsuitable for any standard user. -> ABANDONNED!

I know the feeling, I more or less did the same with the Inspiron 6000 : I did eventually get SL 10.6.8 to run on it, but the installation method was just non-practical (not to say a bit of a joke) and graphics was just too bad (totally buggy). In the end, there was just no point... To me, it either runs to the full, or it does not, I see little interest/benefit/use of a partially functional OS. Re: PCI information, you can either get it through the Windows device drivers "Details" properties tab (you'll see lines such as: PCI\VEN_xxxx&DEV_yyyy&........... where xxx=Vendor id and yyyy=Device id in Hex) or through the System Preferences hardware table (but it may not be complete if unsupported H/W is not listed).

I had a look at the Dell documentation for that system. I had forgotten the GMA 4500MHD was totally unsupported in OS X. Support for that graphics chipset has been an on-going saga for the last 3 or 4 years. By now, you'll have seen by yourself the various results obtained by different people who attempted to get their GMA 4500-based laptop running under OS X. It appears max screen resolution can be obtained through various tricks, but no-one will ever get full hardware acceleration (QE/CI), it'll all be handled by the CPU. It looks like some kind of GMAX3100 kext patching provides some sort of decent graphics support that allows gaming and videos/movies playout with minimal artefacts/ripple effect, but I've seen so many methods and would-be solutions that it's difficult to follow... Personally, I'd start afresh with a myHack installation with generic /Extra and build-up from there. It would help to list the PCI information (Vendor id/Device id) of all your hardware, so that all necessary/missing kexts can be added to /E/E in an orderly manner. If DSDT patching were required (for things like restart/shutdown or Sleep/wake issues), extract the table using Cham Wizard and send it to OSXL according to the process published by Dinesh: https://osxlatitude.com/index.php?/topic/1945-dsdtssdt-patching/ To me, the main conclusion is that this particular model will never make a great Hackintosh (like all GMA 4500 machines), so probably not worth it in my opinion...

What differences did you find between the two?

No, you can combine all that you want.

The cause of the problem is not your graphics card. An unsupported card does not normally prevent boot, you just have no hardware acceleration and a default resolution. Did you try any of the above flags and/or options?

Mmm, it does not sound like you have full QE/CI then... Are you able to get max screen resolution and change resolution without setting the res in Cham boot plist? If no, then the framebuffer is probably not loaded.

Sorry, it's a bit difficult to know where you're at, so please correct/amend/update as required: 1) laptop now running SL 10.6.8 2) which bootloader version? 3) full QE/CI apparently, what about screen resolution and resolution changes? 4) audio working 5) battery support working 6) built-in Ethernet working 7) webcam working 8) wireless? If you have a DW1397, it's the same chip as DW1395, so patched IO80211Family or BCM43xxx kexts will get you wireless 9) sleep? 10) wake? A few more questions: Are you using NullCPUPowerManagement and SleepEnabler in /Extra? I have found that some system will work perfectly without any of them, sometimes SleepEnabler causing system to KP at startup. You should try and use Cham v2.1. EDP use to provide r1791 but you should be Ok with more recent versions such as r2069 (I think it's still the official branch) or beyond (up to r2181 I think today). It's possible that updating to SL 10.6.8 requires to revert to kexts from SL 10.6.3. On some systems, I've had to replace USB + PCI + ACPI kexts, but not on others... You should however definitely use the EDP provided ACPIPlatform kext (aka Coolbook fix). What parameters do you have in your Cham boot plist? If you don't use NullCPUPwrMgmt, you should select P States + C States. You should also select UseKernelCache + Built-in Ethernet + Restart Fix. Set SystemType to laptop. If your graphics card/GPU is fully supported, I guess GraphicsEnabler can be set too. I'll try and upload some of these kexts later on, as if they were provided by EDP.

Of course it's included, Lion fully supports X3100 integrated graphics! -> In /S/L/E: AppleIntelGMAX3100FB.kext.zip

You're mistaken, there is no specific FrameBufffer for WXGA+ resolution. Use everything from standard installation and bootpack/EDP. Files from Mariusz are just way too old by now! Make sure you have the latest EDP version on your D630, if not, download/update latest version. Run EDPweb tool off /Extra and do a new build,

This machine is now integrated to EDP. As such, you don't need any detailed tutorial for OS X installation other than what is documented in the EDP pages (pre-installation, installation + post- installation). All you need is the myHack USB installer + the bootpack, then EDP upon OS X installation. Just follow the process!

Download latest EDP, install it and then run EDPWeb tool (double click EDPweb.command in /Extra). This will restore Ethernet NIC functionality. Re: MacBook Air being displayed, that is probably the default SMBIOS settings for the D630. Easily changed: edit your SMBIOS plist in /Extra and select the closest to your laptop. Assuming you have the D630 nVidia, the closest entry should be MacBookPro 3,1; note that this is just cosmetic and does not affect the way your D630 runs ML.

Did you try the suggested fix? It's applicable to Facetime. I myself had to play around with serial number to get it working.

No.

I assume you're trying to install SL 10.6.3 with Nawcom's BootCD/ModUSB. What graphics card/chip do you have? Did you try any boot flags/options? For instance: -f -v -x PciRoot= arch= GraphicsEnabler= USBBusFix= cpus=1 ...

Get the Ethernet kext from the bootpack and copy it back to /Extra/Extensions. Then run myFix (full). That should get your NIC back into play. By the way, did you run EDPweb tool or you just ran the well-known traditional CLI version? Re: corrupted display bottom, it's a known issue for which we have no fix. It was mentioned some time ago and we looked into it: https://osxlatitude.com/index.php?/topic/1977-d620-gma950-external-display-corruption-atabove-1280x1024-edp-v4-r65-and-beyond/

Make sure it comes with the adapter or it won't lock in situ in the D630; that card is half mini-PCIe format, same as DW1702 card illustrated here: https://osxlatitude.com/index.php?/topic/2031-atheros-based-dw1702/ I started a thread to try and compile a list of supported wireless cards here: https://osxlatitude.com/index.php?/topic/2120-wireless-cards-inventory/ Do contribute to complement.

You're not using the EDPweb tool! Go to /Extra folder and double click on 'edpweb.command'. You will then see all full features of EDP 5.0. The BIOS system password + Bypass settings are not normally relevant to the D630 (required on the D620 & D430). I have 3 x D630s and never used those BIOS settings on them for Sleep/Wake to operate properly. I'd say there's something else fishy. Sorry for asking, but are you sure you used the right bootpack (D630, Intel X3100 (1440x900)) ?

Well, if Win7 won't install on that partition and/or won't reformat it NTFS, delete it from the Win installer and re-create a new Windows partition. You'll end up with the extra small 100Mo partition, but so be it...

Well, contact Dinesh then. But again, don't hold up your hopes too high, because many people looked into this through the last 5 or 6 years.

I'm using VoodooPS2Controller (Alps not Synaptics!) on my D620 and it supports edge scrolling Ok (vertical + horizontal). It's neither too fast, nor too slow. Works perfectly as far as I'm concerned.

1. Built-in Ethernet: you should also have a kext called BCM5722D in /E/E 2. How did you partition your HDD? Was is GUID? Your targetted Win partition should be formatted FAT. Once you run your Win7 DVD, simply point to that partition and reformat it NTFS; that's all. Afterwards, you'll have to play with Diskpart CLI tool to re-activate the OS X partition and be able to boot from it (or interrupt the OS X boot process to select Win partition). 3. TrackPad: I recommend the standard VoodooPS2Controller on that model. Well, that's what I use and it works pretty well. 4. Sleep/Wake: In EDP kext installation/system build, make sure to choose NullCPUPowerManagement + SleepEnabler. As a result, you'll see kexts of the same name in /Extra/Extensions. After that, you should also run the HibernateFix provided by EDP. BIOS reset issue is normally taken care of by a kext called Patched_10.7_AppleRTC, also found in /E/E. If any kext appears missing, get them from the bootpack and copy them to /E/E, then re-run myFix (full).

Check this: http://www.osxlatitude.com/how-to-fix-icloud-appstore-facetime/

Don't bother, it won't help you load the installer any better. If you can, try with a Lion version no higher than 10.7.3. Although EDP fixes it, 10.7.4 brought some ACPI issues. Maybe they're not bypassed by installer. I've never had any problem with my 10.7.2 version...