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Your system is not in our list yet, so no bootpack. As such, all the work has to be done and we'll be very happy that you contribute to add the Inspiron 1545 to EDP. Try to install OS X with myHack + Generic Extra. If that does not work, then browse for the closest match to your machine within the list of supported systems. CPU is not that important (since a given machine can support a wide range of CPUs of a given family, sometimes even several families!), what's critical are things like chipset and graphics card. If you get to install OS X with myHack + Generic Extra, roll up your sleeves and prepare yourself for the fine-tuning phase, i.e. adding the necessary kexts to support your specific hardware. Start by listing the complete and detailed hardware specs of your machine (CPU, chipset, RAM (Qty, type), HDD (size, type), video (card, model, resolution), networking, etc, etc.). Go look for your model's manual on Dell's web site, it should have a specifications annexe towards the end. Also prepare yourself for probable DSDT patching. We'll help you along the way, especially with the DSDT patching. Just follow the thread about it, it details the full procedure step by step.

1) you install retail SL 10.6.3 through myHack+bootpack USB installer 2) you download & install EDP and run it to install your model specific kexts. You may reboot at that stage. 3) you download and run the 10.6.8 Combo update (you do not update via Apple menu Software update) and you do not reboot on completion 4) you re-run EDP to re-install your model-specific kexts 5) then you can safely reboot into SL 10.6.8

You simply press any key when you see Chameleon boot delay sliding bar. Keyboard operates in QWERTY mode at that point... Enter your options and/or flags and press ENTER to boot.

You can always try IORegistryExplorer and look at 'bundle identifier' information, but you may find the tool a little overwhelming and beware of plugins, which are kexts inside a kext...

Just so that you know, an alternative to you as last resort if you're not getting anywhere: Nawcom BootCD + temp SL installation. I do insist on 1) "alternative" and 2) "last resort" because it probably can/will appear as a complicated route. True, but it's guaranteed to get you there. The added trouble of course is that it requires you to have either a retail SL DVD or a restored image of retail SL on a USB stick, since Nawcom ModtCD is for Snow Leopard. You'll find all the necessary details with a little search on the forum (I've detailed it several times). You would not be wrong to think of it as a complicated way to just build a myHack installer, but it's one guaranteed to get you there with a legit retail SL/L/ML copy if using a real Mac or a VM gets you nowhere.

First of all, kexts usually have meaningful names... Eg: '80211xxx' obviously relates to Ethernet/networking, 'ATIRadeonX1000' obviously relates to ATI Radeon X1000 series graphics cards, 'xxxPS2xxx' obviously relates to keyboards and mice, 'IOATAxxx' obviously relates to disk controllers, etc. If you know ziltch about computers/IT technology, you're up for a challenge! Secondly, OS X does not load a device-related kext unless it is required. For example, if you have an nVidia graphics card, it won't load the ATI or Intel drivers, only the relevant nVidia kext. Naturally, you're expected to have the correct kext that supports your HW... To spice things a little more, sometimes you have to patch (=edit) an existing kext so that it supports your hardware! In such cases, you really have to get pretty familiar with your hardware and fairly computer-litterate.

ANV-Slice works without defect on the D830 nVidia 135m that I've built; never lost the keyboard our trackpad. What options did you choose when opting for your own values when you re-ran EDP kext installation? Are your BIOS parameters set as per recommended settings?

You can install Win7 on GUID partitioned HDD, that's what I have: That "recovery" partition, as you call, is automatically created when you re-partition your available disk space from Win7 installer. You can delete it of course (use Win disk manager for that), but that's gonna remain wasted disk space; you can't add that subsequently to the main Win7 partition as far as I know. The trick is to create your Win7 target partition prior to running the Win7 installer, so that you simply point to it when the installer asks you where you want Win7 to be installed. You can simply create a DOS partition from Mac OS X that you just reformat NTFS at Win7 installation. Then you'll have to play with 'diskpart' command to change bootable partition and may have to re-install Chameleon.

Sounds like install kit is duff. Redo it.

Just to let you know: exact same behaviour with D630 GMA X3100 LoRes. NB: Mirroring also tested with: - D630 nVidia 135m HiRes (ML) -> Ok - D620 GMA950 LoRes (SL) -> Ok - D620 nVidia 110m HiRes (Lion) -> NOk, could not get VGA output to work... Maybe a DSDT tuning would fix the issue on the D630 GMA X3100

It's always recommended (but not mandatory) to run on the last available BIOS. I'd also advise you to check your BIOS settings and compare with BIOS settings recommendations as published for several other D series models. What are the full specs of that laptop (CPU model, add-on cards, networking)? I guess it's running GMA X3100 graphics with a GM965 chipset, right?

Remember: . Lion and ML only on Core 2 Duo CPUs, which I hear to be supported in the 9400 (nice). . ML on nVidia models only (no GMA950 or ATI X1000 series support). With a C2D CPU, performance will be quite similar to a D620 or D820 I guess, so fine under Lion... and ML by extension.

This is oldish laptop is already in the list of supported systems. This laptop is based on Intel Core Solo/Core Duo with FSB 533/667MHz CPUs, so that's sufficient to say it'll be limited to Snow Leopard only. Looking at my own experience of SL on Inspiron 6000, D430 and D620, I'd advise you to go for a laptop with FSB-667 CoreDuo CPU (eg: T2400 1.8GHz) and DDR2-667 RAM. Less than that and the performance won't be that great...

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Please, pretty please, read-up the EDP documentation, it's all in there!

Try and re-run EDP kext installation, opting for "your own values" as opposed to pre-defined and select ANV-Slice mouse/keyboard controller. Re: "Extra" folder visible in finder" -> ???, why don't you simply place a shortcut to your Desktop?

I did some tests on my D630 GMA X1300 HiRes running Lion 10.7.5 and the last D630-Intel-HiRes EDP package. Results are as follows: 1) Hook external LCD to VGA port (at boot time or after) -> extended mode (default) kicks in 2) Select mirror mode -> both screen get completely garbled 3) close the lid -> no sleep and external LCD becomes fully usable as main screen after about 5s 4) re-open lid -> garbled screen 5) reboot with external LCD connected -> both screens go garbled again on boot completion, i.e. Mac OS X remembers the last used display mode. 6) closed the lid, placed my mouse on menu bar display icon, open lid (got garbled screens) and with a bit of dexterity and several attempts, blindly managed to click on the display icon and move down within the menu to 2nd item to cancel mirror mode and return to extended mode. When in mirror mode, lid closed, if you disconnect the external LCD and re-open the lid, the internal LCD stays dark for about 5s and then returns to normal display. Naturally, if you reboot without external screen, the internal LCD is Ok until you connect the external screen as you go back to point 2) above. -> So the answer is kind of yes: you can use the D630 X3100 in mirror mode, only if you close the lid. I would strongly advise to configure BIOS to 'wake on USB' in such a case. The major difficulty is then to "blindly" configure the Hack to return to extended mode. I'll try tonight with my D630 X3100 LoRes in case that one behaves differently... PS: if display on internal LCD appears messed up but no on external screen, I'd say there's nothing wrong with the video controller. In all likelyhood, it's actually the flat/ribbon cable connecting the internal LCD to the mobo that is damaged. It's happened to me on my D620 nVidia HiRes. The cable can wear/get damaged with time at the hinge area... All the trouble was finding the right flat cable as they are different between HiRes and LoRes screens... You'll find LoRes cables without problem.

I've heard of failure installing ML 10.8.0 but success with 10.8.2. Which version are you trying to install?

Now, that's a bit of a relic of the past (released in 2004!), but it was a powerful beast in its days! Building on previous unfinished ModCD SL installation back in 2011, I've (again) put Snow Leopard 10.6.8 on my Precision 670 workstation. Specifications: BIOS A07 Intel E7525 chipset (ICH5R, PCIe v1.0a, PCI v2.3, PCI-X v1.0b, SATA 1.0, Ultra ATA/100, USB2.0) 2 x 64bit single-core Irwindale Xeon @3.8GHz FSB-800MHz then replaced with 2 x dual-core Paxville DP Xeon @2.8GHz 4Go DDR2-400 ECC registered RAM nVidia Quadro FX1400 128MB with dual DVI-I outputs, hooked to 2 x 1280x1024 19" LCDs (ven id 0x10de, dev id 0x00ce) nVidia GeForce 9800 GT 512MB with dual DVI-I outputs hooked to 2 x 1280x1024 19" LCDs (ven id 0x10de, dev id 0x0614) integrated Adaptec Ultra320 SCSI RAID controller (ven id 0x9005, dev id 0x808f) integrated Ultra ATA (ICH5 SATA-I) + EIDE controller (ven id 0x8086, dev id 0x24d1 + 0x24db) 1 x 320Go SATA-I + 1 x 160Go 10k SCSI HDDs + 1 x 40Go IDE HDDs integrated Intel Pro/1000 MT Gigabit Ethernet (ven id 0x8086, dev id 0x1026) integrated Intel 82801EB AC'97 SoundMax (codec: ADI AD1981B ?) audio controller (ven id 0x8086, dev id 0x24d5) USB 2.0 + Firewire ports These old Xeon CPUs, although SSE3 capable, appear incompatible with the vanilla kernel. As such, installation was started with retail SL 10.6.3 + legacy kernel Darwin 10.4.0 as per ModCD (knowing that Nawcom's legacy kernel numbering follows SL mach kernel numbering: for instance 10.7.0 for SL 10.6.7 or 10.8.0 for SL 10.6.8 - don't try to install SL 10.6.3 with Darwin 10.8.0, that will not work). I first tried Nawcom's ModCD method and got SL 10.6.3 installed without problem. Even the audio worked OOB. I then tried myHack installation with generic Extra and also installed SL 10.6.3 without problems. I now need to finalise update to 10.6.8 with that 2nd installation. With legacy kernel, both CPUs are seen and with their multithread capabilites. System boots 64bit kernel OOB.

Great that you got there! Google for iMessage, you'll see that Apple have done some changes...

Hmm, I hear people getting this when installing 10.8.0 but not when installing 10.8.2 directly... Worth a shot if you can try it.

Or use a combination of DoubleCommand + Logitech national keyboard layouts -> perfectly matched keyboard.

Which version of ML are you trying to install?

Specs of your E6400?

Well, if the GPU's points are off right now, not much to lose... D620 GMA (or D630 GMA) support LoRes and HiRes LCD. It's only controlled by the LCD itself (LCD + inverter + ribbon cable -> all 3 required), so you can swap. If you swap on a Hackintoshed D620/D630, remember to change DSDT table too.