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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.

Look it up... -> mobo in the oven!

Assuming the kext is in the correct location and you've followed the above steps, hmm... check your installed card dev id against the dev id listed in the kext plist ?

@tweakbsd: sounds interesting. I had looked at Intel's IDA in C2D datasheets in the past and it indicated that only 1 core could be boosted whilst the other was idle. I believe that the same principle has been retained over to the i core generation, although I'm not 100% certain of it. To me, your T8400 forced@IDA frequency runs on single core only.

Bake it!

I would expect you to copy the kext to /Extra/Extensions or /System/Library/Extensions, then rebuild permissions+cache with myFix (full) before reboot. You'll probably have to try with boot options GraphicEnabler=Yes/No and then adjust your boot settings permanently in Chameleon boot plist once/if it works. Try the various combinations and see if it works: - kext in /E/E + GE=Yes - kext in /E/E + GE=No - kext in /S/L/E + GE=Yes - kext in /S/L/E + GE=No Read up the description, ReadMe file and comments (I know, 33pages!) as they probably contain useful info and tips. Sorry, I have no laptop with such graphics controller, so I can't really help you with testing... The downloaded archive is of 7zip format so extract things from Windows with 7zip.

Ok, so it's definitely not a GMA X3100 then, that reported info in Mountain Lion is incorrect. GM45 chipset includes the GMA 4500MHD graphics controller. At 1st thought, you could believe to be out of luck: http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/221394-intel-gma4500-gl-4x-express-chipset Then: http://www.osx86.net/view/2866-gma_x-4500-m-mhd-hd_+64_bit_kext.html The plist info covers your 0x2a42 controller, so it looks like you could be in business; give the 64bit kext a try and report back. One may even wonder if, with a bit of reverse patching, that 64bit kext would work for GMA X3100... That'd be ace!!!

Mmm, could you have a look for the exact device id? Apple Menu -> About this Mac -> More info -> System Report -> PCI Card & Video card. Then we'll look at it.

My apologies, I must have misread your post. I was referring to setting hibernate mode to 0 (from 3) as done by the EDP tweak. Sorry if I caused confusion...

Re: hibernate, you can also check your hibernate mode and set it to 0 if you want (-> it will not save image to HDD any more). For that, use the EDP fix (unless you prefer Unix command line).

1) Yes, that'll fix the KP on wake 2) - 3) Yes, it is but sometimes you have to re-install Chameleon, for instances in cases of multi-boot HDD; so it's handy to download and reinstall properly on your machine 4) I don't believe Cham Wizard ever was included in EDP, but I would not be quoted on that. I don't know if your link is the "official" location. It doesn't really matter. Otherwise, get it from kexts.com (osx86.net),

'looks like you'd be the 1st one here to have that machine under OS X as there's been no word from original user since his initial post. One can only assume he gave up. It would have helped if he provided the whole list of specs...

Sorry, no idea about the PState code or its capabilities to call on unlocked multiplier of Extreme CPUs.

When you run EDP kext installation, make sure to select the correct model (LoRes vs HiRes) as DSDT table differs and will be overwritten. Then I would suggest that, instead of predefined values, you opt for your own settings and select: . VoodooPS2Controller . NullCPUPowerManagement . SleepEnabler . Emulated SpeedStep . VoodooTSCsync . patched AppleHDA STAC9200 for D620 . Voodoo Battery Also, make sure your BIOS is set according to the recommended parameters. I've just updated my EDP (it was at v4 r71, now at v4 r110) and I've just re-run kext installation as per above list on my D620 GMA950 LoRes running SL 10.6.8 -> All Ok, except sound which I've lost. We're looking at the Sound problem, meantime it works with 'VoodooHDA (more stable)'.

Well, I'd suggest to test this in Windows. Theoretically, X7xxx or X9xxx Extreme C2D CPUs could be supported by the D630, being FSB800 processors. As long as the BIOS does not reject them, there's no technical reason they would not work... They might just run hot (44W vs 35W on the "regular" C2D). I think I remember reading on an overclocking forum that someone did indeed run an X9000 in a D630 and pushed it up to 3.7GHz by raising FSB to 1066MHz through PLL-mod! Impressive if it worked and was sustainable! I, myself, am a bit unconvinced re: heat and cooling...

You do not have to first install SL to then install Lion. If you have the Lion ESD dmg image, as long as it is retail version, go straight with Lion.

Leave BIOS settings as they are, partition your HDD as GUID (you will just reformat your spare partition NTFS for Win7 for example), use your Lion image (though you lost with that last point, unless you lean installing Lion rather than SL...)

A little UP on this old thread, following work I've done on the Vostro200 to try and get my ATI X1300 graphics card fully working. Model is low-profile ATI Radeon Pro X1300/X1550 256MB (RV516 chip) with PCI vendor id 0x1002 and device id 0x7183. I first used Syon's reported method of using Natit kext in /E/E to get full res (but no acceleration) and, after extensive research, found a documented way to do Chameleon injection. It's reported here: http://www.beejblog.com/2010/03/ati-x1300-pro-on-mac-os-x-snow-leopard.html . Credits to Beej (Brent Anderson) and Azimutz. I've reached full QE/CI under SL 10.6.8 through the above method, adapted to myHack installations: 1a) downloaded Chameleon GraphicsEnabler branch from Azimutz (r1515 dated 2011 at time of writing) since it includes support for my ATI X1300 card (PCI dev id 0x7183). Obviously, one needs to check which models are supported beforehand... 1b) copied Azimutz's 'ATiGraphicsEnabler.Dylib' to /Extra/modules 1c) copied Azimutz's 'boot' to root of SL partition (use appropriate boot file according to your partition/OS arrangements) 2a) made copies of /S/L/E ATI1300Controller.kext + ATIX1000.kext to /E/E and patched to include my dev id 0x7183: 2b) replaced 0x7187 by 0x7183 in the Info plist of both kexts 2c) Using 0xED tool, binary patched MacOS/ATIRadeonX1000 module of ATIRadeonX1000 kext, replacing 81 FA 87 71 by 81 FA 83 71 at offsets 2E26F and BA2A27 3a) downloaded EVOenabler kext, version patched for ATI X1000 cards 3b) edited its plist to replace string "Alopias" by "Sphyrna" (=model with single DVI dual-link) and string "Radeon 1800XL" by "Radeon X1300" 3c) copied kext to /E/E 4) ran myFix (full) and rebooted. Voilà ! full QE/CI under Snow Leopard. Display sleep is also supported afterwards. Oh, one more thing: thanks to Chameleon ATI injection + 32/64bit ATI kexts, 64bit kernel mode is supported ! NB: not tested dual display setup; that may require additional EDID info tuning in EVOenabler kext.