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Have a look at the following post: http://forum.osxlati...der-64bit-mode/ 'never got the D620 nVidia to boot SL in 64bit mode (it has adequate CPU). The D630 X3100, however, certainly seemed to do so with Lion since I was booting with default graphics (no 64bit kext for Intel Crestline graphics = default graphics). I've not tried it yet, but I guess there's a good chance you'd boot the D620 in 64bit mode under Lion.

You don't necessarily have to revert to XP to update firmware and/or drivers. Win7 installs generic BT drivers (although from memory, the DW350 was listed as such initlally) but I installed/loaded XP/Vista drivers and updated firmware of BT adapters 350 and 360. Once this is done, it's then possible to right click on the BT task bar icon and activate/deactivate BT radio from Win7, something not available with generic drivers. The driver for the DW360 can be obtained off Dell's web site under Latitude D630/D830 support. Just download and execute the Vista driver entitled 'Dell 360 Bluetooth adapter 2.0 + EDR / 2.1 + EDR'. The Firmware will be updated if necessary during the process. The DW350 is a bit older (a Toshiba piece of hardware). The D620/D820 XP driver and Toshiba application can be installed under Win7 regardless of the warnings. XP driver uses firmware 2422 and is fully compatible/supported under Mac OS X (all services, including resume on wake). That's the version to use. Do not use Vista driver which updates to firmware 3538 as that appears incompatible with Mac OS X. If you have that version, downgrade to XP 2422 version. I don't see any firmware rev 4.x on any of my adapters... That could be driver version. I've updated my research post on Bluetooth adapters: http://forum.osxlati...ers/#entry12926

@n0yd: yes, you need a Mac/Hack (or access to one) to prepare your OS X installation media. Understood, you don't have that. In that case, you can use the suggested path of a Virtual Machine from which you'll create your myHack installation media to subsequently follow our EDP procedure. Alternatively, you can do a basic (uncomplete) SL installation with Nawcom's ModCD, from which you'll be able to create your myHack installation media. That alternative will only require a retail SL media (USB key or DVD) and the ISO image of ModCD burnt to a CD. That's downloadable off the Web (kexts.com, Nawcom's blog archive, etc.)

With a C2D CPU (eg: T7200 or above), it'll run Lion 10.7 just fine...

Just in case, compare your BIOS settings with those provided at section root: http://forum.osxlati...-settings-d630/ I do not use the pre-defined EDP installation kexts, I use the following: - VoodooPS2 controller (ANV-Slice for ML) - NullCPUPowerManagement - SleepEnabler - VoodooTSCSync - Emulated SpeedStep - Patch audio AppleHDA (D630) or VoodooHDA (more stable) Followed by Hibernation Fix + Touch /S/L/E Which BT adapter do you have? http://forum.osxlati...tooth-adapters/ What are your Chameleon boot plist settings?

Unfortunately, that card is not supported either in ML. If you want ML on a 'D' Series, you need a D630 or D820/830 with nVidia graphics.

Any non-supported HW in that laptop? Like Intel wifi?

You should re-run EDP and select an audio kext. You can use the VoodooHDA (more stable) or the AppleHDA patched for D630.

Hi and welcome to OSXL. Read up the various posts on the D6xx forum + Web site pages off top menu items, especially the EDP pages. You'll find compatibility chart + supported OS X versions per model, i.e. answers to your questions about ML on your D620 (but the short answer is: no). Read-up pages about modified BIOS too. From memory, the modified BIOS for the D620 is fully working. DSDT tables would not interfere with Wifi cards, it's just a driver (kext) matter, provided the hardware is supported by Mac OS X (you probably know by now that Intel cards are not supported but Broadcom or Atheros cards are). Bear in mind that the modified BIOS "only" includes the DSDT table + power-on Apple logo. So, whilst it removes the need of the DSDT table in the /Extra folder, it does not remove the need to install and run EDP, which is still required to install and load all the necessary kexts specific to the laptop model. PS: The need of a 64bit version to access the full 4Go RAM (or above) is more a Windows matter. Only early Intel Macs had the same limitation, but more recent Macs can access the full 4Go, even when running in 32bit mode (SL or Lion, ML being 64bit only).

Did you configure the Audio Setup of Soundflower? Select 2ch option. Which audio kext did you choose when installing EDP kexts?

Take it out and replace it with a Broadcom model. PS: I currently have a DW1490 (=Broadcom 802.11g) for sale if you were interested

D630 Intel LoRes = Crestline X3100 with 1280x800 LCD (WXGA) D630 Intel HiRes = Crestline X3100 with 1440x900 LCD (WXGA+) Unfortunately, those models cannot really run Mountain Lion because, from that OS X version, Apple dropped support for older Intel graphics chipsets such as GMA950 and X3100. ML will install, sure, but without graphics acceleration and that will render system performance pretty poor. EDP does not incorporate support for the D630 X3100 under ML, so you're bound to meet trouble after applying EDP on that model after ML installation. One other thing: the DSDT table for laptop with Intel Graphics chipset differs between the 2 LCD resolutions, so you can't really use one instead of the other. I know from experience that you cannot use the LoRes DSDT table on a HiRes D630 and I'd expect the same for the reverse although I've never tried this (I could test this of course, but that never occured to me). As such, I would not recommend using the HiRes bootpack on a LoRes laptop or install kexts for the HiRes on a LoRes laptop as that includes copying/overwriting the DSDT table in the /Extra folder. It's probably not what you wanted to hear but forget ML and stick to Lion at best. There's hardly any difference for the average/regular user.

Hi, what kind of mouse? Laptop built-in trackpad or external/USB mouse?

If you still have Windows, it'll show in the Device Manager, otherwise, simply open up the D430 and look at the physical card. The brand and model will be written on it.

Strange... My 1st two OS X installations on a D430 and a D630 were on HDD that already had Windows on them. I simply reduced the original partition from within Windows through the computer management tool and created a new partition, NTFS-formated, in the recovered disk space. I was then able to install OS X on those partitions without doing any particular package manipulation. I simply booted the myHack installer key and started with the Disk Utility to re-format the target partition as OS X journaled, the overall HDD partitionings retaining their original MBR setup.

Last update: 20 Jul 2020 Here are BIOS settings that are known to work on D830 with nVidia Quadro NVS 135M/140M GPU and Intel Crestline GMA X3100 under Snow Leopard, Lion, Mountain Lion, Mavericks, Yosemite, El Capitan, Sierra, High Sierra and Mojave (models with nVidia graphics only for Mavericks 10.9 and above). These settings were tested and verified with BIOS A15/A16/A17. Onboard Devices: . Integrated NIC = enabled . Internal modem = enabled (or disabled) . External USB ports = enabled . Parallel port = ECP (or whatever) . Serial port = COM1 . PC Card and 1394 = enabled . SATA Operation = AHCI . Module Bay Device = Enabled . Flash Cache Module = Off (On if you have one but SSD much better these days) . ASF Mode = Off . Microphone = Enabled Video: . Ambient Light Sensor = Off . Brightness = max . Brightness (AC) = max . Primary Video = Onboard Video Security: . Admin Password = not set . System Password = not set . Internal HDD PW = not set . Password Change = Permitted . Password Bypass = Off or Reboot & Resume Bypass (or any other value) . Wireless Switch Change = Denied . Wi-Fi Catcher Change = Denied . CPU XD Support = Enabled . Signed Firmware Update = Disable . TPM Security = Off . TPM Activation = Deactivate . Computrace® = Deactivate Performance: . Multi Core Support = Enabled . Dynamic Acceleration = Off for T7xxx Merom CPUs (or FSB and therefore CPU speed is reduced), On for T8xxx/T9xxx Penryn CPUs . SpeedStep Enable = Enabled Power Management: . Auto On Mode = Off . Auto On Time = xxxxxx . USB Wake Support = Off (USB wake only operates when laptop is on mains and then causes Sleep 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 . LAN/Wi-Fi Auto Switch = Off The above settings are compatible with sleep/wake mode of operation and use of Wireless on/off switch. BT + Wifi services resume on wake + wireless switch re-activation (Wifi requires manual network re-selection after the latter). Edit: BIOS A16 and A17 modify the System Number from -595B to -3A5B. Whilst these latest versions neither bring new particular features nor affect behaviour in OS X, they are however incompatible with unlocking passwords provided by the well-known BIOS password generator tool (Dogbert's tool included in EDP) which only supports System Numbers ending in -595B/-D35B/-2A7B. As such, if your D830 BIOS is locked with an Admin password, you're unable to unlock it if BIOS is above version A15. Please note that having a BIOS Admin password set does not prevent BIOS downgrade from Windows using the package available off Dell's support web site or directly from a USB key using the extracted .hdr file.

Hi Jahudka, is there a particular reason why are you playing with OSinstall packages instead of re-installing from scratch off a fresh myHack installer key? Wouldn't that be much easier? Also, am I right by saying you're trying to install OS X on a HDD that possess an existing Win partition that you don't want to lose? It'd be ideal if you were able to try installation on a different HDD you would partition GUID. That'd give you the most standard platform to start with.

I just copied the kext to /S/L/E and run myFix (full) to repair permissions before rebooting. Nothing to lose by trying that instead of Kext Wizard...

Please, read up the documentation; it does exactly as it says on the tin! http://www.osxlatitu.../compatibility/ Don't use distros, buy a legitimate copy of SL/Lion and follow the EDP procedure to install OS X on a D430.

Re-run ModUSB package on that USB key with restored image of SL. Then copy DSDT.aml file of the bootpack to the /Extra folder of the USB key. Re-install OS X and when the laptop reboots, make sure to reboot off the USB key (press F12 and select USB). When you see the bootloader scrolling bar, press [ENTER] and select your HDD partition. This will get you into SL and prompt you to finalize installation (user account, time zone, etc.). Once you're there, follow the EDP procedure to be able to start afresh with a myHack installation USB key to get a Vanilla installation, not a legacy-kernel installation. This works with retail SL 10.6.3, I started this way... If that does not work for you, you're either doing something wrong or your SL image is duff...

Alan, for voice recognition/voice commands, I forgot to say that you also need to activate "Pronounceable Items" in the Accessibility Pref Pane. It's not straight forward, but that's how I did it in Lion.

I knew the "blue nub" is not supported, but I must admit I've never even used the trackpad upper buttons, even in Windows! I'm using ANV-Slice controller under ML and neither the nub, nor the upper buttons appear operational with standard settings. Maybe they do/would with specific mouse or trackpad settings, I don't know. There is quite a choice in terms of PS2 controllers in EDP, you could always try them individually and see if any of them supports what you need.

The EDP procedure will give you a Vanilla OS X installation specifically tuned for your laptop model. You would never get that with a distro as distros are generic and you end up with drivers not suited and/or suitable to your specific computer.

You cannot run the Combo updates?

You won't be installing ML 10.8 on a D430 for sure. Lion 10.7 at best, but SL 10.6 performs much better and will do so nicely on an SSD.