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Well, you can use Disk Utility to re-partition/format your USB key as GUID/Mac OS extended (journaled) to start with. Then you mount your retail 10.6.3 SL image and launch myHack to create the USB key installer. At the end of that creation, just re-run myHack to create the /Extra folder of your USB key, pointing to the D620-intel-SL bootpack that you'll have previously downloaded.

Your last line will not encourage people to help you. No-one here is at your disposal. On the 24th, that's 2 days ago, it seemed you had chosen to go your own way, so... I've already suggested the ModCD/ModUSB method to get you started. Did you try it? You said you already have: 1) a DMG image of retail Snow Leopard 2) an existing Hackintosh running Tiger Great. From that Hackintosh, run Disk Utility to restore your SL image to a USB key (must be at least 8Go). Once that is done, download ModUSB package (http://nawcom.com/osx86/ModUSB/) and install it on that USB key. That should give you a bootable SL installation USB key. It may use the legacy kernel by default, but that will do to start with. Download the OSXL bootback for your specific D630 model and copy the contents to the /Extra folder of the USB key. Boot off the USB key and install Snow Leopard. At the end of installation, reboot off the USB key and select your newly created SL partition. This will get you to your newly installed Snow Leopard system, albeit an uncomplete one and no everything will work. However, you should then be able to download/run myHack and start afresh the entire EDP-based procedure and install SL on that D630, running Vanilla kernel.

How far do you get when you boot off the USB key?

After 1st boot, could you try the following? 1) from a Terminal window, type the 'pmset -g' command (or 'sudo pmset -g') to get the Power Management settings 2) put your laptop to sleep, then wake it 3) redo a 'pmset -g' again to compare

Did you try mode 0 to disable hibernation? That's what I run on my D620/D630s without problems.

If you see the bar move as you talk, then, yes, it appears that the mike is working. Have a look at the following post, it explains what you have to do to actually get voice recognition in applications: http://forum.osxlati...h__1#entry12768 If you have everything working on that Vostro, and it appears you do now, we should add it to the list of supported models. Are you still running with the D630 Intel LoRes DSDT table? Your contribution is very helpful towards a new EDP-entry for the Vostro1500.

Other people have encountered trouble with Virtual Machine to create the myHack USB installation media. Try using NawCom BootCD to setup your D630 with a temp SL installation (using mach or legacy kernel) from where you can then re-create a proper myHack SL installation boot key and start afresh with a fully OSXL-supported method. Do a little search, I've detailed this method on the forum not that long ago. Make sure to use the correct bootpack for your D630, as there are 3: 1) D630, intel graphics, 1280x800 2) D630, intel graphics, 1440x900 3) D630, nVidia graphics

Hmm, I would not indulge in such bold and silly statements about defying people as far as understanding installation instructions is concerned. I'm truly sorry Dear but, looking at the rather large number of successful installations reported here, I'd say you've lost that contest by quite a distance old chap... I, for one, understood them quite easily, and you know what?... I'm foreign! I'm sure all those who spent time and effort developing this site will fully appreciate your pleasant and useful comments. Had you even clicked on the EDP menu at the very top of your screen or on the link provided by Bronxteck when he replied to you in August, you would have found a top line item labelled "What is EDP?" that would have enlighten you on the meaning of this very precious TLA. 'hope my own gibberish, some will say charabia, is not too ludicrous to your sweet ear. Hugs & kisses (aka gros poutous).

This is not the place for iboot (chameleon, stolen and rebranded), that has its own dedicated space... If you follow the detailed instructions provided on the EDP pages, you should find no issues at all. The overall process is the same for all versions of OS X and all systems supported here: creation of myHack OS-version-specific USB boot key with installation of model-specific bootpack, then installation of the OS, followed by installation of EDP (EDP package + kexts installation). If that makes no sense to you, I'm not sure your suggested method would make more sense.

Hi and welcome. You'll find that ML is not supported on those Crestline-based models unfortunately, so you'll be limited to Lion, which is not that bad.

Nope. It seems that, with ML, "they all do that Sir" -> http://forum.osxlati...52-1082-update/ Welcome to the club!

-> schan1: do you have npci=0x2000 set in your /Extra boot plist? You can verify this with Chameleon Wizard application.

Have a look at the Wiki pages of osx86 project web site (Tiger 10.4.11 or Leopard 10.5.6 - alternatively look for Leopard 10.5.8 for Inspiron 6000)

Actually, the D800 is Pentium M/Centrino based with Intel 855PM chipset, so it runs on Banias or FSB400-Dothan CPUs. Best CPU would be PM 765 at 2.16GHz with 2Mo L2 cache. That laptop uses DDR SDRAM, AGP nVidia graphics and an IDE/PATA HDD controller. That is getting pretty ancient and, indeed, Leopard is probably the best possible OS X candidate. A quick search showed that this laptop has been successfully hacked on Tiger; that shows how old it is... I have an Inspiron 6000, a nearly-as-ancient but slightly better model, with chipset 915GM, i.e. support for FSB533 CPUs (which I run as an overclock). I still haven't managed to install SL on it (mostly because I have trouble getting the ICH6 controller supported), so it remains on Leopard 10.5.8. By all means, have a go at hacking it with ModCD and retail Snow Leopard (ideally 10.6.3). That will use a legacy kernel, i.e. the only supported kernel you could operate on that system. But do not expect much out of that.

Try and reboot in your OS X partition via your USB install pen. If that succeeds, check your boot plist in /Extra and give us the list of checked/selected parameters. I think it needs npci=0x2000 for ML (well, the D630 nVidia does, to boot ML).

Have a look in the BIOS for the sound card model. I know it's listed on Latitude D models, hopefully it'll be the same on your Vostro. Then we can look for the right driver, if it exists. For the Mouse/TrackPad, you could try and install some of the well-known kexts like VoodooPS2 or Slice's kexts.

Hmm, is it reported in the BIOS in System->Device Info (top line)?

Once you boot your HDD OS X partition via USB key, just re-run EDP and re-install Chameleon (menu 3: installer). That will take care of things. Alternatively, check in /Download folder, you'll probably find a copy of Chameleon package there. Double click on it to re-install.

You sure got there! And, oh, update that old BIOS to A17 or A18. To install Chameleon, run EDP -> menu 3 'Installer'. Once it's installed, try and install Chameleon Wizard too. It's a great tool to modify contents of Boot plist (in /Extra), edit SMBIOS plist or update Chameleon version.

'not convinced there are performance improvements to be expected with A18. It seems to add mostly security features. I only upgraded one of my D630 to A18, the other two remain on A17. But it is totally safe to upgrade on an existing Hackintosh build.

Tut mir Leid, my mistake, I missed that point in your earlier post. It appears you've followed the correct process to create the key (assuming you chose "Create 10.7 installer") and begin installation, but I am wondering if you did not point to the wrong image for Lion. Did you point to the "InstallESD.dmg' image found inside the Lion image package when prompted for the Lion image (right click on Lion package then go to Contents->SharedSupport)?

I'm confused... Which version of Mac OS are you trying to install? I understood it was Snow Leopard. For SL, use the D630 nVidia SL bootpack. For Lion, use the D630 nVidia Lion bootpack. Don't mix OS X versions and bootpacks.

Hmm, I see those 2 lines with "Invalid firmware - ...". I encountered that during very early attempts to install SL on my D630. Turned out I was not using the correct DSDT table (DSDT for Intel X3100 LoRes, as opposed to Intel X3100 HiRes). You were booting off the installation media. Are you sure you installed the correct Bootpack? Try and boot with -x -f -v options.

Sounds like you'd need to re-install Chameleon bootloader.

Yes, create a Lion USB installer using myHack and then create a /Extra with myHack using the D630 Intel LoRes bootpack. You could keep the D630 DSDT to start with and hope for the best, failing that, simply delete it.