Hervé

Hi, I've tried MyHack 3.1 + OSXL Bootpack USB key method as described in this other thread: https://osxlatitude.com/index.php?/topic/1375-d630-need-help/#entry9336 Not only does it appear fairly slow, but it ends up with blank screen after Apple-logo grey screen with spinning wheel. Difficult to move forward from there on and to know whether it gets stuck or not... I've tried your suggested option/boot flags but it ends up the same way: blank screen after a split second during which it goes grey. I attach pictures of the last messages displayed just before that (screen2 show very last messages before screen goes dark). There are 2 lines reporting an "invalid firmware" in relation to backlight. Could this be linked?

Hi everyone. I too am encountering failure, despite several attempts. My D630 setup is: Intel C2D T7500 2.2GHz FSB800 2Go DDR2-667 RAM 160Go SATA HDD 5400rpm Intel Graphics (965GM) -> X3100? WXGA+ LCD 1440x900 Audio Sigmatel 9205 Broadcom 10/100/1000BT Broadcom Wireless Dell Bluetooth adapter Unmodded A17 BIOS (i.e. I tried the modded version, but results are worse with it) Installation attempted with Retail Snow Leopard 10.6.3 DVD. Initial attempts were with a HDD already set with Win7. From Windows, I reduced the Win7 partition to recover disk space and created a new main partition formatted NTFS. I made a USB boot key with Nawcom ModUSB + SL 10.6.3. Installation goes through Ok (I believe using legacy_kernel) and everything works at straight reboot of HDD (full video resolution, sound, keyboard, trackpad, wifi + 10/100/1000BT + Bluetooth + dual boot) except two main defects: 1) SL has to be booted with external screen plugged in and video output directed to it (FN F8) otherwise screen goes blank after Apple grey screen with spinning wheel. With external screen plugged in, screen reverts back to built-in LCD to provide initial Welcome Video/Normal boot completion (this is not reached with modded BIOS). 2) can only update to SL 10.6.7 (without single issue), but SL 10.6.8 causes unrecoverable boot failure. This is the closest I can get to successful installation! If EDP 1.9.2 kexts are then installed, I will just get blank screen on built-in LCD at end of boot, no matter what. I then decided to copy the bootpack to the USB boot key, thereby replacing ModUSB's Extra folder. The result was a system only partially installed: 1) built-in keyboard was not recognised, I had to use external USB keyboard. 2) after installation of EDP 1.9.2 and appropriate kexts + Chameleon installation, I only obtain blank screen at reboot! If I boot with external screen plugged in, built-in LCD remains black but external screen is usable (albeit empty because acting as 2nd screen). 3) only if I reboot off USB key and then select newly installed SL partition do I obtain full reboot on built-in LCD, but I cannot get full screen resolution and other stuff. 4) no installation possible on MBR partitions, I had to delete everything and opt for GUID partitions. I then decided to follow the Wiki's recommendation and, using previous partial installation, went the MyHack way. I deleted my USB boot key and restarted everything with MyHack 3.1 + Retail SL 10.6.3 DVD. It took a while, but new USB boot key was created and I replaced the /Extra folder by that of the Bootpack. Installation is then a complete failure. On pressing F12 to select USB key to boot from, I do get the Chameleon screen showing "My hack OS Install disk" from which system appears to boot. After some lenghty period of time, screen for to grey Apple logo with spinning wheel, but after some additional period of time, screen just goes blank! I've tried to use various options/flags to fix the issue (-x/-v/-f/PCIRoot=1/GraphicsEnabler=No), but no success. Could anyone provide a detailed step-by-step installation method for that lappy? How did those who succeeded manage to get SL 10.6.8 installed? Thanks in advance for your advises.

Here's my dual boot method out of an existing WinXP D430 (U7600, 60Go HDD, 2Go RAM) that already had 2 partitions: 30Go main partition (C: drive - system) and 30Go extended partition (D: drive). 1) Emptied D: disk 2) Right clicked on My Computer -> Manage -> Disk management 3) Deleted D: logical drive + extended partition 4) created new main partition and formated NTFS (new separate D: drive) Proceeded with Nawcom ModUSB + Retail SL 10.6.3 USB-key installation, reformating newly created partition as OS X (journalised) partition. After completion and Chameleon installation, both OS X & WinXP partitions were visible on pressing [ENTER] at bootloader. Both systems were bootable. Easy!

Sound sorted, God I'm ashamed! I had opened the laptop to check possible CPU upgrades (not feasible, CPU is soldered to the mobo) and forgot to reconnect speaker cable afterwards!!!

Big up on this ageing thread! Hi everyone, Hervé from France here. I've been a Hackintosh fan a tad over a year having started with Leopard 10.5.8 on my overclocked Dell Inspiron 6000 laptop (which works like a dream). Tried to install SL on that one, but always failed miserably. My wife's got a Latitude D620 which I'm thinking of "converting" too. Same with my office D630 for which I have my own personal HDD to play with. I mean to set them up with dual-boot Win7/SL (or maybe Lion) one day. For the moment, I've got my hands on a D430 that a friend of mine asked me to check to see if I could get something out of it. Basically, it's running like a dead dog under XP. I got it with 1Go of RAM, 60Go HDD and a U7600 1.2GHz C2D CPU. I thought it'd be a lost cause, but I added 1Go of DDR2-533 to it and attempted SL 10.6.8... successfully thanks to this place! D430 was updated to standard BIOS A09 before starting. Here's my method: 1) damaged/broken middle ports meant the D430 only has 1 USB port left, so USB boot pen/key installation was sole way 2) made Nawcom ModCD/retail SL 10.6.3 USB boot key from Hackintoshed Inspiron 6000 3) installed SL 10.6.3 (ticked off printers + extra fonts + languages, rest was left at default settings) 4) rebooted off USB pen drive and selected newly created Mac OS X installation 5) at that stage: no sound, no wireless, basic 1024x768 video 6) downloaded EDP 1.9 off this site, copied to separate USB key and transferred to Hackintoshed D430 7) launched EDP package and proceeded to kexts installation for D420&D430 Dual core models: - VoodooPS2controller - NullCPUPowerManagement - SleepEnabler - VoodooBattery - Emulated SpeedStep - Latest Chameleon rebooted off HDD sucessfully -> full graphics 1280x800, wireless working, but /!\ no sound /!\ 9) installed DoubleCommand for Keyboard re-mapping 10) downloaded Ukelele and copied Logitech FR layouts into /Library/KeyboardLayouts, then selected as Input off PrefPane 11) proceeded to Software Update, including dreaded 10.6.8 update 12) re-applied EDP 1.9 kexts installation just in case 13) rebooted and was asked to install downloaded updates (I thought they had been installed) 14) Big GULP as I clicked "Reboot" 15) Pretty much a TOTAL SUCCESS at reboot!!! Working D430 under SL 10.6.8 Just need to try and fix the sound now. Thanks a million for this site and all its goodies, it's made my day! The D430 works really well under its new config. Much more faster than with XP, but there might have been a problem underneath there... Things that don't work... yet? - no sound - does not go to sleep when lid is closed or FN Esc is pressed