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Activity… wow! oh… Well, since I'm here, the issue was never resolved. I replaced the screen with one from different sub-model that I know can be made to work properly. Either the main board doesn't (fully) support the screen, or the screen itself is broken. It doesn't do the 4-way split, but it looks like corduroy, even in the BIOS. Ultimately, I took out the screen(s) altogether, and use it attached to an external monitor. It's not much of a laptop, but it's somewhat functional. It worked 'fine', right up until I installed a USB WiFi (Netis WF-2116, I think), now it is unstable, and nearly unusable. Kinda' over it, and will probably just bite the bullet and get a real MacBook with my IRS refund

Yes. But as I mentioned earlier, I don't think anything in /E/E is actually loading. According to the downloaded .dmg, I have myHack 3.3.1

lspci: Cannot find any working access method

As of my last note, the machine boots 'vanilla' with it. As far as i can tell, EVERYTHING is 'vanilla'. None of the kexts from the pack seem to loading (!): I've got no sound, no trackpad, no graphics driver. Whenever I do something like "MyFix", I get a string of "imporperly installed/contact vendor" alerts regarding all the kexts in MyHack\Plugins (which are the same as what's in the E\E directory. But here goes: • Moved x3100 from Extra\Extensions to E\Removed Extensions and from within MyHack.kext package to Desktop and reboot - no extra tags. Reboot stuck at apple logo & spinning circle (not beachball). I left it there for about 5 minutes then powered down. • Power on. Start boot with -v tag (blah-blah blah…) waiting for DSMOS... ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin::registerLPCDriver - failed to locate SMC driver [] All that looks familiar, like it did when it was failing. Power down. • Power on. Start boot with arch=i386 -v tags (blah-blah blah… lots of lines like: 0x345bbfc8 : 0x2e5d77 (0x4254210 0x0 0x10 0x402c540) Kernel Extnesions in backtrace: 4 lines like: com.apple.iokit.IOAPCIFamily(1.4)[2C139AFA-EBAC-4CB6-BB01-A983AD7D66E51@0xf8a000->0xf90fff some with 'dependency lines like: dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOACPFamily(1.4)[2C139AFA-EBAC-4CB6-BB01-A983AD7D66E51@0xf8a000 BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kextd Boot args: boot-uuid=3E6E5D4B-C6AB-331-8CE0-B87C9982B406 rd=*uuid arch-i386 -v Mac OS version: 11E53 Kernel version: Darwin Kernel Version 11.4.0: Mon Apr 9 19:33:05 PDT 2012; root:xnu-1699.26.8~1RELEASE_I386 Kernl UUID: DC2420E0-4451-376C-8A70-74301C98CE6B System model name: MacBook3,1 (Mac-F22788C8) System uptime in nanoseconds: 9678841209 [] • Power down, remove drive, plug into external case, attach to working system and return x3100 to previous locatons, return drive to computer, boot without tags (This should be the same state as before removing x3100, when the computer was working) hangs in same place (apple & spinning) So removing x3100 seems to have broken the computer… even through it didn't seem to be running anyway, and shouldn't have been running in a 64bit system (?!). But returning x3100 didn't bring it back to the previous working state. Excellent…. . . • Power down, remove drive, plug into external case, attach to working system, run Disk Utility (fix permissions), run MyFix (Full), return drive to computer, boot without tags Boots 'fine' (as before, stil no sound or trackpad) Next?

OK, I'm up without the -x flag. But it crashes if I try to boot in 32bit mode (either with flag or chameleon boot plist setting). I take that means I don't actually have a video/graphics driver loaded, and system profiler agrees with that assessment. Of note, the yahoos over at osx86.net seem to think they've got a 64bit x3100 kext. http://www.osx86.net/files/file/2511-x3100-64bit-driver-for-snow-and-lion/ Whadda you think? For now, I think I'm gonna sleep on this. It's been a long day.

OK, so with the new bootloader, and fresh everything, I've got the computer to where it will boot in safe mode. Without -x, it just hangs. So, with the -v flag, here are the last few lines: ** /dev/rdisk0s2 (NO WRITE) ** Root file system Esecuting fsck_hfs (version diskdev_cmds-540.1~25). hfs: Removed 0 orphaned / unlinked files and 7 directories ** ApleSMBusPCI::start failed to get acpi path for provider Aple16x50PCI3: Identified 1 Serial Channels at PCI bus=0 Dev=3 Func=3 Apple16x50UARTSync3: Detected 16550AF/C/CF FIFO=16 MaxBaud=115200 macx_swapon SUCCESS Waiting for DSMOS... <--- stayed there for a while APCI_SMC_PlatformPlugin::registerLPCDriver - failed to locate SMC driver [] <---white rectangle That's it… But hey! It's progress!

That makes perfect sense, so I'll just go with the newest, and report the results. With v2254 I was able to set 32bit mode (in theory, anyway) but had been entering the arch=i386 tag as well. Unfortunately, my only functional computer seems to have realized it's being replaced, so is now being problematic. I'm building everything at work, and taking it all home to install. Perhaps over the weekend, I'll be able to bring the whole kit into work, and be able to try options and meaningfully respond in a more timely fashion. Thanks.

OK… this is quickly becoming 'not fun' anymore. After learning the potential problem, I managed to get the machine up… once, with the bootloader from the installer. I have the same specs, and followed the procedure described here: http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.php/HCL_10.7.5/Portables#HP_6910p … I got through it, and had to infer the last step as installing the bootloader onto the target drive. As soon as I did, megabork. Now the installer won't even boot. AFAIK the only things different from the listed spec/procedure are: 1/ My source Lion install image is 10.7.4 (where that procedure mentioned updating to 10.7.4 after install) 2/ He's calling for one (of 2 listed) specific Chameleon updates "2255 or 2263" but all I had access to at the time was 2254* 3/ I did not install the 'extra kext to read hardware temps' as they seemed to be optional, and something to look into once the system was up and running I'm currently downloading both listed Chameleon versions, as well as the most recent, and completely wiping and rebuilding my installer drive. Even with the 'wrong' Chameleon update post-install, that doesn't (at least in my mind) explain why the installer disk is now broken. I will give it another go, but yeah… this is no longer 'fun' in any sense of the word, except sarcasm.

Since I posted, I've borked the (sort-of) running system with a different attempt method (iFail) which didn't work. This is the first I'd heard that x3100 / 64bit is a problem. Good to know. Is that just Lion, or an across-the-board problem? With that info, it sounds like I'll try installing in 32bit mode (unless SL/10.6 will support it in 64bit.)

Oh, and here's another bit of weird: The network control panel lists no Ethernet. When I plug it into the network, I get internet, but the computer thinks it's connected through bluetooth! It doesn't seem to see the actual bluetooth as available, nor does it see the WiFi, but I expected that.

Sorry, virtual noob here. My first hack (the Dell Mini 10v) went without a hitch. Per http://www.cnet.com/products/hp-compaq-6910p/specs/ PROCESSOR / CHIPSET Platform Technology : Intel Centrino Pro Number of Cores : Dual-Core 64-bit Computing : Yes Chipset : Mobile Intel GM965 Express Graphics Processor : Intel GMA X3100 <-- *edit* derp: forgot to include the A to your Q Screen type : Widescreen I've got 2GB RAM and a 60 GB SATA SSD installed. I installed via straight MyHack procedure, and installed stuff I'd found from others' work on this model. (I don't have it with me to be more specific.) I also removed all ATI & nVidia .kext files, but it didn't help. (Nor did booting GraphicsEnabler=no). I've seen a report here (another thread, about SSD performance) that hooking up an external monitor might work, but I've not tried it yet. Here's what it looks like once booted Thanks in advance

I'm having display issues. Through boot, everything's fine. Then at the end of the process, just before desktop would appear, the screen flickers (refresh) then comes back mirrored 4-times: 2 horizontal 2 vertical. Other stuff doesn't work right (yet) but being able to actually read stuff is important for working through. HP/Compaq 6910p Intel graphics, Lion 10.7.4