neilhart

Dell Latitude E6420 Specifications:

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• BIOS Version A08 (works for A06, A07 also)
  
• Intel Core i7-2820QM 2.30GHz (Upgrade from i7-2620QM, also works)
  
• 8GB DDR3 1333MHz 2 DIMMs
  
• 1024MB NVIDIA NVS 4200M 14.0†HD+ (1600x900) Anti-Glare LED
  
• TOSHIBA MK5056GSY 500GB 7200RPM (Also tried Seagate ST9320421ASG 7200RPM, and Samsung PM810 256GB SSD)
  
• Dell Wireless Bluetooth 375
  
• Intel 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet
  
• Atheros AR5B95 Wireless Half mini-PCI card (Replaced the Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205)
  
• Integrated HD video webcam
  
• IDT Audio
  
• HDMI
  
• SD Card Reader
  

 

[*]Have fun.

 

First of all thank you for documenting the E6420 OS X installation.

 

I have a near clone of your E6420 which I followed the general outline of your guide and installed OS X 10.7.4 ; I changed out the stock Wi-Fi card for a AR5B95 card a chased around to find a kext that would get me on line with WPA2.

 

My main problems are "Restart" hangs with the power mostly off and never cycles back; I have to hold the power button down to get the machine to power down. Shutdown does work.

 

And then sleep does not work.

 

Of special interest is that VMWare Fusion 4.n runs and I have XP Pro and Windows 7 virtual machines running concurrently. And the VMs can get to the internet through the Wi-Fi connection.

 

neil