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Gracias amigo Hervé.
It looks like only NVidia could save me.
Yesterday I installed Windows 10 Technical Preview on this Dell laptop and works so fine with this hardware.
So sad I can not do the same installing Yosemite.
Thanks a lot.
Roberto.
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Amigo Hervé,
Thank you so much for still being with me on this thread.
After some hours of intense online research I found a couple of cards fully compatible with my Laptop.
I also found a great video tutorial on youtube showing how to open and replace the video card securely and easy:
- How to Replace the GPU in a Dell XPS M1710
- NEW DELL XPS M1710 or DELL PRECISION M90 512MB FX3500M VIDEO CARD
* Now, asking for advice and experience on NVidia video drivers for Hackintosh,
Do you know if this NVidia FX3500M will work on Mac OS X 10.10 ?
Are there drivers for it ?
Please let me know.
Gracias.
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Hola amigo Hervé,
Thank you so much for your so fast, kind and detailed reply.
It is sad that a driver for my GPU is not available for Yosemite.
I just bought a SSD drive for this laptop and is performing for my needs quite well and better than new.
Since finding a driver will be impossible there is another path I can take.
How about buying and installing a new nVidia GPU card module for the Laptop ?
Base on your experience is it feasible ?
Any nVidia GPU mobile card recommendation ?
I am sure this cards are modular, can be replaced and can be found on eBay.
Someone has gone this route ?
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For the Wi-Fi part of my problem I have found one Wi-Fi USB Stick made by IOGEAR, model GWU625.
It is a USB adapter that has drivers at the manufacturer Web site for Mac OS X 10.10 ( Yosemite ):
http://www.iogear.com/support/dm/driver/GWU625
It has a nice price of about $18.00 USD plus shipping at the B&H web store:
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/751127-REG/Iogear_GWU625_GWU625_Wireless_N_USB_2_0.html
I will buy one on the weekend and give it a try.
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Hope you can help me further with the Video Card problem and possible solutions.
Thanks a lot in advance.
Roberto.
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Hello Forum,
Here Roberto from Mexico City needing some help with my Dell Laptop Hackinstosh install.
I own a Dell XPS M1710 which has the following main components:
- CPU: Intel Core 2 T7200 @ 2.00GHz ( 2 Cores ).
- RAM: 4GB ( 2 DDR2 SDRAM Samsung Modules ).
- Chipset: Mobile Intel 945PM Express.
- GPU: NVidia GeForce Go 7950 GTX ( with 512MB, PCI Express x16 ).
- Display: 17 Inches.
- Resolution: Max and Native Resolution of 1920x1200x32.
I have been successful installing a copy of Mac OS X 10.10 ( Yosemite ) on the laptop following the tutorial at Hackintosh Zone.
All is working fine on the laptop ( Power Off and Reset from the OS X, The DVD-ROM, the Ethernet Port, The TrackPad, A Wireless USB Mouse, USB 2.0 Ports ) except the Video and the Wi-Fi.
The Chameleon Boot Loader shows the following string about the NVidia card:
"UnKnown 512MB NV49 [10de:0297]-[1028:019b] :: PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1,0x0)/Pci(0x0,"
And always boot with a generic Video Driver which is VERY SLOW and set the video resolution to 1280x1024.
Yosemite using the "System Information" app shows the following at the Graphics Adapter Section:
- Chipset Model: Unknows
- Type: GPU
- Bus: PCIe
- Slot: Slot-1
- PCIe Lane Width: x16
- VRAM (total): 512MB
- Vendor: NVIDIA (0x10de)
- Device ID: 0x0297
- Revision ID: 0x00a1
- ROM Revision: 5.71.22.45.06
Do you know if a driver exists for my NVidia GPU on Yosemite ?
Or any other fix or hack I can use to have the full video speed and resolution I have on Windows ?
Please let me know and thanks a lot in advance.
Help With Video Drivers On Dell XPS M1710
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Yes of course there is a specific reason.
The last version of Xcode needs Yosemite for programing iPad, iPhone or iPod apps.
There are prior versions of Xcode but the last version is always desired.
Roberto.