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Glougloumouth

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  1. Thank you. First thing I disabled themes, but still had issues. I now arrive at the conclusion I am having issues with the D630 nVidia ML boot packs, the current ones. I found the one I used in AUG 2012 (well, my download date is AUG 2012) size 5.5MB, and magically, I can get a bootable USB stick using myHack, then recovered my main 10.8.4 installation using myHack / install Extras of that "old" boot pack. Now I can boot from my main disk. But I do confirm tha latest bootpack (as of 2013.07, size 4.8MB) does NOT work on my system and has all the symptoms described above. I also confirm it show the same symptoms if I try to install 10.9DP1 (that is: I never boot the USB stick, system reboots when starting the kernel). I wish I get a working bootpack for 10.9 But one thing at a time... I am really interested in getting to the bottom of this. Can some one guide me in which files I should compare on the 2 boot packs (the ML ones)? Do you want me to post my old version? Let me know, Gl. PS: I have now installed the latest EDP & generated a new config for my machine (D630 nVidia) and it works fine. Great! Still, I am testing USB Boot Disks with the latest bootpacks and it does not work...
  2. Hi, I have an issue with my D630 nVidia. I can no longer boot my installed disk, nor any USB installer key (10.8.4 & MyHack). System goes all the way to load drivers (-v boot option, long lines with the full path of the read files) and just when it should start the kernel (when the screen turns black), it just either freezes, or in 98% of the cases, it reboots. Last message on screen when frozen / before it reboots is"Allocate kernel memory error" "This is a non recoverable error! System HALTED!!!". I suspected my RAM to be bad, so I ran memtest for 12 hours +, going over 3 full passes with no error. I re-flashed the latest bios (A18), in case. I can run Dell diagnostics no error. I also suspected I was generating invalid USB install keys with MyHack, but the same key that does not work on this system does boot fine my D630 Intel up to the Installer Screen. Key's good. Tries MyHack versions 3.1.2 and 3.2 beta 8. Not better. I can boot a Linux Live CD (Mint 13 x64) and use the system, I don't see issues with it. Please let me know if you have any idea about what to test & investigate. Gl.
  3. OK, Finally had the time to cook today. 10 minutes 30 seconds, in a propane kitchen oven with less than precise thermostat... Still, IT WORKS!!! God thank you all for those tips, I used my D630 for 3 hours now and it looks good. I finally found some pennies, old enough to be like 98% copper to replace the padding on the nVidia & chipset. Now my fan is dust free. Machine stays quiet and cool, like below 40 degrees with light usage and below 70 with both cores at 100% while doing heavy indexing, with a nice 26 degrees kitchen temperature. Really the coolest I ever saw it. Best of all: I really understand & feel I own this machine now. Again: THANK YOU!
  4. Hi, I have dismantled my D630 today. The MB is out. I have a few questions: Did you guys remove the USB/Ethernet/modem ports, that appears as a daughter card and could be removed (I see 2 screws), or you just baked the entire thing? I see the thermal contact on the nVidia chip is a kind of soft padding and I would like to replace it with a piece of metal. When you don't have pure copper pennies at hand (nice recycling, geo mac), what would you recommend to get an optimal thermal conduction toward the heatsink & that would fit? At last I need to work in the kitchen and I really need to know: how bad is the smell when you cook & after? I have my reflow no clean stuff, I would try to cook it this week. Guys, I am so nervous...
  5. Will do. I have a Mac laptop, but I need a backup machine, and there are few options in the sub 400$ that run ML well (with 8GB RAM and a fast old fashion 500GB . The D630, with the incredible help of OS X Latitude, has proven very flexible and handy. I had a backup of my main machine ready to go with near sync data replication. Issue with a secondary laptop is that it is a plain waste of money 99% of the time, but pays for itself when things go wrong (and for me, it goes wrong about once every 2 to 3 years). Anyway, I'll work on cooking on one end, and lok from the EDP compatibility list & forum reports to see what comes next, provided I am as bad at cooking motherboard as I am with cakes. Thanks a lot for the feed back. Gl.
  6. Thank you, I will try to bake it and report. Will take a few weeks, I hardly have spare time these days. Otherwise, I stand by my question: what would be the best ML supporting hardware / decent price point once I exclude the D620/630/820/830 family? Thanks, Gl. Edit: reflow liquid ordered, I'll see how good I am at cooking...
  7. Hi, I have a D630 Nvidia that worked wonderfully for the past year and as of last week, the screen turned all messed up. Tried an external screen, not better, so I would think my GPU is a bad one and just gave up. I am now wondering what to do. I see I can get a used motherboard off eBay but it will run in the 100$ with shipping & taxes and I have no warranty I won't face the issue again. Are you aware of motherboard revisions / versions that would provide defect free GPU? If so, I am interested, and I would start looking for such (albeit more expensive than the "working pull" I see on eBay). Otherwise, I really don't know what to do. I hesitate to just sell this one for parts (high res screen, RAM, HD, keyboard...) and look for something else. I am quite hesitant to go again with a D630 or any serie affected by the Nvidia bug... If not a D630, what else? I am looking for something that can handle ML (and what ever comes out next week and supports 8GB RAM at least. What would be your take on this? I will appreciate all constructive comment. Thank you, Gl.
  8. Thanks a lot for the fast answer. Oh, this is bad... Would it be possible to use the Lion driver on Mountain Lion? Asking the experts before reinstalling Lion to grab kernel extension Cheers, Gl.
  9. Hi, I have a D820 NVIDIA with the 1920x1200 screen. I used MyHack 3.1.2 to create an USB Boot Disk from my purchased ML download. No issues, I select the "Dell Latitude D820, Nvidia graphics card" boot pack and selected it as my custom Extra folder. Installer starts and proceeds. On first reboot, I never get GUI to kick in. The D820 just hangs at the attached photo, can stay there for hours and does nothing else. I can start in safe mode (-x) but then I am stuck in VGA and it is hard to complete the EDP installation as parts of it does not work in safe mode. What did I miss? Also from another thread (https://osxlatitude.com/index.php?/topic/1633-dell-d820-mountain-lion/), it looks like you are saying the D820 NVIDIA would not be supported with Mountain Lion? Let me know, thanks a lot for the amazing site.
  10. Hi! I am (almost) glad to see this topic. I have the same machine, D630, n135m, 1440x900 and ever since I got it I never managed to install OS X (10.6, 10.7) on it: it boots, moves to GUI and the screen turns black. Whatever I tried failed. I'll dig it up from my pile and use the tips provided here to give it another try. Thanks, Gl.
  11. Thank you for the tips. Memory is good, testing revealed no error. Reset BIOS to system defaults. When booting the OS X Install pendrive this morning (new drive, built last night), the screen still turns black. Manually adding boot options: -x -v Graphics Mode=1024x768x32 allowed the installer to go through. So this time I can install from the Dell. I never though I could be so happy to see an installer screen Once install completes, I expect to face the same "black screen" issues, I'll test all suggestions and will report my findings. Update 1: Initial boot ends with a kernel panic. I had to change in the BIOS the OnBoard Devices / SATA Operations from ATA to AHCI to fix this. Then it boots straight into a black screen... I can try safe mode, force the Graphics Mode to 1024x768x32, no go. Black screen... pciroot=1 gives the same result. So far to get a screen I need to force arch=x86_64 and boot in 64-bit kernel, then it defaults to 1024x768 (it has no kexts for it) and I need an external USB keyboad & mouse, as very few drivers are OK for the D630 in 64-bit mode. Looks like my X3100 is not taking properly either the x3100 kext or its parameters... Update 2: Installation Pendrive will give me graphics with only the -x flag. Safe mode leads to not loading the X3100 drivers and it works. I still have to understand why it fails once the system is installed in 32-bits mode (as I can boot in safe mode in x64). My D630 is one of the early generation, without the finger scan between the two trackpad buttons. Would that be a reason for all my troubles (early hardware revision)? Thanks.
  12. So I got a replacement for my failed D630, A17 BIOS, 2.2GHz Core 2 Duo, X3100 graphic card, 1440x900 display. I still have issues to install. So far, I followed the install guide: 1- Use an 8GB USB pen, GUID partition table, restored the OS X 10.6.0 DVD on the Pen, installed Chameleon then copied the Extra.zip content on the Pen Drive and extracted it (gives an Extra folder with content). 2- Boot from the pen drive. I never reach the GUI installer. I boot with the -v option to see what happens, and I pretty much stay stuck after the network driver loads. System sits idle, I can never see the installer, no switch to GUI. I took my HD out of the Dell and plugged it onto a Mac (USB enclosure). I installed OS X 10.6.0 on the external USB drive. Then I installed Chameleon, then the EDP 1.8 package. Did run option 6 (D630 intel). The drive is good on my Mac. Take the drive back to the D630. Boot, get Chameleon's boot menu. Start with -v option. I see the boot sequence running fine, then it switches to GUI, I see a grey screen for about 1-2 seconds. Then the screen turns black and I will never see anything again. The OS appears to be working fine, I just have a black screen. If I plug an external monitor, it is recognized and added as an extended display, image is OK. I just never have video on the internal LCD. Any comment / help welcome. Anyone with a working D630 intel willing to share their boot files and working Extensions.mkext would be welcome.
  13. So I just installed through Software Updates and so far my D620 is still working fine. Also installed Safari 5.0.5, all appears to be good too.
  14. Well, looks like my video issues are not exactly OS X related. Now computer screen turns white during bios boot sequence (http://www.4shared.com/video/cwSN892w/IMG_0804.html) and there is nothing I can do with it. I'll get it exchanged then let you know what's going on. Thanks for all the advises.
  15. Thanks a lot for the answer! I did not explain myself clearly. I am trying to install OS X from the USB Flash Drive I made to install my D620. I assume it works fine, as it allowed my to boot on it and install SL on my D620. The screen capture above is the log I see from the installation DVD (USB stick boot) that never finishes to boot. Regards, Gl.
  16. Using an external monitor, it looks like the AppleIntelGMAX3100FB Kext fails to load. I have attached the screen at it stays once OSX installer stops loading. If you have any idea. Thanks.
  17. Hi, I have a D630 with 2GB RAM, Intel X3100. I took the same usb drive I used (with success) for my D620, made from this site's directives, boot OK then the screen turns black and I never ever see the blue background of the installer. The machine simply stays there with a black screen and nothing happens. Any idea what is causing this? Gl.
  18. Thanks a lot for the feedback. I am waiting any day now a D630, 2.2GHz with X3100 video card and the 1440x900 screen. I also have at hand a WD Scorpio Black and 8GB RAM... This should perform really well, for a very decent total price. I'll use the original HD (80GB) to test Lion installations.
  19. Hi, First I want to thank this community for all the excellent work provided. I have a D620 (Core Duo with Intel GMA 950 and - unfortunately - Intel 3945 wifi) and I was up and running with 10.6.6 in less than 2 days (from knowing nothing about Hackintosh to everything works but Wifi - my Broadcom card is on its way). Whoa, really a big thank you to all of you guys !!! Now I have a question about hardware. I want to replace my aging D620 with either a D630 or D830 that appear both to be well supported in OS X and, well, not too expensive on eBay. My question is around the graphic adaptor. Should I go with the X3100 or the nVidia 135M? On one hand I have seen a lot of disgruntled users of the nVidia, as it looks like there were some faulty video chips produced and installed in those machines. As I know support forums are only full of people with problems, well if you want to share you experience with this video card, I would welcome it. On the other hand I want 64-bits kernel driver support, and my understanding is that 10.7 Lion will just push further toward a full native x64 system, and there appear to be no X3100 64-bit drivers so far. Is the nVidia 135M supported with a 64-bit kernel? What is the best option, from an OS X support point of view? Performance is not really an issue, I do not play and the current GMA950 on my D620 fits my need. Thank you, Gl.
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