Peter Register

Here is what I did and so far seems to be working: DELL 420 Core Duo OSX 10.6.8 with a Recovery Partition DELL HY157 Bluetooth 2.0 360 3G wwan hspda umts Sierra Wireless mc8775 (not yet Installed) WIFI AirPort Extreme Broadcom BCM43xx (from a macbook) Installed Custom Bios (Via USB Firmware update) Booted USB myHack Install Partitioned Drive GUID 2 Volumes (8GB for recovery) Installed 10.6.0 using myHack and custom DSDT Updated with 10.6.8 Combo Installed EDP ran Configuration Ran myFix and removed problematic extensions Rebooted Used Disk Utility to Restore USB mHack volume to 8GB Recovery Volume (This way I can always boot from this partition when I need to fix problems) I also made a custom keyboard.bundle file using Ukekele. (Used Logitech UK International) Still need to get SD Card reader working IRDA port not working Serial port not tested Firewire not tested External SATA port not tested Telephone modem not working Only issue is the LCD Brightness is very dim on every boot and I have to use Fn+F12 to maximize brightness. Any ideas how to fix Fn keys and Brightness at boot? Seems to work fine but I have not extensively tested

After updating to 10.6.8 I had a crash at start up. I booted from the myHack USB install drive and reinstalled Extras then did an install EDP after it booted up. I repeat this every time it crashes after toying around with hardware options and software installation tests. Seems to work but occasionally I it hangs at the apple logo. I still have a lot to figure out before it is stable enough to enjoy.

I gotta say great job!! I succeded to install 10.6.0 on my D420. I proceeded to update with 10.6.8 combo. It rebooted and seemed to get stuck on the apple logo for hours so I did a hard shut down and restarted. Then 10.6.8 loaded fine. I seem to have lost the EDP installion so I ran EDP again but now it hangs for hours at: "Backupping current Extra..." 10.6.8 Seems to run fine just missing EDP install. EDP did install fine with first boot under 10.6.0. Tried to run: myFix, Repair Permisions with Disk Utility, Reinstall Bootloader with myHack but still can't run the Install EDP to completion. Any Ideas what to do? SOLUTION: I deleted the Extras Backup folders from the system drive and ran install EDP again and this time it completed the install. I also realized I may have been running the Install EDP from my desktop instead of EDP from my App folder. So this may have been the reseason for all this. Now 10.6.8 is up and running appearing just fine. I'm sure some bugs may appear. Cheers Update: I installed a Blue tooth Dell 360 and now it will only boot if I use the -v option. It will hang at the apple logo without the option. Which is odd. Fixed by running myFix and removing problematic extensions. Now 10.6.8 loads with WIFI Sound and BT working. Now how to get the SD Card reader working. Any help with this would be appreciated. I will be trying a WWAN Sierra Wireless MC8775 Mini PCI Express when I receive it. Any tips on his would help too.