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[Guide] Dell Inspiron 6400/9400/1520/1720/E1405/E1505/E1705 Intel Core Duo

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paddyoquinn
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Hey noob i managed to get the dvd restored to a partition and am using your cd on my 6400 all works with -f -v -x32 but i kernel panic at the end of the boot and i get a debugger called panic up for however many nano seconds error any idea what it could be thats causeing that? i havent added anything to the boot cd or any kexts to the recovery partition.

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Hey noob i managed to get the dvd restored to a partition and am using your cd on my 6400 all works with -f -v -x32 but i kernel panic at the end of the boot and i get a debugger called panic up for however many nano seconds error any idea what it could be thats causeing that? i havent added anything to the boot cd or any kexts to the recovery partition.

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hmmmmm.... is your graphics GMA950?

don't use -f

and to boot 32-bit you need

-arch=i386 and -x32

 

Hey: thanks for the help noob. I installed the kext with osx86 tools, repaired permissions, and restarted with no luck. Still have artifacts, and still stuck in 1024x768 (**barfs**)

 

Plan B?

 

Thanks!

 

are you in snow leopard or leopard?

 

hello

Will it have a tuto to install SL on dell???

 

(sorry for my english if there are mistakes)

 

thank U

 

check my signature.

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TheGreatDeceiver
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so its now possible to get 1280 x 800 on the 6400 in SL ? and may i ask is it because of the fact im booting with -v that im KPing? noob which kexts did you use to get SL on ur inspiron?

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open your eyes ;) follow the link in his signature. btw. just a page and two before this we were posting long and detailed just about this. It is possible. From what I've seen so far everybody with gma950 and core duo or core solo has no problems. same for nvidia. However if you have gma950 and a core2duo you may end up like myself and only get 1024x768.

 

also, I suggest you put your hardware into your signature. It is really really hard to keep up with everybody and remember which OS release or kexts you have/need. We can't read your mind (yet)

 

Hey: thanks for the help noob. I installed the kext with osx86 tools, repaired permissions, and restarted with no luck. Still have artifacts, and still stuck in 1024x768 (**barfs**)

 

Plan B?

 

Thanks!

 

I have seen a number of people here that switched from ati 1400 to nvidia 7300 because of all the trouble. I tried myself just to find out that gma950 is onboard ;) . You can find the card for 25-40 on ebay and it's not too difficult to change it.

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From what I've seen so far everybody with gma950 and core duo or core solo has no problems. same for nvidia. However if you have gma950 and a core2duo you may end up like myself and only get 1024x768.

 

Have you've tried manually remaking the mkext yourself using:

kextcache -v 1 -t -m /System/Library/Caches/com.apple.kext.caches/Startup/Extensions.mkext /System/Library/Extensions

or use the Mkext tool? I'm not sure if it's compatible with SL but you can try it out. Still not giving up.

 

~jon111122223333

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sorry sorry i ment with the ati mobility x1300 which my system has! and trust me my eyes are pretty open ! em so i need both flags and no -f ok ill give it a try and get back to you soon. thanks for the help

cheers! :) and good luck.

 

Have you've tried manually remaking the mkext yourself using:

kextcache -v 1 -t -m /System/Library/Caches/com.apple.kext.caches/Startup/Extensions.mkext /System/Library/Extensions

or use the Mkext tool? I'm not sure if it's compatible with SL but you can try it out. Still not giving up.

 

~jon111122223333

will give that a try and let you know.thanks

edit: doesn't really matter what I do. rebuild the extensions.mkext, tried with stock gma, modded gma, natit with and without... I can boot fine without the mkext too, no difference - fascinating. I already learned to hate my gma950 back in leopard, so really nothing new here :D:)

 

edit2: I even installed old Leopard drivers that worked on Leopard. I can throw a kitchen sink at it, it still just boots with no kext loaded. It doesn't matter whether I am doing it with -arch=i386 -x32 or not. It just doesn't want to see the gma950. Giving up for a while now until somebody finds a fix. Beyond me for now.

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ive been wondering i don't really ever use it but has anyone figured out how to get the Broadcom44xx ethernet working on snow leopard let alone leopard after 10.5.5? it would be nice to get a 100% working system but the AppleBCM440XEthernet.kext just dosent wok for me let alone work in snow

 

and btw TGD motherboards can be cheap on ebay ive been looking to upgrade mine for a nvidia card

check out this Board on ebay.. that would work for you and for about $200 youd have a completly up to date laptop ;) im thinking bout doing it and getting the T7600 C2D hopefully everything will work ok then but good luck to you im sorry you couldnt find a fix wish i could help more...

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noob766
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Hey there noob can you upload your version of FlashGX's Chameleon cdboot (boot132) for 10.6 that you have been testing on your 6400, or if not can someone please tell me the EFI strings for my device as i have no access to OS X at the moment

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can you post your device and vendor ID. to you ati x1300 please? and i'll see if i can get you working

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0x71491002 after a bit of digging i think thats it, again i have no access to os x (i used to run leopard but lack of wifi and lowish rez made me go full time back to linux now i have bought a snow leo dvd and am going to dual boot snow leo with Ubuntu or maybe just use my ipod touch as a wireless router and use os 10 full time) your genouristy is fairly epic! if theres ever anything you need please dont hesitate to ask!

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0x71491002 after a bit of digging i think thats it, again i have no access to os x (i used to run leopard but lack of wifi and lowish rez made me go full time back to linux now i have bought a snow leo dvd and am going to dual boot snow leo with Ubuntu or maybe just use my ipod touch as a wireless router and use os 10 full time) your genouristy is fairly epic! if theres ever anything you need please dont hesitate to ask!

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here's my best guess on what might work, i'm not sure though

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?jnxjw2gym2x

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here's my best guess on what might work, i'm not sure though

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?jnxjw2gym2x

 

i will test it out asap, you really are a star! again if theres anything i can help you with dont hesitate you would be suprised i have a lot of very useful links :) also do i have to not boot with any flags do i use -v -arch=i386 -x32 ?

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i will test it out asap, you really are a star! again if theres anything i can help you with dont hesitate you would be suprised i have a lot of very useful links :) also do i have to not boot with any flags do i use -v -arch=i386 -x32 ?

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probably, but i put them in the com.apple.boot.plist

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probably, but i put them in the com.apple.boot.plist

 

im going to try with them again, it got pretty far then hung after loading the NTFS kext and something to do with powermanagement not being activated, ill report back though (theres a corrupt NTFS partition on my laptop so ive deleted it)

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im going to try with them again, it got pretty far then hung after loading the NTFS kext and something to do with powermanagement not being activated, ill report back though (theres a corrupt NTFS partition on my laptop so ive deleted it)

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good luck man,

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noob766
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ok it seems to hang on: ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin: RegisterLCPDriver - WARNING - LCP Device initialisation failed: C-Stare power manager not initialised, any idea what that could be and how i could fix it? something to do with fakesmc maybe?

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its a graphics driver problem. need to find a solution to the x1300

 

edit - found a solution, will post updated iso soon.

 

here's the new ISO

 

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?iioe2yddctm

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