Jump to content

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


devilhood
 Share

2,614 posts in this topic

Recommended Posts

You should have the full display right off the bat, my intel 950gma never needed anything additional to get 1920x1200, just as long as you install the "intel gma950 patch" when installing osx.

 

hmm mine only goes up to 1280x800

Link to comment
Share on other sites

got a little problem here.. tryed to connect my videoprojektor Acer 1150XD to my 9400 (with 7900go) and i cant select the projektor as a monitor. Pressing the "fn" button and F8 at the same time make things only worse (the system hangs up und i have to reboot)

Link to comment
Share on other sites

hmm mine only goes up to 1280x800

 

What version and release of os x are you using, and kernel? because I think I had a similar problem with 10.4.6 or earlier and I had to set the resolution in terminal. I don't remember how to do it but there is a post on this forum that explains how to (might be at the beginning of this thread in devilhoods guide)

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Question: anyone try the latest build of parallels (4560) on the E1750? Want to see if the crashing is just me or the laptop in general. Program launches, but as soon as you try to run a VM OS X kernel panics. slightly off-topic, but prolly the best thread to ask.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

What version and release of os x are you using, and kernel? because I think I had a similar problem with 10.4.6 or earlier and I had to set the resolution in terminal. I don't remember how to do it but there is a post on this forum that explains how to (might be at the beginning of this thread in devilhoods guide)

 

Im using Uphuck 1.3 10.4.9 with the latest sse3 8.9.1 kernel.

 

I tried typing:

 

<key>Graphics Mode</key>

<string>1440x900x32</string>

 

in com.apple.boot.plist but still had no luck

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Im using Uphuck 1.3 10.4.9 with the latest sse3 8.9.1 kernel.

 

I tried typing:

 

<key>Graphics Mode</key>

<string>1440x900x32</string>

 

in com.apple.boot.plist but still had no luck

 

wow that's weird! I'm using the exact same kernel and release and everything fine here, maybe it could have something to do with installation options you chose, do you remember which ones you selected? if you want, I could tell you which ones I used on my e1705/9400.

 

EDIT: you did infact select under vga->intel-> the gma950 patch during install right? if not extract it from the install dvd using pacifist and put it in your new one.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

osx-fanatic: u should delete and backup the laptopdisplay.kext extension and reboot again with pluged vga or dvi cable. than it should work but with color branding.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

I tried it and it works perfectly on my system. I'm just waiting for a fix to the quicktime conflict.

 

Try installing the very latest Quicktime from the Apple site, it might fix the issue.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

hi,

 

did anyone try the uphuck v1.4i DVD yet?

 

Shortyman87

 

I used it last night to install on my E1505. I now have everything working except for the wireless card. I'm pretty new to Mac OS (this is only the second time I have really used it).

 

System specs:

2ghz Core Duo (Only using 1CPU)

ATI x1400 (1400x1050 with all the 3d stuff)

SigmaTel Audio (works but doesn't mute when you plug in headphones)

Broadcom 440 (works great)

Intel 4965AGN (only device not working, I've even tried the iwidarwin drivers)

 

Has anyone else managed to get their 4965AGN wireless card to work?

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Development of a driver at iwidarwin for that model has only really just started, so it will probably be quite some time before we see a working release.

 

You're better off buying a Dell Wireless card to use instead (that's what I did) :D

Link to comment
Share on other sites

For those 6400/E1505 (probably E1405 too) users, here is an AppleHDA.kext which allows for muting of the sound, and there are also no input devices (my input didn't work, and it was annoying to me to have programs think that there is input). If you don't want to change the entire kext, it is only the info file inside which is modified.

 

Although this is a small start, i am going to be working on this for a while. I would like to at least be able to independently mute the internal speakers and the headphones, but autodetection would be great.

 

Don't expect there to be input though, because i don't care about that.

 

Hope it works for you guys too!

AppleHDA.kext.zip

Link to comment
Share on other sites

For those 6400/E1505 (probably E1405 too) users, here is an AppleHDA.kext which allows for muting of the sound, and there are also no input devices (my input didn't work, and it was annoying to me to have programs think that there is input). If you don't want to change the entire kext, it is only the info file inside which is modified.

 

Although this is a small start, i am going to be working on this for a while. I would like to at least be able to independently mute the internal speakers and the headphones, but autodetection would be great.

 

Don't expect there to be input though, because i don't care about that.

 

Hope it works for you guys too!

 

tbcarey has already been working on fixing the AppleHDA.kext; you could try contacting him to see if you can collaborate to fix the jack impedance detection.

Two heads are better than one :)

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Devilhood, you cannot use the same files for both the e1505 and e1705 because the e1505 does not have the subwoofer. tbcarey has not said that we are free to modify his code, so i am starting from scratch.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Development of a driver at iwidarwin for that model has only really just started, so it will probably be quite some time before we see a working release.

 

You're better off buying a Dell Wireless card to use instead (that's what I did) :)

 

Yeah, I saw it was still very new. I'll probably keep trying it out until it works :)

 

Are there PCMCIA wireless cards you can get that work with Mac OS on the Dell? I'd rather not give Dell any more money right now, we have had a bit of a falling out... :blink:

 

Also, does anyone else who has a 440x LAN card have connection issues after the network has been running for a while?

 

It's almost like after it's transfered X amount of data it drops to about 2 or 3 Bytes per second (from the 1MB+/sec it had before). The only way I can get it back is to reboot, and then it works at full speed again for a while.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Yeah, I saw it was still very new. I'll probably keep trying it out until it works :)

 

Are there PCMCIA wireless cards you can get that work with Mac OS on the Dell? I'd rather not give Dell any more money right now, we have had a bit of a falling out... ;)

 

Also, does anyone else who has a 440x LAN card have connection issues after the network has been running for a while?

 

It's almost like after it's transfered X amount of data it drops to about 2 or 3 Bytes per second (from the 1MB+/sec it had before). The only way I can get it back is to reboot, and then it works at full speed again for a while.

 

Me too... Dowloading torrents crashes my network. I now got a wireless internal card replacement off ebay and dont use the lan anymore...

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Yeah, I saw it was still very new. I'll probably keep trying it out until it works :)

 

Are there PCMCIA wireless cards you can get that work with Mac OS on the Dell? I'd rather not give Dell any more money right now, we have had a bit of a falling out... :(

 

Also, does anyone else who has a 440x LAN card have connection issues after the network has been running for a while?

 

It's almost like after it's transfered X amount of data it drops to about 2 or 3 Bytes per second (from the 1MB+/sec it had before). The only way I can get it back is to reboot, and then it works at full speed again for a while.

 

You don't need to worry about giving Dell money, just buy it from eBay for a dirt cheap price. I paid only £8 for my Dell Wireless 1500.

 

In regards to the LAN issue, make sure you're using the 10.4.6 IONetworkingFamily.kext and delete the existing one completely as simply replacing it does not work properly; also, if you are dual booting from XP to Mac, shut down the laptop BEFORE booting into the Mac or you will get networking issues. Vista and Mac dual-booting does not have this problem.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

<br />No prob kevinosx <img src="style_emoticons/default/smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":o" border="0" alt="smile.gif" /><br /><br />So that people don't have to search the thread, I updated the guide to include how to get (S3) Sleep working thanks to tbcarey.<br /><br />I was just scouting for a 7900 GS and boy are they expensive, what's with the stupidly inconsistent prices? I can import it for $199 which is basically half-price for us UK buyers, but UK sellers try to auction it off for £199.<br /><br />Rediculous!<br />
<br /><br /><br />

 

devilhood, do i have to revert back the changes made to the kernel flags

"<key>Kernel Flags</key>

<string>cpus=1 -v</string>"

 

thank you!!

Link to comment
Share on other sites

I used it last night to install on my E1505. I now have everything working except for the wireless card. I'm pretty new to Mac OS (this is only the second time I have really used it).

 

System specs:

2ghz Core Duo (Only using 1CPU)

ATI x1400 (1400x1050 with all the 3d stuff)

SigmaTel Audio (works but doesn't mute when you plug in headphones)

Broadcom 440 (works great)

Intel 4965AGN (only device not working, I've even tried the iwidarwin drivers)

 

Has anyone else managed to get their 4965AGN wireless card to work?

 

Hey qurgh,

 

What did you do to get a resolution of 1400x1050 with the ATI x1400 graphics card? I would like to see 1280x800 as I am sick of 1024x768.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

I got sleep/resume S3 functioning w/ 10.4.9 Uphuck 1.3 which is allowing both cores to work for me on my E1705 using Titan nvidia driver. I enabled NX, speedstep, and dual cores in the BIOS (i have a08), and I am using the SSE3-1 kernel that doesn't have speedstep enabled. Without enabling NX or speedstep in the BIOS I couldn't properly resume from sleep.

 

I have a E1705 T7200 w/ 7900GS FYI.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

 Share

×
×
  • Create New...