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Ahhhh here we are again, reading yet another thread on how to install osx86 for your newest pc......yet again expecting to waste a weekend with absolutely no results to show for it.

 

Well, actually, this time, it WORKS!

 

I recently bought a Dell Studio 15 with the following specs:

 

Pentium® Dual-Core CPU T4200 @ 2 GHz

4GB RAM

Intel HD Audio

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4570

 

 

At the moment i am installing the iDeneb 10.5.8 Combo update kit and will let you know on the graphics card improvements associated with the update.

 

[EDIT] The combo update worked fine however when i booted, the graphics card went really funny.....so i had to boot into safe mode and delete ATIRadeonX2000.kext to boot properly. So 10.5.8, but no QE/CI or native res. yet ;)

 

 

Ok so lets begin, you want to try and get yourself an install disk, most certainly not named Leo4AllV3.

 

My studio came with Windows Vista Home Premium and other Dell Partitions including a RECOVERY and something else. To make room for OSX86, you need to go to disk managment. So Start>Right Click My Computer>Manage>select from the left Disk Managment.

 

Next right lick your C drive and click Shrink volume, it will analyze your disk and tell you how much it can be shrunk by. You be suprised at how small this is. I had 210GB free on my C drive hwoever could only shrink by 70GB. This is due to fragmentation. If you want, degfragment the drive to increase this 'shrink value'.

 

Now click ok to shrink the volume.

 

From here i had the problem that the new partiton vista created was an extended logical thingy (green border in disk mangment console), this WONT let you install OSX.

 

So you need to download G-PARTED or another partitioner software and delete the partition before recreating it as a primary partition in the FAT(32) filesystem. IF you have left all Dell's standard partitions as i had, then this will be your fourth primary partition.

 

 

Once you have a disk, most certainly not called Leo4AllV3, you put it of course in your laptop. Once you have turned it on, press F12 to enter boot options, now on the studio, the media controls take precedence over the function buttons, however at this stage of the boot they don't so no need to hold the Fn button down.

 

Next select DVD drive from the boot list.

 

You will now be faced with a countdown timer saying press F8 for Darwin Boot Options. Don't. Just wait till it hits zero then wait for the DVD to boot.

 

Once it has been booted you will see a language selection screen. No prizes for guessing what we do here! Select your language and click continue. Once the installation has loaded, select from the top bar DISK UTILITIES.

 

Once this App has loaded, select your partition you created from the left and then click the erase tab. Choose the OSX Journaled filesystem (cant remember exactly what it is called), name your partition and click erase.

 

Now for the installing, close disk utility and click continue accepting the agreement. Select your install location however DONT click INSTALL. Click instead CUSTOMIZE on the left.

 

From the list, you need to check EVERY Kernel, this is because im not sure which one is used but clicking every kernel ensures a perfect system for me......

 

Then in third party drivers, select the Intel ICHX chipset (or something like that), also you need to select powermanagment bundle. Leave everything else as it is. DONT INSTALL ANY GRAPHICS SOUND NETWORK OR OTHER DRIVERS.

 

Wonderful. Now you can install!

 

just skip the disk check, it should be fine.

 

Note: The install will appear frozen for the first 10 minutes or so however after this the blue bar will move VERY quickly completeing the installation in around 20 minutes overall. Ignore the times, mine said 6 hours remaining :s

 

Restart!

 

You will find that your laptop reboots into the Darwin bootloader, this is fine, if you want, press enter during the countdown and boot from the partition named OS. This will take you back into vista with absolutely no problems:)

 

However, for us, dont press anything and it will boot into OSX!

 

Go through the setup wizard - make sure you select this computer doesn't connect to the internet. You will also find when selecting your display picture that the WEBCAM WORKS!

 

Now you have setup dont be tempted to play around. not just yet. Don't want anything going wrong!

 

Linked at the bottom of this post is a thread with a link to a driver pack for the studio. This is partly very helpfull.

 

Open this pack in leopard. In here are some drivers for certain things on your studio. These are:

 

Card Reader - havnt tested

Wireless Card

Audio - dont use!

Ethernet - havn't actually tested

 

Now first off, go into the useful apps folder and open Kext Helper B7.

 

Now go back into the card reader folder and drag the kext into the Kext Helper App.

Now you want to download the next link which is at the bottom of this post which is an audio kext.

 

Unzip it and drag that into Kext Helper aswell.

Now enter your password and click EASY INSTALL.

 

Now reboot.

 

Hopefully it now works

 

Right, for the wireless. Go into the wireless folder and drag the script onto the desktop. It's called: bcm43xx_enabler.sh

 

Now open terminal ( Applications>Utilities>Terminal ) and type the following pressing enter after each line.

 

CODE

cd /User/{USERNAME}/Dekstop

sudo ./bcm43xx_enabler.sh

 

 

You will now be warned about improper use blah de blah, enter your password and hit enter.

 

Now somthing will pop up saying airport device recognized. ignore this and reboot.

 

You should now have working, card reader, audio and wireless.

 

If you want ethernet, just follow the instructions in the driver pack.

 

And that is IT!

 

Easy isnt it

 

 

Good Luck!

 

Download the Audio Kext Zip from here

Dell Studio 15 Driver Pack

  • 2 weeks later...
Mar85
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Will this work if I have the new studio 1557 with the core i7 processor, the blueray drive and the Intel wireless N card? The radeon graphics card is the same (I know that we havent been able to make it work yet), and i assume that the Bluetooth, webcam, audio, card reader etc drivers are the same.

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I'm afraid i cant say whether it will work with the Core i7 or not. The drivers for everything else should be the same, and the bluray drive....should work?

 

And no, no more news on the 4570, not even native resolution yet! :rolleyes:

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ssmac
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Thanks for the tutorial and links. Much appreciated.

 

I managed to get most of it working. The only issue i had with was wireless. I havent been able to get wireless working at all. Has anyone else had problems with the wireless? and how did you fix it?

 

Thanks.

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high:contrast
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worked magically fine for me!!! almost got the same specs except for a b-ray drive, a p8600 cpu and an intel wifi link 5100 agn which makes me lose wireless ability, but other than that its great! thank you so much dude!

 

ok now to the questions:

 

after my first reboot, trackpad and keyboard worked very well, then after second reboot when i tried to write something on my keyboard, both keyboard and trackpad stopped working... i already tried using voodoops2 but that makes me get kernel panics... what should i do about that?

 

what parts of the ideneb update to .5.8 should i select to not crash my system? ^^

 

thx a lot !

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dckirba
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How does it work with Intel GMA 4500MHD and full HD screen? I don't have the ATI card. I see that usually things work alright with Intel graphics and OSX86. Also has anyone tested out the backlit keyboard?

 

Thanks for the tutorial, I was looking for something like this,

 

Cheers

macznel
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I Have my Dell Studio 1555 almost up and running. I have native resolution, but no HDMI video out with no driver for the GMA 4500HD or ATI. Can't seem to get the SD Card working or the thing to go to sleep. I used iDeneb 10.5.7, steps followed for Customization during install are included. Anyone have sleep or SD card figured?

 

Studio 1555 Install Tools

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backinmac
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i cant seem to install the wifi card

i do the sudo ./bcm43xxenabler.sh

but then ask me for my password

i type it but nothing comes (as in i cant type) any key doesnt come out please help

I know that this was posted over a month ago but when you type your password in terminal it doesn't show up. It's not supposed to. Just type it and press enter.

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