druvix Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 Well booted into windows and the card was detected and works perfect, Listerning to Kisstory player as we speak with no problems. I think Im going to start again. I've played around so much with my kext files I've prob messed something up. Lucky I've got another 500gb drive, Can use this so I don't have to touch my current instal as this dose work (just not perfect) I will also take notes as I'm doing this so I can maybe give Phiber some more tips on how to get it running. Should Any Apple branded card work? £4 from ebay! Can't go wrong lol http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Apple-Macbook-Pro-A1226-Genuine-WiFi-Airport-Extreme-Wireless-Card-607-0369-A-/331116554310?pt=UK_Computing_Other_Computing_Networking&hash=item4d1815a846 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xangel9626 Posted January 29, 2014 Author Share Posted January 29, 2014 @phiber - I think your Mavericks hard drive should be accessible from your VM of OS X @druvix - any Apple branded wifi card from a system that supports Mavericks should work without modification. You should be able to see if the wifi card works when you load the installer, I know when I start mine up, my wifi shows up and I am able to connect to my network. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phibermatrix Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 sticky situation here or atleast where I'm getting stuck at on my boot from my harddrive after install of os x I have not been able to start up to actually configure it after install. I did get the harddrive hooked up to my VM and install everything that I believe I was supposed to install. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
druvix Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 I've just started again with a fresh install also made a new copy of the Instal USB, I've left everything in the bios at defaults, had to boot with flags -v -f -x and its booted straight away. one thing I couldn't do was get anything to happen on my screen after -v text without first plugging in a USB keyboard and mouse. for some reason although my trackpad and built in keyboard was working fine, OSX didn't think it had any input devices and kept asking for me to connect my bluetooth mouse and keyboard. I booted again without my USB bluetooth stick and it just froze at a grey screen for 10 mins after going through the -v mode without any obvious faults. Anyway after trying this with a standard keyboard and mouse plugged in, it went straight onto the install screen after displaying verbose text. not sure why mine is doing this and not sure if this could be a problem for anyone else and might be a reason why some can't get any further? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xangel9626 Posted January 29, 2014 Author Share Posted January 29, 2014 @phiber - you have both the VoodooPS2 and ApplePS2 kexts installed, you need to remove the VoodooPS2 kext. After you do that, rebuild the extensions.mkext and put it in the startup folder that my instructions tells you and boot with -v -f again. @druvix - it sounds to me that you missed the VoodooPS2 kext in your installer. Check to make sure it's there. When the USB Bluetooth is installed it will look for a keyboard and mouse if there is no USB keyboard or mouse plugged in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phibermatrix Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 Wow don't I feel special Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xangel9626 Posted January 29, 2014 Author Share Posted January 29, 2014 Was that sarcasm or are you telling me I sounded like an ass? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phibermatrix Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 @xangel9626 On step 2 of post installation what previously mentioned kexts are you referring to? Was that sarcasm or are you telling me I sounded like an ass? No I was saying I felt retarded Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xangel9626 Posted January 30, 2014 Author Share Posted January 30, 2014 I meant everything that I listed in steps 6 through 9. I guess I can make it a little simpler. The attached zip file is for the POST INSTALL only. NEW POST INSTALL STEPS 1. Copy /Extra folder from Mav_USB to root of Mavericks hard drive 2. Download the zip file attached 3. Open System/Library/Extensions folder 4. Delete AppleRTC, AppleHDA, and AppleSmartBatteryManager 5. Extract the Zip file 6. Place all the kexts included in the zip file into the System/Library/Extensions folder 7. Build the extensions.mkext by dragging the extensions folder to Kext Utility 8. Copy the extensions.mkext to System/Library/Caches/com.apple.kext.caches/Startup 9. Install Chameleon r2269 with FileNVRAM module selected (Hit the customize button and it's under Modules) 10. Reboot system and use –v –f in Chameleon, if everything went right you should get the OS X setup screen 11. Set up your system 12. Open terminal and do the following · sudo pmset -a hibernatemode 0 (this is used to fix sleep issues) · sudo nvram -d boot-args (stops Chameleon from remembering boot flags) 13. Delete nvram.plist in from your /Extra folder 14. Reboot computer, boot into BIOS (F2) and turn off Intel Dynamic Acceleration to allow processor to run at full speed in OS X 15. Boot into OS X and enjoy. You can use the org.chameleon.Boot.plist and SMBios.plist that I included in your extras folder if you think you're having issues with them. You only need the VoodooPS2Controller.kext in the DarwinX package for the USB INSTALLER. Do not use is in your hard drive. Inspiron1720Mavericks.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phibermatrix Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 Ok thanks very much man also how does it feel to be the only person on earth basically with a vostro 1700 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xangel9626 Posted January 30, 2014 Author Share Posted January 30, 2014 I know I'm not the only one on earth, but I sure am the only one on InsanelyMac. It's a great laptop and I like the all black look. I bought it specifically so I could install OS X on it and I got a great deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phibermatrix Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 lol I'll post a few pictures of mine I did it completely custom http://s293.photobucket.com/user/phibermatrix/library/?sort=3&page=1 I have also replaced the keyboard with a solid black one and removed the daughterboard that was for pcmcia express cards so that I would have room to place an external wifi card( it doesn't look that bad IMO.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xangel9626 Posted January 30, 2014 Author Share Posted January 30, 2014 Nice paint job. Why an external wifi? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phibermatrix Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 I get much better reception and I had redone this laptop for hacking so I had 3 wifi cards internally and the one that was external. I still have it setup for hacking usually but now i had to change some of the cards out to match what is needed for the hackintosh, which is still giving me the same problem don't know if I'm going to start over or not maybe this weekend I will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xangel9626 Posted January 30, 2014 Author Share Posted January 30, 2014 I would try removing a few of those wifi cards and only leaving one in during the installation process, not sure if it is causing a problem or not, but having more than one installed could be causing conflicts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mirko888 Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 just wanted you guys to check out this page http://www.osxlatitude.com/tuning-performance-with-fakesmc-smbios-plist/ i downloaded newest kozlek fakesmc+hwmonitor and downgraded my smc version to 1.16f11 (01160F00 0011) and changed value of "smc compatible" string from "smc-*something*" to "smc-santarosa".im using the same 5,1smbios though.i can confirm speedsteping works a lot better,there are more speedstep stages now (even different frequencies(multipliers) on cores) and i did get a better geek bench results for a 100(geek bench 3).also the computer doesn't heat at all anymore when doing simple tasks like youtube (and if you have 1720 you now how hot it can get especially the gpu) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xangel9626 Posted January 30, 2014 Author Share Posted January 30, 2014 Interesting. Would you mind uploading your FakeSMC? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mirko888 Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B3tEhE9Cwl_OYWxLblpMSXVEbzA/edit newest FAKESMC by kozlek with 1.16f11 smc santa rosa version edit: my bios : speedstep on,ida off....dynamic akc limits cpu to 2ghz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xangel9626 Posted January 31, 2014 Author Share Posted January 31, 2014 Much appreciated, I'll check it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xangel9626 Posted January 31, 2014 Author Share Posted January 31, 2014 Hey everyone, I realized I made a mistake in my instructions. In the post installation instructions, I stated that you need to make the extensions.mkext using Kext Wizard, it should be Kext Utility. That could be a reason some of you are having issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xangel9626 Posted January 31, 2014 Author Share Posted January 31, 2014 @mirko - I switched out the FakeSMC and it does make a difference. The processor speeds are read more accurately and the temperature of my cores dropped 20c. Good find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mirko888 Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 im glad that i could help out with something for a change Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xangel9626 Posted February 2, 2014 Author Share Posted February 2, 2014 I don't really have volume issues. I'll give that one a try though. EDIT - Didn't work, get no audio using that one. So is everyone doing good or is anyone still having issues? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
druvix Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Sorry didn't reply sooner, the weather here blew my dish out of line so not had very good internet for the last week or so yeah my dell 1720 Is running ok, Still a little laggy at times (as in will randomly freeze then start working again) I was now thinking of tuning mine into a OSX server? Anybody tried this with a Laptop? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phibermatrix Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 I have yet to have time to work on this I am currently writing a program for my group project all by myself because my two guys don't know how to program dont ask just don't ask Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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