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systemgeek
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Yes I want a stable machine. No I do not want to purchase a Mackbook. Too much money for to little.

 

As for my problems. I have two right now.

 

1. Switching to an external monitor. My card is an Intel GMAx3100. I have used the kext from AppleX3100_QE_CI and from gmax3100_kexts. Both work on the laptop display. However, when I plug in an external monitor at best I see colored lines. If I switch back to the laptop I get the same result on the laptop. I am running EFI. I built my system using iAKTOS 4i and wingrunr21's method http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=119654 from wingrunr21.

2. The other problem is intermittent. Periodically when I boot up I will not see any folders, docs and HD icon on my desktop. When I open up Finder and go to my Desktop I also do not see anything there. But if I reboot every thing seems to come back.

 

I have not decided to quit trying to make this work yet so if anyone has any good ideas I would be happy to try them.

 

Thanks,

Louis

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First off thanks to everyone for their hardwork, I am running a m1530 with everything working perfectly except for two things:

1) not a big deal, but I noticed sleep works if I am running on battery but if I am plugged into a power source sleep causes the computer to restart

 

2) After sleep, audio through speakers works but the headphone jacks will not work

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wingrunr21
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macgirl, I have created a long tutorial on installation for an XPS 1330 if you would like to link to it from the first page:

 

http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=119654

 

I have an xps m1530 with leopard 10.5.2 installed through leo4all. The initial install and first boot work perfectly. When i turn it off and turn it back on later, the trackpad and keyboard do not work. I do not have an external keyboard and really could use some help.

 

Did you do anything to the machine when you first booted it?

 

I get the same "Still waiting for the root device". By the way i see that my dvd rom halts on booting install, i suppose it's the problem, what can i do? :=)

 

Please try a newer version of iAtkos. The problem is most likely with IOAHCI or IOATA.

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systemgeek
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I'm back on my m1330 with OS X. My black Macbook was just to powerful for me to use, so I sold it.

 

Anyways, When I set my laptop to go to sleep, it sleeps... but when it wakes up, the screen doesn't turn on. I thought I applied all of the modified sleep kexts/installers on this forum... does anyone know what it could be?

 

Thanks

 

EDIT: Oh, my USB ports dont work... I think I installed something for sleep like USBHEI

 

I had the same problem with my usb ports this weekend. I found the kext in a backup created by the Dell Package 35b. The kext you want to find is IOUSBFamily.kext and you need to move it back to /System/Libarary/Extentions. I found mine at /DellLaptops/Backup/IOUSBFamily.kext.

 

Louis

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jaigandhi5
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Hey guys i have a Dell 1525 which i just bought

and im having major problems with the trackpad.

 

When i install it using iatkos and go to settings to have the "clicking gesture" there is no option as such because there is NO trackpad TAB theres MOUSE but NOT trackpad.

 

So installed drivers for alps and now i have the trackpad option AND the mouse option :S and the mouse stutters/freezes A LOT now!

how can i fix this?

btw i tried cpus=1 and that was not the issue.

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Velocium
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I followed multiple guides including wingurns and no matter what I do on my xps m1330 using iAtkos 4i and disabling core, ata etc. I get it to boot I see a blue leopard screen for about a second then the display completely turns itself off, it goes black. I removed the NVDAResman.kext like suggested but it still did not work. I also used -x boot mode and I do not have a nvdia graphics on my laptop, just the standard internal intel graphics.

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wingrunr21
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No new solution for shutdown/reboot ?

 

There has not, to my knowledge, ever been a solution.

 

I followed multiple guides including wingurns and no matter what I do on my xps m1330 using iAtkos 4i and disabling core, ata etc. I get it to boot I see a blue leopard screen for about a second then the display completely turns itself off, it goes black. I removed the NVDAResman.kext like suggested but it still did not work. I also used -x boot mode and I do not have a nvdia graphics on my laptop, just the standard internal intel graphics.

 

Try removing all graphics related kexts and see if it boots properly. Also, what does the -v boot mode tell you?

 

How do i go about disabling the trackpad on my 1720? System preferences have no effect.

 

You could remove the PS2 kexts so that the trackpad isn't even detected.

 

Jake123, did you ever get your sleep working properly? If so, what did you do? I have the same "black screen" problem as you.

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cremn
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You could remove the PS2 kexts so that the trackpad isn't even detected.

 

I was thinking that but i'm not sure which ones, and if removing them would stop the internal keyboard too.

 

EDIT: Just as i suspected. Removing ApplePS2Controller.kext stopped the keyboard from working too. Oh well.

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I was thinking that but i'm not sure which ones, and if removing them would stop the internal keyboard too.

 

EDIT: Just as i suspected. Removing ApplePS2Controller.kext stopped the keyboard from working too. Oh well.

 

If you want to remove just the trackpad driver remove this kext:

 

/System/Library/Extensions/ApplePS2Controller.kext/Contents/PlugIns/ApplePS2Mouse.kext

 

You should be able to restore the ApplePS2Controller.kext from your installation DVD with no problems.

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ant13
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In response to wingrunr21

 

I did run the dell laptops post installer package but other than that absolutely nothing. I ran the post installer and then did what it said to do and then shut it off til later. When i got back on, only the external mouse works. The keyboard and trackpad do not work. I thought it was a problem with the post installer but i reinstalled the OS and then then manually patched the sound kext. The only other problem i could think of is that i installed it to a portable HD but it still doesnt make sense that it works the first time but not at all after.

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cremn
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If you want to remove just the trackpad driver remove this kext:

 

/System/Library/Extensions/ApplePS2Controller.kext/Contents/PlugIns/ApplePS2Mouse.kext

 

You should be able to restore the ApplePS2Controller.kext from your installation DVD with no problems.

 

Thanks, I'll try this out now.

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I found that it is possible to get a louder volume for the mic input (in Sigmatel 9228). (+20 db)

What you have to do is to edit the file AppleHDA.kext/Contents/Info.plist and there find

								<dict>
								<key>NodeID</key>
								<integer>21</integer>
								<key>Boost</key>
								[b]<integer>1</integer>[/b]
							</dict>

and replace by

								<dict>
								<key>NodeID</key>
								<integer>21</integer>
								<key>Boost</key>
								[b]<integer>20</integer>[/b]
							</dict>

Regards!

AppleHDA.kext.zip

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wuldfasche
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Hi Everyone,

 

I've just followewd wingrunr21 (thanks wingrunr21, great effort :-)) m1330 tutorial and amangedto get everything working bar these documented issues:

 

sleep/shutdown/restart

inbuilt mic input

auto mute on headphone input (can mute manually through system prefs)

 

There is only one problem and it i haven't seen spoken about here and that is an iTunes anomaly that won't let me edit a smart playlist.

 

Can anyone confirm this behavior and does anyone know the cause or a solution?

 

Regards,

 

Wuldfasche.

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delirumhappy
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I found that it is possible to get a louder volume for the mic input (in Sigmatel 9228). (+20 db)

What you have to do is to edit the file AppleHDA.kext/Contents/Info.plist and there find

								<dict>
								<key>NodeID</key>
								<integer>21</integer>
								<key>Boost</key>
								[b]<integer>1</integer>[/b]
							</dict>

and replace by

								<dict>
								<key>NodeID</key>
								<integer>21</integer>
								<key>Boost</key>
								[b]<integer>20</integer>[/b]
							</dict>

Regards!

 

Thanks so much! Just what I needed!

 

By any chance have you found a way to enable the headphone jack, and when headphones are pluged in the speakers will be able to turn off?

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straddy
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Hi all, I've been browsing all over this thread and others for a way to fix sleep. Is there a way? I don't care much for speedstep; could someone walk me through removing speedstep and making sleep work?

I'm on a M1330, iAtkos4i install. Btw I'm using NVInject for my Geforce 8400M

 

Also, has anyone figured out how to make the headphone jack play sound without having the speakers play sound at the same time?

 

Thanks

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I've recently installed osx on my vostro 1400. My graphics card is an nvidia 8400 and I've used Punk92's installer to get it to recognize my card and give me my native resolution. I'm wondering if there is anyway for me to tweak things so that things aren't running slow and choppy, i.e. my dock and windows closing/popping up. I've googled and googled and searched the forums but I can't find anything specifically related to smoothing out my graphics.

 

Thanks a lot!

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straddy
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Ok, I've made the info.plist changes that Superhai suggested, and now the system does go to sleep and wakes, but the screen is blank and stays blank upon waking. Using ToH 9.2 kernel. Vanilla Kernel doesn't allow sleep at all (screen goes black but system is still running). This is a 10.5.4 iAtkos install. Help!

 

EDIT: I got the 9.2sleep kernel from the Kalyway disc and sleep finally works. Woohoo!

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I have tried installing both kalyway and iAtkos and both times when i boot up the machine i get a black screen with a white underscore in the upper corner without a darwin boot prompt. I do not know why and have not been able to boot into leopard. I do have it installed to a portable HD. Leo4all worked but i had the trackpad and keyboard error where it does not work. Please help.

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I have tried installing both kalyway and iAtkos and both times when i boot up the machine i get a black screen with a white underscore in the upper corner without a darwin boot prompt. I do not know why and have not been able to boot into leopard. I do have it installed to a portable HD. Leo4all worked but i had the trackpad and keyboard error where it does not work. Please help.

 

try rename your HD, as simple as possible e.g. mac ....without any space, the bootloader won't work when install iAtkos on a long named HD..don't know why but works for me

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M1330 a loud singlular Click Noise from HDD every so often on every OS apart from xp/vista

 

I know this has been resolved but for the life of me i can't find the thread.

 

can someone point me in the right direction.

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