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Dell m1330 user

intel graphics

4gb ram

dell wireless

 

just installed os x 10.5.4 with the retail dvd and a boot 132 cd...

 

install went fine, updated to 10.5.6

 

won't boot, -v gives messages about extension com.apple.driver.applesmbios failing to load

 

safe mode works, installed 3 different applesmbios with no resolution

 

any ideas?

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I am getting the blue screen after boot and after about 5 minutes it goes to the desktop. Any ideas why this is happening? Using Punk's installer.

 

Boot with -v and give more info. It may be running fsck every boot.

 

install went fine, updated to 10.5.6

 

won't boot, -v gives messages about extension com.apple.driver.applesmbios failing to load

 

safe mode works, installed 3 different applesmbios with no resolution

 

Do you have any kind of decrypt kext installed like AppleDecrypt? See my tutorial for that kext.

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Boot with -v and give more info. It may be running fsck every boot.

 

 

 

Do you have any kind of decrypt kext installed like AppleDecrypt? See my tutorial for that kext.

 

no decrypt kext at all. i'll see the tutorial and report back

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That and SMBIOSResolver is needed to boot.

 

 

Thanks for the tips, however i'm still getting a "failed to load extension com.apple.driver.applesmbios"

 

i've installed both smbiosresolver and appledecrypt kexts via Kext Helper with no success.

 

I can boot into safe mode just fine, but trying to boot normal freezes at the apple logo after a few seconds, and with the -v argument it displays in yellow the failed to load message.

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Thanks for the tips, however i'm still getting a "failed to load extension com.apple.driver.applesmbios"

 

i've installed both smbiosresolver and appledecrypt kexts via Kext Helper with no success.

 

I can boot into safe mode just fine, but trying to boot normal freezes at the apple logo after a few seconds, and with the -v argument it displays in yellow the failed to load message.

 

First of all you need SMBIOSResolver and AppleDecrypt installed anyway to boot. I'm surprised it worked without a decrypt kext. Secondly, do you have a DSDT.aml installed? 10.5.6 needs one to be installed upon its first boot and that file can later be deleted.

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First of all you need SMBIOSResolver and AppleDecrypt installed anyway to boot. I'm surprised it worked without a decrypt kext. Secondly, do you have a DSDT.aml installed? 10.5.6 needs one to be installed upon its first boot and that file can later be deleted.

 

Thanks for the reply

 

I did a Vanilla install with a retail dvd of os x 10.5.4 and your boot 132 cd.

 

everything went fine except initially my mouse didn't work. so, i plugged in a usb mouse and that worked...

 

i updated to 10.5.6 and that's when the problem started.

 

mouse works in safe mode but computer won't boot normally.

 

no replaced extensions except for the decrypter and smbiosresolver atm but 10.5.4 worked with a vanilla install.

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Are you still booting off of my CD or are have you installed PC EFI v9?

 

i've fixed the problem. I had to move a few kexts into the "extra" folder for efi.....

 

thanks for your help though.

 

Something on a whole new level however........

 

My screen goes black immediately after starting os x. anyway to fix that? lol

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yesterday by following wingrunr guide I installed iAtkos 5i successfully .. without any hassle ..

but when osx boots it says your keyboard was not identified .. I think I did not choose any essential component while customizing the install ..

 

I thought I could reinstall .. but when I try booting again from DVD it doesn't boot .. it says hold the power button to shutdown .. I am stuck .. my keyboard doesn't work and I can't even boot from the DVD

 

Will deleting the osx partition from vista allow me too boot again frm DVD?

And can you please tell me what are the essential components to choose for a Dell XPS M1330 hardware?

 

PS: I am desperate to use osx ..

 

Thats a normal kext problem with iatkos. Try these:

 

http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?act...st&id=41025

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Do you have any NTFS hard disks plugged in?

 

freeza, how did you install the nvidia drivers?

 

 

I don't have NVIDIA graphics.

 

I've got intel :-P

 

but does anyone know how to resolve the "black display on login" problem?

 

I've tried searching but haven't found any definitive answer, only work arounds.

 

Are the work arounds (installing a program that loads with login items and adding a sleep display to the top corner of expose) the only way to fix this or is there an official fix?

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Oops, ya you already said that. I can't help with that since I don't know much about getting Intel graphics working on these things.

 

i've got everything working good except for the display turning off immediately after login.

 

i've done the left corner expose trick but am really hoping there's a permanent fix available.

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hi there,

 

Sorry if I´m asking about something just resolved but 156 pages of topic are too much pages, i used the google search on this site but i didn't get any clear answer, my question is about the xps 1330 with nvidia design bug and the fan control, i suppose you know there is a design flaw in the xps1330 motherboard with NVIDIA chipset, as result of this, sooner or later you will get a fry graphic card and a dead laptop due to overheating, the only response from DELL is a bios update that don't solve the problem and a warranty extension for a year, so if you want to everlast the laptop life you need to to cool it to the point of frostbite, to do this you need as first emergency measure be able to maintain the fans spinning at hightest levels all the time, i´m looking for a fan control application that don´t depends on bios but no luck for me, so my first question is, do you any fan control application suitable for our xps computers?

 

Second question, i´m sure solved and answered, so if you point me to a link, enought for me, is about the update from 10.5.5 to 10.5.6, i´m running iAtkos 5i, with PC Efi 9 and the original kernel, so, is it safe to update the system to 10.5.6? what are the main features i will lose in the update? can i recover this lost of features with 10.5.5 kexts?

 

regards from spain,

 

danzarinrostro

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hi there,

 

Sorry if I´m asking about something just resolved but 156 pages of topic are too much pages, i used the google search on this site but i didn't get any clear answer, my question is about the xps 1330 with nvidia design bug and the fan control, i suppose you know there is a design flaw in the xps1330 motherboard with NVIDIA chipset, as result of this, sooner or later you will get a fry graphic card and a dead laptop due to overheating, the only response from DELL is a bios update that don't solve the problem and a warranty extension for a year, so if you want to everlast the laptop life you need to to cool it to the point of frostbite, to do this you need as first emergency measure be able to maintain the fans spinning at hightest levels all the time, i´m looking for a fan control application that don´t depends on bios but no luck for me, so my first question is, do you any fan control application suitable for our xps computers?

 

Second question, i´m sure solved and answered, so if you point me to a link, enought for me, is about the update from 10.5.5 to 10.5.6, i´m running iAtkos 5i, with PC Efi 9 and the original kernel, so, is it safe to update the system to 10.5.6? what are the main features i will lose in the update? can i recover this lost of features with 10.5.5 kexts?

 

regards from spain,

 

danzarinrostro

 

You need the DSDT patch. Try finding Superhai's DSDT.aml for the m1330. You also need the disabler.kext which you might already have. You might also break your keyboard and trackpad after installing 10.5.6 so try these kexts before you update: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?act...st&id=41025.

 

Read wingrunr21's guide: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=119654

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thanks for the reply,

 

regarding the fan control application, do you any that works in 1330?

 

okie, i would to start learning the kext development and mac os x sysinternals, any site to start with? there is an open topic or effort to solve the shutdown/restart issue? if so, can you give a link? iḿ really interested in solving this issue...

 

again, thanks in advance.

 

danzarinrostro.

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okie, i would to start learning the kext development and mac os x sysinternals, any site to start with? there is an open topic or effort to solve the shutdown/restart issue? if so, can you give a link? iḿ really interested in solving this issue...

 

Do you know C/C++? If not, I'd start with learning those. Otherwise head over to the Apple Developer website and start reading up on IOKit and their other development resources.

 

As for the shutdown/restart issue, I have not heard of anyone investigating a solution. I know the root cause has to do with the nvidia drivers (most likely the driver not properly unloading upon system shutdown and hanging the system) but I have done no research on how to fix it.

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I hate to add to an already too long thread, but since macgirl stopped maintaining the sticky, its kind of an endless free-for-all down here.

 

I understand the tradeoff, naturally, between hardware accelerated graphics and shutdown/suspend. In my case, I don't care about accelerated graphics, but I really need shutdown/suspend. That does not seem to be a common case.

 

I used to have this working, then I was playing around with NVInject once a while ago, and hardware acceleration started working and shutdown/suspend stopped working. This is horrible for me. Unfortunately, I have had trouble identifying and reversing what I did.

 

Has anyone worked out a way to switch back and forth between hardware graphics acceleration boots and shutdown/suspend working boots?

 

I don't want to just yank NVInject, because I have a 1530 with the 1920x screen, and I must retain full resolution.

 

Can anyone help me get my laptop back to running with working suspend? I don't want graphics acceleration. I don't use it for video, games, whatever. Its purely a dev machine, mail client, and high resolution text editor. I need it to not require a reboot every time i move between meetings again.

 

thanks

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I understand the tradeoff, naturally, between hardware accelerated graphics and shutdown/suspend. In my case, I don't care about accelerated graphics, but I really need shutdown/suspend. That does not seem to be a common case.

I'm assuming that you're running 10.5.5 or 10.5.6, but sleep (I believe this is what you mean by suspend) is fully working and supported on our machines even with accelerated graphics. What you need to do is go to Superhai's site and download EHCISleepenabler.kext and follow the instruction in the readme also on his site (http://superhai.com/darwin.html).

I used to have this working, then I was playing around with NVInject once a while ago, and hardware acceleration started working and shutdown/suspend stopped working. This is horrible for me. Unfortunately, I have had trouble identifying and reversing what I did.

The likely cause is that you updated to 10.5.6 from 10.5.5, which would overwrite the modified IOUSBFamily.kext that allows Superhai's enabler to work, it also could be that you had never given NVInject the correct permissions, so it woild fail to load, and you did a Repair permissions from diskutility, causing it to start working and thus kill your shutdown/reboot ability

Has anyone worked out a way to switch back and forth between hardware graphics acceleration boots and shutdown/suspend working boots?

It is possible to boot into single user mode before you start to really use the computer and do a mv -R NVInject.kext /Users/$Yourname/Desktop and then reboot with the "Graphics Mode"="1920x1200x32@60" flag, which would give you full res, shutdown/restart, but no sleep unless you correctly install EHCISleepenabler.

I don't want to just yank NVInject, because I have a 1530 with the 1920x screen, and I must retain full resolution

 

Can anyone help me get my laptop back to running with working suspend? I don't want graphics acceleration. I don't use it for video, games, whatever. Its purely a dev machine, mail client, and high resolution text editor. I need it to not require a reboot every time i move between meetings again.

See the text right under my first quote

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nope, you guys oversimplify.

 

I do have EHCISleepEnabler installed, and the USBEHCI Plist properly edited.

 

Closing the lid makes it die, and then i have to do a new boot, with a long forced fsck.

 

so, i suppose i meant sleep/suspend dont work.

 

I'm still running 10.5.5.. I think i changed a plist in one of the nvidia kexts to get QI/CE working, and since doing that sleep and suspend have not worked.

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