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Old 10-14-2009, 02:31 AM
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im looking into buying a Dell Inspiron 545 with almost the exact same specs as SportsGuys comp.. my only concern it the ATi graphics card... any ideas yet?

also thanks for the guide on how to get all 4 cores working! i cant wait to try it out.
we have already gotten all four cores working. also nothing works with the radeon 3450. others probably would work. and i also haven't gotten snow leopard due to already having too many partitions and no external drives...
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Old 10-14-2009, 02:57 AM
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we have already gotten all four cores working. also nothing works with the radeon 3450. others probably would work. and i also haven't gotten snow leopard due to already having too many partitions and no external drives...
wait... u have the 3450, how do you have video??? and at what res and what else haha
Computer: Gateway 838GM | 9.5.0 Vodoo Kernel |2.0 RC4 Chameleon Bootloader | Processor:Intel Pentium 4 630 / 3 GHz | RAM: 512MB | OS: Windows 7 32BIT, OSx86 iPC 10.5.6 | Mainboard Chipset: Intel 915G Express | Graphics Card:Integrated Intel GMA 900 | Video Memory: Dynamic Video Memory Technology 3.0 | Audio:ALC 860 |Card Reader:8 in 1 Integrated| Hard Drives:1x 200GB SATA(Win 7), 1x 320GB SATA(OS X) Both Internal
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Old 10-23-2009, 01:13 AM
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wait... u have the 3450, how do you have video??? and at what res and what else haha
I said I don't have it working, and other video cards would probably work. I can still watch videos, it's just that it looks bad. My whole monitor isn't filled up, but the resolution isn't at the lowest. ha you know what i mean?
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Intel Core 2 Quad 2.83 GHz Q9550 (All cores work)
EVGA nVidia GeForce 9500 GT (1GB) (Works)
M-Audio Fast Track Ultra Sound (Works)
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Old 10-23-2009, 01:32 AM
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I said I don't have it working, and other video cards would probably work. I can still watch videos, it's just that it looks bad. My whole monitor isn't filled up, but the resolution isn't at the lowest. ha you know what i mean?
Sort of... You mean you can see OS X and you can boot and use it, without having to buy a new video card? and If all else fails.. im just gonna get an nVidea card... but hopefully thanks to the new iMacs they will give us ATi support (there going to use ATi cards in them... WOO Straight outta the box!)
Computer: Gateway 838GM | 9.5.0 Vodoo Kernel |2.0 RC4 Chameleon Bootloader | Processor:Intel Pentium 4 630 / 3 GHz | RAM: 512MB | OS: Windows 7 32BIT, OSx86 iPC 10.5.6 | Mainboard Chipset: Intel 915G Express | Graphics Card:Integrated Intel GMA 900 | Video Memory: Dynamic Video Memory Technology 3.0 | Audio:ALC 860 |Card Reader:8 in 1 Integrated| Hard Drives:1x 200GB SATA(Win 7), 1x 320GB SATA(OS X) Both Internal
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Old 11-04-2009, 02:52 PM
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uofamis, ive heard people say that there getting decreased performance..
Computer: Gateway 838GM | 9.5.0 Vodoo Kernel |2.0 RC4 Chameleon Bootloader | Processor:Intel Pentium 4 630 / 3 GHz | RAM: 512MB | OS: Windows 7 32BIT, OSx86 iPC 10.5.6 | Mainboard Chipset: Intel 915G Express | Graphics Card:Integrated Intel GMA 900 | Video Memory: Dynamic Video Memory Technology 3.0 | Audio:ALC 860 |Card Reader:8 in 1 Integrated| Hard Drives:1x 200GB SATA(Win 7), 1x 320GB SATA(OS X) Both Internal
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Old 01-15-2010, 02:57 AM
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has anyone gotten the ati radeon 3450 working?
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Dell Studio Desktop 540
Intel Core 2 Quad 2.83 GHz Q9550 (All cores work)
EVGA nVidia GeForce 9500 GT (1GB) (Works)
M-Audio Fast Track Ultra Sound (Works)
Realtek Ethernet (Works)
8 GB DDR2 RAM (Of course works)
24" Dell 1920x1080 16:9 Monitor
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Old 01-22-2010, 05:46 AM
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Nope...still no luck and I don't think it'll ever be supported. I'm still running my crappy Nvidia 8600GT (crappy with a 23" display)...
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Old 01-23-2010, 02:17 AM
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I finally gave in and ordered a 9500GT, with a pretty nice 24" Monitor

I don't game or anything so its perfect for me
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Intel Core 2 Quad 2.83 GHz Q9550 (All cores work)
EVGA nVidia GeForce 9500 GT (1GB) (Works)
M-Audio Fast Track Ultra Sound (Works)
Realtek Ethernet (Works)
8 GB DDR2 RAM (Of course works)
24" Dell 1920x1080 16:9 Monitor
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Old 02-21-2010, 03:44 AM
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Alright, here are kexts I use on Snow Leopard. I used the 10.5 ICH8 (SATA) chipset driver because it was the only one that worked. If anyone finds a Snow Leopard 64-bit driver, please let me know.

I uploaded to more places this time around. These are all the same file. Just extract it to SNOWHD/Extra/Extensions and Chameleon will load them first on boot.

http://www.filedropper.com/studio540snowkexts
http://www.zshare.net/download/72825682f1b9a0a1/
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=53M2VA55
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Old 03-10-2010, 05:55 PM
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Hi guys,

I recently bit the bullet and decided (after getting a MacBookPro) to try getting OSX running on my slightly modded Studio 540. It took about 5 days of effort (off and on not continuous), but I have succeeded! I'll do a full write up on what I did once I have confirmed that it did actually *work* - by doing it all again from scratch!

Anyhew: I do have a few issues with it, namely the USB ports at the back will not recognise any keyboards or mice I connect. I have tried 2 different keyboards and 3 different brands of mice. My 8GB USB Corsair GT drive is, however, fine. I am having to use the front ports next to the card readers which is rather annoying in the mean time.

In System Profile the rear ports appear to be listed as "USB High-Speed" where-as everything else is just "USB".

Is this sort of problem usually cured by a custom DSDT file?

For the record I have not yet actually done anything with the DSDT as I find the whole thing confusing and am still reading - but if anyone has suggestions they would be greatly appreciated!

Second annoyance is that the SATA Controllers are not identified, so when looking (again in) System Profile there's just the HDD and DVD drive hanging off... nothing! Doesn't seem to matter too much - they work!

Finally: the monitor / desktop arrangement thingy does not work. I can drag my screens (I have 2 monitors connected to an ATI HD4890) but the main monitor is fixed to the second screen. I guess I will just reconnect the DVI cables

Otherwise, I wanted to thank all the previous posters for the wealth of information in this thread and others. It proved to be invaluable and I hope that once I have redone the whole setup / reinstall and confirmed it works, that I can contribute back my own experiences.

Cheers,
Dave
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