#407 by Dispatches #265 by Author Reads #304 by Thread Reach Member #8,037 DSDT Chameleon / Boot-132 Dell Inspiron / Latitude
@msingh
InfiniteMac community contributor with 18 recorded dispatches, 4 lead technical dossiers (40,049 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 1,706,937 historical readers.
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Joined 2009-07-01
Active Window
2009
2009-07-01 → 2009-11-27
Preserved Forum Signature & OSx86 Rig
Dell Optiplex 745 Q965 Chipset
10.5.5 retail /boot-132/ EFI.
System.plist edited to 10.5.6 (needed for iWork'09)
Intel HD Audio ADI1983.
1152x864@32bit ATI (0x1002 0x7187 0x0000) Radeon X1300. Hardware accelerated. QE supported. Can't get my monitor's 1440x900 resolution as in Linux
Network : Atheros 5005G (0x168c, 0x3A1D) card aka Atheros 2413.
Dell Latitude D830 ↗ Nvidia Quadro NVS 140M, Suspend works, hibernate/shutdown/reboot don't Snow Leopard
10.5.5 retail /boot-132/ EFI.
System.plist edited to 10.5.6 (needed for iWork'09)
Intel HD Audio ADI1983.
1152x864@32bit ATI (0x1002 0x7187 0x0000) Radeon X1300. Hardware accelerated. QE supported. Can't get my monitor's 1440x900 resolution as in Linux
Network : Atheros 5005G (0x168c, 0x3A1D) card aka Atheros 2413.
Dell Latitude D830 ↗ Nvidia Quadro NVS 140M, Suspend works, hibernate/shutdown/reboot don't Snow Leopard
- Archive Standing
- #407 of 6,691 by Dispatches (18 notes) · #265 of 3,454 by Author Readership (40,049 reads across 4 dossiers) · #304 by Thread Reach (1,706,937 cumulative reads)
- InfiniteMac ID
- Member #8,037 · Joined 2009-07-01
- Hardware & Kernel Topics
- DSDT (5) · Chameleon / Boot-132 (5) · Dell Inspiron / Latitude (4) · Retail DVD / USB (4) · AHCI / SATA (3) · NVIDIA GeForce (1)
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Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection
Distribution across 3 technical boards
Lead Dossiers Authored by @msingh (4)
40,049 cumulative reads on threads started by @msingh
| Dossier Title & Summary | Collection | Readership |
|---|---|---|
| Is it impossible to install vanilla 10.5.6 on a Dell Optiplex 745 ? Vanilla 10.5.5 ok Intel Q965 Express chipset. ICH8 I have now tried this twice. Latest, following these instructions to the T : charl13 dontsurf.com/?p=87 and http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?s=&showtopic=143434&view=findpost&p=1018748 I have an… | Leopard 10.5 | 20,239 reads 2009-07-01 · 15 notes |
| Cannot hibernate / shut down / reboot However, I can sleep my system (Dell D830). See details of the setup on my guide at insanelymac in my sig. | Snow Leopard 10.6 | 7,611 reads 2009-11-20 · 7 notes |
| PS2 support in SL I have nearly gotten my Dell D830 working, but the keyboard and mouse do not work. AppleACPIPS2Nub.kext does not load due to missing dependencies or being the wrong architecture (depending on which kext I use). Does someone have PS2 kexts… | Snow Leopard 10.6 | 6,139 reads 2009-09-18 · 3 notes |
| Intel HD Audio (Analog Devices 1983) This is on a Dell Optiplex 745 with Q965 chipset (ICH8). HDA Intel : 00:1b.0 0403:8086:284b I have the linux codec dump (attached). Does anyone have this working ? I have looked all over insanelymac, even tried Taruga's patcher. I can see… | Leopard 10.5 | 6,060 reads 2009-07-16 · 5 notes |
Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (14)
Direct links into threads where @msingh contributed solutions & commentary
| Thread & Dispatch Excerpt | Collection | Date & Reach |
|---|---|---|
| DELL D620/630/830 kext pack “First things first, thanks for the great work of putting all this stuff together. People *should* understand that there are often slight differences between laptops even under the same model name. There might be several different revisions,…” | Snow Leopard 10.6 | 2009-11-21 895,283 dossier reads |
| Various DSDT mods. “My system is a Dell D830. After a lot of tinkering around, I managed to install Snow Leopard on it. Please see my guide. I did a few DSDT mods to get some basic fixes. Now, the system sleeps (S3 suspend to ram) but does not deep sleep (S5 s…” | 10.X Core | 2009-10-05 625,378 dossier reads |
| NEW VoodooHDA Intel High Definition Audio Driver “The mic and line in do not work. I have inputs showing up. Volume is turned up to max. Nothing gets recorded. I am using the frontpanel ports on a Dell Optiplex 745.” | 10.X Core | 2009-08-07 138,288 dossier reads |
| Is it impossible to install vanilla 10.5.6 on a Dell Optiplex 745 ? Vanilla 10.5.5 ok “Thanks for the info. However, I do not see PCGenUSBEHCI errors. Plus, this is a dual core system. Can't really use cpus=1. Currently do have the time to do extensive experimentation, but none of the things you mentioned have anything to do …” | Leopard 10.5 | 2009-07-16 20,239 dossier reads |
| Is it impossible to install vanilla 10.5.6 on a Dell Optiplex 745 ? Vanilla 10.5.5 ok “If your system doesnt work with the modded AppleIntelPIIXATA I would say your problem is either: - It has a device id not present in the info.plist (doubt it, its supposed to have all ICHx ids) - You have some other ATA kext installed that …” | Leopard 10.5 | 2009-07-03 20,239 dossier reads |
| Is it impossible to install vanilla 10.5.6 on a Dell Optiplex 745 ? Vanilla 10.5.5 ok “I'm not familiar with munky's method (I found it unnecessarily complicated if you dont need to exchange disk between mac/pc) but with all those ATA kexts you have there it should boot. You have many ATA kexts in your Extra but not the one f…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2009-07-02 20,239 dossier reads |
| Is it impossible to install vanilla 10.5.6 on a Dell Optiplex 745 ? Vanilla 10.5.5 ok “Can you do diskutil list in terminal and post the output here. Also can you please post the full contents of /Volumes/EFI/Extra/Extensions I presume you formatted the drive GUID before installing. Is the drive SATA, if so did you check for …” | Leopard 10.5 | 2009-07-01 20,239 dossier reads |
| Is it impossible to install vanilla 10.5.6 on a Dell Optiplex 745 ? Vanilla 10.5.5 ok “Your post has conflicting information, the guides you linked reference Kalway, but you also mention Boot132. : You should try the Chameleon 2.0 installer, as it contains legacy kexts for ICHx support which you can optionally install. You sh…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2009-07-01 20,239 dossier reads |
| Is it impossible to install vanilla 10.5.6 on a Dell Optiplex 745 ? Vanilla 10.5.5 ok “"Still waiting for root device" got nothing to with what you did, its about your chipset's SATA or IDE controller not being detected. For Intel ICH, if it doesnt support AHCI, you would need a patched IntelPIIXATA.kext with support for your…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2009-07-01 20,239 dossier reads |
| 10.5.7 black screen after sleep “I am not addressing your concern in this message, but providing some information that might be relevant. I have a MacBook (in addition to my Hack). The MB runs 10.5.7. Ever since the upgrade from 10.5.6, I am having sleep issues on this thi…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2009-07-07 7,939 dossier reads |
| Cannot hibernate / shut down / reboot “I wonder if there is something in the DSDT I could do ?” | Snow Leopard 10.6 | 2009-11-27 7,611 dossier reads |
| Cannot hibernate / shut down / reboot “Have you tried this one for shutdown and reboot, yet? EvOReboot - Freeware alternative for OpenHaltRestart Yes. It makes no difference whether I use OpenHaltRestart or the new EvoReboot kexts.” | Snow Leopard 10.6 | 2009-11-21 7,611 dossier reads |
| Intel HD Audio (Analog Devices 1983) “Thanks for helping my sound work. The microphone does not work. I can see the volume controls and the devices under input devices, but no sound appears. I have tested it using ichat, as well audacity. No sound makes it.” | Leopard 10.5 | 2009-08-07 6,060 dossier reads |
| Intel HD Audio (Analog Devices 1983) “uman, That worked perfectly. I even left the Azalia audio in there. The system profiler does not show anything. The sound effects cannot be enabled (I just have a greyed out pull down list), but they seem to work. I just checked if I could …” | Leopard 10.5 | 2009-07-20 6,060 dossier reads |