Mac OS X on x86 Hardware 2008–2024 Technical Archive
Member #13,384 · 2009-09-22 → 2010-01-30
#304 by Dispatches #491 by Thread Reach Member #13,384 Dell Inspiron / Latitude AMD OSx86 DSDT

@razy60

InfiniteMac community contributor with 24 recorded dispatches, participating in discussions reaching 1,027,697 historical readers.

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Member Number #13,384 Joined 2009-09-18
Active Window 2009–2010 2009-09-22 → 2010-01-30
Preserved Forum Signature & OSx86 Rig
PC,(dual boot with ultimate edition 2.4 and IPC 10.5.6 final)
asrock AliveNF6G-GLAN
cpu, AMD Athlonx2 7750 2.7ghz (black edition)
ram, 4Gb DDR2 800mhz
lan, realtek rtl8211b( use nforcelan driver)
sound, on board (ALC662) HD audio (voodoohda.kext)
gpu, Nvidia 8400gs (512mb)
HDD, x2, 250Gb + 320Gb sata
Wireless keyboard (HID device) FK760 (integrated trackball mouse)
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#304 of 6,691 by Dispatches (24 notes) · #491 by Thread Reach (1,027,697 cumulative reads)
InfiniteMac ID
Member #13,384 · Joined 2009-09-18
Hardware & Kernel Topics
Dell Inspiron / Latitude (2) · AMD OSx86 (2) · DSDT (2) · Voodoo / XNU Kernel (1) · NVIDIA GeForce (1)
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Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection

Distribution across 3 technical boards

10.X Core
15 (62%)
Leopard 10.5
8 (33%)

Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (24)

Direct links into threads where @razy60 contributed solutions & commentary

Thread & Dispatch ExcerptCollectionDate & Reach
iATKOS v7
“hi, Not to sure what to make of this but i installed iatkos v7 onto my Dell inspiron 6400 laptop all seems to go well until reboot when all i get is a disco track playing but no video(gui), tried various boots -v -f etc still comes back to …”
10.X Core2009-09-22
932,692 dossier reads
dual boot on separate HDDs without fiddling with bios settings
“One thing i would add is that it may be better to partition your first drive so that vista and Osx are on the same drive then leave the other drives as ntfs, that way you get all the storage which is shareable to both systems, Just ensure t…”
10.X Core2009-10-26
17,417 dossier reads
dual boot on separate HDDs without fiddling with bios settings
“HI, looking at your management screen it looks ok, although you have 2 active partitions which i would only expect to see 1. Could you post a few screen shots of easybcd. Raz”
10.X Core2009-10-25
17,417 dossier reads
dual boot on separate HDDs without fiddling with bios settings
“I already have an image of my vista disk management but how do i post or attach on here? LOL! I am sure you click the image icon in the box at the top of the reply page then just use the browse button to find your image then follow the inst…”
10.X Core2009-10-22
17,417 dossier reads
dual boot on separate HDDs without fiddling with bios settings
“Hi, read through this link it will help with your keyboard in windows .forums.cn et.com/5208-7592_102-0.html?threadID=12112 It has this helpful link in.diesel station.com/software/ hope it helps. Raz”
10.X Core2009-10-21
17,417 dossier reads
dual boot on separate HDDs without fiddling with bios settings
“LaFemme69 wrote hi Razy60. disk management in windows or OSX? how do i go about doing it? . Windows. You should have on your keyboard a key that will print screen, it would be something like: PRTSC, it may be in or around the F keys, you ma…”
10.X Core2009-10-20
17,417 dossier reads
dual boot on separate HDDs without fiddling with bios settings
“Could you post a screen shot of your disk management screen, it would help to see how your system is set up. Raz Edit: would you recommend me setting my bios to boot from vista hdd? Yes”
10.X Core2009-10-18
17,417 dossier reads
dual boot on separate HDDs without fiddling with bios settings
“Hi, when you say fiddle with your bios, do you mean go into it and change which HDD it starts from? or something else. It's just that whenever i have loaded a second OS into my PC that has 3 HDD's the boot always seems to be on the first HD…”
10.X Core2009-10-17
17,417 dossier reads
Help installing Snow Leopard
“Hi, just as a suggestion i would personally burn the iso using imgburn as i have found in the past that nero is not that good at burning the iso images correctly. also as your first post indicates you are only getting a small part of the im…”
10.X Core2010-01-30
10,951 dossier reads
iPC OSx86 installation problem
“I am sure that you should only use 1 AppleSMBIOS or you will get problems. It might help if you could post what selections you made in customization, plus if you go to the insanelymac forum try the OSx wiki and look for your components. Raz”
Leopard 10.52009-10-07
10,157 dossier reads
Psystar Rebel EFI: The Magical Cure for Hackintosh Problems
“Read the news(link at top of page) that should give you an idea, plus as has been pointed out very very similar to boot 132. Raz”
Leopard 10.52009-10-28
8,395 dossier reads
Setting Up Triple Boot Win7/iATKOS v7/Kubuntu 9.04
“Use gparted in linux(dont install the Os just use the live cd) to create the required partitions. 1 ntfs, 2 fat32. install windows first on Ntfs then make 1 partition active. install OSx second on the active partition. reload the windows mb…”
Leopard 10.52009-10-06
8,344 dossier reads
Need some help Amd using iatkos v7
“Hi, you need to use the 9.5.0 kernel not 9.7.0, 9.7.0 is only for newer intel cpu's not amd. also try a applesmbios patch. Raz”
Leopard 10.52009-10-27
7,682 dossier reads
Install Mac OS X
“Possibly can you remember what selections you made? Some times if you select 2 similar kext they can cause issues. Raz”
10.X Core2009-10-09
7,269 dossier reads
Install Mac OS X
“can you post what settings you used when you tried to install. Have you looked in the Insanelymac osx wiki to see what your hard ware requires. how have you got your PC currently set up, any windows or linux OS's etc. Raz”
10.X Core2009-10-08
7,269 dossier reads
My mouse doesn't work in iPC 10.5.6 final
“You could try voodoops2 from voodooprojects. You would need to uninstal your current ps2 drivers , the instructions they give are easy to follow. Also you may want to try a smbios patch, patch dsdt, and maybe usb mount fix, The other thing …”
Leopard 10.52009-10-09
6,202 dossier reads
My mouse doesn't work in iPC 10.5.6 final
“what drivers did you select in customization? Raz”
Leopard 10.52009-10-09
6,202 dossier reads
with installation (Asus M3N78-VM+Phenom)
“Can you remember what selections you made in customization and post them, Also did you use 9.5.0 voodoo kernel or the default one, as you have amd proccessor you need to use 9.5.0. Raz”
Leopard 10.52009-10-18
6,028 dossier reads
with installation (Asus M3N78-VM+Phenom)
“what program did you use to burn the discs with. Did you use a ISO burner like IMGburn. Raz”
Leopard 10.52009-10-11
6,028 dossier reads
(HELP) Someone point me in the right direction
“Hi, this may help on the laptop.also there are some good guides here and on insanelymac. i hackintosh.com/2009/09/how-to-install-mac-os-x-on-dell-inspiron-1525-1515/ Raz”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-12-15
4,577 dossier reads
Customisation options on iDeneb...and others
“Hi, you could try the IPC 10.5.6 final distro as it gives more options for loading drivers/kexts than most of the others. Try 9.5.0 kernal,nvdarwin xxx video,intel achx sata driver,patched usb driver,ps2 keyboard(if that is what you have),p…”
10.X Core2009-11-17
4,215 dossier reads
Customisation options on iDeneb...and others
“hi, generally 1 option from each of the drivers and kext list then what you need from the rest, it would help if you posted what hard ware you are using. Raz”
10.X Core2009-11-14
4,215 dossier reads
Triple-boot with Mac OS X
“Hi, Before you start you really need to read as much as you can, there are various install tutorials on this forum and others try Insanelymac, Check in the osx86wiki what your system needs as far as settings when you actually try the instal…”
10.X Core2009-10-09
3,768 dossier reads
Triple-boot with Mac OS X
“set your partition to active then install, when you have finished you need to reboot with your windows disc so that you can repair the windows boot then you need easybcd(download it) so that you can install the boot records for OSX and your…”
10.X Core2009-10-08
3,768 dossier reads