Mac OS X on x86 Hardware 2008–2024 Technical Archive
Member #15,704 · 2009-10-14 → 2009-11-03
#1,386 by Dispatches #642 by Thread Reach Member #15,704 DSDT Dell Inspiron / Latitude Chameleon / Boot-132

@xover

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Member Number #15,704 Joined 2009-10-14
Active Window 2009 2009-10-14 → 2009-11-03
Preserved Forum Signature & OSx86 Rig
Dell D630 Bios A16 OSX 10.6.1 Snow Leopard
2.0 GHz T7300 4MB Cache C2D - Working (both cores)
2 GB RAM - Working
GMA X3100 Graphics Card, WXGA+ 1440x900 - Working (+QE/CI)
Dell Wireless 1390 Card - Working
Broadcom NetXtreme 5755M Gigabit Ethernet - Working
Sigmatel 9205 Sound Card - Working
PS/2 Keyboard - Mostly Working, Not Recognized
PS/2 Trackpad - Not Working
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#1,386 of 6,691 by Dispatches (5 notes) · #642 by Thread Reach (895,283 cumulative reads)
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Member #15,704 · Joined 2009-10-14
Hardware & Kernel Topics
DSDT (3) · Dell Inspiron / Latitude (2) · Chameleon / Boot-132 (1)
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DELL D620/630/830 kext pack
“Some people asked for my DSDT. You can find it attached:”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-11-03
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DELL D620/630/830 kext pack
“I forgot to say also that, when I copied the SL install disk over to a USB nerdstick, the D630 refused to boot from it. It was therefore necessary to first install Snow Leopard on the main hard disk using a USB enclosure and nearby Mac Mini…”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-11-02
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DELL D620/630/830 kext pack
“After much difficulty this kext pack is now mostly working for me (only the trackpad fails). One of the big issues was that the video drivers for GMAX3100 did not work...perhaps they are only good for WXGA and not WXGA+ like I have. In any …”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-11-02
895,283 dossier reads
DELL D620/630/830 kext pack
“Here its the same problem! Have you got a internal display with 1440x900? External Display should work, give it a try! teufel2k Yes, I have WXGA+ with a resolution of 1440 x 900, and the external display does work but that's no good on an a…”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-10-15
895,283 dossier reads
DELL D620/630/830 kext pack
“After failing with other instruction sets for the D630 and failing to get QE/CI, I installed all this stuff on a fresh copy of 10.6.0 for my D630, and the system appears to be booting just fine. However, the display simply shows a bunch of …”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-10-14
895,283 dossier reads