Successful Installation of Snow Leopard on Dell D630

Hello Shivprasad,

I’m trying to follow your guide but I get a little stuck at very beginning.

You say to install bootloader2 (step 3) before restoring the dvd. Doesn’t the partition get wiped out when it is restored? Do you need to install bootloader after it was restored (the 6 gb partition)?

Thanks

please re-up the files that are required … been wanting to dod this for a while now … thnx

Download Link updated.

@Aurimas, You have to install bootloader first on both the partitions and then restore install iso to 6gb partition…

I agree that it might be getting wiped out, but not sure of that, since its a guid partition scheme… there might be some flag somewhere which is being set….

Bookmarked.. gonna try this on my acer laptop when I get back from vacations!

Nothing to do on my Latitude D630 (with Intel GM965 graphic card).
Starting the HD boot loader works successful but after a blue screen, display turns off and I can’t see what’s going on. Neither with an external monitor, nor with fn F7.
Any suggestions?

Hi guys – First – shiv thanks a million for this – appreciate the hard work.

A few problems I had:

a) when you download the files and mount bootloader2.dmg the readme says to install Chameleon (easy) then “copy boot to both partitions”. The text in the readme file says:

sudo -s
cp. /Volumes/Snow Alternative/boot /Volumes/<>

This doesn’t work for 2 reasons (I think but I may be wrong):

1. cp with a period (cp.) is invalid syntax
2. Snow Alternative has a space in it which Unix/OSX doesn’t tolerate.

instead, I had to use:

cp /Volumes/”Snow Alternative”/boot /Volumes/<>

Even after this I had trouble and found I had to:

cd /Volumes
cd /”Snow Alternative”

then cp boot /Volumes/<>

Not sure if I missed something but this problematic. Also had to do a CHMOD 755 on boot after copying it.

Next I found that you wrote “Boot your D630 with above USB disk and in Customize don’t select Bootloader2″. Once I got the installation to start I had no “Bootloader2″ option – there was Snow Bootloader but that’s it and it was selected by default. I left it checked as it was and didn’t change anything, but your instructions imply we need to change something here which is confusing. I didn’t select anything and it worked fine.

Thanks again for this – I hoe these comments help any other Newbs trying to do this,

Cheers,

For Intel, there seems to be another set of files which are mentioned here. You should try them too.

Thank you very much for your answer shiv.
There’s still a little problem.
How can I perform a full installation if when the process starts, after a blue screen all goes black and I can’t see what’s going on?
Maybe I need to fix a retail Snow Leopard DVD with the above mentioned Intel drivers. But I don’t know how to do it.
It’s very hard to install SL in “blind mode”.

More suggestions?
Thank you very much and Merry Christmas at all.

Where are my posts and shiv’s replies? Lost?

Good News, Bad News.
Installed Chameleon RC4 and finally displays stays on. No more black screen.
BUT……

no keyboard and mouse support.

So SL stops asking for a keyboard.

Any more suggestions?

Thanks in advance for your kind reply.

Hi Shivprasad,
i’ve try to folow your instructions.i made all first steps:
But d630 don’t boot for the first time ??
bootloader2 is on all partitions (1&2) and i copied the boot file on all too
Is it a problem if my small partition (6Gb) is the 2nd ?
this is the result :
boot0: gpt
boot0: hfts
boot0: hfts
boot0: error
I’m so sad…
Thanks for your help !

@Toonix The above error I had also faced when I had used bootloader which is included in the Snow Leopard Install Disc. You can deselect it using Customize before you begin installation.
You should use the Bootloader2.dmg mentioned in the post. Now too if you install Bootloader2 on your above installed drive you should be able to boot.

@mialemat Ohh no keyboard or mouse, damm so near but so far… May be following links might help –

[How To] Solutions for Keyboards, Trackpads & Mice, A Compilation

Not sure of following much -

How do I get a PS/2 keyboard to work?

Hi Shiv, Great guide! Hope all is well.

Just to gain confidence before i try your great method … I wanted to see if i can install ‘iDeneb v1.6 10.5.8 lite edition’ on my Dell D630.

My story ….
(1) First I couldn’t install iDeneb because I kept on getting Kernel panic within a few seconds in -v mode.
(2) Then I removed the internal Dell D630′s hard drive and connected it to my friends laptop (which has a working OSX86). I selected Guid partition, straight installed ideneb without selecting any other fixes or drivers…but only those that were preselected by ideneb.
(3) Connected the hard drive back to my Dell D630 and almost got to the welcome screen but the screen blacks out!
(4) Connected the hard drive back to my friends laptop and removed the following extensions …

AppleIntelGMAX3100.kext
AppleIntelGMAX3100FB.kext
AppleIntelGMAX3100GA.plugin
AppleIntelGMAX3100GLDriver.bundle
AppleIntelGMAX3100VADriver.bundle

(5) Connected the hard drive back to my Dell D630 and got to the welcome screen, registration and arrived at the desktop. However now the PROBLEM is i haven’t got a graphics driver … Quartz Extreme is not supported etc and everything is stretched, applications like iworks 09 don’t work. Ive tried installing ideneb again and selected GMAX3500 fix … but again the screen blacks out. Perhaps i need to install the right graphics driver however which one?

I wonder if you have the same video/graphics setup? Shiv how could i fix this issue? Any help would be appreciated?

Below are my Dell Latitude D630 Specs (im sorry its lengthy just didn’t want to leave anything important out)

Specs in Bios when I press F12:
——————————————
Bios Version: A15 (2008)
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo
Memory: 2GB 667MHZ DDR2 SDRAM
Hard Drive: 80GB SATA Drive
Video Controller: Intel Crestline Graphics
Video Bios Version: 1588
Video Memory: 8MB
Panel Type: 14″ Wide XGA
Native Resolution: 1280×800
Audio Controller: Sigmatel 9205
Modem Controller: Conexant HDA D330 MDC
Wifi: Intel Wireless
Integrated NIC: Selected ‘Enabled w/PXE’
Internal Modem: Selected ‘Enabled’
External USB ports: Selected ‘Enabled’
Parallel Ports: Selected ‘ECP’
Serial Ports: Selected ‘COM1′
PC Cards and 1394: Selected ‘Enabled’
SATA Operation: Selected ‘ATA’ and not ‘AHCI’
Module Bay Device: Selected ‘Enabled’
Flash Cache Module: Selected ‘Enabled’
AFS Mode: Selected ‘OFF’
Microphone: Selected ‘Enabled’
Video Ambient Light Sensor: Selected ‘OFF’
Primary Video: Selected ‘Dock Video Card’
CPU XD Support in Security: Selected ‘Enabled’
Multi Core Support: Selected ‘Enabled’
Dynamic Acceleration: Selected ‘Enabled’
HDD Acoustic Mode: Selected ‘Bypass’
SpeedStep Enable: Selected ‘Enabled’
USB wake support: Selected ‘OFF’
Wake on Lan/WLan: Selected ‘OFF’
PCI Slot Monitioring: Selected ‘Enabled Silent’
Universal Connect: Selected ‘Enabled’
Adpter Warning: Selected ‘Enabled’
Fn Key Emulation: Selected ‘Scroll Lock’
Fast Boot: Selected ‘Minimal’
Virtualization: Selected ‘OFF’
Keypad (embedded): Selected ‘Fn Key Only’
Mouse/Touchpad: Selected ‘Touchpad-ps/2′
USB Emulation: Selected ‘Enabled’
Internal Bluetooth: Selected ‘Enabled’
Internal Wifi: Selected ‘Enabled’

Specs in Windows XP Professional in system info:
———————————————————-
Processor/Bios:
x86 Family 6 Model 15 Stepping 13 GenuineIntel ~1995 Mhz – T7250
BIOS Version/Date Dell Inc. A15, 2008
SMBIOS Version 2.4
CD-ROM:
HL-DT-ST DVD+-RW GSA-T21N
Sound Device:
SigmaTel High Definition Audio CODEC
Display:
Adapter Type Mobile Intel® 965 Express Chipset Family, Intel Corporation compatible
Adapter Description Mobile Intel® 965 Express Chipset Family
Adapter RAM 384.00 MB (402,653,184 bytes)
INF File oem11.inf (i965GM0 section)
Installed Drivers igxprd32.dll
Network:
Intel® Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN
Adapter Type Ethernet 802.3
Product Type Intel® Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN
Broadcom NetXtreme 57xx Gigabit Controller
Ports:
Serial: Conexant HDA D330 MDC V.92 Modem
IDE:
Intel® ICH8M Ultra ATA Storage Controllers – 2850
Intel® ICH8M 3 port Serial ATA Storage Controller – 2828
USB:
Intel® ICH8 Family USB Universal Host Controller
———————————————————

Hope this helps and thanks for your time.

hey shiv (and everyone reading), I wrote the second guide posted here and I wanted to know if any other nvs 135m users are noticing laggy graphics, specifically with expose. Try opening a few pdfs and other windows to total at least 10, then do expose. Do you notice a lag? Please tell me via email! Or if you have an insanelymac account, you can post on my guide since I get email notifications for that too. thanks!

Hmm strange I posted something but it disappeared. Anyway, I wrote the second guide posted here and I was wondering if anyone noticed expose being choppy with 10+ windows open, especially when one is a pdf or large image. Email me if you have this issue!

lol nevermind, now my first post appeared. weird.

HI guy,
I have one problem, how I can “install Bootloader2 on both above partition”?
What type of O.S. I must use to install?
And I have some problem, I have install Win XP and Ubuntu, and I would like install in another partition MacOS snowleopard, but I don’t know follow your guide, Could you ecxplain more this guide more near to my request.
Thank you so much.
Bye D

@Eric Yes I too noticed the lag…But since we are using NVkush.kext, i don’t think we can do much about it….don’t know if anyone working on bettering it…

There is also reddish tint at lower end of screen…which I somehow managed to reduce by adjusting Color settings in Display panel.

Also since using this NVkush.kext the laptop needs to be powered off manually….

But I am okay with this, since been able to work on OS X…

Will love to know solutions for above…

hey shiv, use chameleon bootloader rc 3 or 4, and turn on the “graphics enabler” switch to yes in your boot.plist in your extras folder. it gets graphics working natively with apple’s nvdanv50hal kext. unfortunately, the graphics lag is still there . im thinking we just don’t have enough graphics memory, because the nvs140m which has 256 can work the graphics fine.

Glad shiv is supporting his guide. Would like to see someone write a complete guide with details included instead of relying on feedback to debug/explain steps.

Here is what I did:
plugged a usb Drive
with disk utility I initialized the entire Disk
then:

downloaded Mac OS Snow Leopard Universal v. 3.6 (search in Google).
mounted the iso downloaded file

Gone into folder /System/Installation/Packages and started OSInstall.

When the Installation process ends I deleted the following files:

AppleIntelGMAX3100.kext
AppleIntelGMAX3100FB.kext
AppleIntelGMAX3100GA.plugin
AppleIntelGMAX3100GLDriver.bundle
AppleIntelGMAX3100VADriver.bundle

Now I plugged the usb drive in my Dell Latitude D630 and started OSX.
All goes well but No mouse support

I installed also the intel driver’s package from: http://www.infinitemac.com/f57/dell-d620-630-830-kext-pack-t3840/

but nothing to do.
No mouse support.
What can I do? Any suggestions? thanks in advance for your kind reply.

Hi Shiv, I’m still stuck at the booting to installation step, when the screen turn black. I don’t know what to do. Do you have any solution for that. My D630 uses Intel X3100 graphics

@Chanh – It’s kinda of weird for this to work with some and doesn’t work with others, check your bios version, turn AHCI mode off.. try out different flavors of SL installables – for eg. SnowOSX Universal v3.6 (10.6.2) English/Russian which is I believe latest one…

@mialemat :

I too had similar issue once but reinstalling took care of it, but most likely its due to appleps2controller.kext .. if nothing works out, you can try out VoodooPS2Controller

I tried to reinstall Intel’s driver for GMAX3100 and…….

OSX freeze @ 90% of the installation process. Restarting the PC I got a panic from SleepEnabler…… and no more boot!!!!

Oh my god. I’ve to reinstall all the stuffs!!!

Maybe the problem is v.10.6.2.

Tonight i’m going to reinstall from a fresh retail SL dvd (10.6).

Nothing to do.
I’m tired to try and try for nothing.
If someone got a successful installation of Snow Leopard on his Dell Latitude D630 could please post a backup DVD to restore in my notebook?
Thanks in advance to everyone and to shiv for his support.

@Mialemat: totally agree with you, I give up

@mialemat, @Chanh: Well, I too was frustrated b4 this success with Snow Leopard. I had tried every available Leopard builds….and gave up…. so you should also keep trying with different drivers/builds…

I’m back again.
Finally I got a successful installation of Snow Leopard on my Dell D630.
This is what I did:

REMEMBER TO DOWNLOAD SHIV FILES FROM THE TOP OF THIS BLOG.

Connect you notebook hard drive to your mac via a sata-usb interface (bought an hard drive box for that).
start your Mac from the original Snow Leopard DVD.
Install Snow Leopard to the USB hard Drive.
When the installation is well performed iMac starts from the USB drive.
OK.
Now switch off.
Unplug the usb drive.
Start your mac from the internal drive.
When SL is started plug the USB drive.
First of all Install Chameleon RC4 to the USB Drive.

Let’s work on the USB drive.
If the graphic card of your notebook is Intel GM950 delete the following files from System/Library/Extension:
AppleIntelGMAX3100.kext
AppleIntelGMAX3100FB.kext
AppleIntelGMAX3100GA.plugin
AppleIntelGMAX3100GLDriver.bundle
AppleIntelGMAX3100VADriver.bundle
Put Shiv’s Extension folder into your USB drive into its Extra folder.
Do not copy Shiv’s PlatformUUID.kext because Snow Leopard built a correct PlatformUUID.kext from the above installation process.
OK. Let’s repair kext permission dragging the Extra/Extension folder into kext utility.
Now copy contents of Kexts folder to /System/Library/Extensions
Drag the /System/Library/Extensions folder into kext utility.
It’s time to unplug the usb drive.
Detach the sata2usb device and put the hard drive into your notebook.
Start Dell D630.
Snow Leopard starts but is not into full potential mode.
For Intel graphics use Shiv suggested drivers on top of this blog (read some answers before).
Install drivers.
Restart Snow leopard with this kind of flags:
-v arch=i386
Start Disk Utillity and Repair Permission.
From now start everytime SnowLeopard using the above flags (-v arch=i386) and finally you got Snow Leopard working out of the box.
Only wifi is not implemented.
Have fun!!!

THANKS TO SHIV FOR HIS SUPPORT. WITHOUT YOUR AID I COULDN’T GET IN TOUCH WITH SNOW LEOPARD’S WORLD INTO MY DELL.

THANKS A LOT SHIV. YOU’RE THE BEST.

Congrats mialemat! I’ll try this method on my D630. Hope it works

The challenge goes on…
I tried to build a dual boot installation with SL & Windows 7.
First of all I partitioned the hd into 2 primary partition.
In the first partition I installed SL. Windows 7 onto the second one.
Restarting the notebook I got only a blinking cursor.
I tried to setup again the boot flag into the first partition but nothing to do.
Could someone please help me?
Thanks in advance for your kind reply.

Hi Mialemat,

I tried to follow your guide but again, failed to put Snow on my Dell. Could you back up your hard drive and post it somewhere so I can restore to mine. Thanks.

Backup is more than 17 Gbytes (included ilife and wmware).
I’m going to post a step-by-step video installation tutorial.
Stay tuned.

Finally I got a successful installation of a dual boot configuration: Snow Leopard and Windows 7.
I’m writing a step by step guide with interesting photos and suggestions.
Stay tuned.

Thanks mialemat.

Any new on the tutorial?

Any news on the tutorial? I am really interested in this.

Hi Mialemat, have you done w/ the guide?

Few days and I Swear the guide will be ready.
10 pages and 30 pictures and 3 included files in a word / pdf file.
Be patient.

@Chanh Today I stumbled upon “iPortable Snow OSx86 10.6.2 Bootable USB image (Intel SSE2/SSE3)”, the pdf which is part of download has very detailed installation instructions.

Ok. “iPortable Snow OSx86 10.6.2 Bootable USB image (Intel SSE2/SSE3)” doesn’t work for D630. I tried it and just doesn’t get passed kernel panic. Tried with all available kernels, no luck.

A promise is a promise.
Step by Step Installation Guide for Snow Leopard on a Dell D630.
Have fun.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=E3O897IL

You save my life Mialemat. I’ll try and tell you later.

sound not work for me

dell d630
nvidia quadro
sigmatel

HI I have a Dell D630 and I would like create a triple boot Pc with XP prof, Snowleopard and Ubuntu and with a Dati Partition, but I couldn’t see one guide complete and specifiy for this type of problem can You help me?
Thank you.
Dave

Upgraded to 10.6.3

No more sound but restored installing AudioHDA kext v. 10.6.2.

And a good news, thanks to 10.6.3 and a DSDT patch no more kernel flags arch=i386 UHCIreset=Yes and so on………….

Working for an upgrade of the Step by Step Guide….

See you soon.

Hi all
Mialemat, thankyou for your guide
Everything was working until I updated to 10.6.3
Now sound is missing. Bluetooth is missing too.
Can you explain me step by step what I have to do to make it work again?
Bluetooth is not important, but sound is…
Thankyou!

Hi all
I wrote a commentary yesterday but it’s missing.
Anyway the commentary said that I installed MacOs following your guide and in the end I installed 10.6.3 update and lost sound, usb support, bluetooth…
Finally, I decided to install again, and I installed the 10.6.2 combo update. The system works perfectly now. Not without troubles, as after the 10.6.2 update I had a kernel panic that didn’t let me boot my system…
I want to comment the way I used to install. I think it could be interesting for those that do not have access to a real Mac like me.
What I did was install SL on a Physical hard disk using VMWare. After the install, I followed the mialemat manual, and ended with a fully functional SL.
If someone is interested in more details about how to install SL in a physical disk with Vmware, please ask. If wou google it, there is a guide to install in Vmware, the basics are the same, changing the virtual disk with a physical one.
What I was unable to do was a dual boot with Windows 7 and SL. I ended using 2 hard drives. One for Windows, one for SL. I have installed Windows and SL about 10 times in the last 2 days… And it was enough for me… The next thing I want to do is create a ghost of SL and try to update to 10.6.3 (when someone publishes a guide, as I am a newbie…)
And I also would like to learn how chameleon works, as I think that was my problem trying to dual boot Windows 7 and SL… If someone has any url for me to learn about it…

Hi all

I wrote a commentary yesterday but it’s missing.
Anyway the commentary said that I installed MacOs following your guide and in the end I installed 10.6.3 update and lost sound, usb support, bluetooth…
Finally, I decided to install again, and I installed the 10.6.2 combo update. The system works perfectly now. Not without troubles, as after the 10.6.2 update I had a kernel panic that didn’t let me boot my system…
I want to comment the way I used to install. I think it could be interesting for those that do not have access to a real Mac like me.
What I did was install SL on a Physical hard disk using VMWare. After the install, I followed the mialemat manual, and ended with a fully functional SL.
If someone is interested in more details about how to install SL in a physical disk with Vmware, please ask. If wou google it, there is a guide to install in Vmware, the basics are the same, changing the virtual disk with a physical one.
What I was unable to do was a dual boot with Windows 7 and SL. I ended using 2 hard drives. One for Windows, one for SL. I have installed Windows and SL about 10 times in the last 2 days… And it was enough for me… The next thing I want to do is create a ghost of SL and try to update to 10.6.3 (when someone publishes a guide, as I am a newbie…)
And I also would like to learn how chameleon works, as I think that was my problem trying to dual boot Windows 7 and SL… If someone has any url for me to learn about it…

I’m still working for an upgrade of the Step by Step Guide.

However to get sounds working after upgrading to 10.6.3 you need to download and install this file:

http://www.tonymacx86.com/Public/10.6.2-AppleHDAInstaller.zip

Remember to repair permission with Kext Utility

As Tony wrote in his blog this is a temporary solution but sounds get back

(http://tonymacx86.blogspot.com/2010/03/mac-os-x-1063-update.html)

To get USB working remove from com.apple.Boot.plist (file is on Extra folder) the following flags:

arch=i386 pmIncrement=1 EHCIacquire=Yes UHCIreset=Yes ForceWake=Yes Rescan=Yes

with this one

arch=x86

Save and repair permissions with Kext Utility.

Try to restart in verbose mode to verify everything is working as expected.

for JulKeZ:
On my Dell I got a succesful installation of SL (10.6.3) + Windows XP (Pro + SP3) + Windows 7 (Ultimate).
To do this you need to install SL on a MBR partition not on a GUID Installation. So I had to modify my SL Installation Disk thanks to google.
After that Partition in 3 parts your Hard Disk.
Install Windows 7, then Windows XP after all SL.
Reboot using Empire EFI v. 1.085 (http://prasys.co.cc/2010/01/empire-efi-v-1-085-is-out/) and start again from Windows 7.
Set with diskpart all partition ad active and system.
Install Chameleon and finally you’ll get everything working.

The simplest way to get a successful double or triple boot without Chameleon it is called EasyBCD (http://neosmart.net/dl.php?id=1).

Have fun.

I’m still working for an upgrade of the Step by Step Guide.

However to get sounds working after upgrading to 10.6.3 you need to download and install this file:

http://www.tonymacx86.com/Public/10.6.2-AppleHDAInstaller.zip

Remember to repair permission with Kext Utility

As Tony wrote in his blog this is a temporary solution but sounds get back

(http://tonymacx86.blogspot.com/2010/03/mac-os-x-1063-update.html)

To get USB working remove from com.apple.Boot.plist (file is on Extra folder) the following flags:

arch=i386 pmIncrement=1 EHCIacquire=Yes UHCIreset=Yes ForceWake=Yes Rescan=Yes

with this one

arch=x86

Save and repair permissions with Kext Utility.

Try to restart in verbose mode to verify everything is working as expected.

for JulKeZ:
On my Dell I got a succesful installation of SL (10.6.3) + Windows XP (Pro + SP3) + Windows 7 (Ultimate).
To do this you need to install SL on a MBR partition not on a GUID Installation. So I had to modify my SL Installation Disk thanks to google.
After that Partition in 3 parts your Hard Disk.
Install Windows 7, then Windows XP after all SL.
Reboot using Empire EFI v. 1.085 (http://prasys.co.cc/2010/01/empire-efi-v-1-085-is-out/) and start again from Windows 7.
Set with diskpart all partition ad active and system.
Install Chameleon and finally you’ll get everything working.

The simplest way to get a successful double or triple boot without Chameleon it is called EasyBCD (http://neosmart.net/dl.php?id=1).

Have fun guys.

Shiv,
please could you verify the reasons if I write a Commentary this one never appear and If I try to post again I got a message that my post has been duplicated? What’s wrong?
Thanks in advance.

Whoa!!!!

A duplicated Post!

@mialemat Comments needs to be approved first. Sometimes they get auto approved by wordpress based on some intelligence. So it might be case that if you submit comment which is waiting for approval and submit again with same contents, wordpress might be creating hash of text and compare against earlier submit for avoiding spamming

OK.

I’m very sorry.
In my previous post I forget to write how to get all the 4 USB port working.

Thanks goes to:

http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=206313

Download DSDTSE from Ev0x86Team and edit your DSDT file (it would be in the Extra folder).

Search for HPET section and change things as following:

Device (HPET)
{
Name (_HID, EisaId (“PNP0103″))
Name (ATT3, ResourceTemplate ()
{
IRQNoFlags ()
{2}
IRQNoFlags ()
{8}
IRQNoFlags ()
{11}
IRQNoFlags ()
{15}
Memory32Fixed (ReadWrite,
0xFED00000, // Address Base
0×00000400, // Address Length
)
})

Recompile and repair permission with Kext Utility.

Now your USB port are working as ever!!!!

Hi everyone.. i installed universal snow leopard 3.6 distro on my d630 when i have a nvdia chip… now my mobo burnt with famous nvidia bug and i bought an intel version of the mobo. i tried to plug my working install to new setup with an intel graphics and encountered black screen as well.. is there any way to get it working without installing a new instance?

Have a look at http://www.kexts.com where I hope, you could find what you need to a succesfull installation of snow leopard.

your tutorial is great but if i have a real mac why even bother to make a hackintosh? is there a way to build a hackintosh without a real mac?
i have a hackintosh with amd6000+ with leopard on it. i have SL retail disk and universal snow leopard 3.6. do you have a recipe with this ingredients for my d630 intel x3100?

@cnone.
I’m agree with you. If you have a real Mac why bother to make a hackintosh?
My guide is only a demonstration that SL can be installed on a notebook but, of course I got a real Mac and I prefer it for a lot of reasons.

To build a hackintosh without a mac maybe is it possible with vmware for windows but require more time and more capabilities than with a real mac.

If you want to install SL on a AMD machine you need a kernel patch (have a look at http://www.kext.com).

Also, there a lot of modded retail version but I don’t like to download Snow Leopard from Internet because if you want Apple lives and continue to give us the dream of a wonderful and powerful O.S. we all need to buy original products.

I’m sorry with Shiv because this is not my blog and I’m getting his space without his permission.
So, for the future, no more comments from me.
Only updates to the guide if appreciated.

Sorry Shiv and you all.

@cnone

The reason I wanted a Hackintosh is because I had a work laptop which was Dell and I was using Ubuntu on it. I was fine with Ubuntu but preferred OS X since it was both closer to *nix and awesome eye candy.

And I didn’t wanted to keep switching context [keyboard shortcuts etc] between Ubuntu and OS X.

@mialemat

Dude u rock!!! Though the blog is hosted by me but I guess your comments and guide is really what there is on this thread. Please continue this awesome community contribution

Thanks shiv.
Is there a way to put an image to my blank avatar?

is there going to be an updated guide for SL 10.6.3. Need help here, trying to get usb and audio working. wifi works great with broadcom card.

Hi mialemat,
great work!
I patched my DSTD as you said and it works great also on 10.6.2 !
As you said, is only required “arch=x86″

If someone needs it:
http://www.2shared.com/file/12925867/a6f302c5/dsdt.html

@ema

I’m very happy for you.
I’m only sad for wifi.
Project camphor (http://projectcamphor.mercurysquad.com/) is still not mature for a full performance.
But time will solve all our problems.

Bye.

@mialemat
I replaced the stock wifi (Broadcom BCM94312MCG) with the one I had on the real Mac Mini (Windows says Atheros AR5006EXS), but It does not work.
This is strange because the same wifi board used on a Compaq Mini 311 (with OSX 10.6.2) it is recognized correctly.
Any idea?

Ciao

I think this is the problem (load failed)

May 2 22:22:52 unknown kernel[0]: Apple16X50ACPI0: Identified Serial Port on ACPI Device=UAR1
May 2 22:22:52 unknown kernel[0]: Apple16X50UARTSync0: Detected 16550AF/C/CF FIFO=16 MaxBaud=115200
May 2 22:22:52 unknown kernel[0]: Previous Shutdown Cause: 3
May 2 22:22:52 unknown kernel[0]: Error: offset_0x100 = 0xffffffff
May 2 22:22:52 unknown kernel[0]: start [/SourceCache/AirPortDriverAtheros5424/AirPortDriverAtheros5424-422.19.10/src/common/lmac/ath_dev/darwin/AtherosController.cpp:1159] load failed
May 2 22:22:53 unknown kernel[0]: commands[11] = 0
May 2 22:22:53 unknown kernel[0]: Set Timeout Starting
May 2 22:22:53 unknown kernel[0]: Set Timeout to loop Failed 0
May 2 22:22:53 unknown kernel[0]: Set Timeout to loop Ending

@ema:
Try to run Kext Utility and to repair permissions.

@mialemat
I did it but no way…

Meanwhile I found a script that changes the Info.plist.AppleAirPortBrcm4311.kext adding support for my stock broadcom BCM94312MCG (aka dell 1395):
http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=51725

I tryed It and it worked without cut pin 20 of the wifi card… great!

have you test the 10.6.4 update??

Nope. I couldn’t update to even 10.6.1. But @mialemat might have more information.

Install 10.6.4
Then restart your Dell with the following flags:

-v pmVersion=21

you have to do it to prevent a kernel panic

When your Dell is restart please download the latest SleepEnabler kext from:

http://code.google.com/p/xnu-sleep-enabler/updates/list

Install and repair permissions with kext utility.

Pay attention. No Sound!
So repatch AppleHDA, To do this download the patch at:

http://www.tonymacx86.com/Public/10.6.2-AppleHDAInstaller.zip

Apply the patch, repair permissions with kext utility, restart and sound are back again.

The only sad news is no more C-States…….

Working in progress to solve this problem.

Have fun.

Shiv,
what’s wrong with your Dell?
Why you can’t update your notebook?
May I help you?

Hello Mialemat !
You have update to 10.6.4, no behaviour??

Thanks

I no longer have my dell…

@taa

Follow instructions 4 posts before and all goes well.

@shiv

what a bad news. So, which is your new notebook?

Anyway Intel Wireless 3945 is not working

Intel Wireless is still not working.
But stay tuned on:

http://projectcamphor.mercurysquad.com/

OK, so I followed mialemat’s guide, and everything is working except for the display, I get the “half display” issue. I can use an external display, but the internal one only shows half of the display

I’ve tried SwitchResX, but that doesn’t seem to help and/or I’m doing it wrong.

Has anyone else had this issue?

OK, figured out how to use SwitchResX, with the help of VNC… but I still don’t know what settings to use to get it to go full screen. I did change some settings and it did display it across the screen, but it was wrapped weirdly.

Thanks in advance.

Would anyone happend to have a completed (with all the hack in place) DSDT for a D830 2.6HHZ (T9500) and Nvidia Quadra NVS 140M Graphics?

ALl of the DSDT I have tried don’t work well at all.

The only DSDT I have found to work on the Dell D830 is this NON CPU SPecific DSDT for the Dell XPS M1330. It has a 8400M graphics card but I read that both of these graphics cards are basically the same as the Nvidia 7300GT chipset.

The only thing not working using the DSDT from an M1330 is sleep. I have restart, shutdown, speed step, USB working and totally stable system. Just the sleep is the issue and I really don’t know if a DSDT specific for the D830 will make sleep work or not anyhow?

Here is the Link:

http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?s=482b20a4451aa4423a8e471af06c7b4d&showtopic=190780

@Adam
di you try to lunch kext utility to repair permissions?
What’s your graphics card name? Is it the same as in my guide?
If yes try to install again the d630 kext package or try to download the latest gma950 kext from http://www.kexts.com
Remember. Each time you try to install new / old kext, repair permissions with kext utility.

Waiting for your reply.

mialemat i tried that flag but it still doesnt work for me, gets stuck on system uptime in nanoseconds, help please

@adam
Please post your System Profiler Report and your Kernel.log report.
I need to investigate

iatkos v8 s3
but I AM GETTING LAGG USING NVIDIA 135M PLZ HELP ME…………….
Easiest way to install snow leopard as dual boot ,after this procedure u will get both window 7 and snowleopard……:-)iATKOS v8 s3
1.its a dual boot i have windows 7 and snow leopard now in my pc (dell d630)
2.after getting so much knowledge about this i am writing this post
3.install windows 7 in one primary partiiton and then u need one primary partition for mac
4.go to windows 7 and click start and type cmd and open it as administrator
5.type—– disk part,select disk 0,list partition,select partition x ,delete (x=partition that u install mac),and(alsso,do it by disk manager-untile the patition became blach colour ie.unallocated space),then after this type create partition primary id=af then list partition select newly created partition(x) and then type active.that it now this partition is prepare to install mac.keep min 10 to 15 gb for it
6.restart
7.put iatkos disk and boot from cd then select next untile u reached disk utility and erase u r mac patition wid mac os extended (journld)name and repair if u have any repairs
8.in custimization select these options START INSTALL IN VIBRIOS MODE (-V)MODE..
a.boot loader-aser(1st opn)—/ext dir-/fakesmc-disablers-rtc-32bit(must)-evo reboot–intel sata/ide-sound voodo hda(if it wont work select both)–ps/2 apple ps/2-cpu power p-state-select all laptop hardware options-ntfs-3g –network – wireless-bcm—wired bcm 5755m(u can find this number in windows by entering in computer management..) (i have this u select accding to urs )and add if u need any languages..
9.click install and selecting earased partition
10.u will get audio,video,wireless ,ethernet,keybors,mouse,mic,etc
11. this creadit goes to IATKOS TEAM MAINLY…THANK YOU VERYH MUCH …:-)
12 .there is some la in dell d630 due to graphics (nvidia)in low clock once it will get to high clock there will be no lagg,so we may need some other nvidia driver to eliminate the lag……
13.install perian software to run all videos u can get it in google(my fav site)
14.do not update it will cause unstable of system..

iatkos v8 s3
but I AM GETTING LAGG USING NVIDIA 135M PLZ HELP ME…………….

@Adam
@brian
@gopinndn

try to install Chameleon RC5 from:

http://www.kexts.com/view/449-chameleon_rc5_pre12.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

Report your experience.

Enjoy your hackintosh!

10.6.4 works like a charm !!!!
Only the stupid wirelles isn’t working DAMNN Intel card, even with the intel vooddoo drivers no joy.

hope someone knows a good replacement card or something like this !!

please tell me if you do.

kind regards

In the step Copy Dell Intel D620-630-830 Intel X3100.mpkg.zip; the system send a message to restart and I can’t to continue with the step “It’s time to repair some permission”.
please help me

Does Anyone know how to get any Cisco Aironet PCMCIA card working? I have the AIR-CB21AG-P-K9 model, and I’m hoping to get it working since the onboard WLAN doesn’t.

By the way, i was able to install from a 10.6.3 DVD without a mac, upgrade to 10.6.4 and get everything working except wireless. Not sure if i should post how since its way diff from the above guide. But if anyone wants to know how, just let me know.

@oscar.
Plug an external usb keyboard and a usb mouse.
Fix permissions with kext utility and reboot.
Let us know your experience.
Bye.

Any sure fix yet for updating to 10.6.4 and have sound, wireless, usb all working? I’m running 10.6 now since all updates (.1, .2, .3) give me no sound and no usb.

Don’t download the Security Update 006. Did the =i386 to x86, everything was working fine, did the 10.6.4 Combo and Graphics Updates, still had USB. I still had sleep without updating sleepenabler -v pmVersion=21. But after Security, no USB. Was going to try the DSDTSE, but with no USB, can’t put it on there. Never got a chance to try sound update.

I succesfully downloaded the Security Updated and everything goes well.

@owck41
Did you try to repair permissions with kext utility?
Bye.

for those who are having intel 3945(bcm4312/4315) wireless isssues. google for bcm43xx_enabler.sh file. put it under downloads on your mac(will work upto 10.6.2). Open terminal and type sudo ./Downloads/bcm43xx_enabler.sh. keep hitting enter untill it’s complete.reboot and you wireless should work fine.I am having dell vostro 1400 and evrything working fine except sleep enabler.

worth my 2 cents, hope it helps evrybody.

Arrrrggghhhhhh!!!!!!
Updated to 10.6.6 and no more sounds or USB.
I got sound working only with -s flag.
USB still nothing!!!!

Solved 10.6.6 update problem.
Now hackintosh is working again with sounds and all usb are accessible.
Please patch your DSDT.aml file as following:

Device (HPET)
{
Name (_HID, EisaId (“PNP0103″))
Name (ATT3, ResourceTemplate ()
{

{0}
IRQNoFlags ()
{11}
IRQNoFlags ()
{15}
Memory32Fixed (ReadWrite,
0xFED00000, // Address Base
0×00000400, // Address Length
)
})

Bye (please do not include this salute in your DSDT file )

Errata Corrige:

Device (HPET)
{
Name (_HID, EisaId (“PNP0103″))
Name (ATT3, ResourceTemplate ()
{
IRQNoFlags ()
{0}
IRQNoFlags ()
{11}
IRQNoFlags ()
{15}
Memory32Fixed (ReadWrite,
0xFED00000, // Address Base
0×00000400, // Address Length
)
})

Hello All,

Did any one get it working on Dell D630 with NVidia 135m Graphic card?

Guide by mialemat is for Intel based graphic card..

I had the nvidia card failure problem and had to bake my board to bring it back to life. So will it be problem to install Mac on my D630 as I am not sure if any one has stable drivers/kexts for Nvidia NVS 135m graphic card

How do i install osx on the dell d630 without using a real mac? I do not own any apple computers !

Have a look at http://www.kests.com.
If I well remember you’ll find a tool to perform the task without a real mac.
Bye.

******************
* GOOD BYE STEVE *
******************
r.i.p.

We miss you forever

is tis run on DELL VOSTRO 1015 ?

HDD:320 GB
RAM: DDR2 – 2GB
INTEL CORE 2 DUO

Evening! Having used and abused Macs for years I’m taking the plunge… currently working on my D630′s HD via usb caddie with the aid of my antique PB G4.

I’m managing to get to the restore stage but then hit problems. Disk Utility is telling me it can’t Restore. I’m working off a disk image of 10.6 as my G4′s dvd drive is a source of evil and cruelty (another reason to be moving on)

I’m also hoping I won’t need an Intel Mac to do this successfully. Part of attempting this is to avoid the endless costs of running a Mac that inevitably begins to fail after a matter of months.

After years of pulling Macs apart to replace dead HD’s etc. pulling the drive from the Dell was so easy it was funny!

Evening! Having used and abused Macs for years I’m taking the plunge… currently working on my D630′s HD via usb caddie with the aid of my antique PB G4.

I’m managing to get to the restore stage but then hit problems. Disk Utility is telling me it can’t Restore. I’m working off a disk image of 10.6 as my G4′s dvd drive is a source of evil and cruelty (another reason to be moving on)

On a plus side – the dell does seem capable of booting via usb.

I’m also hoping I won’t need an Intel Mac to do this successfully. Part of attempting this is to avoid the endless costs of running a Mac that inevitably begins to fail after a matter of months.

After years of pulling Macs apart to replace dead HD’s etc. pulling the drive from the Dell was so easy it was funny!

Steve, you will be sorely missed.

@eric

hey shiv, use chameleon bootloader rc 3 or 4, and turn on the “graphics enabler” switch to yes in your boot.plist in your extras folder. it gets graphics working natively with apple’s nvdanv50hal kext. unfortunately, the graphics lag is still there . im thinking we just don’t have enough graphics memory, because the nvs140m which has 256 can work the graphics fine.

did u get any solution for that problem i am searching the solution for this problem from 1 year, the lag is mainly due to low clock of gpu but we need latest graphic drivers to fix this one .3yrs i got the same problem in windows vista i think but afterwards this problem was fixed in windows 7 later wid latest graphic drivers..
expt this lagg and shutdown everything is working fine…

Hello Guys,
I am stuck here with this MAXBAUD thing.
The last message after boot flagging into the installation with -v -cpus=1 busratio=10, it loads till
16550AF/C/CF FIFO=16 MaxBaud=115200
and then freezes, no more lines.
P.S I Am trying to install iATKOS now, I Get this error during installation.
Thanks for your support. I use Lenovo A57, not Dell.

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