HP DV5-1215ee

Starting with my Specs right from HP's website:

Product Name
dv5-1215ee
Product Number
NG165EA
Microprocessor
2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T6400
Microprocessor Cache
Level 2 cache 2 MB
Memory
2048 MB (2 x 1024 MB)
Memory Max
Up to 8 GB DDR2
Video Graphics
NVIDIA GeForce 9200M GS
Video Memory
Up to 1279 MB
Hard Drive
250 GB SATA (5400 rpm)
Multimedia Drive
Lightscribe Super Multi DVD Writer (+/-R +/-RW) with Double Layer support
Display
15.4" WXGA High Definition BrightView Widescreen (1280 x 800)
Fax/Modem
High speed 56K modem (Conexant)
Network Card
Integrated 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet LAN (RTL8111)
Wireless Connectivity
802.11b/g WLAN

Bluetooth (Broadcom)
Sound
Altec Lansing speakers

3D Sound Blaster Pro compatible sound 16 bit integrated (IDT)
Keyboard
101 key compatible keyboard
Pointing Device
Touch Pad with On/Off button and dedicated vertical and horizontal Scroll Up/Down pad, volume control, mute buttons, 1 Quick Launch Button (ALPS)
PC Card Slots
• One ExpressCard/54 slot (also supports ExpressCard/34)
External Ports
• 5-in-1 integrated Digital Media Reader for Secure Digital cards, MultiMedia cards, Memory Stick, Memory Stick Pro, or xD Picture cards
• 4 USB 2.0
• 1 HDMI connector (WORKS)
• 1 eSata connector (WORKS)
• 1 VGA port (Not Working)
• 1 RJ45 ethernet connector (WORKS)
• 1 RJ11 modem connector (Not Working)
• 2 headphones-out 1 mic-in (WORKS)
• 1 IEEE 1394 (WORKS)
• HP Pavilion WebCam with Integrated Microphone (WORKS)
• remote control infrared port (TEST)
• HP Mobile Remote Control (TEST)

HP website link:

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/documen...product=3877199




Installation steps for 10.6

I took out the HD, attached it via USB cable to my Snow Leopard desktop Hackintosh then did the following:

1- Partition the HD using GUID Partition Table. Allocate 40GB for Snow.

2- Inserte the Snow Leopard DVD and launch the installer, choose the new partition and continue.

3- Once the installation was done copy over the /Extra folder for the 10.6.1 to the root of the Snow partition. Then copy the "boot" file there too. Reboot and it should work fine.

4- Copy the desired Kexts from the collection included to your /System/Library/Extensions/

What you need to copy there is:

-Broadcom Wifi
-IDT Sound
-Keyboard & Trackpad ‫Please check the inclosed text on [HOW TO] Get the Trackpad Preference Pane back in 10.6.1 / 10.6‬
-nVidia 9200M GS GPU ->> there are two versions, one that works under 32Bit mode and gives you 1GB of VRAM, and one that works under both 32Bit & 64Bit modes but gives you only 512MB of VRAM. You choose.
-SATA AHCI Fix
-WebCam & USB

later you can update to 10.6.2 using the combo update DMG file from Apple's website, but you MUST remove DSMOS.KEXT from /Extra/Extensions/ to avoid kernel panics.
Also you MUST replace both SleepEnabler.kext & NullCPUPowerManagement.kext with the ones from the 10.6.2 Extra folder.
You could simply copy the whole foolder to your / and replace the original. Always backup first

Please read Netkas post at http://netkas.org/?p=315

I have included Info files and snapshots of my system, please read.

Important

Do NOT disable Button Sound in BIOS, otherwise you wont be able to turn on your Wifi card!

Card Reader Kext is EXPERIMENTAL. It didn't work fine for me. Some reported it as working. Try at your own.

Again, if you update to 10.6.2 You MUST remove DSMOS.KEXT from /Extra/Extensions/ to avoid kernel panics.
Also you MUST replace both SleepEnabler.kext & NullCPUPowerManagement.kext with the ones from the 10.6.2 Extra folder.


Please get the installation package from here: http://www.mediafire.com/?mmzmzodzmyk

Hope this helps anyone.

Thanks Netkas!

I have Installed the 10.6 SL, on my DV5 but I still don't have sound, mouse or keyboard. I read your guide, but I don't know how to install the kext, I tried kext helper and OSX86tolls, but when i put the kext i downloaded in the software, the install button doesn't work and the OSX86 doesn't accept the kext. I need help, thanks.

for sound
get file into E/E for SL

Can you confirm that, these kexts are working on 10.6.2. They were working great until 10.6.2. After the updates, I can't get it worked again. I think AppleHDA have better sound that VoodooHDA.

May I know which distro you guys used? Please.

I used the original 10.6 DVD that came with my Macbook Pro. It works just fine.
You need to browse to "/Volumes/Mac OS X Install DVD/System/Installation/Packages" then launch the "OSInstall.mpkg" to start the installer. Use any running 10.6 machine to do this to avoid a corrupted installation. When I did that from a Leopard installation I ended up with non-working disk utility and some other bugs.

Did you get sleep to work on your DV5?