So over the past 2 weeks now I have done about 15 successful installs on my Dell XPS m1330. And at least 3 times that many failed installed.

BTW, to whom ever it was who asked above regarding Speed Step on the M1330. For some in explained reason it got it working using the Dell Package 35b. This also got my Dell Wireless 1395 card working and I think even my keyboard/trackpad.

Anyway, I now feel that I am in a place to make a few observations. (Feel free to flame me if you want.)

1. For my hardware OSS86 should be considered alpha ware at best. From reading all these posts I can see that for some people OSX86 is as solid as a rock. I wish that was me. But then I got into computers and managing systems because companies needed people to fix things when stuff did not run "Solid as a rock".

My problems seem to be that SOMETIMES when I reboot the external screen kicks in on my laptop. But most times I get the laptop LCD. Also, making small changes to even the kexts can cause the laptop to not work again on reboot.

2. From reading all these posts and trying it my self I REALLY understand why Microsoft OSes suck so badly and Mac OSX is so solid. The amount of effort need to make one driver work is tremendous. Multiply that by the number of devices and it is staggering. It really makes you wonder how Microsoft can even run.

So now I have a running system but I am scared of it failling. My confidence in the system is not very high and I have about 99% of it running fine. And since I want to use this machine for work I am doublly scared. I am really concidering going back to Vista or maybe retry Ubuntu again.

Before anyone says anything I do want to thank everyone who has contributed to this web site. The information has been very usefull and helpfull. And I really want to thank all the people who have worked hard at bringing OSX86 to the average pc. You all have done an amazing job.

Just my 2 cents...
Louis

Hey, I am back, well kind of. The las past weeks I had a lot of work to do.

I have an xps m1530 with leopard 10.5.2 installed through leo4all. The initial install and first boot work perfectly. When i turn it off and turn it back on later, the trackpad and keyboard do not work. I do not have an external keyboard and really could use some help.

I get the same "Still waiting for the root device". By the way i see that my dvd rom halts on booting install, i suppose it's the problem, what can i do? :=)

I'm back on my m1330 with OS X. My black Macbook was just to powerful for me to use, so I sold it.

Anyways, When I set my laptop to go to sleep, it sleeps... but when it wakes up, the screen doesn't turn on. I thought I applied all of the modified sleep kexts/installers on this forum... does anyone know what it could be?

Thanks

EDIT: Oh, my USB ports dont work... I think I installed something for sleep like USBHEI

Please try a newer version of iAtkos. The problem is most likely with IOAHCI or IOATA.

No new solution for shutdown/reboot ?

I followed multiple guides including wingurns and no matter what I do on my xps m1330 using iAtkos 4i and disabling core, ata etc. I get it to boot I see a blue leopard screen for about a second then the display completely turns itself off, it goes black. I removed the NVDAResman.kext like suggested but it still did not work. I also used -x boot mode and I do not have a nvdia graphics on my laptop, just the standard internal intel graphics.

How do i go about disabling the trackpad on my 1720? System preferences have no effect.

You could remove the PS2 kexts so that the trackpad isn't even detected.

I was thinking that but i'm not sure which ones, and if removing them would stop the internal keyboard too.

EDIT: Just as i suspected. Removing ApplePS2Controller.kext stopped the keyboard from working too. Oh well.

If you want to remove just the trackpad driver remove this kext:

/System/Library/Extensions/ApplePS2Controller.kext/Contents/PlugIns/ApplePS2Mouse.kext

You should be able to restore the ApplePS2Controller.kext from your installation DVD with no problems.

I found that it is possible to get a louder volume for the mic input (in Sigmatel 9228). (+20 db)
What you have to do is to edit the file AppleHDA.kext/Contents/Info.plist and there find

and replace by

Regards!

I have tried installing both kalyway and iAtkos and both times when i boot up the machine i get a black screen with a white underscore in the upper corner without a darwin boot prompt. I do not know why and have not been able to boot into leopard. I do have it installed to a portable HD. Leo4all worked but i had the trackpad and keyboard error where it does not work. Please help.

try rename your HD, as simple as possible e.g. mac ....without any space, the bootloader won't work when install iAtkos on a long named HD..don't know why but works for me

M1330 a loud singlular Click Noise from HDD every so often on every OS apart from xp/vista

I know this has been resolved but for the life of me i can't find the thread.

can someone point me in the right direction.

the ONLY OS X install disc i've been able to boot with my m1330 is Leo4All v3. Jas 10.5.4 wouldnt boot, Kalyway 10.5.2 wouldn't, the Boot123 + Retail Disc wouldn't, and maybe some others. Haven't tried any iAtkos.

REALLY wish I could get the JaS disc to work :[

Sure thing, that clicking sound was driving me crazy too!

First, download hdapm from http://mckinlay.net.nz/files/hdapm.dmg

After mounting the image, you'll see the two important files: hdapm and hdapm.plist

Copy hdapm to /usr/local/bin and hdapm.plist to /Library/LaunchDaemons to have it start automatically. Reboot and that's it! No more clicking sound. If you copy hdapm to any other location, you'll have to modify hdapm.plist to reflect that location.

Please note that this will make your hard drive operate at full speed. I personally haven't noticed any adverse side effects, but your mileage may vary.

Well, a little guide to boot on retail installation wthout cd/usb.
At least, you still need a CD to boot the Retail DVD.

Requirement:
- A Retail Mac OSX installation DVD
- A CD to Boot installation DVD
- A HDD partitioned as GUID
- files below

To do: ( Bootable ISO + Installer *: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=97966)
- Burn .iso on a CD;
- Boot this CD;
- When Darwin prompt appear, eject CD and put Mac OS X Leopard Retail DVD;
- Install System.

Method 1: Once installation finished, you need to install chameleon on your system disk. Download Chameleon bootloader, then replace "boot" by the one from "additional files" below ("boot" comes from original Iso project). Install it.
Method 2: (another bootable system needed): download "OSX86Tools Utility". Then, right click on app —> show package contents —>Contents —>Resources;
Replace "boot" file with the one from "additional files" below. Run OSX86Tools, select "Install EFI/Run FDISK", "Reinstall Source files then "run script" and install chameleon on the Retail system partition.
Method 3: Install Chameleon then copy "boot" into your root folder.

- Unpack "extra" archive below into the root Retail system folder.

- Install NVinject and ClamShellDisplay in System/Library/Extensions/

- Eject CD, Reboot your Retail System and Voilà, (almost) unmodified system with easy boot kexts manipulations.
This also works for patched DVD's (Iatkos, kalyway...). You don't need to boot with ISO, just add Extra folder with kexts then Mod Chameleon; you will be able to update your system safely from official Apple updates.
Known Issues:
- After 10.5.3 update; Nvinject or NVKush should be placed in System/Library/Extensions/ (or no QE)
- ClamShellDisplay don't works until you place it in System/Library/Extensions/
- AppleHDA still need to be patched, just reinstall it after updates (if you use an installer, remove ALCInject or HDAEnabler from System/Library/Extensions/ folder).
- If Airport is displayed as not configured, go to System Preferences—>Network—> Airport; Advanced—>TCP/IP—> Renew DHCP Lease.

Special Thanks to Chun-Nan and SuperHai, who created vanilla's compatibles kexts.

Extra Archive Content:
-AppleACPIBatteryManager
-AppleACPIPS2Nub
-ApplePS2Controller
-AppleSMBIOSEFI
-dsmos
-HDAEnabler
-IntelCPUPMDisabler
http://www.mediafire.com/?gijyuxjnyex

Additional Files archive Content:
-boot
-NVKush
-ClamShellDisplay
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?ttttd1nlewe

* EDIT: Bootable ISO + Installer:
Just boot Retail DVD then install system. Reboot (with CD), then use the installer. It create Extra folder with kexts and use a modded Osx86Tools to install chameleon. Your system should be bootable without CD.

Well, a little guide to boot on retail installation wthout cd/usb.
At least, you still need a CD to boot the Retail DVD.

Requirement:
- A Retail Mac OSX installation DVD
- A CD to Boot installation DVD
- A HDD partitioned as GUID
- files below

To do: ( Bootable ISO + Installer *: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=97966)
- Burn .iso on a CD;
- Boot this CD;
- When Darwin prompt appear, eject CD and put Mac OS X Leopard Retail DVD;
- Install System.

*snip*

Hey all!

So far I have everything running very smoothly on my Dell M1530 using Kalyway 10.5.2 installer, and upgraded to 10.5.4

I'm very impressed that most things seem to work (wireless with a Dell card, bluetooth, etc) but one thing I can't seem to get to work every time is the audio.

I know it's a well known problem that the audio doesn't always work on boot, but when it does work it'll stay working until I shut down. There have been suggestions that putting the system to sleep then waking it will fix the audio but I am unable to sleep with this install.

I've been trying different ways of booting (shutting down completely, removing the AC cord and reinserting it before boot) and trying to adjust the sound before OSX fully boots to see if it'll jumpstart the audio but it doesn't seem to make any difference.

I am using the STAC9228_0x83847616.zip file from the original post and was wondering if anyone knows of an updated/better one that works on boot, or another way of getting sound to work without having to shutdown and reboot until it works?



Thanks!
rAy

Hey all!

So far I have everything running very smoothly on my Dell M1530 using Kalyway 10.5.2 installer, and upgraded to 10.5.4

I'm very impressed that most things seem to work (wireless with a Dell card, bluetooth, etc) but one thing I can't seem to get to work every time is the audio.

I know it's a well known problem that the audio doesn't always work on boot, but when it does work it'll stay working until I shut down. There have been suggestions that putting the system to sleep then waking it will fix the audio but I am unable to sleep with this install.

I've been trying different ways of booting (shutting down completely, removing the AC cord and reinserting it before boot) and trying to adjust the sound before OSX fully boots to see if it'll jumpstart the audio but it doesn't seem to make any difference.

I am using the STAC9228_0x83847616.zip file from the original post and was wondering if anyone knows of an updated/better one that works on boot, or another way of getting sound to work without having to shutdown and reboot until it works?



Thanks!
rAy

Hey guys, I installed via iATKOS 2.0 on my XPS M1530 after the install my fan was not running, ever..

I used this bundle and it fixed my problem, I just want to put this up for anyone that runs into a problem like me.


Thanks.

i have XPS M1530, too but wireless (4965 AGN) is not working.What's your wireless card?How was is it worked?

I found that it is possible to get a louder volume for the mic input (in Sigmatel 9228). (+20 db)
What you have to do is to edit the file AppleHDA.kext/Contents/Info.plist and there find

and replace by

Regards!

^ Desiderio's AppleHDA.kext + ALCInject.kext =

(Sigmatel 9228 on XPS M1330)

"Internal Speakers" = Speakers + Sound through first headphone jack simultaneously

"Headphones" = Sound through second headphone jack only

"Internal Microphone" = Microphone jack only

Sound works without having to use the reboot/sleep method. (You must not have HDAEnabler.kext or any Apple Azalia audio kexts installed for this to work.)