dr.vox Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 Yeah I'm on the same graphics card (mine's also brand new this December) but I stuck with the default 1597 or whatever it was - I assumed it would be that one which this guide referred to. I have QE/CI on Leopard but I can't get it on Snow Leo... Don't think there's an EFI string for the 9300M GS either. Oh and I can't get sleep to work in either Leo or Snow Leo. Quite happy on Leopard, still, to be honest but it would be nice to be able to go to Snow. Just need QE/CI, I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indianajones Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 To all the folks who have made the transition to 10.6-> what battery life are you guys experiencing. It's hard to admit but I get a better battry life (~3 hrs +) with vista on my Vostro 1520 than with 10.5 (~2:30 max). I'm hoping that a better battery life awaits me in 10.6! I'll be taking the leap of faith soon..... Indiana Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troglos Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 I had some problems with updating to 10.6.2 (with the SleepEnalber) but i've solved that too. can you please tell me what you did exactly? my 10.6.2 broke everything on my 1510 had to reinstall again almost working fine now with 10.6.0, but a funny thing, the eject icon on the top bar is missing. any suggestion? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr.vox Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 Yeah I get pretty poor battery life on 10.5 (about the same), but that's to be expected, I think, considering it's not optimised for our systems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troglos Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 almost working fine now with 10.6.0, but a funny thing, the eject icon on the top bar is missing.any suggestion? running 10.6.1 and fixed the eject icon by myself still waiting to know what to do - or delete - in order to install 10.6.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johngalt929 Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 All Righty...Working with a December 2009 dell Vostro (for all of you hankering to buy a new hackintosh) Here's what's working after following JasonParks' excellent Guide: Everything works, more specifically: Wireless works (YOU MUST have a Dell 1397 card, not the intel 1510 that might be the default card) I'm not sure if this is an option when you buy at dell, but there's a bunch for under $20 on ebay. DVD player (therefore quartz extreme) Last hurdle: sleep and 10.6.2 update. Anyone solve those or try to update? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr.vox Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 @johngalt: You mean you have QE/CI working? Is that with the 9300M GS? If so, can you tell me how you got it to work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johngalt929 Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 Yes, quartz extreme is working, also verified by a little app called Quartz Extreme Check The only change I made is that I installed the Dell 1397 wireless card to replace the intel 1510 that came with the laptop...so that doesn't really explain anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johngalt929 Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 Updated to 10.6.2 just now and installed: Sleepenabler and voodobattery.kext from here: http://stellarola.tumblr.com/post/23732914...xt-post-updated Battery icon in menu bar works. sleep works but laptop won't wake from sleep. 10.6.2 boots just fine. I'm running a Dec 2009 Vostro with a Dell 1397 wireless card and NVIDIA® GeForce™ 9300M GS 256MB graphics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troglos Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 Updated to 10.6.2 just now and installed: Sleepenabler and voodobattery.kext from here: http://stellarola.tumblr.com/post/23732914...xt-post-updated good, I will try it tomorrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meganame Posted December 12, 2009 Share Posted December 12, 2009 AWESOME guide. Thank you for posting it. I am having 3 problems though. I'm on a 1510. 1. Wireless card isnt showing up. I'm not sure if the last step (run updates) is intended to fix this, but I ran updates once and it killed my system. Gave me a kernal panic and I had to reload...so I haven't tried it again. I'm hoping to get everything working perfectly, then do a complete backup, then try running updates again. I have a Dell Wireless 1395 WLAN mini-card. Am I going to have to get a hold of a 1397? 2. As I mentioned in #1, updater ends with a kernal panic after reboot. 3. Choppy video. Anything animated is choppy. I have a GeForce 8400M GS. Anybody have any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr.vox Posted December 12, 2009 Share Posted December 12, 2009 That little app says 'Display 1 is accelerated'. Does that mean it has QE/CI? Sys Profiler says nothing about QE or CI. Updated 10.6.2 vanilla. Only problem is I can't get Wifi to work unless I boot via SnowBoot. Any ideas? It just says I have no Airport card installed. Oh, I am on the 1397 btw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troglos Posted December 12, 2009 Share Posted December 12, 2009 Only problem is I can't get Wifi to work unless I boot via SnowBoot. Any ideas? It just says I have no Airport card installed. Oh, I am on the 1397 btw. try with the old (10.6.1) IO80211Family.kext Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr.vox Posted December 12, 2009 Share Posted December 12, 2009 Got rid of it, didn't make any backups. :\ Anyone fancy uploading their own kext, please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troglos Posted December 12, 2009 Share Posted December 12, 2009 Got rid of it, didn't make any backups. :\Anyone fancy uploading their own kext, please? got dropbox? if not do it from here https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTEyMzI4NzU5 I shared a folder with that kexts for you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr.vox Posted December 12, 2009 Share Posted December 12, 2009 Yeah, my Dropbox email is vox@gmail.com. Even booting from SnowBoot seems to only work sometimes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troglos Posted December 12, 2009 Share Posted December 12, 2009 Yeah, my Dropbox email is dktr.vox@gmail.com. invitation for shared folder sent with 10.6.2 now, the only problem to solve is the shutdown that takes too long, or the blue lights that remain on forever (have to force with the power button) any suggestion? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr.vox Posted December 12, 2009 Share Posted December 12, 2009 Well I've booted straight to hard disk (i.e. no SnowBoot CD) and it's working for the first time since 10.6.2 update. Hopefully it'll work all the time. My startup is a little slow and shutdown is also a little slow, but works okay. Don't think the blue lights stay on for me. :s Any idea of any kexts I can send your way to help? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troglos Posted December 12, 2009 Share Posted December 12, 2009 Well I've booted straight to hard disk (i.e. no SnowBoot CD) and it's working for the first time since 10.6.2 update. Hopefully it'll work all the time. glad it's workin Any idea of any kexts I can send your way to help? thank you, I will continue to investigate to find out the "culprit" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troglos Posted December 12, 2009 Share Posted December 12, 2009 keep a backup of that kext because the new AirPort 2009-002 client update will break your connection again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr.vox Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 Just had the slow shutdown problem. 'PID still valid' or something, yeah? Do tell if you find a fix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troglos Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 Just had the slow shutdown problem. 'PID still valid' or something, yeah? Do tell if you find a fix. how slow in seconds? on the vostro 1510 that I am finishing now its about 10-15 seconds on my inspiron 1525 it was much more, and then I found out that was something going on (think the system was trying to kill a process) on the previous partition (10.5.8) - once I formatted that everything went really smooth (immediate shutdown) so I will see what happens when I will be able to erase the other partition on this 1510 too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Parks Posted December 13, 2009 Author Share Posted December 13, 2009 That little app says 'Display 1 is accelerated'. Does that mean it has QE/CI?Sys Profiler says nothing about QE or CI. Updated 10.6.2 vanilla. Only problem is I can't get Wifi to work unless I boot via SnowBoot. Any ideas? It just says I have no Airport card installed. Oh, I am on the 1397 btw. Try rerunning the wireless scripts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troglos Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 any solution for the SD card? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klk1351 Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 Ok back in town and have time to work with it again. I have the Realtek wired network card and the Dell N card which some seem to have working. The problem it had was network was fully functional via the terminal, but applications did not see the network as working. I never could get the Realtek card to be seen at all, but the wireless was recognized as an Airport card. Any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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