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I have the same issues .. with preview & DVD .. I will keep trying and post results ..

 

I tried in many ways with no luck.

If you get any success please let me know!

Thank you

 

 

 

@matice

 

I've got a 1545 c2d 2,2ghz, 4gb ram, ati mobility radeon hd4330. Everything works perfectly following this topic's steps, but, as you can see, the graphic card.

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so I'm buying a new dell inspiron 1545 in a few days.what are the best specs I should buy it with to run snow leopard?

graphic card? ram?

thank you

 

I have this One and now beginn (with Retail 10.6.0):

 

Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T6600 (2.2GHz, 800MHz, 2MB)

15,6-Zoll-WXGA-WLED-TFT-Breitbild-Display (1.366 x 768), mit TrueLife™

4.096 MB 800 MHz Dual-Channel DDR2 SDRAM [2 x 2.048]

320-GB-Serial ATA-Festplatte (5.400 1/min)

256MB ATI Mobility Radeon HD4330

DVD+/-RW-Laufwerk (CD und DVD lesen/schreiben)

Lithium-Ionen-Hauptakku mit 6 Zellen und 46 Wh

Dell Wireless 1397-Mini-Karte (802.11 b/g)

Integrierte 1,3-Megapixel-Webkamera

65-W-Netzteil

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I tried in many ways with no luck.

If you get any success please let me know!

Thank you

 

Im Still trying also... Im Using the Leohazard Distro. with the 1st Update. Everything works except QE/CI ..I can play Chess but no DVD, Preview doesnt work ...

 

@matice

 

I've got a 1545 c2d 2,2ghz, 4gb ram, ati mobility radeon hd4330. Everything works perfectly following this topic's steps, but, as you can see, the graphic card.

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I believe that 512MB version of the mob.radeon HD4330 won't work. Only the 256MB version is recognized.

I'm trying to understand if it is possible to fake the card as a HD4350 that has same specs as mine and looking at this article seems to be recognized with the same drivers

 

http://www.xhackintosh.com/ati-radeon-hd-4...pard-qe-ci.html

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I believe that 512MB version of the mob.radeon HD4330 won't work. Only the 256MB version is recognized.

I'm trying to understand if it is possible to fake the card as a HD4350 that has same specs as mine and looking at this article seems to be recognized with the same drivers

 

http://www.xhackintosh.com/ati-radeon-hd-4...pard-qe-ci.html

 

Im still trying to get QE working but so far no good ..can anyone post any screenshots with IMOVIE or any other programs that require QE...

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Im still trying to get QE working but so far no good ..can anyone post any screenshots with IMOVIE or any other programs that require QE...

 

Update... DVD Player Doesnt work but you can use mplayer to watch DVD's ...As for preview the only workaround for now is to save your image to PDF and the view it ..As for QE im still clueless...when connecting an external moniter i got 1280x960

here's proofGraphics/Displays:

 

ATI Radeon 4300 Mobility Series:

 

Chipset Model: ATI Radeon 4300 Mobility Series

Type: GPU

Bus: PCIe

Slot: Slot-1

PCIe Lane Width: x16

VRAM (Total): 256 MB

Vendor: ATI (0x1002)

Device ID: 0x9552

Revision ID: 0x0000

ROM Revision: 113-B7710C-176

EFI Driver Version: 01.00.318

Displays:

Display:

Resolution: 1280 x 960

Pixel Depth: 32-Bit Color (ARGB8888)

Main Display: Yes

Mirror: Off

Online: Yes

Display Connector

 

 

 

I also got 1280x1024 on a 19" moniter

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Update... DVD Player Doesnt work but you can use mplayer to watch DVD's ...As for preview the only workaround for now is to save your image to PDF and the view it ..As for QE im still clueless...when connecting an external moniter i got 1280x960

here's proofGraphics/Displays:

 

ATI Radeon 4300 Mobility Series:

 

Chipset Model: ATI Radeon 4300 Mobility Series

Type: GPU

Bus: PCIe

Slot: Slot-1

PCIe Lane Width: x16

VRAM (Total): 256 MB

Vendor: ATI (0x1002)

Device ID: 0x9552

Revision ID: 0x0000

ROM Revision: 113-B7710C-176

EFI Driver Version: 01.00.318

Displays:

Display:

Resolution: 1280 x 960

Pixel Depth: 32-Bit Color (ARGB8888)

Main Display: Yes

Mirror: Off

Online: Yes

Display Connector

 

 

 

I also got 1280x1024 on a 19" moniter

 

too much work...just download picasa :)

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well! resolution changes with external monitor are good news!

 

It seems that we are very close to the full support of the card.

I tried to backup the card's bios following this guide:

 

http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=200458

 

but no luck, maybe for a win 7 problem.

 

if somebody did it with a mobility radeon hd4330 512mb let us know!!!

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No offense to anyone, but I do not see how this can be an effective install method. The major problem with it is most people who want to do this will not want to install another copy of Mac OS X in order to get it installed on their Dell. I think what we really need is a method that resolves this problem.

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Soo:

 

ATI Radeon 4300 Mobility Series:

 Chipsatz-Modell:	ATI Radeon 4300 Mobility Series
 Typ:	GPU
 Bus:	PCIe
 Steckplatz:	Slot-1
 PCIe-Lane-Breite:	x16
 VRAM (gesamt):	256 MB
 Hersteller:	ATI (0x1002)
 Geräte-ID:	0x9552
 Versions-ID:	0x0000
 ROM-Version:	113-B7710C-176
 EFI-Treiberversion:	01.00.318
 Monitore:
Monitor:
 Auflösung:	1024 x 768
 Pixeltiefe:	32-Bit Farbe (ARGB8888)
 Hauptmonitor:	Ja
 Synchronisierung:	Aus
 Eingeschaltet:	Ja
Monitoranschluss:

But no change to 1152x864x32,

 

My plist
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>Kernel</key>
<string>mach_kernel</string>
<key>Kernel Flags</key>
<string></string>
   <key>GraphicsEnabler</key>
   <string>yes</string>
   <key>Graphics Mode</key>
   <string>1152x864x32</string>

</dict>
</plist>

 

In Extra, in Root and in Library/Pref/SystemConfig.../

 

Nothing...

 

Test with efi10.5, Cham rc4

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I Test and Test, Read and Search...

 

When i make this:

 

 

That is the Output:

 

 

Normal?

 

Hi! Are you using a 512MB version of mobility HD4330?

As you can read in this topic it seems that only 256 MB version of the card is actually working with QE/CI support, as wmarsh said, in fact my 512 MB isn't still recognized.

Anyway maybe it is a video ROM issue, I've read here that a HD4800 series user succeeded loading the original ATI.ROM extracted from the card in windows using GPU-Z a free tool. With pc efi 10.5 and modding the Boot plist SL "booted with crispy graphics".

 

I've tried to do the same, but the program said that bios reading was not supported for my card. Somewhere was written that it is a win 7 issue. Or maybe it is not possible to extract the bios from a mobility card.

So by now I've not other ideas. Give it a try if you want.

Maybe waiting for the next 10.6.3 update could solve the problem...(?)

Let us know if you've got any progress

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I Test and Test, Read and Search...

 

When i make this:

 

 

That is the Output:

 

 

Normal?

It may be normal, since noone else seems to get this to work, but this is my output:

 

29 0 0xffffff7f80729000 0x8000 0x8000 com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall (2.1.11) <7 6 5 4 3 1>

60 0 0xffffff7f808b0000 0x2d000 0x2d000 com.apple.kext.ATISupport (6.0.6) <18 9 8 7 5 4 3 1>

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It may be normal, since noone else seems to get this to work, but this is my output:

 

29 0 0xffffff7f80729000 0x8000 0x8000 com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall (2.1.11) <7 6 5 4 3 1>

60 0 0xffffff7f808b0000 0x2d000 0x2d000 com.apple.kext.ATISupport (6.0.6) <18 9 8 7 5 4 3 1>

 

I've got

 

70 0 0xffffff7f80c32000 0x2d000 0x2d000 com.apple.kext.ATISupport (6.0.6) <65 9 8 7 5 4 3 1>

 

 

but sorry, waht's the meaning of these strings?

 

Update:

 

after reading this I tried to put the modified kexts (x2000 and 4500controller) also in S/L/E.

Rebooted and after the glossy apple and spinning wheel screen my monitor switched black.

SnowLeopard was up and running as I could shut down with keyboard commands as a blind.

In the same way I rebooted and with the help of another mac I started system profiler with the keyboard and saved the profile.

once restored the original 10.6.2 kext in S/L/E I restarted SL in vesa and opened the saved profile:

 

 

this is what I found:

 

ATI Radeon 4300 Mobility Series:

 

Chipset Model: ATI Radeon 4300 Mobility Series

Type: GPU

Bus: PCIe

Slot: Slot-1

PCIe Lane Width: x16

VRAM (Total): 512 MB

Vendor: ATI (0×1002)

Device ID: 0×9552

Revision ID: 0×0000

ROM Revision: 113-B7710C-176

EFI Driver Version: 01.00.318

Displays:

Display Connector:

Display Connector:

 

in Extensions:

ATI4500Controller

ATIFramebuffer

ATIRadeonX2000

ATISupport

 

Instead of the actual profile with the original kexts in S/L/E and the modified in E/E

 

 

ATI Radeon 4300 Mobility Series:

 

Chipset Model: ATI Radeon 4300 Mobility Series

Type: GPU

Bus: PCIe

Slot: Slot-1

PCIe Lane Width: x16

VRAM (Total): 256 MB

Vendor: ATI (0×1002)

Device ID: 0×9552

Revision ID: 0×0000

ROM Revision: 113-B7710C-176

EFI Driver Version: 01.00.318

Displays:

Display:

Resolution: 1024 x 768

Pixel Depth: 32-Bit Color (ARGB8888)

Main Display: Yes

Mirror: Off

Online: Yes

Display Connector:

 

in Extensions:

 

ATIFramebuffer

ATISupport

 

 

 

Seems the card is correctly recognized with the kexts in S/L/E (in fact the vram info is correct!!), but no monitor at all.

Any idea of why this could happens???

 

please help!

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I also get black monitor with modified kext in /S/L/E

Also in /E/E if an extensions.mkext exists. Without a mkext, they load and work.

(Yes loading is longer but at least it works)

 

We are really close here.

 

 

Yess, we're really close!

But they're always on E/E and without any mkext..

But it seems they're ignored

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according with nmarques this is an issue generated by the laptop LVDS port.

Seems that the ati framebuffer is not supporting that.

 

Maybe writing a new fremebuffer with LVDS support, like aty_wormy did ofr older ati cards, could work, but unfortunately I don't know where to begin...

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according with nmarques this is an issue generated by the laptop LVDS port.

Seems that the ati framebuffer is not supporting that.

 

Maybe writing a new fremebuffer with LVDS support, like aty_wormy did ofr older ati cards, could work, but unfortunately I don't know where to begin...

 

 

well i told u i would be getting rid of the 1545.... thats my advice for everyone trying to get SL to work with QE/CI

I Know have the Inspiron 1720 here's some screenshots snow universal 10.6.2 with everything working taking using grab

snowtest.tiff

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well i told u i would be getting rid of the 1545.... thats my advice for everyone trying to get SL to work with QE/CI

I Know have the Inspiron 1720 here's some screenshots snow universal 10.6.2 with everything working taking using grab

 

it is your choice, have good time with your new laptop (i guess nvidia graphics)...

 

 

I'm now able to change resolutions from system preferences thanks to the dong's RadeonHD .kext

I'm now running the native 1366x768 like a charm and the apple battery indicators are working fine too. (followed this guide)

Still no QE/CI but I think we're very close to the solution.

We now know the problem source, we've got a temporary solution and hopefully a way to follow. I'm looking forward to see the full support of my 512 mb card...

 

I think it is the great resource made by this community!

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I have a 256 Mb Vram (same as wmarsh), but I can't have QE/CI and I don't know why.... But the Apple battery indicators works fine for me

 

The dong's RadeonHD.kext works fine for me too in 1366x768x32. Really great !

 

I delete modified ATI4500Controller and ATIRadeonX2000 from /E/E

And my com.apple.Boot.plist is

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">

<plist version="1.0">

<dict>

<key>Kernel</key>

<string>mach_kernel</string>

<key>Kernel Flags</key>

<string>-f arch=i386</string>

<key>Timeout</key>

<string>2</string>

<key>GraphicsEnabler</key>

<string>No</string>

<key>Graphics Mode</key>

<string>1366x768x32</string>

</dict>

</plist>

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I also get black monitor with modified kext in /S/L/E

Also in /E/E if an extensions.mkext exists. Without a mkext, they load and work.

(Yes loading is longer but at least it works)

 

We are really close here.

Can you post the modified kexts and the exact steps you need to do so I can make this card work with QE/CI ? Thank's in advance...

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hey there!

 

first of all, thanks soo much..i thought i had to go back to linux after all the effort i put in to make snow leopard running on my dell studio 1557..it was a pain to boot in safe mode all the time..

 

i did what the op described, changed ATIRadeon2000 to have my device id (0x95531002) its an ati mobility radeon 4570, put the kext and ATI4500 into Extra/Extensions, rebooted with Graphicsenabler=y and it works...not so sure about QE though, dvd player says it cannot find a supported card, the resolution is limited to 1440x1050 (because of wide screen 1080p led screen) but at least it is booting up now and showing the graphics..i changed my dsdt.aml as well with dsddt patcher and setting Peregrine as the framebuffer, it is still showing only 256 mb for now..but still, thanks alot, great job, i am sure it will be resolved soon...

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