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[LachlanDMcCahon]

The HP Pavilion DV6, A suitable Macbook Pro?
This is my photo demonstration of <edit>10.8! Mountain Lion DP3/GM i don't know which</edit> working on an HP Pavilion DV6-3132TX. This is means as an example of what can be achieved with Hackboot and a retail copy of Lion + the Mountian Lion DP3 app. If anyone else is interested in attempting to replicate this, send me a message and i will give you as much help as I can.

I use this as the main OS on the machine, It runs stable and quiet and, In my opinion, better than windows. I also think that the style of the laptop rather compliments the OS, they match, and I think that this laptop makes an ideal alternative to the Macbook Pro.

How I did it:
I installed iAtkos L2
downloaded the developer preview from apple using my developer account
installed it
downloaded and installed Chameleon 2.1RC SVN and installed it
used a post install tool that shal not be named to install userDSDT and NullCPUPowerManagement
rolled back the AppleHDA kext
used a driver form google for resolution using the screen ID

What Works:
Display Resolution (QE/CI is coming soon)
Sound (Intel HDA)
Wi-Fi A/B/G/N
Bluetooth
Ethernet
all USB ports
all 4 cores, no hyper threading
Webcam (Using manycam)

What doesn't work:
Fingerprint Scanner
HP Mediasmart Buttons (Not a real issue, you just can open the non-existant software with the buttons)
3+ finger multitouch (2 finger scrolling works fine)

Photos:
Sorry about the quality, my Galaxy SII isn't the best camera
**7.jpg**


INSTALL (Dev Preview)
http://ldmmedia.tk/i...installed/1.jpg

POST INSTALL System Information and Activity Monitor

http://ldmmedia.tk/i...installed/2.jpg
http://ldmmedia.tk/i...installed/3.jpg
http://ldmmedia.tk/i...installed/4.jpg

POST INSTALL apps (iMessage and notes)
http://ldmmedia.tk/i...installed/5.jpg
http://ldmmedia.tk/i...installed/6.jpg
http://ldmmedia.tk/i...installed/7.jpg

POST INSTALL FEATURES (Notification Centre etc)
http://ldmmedia.tk/i...installed/8.jpg
http://ldmmedia.tk/i...installed/9.jpg

Have a look and let me know if you need anything.

Lachlan McCahon

[noob12]

Hi great work i have a DV6 6156 with switchable graphics every time i try and boot OSX install disc it gives me a kernel panic have been looking for a solution but to no avil can you give me some tips please

[Lloople]

I Have a HP Pavilion DV6 1340ss and I can't install iAtkos L1 =( When i put the DVD and the computers starts to read it, a message appears on my screen requesting to shutdown. With another and old DVDs (1 year ago) I was able to install it but not to enter the system. May you help me please? I see that you did it on your laptop. I could install the same DVD on another two PC in my house.

PS: Sorry for my very bad english...

[oatcake]

I'm definitely interested in this, as i have the presumably similar HP  DV6-3032TX with Core i7-720QM.

Could you please supply some helpful links on how to do the install ?

I have the lion application ("Install Mac OS X Lion") as downloaded from the app store, is this the same as 'a retail copy of lion' ? (or can it be converted into one?)

thanks in advance

[ammarii]

i've got i5 dv6 can you help me??
i create the USB installer but i cant boot for installing

[macri81]

I am with @oatcake on this
This is a very interesting post and would love to know more!
what boot flags did you use with the nawcom mod cd?
i have used cpus=8 busratio=12 PCIRootUID=1 and various others and i get a ACPI kernel panic
Admittedly i do have a DV6 - 3031TX so it is different
I had almost given up trying to install mac on my hp and now seeing this i am all excited
How did you do it Lachlan?

[LachlanDMcCahon]

To anyone interested in this post, I would love to help, and if you have a laptop with similar hardware to mine (i7 720QM, 4-8gb of ram,) and a pretty good knowledge of computer systems and BIOS settings, message me for help

ammarii, on 20 July 2012 - 08:08 AM, said:

i've got i5 dv6 can you help me??
i create the USB installer but i cant boot for installing

Sorry, the Core i5 is a fickle processor in mobile terms for hackintosh, Thats why i payed the extra for a core i7 Pavilion in the first place.

oatcake, on 13 July 2012 - 03:02 PM, said:

I'm definitely interested in this, as i have the presumably similar HP  DV6-3032TX with Core i7-720QM.

Could you please supply some helpful links on how to do the install ?

I have the lion application ("Install Mac OS X Lion") as downloaded from the app store, is this the same as 'a retail copy of lion' ? (or can it be converted into one?)

thanks in advance

Sure thing, message me and ill write up some instructions for you, the 3032 is indeed a similar laptop, so it should work great

noob12, on 10 July 2012 - 11:02 AM, said:

Hi great work i have a DV6 6156 with switchable graphics every time i try and boot OSX install disc it gives me a kernel panic have been looking for a solution but to no avil can you give me some tips please

same as above, core i5, sorry

[TyMiles2012]

I'm using an HP Pavilion DV7-6c90us.  I want to dual boot Windows 7 and OS X, so if you could help possibly?

Intel Inside Core i7-2670QM Quad Core @2.20GHz
AMD Radeon HD 7470M Graphics and Intel HD 3000 (Switchable Graphics, switched to Fixed in BIOS)
8GB DDR3 RAM
Intel Centrino Wireless-N 1030 (WiFi)
Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller (Ethernet)

I made a topic months ago and nobody replied...
I'd like to try this again about now.  

[LachlanDMcCahon]

TyMiles2012, on 07 September 2012 - 03:38 PM, said:

I'm using an HP Pavilion DV7-6c90us.  I want to dual boot Windows 7 and OS X, so if you could help possibly?

Intel Inside Core i7-2670QM Quad Core @2.20GHz
AMD Radeon HD 7470M Graphics and Intel HD 3000 (Switchable Graphics, switched to Fixed in BIOS)
8GB DDR3 RAM
Intel Centrino Wireless-N 1030 (WiFi)
Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller (Ethernet)

I made a topic months ago and nobody replied...
I'd like to try this again about now.  

my hardware uses the first generation i7 (720QM), i cant lend any assistance relating to the newer gens of intel Core i processors as i have not yet had a chance to use one. if anyone wants to send me a core 13, 15 or 17 2xxx/3xxx laptop to get lion working, feel free xD

my web address should be in the sig

[Peter_sm]

Why don't take a look here - http://www.insanelym...howtopic=250849

[YuTech]

Hey LachlanDMcCahon

How did you get your USB 3.0 working?
I also got a DV6.

[LachlanDMcCahon]

YuTech, on 09 September 2012 - 08:30 PM, said:

Hey LachlanDMcCahon

How did you get your USB 3.0 working?
I also got a DV6.

My model of DV6 (3132-TX) does not have USB 3.0, however, in Lion 10.7.3+ there is a BETA driver available.

[LachlanDMcCahon]

ammarii, on 20 July 2012 - 08:08 AM, said:

i've got i5 dv6 can you help me??
i create the USB installer but i cant boot for installing

TyMiles2012, on 07 September 2012 - 03:38 PM, said:

I'm using an HP Pavilion DV7-6c90us.  I want to dual boot Windows 7 and OS X, so if you could help possibly?

Intel Inside Core i7-2670QM Quad Core @2.20GHz
AMD Radeon HD 7470M Graphics and Intel HD 3000 (Switchable Graphics, switched to Fixed in BIOS)
8GB DDR3 RAM
Intel Centrino Wireless-N 1030 (WiFi)
Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller (Ethernet)

I made a topic months ago and nobody replied...
I'd like to try this again about now.  

macri81, on 27 July 2012 - 06:39 AM, said:

I am with @oatcake on this
This is a very interesting post and would love to know more!
what boot flags did you use with the nawcom mod cd?
i have used cpus=8 busratio=12 PCIRootUID=1 and various others and i get a ACPI kernel panic
Admittedly i do have a DV6 - 3031TX so it is different
I had almost given up trying to install mac on my hp and now seeing this i am all excited
How did you do it Lachlan?

You might be interested in my latest work, im trying to get Mountain Lion (10.8.x) on my laptop, this should help you due to native support for the 2nd and 3rd gen Core i3, i5 and i7 processors.

more to come shortly

[LachlanDMcCahon]

Mountain Lion is on, works great!

[TheRacerMaster]

Try with the Chimera bootloader for QE/CI.

[LachlanDMcCahon]

Tried it, didnt work. So far the best method with the HD5650 on ML is framebuffer. Chimera allowed injection and QE/CI only in 32-bit mode under Lion, seeing as ML does not support 32-bit mode, its useless.

[mdtabrez]

Hi Guyz,
              I have a HP DV6 3140se, can some one point me to a proper guide to setup mountain lion on it.
Here's my config


Specification

General Specs
 Processor Type   Intel® Core? i5 
 Processor Speed   2.53Ghz  
 Hard drive size   500GB 
 Installed RAM   4GB 
 Screen size   15.6 Inch 
 Operating system (Primary)   Windows 7  
 Processor
 Processor Type   Intel® Core? i5 
 Processor Model   460M 
 Processor Speed   2.53Ghz  
 Max Turbo Frequency     
 Processor Bits   64-bit 
 Processor Threads   4 
 No of Cores   2 
 L2 cache     
 L3 cache   3MB 
 Bus speed     
 Chipset   Mobile Intel® PM55 Express Chipset 
 Memory
 Number of memry slots   2 Slots  
 8 GB DDR3 memory 
 Type of memory   DDR3 
 Storage
 Hard drive size   500GB 
 Hard drive speed   7200 rpm 
 Optical Drive     
 Type of harddrive   SATA 
 Card Reader   Yes   
 Graphics
 Dedicated graphics   1 GB DDR3 dedicated 
 Graphics memory     
 Type of graphics memory     
 Switchable graphics     
 Graphics processor   ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650 Graphics (switchable) 
 Maximum shared graphics memory   2714 MB 
 Display
 Aspect ratio   16:9 
 Backlight   LED 
 Screen size   15.6  
 Connectivity
 Bluetooth   Yes 
 Type of bluetooth     
 LAN   Integrated 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet LAN 
 Wireless/Wifi   Yes