Yup, it applies to all their ranges of ICH7-M laptops.

Indeed, so *if* they fix it, I do hope they will do it for all ICH7-M based laptops.

Btw, do you also have an option for "SATA DIPM" (Device Initiated Power Management) in your BIOS? Any idea how that relates to AHCI?
Is there any setpci-utility available for OS X? Would be interesting to mess around with some registers (just had a look at the 945GM datasheet).

DIPM is a Drive-Hosted Power Management option, meaning that you do not necassarily need to be in AHCI mode for it to work.
If the drive has DIPM support, the BIOS can communicate with the drive in order to take advantage of it.

I haven't got a clue how Dell programmed their BIOS, or what kind of interaction they have with Intel, but I believe they would need to attach an Intel AHCI Controller BIOS which would then work in-conjunction with Dell's own BIOS.
The Dell BIOS would then be able to send a particular command to activate or de-activate the AHCI Controller.
Dell probably needs to purchase this from Intel before they are able to integrate it, which leads me to the conclusion that Dell are a bunch of cheapskates. Typical!

If someone here knows more about how all of that works, please feel free to correct me

Is there a way to enable the side & bottom scrolling areas on the Synaptics trackpad?

FYI I was able to get dual-core working again after installing Uphuck 10.4.9 from scratch and updating to 10.4.10 by following the instructions from my previous post (http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?s=&showtopic=47972&view=findpost&p=348628). Naturally, I have to put the machine to sleep and wake it again
for both cores to work properly.   Key points here for NVidia users (I can't speak for others) seem to be:

1) Install mobility.kext
2) Install NVidiaEFI 1.0.2 and remove Titan and Natit if you have either installed
3) Turn off SafeSleep with the 'sudo pmset -a hibernatemode 0' command in a terminal window
4) Use the following kernel flags:  'cpus=2 fn=1 -v'    (verbose mode is absolutely mandatory, for some reason)

I did not install any SpeedStep or CPU throttling extensions so I cannot speak to their effects on S3 sleep but I don't see how they should really impact it at all.

Also, I have the same BIOS settings as in the previous post -- NX, Virtualization, SpeedStep, and both cores. I can't imagine that any of them are relevant, however, given that NX isn't enabled in 10.4.10 kernel, Virtualization is unrelated, and SpeedStep is not enabled without proper kext which I have not installed. Still, can't rule anything out for certain as I haven't tested it to see if it makes a difference.

Let me know if you have an NVidia card and can successfully recreate the aforementioned steps to get S3 sleep and wake-from-sleep working (and thus both cores).

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will this also work with GMA 950?? can't wait to try i'm currently at the office

Where can i download MacFUSE Core MacFUSE Tools NTFS-3G Drivers?I can´t find these files.

actually its in this forum...

but here it is...

I'd personally stay away from NTFS-3G until a newer version is released.. but that might take some time seeing as the original guy working on the Mac Binaries had to 'abandon' the project due to 'higher up' people

I haven't read of anyone having success with the "sleep trick" to enable both cores on GMA 950. The display never wakes up after sleep.

You could always compile it yourself

Argh! I just bought a 7800 Go to replace my X1400 specifically for OSX on my e1705. I was able to install v1.3 just fine under my old setup. After installing the 7800 it gets stuck at Finishing Installation, right at the end. Same spot three consecutive installs.

Uphuck 1.3 installed perfectly for me and I have a 7800 Go.

Firstly, make sure your BIOS is fully up-to-date, A09 is the latest.

Re-burn another copy of the Uphuck disc at a slower speed.

Make sure you have properly formatted the Mac partition using Disk Utility.

Try again and keep your fingers crossed


Haha.


I'll give this a go in the evening when I get back from work.

Which kernel did you use btw? I'm currently using the May 11th SpeedStep and 64-bit fixed ToH Kernel along with Prasys' ACPI Package.
If S3 sleep works after your steps, I'll be very happy, but I''ll have to keep Natit installed along with NvidiaEFI, LaptopDisplay and Mobility otherwise I get colour-banding.
I'll let you know how it goes.

Unfortunately I've done all of that. I just "erased" the partition, I guess that's their format? I tried it no less than 15 times with all different combinations of things. The CD passes the built in verify process too. I tried it with just the kernel and MB support. It always stops at the same place, just as it is wrapping up the installation. I am on BIOS A09.

The only thing I have left is to try to install to an external drive.

Just tried on an external drive, same result.

err, well, what install options are you choosing?

I can confirm that this work's(tbcarey guide) I did it slightly different.
1) Install JaS SEE2/SEE3 DVD with Semthem 10.4.8 - Don't install the Natit/Titan drivers
2) Install AppleHDA.kext like you did before on this guide
3) Install NVidiaEFI.kext
4) Install JaS 10.4.9 upgrade combo + Login fix
5) Turn off SafeSleep "sudo pmset -a hibernatemode 0"
6) In your /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist add the kernal flags: cpus=2 fsb=166 fn=1
7) Now when you turn on your pc your mouse *should* be over the apple button, so you just click on your mouse then you can use your keyboard to go down to Sleep, then press enter, leave it till the screen goes black, the push the power button.
8) Now you have both cores

* This is based on tbcarey's guide, this guide is slightly different *

uname -a:

10.4.9
SSE3-2
IOATAFamily
ICH-7
Titan
CPU Pwr Mgmt
Speedstep
USB
Audio
Intel Ethernet
Wireless

I've tried it with only the basics and it always stops at the same point,regardless of which options I choose. The folks on iRC said they've seen this a couple of times recently but can't isolate.

I tried something new today and had a couple of odd results. I plugged in the USB drive I use on my desktop (homebuilt Gigabyte DS3, C2D) and it booted straight away on the Dell. Everything seems to work OK except the sound. Even the wireless works fine. It actually runs on 1 core faster than my DS3 on 2.

I tried to install the same setup above on another external drive using my DS3, then boot to the Dell. It worked fine too, except that I don't get sound OR wireless ethernet. That is very wierd.

When I did the install before I switched video cards, I got sound/wireless, etc. right off the bat. The resolution with the X1400 was the only thing that didn't work.

hi, tbcarey,

I tried so search for the mobility.kext in this forum but failed, can you please put it here, thanks a lot.

btw, is it the same mobility as is meant in ATI mobility?

if I am using a 7900GS, do I still need to install that besides the nvidiaefi?

Is it possible to boot to an external DVD with the e1705? My internal DVD drive could be going bad, but I'm not having luck with booting to a USB DVD. I can boot to a USB HDD just fine, but the BIOS doesn't recognize when I plug in my external DVD.

Well, it looks like it was a BIOS problem. I had A03 during the install that worked using my X1400. When I installed my 7800GS I also flashed to the latest BIOS, A09. After trying all of the other methods of getting it to install I started back tracking the BIOS. I stepped down to A08, A07, .... all the way down to A04. Finally it let me finish the install under A04.

Very odd. Hopefully this will help someone else.

I flashed back up to A09 after the install and it runs without a problem.

That's weird.. I recently reinstalled using the original JaS 10.4.8 disk on the A09 BIOS with a 7900GS and all went well.

Yeah, I know. It may be a one-off kind of thing but I wanted to put it down in writing anyway in case anyone else ran into it.

The only thing I can't get working off of the uphuck v1.3 install is my audio. I can see "HD Audio Output" in the Sound Devices, but nothing shows up in System Profiler.

can someone help to explicit the detailed steps of installing nvidiaefi.kext and relevant kexts?

I tried like this but failed.

1. not selecting titan during installing progress of JAS 10.4.8
2. installed AppleHDA and repaired permission
3. Updated to JAS 10.4.9
4. Installed nvidia mobility.kext from the uphuck disk, dragged the nvidiaefi.kext to Extension folder
5. Repaired disk permission with disk utility (the second time I tried to repair the permission manually by typing: chmod -R 755 /System/Library/Extensions/nvidiaefi.kext ; chown -R root:wheel /System/Library/Extensions/nvidiaefi.kext ; deleted the Extensions.kextcache and Extensions.mkext)
6. sudo reboot

After both times, I can get directly booted and logged into my account. But unfotunately, the resolution still remained at 1024*768, as if no vga driver had been installed.

Because it seems nvidiaefi is the only vga driver that can get the display sleep and wake up, thus both cores, therefore, can anyone help me or just tell me another vga driver that can do the same?

Thanks a lot.

REMEMBER TO USE CPUS=1 DURING INSTALL

I had to say that, as I've been getting PM's from people that forget to do this and then complain that their install disc doesn't work properly.

Here's my method for a quick re-install:

1). If installing from Uphuck 1.3, I only specify the Intel Package, May 11th Kernel, Natit 02 and Laptop PowerManagement
You do not need the login or IOATAFamily patch, we are running ICH7-M boards remember.

2). Once I installed I boot with cpus=1, drag over NvidiaEFI, Mobility and LaptopDisplay to fix colour-banding, then I patch AppleHDA with Taruga's AppleHDA 1.6 patcher and copy over tbcarey's sub-woofer + mute fix.

3). Remember to edit the boot.plist to include cpus=1

4). After that I delete IONetworkingFamily and copy over the one from 10.4.6.

5). Delete kextcache and mkext.

6). chmod and chown /System/Library/Extensions

7). Lastly I install Prasys' ACPI Package and update DCPUManager to 0.5 from duddie's site.

If I install from the JaS 10.4.8 disc, I do the official Apple Combo update to 10.4.9, then I restart into Vista and use MacDrive 7 to copy over the May 11th Kernel, AppleSMBIOS, Natit/Mobility/NvidiaEFI/LaptopDisplay, PowerManagement and IONetworkFamily

I haven't dabbled with 10.4.10 but will get round to installing it this week.

I have a GeForce Go 7900 GS as well, so it should be possible for you to achieve the same result. What version of Geforce.kext are you using? Also, as a side note, I installed Natit 0.02 and LaptopDisplay to see if they would interfere with my ability to wake from S3 sleep, and they did not, so apparently it's not a problem to have them loaded. Conversely, it's also of absolutely no benefit to have Natit loaded, since it didn't fix my colour banding issues at all. Perhaps this is the result of the GeForce.kext version I'm using?

I've been able to get S3 sleep to work with all kernels 10.4.8 - 10.4.10, so I don't think it's kernel dependent. Rather than approaching this from a 'keep trying until it works' perspective, I think I might just try everything I can to break S3 sleep and see what exactly it is that makes the difference. I'll let you know what I come up with, but I highly suspect it's tied to GeForce.kext and NVidiaEFI.kext working in tandem. And remember, turning safesleep hibernate mode off per my earlier instructions and booting with the verbose ('-v') flag are ABSOLUTELY MANDATORY to get S3 sleep/wake working properly. You must also set your laptop display to never turn off in the energy settings, as it will display white bands and become unrecoverable once it enters this mode.

Devilhood, in response to your question regarding what version of the kernel I'm using, I'm in Vista at the moment but it's the latest 10.4.10 for Intel that's available on a certain highly-frequented torrent site. Size is 4,171,076 and date is June 23rd. EDIT: 8.10.1 Darwin Kernel Version 8.10.1: Wed May 23 16:33:00 PDT 2007; Sochi2014:VoteForUs/RELEASE_I386 i386 i386

 P.S. I will be spending some time in the near future trying to crack the jack impedance detection (i.e. speakers muted when headphones inserted), as well as the other remaining issues surrounding input and detection of the 9200 as a built-in sound device. I have spent a lot of time on this already, but don't think I can learn much more by examining the sound-related extensions themselves. Does anyone know of any good documentation regarding the MacBook sound hardware, or can anyone provide anecdotal assistance in terms of what things 'should' look like on a regular MacBook/MacBook Pro? Screenshots would be extremely helpful. Thanks in advance for any help anyone can provide!

tbcarey, I can confirm that S3 Sleep works fine after disabling safesleep.

I didn't even need to set fn=1 -v

Great stuff

I will check the version as soon as I got home, and tbcarey, could you please attach the GeForce.kext you're using here, thanks.

By the way, if anyone wants to use a download manager with safari 3, just a quick notice, speeddownload will make it crash when integrated with the browswer while igetter does not have this problem.

I don't and haven't needed the -v flag either. In fact my only kernel flag is cpus=2 and I have sleep working.

I am disappointed to not be able to use display only sleep still... as that is much more important to me than real sleep... my poor screen has been active for the past 4 days straight because of the torrents I'm downloading... would be nice to be able to turn off the screen.. *sigh*

EEk! remind me not to buy a used laptop from you!! j/k

Now if there was only a solution for us poor unfortunate GMA 950 useres... I'm sure something will come up.

To my understanding us GMA guys are the last standing people who don't have a solution for duo core right?

Oh and thanks Devilhood for that little uphuck tip, I was installing it right as you posted that. I couldn't figure out why uphuch v1.3 wouldn't work until I found the little option under intel vga for gma 950

No prob kevinosx

So that people don't have to search the thread, I updated the guide to include how to get (S3) Sleep working thanks to tbcarey.

I was just scouting for a 7900 GS and boy are they expensive, what's with the stupidly inconsistent prices? I can import it for $199 which is basically half-price for us UK buyers, but UK sellers try to auction it off for £199.

Rediculous!

I downloaded the Power Management package by Prasys, macdotnub and duddie.. my question is how do I install this particular package? I tried putting it in /system/library/extenstions/ folder but it doesnt seem to work. I cannot see my battery meter or anything and sleep still does not work. Thanks for the help.

Hello friend, i tried to do this method with my dell Inspiron E1705, similar to 9400 i guess.., but the both core are enabled for me with other method.. i have install the JAS 1.4.8 + Combo update 1.4.9, but without combo update , and i tried differentes kernels like nabucondezar kernel but doesn't work for me, so.. i find a new kernel from PauliCats http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?sho...rnel&st=220

kernel: http://www.hostclip.com/dl/e1f5facfa6fc0e90f00c48538c3fbecb



the first that i do, is backup my old kernel , and install the new kernel, after that, i've install the ACPICPUThrottle.. this is the part when i've try to enable both core with the manual, but when i install NVidiaEFI, my screen goes to black. so reboot my system and start on kernel flags -s and delete the NVidiaEFI.kext .... after that i remember that on the other disk partition i have DiaboliK's Natit. when all goes to the normality, i run the terminal and type

.

after this, reboot the system and start with kernel flags
cpus=2 fn=3 -v
go to the apple icon, click on sleep.. wait a few seconds and click on your power button.. if you go to system profiler, must me say 2 cores.

sorry for my english dx, i'm from chile.

i've have a question. how can you work STAC9200? i can't listen .. i tried thousand times with differents methods and any don't work for me AppleHDA patchers, dumps, etc..

Hi, I have a Dell E1705 with Core Duo and an NVidia GeForce Go 7900 GS. I installed using Uphuck 1.3. During the installation, I installed the latest SSE3 Intel kernel, and I also chose the SpeedStep option. When I install Natit using the Natit NVidia Installer, I get full 1920x1200 and QE/CI. However, there is a very annoying color banding problem.

So, reading this thread, I removed the Natit.kext, installed NVidiaEFI.kext & LaptopDisplay.kext (I then repaired using chmod & chown and I removed the Extensions.* files). However, after the gray Apple screen, it just goes to black (I waited more than 30 seconds). I even tried installing the Mobility.kext I found under the Natit site (although it was under ATI) because that's what one of these posts said. However, nothing works. I've narrowed the problem down to NVidiaEFI.kext, because if I just load LaptopDisplay, it loads the VGA drivers. Also, I tried using all 3 (Natit + NVidiaEFI + LaptopDisplay), but I had the same problem.

(By the way, I'm using NVidiaEFI.kext 1.2.3 because the 1.0.2 is no longer available.)

I read somewhere else where someone said that they were "just stuck" with an internal laptop display problem. Is that the case here, or am I doing something wrong here?

(This is my first post, so sorry if I'm not supposed to ask here. I've searched everywhere else and can't find a solution to my problem.)

Thanks a lot!

Did you guys see what's going on in the intel wireless forum? Apparently someone found a driver for mac for the iwi3945 from some chinese site. check it out: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?sho...mp;#entry411312

Ok, your first mistake, do not use NVidiaEFI 1.2.3 because it WILL NOT work with any mixture of other graphics card related kexts.
You can only use 1.0.2 to fix the colour-banding issue (see attached file to this post).



It's quite simple really, just install macdotnub's package here: http://www.macdotnub.info/beta/downloads.php

Make sure you have the May 11th ToH (Netkas) kernel installed, or specify it in the package installer.

Regards

Pawel.

OK, without Natit, there's just a black screen again. It seemed like the processor was doing a lot, which I don't think it did before. However, with Natit, there's still color banding. I checked the Package Contents of LaptopDisplay and it says 1.0.0d1.

By the way, when I set the Colors to "Thousands" instead of "Millions," it gets rid of a few areas of color banding. I'm not sure if this is how everyone else sees color banding, but what's odd is that I can look at high-resolution (1920x1200) pictures and there doesn't seem to be any problems. But then the gradient for System Preferences on the top, or the sides and masthead of this website, I can see color banding. Luckily, it's not too pronounced, but I just wanted to find a way to get it to be perfect.

You mentioned that using 1.2.3 was my "first mistake," what else am I doing wrong?

Thanks for everything devilhood!

You must boot with NvidiaEFI 1.0.2, Diabolik's Natit 02, LaptopDisplay and Mobility otherwise it will not solve the colour-banding.

If you delete Natit you will just get a black screen due to NvidiaEFI not understanding the 10.4.9 GeForce kexts properly.

If colour banding is still present then one of the kexts you have downloaded is either the wrong version, not installed properly, or you have a left-over somewhere (e.g. Titan or Gotoh's NVinject) which is conflicting.

Thanks for the response. I installed that package and then typed

sudo pmset -a hibernatemode 0

in terminal to get sleep working... still nothing. The computer wakes up just the display doesnt turn on again.

Any suggestions?

Try it again and do not change any settings in Energy Saver.

Make sure you're using the right combination of Nvidia kext's.

hi,

did anyone try the uphuck v1.4i DVD yet?

Shortyman87

hrmm so i need an nvidia graphics card to get sleep working?? cause i just have gma950

Ahhh, an integrated graphics user I see
Well, I don't have a GMA950 so I wouldn't know if it is possible to get Sleep working via the described method.

Can anyone here with a GMA950 clarify if it possible to get Sleep working?

QUOTE(devilhood @ Jul 20 2007, 04:32 PM)

Can anyone here with a GMA950 clarify if it possible to get Sleep working?

I'm a 950gma loser, I mean, user and if you post some recommended steps to try and get sleep to work then I will follow them and post back my results!

nevermind, the s3 sleep guide is at the beginning of the guide, I will try it out and let you all know.

Edit: tried the s3 sleep in terminal and didn't work on my gma950

Whats up with the card reader, anybody got it working?It goes to sleep, but because of the GMA 950 it does not wake up anymore. Screen stays black. I think there is no solution for this at the moment..Yup, it works like a charm here. Very slim installation, no apps included, small dvd size. Abosolutely no problems in comparison to 1.3. which worked well too.You wont be able to install another graphics card because the mainboards wih integrated graphics dont have ports to take up a replacement cards. thats what dell told me....

Alright guys, for those with a 17" LG.Philips WUXGA+ LCD on their Dell Lappy, I created two properly Calibrated Display profiles using the good ole' eye-squinting technique.

Dell LG Native Display.icc uses Native Gamma (for more contrast)
Dell LG Calibrated Display.icc uses a Custom Gamma of 1.53 (my personal choice)

Do not try these profiles on a Samsung screen.

that sucks for us gma users

jiggamirk how did you get a resolution of 1920x1200 working on ur intel gma?

Is there any chance we could get a full ATI X1400 driver soon? I'm sitting at 1152x864 resolution. While manageable, I would love to get my native resolution back. Quartz looks like it works, all I need is a full resolution.

I highly doubt it. There is not native drivers that will support the X1400. The only way for your to get supported video is to purchase a replacement video card such as the 7800GO which can be had for little money.

You should have the full display right off the bat, my intel 950gma never needed anything additional to get 1920x1200, just as long as you install the "intel gma950 patch" when installing osx.