its Acronis thats messin you up. Use this Dual Boot guide http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=39253

I have the same notebook, and to have everything working you should do the following (related to the partitions):
1- Boot with Media Center recovery: it should recreate the partitions asking the size of the C: partition from 2 to 98.... choose the size, the remaining will be the MAC partition.
2- Install windows (XP or VISTA) in c: partition
3- Install the Windows Media Center OS to work properly
4- Install MaxOS 10.4.8 from Jas (the lastest distribution*)
5- Edit /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist and add for the key Timeout a string 3 for example
after reboot you enter into MACOS system and if you press any key in 3 seconds then you will see a option to load your Windows partition...

with this, you should have Windows, MacOS and your Media Center key should work well.
Regards

1. It is not located on the diagnostic partition. I don't even have that partition anymore and I have a custom logo.

2. Why do you care? Dell will honor your warranty with the custom logo as it is fully supported by them. The logo changer was made by Dell.

3. I will look around though and see what I can find for removing it. Wolf's Dell site (google it) might have some information.

edit: you need the dell utility asset.com to remove it.

Sorry everyone. I got promoted last week (woohoo!) so I've been under a mountain of new work and getting to grips with everything. However, I haven't forgotten about the task at hand -- just haven't had any time to work on it.

Last things that happened were that I merged the subwoofer with the main speakers into one device, which took some time due to the way CoreAudio handles channel allocation and filters -- the subwoofer on the Dell is not a true LFE device; it just merges both stereo channels into a mono channel and uses a low-pass filter to remove frequencies it shouldn't be playing. This is evidenced by the fact that the old method (having two separate devices in
OS X) only works if you select the main speakers device, or by looking at your a
dio mixer in Windows; if the main speakers are muted, output to the
subwoofer stops even if that device isn't muted. Unfortunately, this will make it difficult to ever control the volume of the subwoofer independently of the
main speakers in OS X, unless you customise the high-pass filter to your taste as well to remove low-end frequencies. Not a priority right now so I'm not
going to worry about it, but perhaps eventually.

Jack headphone detection 'works', but not correctly. My current belief about this is that perhaps AppleHDA d
esn't properly support the concept of Switcher
Widgets from the Intel HD Audio 1.0 spec. Sharing a DAC is considered a 'special case' in the HD Audio spec; normally, each Pin Widget is supposed to be
capable of mapping to a unique DAC, if necessary. The Sigmatel 9220 does this, for example - the headphone Pin Widgets connect to DAC 0, and the other
outputs to DAC 1, DAC 2, and DAC 3 - so when headphones are connected, the other DACs all mute but DAC 0 remains active. However, Sigmatel 9200
only has one DAC with a Switcher Widget, so the parser should communicate with the Switcher and in turn notify the Master Volume Widget to mute the
speakers (Port D) while keeping the headphones active (Port A). Instead, I believe AppleHDA simply detects headphone presence and powers down the
DAC, thus killing output on both the speakers and the headphone jack. But this is just a guess, so I'll keep playing around to see what I can come up with, when I have time.

As the others have said tbcarey, pm me your paypal details and I'll throw a couple bob as well...god I havent heard anyone use that phrase lately - and Im an Aussie

Good luck with it man - once you do that and it works I'll be able to actually edit music files and watch pr0n on the way to work with out disturbing the people sitting besides me on the train heheheh (j/k!!)

Which options do I choose to install for an Inspiron 6400 with uphuck v1.4i DVD?

Intel Graphics, Intel Ethernet, and Intel Wireless.

I installed mainly with no options but firts attemps of boot stops in the first blue screen with no mouse pointer, so I guess in LoginWindow.

But it started fine with -x (Safe option at boot).

hey all,

I just spend the last few days reading this guide (all 33 pages!) and it was EXTREMELY useful. Thanks Devilhood and TBCarey! You guys rock!

Can anyone help me figure out two things:

1.) Color banding: My fresh install of OSx was with Jas 10.4.8 with Nvidida Titan Drivers. I then found this guide and used DiaboliK 1049 installer without removing the original Titan. Is it too late to do the uninstall? Will it even help?

2.) Is the dmos.kext replacement necessary for the 10.4.10 delta update? What is it for?

Thanks in advance.

Cheers.

xpionage2: u should delete titan.kext in extensions folder and download the dual natit, nvidiaefi and laptopdisplay kext

Remember to boot with cpus=1 and use Netkas' new AppleSMBIOS.The dsmos.kext is used to decrypt a load of stuff so that we are able to install the Mac on Generic PC's.Once Apple releases the source for the new kernel, the kext wont be needed, like with 10.4.9; same applies with Prasys' ACPI compatibility, the source for the kernel needs to be available before such functionality is added again.

Thanks for the response. What about the DiaboliK installer? should I remove that? Or just download the 3 you listed and add them to my Extensions folder?




Again, thanks for the response. Should I update my dsmos.kext and mach_kernel before the update? or vice versa? Sorry forgot to ask this in original post.

Cheers.

for those who are finding the guide slightly overwhelming, especially the few that have PM'd me recently, I'll be adding a few more basics and also screenshots during the week.

I tried getting sleep working uising the CPU throttler for 10.4.8/8.8.1 Kernel from this thread (http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=51209), and it wont wake from sleep - and it crashed when I changed the flag from cpus=1 to cpus=2...kernel panic

Running a Dell 9400
T2300 1.66 Ghz Centrino Duo
1 gig ram, Nvidia 7800 go, sata 60gig hdd

Any ideas?

Upgrade to 10.4.9 and uses Prasys' ACPI package, it is much better and works fine.

Recently I upgraded my 7800 to 7900GS (free from Dell ) and noticed display sleep is lost (display will go black if it sleeps, if system sleeps and wakes up display will work fine). Does anyone have display sleep working with 7900GS?

which one should I use, Im running the Jas INTEL & AMD SSE 2& SSE3 with PPF1 only...

Hi CasperionX, try the JaS 10.4.8 Intel only SSE3 and then upgrade to 10.4.9 with the package modified, and finaly with 10.4.10 with the kernel modified (find these on demonoid). They worked for me on several systems with no problems (try to set only those parts from the custom settings that correspond to your system from the first clean install of 10.4.8).

Lucky you! my 9400 is starting to really p!$$ me off lately. The ExpressCard slot and FireWire have both died on me now, just from general usage.
I don't know whether I should sell it, extend my warranty package or throw it across the room. I really want to buy a REV A00 7900GS so I can BIOS flash it to a GTX.
Meh, I'll probably just extend my warranty and get them to replace the motherboard again.

So exactly how do I go about getting the sound muting to work correctly on the e1505 w/ STAC9200? I was using OSX for a while but switched to linux mainly because I couldnt get the speakers to mute when I had headphones in (I spend alot of time in the library and this feature was a must). I would really like to go back to OS X (I miss iWork and adium soooo much).

Can someone put up a link to the proper codec dump to get the sound to fucntion correctly? Or is it more complicated than that. I'll do whatever it takes.

Thanks in advance.

Damn, that sucks to hear

Did you actually read the Sound section on my guide? all the help and information you need is there



Yeah, tell me about it.
I'll probably be able to get my motherboard replaced straight away, along with the GFX card. I'll just state that one of the tech guys said when I had previously phoned, that he would replace my GFX card with the 7900GS due to heat related issues.
That would be a viable reason as well, seeing as there is a 10 degrees celcius difference in heat production between the two.

I knwo how to get the sound to work with AppleHDApatcher, but I thought maybe that tbcarey guy figured out the sound muting problem, I saw the post a few pages back about pin configurations and whatnot and how it should fix the problem, but all that stuff is way over my head as far as how to go about implementing it.

So I guess speaker muting is still a no go then? If so that makes me very sad

Yes, it still is. He is working on it currently.

Hi,

I'm a happy owner of a Dell 640m running OSX 10.4.10 smoothly from a USB hdd, besides some minor issues (like no audio) everything's working fine and as I said, I'm happy
The only issue is the cpus=1 boot option in order to get my core 2 duo cpu working and I was wondering if someone knows if in the future it would be a patch for enabling both cores so, will Core 2 Duo Dells be able to use both cores somewhere in the future?

Thanks in advance,
Ignacio.

That seems to be a common complaint of us dell users unfortunately (the lack of dual core) for our lappys - my poweredge 830 server also running Mac OS X (10.4.8) flawlessly with both cores running (it boots up in like 5 seconds!!) - shame its a server tho, its got crap video lol!!

However, the sleep fix SEEMS to be a somewhat effective cure, however, I have been unable to get sleep working using the cputhrottler, so Im gonna remove it over the weekend, and upgrade to 10.4.9 and then try the other sleep options available - and then I'll try the sleep and wake with 2 cpus going. (infact when I try to turn on both cores with cpus=2, it comes up with a kernel panic :S)

I just installed Uphuck 10.4.9 V2 r3 on my Dell 6400.
Core 2 Duo 1.83
2GB ram
Intel 945 Graphics
Sigmatel 9200
Dell Wireless
Broadcom 440X

After installation, everything works out of the box except the sound so i have to use the AppleHDA patcher. BTW i disabled the multicore from the BIOS. When i tried to enable the multicore from the BIOS it boots and shows the desktop, the graphics were running smoothly but after a few seconds i got a kernel panic. After that, i reboot and can't go back to OSX again with both cores working. Anyone from you guys have the same problem as I? How can we get the second core working?

@Chrysaor

can u write down, the whole installation process u've done, to get all things working.

i tried the jas 10.4.8 with sse3 without any mods, than boot with cpus=2 and installed jas 10.4.9, after that i installed official 10.4.10 update and take the 8.9.1 kernel from netkas and the appleACPI kext from backup... now if i try to go sleep, it works, but after wake he reboots..

write down which dvd u used and which kext u had to exchange

when i had osx on mi E1705, 7900GS working out the box with NvidiaEFI and Laptop Display when turn to sleep my laptop. and wokes up fine.

regarding the AppleHDApatcher...i ran 1.15 and 1.16 and tried to drag the dump over to the window, but nothing happens.
i'm running uphuck's 10.4.9.

i'm using a dump that i got from here, it's in the form of a text file.

getting internal audio to work is a huge deal, otherwise i would have to hook up a usb soundstick and speakers

I figured I'd go ahead and install MacOS again despite the sound issue, since I just realized iwork 08 is out now (I'm an iwork fiend), but now I've run into some more problems. I am using the uphuck 10.4.9 v 1.4i on an e1505. Sleep doesnt work (even after installing that ACPI package from the guide and using theterminal command), but sleep isnt too big a deal. My main issue is with bluetooth. I have a bluetooth headset that I would like to use, but when I try to set up my headset it says that bluetooth headsets are not supported by my hardware, even though the headset worked fine in linux and windows, the guide says bluetooth works perfectly so I'm guessing there musrt be additional steps I need to take to get it working, if so what are the steps? Or does the bluetooth not work perfectly and that part just hasnt been updated yet?

Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.

Drop it on the Icon...not the window.

H

got the dual boot to work but when it loads osx it loads up a little bit then will just stop, or the screen will turn black and nothing will load anymore. At one point i booted into osx and into the welcome video. but it played really choppy and eventually stalled and stopped working again. Anyone know what this is? i have a dell inspiron 6400 core 2 duo and by my research everything should boot fine but it just isn't. please help

mm i find some fix to AHCI Hack support but for linux kernel(works for Sony VAIO type S VGN-SZ92PS, ICH7-M)
).. i hope that helps for someone that hack the darwin kernels.

heres the link

http://www.bughost.org/pipermail/power/2007-June/000538.html

As far as I know, this will not work because there is no AHCI BIOS for the controller itself, Dell Inc. have told me this themselves (check some of the earlier posts in this thread).

If it works on the Sony VAIO, it means that they have included the BIOS but have not enabled the functionality, which is pretty weird.

I might be completely wrong though... and Dell might have communicated some mis-information to me, so if someone is willing to look into this more thoroughly to see how that kernel fix works, that would be cool.

is it suppose to do anything to let me know it did something?
i dragged it to the icon at the bottom and the one on the desktop area, but nothing seems to happen..i have ran disk utility to verify and repair permissions and rebooted and still no sound

mmm...This is the original post, http://www.mail-archive.com/linux-ide@vger...g/msg09763.html.


but i have a question, if someone find a solution for activate AHCI on the bios, this will fix the trouble of both cores? or i'm completely wrong?

AHCI has nothing to do with cores, its about SATA drive capabilities.

AHCI is supported in new Dell models such as Vostro and XX20 series.

and so...what should be the trouble with the both cores? xD

anyone else here using the bluetooth?

I got my video card acceleration working by putting 0x71451002 (I think that's what it was) into the Info.plist for apple's ATIX1000 and it works fine, but i get mouse tearing. Any solutions for that? I only need the video acceleration for parallels. Is there a way to turn off the acceleration in OSX and on only for Parallels?

Please read through my guide as I have explained the reason for the dual-core problem.

1405 install issues, bios A10

I've had osx on this for a while now, and decided to try the newest versions to see if anything improved, I never got sound or sleep to work.

I'm using the stock plain jane uphack 1.3 universal

install went smooth, I've got 1 issue

sleep works, but it wont wake up, the drive spins but the LCD does not wake up, it seems like it's a video issue?, this is after installing power management bundle, and performing "sudo pmset -a hibernatemode 0" same issue I had 8 months ago or so when I started playing with osx, but speedstep is working now though!

I cant use paulicat's fix for sleep because that's for 8.8.1 and i'm on 8.9.x

sound works at last!


now if I can just get sleep to work, as a side note, there used to be a place in the dell bios to set the power save mode, it's gone, I cant find it anywhere, A10 removed it or hid it from me

mm but i can't find the lines that explained it, for that reason i ask here.

josftx: first site and search for dual core...


chrysaor: pls tell us, in which clean follow u have installed ur dell to get all thinks working.

i spend about 12 h for reinstalling on other drive with all kind of version, ether uphuck 1.3 and 1.4 and tried many kernels, but dont know the combination of thies components.
on the other drive i run the system i show in my signatur, but i dont know how i get it

the thing is, i cant get sleep working if i use speedstep program/kernel and with 1.3 and macdotnub package i get sleep but nor wake. use Natit 02 dual and nvidiaefi 1.0.2 and laptopdisplay for fixing color branding

also i had this WE 10 h of xbox360 flashing which make me agressive and dempresive at the same time, cuase i dont work and have no POWER to spend other 12 h on my 9400...

hi @devilhood
I have this laptop
DELL Inspiron 6400/E1505
Intel Core 2 Duo processor T7200 (4MB/2.00GHz/667MHz)
15.4 Inch TrueLife Wide-screenWXGA
1GB, DDR2, 533MHz 2 Dimm
Video: 256MB ATI Radeon Mobility X1400
120GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive
Integrated 10/100 Network Broadcom440x
Wireless 1390 WLAN MiniCard
Audio: SIGMATEL STAC 9200 C-Major HD Audio
8X DVD+/-RW Drive
OS - xp pro sp2

also i have JaS 10.4.8 AMD-Intel-SSE2-SSE3 with PPF1 & PPF2.iso + JaS.10.4.9.Combo.Up instalation DvD
please tell me what patches must be checked before begin the instalation of OS, to have a corect instal from this dvd.

and tell me, after instalation, what i must do, to  have a full working OS X on my dell (working cpu 2core, working sound, video display(1280x800), working wireless ....)
thank you very much for your help....you deserve many many beers  
you are the best

Ozzyboy, if you read through this thread, you will find answers for most of your questions.

Dual core just doesnt work at the moment...

So is there no fix for the bluetooth problems?

I found something interesting on the e1405 dell gma950 laptop I have

With a stock uhuck 1.3 install, the laptop will enter some form of sleep when I shut the lid

when I open the lid it partly wakes up, but the lcd will not, when I hook up an external LCD, it wakes up the laptop display


I can repeat this over and over


if I hit the power button and tell it to sleep, it will not wake up at all, I'm thinking this is a lower level of sleep, vs shutting the laptop lid


I'm not sure if there's a way to wire a loopback into the VGA port to trigger the laptop screen to wake up

There is no magical way to install and get everything working. My installation is quite old, I believe it was from a 4.7 or 4.8 DVD. It doesn't matter how and which dvd you install as long as you put the right drivers after installation. My system is fully updated with latest Apple software updates except the obvious stuff like kernel, smbios, hda, nvidiaefi etc. (all detailed in sig)


No one else is using Go 7900GS here? (for display sleep issue)

Chrysaor, when i had install osx on my inspiron, i used the Diabioliks natit drivers but doesn't works... butt, finally i found a combination of kexts.. NvidiaEFI and Laptopdisplay. they solved all my problems.

hi, im really starting to struggle to find any new information on my problem....

i have an inspiron 6400, but the older model, with only a core solo and the x1300 mobility
i was wandering if there is actually a working solution for this card to get it into 1280x800?

all of the drivers like natit and the x1300 ones that come on uphuck 1.4i dont work, they either cause my system to hang when "starting mac osx" or to just give me no video output at all after darwin

any help would be great, thanks!!!