I just got my E1505 working with OSX86 and (after ripping apart the laptop and putting in a Geforce 7300) it works great... except for two things.

I tried the "Put the laptop to sleep and wake it to get both cores working" thing, but if I turn on the laptop with both cores on, OSX crashes right after it hits the GUI. I have been able to get it to sleep with one core on however. Any way to get around that? (EDIT: I should note, I have the Core duo CPU, not Core 2 duo)

Also, I have the 1500 draft-n card, and while it works great for open networks, I can't get any one with encryption, such as my schools PEAP network. It will connect, but not authorize. I'm not sure if it's OSX, the network card, or my schools setup (I can get it running with Windows and Linux), so I just wanna check if there are any problems with these cards and encrypted networks in OSX. :-D

hello.
a simple/dummie question:

what is QE/CI? where can i download it? or how can i configure it?

One more thing I forgot: While I got the sound working on my system, I can't get the updated AppleHDA kext that's in this thread to work. I put it into my extensions folder, then put in the modded Info.plist, but when I restart I have no sound at all. What do you need to do to get it to work?

Sorry for all the questions, I'm just trying to get everything working :-D

Download the AppleHDAPatcher (do a search, it should be one of the first links), and download stac9200.txt from here: http://psykopat.free.fr/apple/AppleHDA/sigmatel/Just drag stac9200.txt onto the applehdapatcher and it'll do the rest.


Also, a question:I'm thinking about getting a different video card for my E1505 which would work better with OS X. Is there a video card compatible with my system which works perfectly under OS X? My Mobility Radeon x1400's okay, but I get mouse tearing which pisses me off.

i've got the Nvidia 7800 go which works very well...

I already know how to do that. I need to get mute and the subwoofer working. I can't get those modded kexts to work.

I also got my 1705 working after disabling dual core support in the bios. I thought I read somewhere it is possible to get both cores working but can't seem to find it. Is this a problem with both Core Duo and specifically Dell? I've been thinking of upgrading. Any suggestions would be welcomed. Thx.

Hey guys

I'm having two main (and really annoying issues):

1.) Video - Color banding - I have Diabolik's Nvidia Installer, LaptopDisplay.kext from HERE and Natit.kext (Natit_edited) from here HERE and no dice!
2.) Sleep - good news is, when I put the whole computer to sleep, it will awake when I press the power button. bad news is: when my display turns off or go to sleep), it won't come back on properly. The screen is lit with the backlight, but nothing is visible.

can anyone please help?
thx

Hi all ....
There is something strange happening here
for some reason none of the AppleHDA Patchers does not accept my own dump.
OK i can live whit this ... i used dump from the archive to make it work , install the mod AppleHDA and info plist and OK , sub works mic works but .... no line out , so can not connect to external speakers !
Is anyone having such a problem , because this is really strange ?!

Any help is appreciated


Oh just one more question
Is anyone having second screen via RGB whit Nvidia 7800 Go
Because i tried any possible combination of drivers and still nothing


Thanx for the help everyone

Have same problem with an E1405 with GMA950 graphics. Closing the lid will cause the display to turn off and not come back on, but the computer is still on. It turns out that if you wait a while, the system will tell the display to "turn off" due to inactivity (even when you've already turned it off by closing the lid). Once that happens, you can then wake the display back up with the trackpad or keyboard.

My solution was to go to the Energy Saver settings and set the Display turn-off timer to 1 minutes (so worst case you have to wait 1 minute to get your display back up). I also downloaded an app called "Sleep Display" which manually sleeps your LCD. Find a way to assign a shortcut to it, and remember to sleep your display before you close the lid.

Hope that made sense.

EDIT: Sorry, I should add that this doesn't fix the sleep problem, only the problem of closing your display lid, opening it, and not having video. Still it makes for a more usable computer.

synth: how u get 180 on xbench? is it without hd test and which kernel do u use?

my problem is, that if i wake my notebook after sleep, i can see shortly the desktop and than i get bluescreen... i mean the blue from mac.. i changed all my kext that a related to my graphiccard (geforce.kext, nvdanv40, iographic, etc)

macuser91

thanks you sooo much, this actually works!!!!

dual core here i come!

this and the news that logic 8 will be crackable has made my day!!

goodbye cubase!!

EDIT - sorry, jumped the gun a bit there. it works when closing my platop lid but the system doesnt actually sleep when that happens, still wont wake up from a proper sleep so still no dual core

Nuendo 4 FTW

can somebody post his list with all versionnumbers of his kexts

u can export ur system profiler to file and attach to this threa

here is mine:

Guide works great! I was unable to get sleep, NTFS, and audio working without this guide on my E1505. Now everything except wireless is working like a charm!

This will work until I can buy a MacBook! Great guide.

Edit: Quick error, help if you can. My system does sleep, and I can wake it, however the system locks up after it wakes from sleep. Any ideas?

So nobdy else is using the built in bluetooth?

Hi all. I thought I would share my success with getting sleep and dual core working.

First the specs:
E1705 with Core Duo
A09 Bios
7900 Nvidia GS

Background: I dual core working with the sleep trick with an uphuck install. I have no idea why it worked but it did, so I was happy. Then I messed up my system tinkering with it and it wouldn't boot without cpus=1 anymore, so I decided to reinstall and see what I could do. I tried many variations with uphuck, but no luck. I could get sleep to work with the single core, but when I booted dual core, it would either go to a blank screen with some flickers or it would go to a blue screen. Either way it was locked up. So i searched the forum and in one post someone had said they used the JAS install with the combo update and that's how they got sleep working (i think it was pawel or prasys or somebody). anyway, I thought i would try that since i had the JAS install disk from my prior install. So here are the steps I used and so far it is working fine.

1. Install JAS 10.4.8 (i installed the powermanagement kext also)
2. reboot with cpus=1 (remember to hit F8 immediately after the Dell bios screen)
3. repair permissions (probably could have done the next step then repaired both, but dual core is so flaky on these dells that I want to give my steps exactly.
4. Install Diabolick 10.4.9 (i know it is for 10.4.9, but i installed it first, mostly by accident, but it worked)
5. repair permissions
6. reboot with cpus=1
7. go into terminal and type in "sudo pmset -a hibernatemode 0"
8. go into "Energy Saver" settings and change both settings to 'never' and uncheck 'put hard drive to sleep'
9. I rebooted and went into cpus=1 to test sleep and when it worked, i rebooted with dual core and tested.
10. i wrote down everything i did to get it to work because I'm sure i will kill it again some day.


Notes: I always have -v in my kernal flags and I've read it has needed to be there for some installs, so i don't mess with leaving it out. I'm also not using any other kernel flags other than '-v'

Hope this helps some poor soul and saves them a few extra installs. From my experience, it seems if you can't get sleep working pretty quickly with a fresh install, you are out of luck. In other words if you have an old install, I doubt you can get it to work.

My way to get sleep and Dual core work is,First install Jas 10.4.6,then upgrade to 10.4.8.
Install Titan.kext for nvidia 7800go,and then upgrade to JAs 10.4.9.

Upgrading my warranty was worth it... I managed to swag a 7900 GS along with a motherboard replacement out of my latest Tech Call to Dell

Nice, I find Dell warranty very useful.
Is your 7900GS rev1? Display sleep working?

I'll post about my experiences with the 7900 GS tomorrow evening probably, having a busy day today so haven't really had the chance to mess around with it.

cyonix: yes this is without HDD because you cannot expect hi speed from a lappy
I am running 10.4.9 whit
Darwin Elinor.local 8.9.1 Darwin Kernel Version 8.9.1: Thu Mar 15 20:55:00 PST 2007; netkas: 792.18.15~1/RELEASE_I386 i386 i386 kernel
i got it from the Jas 4.9 update after it i have native sleep no editing or something ... it even wakes when i open the lid of the laptop my only problem whit this kernel is so the sound is crappy in the first few seconds , but if i change the kernel i have to say goodbye to sleep and high performance of the system ...

Oh here is my list of Extensions for you Click to view attachment

My system performance just fine regardless of what kernel I use, except that if I want to get Sleep mode working I need to use the ACPI release.

Devilhood:
I used the Acpi release but the performance is dropping down to the level of 1 CPU core except the threat test in Xbench and since i am in the VJ area i need avery CPU cycle i can take from it
i am currently digging the internet for a kernel that does not require ACPI for sleep functionality , because with this current kernel i have a crappy sound
And whit this kernel I am not using any ACPI cpu scaling stuff to make it sleep
P.S. i just want to ask again about my audio issue ... i do not have line out from the lappy .... Is anyone having a clue about that ?

hi synth, i also want to use my notebook for vj stuff. the second core is very useful for this.

with my current installation i can use second core with paulicats 8.9.1 kernel. other kernels make me go in singlemode. loginwindow crashes i think or some problems with the wlan adapter.

yesterday i install the new xXx osx 10.4.10 from demonoid which has a lot kernels and other patches on the dvd. but have the same issues like in uphucks releases. after i went sleep i try to wake up and display goes on but black and the HD-led dont blink only shine the whole time.

is it maybe the opengl.framework or powermanagement.bundle which cause this problem?
or the nvidia kext files? can u devilhood post your nvidia kexts, i mean the geforce.kext nvdanv40hal ....

@synth: i dont have any sound problems with my current installation (signature)

Ok, here are my results with the Rev. A01 7900 GS:

Display Sleep doesn't properly work. The screen goes black and it doesn't re-appear.

Full System Sleep/Wake works fine though

Hmmm, I think I see what all the fuss about this infamous Bluetooth issue is

I just installed Dell Wireless 350 Bluetooth Internal Module driver for Vista 32-bit and now the Mac doesn't actually recognize the hardware anymore, this must be due to the Vista Profile Pack firmware upgrade that the installation also does.

The default setup for Bluetooth after first install according to the default Vista driver is IVT, but I do not know if the original driver initializes or updates the firmware in a different way, or if there is a way to change it back after installing the Dell package.

At the moment, I do not know how to fix this, but I should be able to find out by tonight.

My only problem with OS X on Dell inspiron 9400 is that it's preformce is not so god as WinXP.It's lagging when i browse to internet,and if i scroll many pictures opp an down it's much slower then XP.It's that because of Nvidia drivers are not optimal in OS X?

devilhood: what about praysys's kernel for dell notebooks. any progressions in developing?

No progress that I am aware of, sorry.

Hi guys. Just to let everyone know, I'm not dead!  I've been sitting on something for quite awhile now that I should've released long ago, but never got the time to send to anyone else to test and package up properly. It should solve all of the problems with audio rec
rding and playback during recording, as well as adding in a few new additions. U
fortunately, it won't include headphone support yet (in full form - detection but not muting), but it will also allow for separate control of the subwoofer and main s
eaker volumes. 

I will hopefully have time to package this up and release it over the next week. I had been hoping to finish up work on headphone detection before releasing it, but as it's just been sitting stagnant on my laptop for over 3 weeks now, it's probably best to release it in current form and add the headphone detection when/if I ever have time to sit down and finally crack it.

Hope everyone is doing well

Hey man, always good to hear from you on this thread

Nice to know that a release is just round the corner.

Have you encountered any problems with Bluetooth in the same way as I described above btw? I only recently stumbled across this problem since buying a Bluetooth Mouse.

Pawel.

great to hear it, tbcarey!

Ok guys, I have managed to solve the issue with the Bluetooth problem.

The guide has also been updated with the fix.

Here's a solution thanks to Topogigi from the Ubuntu forums.

1) Boot into Vista and download from the Dell support site the latest BT 350 driver for Windows XP and unzip it to a folder
2) Find a directory in that folder called "DFU" (usually located in 2KXP/DFU/)
3) Find the file called "DFU.exe", right click it and choose "Run as administrator"
4) Wait until the firmware downgrade has finished, then reboot into Vista and you will find that the bluetooth chip is now not recognized. Go to Device manager and manually re-install the Vista Bluetooth driver (don't use the setup.exe provided by the driver pack, simply install it using the "have disk" way and load the .inf file directly from the Vista driver directory).
5) Reboot into Mac OS X. Voilà

I'm not sure how to retain full Bluetooth for both OS' at the moment, but perhaps there could be a solution to this with the Apple Boot Camp driver.
There is always the EFI question... and whether or not the firmware upgrade for the Mac Bluetooth controller is compatible with a standard BIOS system.
Only thing I know for sure is that the Macbook Pro uses a CSR Bluetooth controller as well.

Pawel.

the Power Management package isnt available on irc or the website, no location to download it. Anybody a solution?

It is available on macdotnub's site. I also listed this in the guide.

http://www.macdotnub.info/downloads.php

ahh, i know what the problem was. if you go in projects and the choose "Download" in the description of the projekt, the link isnt working

if i try to get my laptop to sleep, he goes to sleep, but only for like 1 second and then everything is woking. any idea how to make it, that it stays sleeping?

Could this be because you have allowed USB devices to wake the system from sleep? check your BIOS options.

oh thanks, now its working

No problem

I am having significant issues with my 6400. I have had successful installs a number of times but have only reached a full boot once, and it froze shortly after keyboard selection. I am currently downloading a new JAS 10.4.8 with both PPF.

Can anyone recommend a good installer, this laptop will be strictly OS X (assuming everything goes according to plan)?

Also does anyone have an invite code for demonoid? Tracking down files and istall packages is a pain without it.

Thanks, I have literally read atleast 25 of this 38 page post. It's been extremely helpful, but I haven't got everything to click yet.

Yay I'm up and running. Now to figure out how to get everything working. I have a problem I haven't seen tackled yet. When I try to eject my cd/dvd tray nothing happens, then Finder locks up, I can't force quit and have to manually shut down. It appears to be an Optiarc DVD +- RW AD-5540A.

Also, I know the Sigmatel 9200 fix is easy ussing the AppleHDAPatcher but where do I get the codec dump?

Thank you and yes I am a noob so sorry!

As I've said in the guide, the best installer is Uphuck

I'm sure someone here will be able to provide you with a Demonoid invite, just be patient and ask nicely!

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Demonoid.com/register.php?with_invite=1 @ janosx




@ devilhood: i go crazy with the reinstallation of my system... i get allways black or bluescreen after trying the sleep process and the hdled is also on and dont blink. im tried also the nvidiaefi 1.0.1 and 1.0.2 doesnt matter.

can u simple tell me what u do after installing uphucks 1.4 r3? thx a lot

cyonix, thank you!!

I have been finding, that when I try to use the AppleHDAPatcher I get the "Your Computer needs to shut down" grey screen, and I have to power down. Is this an instability I need to fix, and how can I tell whats causing it?

Seriously this is an awesome guide/ thread!

That certainly sounds quite odd. Make sure you're using the latest kernel and cpu=1 is enabled. Make sure the patcher isn't corrupted and double check the codec file you're using.
If that still doesn't help, I can send you the kext files and all you'd need to do is copy it over and repair permissions
The JaS installer is quite problematic compared to Uphuck's... so when you get the chance, grab Uphuck.

Devilhood

I am using the Semthex 8.8.1 Kernel with 10.4.8. And at this point still have multi core disabled in the bios. I have 2 copies of the patcher, both 1.15 and 1.16. I would greatly appreciate the kext. I can manage it from there, assuming nothing terribly funky is required.

here you go


9200.txt

Ah, if you're still using 10.4.8 then my kext will not work properly because I have a patched version of the 10.4.9 kext only.

The Semthex kernel is pretty outdated now, you're better off updating to 10.4.9 and using the new ACPI compatible kernel from Netkas.