Pratician Posted November 2, 2008 Share Posted November 2, 2008 Hi, Since this is my first Guide, I will try To be the most helpfull for you. Just Tell me if I am not Clear or I say something wrong. I have got a Dell Latitude E6400 but since E6500 are pretty the same than E6400, it may work. I Hope this Will Help you. Kexts may Also Work for no Retail Version Like Kalyway or iDeneb, use KextHelper to install Them. Before to Begin: I will say to save your data with for example Ghost, since All will be erase for re-partionning. Pick up an USB Keyboard and Mouse which will be helpfull during the Installation. In the BIOS switch to "AHCI" and not "IRRT" in SATA Operation. Press F12 during POST for choosing to boot from CD or other media. To make Ghost working you might switch to "ATA" in SATA Operation, depending on wwhich version of Ghost you have. I - Install MAC OS X Retail with the Boot-132 CD Use a Boot-132 CD to be able to Launch the Install of MAC OS X from the DVD this one might be ok : http://www.mediafire.com/?m3eyyutptgf Install your MAC OS X Retail following this Guide by MACinized : http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=128274 Use these KEXTs for 10.5.5 : KEXTs_10-5-5_v01.zip II - Dual-Boot for Win XP (if you are using Vista it should also work with EasyBCD Not tested) Default Partition scheme (MBR) from Dell was: 1 - Primary - FAT (Hidden) - Dell Tools for Support 2 - Primary - NTFS - Windows XP Before too Install OS X From I Resize your partition (with for example: Acronis Partition Expert) where is installed Win XP or Vista to what you want, for Example 15 Go for XP. Change/Copy(for security) the line in boot.ini (Win XP) if you planned to change the order of the Partitions. If You have kept the first Partition from Dell so your boot.ini may contain thatmulti(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professionnel" [i]options[/i] If You planned to make the Win XP Partition the first Partition so Boot.ini line will be: multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professionnel" [i]options[/i] If you have changed the Boot.ini file, restart in order to try it, if you got problem just restart with the Win XP CD choose Repair and type bootcfg /repair. Save your Disk (with for exmaple: Ghost) Install MAC OS X, like in I, but don't use all the Space for Macintosh (ex: 25 Go)Macintosh (which contains OS X) and MacLoader (which contains BootLoader) are the 2 Partitions name coming from the MACinized Guide Note the Size in the Disk Utility of MacLoader and Macintosh Save Partitions MacLoader and Macintosh Restore the Disk with the Save made in Step 4. Create the 2 Partitions MacLoader and Macintosh (Primary), the same size or if not possible, Larger (Size noted in Step 6), if Size is Smaller you will not be able to restore Partition in Ghost. Restore the Partitions Boot with the Boot-132 CD to boot the Macintosh Partition, and make the MacLoader Partition active. diskutil list (take note of the "IDENTIFIERs") sudo fdisk –e /dev/rdiskX (where X is the appropriate disk identifier) f 2 (where 2 is the partition number of MacLoader) w y q Restart without the Boot-132 CD, you may be in OS X If you prefer to keep the BootLoader of Windows just use the chain0 Method What is Working and Not (on the E6400): Quadro NVS 160M 256 Mo: YES (Using NVDarwin and putting ID into the info.plist of the card) Bluetooth: NO Wifi (Intel 5100 a/g/n): NO Sound: YES LAN : YES KeyBoard: YES (Key "<>" near "w" is ok with MacGirl patch) KB BackLight and Screen Auto-Luminosity: YES TouchPad: NO TrackPad: YES BatteryIndicator: YES Sleep: Yes Shutdown/Restart: NO Other Stuff Not tested. KEXTs KEXTs for 10.5.5 : KEXTs_10-5-5_v01.zip Minimal (just LAN) KEXTs for 10.5.1 : KEXTs_10_5_1.zip The ApplePS2Controller.kext/Plugins/ApplePS2Keyboard.kext in the 10.5.5 version is patched for Keyboard with the "<>" near the "w", if you got problem with it just pick-up the one from the CD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rschultz101 Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 great start, more specs please,... can you post full specs,... what's touchpad no , trackpad difference ? what's the battery live, noise/fan speed step working ? how long a wait did you have, and what did you end up paying, curious Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pratician Posted November 8, 2008 Author Share Posted November 8, 2008 The Specs of my E6400 are: Processor: C2D P8400 2.26 Ghz FSB: 1066 Mhz HDD: 160 Go 7200 Free Fall Sensor RAM: 2 Go DDR2 800 Mhz Graphics: Nvidia Quadro NVS 160M 256 Mo Chipset: Intel PM45 , ICH9-M LAN: Intel 82567LM (10/100/1000 Mb/s) Wifi: Intel Wihi Link 5100 AGN Sound: IDT 92HD71B7 Bluetooth: Dell Bluetooth 370 Screen: 14" 1440x900 LED Battery: 6 Cells Weight: 2.3 Kg The Great things on this laptop is that you get Screen Auto-Light depending on the environement light like on the MBP. Moreover if you take the option you can get theBackLight Keyboard ( which I have), It's good when you work where there is not too much light. For me the Trackpad is the little stick on the Keyboard, on the E6400 like on usual Professionnal Laptop you have both the stick and the TouchPad. The TouchPad is an ALPS one, need to find the right Kext in order to make it function. The battery Life is about 3h20 at this moment on OS X, but on XP you can get up to 4h30~4h45 with wifi and the right parameters, with the 6 Cells. I think I get the Speed Step with the IntelEnhancedSpeedStep.kext, need some test and software for monitoring the Temperature. The Fan is quiet on normal working, but may become quite noisy if you make hard job. (And it seems to work under OS X) I used to have an Inspiron 1520 (with the 8600M GT, and the 9 Cells). The E6400 is 1 Kg Less, thinner, and have a Magnesium Alloy. For me the E6400 is much much better than the E6400. It's better at every point except in Graphics, the NVS 160M, is worst than the 8600M GT, but this graphics card is not for gaming but for 3D appliances. It's Not Really a big defect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rschultz101 Posted November 22, 2008 Share Posted November 22, 2008 not working,... main specs,... P8600 nvidia 160M display 1400x900 wifi dell 1397 bcm4315 bios updated to 06 from 03 ... I'll dig out more specifics,... settings: sata ahci cpu VM disabled, cpu disable bit enabled tried: - ideneb,,... does not boot - usb dvd, did not boot ?! - iatkos, guid 3 partitions, don't boot, waiting for root device,... - iatkos, sleep kernel, panics,.. - iatkos, v4i , standard kernel,... - old kalyway, disk clone, 10.5.4 boots, install nv* kexts, 160M resolution ok, no quartz,... 10.5.5 ps2 kext, no boot,... applehda, sound ok ethernet , ok,... dell 1397 light does not show,.. not working tried bcm kext enabler bluetooth light is on, wifi is not,... this install, is dead too,... currently have iatkos and ideneb,..... don't have a ori leo disk,... so can't do a boot123 yet, touchpad not working,.... that's a big thing,... tried the alps package, fscroll fix,... no go, trackpoint and trackpad in bios enabled,..... unless the touchpad can work,... is not going to be fun, being stuck with the trackpoint,... also, at install from start, it does not recognized the keyboard,... external keyboard needed for install I'll try the external USB dvd boot again,... iatkos,... at reboot, has an appleACHI alloc error, and gets stuck after firewire,.... one more,... did get usb xterrasys wifi to work, with their tiger drivers,... question, would those 10.5.5 kexts work with 10.5.4 ? anybody else had luck ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rschultz101 Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 dell E6500 running ,...update I got it running with boot123 10.5.4 with 10.5.5 update and kexts ... - shutdown don't work - sleep only hibernates - touchpad. Only works after sleep/wake. ...another minute - Ethernet , stops working after sleep/wake... - dell 1397 bcm4312. Working with broadcom enable script. Also need osx86tools. Lspci ... For boot installed chameleon At boot f8. FSB=800 Install. Superhai.com. Genericcpupowermanagment.next Run. The app give throttle. Should. Give. +4.25 hrs battery Lid close. Does not sleep laptop... - SD reader ricoh. Don't work expeesscard. SD reader works boot works from express as - FireWire. 400. Mounted disk but crashed. Need more testing - Currenty running. SSD 64gb. - USB boot did not work DVD - Disabled. Bluet , esata , wwlan - enabled VT. osx86tools lspci output : 00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Memory Controller Hub [8086:2a40] (rev 07) 00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset PCI Express Graphics Port [8086:2a41] (rev 07) 00:19.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation 82567LM Gigabit Network Connection [8086:10f5] (rev 03) 00:1a.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 [8086:2937] (rev 03) 00:1a.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 [8086:2938] (rev 03) 00:1a.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6 [8086:2939] (rev 03) 00:1a.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 [8086:293c] (rev 03) 00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller [8086:293e] (rev 03) 00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 1 [8086:2940] (rev 03) 00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 2 [8086:2942] (rev 03) 00:1c.2 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 3 [8086:2944] (rev 03) 00:1c.3 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 4 [8086:2946] (rev 03) 00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:2934] (rev 03) 00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:2935] (rev 03) 00:1d.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 [8086:2936] (rev 03) 00:1d.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 [8086:293a] (rev 03) 00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev 93) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation ICH9M-E LPC Interface Controller [8086:2917] (rev 03) 00:1f.2 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation ICH9M/M-E SATA AHCI Controller [8086:2929] (rev 03) 00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller [8086:2930] (rev 03) 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation Unknown device [10de:06eb] (rev a1) 03:01.0 CardBus bridge [0607]: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c476 II [1180:0476] (rev ba) 03:01.1 FireWire (IEEE 1394) [0c00]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller [1180:0832] (rev 04) 03:01.2 SD Host controller [0805]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter [1180:0822] (rev 21) 03:01.3 System peripheral [0880]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C843 MMC Host Controller [1180:0843] (rev 11) 0c:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g [14e4:4315] (rev 01) What is Working and Not (on the E6400): Quadro NVS 160M 256 Mo: YES quarz ok Bluetooth: NO 370 Wifi (dell 1397): YES Sound: YES at start , a crack LAN : YES at initial boot, after sleep NO KeyBoard: YES not recognized,... Screen Auto-Luminosity: YES screen adjust YES TouchPad: NO after sleep/wake ok, no adjustment in preferences Touchstick: YES BatteryIndicator: YES Sleep: NO hibernate YES Shutdown/Restart: NO Ricoh SD reader: NO expresscard SD reader YES 1394a firewire 400: YES , not fully tested, did crash,... DVD: boot YES burner not tested yet throttle: YES with GenericCPUPMControl FAN: stays of with throttle mostly, ~30C at 64F room sound controll buttons: YES Battery hours: 3:28 with throttle wifi, dim, looks like battery indicator is not accurate, did not run, real life, full down test. should be 4.5hrs disk: SSD 64GB , and 160GB VGA dual display: not tested e-port: not tested PC-card: not tested PCI express: SD reader tested ok, even boot display: 1400x900 , don't know how to check what model (if it's LED) E-Sata: not tested USB: YES keyboard, mouse, SD SDHC reader OK USB: dvd boot did not work,... headphone jack: YES microphone: not tested photobooth: YES ichat: not tested os: 10.5.5 bios: 06 xbench 121 , cpu test ~53 quarz 227 opengl 174 ,.... think CPU should be higher,... did kill throttle, think it was at 800mhz geekbench: 3189 (800mhz) need to rerun it,... misc: CPU ID, DSDT problem, ACPI states not supported,.... bios issues,... .... questions/answers ,.... please post,pm,...etc update: ... groups.google.com/group/linux.kernel/browse_thread/thread/810f5aa6758bd151 has more info about the touchpad issue where the PS2 packets get dropped,.... - for hibernate , sleep suspend / resume ... bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=373821 ---------- due ICH9 ,.... maxmem=3072 , need to do some testing,... runing under ahci right now,... 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Nom de Guerre Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 When running MacLoader with the KEXT files posted here -- I copied them in the the KEXT directory in the MacLoader directory -- I'm getting the following error; the OS was installed on mudpuddle): Diskutil[263:10b] _CFGetHostUUIDString: unable to determin UUID for host. Error 35 DiskManagementTool[265:10b] _CFGetHostUUIDString: unable to determin UUID for host. Error 35 Volume Name: mudpuddle Volume UUID: 8FC99C8C-EFC2-3095-9F5A-4AA2EAEB9F42 open[266:10b] _CFGetHostUUIDString: unable to determin UUID for host. Error 35 Get 'Volume UUID' displayed above and edit com.apple.Boot.plist accordingly I apologize in advanced if this is a lame question and I am a daft prick for asking it... I'm a "noob" what else is there to say. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pratician Posted December 7, 2008 Author Share Posted December 7, 2008 Hi, All you have to do is to modify the com.apple.Boot.plist located ./Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration in the Drive where you have installed the MacLoader. Just to be safe make a copy of the original file before modify it. Since you will need root access to it, use the terminal and type sudo nano and drag'n'drop the file to the terminal. You may get something like that : sudo nano /Volumes/MacLoader/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist You need to replace the UUID by your own : 8FC99C8C-EFC2-3095-9F5A-4AA2EAEB9F42 Like that: (I have modified the UUID with yours) <?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 boot-uuid=8FC99C8C-EFC2-3095-9F5A-4AA2EAEB9F42</string> <key>Timeout</key> <string>3</string> </dict> </plist> Then just make sure that The MacLoader partition is active and reboot. It may work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rschultz101 Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 e6500 update, iatkos v1.3 10.5.5 sleep/wake new install,... with iatkos v1.3 10.5.5 pc efi v9, 16gb mbr partition ( for faster backup) nv dual 0.2 160m works sleep works, wake works, even with HDA taruga patch gigabit is still problem,... especially after sleep, no dhcp, the touchpad, only works after sleep/wake, in ps2 mode, no scroll,... need a fix esata port works bluetooth 370 no working firewire 400 working oh, had to install from usb dvd,... sound volume controll works external vga not working,... need a fix, for touch pad, anybody got some alps drivers, also source code,.. looks like the driver does some checks and fails, e-port not tested, pci express firewire 800 not tested, express port esata not tested no fan controll, pcmcia not tested please pm me with info, thanks, Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nom de Guerre Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 Hi, Pratician thank you for your prompt response. I've changed the file as you indicated. Alas, I seem to have managed to bugger something else up. Upon reboot I receive the follow message: boot0: GPT boot0: HFS+ boot0: booting boot0: done And the system stops there. I have run the steps in step 14 several time everything I try end with the same result: diskutil list /dev/disk0 # TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER 0: GIUD_partition_scheme 74.5 Gi disk0 1: EFI 200.0Mi disk0s1 2: Apple_HFS boot 931.3 Mi disk0s2 3: Apple_HFS mudpuddle 25.7 Gi disk0s3 sudo fdisk -e /dev/disk0 fdisk: could not open MBR file /usr/standalone/i386/boot0: No such file or directory Enter 'help' for information f 2 w y q I have tried with both "disk0" and "rdisk0" both end with the same result... Thanks! Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nom de Guerre Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 Its confirmed! I'm a daft prick. Once the CD was actually removed from the drive, as per instructions, things work perfectly. Alas, most things do *not* appear to be working: Quadro NVS 160M 256 Mo: YES (I have not made any additional changes) Bluetooth: NO Wifi (Intel 5100 a/g/n): NO Sound: YES LAN : NO KeyBoard: NO KB BackLight and Screen Auto-Luminosity: YES TouchPad: NO TrackPad: No BatteryIndicator: YES Sleep: Yes Shutdown/Restart: NO [note: "sudo shutdown -r now" will reboot the system] rschultz101 would you be willing to post the steps that you took to get components working with this hardware? Thank you Pratician and rschultz101! Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pendekar Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 Another n00b in the house. Here's my story of 5 hours experience on installing os x. Im running a DELL E6400 with a similar hardware as rschultz101. Problem so far is : using Kalyway 5.2 - Perfect install. but after installing combo updates 10.5.3, it hangs at waiting for root devices. using iatkos 5i - same problem as kalyway. using ideneb 10.5.5 - mDNSResponder[31]: WARNING: sandbox_init errror Could not set Mach lookup policy for service com.apple.bsd.dirhelper err=1100 Could not set Mach lookup policy for service com.apple.distributed_notifications.2 err=1100 "another sets of the same error about ocspd, mDNSResponderHelper SecurityServer and SystemConfiguration.configd er as well. Well basically, I cant even boot into my OS X yet. maybe im not installing (customize) it correctly. If you can point me to the right directions, that would be very much appreciated. thank you!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rschultz101 Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 for pendekar,... for waiting for root device,... use the install dvd,... instead of enter to install from cdrom, hit F8, boot from hard disk, down load pc efi v9, or chameleon, run that, think you can also use osxtools, install efi/run fdisk, but that one has efi v8, still should work.... for first boot, use f8 -v -x cpus=1 one is setup, use utilities/diskutil repair permissions, might need external keyboard /mouse, reboot, power button hold down, after screen blank,... then install kexts, with osxtools, HDA, PS2, acpips2nub, no nvidia, from first post, and intel network, clear boot cache, repair permissions, restart... for wifi dell 1397 b/g worked for me, with broadcom enabler, replaced with 1510N , needed airport 2008 patch,... otherwise, use a ralink usb wifi let me know how you make out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pendekar Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 rschultz101...thanks for the great info. finally got my os x to boot. Just want to know more details on do you managed to get your wifi up..cant really get what you mean earlier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rschultz101 Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 wifi, dell 1397 works, dell 1510N works. what wifi do you have ? got it to work ? anything better than the 1510N ( only has 2 antennas) ? does your touchpad work ? does it work from first boot, or do you need to sleep/wake it ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pendekar Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 actually im using the 5100 built in wifi.? that cant work is it..? hehe. touchpad also cant work even after sleep/wake. dont know what went wrong..still need to do a little bit more digging on this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nom de Guerre Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 I too am running the 1510N and am not able to get the touchpad/trackpad to work even after letting the system go to sleep. But the display is now at the correct resolution and the sound is working. With Kalyway 10.5.2 I did have use of the KB and the touchpad, although, the touchpad was rather buggered up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pendekar Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 Hi Guys, its me..again.. full updates on what works and what's not Quadro NVS 160M 256 Mo: YES Bluetooth: NO Wifi (5100 a/g/n): NO Sound: YES LAN : YES KeyBoard: YES Screen Auto-Luminosity: YES screen adjust YES TouchPad: NO Touchstick: YES BatteryIndicator: NO Sleep: NO Shutdown/Restart: NO Ricoh SD reader: NO expresscard SD reader YES 1394a firewire 400: Havent tested yet DVD: YES throttle: YES FAN: Dont know how to know if this works or not sound controll buttons: YES Battery hours: Havent tested yet disk: 250GB with 2 partition (25GB and 225GB) 5400rpm VGA dual display: not tested e-port: not tested PC-card: not tested PCI express: SD reader havent test yet display: 1200x800 , don't know how to check what model (if it's LED) E-Sata: not tested USB: YES, portable hard drive, Buffalo MiniStation USB: not tested headphone jack: YES microphone: not tested photobooth: not tested ichat: not tested, MSN YM, Firefox and most apps works flawlessly though os: 10.5.5 bios: A09 question is : when the time setting up/installing the osx, the battery indicator shown in the taskbar, but when i intall the kext from Practician (AppleACPI Battery Manager) suddenly the icon dissaper. Tried removing the kext but still the battery is now showing. Need help. thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rschultz101 Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 robs E6500 update laptop: dell latitude E6500 os: - iAtkos v1.3 10.5.5 running - boot123, vanilla, also possible bios: A09 ram: 4GB disk: 64GB SSD graphics: quadro NVS 160M -resolution: 1400x900 -driver: nv dual 0.2 , QE/QC + quartz -VGA not working, need help with nvcap entries -DVI display port to DVI not tested Bluetooth: NO dell 370 NO USB bluetooth not working Wifi: YES 1397 b/g , 1510N , G/N needs airport 2008 update Sound: YES , HDA (first post) patch, works with sleep, has sound pop at startup Ethernet : YES with intel82xxx kext, works at startup, after sleep it breaks HDCP, needs sleepwatcher entry, ifconfig en2 up / down need to update library versions, kextstat ,...etc KeyBoard: YES , but not recognized at install, and layout not recognized, needs fix Screen Auto-Luminosity: YES screen adjust YES TouchPad: NO it's a dualpoint alps, works for me after sleep, but in ps2 mode only, with now scroll or any adjustments needs fix,.... need PS2 and alps kext source Touchstick: YES , works as PS2 BatteryIndicator: YES Sleep: YES currently sleep/wake working to memory, hibernate not tested Wake: YES Shutdown/Restart: NO , needs fix , even with openhalt, it's not shuting down Ricoh SD reader: NO , there is a workaround for regular SD up to 4GB, SDHC will not work 1394a firewire 400: YES works DVD: YES expresscard: - 7-1 reader SD reader YES no drivers needed, 16gb sdhc ok - esata dual port, with sil3132 driver, YES, connect, disconnect, mount, file transfere ok - firewire 800 , dual YES no drivers needed throttle: YES , generic FAN control: NO , whatever bios does sound control buttons: YES Battery hours: ~3:20 , sometimes 4:00+, other times 2:50 e-port: NO , not tested e-modular: NO , not tested E-SATA: YES, at initial boot only , no reconnect PC-card: NO , not tested USB: YES, headphone jack: YES microphone: YES, buildin ok, jack not tested photobooth: YES ichat: YES ----- keyboard, don't know where to look, needs fixing, ------ for touchpad dualpoint alps, think this might be a good start,... thought it's not working yet,... at least some source to start, http://forum.insanelymac.com/lofiversion/i...php/t47272.html ApplePS2Trackpad-9.sources.zip ..... also some note on linux synaptic patch, http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/9/7/133 if that could help,... nvidia , using the dual 0.2 but no vga out, don't have dvi cable yet,.... need help on how to edit test NVCAP entries ..... appreciate your help, thanks Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osxgus Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 i guess i am screwed. i got this laptop from the company i work for, for private use, but i have the intel graphics chip, and it doesn't look like it's separate from the system board.. any way of making the 4500 intel gfx work with osx with QE/CI? love gus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pratician Posted December 13, 2008 Author Share Posted December 13, 2008 Hi, After some testing for having the Dual Screen to Work, I made it work with the Krazubu tutorial about NVCAP. So with this NVCAP, the VGA output work, I didn't try the display port since I don't have converter to DVI or HDMI. Version with Number <04000000 00000100 0e000000 00000007 00000000> Version for Plist <key>NVCAP</key> <data>BAAAAAAAAQAOAAAAAAAABwAAAAA=</data> Replace the NVCAP entry in your injector. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rschultz101 Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 where do I add the entry for NVCAP ? had installed dual natit,.. don't have nvinject installed, which kext do I edit? so many kexts ,... need a little help / hint Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toswal1 Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 Is there a kext for the NIC? I am using the retail version on an E6400. The Network prefpane doesn't list ethernet as an option. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rschultz101 Posted December 27, 2008 Share Posted December 27, 2008 nvinject don't work ,... looks like it does not work with 10.5.5 need to use EFI string, don't know how put that in ? news: DVI out on docking station works, to undock, laptop needs to wake again, otherwise black screen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GameOver69 Posted December 27, 2008 Share Posted December 27, 2008 Here is working kext for VGA out on the e6500 using nvdarwin. enjoy!!! Now if we can only fix the other lingering problems like Bluetooth with Dell 370 module, and sleep/restart/shutdown!!! NVdarwin.kext.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GameOver69 Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 Also... anyone have the internal mic working??? i cant seem to record any sound. THanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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