AnonymousOne Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 Anyone know if its possible, and if so how, to install Leopard on a Dell Inspiron 530s? Its stock, as it came, Core2Duo 2.66ghz E6750, NVidia 7300gs(I think), 2gb ram. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/100873-dell-inspiron-530s-leopard/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
blatz Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 Anyone know if its possible, and if so how, to install Leopard on a Dell Inspiron 530s? Its stock, as it came, Core2Duo 2.66ghz E6750, NVidia 7300gs(I think), 2gb ram. They say here..... 10.5.2 HCL Dell Inspiron 530s that the on-board video and ethernet don't work. I just bought off the dell outlet myself and I got a netgear gigabit card and Gefore 7300 from newegg on the way. Should all be here thursday. Yours must already have an extra video card? The new Leo4allV3 says that it supports the Intel on-board ethernet, but it is only 100M and I want gigabit. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/100873-dell-inspiron-530s-leopard/#findComment-720347 Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousOne Posted April 23, 2008 Author Share Posted April 23, 2008 Thanks for getting back to me. Mine came with the nVidia as stock but I bought it 5/6 months ago. The ethernet will be a pain, but Im installing now and typing this from my mums laptop so I'll keep updated. Just as I was finishing that post I got something like "things couldnt be installed on OS/Volumes" :S Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/100873-dell-inspiron-530s-leopard/#findComment-720420 Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousOne Posted April 23, 2008 Author Share Posted April 23, 2008 Ok, so its installed after around 4 to 6 tries lol. Now its the Welcome video, then its asking for the country and region etc. and then it gets to the "Do You Already Own A Mac" screen. So I've tryed every option but it just freezes and restarts at the Welcome video lol. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/100873-dell-inspiron-530s-leopard/#findComment-720441 Share on other sites More sharing options...
eugenemacmahon Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 They say here..... 10.5.2 HCL Dell Inspiron 530s that the on-board video and ethernet don't work. I just bought off the dell outlet myself and I got a netgear gigabit card and Gefore 7300 from newegg on the way. Should all be here thursday. Yours must already have an extra video card? The new Leo4allV3 says that it supports the Intel on-board ethernet, but it is only 100M and I want gigabit. When you say the onboard video doesnt work, do you mean at all or just no quartz. Mine arrives tommorrow but i do have a evga geforce 7650gt spare but it needs a more powerful power supply and space in the 530s could be an issue Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/100873-dell-inspiron-530s-leopard/#findComment-721437 Share on other sites More sharing options...
blatz Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 When you say the onboard video doesnt work, do you mean at all or just no quartz. Mine arrives tommorrow but i do have a evga geforce 7650gt spare but it needs a more powerful power supply and space in the 530s could be an issue I don't know myself. That is just what it said on the HCL. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/100873-dell-inspiron-530s-leopard/#findComment-721738 Share on other sites More sharing options...
eugenemacmahon Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 Ok, so its installed after around 4 to 6 tries lol.Now its the Welcome video, then its asking for the country and region etc. and then it gets to the "Do You Already Own A Mac" screen. So I've tryed every option but it just freezes and restarts at the Welcome video lol. Hey Anonymousone, Can I ask why it took you 4 to 6 times to install? Im getting my system today and will be wiping and installing osx straight away. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/100873-dell-inspiron-530s-leopard/#findComment-723545 Share on other sites More sharing options...
blatz Posted April 26, 2008 Share Posted April 26, 2008 Hey Anonymousone, Can I ask why it took you 4 to 6 times to install? Im getting my system today and will be wiping and installing osx straight away. Got mine today. I installed the netgear gigabit and the MSI Gefore 7300LE. I installed with Leo4AllV3... I had install twice because I was dumb... first install I just did it and didn't choose ANY options. You need.. Intel ICH chipset Nvidia drivers that match your video card ALC888 audio I used the 9.2.2 kernel, but I don't think this is needed. Everything else was default. P.S. My netgear is realtek based, but the on board ethernet is intel. Leo4allV3 does have the intel driver as an option, but I didn't use it. That is it. Mine also arrived today and I never even booted into the Vista setup {censored} it came with. Works like a charm and is stuper faster than my 1.42ghz(solder upgrade from 1.25ghz) G4 mini and quieter. Mine also said 320gb disk on the outlet store, but has a 500gb disk instead. BONUS! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/100873-dell-inspiron-530s-leopard/#findComment-724557 Share on other sites More sharing options...
eugenemacmahon Posted June 3, 2008 Share Posted June 3, 2008 Arrrggghhhh!! I installed leopard fine, but my MSI 7300 LE card wont work in my 530s. Im about to have a breakdown! The s-video works fine but neither the DVI or VGA work. Did yours work out of the box? Got mine today. I installed the netgear gigabit and the MSI Gefore 7300LE.I installed with Leo4AllV3... I had install twice because I was dumb... first install I just did it and didn't choose ANY options.You need..Intel ICH chipsetNvidia drivers that match your video cardALC888 audioI used the 9.2.2 kernel, but I don't think this is needed.Everything else was default.P.S. My netgear is realtek based, but the on board ethernet is intel. Leo4allV3 does have the intel driver as an option, but I didn't use it.That is it. Mine also arrived today and I never even booted into the Vista setup {censored} it came with. Works like a charm and is stuper faster than my 1.42ghz(solder upgrade from 1.25ghz) G4 mini and quieter.Mine also said 320gb disk on the outlet store, but has a 500gb disk instead. BONUS!Can you tell me did you have any probs with the video card? I installed the msi 7300 le and I dont think my PSU is good enough. What is your dell PSU model and power output? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/100873-dell-inspiron-530s-leopard/#findComment-769436 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nogaroblues4 Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 I got my 530s working on the third try, I am still trying to figure out how to install the kext to get my ethernet to work, I can't figure out my root password. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/100873-dell-inspiron-530s-leopard/#findComment-1057043 Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnaClocker Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Wow, you guys lucked out. I bought my 530s a little over a year ago, and the damn thing came with an AMD CPU. Totally worthless for running OSX on it. I ended up tossing an Atom motherboard into the machine, now it's the best hackintosh (compatibility wise) I've ever built. As for making the 7300LE work, I have that in my main hackintosh. It's very very compatible (mine is even MSI too), what you need to do is go back to vanilla video kexts, and just use EFIStrings.. (OSX86Tools has that card listed, simply select it from the list and it will update your boot plist accordingly) iATKOS 5i is the best distro you can use, it has EFI strings built into the installer, so you can be up and running on the first boot. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/100873-dell-inspiron-530s-leopard/#findComment-1057059 Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousOne Posted February 8, 2009 Author Share Posted February 8, 2009 9-10 months on and it's still going strong. Has served me well on many occasions and without I probably would have failed my last college unit. I've had no problems except ones I've caused myself such as deleting important files aha. Runs a legitimate copy of Logic perfectly etc. My firewire audio interface, midi keyboard etc. all run perfect. I can't say much more except I'm so grateful to the people that made it all possible and that helped (Aha I sound like I'm accepting an Oscar). I'm still running Kalyway 10.5.2 so I need to sort that out, if anyone knows how I would go about doing this, let me know. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/100873-dell-inspiron-530s-leopard/#findComment-1074147 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Latwithatt Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 I got my 530s working on the third try, I am still trying to figure out how to install the kext to get my Ethernet to work, I can't figure out my root password. I got mine working tonight with the kext @ the link below.... http://www.imconverter.com/intel82566mm/In...6MM.kext.tar.gz You can use OSX86 Tools to install the file.... After a reboot your Ethernet will work. Good Luck! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/100873-dell-inspiron-530s-leopard/#findComment-1212618 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikurej95 Posted August 11, 2009 Share Posted August 11, 2009 use iATKOS v7, works perfect, forgot what you had to check for the customize part, ill edit this post when i find the info. you will be stuck with a 1024x768 resolution for the intergrated Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/100873-dell-inspiron-530s-leopard/#findComment-1222516 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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