cracko_PL Posted June 15, 2008 Share Posted June 15, 2008 Yes, It's truely a challenge. Force Kalyway and iAtkos to start on Dell D630 which in my opinion is a crappy laptop. But as I have no other one - will let you know where i got with this one: Let's start with configuration - this is what System Profiler says: Hardware: Machine Name: Macintosh Machine Model: Intel Processor Name: Intel Core2 Duo CPU T7100 Processor Speed: 1.8GHz Total Number of Cores: 2 L2 Cache (per processor): 2 MB Processor Features: FPU VME DE PSE TSC MSR PAE MCE CX8 APIC SEP MTRR PGE MCA CMOV PAT PSE36 CLFSH DS ACPI MMX FXSR SSE SSE2 SS HTT TM SSE3 MON DSCPL VMX EST TM2 SSSE3 CX16 TPR PDCM Memory: 2 GB Bus Speed 800 MHz ATA: ATA Bus -> CD-RW/DVD ROM DW224EV Audio: No Built-in Audio Bluetooth: No information found Diagnostics: No information found Disc Burning: No burning device was found. If you're using an external device please make sure it is connected and powered propely. Fibre Channel: This system does not contain any Fibre Channel devices. FireWire: Maximum speed: Up to 400Mb/sec Graphics/Displays: Type: Display Bus: Build-In VRAM (Total): 64 MB of shared system memory Vendor: Intel (0x8086) Device ID: 0x2a02 Revision ID: 0x000c Kernel Extension Info: No Kext Loaded Displays: Display Connector: Hardware RAID: No RAID Memory: DIMM_A - size: 1GB_ Type:DDR_ Speed 677 MHz_Status OK DIMM_B - size: 1GB_ Type:DDR_ Speed 677 MHz_Status OK PCI Cards: This computer does not appear to have any PCI cards installed. Paraller SCSI: No Paraller SCSI devices. Power(skipped) SAS(skipped) Serial-ATA: Intel ICH8-M AHCI WDC WD1600BEVS-22RTS0 (bought yesterday-brand new) USB: HUB->O2Micro CCID SC Reader Network: AirPort Ethernet Adaptor (en0) AirPort Card/Firewall/Modems/Volumes: No info found. Locations: Active Location: Yes .... Software: System Version: Mac OS X 10.5 (9A581) Kernel Version: Darwin 9.1.0 Boot Volume: iATKOS 2.0i Boot Mode: Booted from installation CD/DVD User Name: System Administrator (root) uff - a lot to rewrite from the screen:) Yes, It's truely a challenge. Force Kalyway and iAtkos to start on Dell D630 which in my opinion is a crappy laptop. But as I have no other one - will let you know where i got with this one: Let's start with Kalyway 10.5.2: When rebooted it goes through the normal text boot (few lines with info appears) and than it goes into more "graphic-based-text. This is where it freezes forever. The message that it dies on says "APIC problem" - and freezes totally - need to hold Power button for few secs to bring it down. When reached a "Select a Destination screen" clicked on Utilities and Deleted all existing partitions with Disk utility. Created set of one partition (tried 2,3 - multiple - no additional "progress effect" ) Clicked on "maczus" labelled hdd and clicked continue. on the Install Summary - clicked Customize Here is the choice tree: Name(Action)Size iATKOS V2.0i Main System(install by default)4.9 GB Darwin Bootloader(install by default)20.0 KB ____STOCK FILES section AppleACPIPlatform.kext(skip by default)1000 KB Kernel 9.2.0(skip by default)9.8 KB Kernel 9.2.2(skip by default)10.4 MB ____ADDITIONAL PATCHES section Darwin X86 for MBR (Non-EFI) (skip by default) 20.0KB Kernel 9.2.0 ToH (skip by default) 4.8 MB ___________nForce kernels sub-section Kernel 9.2.0 nForce Core EFI (skip by default) 4.8 MB Kernel 9.2.0 nForce Core Non-EFI (skip by default) 4.8 MB Kernel 9.2.0 nForce SSE Non-Efi (skip by default) 4.8MB ___________SMBIOS drivers AppleSMBIOS netkas(skip by default) 104KB AppleSMBIOS-27 4rd release iMac (skip by default) 80KB AppleSMBIOS-27 4rd release MacBook (skip by default) 80KB _____ Remove Thermal kexts (skip by default) 16KB Disk Image Mounter patch (skip by default) 220KB ____DRIVERS section ______VGA ________nVIDIA nVidia and OpenGL drivers (skip by default) 56.9 MB __________NVinject 128MB(skip by default)64.0KB 256MB(skip by default)64.0KB 320MB(skip by default)64.0KB 512MB(skip by default)64.0KB 640MB(skip by default)64.0KB 768MB(skip by default)64.0KB _______ATI ATInject for X1600(skip by default) 140KB ATI X1950 XT (skip by default) 15.8MB ATI HD 2xxx 3xxx (skip by default) 140KB _______Intel GMA 950(skip by default) 268KB GMA X3100(skip by default) 76KB _______AGPGart AGPGart 2.1(skip by default)1.7MB AGPGart 2.2(skip by default)1.1MB AGPGart 2.4.9(skip by default)1.3MB ______System Intel SATA ________nVIDIA 32KB nForce SATA(skip by default) 724KB Intel Speedstep(skip by default) 280KB ext2fs(skip by default) 4.0MB NTFS-3G(skip by default) 7.1MB ______Network Marvell Yukon 88E8001(skip by default) 108KB Realtek 8139(skip by default) 1MB Intel Pro/100VE (skip by default) 1.3 MB VIA Rhine (skip by default) 100KB Broadcom 440x(skip by default)168KB Atheros 5005eg(skip by default)2.5MB uff - a lot to rewrite from the screen again.. If I install it with default selection system boots up at complete install and apple logo appears on the grey background. Then after a while the progres status (rotating pin-logo) stops. Mouse arrow or colorfull baloon appears from time to time but this is the end of story. So I had to choose more: From the above I have installed (in iATKOS as Kalyway freezes at DVD boot): GMA 950(skip by default) 268KB . The installation is sucessfull - system reboots with gray background - a nice blue background appears for 1 or 2 sec and black screen. The system seems to be working fine in background but.....nothing happens. -v option goes till the end and brings up the blue background (same as above) and black screen again. I've been using the Install guide for Dell D630 - available here -> http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?sho...600&hl=d630 but it seems that this solution is not for the latest version of releases. Will update you as soon as I get more. Now downloading Kalyway 10.5.1 and JAS to try with. .... Any help - really welcome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cracko_PL Posted June 15, 2008 Author Share Posted June 15, 2008 Yesss... got the fan spinning.. After installed with the above ... same situation with blue background - but I got some thoughts and connected the external LCD. after boot prompt from hard drive clicked Fn+F8 - switches between LCD few lcd blinks and you can unplug the external LCD as the laptop is working fine now! the problem is that whenever you start iAtkos - you need to have (for boot period) external LCD connected. working on it now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_lumbergh Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 Hey are you still using 10.5.2? I have been trying to install 10.5.6 and have been pulling my hair out trying to get it loaded onto my 630 . I have a 620 for work & it works fine on that one. I had no idea it would be such a pain in the butt to get the 630 up an running. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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