hekg Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 I'm running Kalyway 10.5.2 on my Dell Inspiron 8600 but Leopard shows it as a Mac Pro. Plugged into the power adapter the system works perfectly but when I unplug it and run on battery power it goes completely insane and becomes unstable and unusable. How can I fix this? Thank you Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/118111-leopard-thinks-my-laptop-is-a-mac-pro/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 Yes... like 90% of Leopard systems think they are mac pros due to a special SMBIOS.kext made by the devs... I believe there are also one that make it say MacBook out there too.. I dunno why you're having power management issues though, sorry. :/ Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/118111-leopard-thinks-my-laptop-is-a-mac-pro/#findComment-836657 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hekg Posted July 28, 2008 Author Share Posted July 28, 2008 Yes it's only when I go on battery power. The system takes forever to startup then it freezes and when I click on a dock item it bounces really fast and the application will open minutes later .. it's all very bizarre. But again, I go on AC power and everything works beautifully but unfortunately that means that I can't ever go mobile. If anybody can help me resolve this issue I would greatly appreciate it. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/118111-leopard-thinks-my-laptop-is-a-mac-pro/#findComment-836713 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superhai Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 If anybody can help me resolve this issue I would greatly appreciate it. Try to change profile on Energy Saver to Better Performance when on Battery. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/118111-leopard-thinks-my-laptop-is-a-mac-pro/#findComment-836990 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hekg Posted July 29, 2008 Author Share Posted July 29, 2008 I have no 'battery' setting at all in my energy settings. It thinks that my laptop is a desktop so there is no reference to battery power at all which is what's causing all the problems. I was actually running 10.5.1 and when I upgraded to 10.5.2 it goes to the black "hold down your power button to restart" screen unless I start it up plugged into the AC adapter. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/118111-leopard-thinks-my-laptop-is-a-mac-pro/#findComment-837754 Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisdarl Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 Mine didn't know about a Battery until I isntalled the PowerManagement.bundle for Leapord patch. Might be worth a try Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/118111-leopard-thinks-my-laptop-is-a-mac-pro/#findComment-837771 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hekg Posted August 4, 2008 Author Share Posted August 4, 2008 Thanks. I installed the powermanagment bundle and after rebooting got suck at the "press restart button screen". Then I restarted with -V and it worked. Go figure! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/118111-leopard-thinks-my-laptop-is-a-mac-pro/#findComment-844894 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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