Allcoast Posted August 28, 2008 Share Posted August 28, 2008 Can anyone give me help on installing a version of OSx86 on this laptop? I have tried several OSx86 projects, but after trying to install, it hangs at a bluescreen, like a light blue screen. Can anyone give me any ideas? It is a Pentium M with an Intel 915 graphics card. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/123161-help-on-installing-osx86-on-a-dell-inspiron-2200/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gujal Posted August 28, 2008 Share Posted August 28, 2008 Hanging at light blue screen is good. Basically it is treating your laptop screen as secondary monitor. Connect an External monitor, finish the install and you can enable your laptop screen later with natit Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/123161-help-on-installing-osx86-on-a-dell-inspiron-2200/#findComment-871137 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allcoast Posted August 28, 2008 Author Share Posted August 28, 2008 When I do it that way, i can get to the mac install screen, however, the install info is way out of range of a 19" Widescreen LCD and you can only see a quarter of the actual screen, no way an install can be done like that. Any suggestions? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/123161-help-on-installing-osx86-on-a-dell-inspiron-2200/#findComment-871154 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gujal Posted August 28, 2008 Share Posted August 28, 2008 That is odd, was the 19" LCD connected to the laptop before the laptop was turned on? I managed to install on my Dell Latitude D620 (GMA950) by connecting an external monitor (17" CRT) and Kalyway 10.5.1 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/123161-help-on-installing-osx86-on-a-dell-inspiron-2200/#findComment-871172 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allcoast Posted August 28, 2008 Author Share Posted August 28, 2008 Yes, I am using JaS version. Kal would not work for me. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/123161-help-on-installing-osx86-on-a-dell-inspiron-2200/#findComment-871177 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gujal Posted August 28, 2008 Share Posted August 28, 2008 JaS 10.5.4 has issues with GMA950. Read this thread. If Kalyway does not work, try Leo4all v3 which also worked fine on my Latitude D620 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/123161-help-on-installing-osx86-on-a-dell-inspiron-2200/#findComment-871186 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allcoast Posted August 28, 2008 Author Share Posted August 28, 2008 Actually it is a Intel GMA 915, not 950. Sorry. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/123161-help-on-installing-osx86-on-a-dell-inspiron-2200/#findComment-871198 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gujal Posted August 28, 2008 Share Posted August 28, 2008 There is no 915 Graphics, it is the chipset Insipiron 2200 shipped with Intel GMA 900 Integrated Graphics Read the thread that I linked above. It is for both Intel GMA900 and GMA950 on Jas 10.5.4 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/123161-help-on-installing-osx86-on-a-dell-inspiron-2200/#findComment-871202 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allcoast Posted August 28, 2008 Author Share Posted August 28, 2008 It just says Mobile Intel 915GM/910GML Express Chipset Family Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/123161-help-on-installing-osx86-on-a-dell-inspiron-2200/#findComment-871204 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allcoast Posted August 31, 2008 Author Share Posted August 31, 2008 so i installed leo4all, but after install, it comes to the broadcom wireless and hangs there. Any suggestions? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/123161-help-on-installing-osx86-on-a-dell-inspiron-2200/#findComment-874381 Share on other sites More sharing options...
leonthelion Posted May 31, 2009 Share Posted May 31, 2009 SUCCESS! Hi, I've just installed iDeneb 1.4 (OS X 10.5.6) onto a Japanese Dell Inspiron 2200. Celeron M 1.3 1.25GB RAM 160GB HDD Intel Pro 10/100 VE LAN 14-ish LCD Nice sounding speakers (AC97 soundcard) USB2 The reason I'm listing the specs here is that this laptop sells used for under $100 here (without the upgraded RAM and HDD but who cares...). It got a 66 in a quick Xbench benchmark, which I recall is about as fast as a Thinkpad X60/T60. The install was quite a pain in the ass as there is very little info out there for a Leopard install walkthrough. Here is what I ended up with; Distribution: iDeneb 1.4 Partition table: MBR Kernel: Voodoo Network: Intel Pro 10/100 VE Audio: AC97 Chipset: ICHx Video: GMA900 Fixes (maybe optional): Seatbelt, IOPCICard That installs fine, but then for the Ethernet, I needed to patch it with my devices ID as in this post: http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php...amp;mode=linear My Vendor/Device string became 0x10688086 and the extension file to change wasn't in the same location as in that thread, it was simply under System/Library/Extensions/ I used KextHelper after modifying it to reinstall it. I lost Ethernet again after a reinstall/some updates, so I just dropped it into Kexthelper again and now it seems to be stable. I used osx86tools to enable Quartz GL. Core Image stuff seems to be working fine. Sleep works. Audio switches between speakers/headphones when inserted. Graphics is on 1024x768 at the moment, I think it has a higher native resolution which should work when overridden as a boot option, but the 1024x768 is quite nice on this screen and doesn't look blurry or warped at all, so am just using it like that. I haven't looked at any of the Wifi stuff, not sure if this one has a wifi card or not (is actually a friend's laptop and haven't looked inside it yet). Nothing needed to be changed in the Dell crappy BIOS. Just set everything back to defaults and change only the Boot sequence as you like. No VGA dongle tricks needed, either! I've installed OSX on more powerful hardware, but I am really enthused about this install as it offers a sub-$100 Leopard notebook with decent performance! Any questions, please ask away. PM me if I don't respond in a hurry Cheers, Leon Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/123161-help-on-installing-osx86-on-a-dell-inspiron-2200/#findComment-1166665 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allcoast Posted April 24, 2010 Author Share Posted April 24, 2010 I thought the VooDoo Kernel is for SSE2 / or AMD. Also, did you ever figure out the wifi? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/123161-help-on-installing-osx86-on-a-dell-inspiron-2200/#findComment-1454813 Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Quintin Posted April 26, 2010 Share Posted April 26, 2010 Did you try iwidarwin? I thought the VooDoo Kernel is for SSE2 / or AMD. Also, did you ever figure out the wifi? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/123161-help-on-installing-osx86-on-a-dell-inspiron-2200/#findComment-1455808 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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