pabster Posted March 18, 2006 Share Posted March 18, 2006 Seems to run smooth as butter, after I figured out that the disk utility in 10.4.4 doesn't do its job right (required specification of the root device as a boot argument).. The only issues so far... ATI X300 works fairly well, occasional 'block' but nothing terribly bad and this only happens on occasion. Audio appears to work (although it says no built-in audio detected?) Network is NOT working, a major bummer ... The strange thing is, when I first ran the fresh install, it must have found my Dlink wireless PCI card (A G520 plus IIRC) because it asked me which wireless network to connect to and the SSID of my router showed up. However I wasn't able to connect to it (AirPort errors or some nonsense like that). I didn't expect the built-in Broadcom 57xx Gigabit to work, although I've heard some have it running? From what I can dig up these Dlink use Atheros chipsets. Any remedy to get the network up? Other than that, everything is perfect. Tiger runs like a champ! Help/Suggestions gladly appreciated. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/12394-1044-native-working-on-dell-dimension-8400/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdxxx Posted March 18, 2006 Share Posted March 18, 2006 Suggestion: Use the Search function on the forum. Plan on spending a day or two figuring it out. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/12394-1044-native-working-on-dell-dimension-8400/#findComment-78466 Share on other sites More sharing options...
pabster Posted March 19, 2006 Author Share Posted March 19, 2006 Suggestion: Use the Search function on the forum. Plan on spending a day or two figuring it out. Well thanks, I did plenty of searching. Haven't found a way to fix this. I've got the video shored up. Working great. But the network... it worked on the first boot and hasn't worked since. No idea what the deal is. On that first boot it sees the D-Link 520 as "Built In Ethernet" and the network connects and is fine. After that, it does not work anymore. ??? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/12394-1044-native-working-on-dell-dimension-8400/#findComment-78477 Share on other sites More sharing options...
pabster Posted March 19, 2006 Author Share Posted March 19, 2006 w00t! Got the Network up with the en0->en1 switch! Video tearing on X300SE nearly eliminated (99%) with Mousepose! Even AC97 sound is working, albeit with no input. I can live with that Looks like Winbloze is retiring! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/12394-1044-native-working-on-dell-dimension-8400/#findComment-78561 Share on other sites More sharing options...
djbenny Posted May 4, 2006 Share Posted May 4, 2006 i got a dimension 8400 how easy is it to set up i have got mac osx 10.4.1 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/12394-1044-native-working-on-dell-dimension-8400/#findComment-107563 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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