nnguyen Posted October 31, 2008 Share Posted October 31, 2008 yea just got it lol thanks! now im wondering is there any fix for my sound to have a staticly buzzing noise and gets prety loud occasionally? even with volume turn all the way down it still makes the buzzingsound quite annoying. plus i cant even mute haha it just dim the sound lol. anyone else having this problem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
engzr016 Posted October 31, 2008 Share Posted October 31, 2008 I am trying to make a 4 gig USB thumbdrive into a boot drive to use Type 11's method. I follow all the instructions at http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.ph...Inspiron/mini_9 It shows that I should download a linked file, which I did. I the unzipped like it said, went into the win32 directory, and clicked on the .exe file to load. It would flash on my screen, and then disappear. I can't get to the command line to type in what I need to so I can make the thumbdrive bootable. I tried on both XP running in VM, and on my wife's Gateway (what a piece of {censored}), which has XP on it, and I get the same issue. Could someone tell me what I am doing wrong, and also, can I just copy the files from the iso to the flashdrive and boot that way to start the Leopard installation?? Thanks EDIT: I figured it out. I had to go through MS-DOS and change directory until I came to the win32 file, then I ran the exe, and it worked!! Old school Windows tricks still work, but then again, that's when Windows wasn't that bad like today! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnaClocker Posted October 31, 2008 Share Posted October 31, 2008 yea just got it lol thanks! now im wondering is there any fix for my sound to have a staticly buzzing noise and gets prety loud occasionally? even with volume turn all the way down it still makes the buzzingsound quite annoying. plus i cant even mute haha it just dim the sound lol. anyone else having this problem? Mute the microphone? Use the kext that disables line-in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nnguyen Posted October 31, 2008 Share Posted October 31, 2008 i though snoopy new ktext muted the mic playback or something already? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnaClocker Posted October 31, 2008 Share Posted October 31, 2008 If you select the correct one, yes. It comes with two, if you go with the first one it gives you, you get the problem you are having. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ѕӎѳѳ₮ңӌ Posted October 31, 2008 Share Posted October 31, 2008 i though snoopy new ktext muted the mic playback or something already? are you still running with it the way i set it up over screen share? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guerrouj Posted November 1, 2008 Share Posted November 1, 2008 slightly off topic... but I've been looking for a sleek case for my mini and ran across a Belkin neopreen case at Target. It's made for the eeepc but fits the Mini perfect. Only $7.99. Belkin Neoprene Sleeve 1 Belkin Neoprene Sleeve 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loonix Posted November 1, 2008 Share Posted November 1, 2008 ran across a Belkin neopreen case at Target Got a link? please and thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krumly Posted November 2, 2008 Share Posted November 2, 2008 I opted in to the Netflix beta to watch streaming movies on Mac via Silverlight. When I went to install Silverlight on my Dell Mini, it threw up the error that "Silverlight 2 may not be installed on PowerPC." Any idea why the installer thinks my Mini Hackintosh is a PowerPC? I'm running Retail Leopard 10.5.5 with the Type11 iso. Any help is appreciated. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ѕӎѳѳ₮ңӌ Posted November 2, 2008 Share Posted November 2, 2008 I opted in to the Netflix beta to watch streaming movies on Mac via Silverlight. When I went to install Silverlight on my Dell Mini, it threw up the error that "Silverlight 2 may not be installed on PowerPC." Any idea why the installer thinks my Mini Hackintosh is a PowerPC? I'm running Retail Leopard 10.5.5 with the Type11 iso. Any help is appreciated. Thanks! might be something to do with smbiosefi or smbios itself. try installing it with pacifist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krumly Posted November 2, 2008 Share Posted November 2, 2008 might be something to do with smbiosefi or smbios itself. try installing it with pacifist. Thanks for the tip. Pacifist did allow me to get past the PowerPC warning and install Silverlight, but it crashes both Safari and Firefox as soon as it starts to load. Anyway, not a deal-killer for me, just thought the Mini would've been perfect for streaming Netflix. Thanks again for the tip on Pacifist. UPDATE: There's a link here that allows install of Silverlight on OSX86 machines. Just tested it. Worked for me: http://www.jcxp.net/forums/index.php?showt...&pid=337455 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnaClocker Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 Silverlight installed without complaint on my Mini9. Haven't actually tried using it yet though, I don't have access to the Netflix beta. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loudog3114 Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 how is the battery life? I am deciding between doing this or just picking up a 12" pb g4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnaClocker Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 3 hours, doesn't matter what you are doing with the machine, probably due to the CPU being so low power. I've streamed video over my network and watched it a medium brightness for 3 hours straight. Same findings many other people have found for battery life. It'll go 50 hours in standby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A305 Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 Its my understanding that the sd slot works under linux and if we could get it ported to darwin we could make the sd slot work? If anyone can upload the linux driver or atleast give me the model of the sd slot (i cant be bothered reading the whole thread a third time) then i may be able to get someone to port the driver as i know a fair few programmers who would love the challenge I have attached my dmesg and lspci from the Ubuntu install. Its not much, but its a start dmesg.txt lspci.txt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mega Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 3 hours, doesn't matter what you are doing with the machine, probably due to the CPU being so low power. I've streamed video over my network and watched it a medium brightness for 3 hours straight. Same findings many other people have found for battery life. It'll go 50 hours in standby. try this program, it helped battery life on my Lenovo s10 (also an atom) http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?sho...view=getnewpost Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malcolmct Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 I just tried this and got 3.5 hours of streamed video. I can't say I fully understand its workings yet - I obviously need to do some reading instead of watching movies - but it does seem to be an avenue worth exploring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nnguyen Posted November 6, 2008 Share Posted November 6, 2008 anyone figure out the randomly static annoying and loud static sound coming from speaker? i tried muting and lowering mic volume and everything. sound still there and does not cease at all... x.x it really bugging everything in my class haha and yes i am using snoopy files.. plus the fact that audio will always be lose after resuming from sleep? =( ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pandaren Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 Question: May I ask if the external monitor output is working in order? Or if it is "working" some how, it is mirroring the screen or work as a 2nd desktop? Just want to know if it is working as expected. Thank you very much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnaClocker Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 anyone figure out the randomly static annoying and loud static sound coming from speaker? i tried muting and lowering mic volume and everything. sound still there and does not cease at all... x.x it really bugging everything in my class haha and yes i am using snoopy files.. plus the fact that audio will always be lose after resuming from sleep? =( ? snoopy? You mean Smoothy? If you use the first 2 files that come out of that archive you'll get the static you refer to. If you delete one of those two files (I don't recall which, he posted instructions, READ THEM), and then unzip the zip file inside of that archive, you'll have a new kext that disables the Line-In jack. That's where you are getting static. Install the new kexts, fix permissions, reboot with -f and no more static. Question: May I ask if the external monitor output is working in order? Or if it is "working" some how, it is mirroring the screen or work as a 2nd desktop? Just want to know if it is working as expected. Thank you very much. With the kexts in the Type11 method, video out works for mirroring, and extending the desktop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elucid Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 YESSSSSSSSSSSSS I'm receiving mine tomorrow, i just checked the website and its in delivery. I cant wait :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badweasel Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 After a month of waiting my Dell finally came in. I spent saturday installing it (Darkten's method) and shot a video to show how easy it is. I had never done it before and the video shows unsealing the box, plugging in an Xbox 360 HD DVD USB drive, and installing Leopard. I posted it on my blog this morning. The youtube video quality sucks so I also uploaded it HD to vimeo, but it's still processing.. Will be added in about 30 min. I also posted my notes about the install. The mistakes I made along the way and what is working and not for me. Check it out... permalink is: http://www.michaelsmith.tv/2008/11/10/dell...eopard-install/ oh and if you like it please digg it: http://digg.com/mods/Dell_Mini_9_unbox_and...nstall_on_video Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnaClocker Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 Way off topic.. But hey.. I added a hard drive light to my mini9.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badweasel Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 Cool man! I've been thinking about the possibility of a hardware hack to make the SD card reader work. Cannibalize a USB SD card reader and wire it so that the built in card reader attaches through that to usb instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnaClocker Posted November 11, 2008 Share Posted November 11, 2008 Cool man! I've been thinking about the possibility of a hardware hack to make the SD card reader work. Cannibalize a USB SD card reader and wire it so that the built in card reader attaches through that to usb instead. hehehe, you read my mind. Feel free to blaze that trail, I looked at the card slot while I was inside mine. It looked difficult. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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