Carl's Dell Dimension 8400 iDenbe 10.5.5 Install - BCM5771 INTEL AC97

[carlnunes]

Dell Dimension 8400 P4

- 3.2ghz 4gb@533mhz

- IDE - WD 200gb 7200rpm with IDE Sony DVD RW DW-Q30A

- SATA - Apple 7200rpm 250GB (time machine drive)

- SATA - WD Raptor 10000rpm 36gb (scratch disk)

- I couldn't install the OS to any of my SATA drives, *Let me know if you can help with this issue; maybe a driver is needed?

iDenbe 10.5.5

- Patches/addins

- Chipset: ICHINTELxfixed and VIA-SB *I don't know if the VIA-SB is needed.

- Network: BC5751

- Kernel: StageXNU

- Various Apps

Post Install Patching

- AppleBCM5751Ethernet.kext edit: moved <string>pci14e4,1677</string> to bottom of array, only front channel when plugged into green output

- 14e4:1677 Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5751 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express

* Currently: I use static IP and DNS and don't have to enter MAC address at every use otherwise you MUST manually enter MAC address of your card in terminal at every use: "sudo ifconfig en0 ether 00:11:11:xx:xx:xx"

- AppleAC97Audio.kext

- 8086:266e Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) AC'97 Audio Controller

 

*I have attached an archive of my two edited kext files and a "terminal commands to install kext" file.

 

This machine with iDenbe's 10.5.5 has scary fast boot times! Well I guess it is a modded install package.

carlsdell8400kext.zip

[p-a-g]

sound works.

thank you so much!