Murrfk Posted May 11, 2009 Share Posted May 11, 2009 I spent three full days on this. I ran into nothing but trouble for several days. I kept getting the dreaded ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugIn error. I tried the -s -x Cpus=1, Cpus=2, in ATA and AHCI mode. My screen always looked like this: http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/333/p5060845kr3.jpg I tried Ideneb, Kalyway, Iatkos of various flavours. Could NOT get by that error. Finally I tried Iatkos 2.0i with my HD in ATA mode and it is now installing! Not sure it will make it all the way to the end, but definitely progress. Just wanted to post this for anyone else who is stumbling around looking for this solution. I searched for several days. Looks like this was what I needed. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/165803-dell-vostro-1400-celeron-540/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murrfk Posted May 12, 2009 Author Share Posted May 12, 2009 I could not get past the opening screen. Ended up with a black screen. I have X3100, so I am trying this: Removing the files listed on the first page of this post: http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=86600 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/165803-dell-vostro-1400-celeron-540/#findComment-1153337 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murrfk Posted May 12, 2009 Author Share Posted May 12, 2009 I got it working following those instructions! So now I am working on the dual boot with XP. I am trying the instructions by subedai here: http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/lofiversi...php/t28168.html Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/165803-dell-vostro-1400-celeron-540/#findComment-1153356 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murrfk Posted May 13, 2009 Author Share Posted May 13, 2009 I can NOT get my Dell 1395 Wireless Card working at all. I have tried editing the kext to add the 4315 and tried the .sh script for wireless cards....my card will not show up as a wireless device and no airport icon shows up. I am going to reinstall with NO options on Iatkos, and see if that helps. I had broadcom44xx as the only option previously, but this is a broadcom 43xx, so perhaps that is a problem. Anyone with any thoughts, I would appreciate them Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/165803-dell-vostro-1400-celeron-540/#findComment-1154366 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murrfk Posted May 13, 2009 Author Share Posted May 13, 2009 I managed to get the 1395 working by editing the info.plist and adding the 4315 line as set out here: http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=44114 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/165803-dell-vostro-1400-celeron-540/#findComment-1154445 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murrfk Posted May 14, 2009 Author Share Posted May 14, 2009 Now that I have this basically running, I want to try to upgrade to at least 10.5.4 Research says use the Kalyway Upgrade 10.5.3 first. I tried it, and lost my video, but I asked it to install kernel 9.3. Will have to try again without any options. I am seeing that I have to not enable any options when I run these programs (iatkos and kalyway) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/165803-dell-vostro-1400-celeron-540/#findComment-1155636 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murrfk Posted May 14, 2009 Author Share Posted May 14, 2009 I could NOT get Kalyway Upgrade to work. So I downloaded Iatkos 4.0i and tried it. I could get it to install, but kept getting a black screen. I worked on this for hours. However, I found that if I installed with the X3100 VGA selection picked (and the SATA I believe I did as well) and then deleted the AppleIntelGMA*, the AppleIntelIntegratedFramebuster.kext and the Natit.kext, then went back, and deleted the Extensions.mkext from the System folder, then diskutil repairPermissions /Volumes/OSXDrive/ It booted up and is working...finally....finishing installing 10.5.4 now. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/165803-dell-vostro-1400-celeron-540/#findComment-1156512 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murrfk Posted May 15, 2009 Author Share Posted May 15, 2009 Working well. I got hardware acceleration and quartz extreme working with my X3100 video following the process, again, at this thread: http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=86600 For noobs like me, the problem with the X3100 and the dell is the the dell appears to put the monitor into sleep mode right away, and that is why you get a blank screen. So that sleep display information is extremely important. I tried an upgrade to 10.5.7 and it did not work. Install gave me the grey reboot your computer screen after about 30%. I am pretty happy with 10.5.4, so I might stay here until things stabilize. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/165803-dell-vostro-1400-celeron-540/#findComment-1157309 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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