[Guide & Boot CD] D-Series Latitude/w NVIDIA or GMA950 and Intel Dual Core Retail Installs

[consolation]

Hi all,

 

I have successfully updated my D620 nv to 10.6.3.

All works just fine, except DVD Playback. It never worked for me with vlc.

I get reading errors. I thought its the DVD or the drive, do I swapped the disks as well as the drive.

 

Please see the signature for my hardware.

 

Can someone suggest what to try to get DVD Playback working?

 

THanks.

 

PS: Thanks Leppy700m for the great guide.

 

Use VLC

[pCs333]

hi guys, great guide leppy cheers.

 

i`ve got a d620 with intel graphics, and everything seems to be working on 10.6 except the sleep issue using the snow leopard kexts and dsdt.

 

is there any way to enable hibernate mode ? or does that not work either. I have noticed on boot it complains that a hibernation image is too old but that forcewake=y ignores the message. It would be nice to get some kind of sleep mode working.

 

another issue i am having is the trackpad scroll. How do i get 1 finger scroll to work? i have tried different kexts including the ps2 one from voodoo but none of them work or if they do the pointer is erratic and unusable.

 

are there any other better or extra tips to add to leppys experimental pack because i notice he hasn`t updated it for quite a while. Just wandering if this is as good as it gets on the d620.

 

cheers guys

[lemans]

HI,

 

I am using VLC. It does not work.

 

Any Ideas?

 

 

 

Use VLC

[ltoolio]

I've been away from this post for a while, so I've lost track a bit as to what is the current "best build" for the D620, especially in light of 10.6.3.

 

Can anyone suggest which post number has the most current DSDT/Kext Pack for it? I've gone back 10 pages or so and can't seem to find anything more updated than what I have (which might mean that there isn't anything new )

[chronosxx]

Does your D420 use a GMA950 chipset, and if so, does your SL have QE working?

 

If it does, could you post your config to get your graphics working correctly and the graphics kexts?

 

I upgraded my D420 to 10.6.3 but i noticed it's a little bit slower than 6.2?

 

yep it's on the first page.

[bajaman]

Great instructions and install worked flawlessly! I have a D620 now running 10.6.3 after updates.

 

Initial installation: Everything working accept Bluetooth

 

After upgrading: Graphics (intel 945) working but not optimal... lost transparency and really flakes out if I remote desktop to a windows server. No artifacts though!!!

 

I'm thinking I will go through the install again to pinpoint which upgrade degraded the graphics. I think it was 10.6.3 but I wasn't paying attention.

 

Any thoughts on Bluetooth? Is it possible?

 

Thanks!!!

 

***Updated*** It was the 10.6.3 update that screws up the graphics.

[lemans]

HI,

 

did someone get the fast IR working?

 

I really like to use the apple remote for front row... :-)

 

Any thoughts?

 

lemans

[maykmac]

i restored it back to 10.6.2 because preview is not working and VLC is not working either.

 

im trying SL on XPS 1640 now but have no luck Kalyway 10.5.2 seems to be the only one i can boot and install (i want SL tho)

 

 

 

Does your D420 use a GMA950 chipset, and if so, does your SL have QE working?

 

If it does, could you post your config to get your graphics working correctly and the graphics kexts?

[Zackouille]

Zack,

For restart to work make sure you have openhaltrestart, nullcpupowermanagement, voodooPower.kext in your e/e

Then rebuild your mkext.command then repair permission.

Restart will work it will delay for almost 15 to 30sec for it to kick in.

 

hi

thanks for the answer.

but, i don't have Voodoopower.kext. and it seems that Voodoopower is not supported with SL.

i have tried voodoopowermini, but, i cannot install it. (it say that voodopowermini is not supported)

so, finally, i don't have throtlling enabled, neither the ability to restart / shutdown.

i have tried CPU-I and no throttling apear.

with the command "sysctl -a | grep cpu" the min frequency is equal to the max.

and no CPU trotlle info...

 

if you have any idea...

kind regards

 

zackouille

[dustpuppy]

Folks, I've ran into some trouble here.

 

I have a D620 with intel graphics, running 10.6.3.

 

Yesterday I discovered that my ethernet (Broadcom 5752) stopped working.

 

It used to work with 10.6.2, and I thought it worked with 10.6.3, but I could be mistaking.

 

Network prefences says the cable isn't connected, wich is not the case.

 

Can anyone shed some light on this and point me in the right direction? I really need the nic.

[dustpuppy]

There is always a positive side to not getting any answers.....

 

Finding the solution on your own.

 

I've got it working now, I placed this kext in extra/extensions, rebuilt mkext, rebooted, voila! it works!

 

http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php...ost&id=1185

 

BTW, for any users working with vmware fusion and autocad electrical, download the new betaversion of vmware.

This solved the project-manager issues.

[loudog3114]

I am only getting display through the vga-out now after the 10.6.3 update and the d620 extensions kexts from page 51.

 

edit: I installed 10.6.3, rebooted, installed extensions, and rebooted again. on the first reboot qe/ci worked, but on the following reboots it does not.

 

gm950 card...

[loudog3114]

Can anyone provide and complete step by step on how to go from the snow leopard install on post #2 to a fully functioning install with 10.6.3? And I mean sleep with gma950, and two finger scrolling in addition to everything that is working after installing 10.6 with the d620.iso.

[LatinMcG]

i have working DSDT GMA 950 VANILLA KEXTS yes thats right no framebuffer change , in fact i ran the combo updater 10.5.8 to verify

im using the boot.plist in the 2nd post gma intel zip but its broken. missing the < next to a / like this </ beta on 10.5.8 and im running as macbookpro5,1 and it loads good!.

 

KP IF NOT USING CHAMELEON RC3 ? RC4 and all others above give KP.

 

DSDT is based on the original 2nd post i reworked it a lil bit comparing to M1530 minus the Nvidia

sleep and lcd work but on wake it froze showing screen. after waking logs show

============

com.apple.SecurityServer[21]: /SourceCache/SmartcardCCID/SmartcardCCID-35204/ccid/ccid/src/commands.c:814:CmdPowerOff Card absent or mute

============

means the smartcard did not wake up... its on usb on one of the hubs at ending of usb.

 

i got sleep to work with blinking green light with _GTP as they found on the m1330/M1530 thread credits to them

 

same memory address (1030)

 

i havent finish tweaking it yet but its a start.. im kinda noob at dsdt but not super..

p.s. the video begining Device (AGP) section 1011... make the top be the lcd aka pnlf then the crt.. but it looks nasty.. i think if i inject "APPL dual-link" 4 it might enable past 1280x800 on both extension screen ? have to test more. but i have to fix windows pcs for a living.. (bblater)

			Device (AGP)
		{
			Name (_ADR, 0x00010000)// DGTP Dual Link Injection needed or plist? it already has something for panel!
			Name (PIC1, Package (0x01)
			{
				Package (0x04)
				{
					0xFFFF, 
					Zero, 
					LNKA, 
					Zero
				}
			})
			Name (API1, Package (0x01)
			{
				Package (0x04)
				{
					0xFFFF, 
					Zero, 
					Zero, 
					0x10
				}
			})
			Method (_PRT, 0, NotSerialized)
			{
				Store (API1, Local0)
				If (LNot (GPIC))
				{
					Store (PIC1, Local0)
				}

				Return (Local0)
			}

			Device (VID)
			{
				Name (_ADR, Zero)
				Method (_DOS, 1, NotSerialized)
				{
					Store (Arg0, MIS4)
					SMI (0x9E, MIS4)
				}

				Method (_DOD, 0, NotSerialized)
				{
					Return (Package (0x02)
					{
						0x00010400, 
						0x00010100
					})
				}

				Device (CRT)
				{
					Method (_ADR, 0, NotSerialized)
					{
						Return (0x0100)
					}

					Method (_DCS, 0, NotSerialized)
					{
						Store (SMI (0x8E, 0x02), Local0)
						Return (Local0)
					}

					Method (_DGS, 0, NotSerialized)
					{
						Store (SMI (0x99, 0x02), Local0)
						Return (Local0)
					}

					Method (_DSS, 1, NotSerialized)
					{
						DSS (0x02, Arg0)
					}
				}

				Device (LCD)
				{
					Method (_ADR, 0, NotSerialized)
					{
						Return (0x0400)
					}

					Method (_DCS, 0, NotSerialized)
					{
						Store (SMI (0x8E, One), Local0)
						Return (Local0)
					}

					Method (_DGS, 0, NotSerialized)
					{
						Store (SMI (0x99, One), Local0)
						Return (Local0)
					}

					Method (_DSS, 1, NotSerialized)
					{
						DSS (One, Arg0)
					}
				}
			}
		}

		Device (VID)
		{
			Name (_ADR, 0x00020000)//OR inject here ? HERE? hmm
			Method (_DOS, 1, NotSerialized)
			{
				Store (Arg0, MIS4)
				SMI (0x9E, MIS4)
			}

			Method (_DOD, 0, NotSerialized)
			{
				Return (Package (0x02)
				{
					0x00010400, // Notice 400 is top now
					0x00010100
				})
			}

			Device (VGA)
			{
				Method (_ADR, 0, NotSerialized)
				{
					Return (0x0100)// this is 100 second place
				}

				Method (_DCS, 0, NotSerialized)
				{
					Store (SMI (0x8E, 0x02), Local0)
					Return (Local0)
				}

				Method (_DGS, 0, NotSerialized)
				{
					Store (SMI (0x99, 0x02), Local0)
					Return (Local0)
				}

				Method (_DSS, 1, NotSerialized)
				{
					DSS (0x02, Arg0)
				}
			}

			Device (LCD)
			{
				Method (_ADR, 0, NotSerialized)
				{
					Return (0x0400)// i got rid of the TV 200 and DVI aka dual link 300 good movie tho!
				}

				Method (_DCS, 0, NotSerialized)
				{
					Store (SMI (0x8E, One), Local0)
					Return (Local0)
				}

				Method (_DGS, 0, NotSerialized)
				{
					Store (SMI (0x99, One), Local0)
					Return (Local0)
				}

				Method (_DSS, 1, NotSerialized)
				{
					DSS (One, Arg0)
				}
			}
		}

		Device (VID2)
		{
			Name (_ADR, 0x00020001)
			Method (_DOS, 1, NotSerialized)
			{
			}

			Method (_DOD, 0, NotSerialized)
			{
				Return (Package (0x00) {})
			}
		}

This enabled CRT out and worked when i hot plugged it didnt test on boot yet. (no time her vga cable, i have dvi)

i did fn f8 cycle and it corrupted. so DONT DO F8 .

i installed only some select kexts from the cd pack and found others like audio for 10.5.8 : fakesmc, voodoohda version 2.61 by slice, voodotscsynch, AppleBCM5751Ethernet, voodops2, keyboard, controller (optional controller not needed?) in /Extra extensions.mkext with mkext maker tool in Extra on root folder not in EFI.. i was going nuts with EFI corrupting possibly due to TPM functions with efi?(research needed) or ide timing fix by the king needed in dsdt ? P.s. notice in 1530 dsdt there is ide1 and we dont have ide1 in D620.. i d630 dsdt yes ? so this tells me no ide timing fix needed cause function is combined in sata to port atapi on second prt aka port?.

 

anyways i got my 2 dimes in or cents.

 

(working on wake smartcard bug and all cpu scope for pstates working with template from m1530 and i copied over with my SSDT data. works. but get LPC init err.

(i believe c-states is a myth in core duo for this D620)

 

heres the somewhat working DSDT the wakeup is not working due to smart card not waking. hope someone can find the fix.. im a lil bussy and overworked on this one. more edits coming to it. this is to run with no lag

1:hpet irq11 added 2:removed irqs in MBA1 (notice how m1330 doesnt have Device (MB1). AND uneded TrustPlatform and Ftrust, ECP, com1.. audio shows as azalia but i can edit to hdef in 2 spots easily.(i use vodoohda so i can remove it totaly i bellieve as i removed it and it slept and woke. but same issue with smartcard freezing pc. i didnt see a mouse pointer also.. i might have to get latest ps2 voodoo fixed one)

p.s for snow use smbios.plist dsdt.aml out of this Leopard pack 10.5.8

Ill be back soon

( D620not my pc... friends. but i will be working on cpu scope to get rid of voodoopowermini also adding sbus i hope for a few days.. ive had it 4 days+ already)

D620GMAExtra1058.zip

[Hoss Dawg]

This is a great thread

Just wanted to let you know leppy that I tried out the 630 update on my 830 and didn't have much luck. Once the desktop loads, it goes to sleep instantly and when I turn it back on, it goes right back to sleep? Maybe its the update 10.6.3? I'll play around with it tomorrow.

 

Anyone here have a D830 with sleep?

[jaywest211]

10.6.0 Boot CD for Snow Leopard Retail Install here: D620SLV1.iso

 

EXPERIMENTAL: I am still working on these - no guarantee.

 

Here are my latest /Extra folders for my D620 NVidia, D620 with GMA 950 and D630 Intel.

 

DSDTs are working as follows:

 

D620 NV - full sleep, display sleep not working (corrupt video). Shutdown/restart working.

D620 Intel - Full sleep NOT working, display sleep works. Shutdown/restart working. Native kexts work for the first time - no artifacts.

D630 Nvidia - Full Sleep working with pointer/focus problems on resume. Restart works, shutdown does not.

 

Before replacing your extra folder, make sure you know the name of your Snow Leopard volume. You'll need it for backout if things go badly.

 

1. Backup your old extra folder if you have modified it.

2. Replace your /Extra folder with the contents of this zip file.

3. Move boot from the new /Extra folder to /

4. Run rebuild_mkext

5. Stick with 32 bit for now - 64 bit plists are not set up.

 

 

Warning: Running a DSDT intended for another machine will most certainly cause a kernel panic.

 

1. If this causes a panic, back out by booting the cd then the SL install DVD. Run terminal from the instalation utilities menu.

2. From the command line, enter this:

 

rm -R "/Volumes/whatever your Snow Leopard volume name is/Extra"

 

3. Reboot to your SL partition using the boot CD and either re-run post install or restore your /extra backup.

d620in_03022010_e.zipD620 GMA950

 

d620nv_03022010_e.zipD620 Nvidia

 

d630nv_03022010.zipD630 Nvidia

 

i tried this everything worked fine except my sound. i have no sound. i have a dell d630 2.20ghz wt. 4gb ddr2 667. i still cant figure out how to get the sound running. if you can help i would appreciate it. i did exactly has described above. also im running snow leopard 10.6.3

[bertybassett]

Has anyone has any success with snow leopard, a d420 and sleep? If so did you use patched DSDT?

 

When I tried it failed to sleep.

[lemans]

Hi jaywest211,

 

thanks for sharing thios.

 

I can not download the kext for D620 NV.

 

Please check the attachment.

 

Thanks

 

lemans

 

 

10.6.0 Boot CD for Snow Leopard Retail Install here: D620SLV1.iso

 

EXPERIMENTAL: I am still working on these - no guarantee.

 

Here are my latest /Extra folders for my D620 NVidia, D620 with GMA 950 and D630 Intel.

 

DSDTs are working as follows:

 

D620 NV - full sleep, display sleep not working (corrupt video). Shutdown/restart working.

D620 Intel - Full sleep NOT working, display sleep works. Shutdown/restart working. Native kexts work for the first time - no artifacts.

D630 Nvidia - Full Sleep working with pointer/focus problems on resume. Restart works, shutdown does not.

 

Before replacing your extra folder, make sure you know the name of your Snow Leopard volume. You'll need it for backout if things go badly.

 

1. Backup your old extra folder if you have modified it.

2. Replace your /Extra folder with the contents of this zip file.

3. Move boot from the new /Extra folder to /

4. Run rebuild_mkext

5. Stick with 32 bit for now - 64 bit plists are not set up.

 

 

Warning: Running a DSDT intended for another machine will most certainly cause a kernel panic.

 

1. If this causes a panic, back out by booting the cd then the SL install DVD. Run terminal from the instalation utilities menu.

2. From the command line, enter this:

 

rm -R "/Volumes/whatever your Snow Leopard volume name is/Extra"

 

3. Reboot to your SL partition using the boot CD and either re-run post install or restore your /extra backup.

d620in_03022010_e.zipD620 GMA950

 

d620nv_03022010_e.zipD620 Nvidia

 

d630nv_03022010.zipD630 Nvidia

 

 

i tried this everything worked fine except my sound. i have no sound. i have a dell d630 2.20ghz wt. 4gb ddr2 667. i still cant figure out how to get the sound running. if you can help i would appreciate it. i did exactly has described above. also im running snow leopard 10.6.3

[lemans]

Hi,

 

I tried downloading the pcmcia kexts in this treat, but can not access the files.

 

Can someone point me to the kexts that enable the pcmcia port?

 

Dell D620 nv T7200

 

Thanks

 

Lemans

[consolation]

I'll chuck them up on tepidshare or something tomorrow.

[lemans]

Hi Consolation,

 

That would be awesome.

 

Thanks

 

lemans

 

 

I'll chuck them up on tepidshare or something tomorrow.

[consolation]

Hi Consolation,

 

That would be awesome.

 

Thanks

 

lemans

 

Attached are the two I use, it will also give you full PCI info in system profiler. Of course, if the card you are trying to use has no OSX drivers, it won't work. Firewire, usb cards work well, my esata has to be plugged in at boot to work. WWAN only work if you have drivers from manufacturer - In my experience anyway.

PCMCIA.zip

[lemans]

Hi,

 

Thanks. I tried a few PCards that I have flying around.

 

i.e. Adaptec USB 2 Card ist working.

Thhat proofes that the PCMCIA is working.

 

I tried a Compact flash card (Memorex) that is not working as it does not mount the CF Card (Sandisk Ultra II).

 

Is there a way to get the CF Card reader working?

 

Lemans

 

Attached are the two I use, it will also give you full PCI info in system profiler. Of course, if the card you are trying to use has no OSX drivers, it won't work. Firewire, usb cards work well, my esata has to be plugged in at boot to work. WWAN only work if you have drivers from manufacturer - In my experience anyway.

[valkin]

Hi,

 

First of all, awesome post, you did one hell of a good job.. i'm using my D430 and it works extremely well.

 

However, i have noticed two issues.

 

1. After upgrade 10 10.6.3 the graphics is f*cked up, i think it changes to framebuffer mode, do you know howto fix that ?

 

2. Is there any way to get the build-in SD card reader to work ?

 

Also, how can we donate some money to you for your work here ?

 

Regards,

Leon

[valkin]

Anyone got the SD card reader to work ?

 

 

 

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