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Just curious if anyone has tried or successfully gotten OS X running on this model? Couldnt find anything on any hardware remotely close to it so I would assume not. Could use some help and/or suggestions on getting it to run.

 

Basic System Specs and info:

 

 

 

 

Computer Model

Dell XPS720

 

BIOS Vendor

Dell Inc.

 

BIOS Version

A06

 

BIOS Date

04-01-08

 

Window Version

Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Ultimate

 

Processor

 

 

 

Manufacture

Intel® Core2 CPU 6600 @ 2.40GHz

 

Clock Speed

2.4GHz

 

L2 Cahce Size

4096

 

Memory

 

 

 

Available Memory

58.16%

 

Page File Size

3269.0MB

 

Available Page File

100.50%

 

Virtual Memory

6337.0MB

 

Available Virtual Memory

78.47%

 

Memory Slot1 [DIMM_A]

0MB

 

Memory Slot2 [DIMM_B]

0MB

 

Network Card

 

 

 

Adaptor

NETGEAR WNA3100 N300 Wireless USB Adapter

 

Storage

 

 

 

 

Drive

Type

Driver Size

Total Available Space

Used Space

 

C:

NTFS

138.96Gb

73.34Gb

65.62Gb

 

D:

NTFS

10.00Gb

6.60Gb

3.40Gb

 

H:

NTFS

698.61Gb

577.88Gb

120.72Gb

 

Hardware

 

 

 

 

Type

Description

 

DVD/CD-ROM Drives

CD-ROM Drive

CD-ROM Drive

 

Disk Drives

ST316081 2AS SCSI Disk Device 138.96Gb

WD My Passport 071A USB Device 10.00Gb

 

Display Adapters

NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX 768MB

 

IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers

Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller

IDE Channel

IDE Channel

 

Keyboards

USB Human Interface Device

 

Mice and Other Pointing Devices

USB Human Interface Device

 

Monitors

LG L1960TR(Digital)

 

Sound Devices

SigmaTel High Definition Audio CODEC

 

USB Controllers

Standard OpenHCD USB Host Controller

 

Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Controller

 

-----------------------------------------------------------------

--------[ Summary ]-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

Computer:

Computer Type ACPI x86-based PC

Operating System Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate

OS Service Pack [ TRIAL VERSION ]

Internet Explorer 9.0.8112.16421 (IE 9.0)

DirectX DirectX 11.0

Computer Name JEREMY-PC

User Name Jeremy

Logon Domain [ TRIAL VERSION ]

Date / Time 2012-02-13 / 22:32

 

Motherboard:

CPU Type DualCore Intel Core 2 Duo E6600, 2400 MHz (9 x 267)

Motherboard Name Dell XPS 720 (3 PCI, 1 PCI-E x1, 3 PCI-E x16, 4 DDR2 DIMM, Audio, Gigabit LAN, IEEE-1394)

Motherboard Chipset nVIDIA nForce 680i SLI

System Memory [ TRIAL VERSION ]

DIMM1: Samsung M3 78T2953EZ3-CE6 1 GB DDR2-667 DDR2 SDRAM (5-5-5-15 @ 333 MHz) (4-4-4-12 @ 266 MHz) (3-3-3-9 @ 200 MHz)

DIMM2: Samsung M3 78T2953EZ3-CE6 [ TRIAL VERSION ]

DIMM3: Samsung M3 78T2953EZ3-CE6 [ TRIAL VERSION ]

DIMM4: Samsung M3 78T2953EZ3-CE6 [ TRIAL VERSION ]

BIOS Type Phoenix (04/01/08)

 

Display:

Video Adapter NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX (768 MB)

Video Adapter NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX (768 MB)

3D Accelerator nVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX

Monitor LG L1960TR (Digital) [19" LCD] (1702372861)

 

Multimedia:

Audio Adapter SigmaTel STAC9227X @ nVIDIA nForce 680i SLI (MCP55PXE) - High Definition Audio Controller

 

Storage:

IDE Controller Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller

Storage Controller Microsoft iSCSI Initiator

Storage Controller NVIDIA nForce Serial ATA Controller

Storage Controller NVIDIA nForce Serial ATA Controller

Storage Controller NVIDIA nForce Serial ATA Controller

Disk Drive ST316081 2AS SCSI Disk Device (160 GB, 7200 RPM, SATA-II)

Disk Drive WD My Passport 071A USB Device (698 GB, USB)

Optical Drive PHILIPS DVD+-RW DVD8881 SCSI CdRom Device

Optical Drive WD Virtual CD 071A USB Device

SMART Hard Disks Status OK

 

----------------------

 

Motherboard apparently has no manufacturer name other then Dell. Tried iAtkos, iDeneb, Kalyway and SnowOSX for installs , either get Kernel panics with some message about no driver for ACPI or something similar when using Chamelion or [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url], If i attemtpt to boot from the dvd disk then i get wating for root device.

 

Researched it and for the life of me cant figure out whats up. Probably missed it somewhere between the blackhole of forums ive been in the last couple days. Any ideas or help is appreciated and for now I will assume it just wont work period. ;)

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Just curious if anyone has tried or successfully gotten OS X running on this model? Couldnt find anything on any hardware remotely close to it so I would assume not. Could use some help and/or suggestions on getting it to run.

 

Basic System Specs and info:

 

 

 

 

Computer Model

Dell XPS720

 

BIOS Vendor

Dell Inc.

 

BIOS Version

A06

 

BIOS Date

04-01-08

 

Window Version

Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Ultimate

 

Processor

 

 

 

Manufacture

Intel® Core™2 CPU 6600 @ 2.40GHz

 

Clock Speed

2.4GHz

 

L2 Cahce Size

4096

 

Memory

 

 

 

Available Memory

58.16%

 

Page File Size

3269.0MB

 

Available Page File

100.50%

 

Virtual Memory

6337.0MB

 

Available Virtual Memory

78.47%

 

Memory Slot1 [DIMM_A]

0MB

 

Memory Slot2 [DIMM_B]

0MB

 

Network Card

 

 

 

Adaptor

NETGEAR WNA3100 N300 Wireless USB Adapter

 

Storage

 

 

 

 

Drive

Type

Driver Size

Total Available Space

Used Space

 

C:

NTFS

138.96Gb

73.34Gb

65.62Gb

 

D:

NTFS

10.00Gb

6.60Gb

3.40Gb

 

H:

NTFS

698.61Gb

577.88Gb

120.72Gb

 

Hardware

 

 

 

 

Type

Description

 

DVD/CD-ROM Drives

CD-ROM Drive

CD-ROM Drive

 

Disk Drives

ST316081 2AS SCSI Disk Device 138.96Gb

WD My Passport 071A USB Device 10.00Gb

 

Display Adapters

NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX 768MB

 

IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers

Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller

IDE Channel

IDE Channel

 

Keyboards

USB Human Interface Device

 

Mice and Other Pointing Devices

USB Human Interface Device

 

Monitors

LG L1960TR(Digital)

 

Sound Devices

SigmaTel High Definition Audio CODEC

 

USB Controllers

Standard OpenHCD USB Host Controller

 

Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Controller

 

-----------------------------------------------------------------

--------[ Summary ]-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

Computer:

Computer Type ACPI x86-based PC

Operating System Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate

OS Service Pack [ TRIAL VERSION ]

Internet Explorer 9.0.8112.16421 (IE 9.0)

DirectX DirectX 11.0

Computer Name JEREMY-PC

User Name Jeremy

Logon Domain [ TRIAL VERSION ]

Date / Time 2012-02-13 / 22:32

 

Motherboard:

CPU Type DualCore Intel Core 2 Duo E6600, 2400 MHz (9 x 267)

Motherboard Name Dell XPS 720 (3 PCI, 1 PCI-E x1, 3 PCI-E x16, 4 DDR2 DIMM, Audio, Gigabit LAN, IEEE-1394)

Motherboard Chipset nVIDIA nForce 680i SLI

System Memory [ TRIAL VERSION ]

DIMM1: Samsung M3 78T2953EZ3-CE6 1 GB DDR2-667 DDR2 SDRAM (5-5-5-15 @ 333 MHz) (4-4-4-12 @ 266 MHz) (3-3-3-9 @ 200 MHz)

DIMM2: Samsung M3 78T2953EZ3-CE6 [ TRIAL VERSION ]

DIMM3: Samsung M3 78T2953EZ3-CE6 [ TRIAL VERSION ]

DIMM4: Samsung M3 78T2953EZ3-CE6 [ TRIAL VERSION ]

BIOS Type Phoenix (04/01/08)

 

Display:

Video Adapter NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX (768 MB)

Video Adapter NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX (768 MB)

3D Accelerator nVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX

Monitor LG L1960TR (Digital) [19" LCD] (1702372861)

 

Multimedia:

Audio Adapter SigmaTel STAC9227X @ nVIDIA nForce 680i SLI (MCP55PXE) - High Definition Audio Controller

 

Storage:

IDE Controller Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller

Storage Controller Microsoft iSCSI Initiator

Storage Controller NVIDIA nForce Serial ATA Controller

Storage Controller NVIDIA nForce Serial ATA Controller

Storage Controller NVIDIA nForce Serial ATA Controller

Disk Drive ST316081 2AS SCSI Disk Device (160 GB, 7200 RPM, SATA-II)

Disk Drive WD My Passport 071A USB Device (698 GB, USB)

Optical Drive PHILIPS DVD+-RW DVD8881 SCSI CdRom Device

Optical Drive WD Virtual CD 071A USB Device

SMART Hard Disks Status OK

 

----------------------

 

Motherboard apparently has no manufacturer name other then Dell. Tried iAtkos, iDeneb, Kalyway and SnowOSX for installs , either get Kernel panics with some message about no driver for ACPI or something similar when using Chamelion or #####, If i attemtpt to boot from the dvd disk then i get wating for root device.

 

Researched it and for the life of me cant figure out whats up. Probably missed it somewhere between the blackhole of forums ive been in the last couple days. Any ideas or help is appreciated and for now I will assume it just wont work period. ;)

 

Yes i have 10.8.3 running on dell 720 xps......very easy........ispq@msn.com if you have questions...

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