Dell Optiplex 620

[davorin]

Has anyone tried osx86 on those machines?

 

Installed on a new one with P4 3GHz and replaced graphics driver with the patched one from here to have CI/QE support on 945G chipset...

 

Broadcom 5751 of course works not...but does anyone know if the built-in sound should work or what type of sound chip they use?

 

Also SATA isn't recognized and PATA is terrible slow in Xbench 1.2

[nuditarian]

Installed from patched 10.4.5 DVD.

Install went fine to SATA drive. No network, no Audio.

Installed old Linksys NIC for network, using Tulip.kext

Haven't been able to get Audio working, although someone posted in the HCL that extensions from 10.4.3 made it work. Not sure exactly which .kext had to be grabbed from 10.4.3.

[andyash]

I've installed 10.4.5 on gx620. All works great except onboard network. For sound you need the latest AppleAC97Audio.kext with CH7. Then works fine.

AppleAC97Audio.kext.zip

[fullOut]

Yeah.. same here, network still dont work.. all works fine and fast!!

[nuditarian]

Above AppleAC97Audio.kext works on my Dell Optiplex GX620 ! No modification required, copied AppleAC97Audio.kext to /System/Library/Extensions

 

Terminal.app:

sudo -s

cd /System/Library

rm extensions.mkext

rm extensions.kextcache

chmod -R 755 ./Extensions/AppleAC97Audio.kext

chown -R root:wheel ./Extensions/AppleAC97Audio.kext

kextcache -k ./Extensions

 

Thanks for the post, andyash.

[GoreFish]

The network card can work and is working on my 10.4.5 install. Here's how:

 

From Hater (the MAN) in the post http://forum.osx86project.org/index.php?sh...iew=getnewpost:

 

I managed to patch driver additionally to skip the NVRam Init and Check functions and now my PCI-X BCM5751m (167d device id) works even with small limitations Limitations inlude: Mac doesn't read the Mac Address (obviously it's in NVRam), does not count properly speed (it's 10 times lower in my observations, so when downloading Mac shows 10 times faster speeds than actual is... I don't care) and I didn't manage to start dhcp on start so I had to enter IP/Mask/Router/DNS manually but IT WORKS In my opinion patch will work on 5750/5751 chips as well device id's 1677/1778 and so on but any feedback will be appreciated.

 

so I personally pathed all occurences of:

"66 81 FA 59 16" to "66 81 FA 7D 16" (It's the instruction cmp dx, 167d... yes everywhere in driver compare is against dx... I tripple checked it) not just 37336... there are 46 occurences... if I remember correctly

Second (my patch) at 37554 change 75 71 to EB 71... this changes just before initnvram and checknvram functions a jnz to a jmp... I think that this jnz is a check if there is nvram present but of course I'm not sure.

 

My added 2 cents:

 

I got my Dell GX620 with the Broadcom 5751 working! I know there are a lot of folks like me out there, so here's what I did.

 

1) Firstly, I can only seem to load x86 v10.4.5 (10.4.6 doesn't install for some reason. Whatever..), so I can't vouch for other versions, yet..

 

2) Did everything in the Hater post in this thread (April 26, 9:26 AM posting) with one exception: In the AppleBCM5701Ethernet.kext, where it states find and replace "66 81 FA 59 16" to "66 81 FA 7D 16", I put in "66 81 FA 77 16"; which is the location of the card in my Dell GX620. Make sure you still change that value in 37554 from 75 71 to EB 71!

 

3) The magic happened when I went into AppleBCM5701Ethernet.kext --> Contents and edited Info.plist (using Mac TextEdit) to include the following line under the section labeled "<array>":

 

<string>pci14e4,1677</string>

 

4) Reboot.

 

5) If it works, BOUNCE OFF THE WALLS!

 

Special thanks to Hater and the whole crew and community at the OSx86 project!

 

Happy hacking!

 

-gF

[andyash]

Gorefish

 

Sorry to be a nob but can you explain step by step how you got this working? As I have the same network card. I followed your link but still none the wiser. A patched kext would be great :-)

[andyash]

I finally found the instructions and got my GX620 onboard network working. Thank you Gorefish and especially Hater

[vladid]

I finally found the instructions and got my GX620 onboard network working. Thank you Gorefish and especially Hater

Hi,

just ran into both no audio or networking. Would be very greatful with the methods used to get either working. I will keep searching, but if you could post what you did, I know I could get a little more sleep.

Thanks

[andyash]

Auto Login in 10.6.6

 

Just thought I'd share this for any one intalling 10.4.6 on there GX620 and wants auto login to work. Keep a copy of the IOPCIFamily.kext from your working 10.4.5 intallation.

 

Copy it to System/Library/Extensions in 10.4.6 repair permissions and reboot

 

Your get the login screen again but now you can go to system preferences then accounts and change login options.

[ual808]

For people who have DELL GX520/620/SC430 which uses BCM5751 as onboard NIC.

Here is patched "AppleBCM5701Ethernet". This works on 10.4.5/10.4.6. Should be fine on 10.4.7, too.

You can open Terminal. Then...

(inside brackets is explanations)

---Part1---

sudo -s

(type password)

 

cd /System/Library/Extensions/IONetworkingFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/

cd AppleBCM5701Ethernet.kext/Contents/MacOS

cp AppleBCM5701Ethernet AppleBCM5701Ethernet.org

(backup original file)

 

rm AppleBCM5701Ethernet

cp (patched AppleBCM5701Ethernet) ./

ls -l

(you can see owner/group/permission)

(set AppleBCM5701Ethernet as same as AppleBCM5701Ethernet.org)

---Part2---

cd ..

(go to upper directory)

vi Info.plist

(edit Info.plist)

go to

"<string>pci14e4,16a6</string>"

then change into

"<string>pci14e4,1677</string>"

:wq

(save and quit)

 

---Part3---

(clean cache)

cd ../..

kextload AppleBCM5701Ethernet

(...successfully... NIC is working now)

rm /System/Library/Extensions.kextcache

kextcache -k /System/Library/Extensions

reboot

===done==

 

Patched AppleBCM5701Ethernet could not load proper MAC address.

So MAC address is now 00:00:00:00:00:00.

This not good reputation.

So you can now assign real MAC address from Terminal...

---

sudo -s

ifconfig en0 ether 00:13:72:xx:xx:xx

(replace xx as yours)

===done===

 

But you don't like type same command all the time whenever you turn on DELL.

Download "SetMAC" and modify setmac as your MAC address.

Then change owner/group as SYSTEM/Wheel.

chmod 755 SetMAC folder and its contents.

copy SetMAC folder into /System/Library/StartupItems

===done===

 

reboot your DELL and type ifconfig after boot from Terminal and if you can see ether 00:13:72:xx:xx:xx instead of 00:00:00:00:00:00, you won.

AppleBCM5701Ethernet.zip

SetMAC.zip

[james2mart]

ual808:

 

In response to the line in your sig stating "Does Dell dream MAC?"

 

Yes, they do.

 

Go to their website and look for a driver for any item. When it asks what OS, Mac OS is selectable from the drop-down menu. of course this section likely only has drivers for printers and such.

[Movado]

Hi,

 

I also have Dell Optiplex GX620 and 10.4.6.

 

I want to confirm that I got the audio working using the above.

 

As for the Network, following the steps above got the NIC working. I changed the MAC address as mentioned and couldn't access the Internet (although ifconfig gives the right MAC address). Is it because my IP is setup manually (I used the same values from the windows configuration)?

 

ual808, in your instructions you say that one has to set his MAC address to 00:13:72:xx:xx:xx , why not the real MAC address (for me it is 00:12:xx:xx:xx:xx). I actually tried both and they didn't work.

 

At the step

kextload AppleBCM5701Ethernet

it gave me a permission error, yet the NIC started to work.

 

Any clue?

 

Thanks everyone.

[Guest yehoshua24]

al MAC address (for me it is 00:12:xx:xx:xx:xx). I actually tried both and they didn't work.

 

At the step

kextload AppleBCM5701Ethernet

it gave me a permission error, yet the NIC started to work.

 

Any clue?

 

Thanks everyone.

 

I got that same error and after verifying the permissions where correct I just moved to the next step.

[Movado]

I got the network working at last using the above method.

 

Oh and by the way if you have an mouse tearing, I removed all the ATI*.kext files in the /System/Library/Extensions folder except ATINDRV.kext, and mouse tearing was removed (backup all these files first).

 

Furthermore, to change the screen resolution (temporary solution), I added the following code to com.apple.Boot.plist (video card is ATI Radeon X600 128MB )

 

<key>Graphics Mode</key>

<string>1280x1024x32</string>

 

 

I guess this post summarizes all the issues with Dell Optiplex GX620 ...

[ual808]

Movado,

 

Check here(wiki)

 

for audio working. It's easy.

 

Sorry, for late reply.

 

ual808

[Movado]

Thanks,

 

Can you add the above as well (the ethernet activation instructions and others) to the wiki.

 

Movado

[Nick-S]

Anyone managed to get 10.5.1 running on a GX620?

[sarfa777]

We just got my co-workers GX620 up and running on the iATKOS v1.0 r2. But it took some work. I took his hdd and put it in my GX280. Installed the OS and set the partition to boot. Then he booted with the dvd (still haven't fixed this issue yet) and since then he has managed to get the nic working. He has no sound at the moment. But other than that it works fine.

[dr.b]

Running Kalyway 10.5.1 on a GX620.

 

Installed with options: GUID EFI bootloader, Azalia audio driver

 

Everything works out of the box, but you still have to set a mac address using "ifconfig en0 lladdr ..."

 

Minor screen tearing with Firefox and MS Office 2008 with the onboard GMA950 video. Otherwise, QE/CI is working and it's beautiful on my Dell 2001FP.

[Bill51]

I have a Dell D620. Installed Kalyway 10.5.1 with no issues (though it took several attempts to get the sequence right). Now familiar enough with it to replicate successful install over and over again. Used the following steps:

 

(a) boot DVD, went right into Utilities, Drive Utility, created Mac OSX (Journaled) partition. Making sure the primary drives settings were DOS FAT MBR.

( continued installation selecting custom and ONLY selecting the following drivers: NVIDIA laptop; Realtek Wifi and efi-MBR.

© let install run. Completed and removed DVD during post test in reboot.

(d) booted just fine. Network recognized immediately. All items functioning EXCEPT audio. Still reviewing posts on that one and will approach slowly as first attempt to patch that function worked well, but my environment then stopped completing full power downs (had to manually press power button to shut down). So I re-installed and will take my time in the approach to audio.

 

...bill

[hoodgeek]

hey guys and girlsi hv Dell Optiplex sx260 can i install iatkos v1.0 10.5 on it if so what are the step that i need thanks for any help or insight new to this again thanks

[thonl]

How can I get setMAC to work as a startup item? GX620 with Kalway 10.5.1 installed fine, and as long as I sudo su in a shell before running setMAC, it works fine, also.

 

However, even though I am logging in with an account that has administrator privs, the setMAC script fails because it appears that I cant issue the ifconfig en0 ether command without sudo'ing first.

 

Thanks!

[j.matt.harris]

DEAR LORD IT WORKED!!!!!!!!!!!

 

running jas osx86 10.5.2 on a Dell optiplex gx620

 

i inserted the AppleAC97Audio.kext in to System/Library/Extensions <--- you can find this file at the bottom post

 

and then opened terminal and typed

 

Terminal.app:

sudo -s

cd /System/Library

rm extensions.mkext

rm extensions.kextcache

chmod -R 755 ./Extensions/AppleAC97Audio.kext

chown -R root:wheel ./Extensions/AppleAC97Audio.kext

kextcache -k ./Extensions

 

and then did a restart and now i have sound amazing beautiful sound..

 

I'm also using a belkin usb NIC and the driver i used is called pegasus ethernets just copy and paste the link

 

http://sourceforge.net/projects/pegasususbmacx/

 

but i am going to try and get the onboard NIC working i know there is a fix for it but i just haven't gotten around to it thanks to everyone for all their hard work on this

AppleAC97Audio.kext.zip

[ale666]

I have 10.4.5 up and running

nic card working, audio working ...

 

http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.ph...x_GX520.2FGX620

 

the only problem ...

it is to old.

 

try to install itunes 7.7. and nop

try to install sdk for iphone 3g, nop

 

is there any way to install itunes 7.7 in 10.4.5?

 

is there any release ( a newer one) that work in an optiplex 620 or 745?

 

thx