djrobsd Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 I have a Dell Inspiron 9400 w/ 2 gigs of RAM, the T7400 dual core processor, the Geforce 7900 Go graphics w/ 512 megs, Ultrasharp UXGA 17" display, bluetooth, built in sound card, etc... I got all the way through parititioning the disk, and installing. The installer rebooted, and now every time I boot up, I get the apple Welcome screen where I choose launguage, and keyboard. However, my touchpad device does not work, so I have to use the keyboard to answer the welcome questions. I get through the Country, do you already own a mac, keyboard, connection, internet connection network settings, but then after clicking continue, the screen turns blue for a bit, then the round spinning icon comes up for a while, and then my screen turns black and nothing happens. Forgive me for being such a n00b here (DOS/Windows user for 20 years now, but new to OSX) but is there something I could be doing wrong or I need to change to make this work? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/40679-1048-jas-not-fully-working-on-inspiron-9400-laptop/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
aSIn Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 use only one core of your processor. osx86 wont run on most coreduos with both of them enabled. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/40679-1048-jas-not-fully-working-on-inspiron-9400-laptop/#findComment-290822 Share on other sites More sharing options...
djrobsd Posted February 1, 2007 Author Share Posted February 1, 2007 This might be a bit nieve of me to ask this, but why the heck would I want to run MacOS if I can't utilize the power of the dual core processor? That's like stepping back into the dark ages.... Are you saying that no one has been able to get the dual core processor to work on a Inspiron 9400? I am so frustrated... I guess I should have just shelled out $2000 bucks for a Macpro rather then messing with all this, but the problem is that my work won't buy Macs, so I have to use this Dell! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/40679-1048-jas-not-fully-working-on-inspiron-9400-laptop/#findComment-290827 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vico Posted April 17, 2007 Share Posted April 17, 2007 use only one core of your processor. osx86 wont run on most coreduos with both of them enabled. and how do you do that? i won't mind turning of one core.....just at least to get it working....so..how do i turn of a core??.. thnxs Vico Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/40679-1048-jas-not-fully-working-on-inspiron-9400-laptop/#findComment-348588 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander64 Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 and how do you do that? i won't mind turning of one core.....just at least to get it working....so..how do i turn of a core??.. thnxs Vico Fire up the machine. A Dell logo should appear, and it will say in a corner 'Push ___ to enter setup." or something similar. Push it, and an options menu will show up. Look for a core menu, and disable multi core mode. Push the button shown on the bottom of the screen to "save and exit". Enjoy. PS. Borrow a USB mouse. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/40679-1048-jas-not-fully-working-on-inspiron-9400-laptop/#findComment-349024 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mystical Dream Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 Fire up the machine. A Dell logo should appear, and it will say in a corner 'Push ___ to enter setup." or something similar. Push it, and an options menu will show up. Look for a core menu, and disable multi core mode. Push the button shown on the bottom of the screen to "save and exit". Press F2 until "Entering Setup" appears in top right >Arrow Down to Performance >MultiCore Support enter >Off (make sure to set this back to Enabled once the install is complete and you have adjusted cpu=1) enter >SpeedStep Enable enter >Enabled (should be by default) esc >Save/Exit This might be a bit nieve of me to ask this, but why the heck would I want to run MacOS if I can't utilize the power of the dual core processor? That's like stepping back into the dark ages.... Are you saying that no one has been able to get the dual core processor to work on a Inspiron 9400? I am so frustrated... I guess I should have just shelled out $2000 bucks for a Macpro rather then messing with all this, but the problem is that my work won't buy Macs, so I have to use this Dell! The Dell was designed to run Windows. OSX was designed to run on a Mac(Pro). OSX does not run on Dells w/o a LOT of tweaking by some very talented people. I'm not sure how much you spent on that Dell you have but having it run OSX as well as it will (once you get it installed) will be a very nice addition to the capabiities of your machine. No, it's not a MacBook Pro. Yes, it is bigger and clunkier than a MacBook Pro. No, it wasn't as expensive as a MacBook Pro. Yes, you do get exactly what you pay for. I'll be selling my Dell 6400 soon enough in order to "upgrade" to a lesser powered Mac. They're nicer machines, period. But in the mean time.... I've got a 98% functional OSX on a laptop that does practically everything I need it to do at 1/2 the cost of a comparably powered MacBook Pro. I think I made a decently wise decision, and I thank JaS, Semthex, DaemonES and the others for making sure that my computer runs as smoothly as theirs does. Anyways... It's a learning process. If I had bought a MacBook Pro and dual booted windows then I wouldn't have learned half as much about the OS, parition table and other great techie geekness that I have now. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/40679-1048-jas-not-fully-working-on-inspiron-9400-laptop/#findComment-349175 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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