Kujila Posted March 6, 2007 Share Posted March 6, 2007 (edited) I would love to run OSX on my Dell e1505, but what's the point of running it if I can only use half of the processor's power? Am I missing something here? Do you think I should just wait until Dell notebooks are supported with dual core? I've been waiting to install OSX for almost a year or so, but now I'm reading that people are getting their x1400's and Sigmatel audio to work correctly... so tempted. Edited March 6, 2007 by Kujila Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/44394-why-install-osx-if-only-one-core-is-supported/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
WaldMeister Posted March 6, 2007 Share Posted March 6, 2007 (edited) How do you mean? 1 core? On 10.4.8 and the 8.8.1 kernel, just delete the IOPCCardFamily.kext, no kernel panic and both cores working. Edited March 6, 2007 by Lejenk Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/44394-why-install-osx-if-only-one-core-is-supported/#findComment-317736 Share on other sites More sharing options...
huynhj Posted March 6, 2007 Share Posted March 6, 2007 how do you delete IOPCCardFamily.kext? My amd x2 4400 is only showing one core in the system details. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/44394-why-install-osx-if-only-one-core-is-supported/#findComment-318071 Share on other sites More sharing options...
user2 Posted March 7, 2007 Share Posted March 7, 2007 how do you delete IOPCCardFamily.kext? My amd x2 4400 is only showing one core in the system details. Find the kext in system/library/extensions and delete it Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/44394-why-install-osx-if-only-one-core-is-supported/#findComment-318072 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kujila Posted March 7, 2007 Author Share Posted March 7, 2007 How do you mean? 1 core? On 10.4.8 and the 8.8.1 kernel, just delete the IOPCCardFamily.kext, no kernel panic and both cores working. AFAIK the Dell Inspiron will not boot OSX with Dual Core enabled in the BIOS. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/44394-why-install-osx-if-only-one-core-is-supported/#findComment-318073 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kujila Posted March 7, 2007 Author Share Posted March 7, 2007 Oh my friggin God the mac os installer just erased all the partitions on my laptop Oh my god.... AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/44394-why-install-osx-if-only-one-core-is-supported/#findComment-318143 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryanrule Posted March 7, 2007 Share Posted March 7, 2007 that is generally fixable Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/44394-why-install-osx-if-only-one-core-is-supported/#findComment-318174 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kujila Posted March 7, 2007 Author Share Posted March 7, 2007 Ugh, and OSX goes from a gray apple logo to a FULL SCREEN OF BLACK AND GREY BARS and then to graphics corruption (color fuzz) and then all the fans come on. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/44394-why-install-osx-if-only-one-core-is-supported/#findComment-318178 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tops Posted March 7, 2007 Share Posted March 7, 2007 How do you mean? 1 core? On 10.4.8 and the 8.8.1 kernel, just delete the IOPCCardFamily.kext, no kernel panic and both cores working. Does this work for the graphic stuttering in Core Duos? Or is just to get the OS to recognize the second core? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/44394-why-install-osx-if-only-one-core-is-supported/#findComment-318194 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kujila Posted March 7, 2007 Author Share Posted March 7, 2007 Well, I'm giving up, there's no way for me to run at a resolution greater than 1024x768.... Boot.plist does nothing, kernel flags do nothing as well. Also, any and all methods of getting the x1400 Mobility to work outside of standard VGA fails. I have tried what seems to be a dozen different methods posted on the forum. Sadly, I've received success with none of them. Most of the time, the instructions will say something like "Edit this file with something, ok reboot... IT WORKS OMG!" which is entirely devoid of any specific information regarding the task at hand I'm assuming the x1400 mobility just isn't supported at the moment, so I will run Linux or Windows until it is, I suppose. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/44394-why-install-osx-if-only-one-core-is-supported/#findComment-318579 Share on other sites More sharing options...
WaldMeister Posted March 7, 2007 Share Posted March 7, 2007 (edited) Does this work for the graphic stuttering in Core Duos? Or is just to get the OS to recognize the second core? It only makes OS X recognize the second core, for the stuttering use the newest mifki kernel with auto fsb detection. Edited March 7, 2007 by Lejenk Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/44394-why-install-osx-if-only-one-core-is-supported/#findComment-318606 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Analog Posted March 7, 2007 Share Posted March 7, 2007 It only makes OS X recognize the second core, for the stuttering use the newest mifki kernel with auto fsb detection. Not with a Dell laptop, unfortunately. The dumbed down BIOS in these units keeps us purring at 1 CPU :/ I'm running the DaemonES kernel right now, and it can only run one core (which is the same as every other Dell, or so I've seen on here). DES is based on the Mifki kernel, for the record. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/44394-why-install-osx-if-only-one-core-is-supported/#findComment-318684 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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