RoyCh Posted September 29, 2007 Share Posted September 29, 2007 Spec: Intel® Core 2 Duo T5470 (1.6GHz, 2MB L2 Cache, 800MHz FSB) 120GB SATA HD 256MB NVIDIA® GeForce 8600M GT 2GB 667Mhz Memory DVD+-RW Can't get Hackintosh to work with my Vostro My partition table: [47M][Vista-40GB][Files-50GB][OSX-22GB] I tried: 1. Jas 10.4.8 - Always Kernal Panic, tried to change ATA, disable dual core, -x-v, doesn't work. Always kernal panic. 2. Uphuck 10.4.9 v1.3 - I can install with this version, but when I boot up and select the partition at Darwin, nothing happens. Not sure what's wrong. Maybe this is an update disc? I am really confused. There are so many versions on torrent site and I am not quite sure which one is upgrade. 3. Jas 10.4.8 on VMware. It works, kind of slow though. 4. XXX 10.4.10 - Installed, but gives me looking for root at the time of bootup. 5. Jas 10.4.6 - Kernal Panic I am downloading uphuck 10.4.9_v1.4i_r3 now. I ve spent at least 12 hours reading the site, so I am not being lazy for asking. I hope someone can point me to the right ISO or package? TIA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyCh Posted September 29, 2007 Author Share Posted September 29, 2007 I just tried plugging in a USB external harddrive, and somehow jas 10.4.8 boot up without kernl panic. Installed successfully and wifi works out of the box. I am not able to edit the com.Apple.Boot.plist to edit the resolution. It said it is read only. This is what I tried: boot up with -s fsck -fy mount -uw / nano /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist after reboot, the system boots up at 1280x800x32 but I lost wifi. Current Wireless Network: Airport is currently turned off Any suggestions? I have Dell Wireless 1390 802.11g Wi-Fi Mini Card Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rafucho Posted November 24, 2007 Share Posted November 24, 2007 I'm trying also to install Mac OSX in my vostro 1500. Nothing works... I'm frustrated. C2D T7300 nVidia 8400m GS SATA 120GB (7200rpm) 2GB RAM I've disabled everything in the BIOS, and still it doesn't work, it gets stuck IOAP........ What should I do? I tried with a USB HDD plugged, unplugged. Jas 10.4.8, uphuck 1.3, uphuck 1.4i nothing... thanks for any help rafa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azurael Posted November 24, 2007 Share Posted November 24, 2007 You do know your graphics chips won't work, right? You'll get stretchy (assuming you've got widescreen displays), slow VESA graphics at best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teknojo Posted November 25, 2007 Share Posted November 25, 2007 Same problem here, I'vre tried OS X tiger and leopard ( jazz, unhacked, brazil...) on vostro 1700 2.2 intel core 2 duo 8600 Geforce 256 I'Ve read many topics and tried many many things... It seems very hard to get worked on Dell vostro's for some reason I'm returning to Vista... it's still very good if not better than Leo... I might try linux unbunto one day but now ive wasted 3 days trying to get osx working. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaydenG Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 Your running into problems with the Geforce 8 Series. My old computer has a 6200 and it runs just fine. My new pc has a 8600GT and it fails to load. So I took the 8600 out to see if that was the problem, and indeed it was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azurael Posted November 27, 2007 Share Posted November 27, 2007 You need to delete the NV50 kexts for it to work in VESA mode if your device ID is in those kexts... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weaksauce12 Posted November 29, 2007 Share Posted November 29, 2007 Any progress on this? My brother has a Vostro 1500 with an X3100 that I'd like to try Hackintosh on... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leminz Posted September 21, 2008 Share Posted September 21, 2008 i have a vostro 1500 that installed okay with the iatkos 4.0 version of 10.5.4 and got audio working with appleHDApatcher but my video is still gunked up! tried isntaller methods, modifying kexts, etc i think it might just be impossible, although i hope not every step has seemed impossible until i got over them and now i can make it all the way up but im stuck here i WILL get it to work, i keep telling myself. i just keep trying and trying and trying so if someone could PLEASE help me i would thank you from da bottom of mah heart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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