willowhaven Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 Okies...am I the only one to hate my Dell? I have a HP Pavilion laptop (4 years old) that took to OSX86 like a charm once I figured out that I needed to install a universal kernal rather than the AMD one. Everything pretty much worked OOTB, with a couple exceptions, and for the other things, the workarounds were easy. I figured that since that was so easy, my 6-month-old Dell Inspiron E1505 would be a snap too. After all, it is an Intel processor this time, so shouldn't it be a breeze? Well, that is what I get for thinking, right? To just get 10.4.9 to work was a major headache, and thus far, loading Leopard has been impossible for me. Kalyway at least sent me into the registration sequence, but upon rebooting, it wouldn't go back into Leopard. iAKOS did nothing but give me either a "Missing Operating System" or nasty blinking cursor. The same with ToH. I have tried both clean installs and "upgrading" my working Tiger installation. I finally gave up and went back to Tiger, which at least works, but it still frustrates me that I can't get Leopard to work on my Dell. I guess I was spoiled in general by HP. The recovery process is much easier...pop in a disk and it does the rest. Dell on the other hand requires installation of each individual driver, which takes much longer. Anyway....has anyone found any installing Leopard onto a Dell laptop easier? Can someone tell me what I could be doing wrong? Jennifer Service Tag: XXXXXXX System Type: Inspiron 6400/E1505 Ship Date: XX/XX/XXXX Dell IBU: Americas Quantity Parts # Part Description 1 GM296 PROCESSOR, T2350, 1.86, 2M, DUAL CORE YONAH, D0 1 DF263 ASSEMBLY, ADAPTER, ALTERNATING CURRENT, 65W, MOBILE 2007, LITEON, WORLD WIDE 1 JP969 KIT, SOFTWARE, DELL MEDIA DIRECT, 3, VSTA, DIGITAL VIDEO DISK DRIVE 1 DF771 CORD, POWER, 125, 1M, C7, 2P, DUAL, UNITED STATES 1 NC929 KEYBOARD, 87, UNITED STATES, ENGLAND/ENGLISH, SINGLE POINTING, D PLUS SERIES 2 W5966 DUAL IN-LINE MEMORY MODULE, 1GB, 533, 128X64, 8K, 200 1 PN182 KIT, SOFTWARE, WORKS, 8.5, ENGLAND/ENGLISH 1 N3564 HARD DRIVE, 160G, Serial ATA, 9.5, 5.4, SE080 1 FF058 LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY, 15.4WSXGA+, VIDEO ELEC. STDS. ASSOC., GLARE WIDE VIEWING ANGLE, QUANTA DISPLAY INCORPORATED 1 KN358 ASSEMBLY, CABLE, COAXIAL, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY, SINGLE, 6400 1 NF882 BEZEL, ASSEMBLY, PLASTIC, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY, 15.4, 6400 1 JN149 BATTERY, PRIMARY, 11.1V, 9C, LITHIUM, SANYO, V2 1 WF148 CARD (CIRCUIT), GRAPHICS, 256MB, M54, I6400 1 DT610 ASSEMBLY, DVD+/-RW, 8X, NEC CORPORATION, SULLIVAN/TOBAGO 1 YH774 CARD (CIRCUIT), WIRELESS, MINICARD, DW1390, BROADCOM CORPORATION 1 HX425 KIT, SOFTWARE, OVERPACK, VHP32, A01, DIGITAL VIDEO DISK DRIVE, ENGLAND/ENGLISH 1 XD720 ASSEMBLY, BASE (ASSEMBLY OR GROUP), NOTEBOOK, DISCRETE, 6400 ------------------------- CPU-Z version 1.41 ------------------------- Processors Map ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Number of processors 1 Number of threads 2 Processor 0 -- Core 0 -- Thread 0 -- Core 1 -- Thread 0 Processors Information ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Processor 1 (ID = 0) Number of cores 2 Number of threads 2 (max 2) Name Intel Core Duo Codename Yonah Specification Intel® Core™ Duo CPU T2350 @ 1.86GHz Package Socket 479 mPGA (platform ID = 5h) CPUID 6.E.C Extended CPUID 6.E Core Stepping D0 Technology 65 nm Core Speed 1596.1 MHz (12.0 x 133.0 MHz) Rated Bus speed 532.0 MHz Stock frequency 1866 MHz Instructions sets MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3 L1 Data cache 2 x 32 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size L1 Instruction cache 2 x 32 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size L2 cache 2048 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size FID/VID Control yes FID range 6.0x - 14.0x max VID 1.263 V Features XD Memory SPD ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ DIMM #1 General Memory type DDR2 Module format SO-DIMM Manufacturer (ID) Hyundai Electronics (AD00000000000000) Size 1024 MBytes Max bandwidth PC2-4300 (266 MHz) Part number HYMP512S64BP8-C4 Serial number 00001224 Manufacturing date Week 18/Year 07 DIMM #2 General Memory type DDR2 Module format SO-DIMM Manufacturer (ID) Hyundai Electronics (AD00000000000000) Size 1024 MBytes Max bandwidth PC2-4300 (266 MHz) Part number HYMP512S64BP8-C4 Serial number 04004223 Manufacturing date Week 18/Year 07 DMI ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ DMI BIOS -------- vendor Dell Inc. version A15 date 04/20/2007 DMI System Information ---------------------- manufacturer Dell Inc. product MM061 version unknown serial 1PJ61D1 UUID 44454C4C-5000104A-8036B1C0-4F314431 DMI Baseboard ------------- vendor Dell Inc. model 0XD720 revision unknown serial .1PJ61D1.CN4864375F7297. DMI System Enclosure -------------------- manufacturer Dell Inc. chassis type Portable chassis serial 1PJ61D1 DMI Processor ------------- manufacturer Intel model unknown clock speed 1866.0MHz FSB speed 133.0MHz multiplier 14.0x DMI Port Connector ------------------ designation USB (internal) port type USB connector Access Bus (USB) DMI Port Connector ------------------ designation MONITOR (internal) port type Video Port connector DB-15 female DMI Port Connector ------------------ designation FireWire (internal) port type Firewire (IEEE P1394) connector IEEE 1394 DMI Port Connector ------------------ designation Modem (internal) port type Modem Port connector RJ-11 DMI Port Connector ------------------ designation Ethernet (internal) port type Network Port connector RJ-45 DMI Extension Slot ------------------ designation PCMCIA 0 type PCMCIA width 32 bits populated no DMI Physical Memory Array ------------------------- location Motherboard usage System Memory correction None max capacity 4096MBytes max# of devices 2 DMI Memory Device ----------------- designation DIMM_B format DIMM type DDR total width 64bits data width 64bits size 1024MBytes DMI Memory Device ----------------- designation DIMM_A format DIMM type DDR total width 64bits data width 64bits size 1024MBytes Software ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Windows Version Microsoft Windows Vista (6.0) Home Premium Edition (Build 6000) DirectX Version 10.0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyy99 Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 I've finally got Leopard 10.5.1 running on my old Dell Inspiron 5100. See topic I just posted for details: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=100939 Thanks, Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veal13 Posted April 30, 2008 Share Posted April 30, 2008 I have a Dell inspiron 6000 I wanted to try to install 10.5.1 on. The kalyway 10.5.1. disc boots and I get the apple screen for about 6 minutes and then just blue and nothing happens. Has anyone had success on an older laptop like this? Am I missing a step or probably steps? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevinosx Posted April 30, 2008 Share Posted April 30, 2008 veal13..reburn the dvd at 2x or less and retry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veal13 Posted April 30, 2008 Share Posted April 30, 2008 veal13..reburn the dvd at 2x or less and retry Thanks. I'll give it a try Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veal13 Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 Leopard is up and running on my Dell Inspiron 6000. Thanks to the guidance of these forums. Has anyone had any luck getting wireless to work on models like this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
komig Posted June 1, 2008 Share Posted June 1, 2008 I got leopard working perfectly on my Dell Inspiron 8600. Only battery indicator missing. Sound, graphic, wifi work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fueltank Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 I burnt Malway 10.5.2 @ 2x and it installed great on my Inspiron 6400 (E1505). Only thing I don't have is wireless (Intel 3945) which is currently being worked on. Sound and even my upgraded screen is supported. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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