sckor Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 Hi, I've searched the forum and found a number of posts about the Dell XPS 410, but nothing about the Dell XPS 420. Has anyone successfully installed and run Leopard on one? It looks like a pretty decent machine from the specs, and the price is reasonable (when on sale). Thanks! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/84361-dell-xps-420-as-a-hackintosh/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
salado Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 sckor, I just got my XPS420 from dell today (refurbished, Q6600, 3G 800MHz, 19-1 media reader w/ bluetooth, ATI 2400 HD pro). Of course I can't wait to install the KalyWay 10.5.1 on it. This is my first impression. I am still waiting for the XFX Geforce 7900GS and ethernet card. So I only have 1024x768 on the ACD 23 and no network. Here is how it went so far (without any patch). 1. Don't select any video, audio driver during install. If you do that, after installation reboot will freeze at some point. 2. EFI + V kernel. 3. All 1394 port works, all USB port works, media card reader works. Bluetooth works. 4. System report "Mac Pro, 1 Processor, 4 Cores". 5. The overall experience after it comes up feels so smooth like butter. Love it immediately. 6. Logitech Webcam 5000Pro works, mic on webcam works. 7. Integrated ethernet not work, integrated audio not work. 8. All my external USB drive works, NTFS readonly. iPhone works like a charm. 9. CD/DVD burning works. 10. The M$ side show is kinda a waste on Leopard. Don't know how to utilize it. 11. Leopard must did something to my ACD 23, after installation I can't turn it off. Have to unplug/plug power cord to make the power button work again. 12. Leopard must did something to my Logitech MX mouse, reset all the setting I configured in Vista. 13. The CPU shows as "2.4G Unknown", don't know how to fix that "Unknown" part. Saw it somewhere in the forum but don't remember. Anything else? Let me know. Like I said I am waiting for the proper hardware to come. Hate to do research to tweak configurations to make it work. So I just bought stuff from the compatible list. Didn't install any software on it yet. I do hope someone can help me to make the audio work so I don't have to buy the external USB sound card. Please share your experience if you are installing it on XPS 420. I have a strong feeling that I will dump Vista and use Leopard only. -salado Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/84361-dell-xps-420-as-a-hackintosh/#findComment-600592 Share on other sites More sharing options...
salado Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 Updating... :-) Replying from the Leopard... Just plugged in the ENCORE ENLGA-1320 Gigabit PC Ethernet Adapter. Works like a charm.... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/84361-dell-xps-420-as-a-hackintosh/#findComment-601784 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Headrush69 Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 Look at my sig. Everything except onboard NIC works perfect. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/84361-dell-xps-420-as-a-hackintosh/#findComment-601794 Share on other sites More sharing options...
salado Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 Thanks! Headrush69, I can't figure out how to make the onboard audio work. Could you share how to make it work? And, how could I fix the CPU information... mine shows as "2.4GHz Unknown", how could I fix that "Unknown" part? Thanks Thanks Thanks! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/84361-dell-xps-420-as-a-hackintosh/#findComment-601827 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Headrush69 Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 I can't figure out how to make the onboard audio work. Have you read the Targus HDA Patcher thread yet? In it I have posted the right codec needed. And, how could I fix the CPU information... mine shows as "2.4GHz Unknown", how could I fix that "Unknown" part? This part is just a cometic issue, it doesn't affect how the machine runs. You can get different text for that and the machine type by using a different AppleSMBIOS.kext, from iAtkos, ToH, EFIv8. You can also edit the text manually. Check aqua-mac's posts. I'm pretty sure he posted a how to or his signature has a link to his web site where he has an easy step by step tutorial. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/84361-dell-xps-420-as-a-hackintosh/#findComment-601861 Share on other sites More sharing options...
salado Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 Hi, Headrush69, I read your posts in the AppleHDAPatcher thread. My understanding is that there is no perfect solution yet (after reboot you have to patch it again). And somehow it's related to the EFI? Is it still the same situation now? or you have found the permanent solution for integrated sound on XPS 420. For the "2.4GHz Unknown" thing, it's not that important compare to the sound issue. If there is no good solution yet, I am off to buy one USB audio adaptor to get pass it. Thanks again for your help! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/84361-dell-xps-420-as-a-hackintosh/#findComment-602056 Share on other sites More sharing options...
salado Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 Just removed the XFX Geforce 7900GS from the XPS420. Man it's loud, even when it's idle. It sure worked directly with NVInject (QE/CI all working). Anybody can recommend a quite video card could be used by Leopard? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/84361-dell-xps-420-as-a-hackintosh/#findComment-608710 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjani29 Posted April 8, 2008 Share Posted April 8, 2008 Look at my sig. Everything except onboard NIC works perfect. Hi, I have almost identical XPS 420, everything works but Nic and Sound. I got Nic card and trying to get on board sound working. Can you put down steps exactly what you did? I will appreciate it. Thanks in advance! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/84361-dell-xps-420-as-a-hackintosh/#findComment-701794 Share on other sites More sharing options...
badnews Posted April 26, 2008 Share Posted April 26, 2008 Updating... :-) Replying from the Leopard... Just plugged in the ENCORE ENLGA-1320 Gigabit PC Ethernet Adapter. Works like a charm.... I have that exact card it is being reconized however it won't go online or connect to my home network any advice Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/84361-dell-xps-420-as-a-hackintosh/#findComment-725286 Share on other sites More sharing options...
srpiper Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 Has anybody had problems with sleep/shutdown with the vanilla kernel on the XPS 420? If so, how did you sort them out? Thanks Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/84361-dell-xps-420-as-a-hackintosh/#findComment-803452 Share on other sites More sharing options...
wretched Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 On my 420, the sleep/shutdown work perfect. Installed Kallaway 10.5.2 with vanilla everything and everything works, minus sound and network. I was surprised it worked without trying anything. I'm using the newest bios A04, so I don't know if that makes any difference. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/84361-dell-xps-420-as-a-hackintosh/#findComment-803740 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tcmint415 Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 2. EFI + V kernel. Hi Salado! Thanks for this extensive write up! How did you select step 2? Under KERNELS, I only see: kernel_9.2_sleep kernel_9.2_speedstep kernel_9.22_kabyl kernel_9.22_modin kernel_92_nforce kernel_vanilla_92 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/84361-dell-xps-420-as-a-hackintosh/#findComment-1126548 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tcmint415 Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 Has anybody had problems with sleep/shutdown with the vanilla kernel on the XPS 420? If so, how did you sort them out? Thanks I'm using iPC and it worked for the first 2 days but now it doesn't shutdown completely anymore. I have to hold the power button for a few secs to turn it off. It would be nice to get it working again but I don't want to reinstall the whole thing again. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/84361-dell-xps-420-as-a-hackintosh/#findComment-1128560 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afflicted Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 Just installed yesterday and everything is working great except for sound and screen saver. I have to apply the applehdapatcher every time I start up to get audio. When I try to choose the screen saver it gives me an error and closes the system preferences window. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/84361-dell-xps-420-as-a-hackintosh/#findComment-1128928 Share on other sites More sharing options...
xenophex Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 On audio google for "STAC9227.v2". I've had success with there AppleHDA.kext and HDAEnabler.kext. On LAN you need the Intel82566MM.kext. If you use time machine I'd recommend finding a update for the IONetworkingFamily.kext And I'd watch the ATA kexts when upgrading between versions. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/84361-dell-xps-420-as-a-hackintosh/#findComment-1242762 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElShotte Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 Hey guys. Long time Mac OS user, new forum browser . Ive recently made the switch back to OS X after getting a job as a Web Developer, Coda just kicks ass. I myself also have an XPS 420, however the first thing I did was toss out the standard ATI 2400HD and popped in a nVidia GTX 260. Also, I recently updated the BIOS to A07. I am trying to install Kalyway 10.5.1 and it's like my 4th attempt now. Successfully installed it the first time, when I tried booting from the OSX HD, I was getting a "Please restart your system message". Was like lemme try again, tried again don't remember what exactly happened, but it aint working. So far I am following your setup settings for Kalyway. Did no Audio and Video driver install, both Vanilla and ACPI kernels, no network, and SSE2 support ticked. First install I was using MBR, that gave me the Please restart message. Last install failed to complete, towards the end a message saying OSX could not be installed popped out. I was using GUID settings (HD and install). Could there be a possibility that the problems are occuring due to the updated BIOS(A07)? Maybe the nVidia video adapter? Any help very appreciated. Thanks. Man... I am a fool. Posting from my MacBook Pro.... XPS 420 is in Disk Uttility right now... I just accidentally formatted one of the @#*%&*# drives in my RAID array..... there goes 500 Gb of data.... this better work. Good thing I went and idiot-proofed the process (I know me) by swapping my main HD (the one with all the IMPORTANT docs on it(I hope)) so I can still boot into Win 7.... or atleast I hope so. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/84361-dell-xps-420-as-a-hackintosh/#findComment-1265144 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElShotte Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 UPDATE: Installed NVInject drivers... getting the restart message again... jeez. Reinstalling OS X. Anyone know which drivers I should use for a GTX 260? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/84361-dell-xps-420-as-a-hackintosh/#findComment-1265170 Share on other sites More sharing options...
loqshio Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 UPDATE: Installed NVInject drivers... getting the restart message again... jeez. Reinstalling OS X. Anyone know which drivers I should use for a GTX 260? im not an expert at all - this post is really just to give some hope to anyone out there mucking around with an xps 420. Don't know which drivers to use for the gtx 260, but my 8600 gts works fine when using nvinject on the iAtkos 1.6 (10.5.7) install. updates to 10.5.8 using apple software update. -i think i saw something about the gtx260 on google somewhere. good luck! only changes i've made to the base system: upgraded ram to 8GB (no probs) upgraded HDDs (no probs) installed DLink DWA-552 wireless card (using 32-bit OS X drivers - works great) installed 8600GTS 256MB (works with any nvidia injector i've tried) sleep is weird - installed sleepenabler.kext and disabler.kext --hitting sleep puts the system down for a few seconds, but then it wakes back up. i have to hit sleep again immediately from the apple menu to make the system go to sleep and stay asleep. lan never worked for me sound is currently not working, but it used to work. it's been fun hackintoshing. next project: upgrade to snowleopard. next computer: a real mac pro. much less hassle. maybe in a couple years when the 420 dies .. or i get a raise. :-) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/84361-dell-xps-420-as-a-hackintosh/#findComment-1277307 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kNewton Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 I just bought a refurbished XPS 420, unfortunately the specs on the website don't match what came in the box. The ad said DVI and WGA (no WGA) also claimed but missing is composite video and s-video which would have been nice bonuses, but not needed. Now with no VGA, I can't even fire it up to check hardware vs the ad. Intel 2 core Quad Q6600 2.4GHz, LGA775, 3GB, 500GB SATA, I don't know video info yet. Tomorrow I'll run out for a DVI-WGA adapter, a 10 GB thumb drive and a $29 copy of SnowLep, seeing I have 5 other Macs that will want it eventually. I hope 10.6 will install, if not I'll be happy if I can get to 10.5, as all of my current software only asks for 10.4. I'm running through the tutorials and running as many searches as I can think of, and how to not be a pest with the questions. kNewton open apple, closed apple Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/84361-dell-xps-420-as-a-hackintosh/#findComment-1348309 Share on other sites More sharing options...
StringsOnFire Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 UPDATE: Written a proper guide. Have a search and you'll find it... to check the hardware, just open the damn thing. dells are usually really easy to open up, everything slides or clicks into place. so open it, look at the bits, and put it all back together. that'll confirm RAM, GFX and HDD. Here's my own personal guide for getting 10.5.8 on my PC, did it last time I needed to redo everything and got annoyed at myself for not writing it all down beforehand... this is MY computer, so don't take it all word for word. you might have different hardware... and I use iPC 10.5.6 to install... This is for: Dell XPS 420 Bios updated to A07 2.4GHz Quad 8800GT 512 graphics 8GB RAM 500GB HDD x2 Card Reader 2xDVD burning drives Edimax network card maudio revolution 5.1 soundcard boot from iPC 10.5.6 Format drive as Mac OS Extended (Journaled) with GUID partition scheme Customize: Drivers -> Video Drivers -> NVIDIA -> NVdarwin 512MB Drivers -> Chipset Drivers -> top 3 Applications -> Kext Helper b7 install and restart install 10.5.8 combo update, either downloaded or from apple software update install modded 'IOATAFamily.kext' with Kext helper restart delete root/system/library/extensions/NVdarwin.kext Use OSX86 tools to add EFI graphics string install 'IOPCCardFamily.kext and 'IOPCIFamliy.kext' via kext helper b7 reboot Use osx86 tools to enable quartz install chameleon bootloader 2 rc 2 copy and replace boot file to root folder reboot shutdown install soundcard boot install envy soundcard drivers shutdown install edimax network card boot instal edimax drivers reboot set up ethernet. if not work, reboot again use Jack OSX to setup surround sound run software update and update other software sorry if an of that's unclear. if you don't get anything or can't find the right files online, PM me Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/84361-dell-xps-420-as-a-hackintosh/#findComment-1350109 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kNewton Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 thanks for the info. i am currently trying iATKOS 7, because it was the first to download and iPC says it will be 3 days. my set up Dell XPS 420 vista home prem. pack 1 Bios is A04 to update would i go to dell? 2.4GHz Quad ATI Radeon HD 3650 3GB RAM 500GB HDD DVD burning drive intel 82566DC Gigabit network card i would like to dual boot, do you think i should have separate pc / mac drives? i do video/ animation and save all my work on external drives. kNewton open apple closed apple Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/84361-dell-xps-420-as-a-hackintosh/#findComment-1350240 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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