OS X Lion installation on Dell Inspiron 1520

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OS X Snow Leopard installation on Dell Inspiron 1520

You will need:

• Dell Inspiron 1520 (preferably a Core 2 Duo with NVIDIA 8600GT)

• OS X Snow Leopard Retail DVD

• iBoot (http://tonymacx86.blogspot.com)

• MultiBeast 3.7 (http://tonymacx86.blogspot.com).
  I was having kernel panic issues with v3.8.

• Kext Utility

Drivers (kexts) and other required files:

• AppleACPIPS2Nub.kext, ApplePS2Controller.kext, AppleBCM440XEthernet.kext, FakeSMC.kext, FakeSTAC9205.kext, LidSleep.kext, VoodooBattery.kext, VoodooHDA.kext, VoodooPowerMini.kext, VoodooSDHC.kext

• DSDT.aml, smbios.plist, com.apple.Boot.plist

Download all files here

BIOS Settings:

Under SATA option, select AHCI mode.

Installation Steps:

• Boot from iBoot and on the
  selection screen swap the DVD with OS/X Retail. Press F5 to refresh
  and select Mac OS/X Installation. You should now see a grey screen
  with an Apple logo. If everything goes well you will see the
  language selection screen.

• From the Menu, Select Utilities -> Disk Utility,
  

  • Select your hard drive from the left pane and click on 'Partition'.
    

  • Click 'Options' at the bottom and select 'GUID Partition Table'.
    

  • Select 'Mac OS Extended (Journaled)' from Format drop-down options.

  • Finally, click Apply.

• Close Disk Manager and continue with the installation. This will take around 30 minutes to complete.

First Boot:

• Upon reboot, swap the DVD with the iBoot and boot from it. This is because there is no boot loader currently installed on the HD.

• When presented with the selection screen, select OS X (or whatever you named your OS/X partition).
  

• This will boot OS/X for the first time and you will be presented with Initial setup screen. You can skip the registration screen and continue to the account creation. Once done, you will log into OS/X.
  

• Run MultiBeast and select the following options:

Drivers & Bootloaders -> Bootloaders -> Chimera v1.4.1 r877

• Unzip the downloaded file (above) and copy SLE folder contents to /System/Library/Extensions folder.

If using terminal, the command will be:

sudo cp -R SLE /System/Library/Extensions

• Now copy the contents of the Extra folder from the zip file to /Extra

sudo mkdir /Extra
sudo cp -R Extra /Extra

• Run Kext Utility and it will fix any permission issues.
  

• Reboot using HD and it should boot up fine.

Now you have a fully functional OS/X 10.6.3

You can download the 10.6.7 combo upgrade to upgrade your OS/X. Every time you upgrade, you will need to copy the drivers (kext files) in /System/Library/Extensions folder and run Kext Utitlity.

OS-X Snow Leopard installation on Dell Inspiron 6400

I bought a cheap Dell Inspiron 6400 from Ebay with the intention of trying out OS/X Snow Leopard (10.6) on it.

Pre reqs:

- Dell Inspiron 6400 (preferably a Core 2 Duo).

- OS X Snow Leopard Retail DVD

- iBoot (http://tonymacx86.blogspot.com)

- Multi Beast (http://tonymacx86.blogspot.com)

- Kext Beast (http://tonymacx86.blogspot.com)

Drivers you need:

- AppleIntelIntegratedFramebuffer.kext (if you have onboard Intel graphics)

- VoodooTSYC.kext

- AppleBCM440XEthernet.pkg

BIOS Settings:

Disable Multiple Cores. We will enable them in the end.

If there is SATA option, select AHCI mode.

Installation Steps:

- Boot from iBoot and on the selection screen swap the DVD with OSX Retail. Press F5 to refresh and select Mac OSX Installation. You should now see a grey screen which an Apple logo. If everything goes well you will see the first OS X installation screen where you select a language.

- In my case, the screen went black for some reason. I tried connecting to an external monitor and it worked.

- From the Menu, Select Utilities -> Disk Utility and format the HD with Mac OS Extended (Journaled). Also click on options to select partition type as GUID partition.

- Continue further and the installation will begin. This will take around 30 minutes to complete.

First Boot:

- Upon reboot, swap the DVD with the iBoot and boot from it. This is because there is no boot loader currently installed on the HD.

- When presented with the selection screen, select OSX or whatever you named your OSX partition.

- Once again, the display will output on the External monitor.

- If you have onboard Intel Graphics, copy the Intel 950 Graphics file 'AppleIntelIntegratedFramebuffer.kext' to the Desktop and use KextBeast to install it. You can find this file on http://www.kexts.com/.

- If you have NVIDIA or ATI graphics card, you don't need a driver (kext) for it but instead enable the option in Multibeast (See below).

- Reboot and now you should see the output of graphics on the laptop LCD and if your external monitor is connected it will be configured properly.

- Now run Multi Beast and select the following options:

- EasyBeast Install

- Drivers & Bootloaders -> Kexts & Enablers -> Audio -> Universal -> VoodooHDA 0.2.1

- Drivers & Bootloaders -> Miscellaneous -> Voodoo PS/2 Controller

- Drivers & Bootloaders -> Miscellaneous -> Voodoo PS/2 Trackpad

- This should install the boot loader, and other important stuff.

- Reboot now using HD (Eject the iBoot DVD at this stage).

- Now install 'VoodooTSYC.kext' which will enable Core2Duo processor. Install it similarly by copying to Desktop and running KextBeast. Delete the .kext file from desktop after the installation.

- Now finally run 'AppleBCM440XEthernet.pkg' which will install the LAN drivers.

- Reboot and everything should be running.

Finally,

- Go into BIOS and Enable Performance -> Multiple Core option.

Now you have a fully functional OSX 10.6.3

You can download the 10.6.6 or 10.6.7 combo upgrade to upgrade your OS/X. Every time you upgrade, you will need to run Multibeast and select the options described above.