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17 Dec 08

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My Dell Vostro 1500 Hackintosh

It’s not my first Hackintosh, nor will it be my last. But either way I believe it’s practice to post struggles and successes online so that others can learn and use that knowledge. For those of you that google iAtkos v4i , iAtkos 10.5.4 , Leopard, OSx86 project, Dell Vostro 1500, GMA x3100, GMAX3100 on dell, laptop, install, intel 950. I’m here to help…

So installing OS X on a laptop isn’t anything new, and most are finding the rewards well worth the time and effort it takes to install. This is my second successful install on a dell (with the previous being a Dell m1330) and has been far easier.

My hardware is as follows:

  • 1.6 GHz with 1G RAM
  • Broadcom 440x ethernet
  • Intel 3945 a/b/g Wireless
  • Intel 965 Express Graphics
  • Sigmatel Audio 95xx Audio

I’m going to keep this brief and to the point, but if anyone has any questions, feel free to post them here and I’ll answer as best as I can, or check out this thread with a step by step guide.

First, get the iAtkos v4i dvd. I installed with just the vanilla kernel (9.4.0) and ethernet (broadcom 440x) installed on installation. Once installed I had to boot with -x (safemode) flag to get video to work on internal monitor. I then deleted the AppleIntelGMAX3100.kext from system/library/extensions which allowed me to boot without safe mode. .

I then downloaded the DellPackage and installed the audio for Sigmatel 9205 (works with Dell Vostro 1700 also), the video for Intel 950, AppleSMBIOS for Macbook (this is key for stuff like Creative Suite and other programs to install and behave properly) and then the Media Keys Enabler.

So now everything is working on my Dell Vostro 1500 except internal wireless, which could be a while before that’s working. That’s all i really have to report for now. I hope that it helps someone, feel free to hit me up and tell me your struggles and successes or if this post helped you (if i get a decent amount of feedback I may start helping others and investing more time into building/supporting Hackintosh and the osx86 project.

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