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iPC 10.5.6, iAtkos 10.5.8, and XxX 10.5.6 all work. If you decide to use XxX, you can follow this picture to install the items with yellow dots. Once you have Leopard installed, you cannot directly upgrade to Snow Leopard, but you can follow our guide to install a clean copy of Snow Leopard.
Yes, that is the guide I was referring to. By clean install I simply meant installing onto a blank partition (the only way you can install Snow Leopard). It was probably poor wording on my part. Since you have a Celeron Processor, you will need to install the Legacy Kernel. Each guide, excluding the retail install guide (since 10.6 does not require it), has a step on doing so, so just make sure you follow that step or your system will not boot.
No, I mean the very black bottom of the laptop that the battery slides into and has the 4 rubber feet. It is also where the CD Drive and HDD slide into it. I was considering painting the palm rest black, though it would be difficult to cover the trackpad so as not to get paint on it.
Finally, you can upgrade your processor for the most noticeable performance increase. Though a more complicated procedure for an inexperienced user, installing a new processor on a laptop really just comes down to applying the right amount of thermal paste and screwing in the heatsink.
I have 10.5.2 running, but I have two problems. The first problem is that after installation, I can only see the desktop if I plugin an external monitor. Is there a kext file or driver that I need that will get my laptop monitor to work? the second is, if I try to install the software update it corrupts my OS and it will no longer boot correctly, and I have to redo everything. Any suggestions?
I have followed the instructions of this tutorial and everything worked like a charm, but I only have one problem. My USB ports do not recognize any device. A keyboard I plugged in does not work and a portable hard drive does not work. Does anyone know what the problem could be?
You should be able to do just that using this dual boot guide. Just make sure that, when you are installing Windows, the NTFS partition you will be installing to is set as the active partition (you can do so using GParted) otherwise Windows will not allow you to install to the disc.
Hello everyone! I have successfully made a dual booting hackintosh out of my inspiron 1525. The internet works on the windows side and when I try to install the drivers on OSX side it does not work. Does anyone else know what the problem is?
I got 10 5 2 Kalyway on and working. Most stuff works fine to my eye but no wireless or audio. When I got to the wifi point of your tutorial, terminal required a password when i would sudo. My keyboard wouldnt work at that point so I couldnt put the password in. is there an alternative way to get the wireless working?
Sorry, I got confused as to what you were referring to. Yes, you should install with this guide and then install Snow Leoaprd. As for your black screen, wait for the HDD activity light to die done, wait about another 30 seconds, and then press Fn+Esc. After about another 15 seconds, the screen will come to life. Afterward, use this guide to never have to use that sleep trick again.
What the sleep fix does is resolve the issue of the screen remaining black after booting into OS X. There are several sleep fixes, all of which work in different ways. The newest and, quite frankly, the best sleep trick is adding a dsdt.aml to your system. You can find a guide on doing so here.
Please actually follow the guide before posting questions that have already been answered countless times in both the post and other comments. Nevertheless, you can follow this guide to fix your issue.
Dear sir
i am trying ti install Mac OSx on my inspiron 1525. it had installed but when i start the computer , it will hand after loading MAC from hard drive .
Can you please help me???
Thanking you in anticipation
Eric- First, please do not double post the same issue; your issues will eventually be addressed. Second, actually follow the guide you are commenting on. Steps 3 and 4 will point you in the right direction. Then, follow this guide to completely remedy the issue.
Mariah- You can just press Enter for all of the steps as all the default options should be fine. Try running the script twice, repair permissions with Disk Utility, and then booting with -f.
Thank you for replying Thomas, i did a little messing around with it last night (all night) haha. Anyway, i was able to do a software update to 10.5.8, honeslty i have no idea how i did it. it kind of just worked.
If reinstalling Leopard, I suggest iPC 10.5.6 PPF5. It will install 10.5.6, which boasts some big upgrades from the much older 10.5.2. You can then of course follow your various Upgrade guides to upgrade up to 10.5.8. Regardless, try following this guide on getting your Audio working and this link to the broadcom script. Intructions for the script are included in the download. After installing, reboot with -f and report back how it goes. For more drivers/kexts, check out the Master Drivers Guide
OK so I saw the link you posted to Raj and noticed that it had a simplified explanation on how to install the Broadcom-Script in Terminal and I followed it and got it to successfully install, however after repairing disk permissions in Disk Utility and restarting, Airport still does not show up.
I have been trying to install the Broadcom-Script on my Dell Inspiron 1525 and Kext Helper says that it appears to be fine and to reboot. I have tried just rebooting as well as repairing permissions after installing it and then rebooting and neither works.
I am running osx 10.5.2 on my hack book it works perfect now. Sound, headphone jacks, ad DVD play great. But I would like to run software update?????? Will it ruin all the work I have done to go from this to 10.5.8
Thank you so much for this guide! I had a quick question. i am running 10.5.6 on a Dell XPS M1530. Everything is running perfectly fine but WIFI and Sound. I currently have the Dell 1395 mini pci card and also my sound card is Sigmatel 92HD. I tried step 7 and patched files but still no luck. Can someone please help me? is it not suppose to work with my build or is there anything i am missing? thank you so much for your help in advance!!
Step 7 of the referenced guide did resolve the sleep and wakeup issue. I wonder if I can be helped in resolving the sleep issue at the boot time. I mean, when it boots, i have to keep the autologin on and have sleep corner setup so that I could wake it up by dragging mouse in that area. I read in the guide at -a-dsdtaml-to-older-installs/ and I already had DSDT patch installed, so I used it to getnerate the DSDT file which it generated and placed on the root folder. But, it did not show the login screen (ofcourse I disabled autologin for this) and i still have to use the sleep corner to wake up its display.
Any help or pointer in this regard, will be really appreciable!
Hi,
I tried the following command for sleep issue as mentioned in the above article, but laptop never goes to sleep, although display immediately goes blank, but fan and system never goes to sleep.
I have an Inspiron 1525 with a core 2 duo. the problem im having is that every time i try to update to 10.5.3 after i install the update and the kernel they both dont start Ive tried both types of kernels for the update the vanilla and the other type what can i do
Hi All,
I need help i have dell 1525 notebook and i have installed MAC OS. Everything was seemed to be good but as i reboot my pc,then mac loading screen and after that screen goes black i have tried all the things as mentioned above like unplugged pc close lid and come after it still black i did all the things can any one help me ????
You can always install the much more stable mach_kernel, use a dsdt.aml from this guide, and press Fn+Esc the first time you boot to wake the screen. The dsdt.aml will automatically do it for you every other time. On the other hand, why not try out Snow Leopard?
Ravi- Glad to hear you were able to get to 10.5.8. Please let me know if you have any more issues. Also, it would be appreciated if you could click on some of the ads around the site to help us gain revenue for hosting costs. Thanks!
By prerequisite I mean should I have vanilla and or mobin kernel. I use 10.5.2 Kaliway as the OS X start-up disk, and i ncustomise option for kernel I choose only sleep kenel. Also in Kaliway there is a kernel update that comes aloing with 10.5.3 differential update. I install this kernel but with vanilla and mobin unticked. Is this approach right.
I specifically have two problems:
1. The installer quits before finishing when using 10.5.8 differential as well as combo updates, and the error message says that the source file is damaged and I should contact manufacturer for a new CD
2. Second, when upgrading from 10.5.7 through Software Update, I land up with kernel panic no matter whether I use -v or -x during reboot.
I now do not have the courage to update from 10.5.7 on my main Machine, so I am doing the next update with a step by step approach using -x-10-5-8-installation-guide/- but from the 10.5.7 loaded on my external harddrive.
Now I am stuck an badly need your help. Your guide has been of immense value so far, as all the tips and links from here, have been the key to my success at doing all work and play in os x. I now need some guidance on what to check for before the upgrade from 10.5.7 to 10.5.8 through the usual Software Update process.
Are you able to see other WPA networks? You can check by trying to connect to a password protected network and it will tell you if the network is using WEP or WPA. From the information given, I would say that its a problem with your network. Also check to see if you router is compatible with Mac OS X.
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