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osx mavericks on a alienware m14x r2

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bomber1614

bomber1614

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Motherboard
Alienware m14x r2
CPU
intel i7 3630 @ 2.60ghz
Graphics
nvidia geforce GT 650m
Mac
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Classic Mac
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Mobile Phone
  1. iOS
hello im wanting to get mavericks on my alienware m14x r2 and i want to make sure i can get everything working before i even try.

my specs are:

CPU: intel core i7 3630qm @2.40 ghz
GPU: nvidia geforce GT 650m And Intel(R) HD Graphics 4000
WIFI: Intel(R) Centrino(R) Wireless-N 2230
Touch Pad: Synaptics PS/2 Port Touch Pad
Keyboard: Standard PS/2 Keyboard

Also this is a ivy bridge system

thats all the specs that are really needed just wondering if i could have some help on doing this 10.9.1 install thanks
 
bomber1614 said:
hello im wanting to get mavericks on my alienware m14x r2 and i want to make sure i can get everything working before i even try.

my specs are:

CPU: intel core i7 3630qm @2.40 ghz
GPU: nvidia geforce GT 650m And Intel(R) HD Graphics 4000
WIFI: Intel(R) Centrino(R) Wireless-N 2230
Touch Pad: Synaptics PS/2 Port Touch Pad
Keyboard: Standard PS/2 Keyboard

Also this is a ivy bridge system

thats all the specs that are really needed just wondering if i could have some help on doing this 10.9.1 install thanks
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Read here: http://www.tonymacx86.com/laptop-compatibility/106791-laptop-compatibility.html

Summary: Your WiFi is not supported (will need to replace it). And you'll use just HD4000 and disable the nvidia.
 
bomber1614 said:
i got the install to go great but now I'm stuck at the apple screen with a non stopping spinning circle and when I boot with -v it says missing Bluetooth controller I have no idea what to do now
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Post a quality photo of the screen that results.

Are you using these bootflags?

IGPEnabler=N GraphicsEnabler=N -x -v -f UseKernelCache=N dart=0
 
RehabMan said:
Post a quality photo of the screen that results.

Are you using these bootflags?

IGPEnabler=N GraphicsEnabler=N -x -v -f UseKernelCache=N dart=0
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alrighty no problem and I used igpenabler yes and graphics no
 
bomber1614 said:
alrighty no problem and I used igpenabler yes and graphics no
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You need to use IGPEnabler=N until you get your graphics properly configured. And bootflags are case sensitive. 'igpenabler' is not valid and does nothing. Same for 'graphics'.
 
RehabMan said:
You need to use IGPEnabler=N until you get your graphics properly configured. And bootflags are case sensitive. 'igpenabler' is not valid and does nothing. Same for 'graphics'.
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no I used the right one it's just I'm on my phone posting right now so I thought id shorten the words and I used your boot flags it connected to my Bluetooth transport successfully but it still hangs up I got a photo but I'm not sure if it's good enough
 

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bomber1614 said:
no I used the right one it's just I'm on my phone posting right now so I thought id shorten the words and I used your boot flags it connected to my Bluetooth transport successfully but it still hangs up I got a photo but I'm not sure if it's good enough
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You need to remove the Nvidia kexts (NV*, Geforce*) from /System/Library/Extensions.
 
RehabMan said:
You need to remove the Nvidia kexts (NV*, Geforce*) from /System/Library/Extensions.
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can i do that while installer or something cause I don't have another Mac to hook the USB to
 
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