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Mostly Working IBM/Lenovo T400 (6474)

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Lenovo t400
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Intel Core 2 Duo 2.26 Ghz
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Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller
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My T400 (6474) has an Intel Core 2 Duo (Centrino vPro 2) 2.26 Ghz processor, and an Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller.

To install Snow Leopard, I used the iBoot/Multibeast method found on this website. The installation went smoothly, and it was very easy to accomplish.

Post-installation, the wireless didn't work. But that was expected. To work around that, I purchased a Rosewill USB 2.0 External 5dBi Antenna Wireless Adapter (RNX-N180UBE). The drivers for Snow Leopard can be downloaded from the Rosewill website.

Snow Leopard also did not recognize the battery. To “fix” that, I used the VoodooBattery Kext, along with the Slim Battery Monitor (rather than the OS X battery monitor, which does not work correctly).

The only other problem that I encountered post-installation was that the system would not sleep. Well, maybe it does sleep, but it won’t wake up. I’m not sure what exactly the problem is. If I try to enter sleep mode, then I have to do a hard reboot. This isn’t an incredibly big deal for me, since I am mainly using the system as a hi-fi music server. However, I am open to suggestions concerning the sleep mode issue. For now, I just leave it on the screen saver when I’m not using it.

Another weird thing is that sometimes “About This Mac” says that the processor is 1.6 Ghz instead of 2.26 Ghz. Other times it says that it is 2.26 Ghz (which it is). Any ideas about this?

I am a Mac enthusiast, and own a 2008 white MacBook, and a 2012 Mac Mini, but I am new to the Hackintosh community.

I really like this site!

Thanks in advance for any advice. :)

- macintoshJake
 
My T400 (6474) has an Intel Core 2 Duo (Centrino vPro 2) 2.26 Ghz processor, and an Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller.

To install Snow Leopard, I used the iBoot/Multibeast method found on this website. The installation went smoothly, and it was very easy to accomplish.

Post-installation, the wireless didn't work. But that was expected. To work around that, I purchased a Rosewill USB 2.0 External 5dBi Antenna Wireless Adapter (RNX-N180UBE). The drivers for Snow Leopard can be downloaded from the Rosewill website.

Snow Leopard also did not recognize the battery. To “fix” that, I used the VoodooBattery Kext, along with the Slim Battery Monitor (rather than the OS X battery monitor, which does not work correctly).

The only other problem that I encountered post-installation was that the system would not sleep. Well, maybe it does sleep, but it won’t wake up. I’m not sure what exactly the problem is. If I try to enter sleep mode, then I have to do a hard reboot. This isn’t an incredibly big deal for me, since I am mainly using the system as a hi-fi music server. However, I am open to suggestions concerning the sleep mode issue. For now, I just leave it on the screen saver when I’m not using it.

Another weird thing is that sometimes “About This Mac” says that the processor is 1.6 Ghz instead of 2.26 Ghz. Other times it says that it is 2.26 Ghz (which it is). Any ideas about this?

I am a Mac enthusiast, and own a 2008 white MacBook, and a 2012 Mac Mini, but I am new to the Hackintosh community.

I really like this site!

Thanks in advance for any advice. :)

- macintoshJake

Which graphics chip? Is it GMA 4500MHD? If so, not possible to implement QE/CI... and sleep is not possible without QE/CI.
 
The graphics chip is the GMA x3100.

- macintoshJake
 
Which graphics chip? Is it GMA 4500MHD? If so, not possible to implement QE/CI... and sleep is not possible without QE/CI.

What is QE/CI?

- macintoshJake
 
The graphics chip is the GMA x3100.

- macintoshJake

Are you sure? OS X mis-identifies GMA4500 as X3100.

Show output from 'lspci -nn' in Linux Terminal.
 
Are you sure? OS X mis-identifies GMA4500 as X3100.

Show output from 'lspci -nn' in Linux Terminal.

You are right. It is a GM4500.
 
That's what I figured... Your laptop is not a good choice for OS X.

Thanks for the advice.

It works for what I am using it for though. So I guess I can deal with the problems.

- macintoshJake
 
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