Guide to Semi-Working Dell Inspiron 1525

[zb370]

When I boot it up, the apple logo takes longer. is that normal? What boot flags do I need to put in? Please help. Respond fast.

Does the desktop load? Or is it freezing at the apples screen?

 

[justincenteno99]

Does the desktop load? Or is it freezing at the apples screen?

It's not freezing. It just rotating still at the apple logo very long, but when I put the boot flag -v this shows

 

[zb370]

What OSX version are you trying to install? This only works up to 10.8.2

 

[justincenteno99]

What OSX version are you trying to install? This only works up to 10.8.2

I'm pretty sure this is 10.8 that I'm trying to install.

 

[zb370]

It looks like a lot of your kexts aren't compiling correctly. Try to wipe and reinstall

 

[justincenteno99]

It looks like a lot of your kexts aren't compiling correctly. Try to wipe and reinstall

Thank you for your help. And does installer mean your usb drive name when you enter the commands in terminal?

 

[zb370]

Yes

 

[justincenteno99]

Yes

I tried one more time. It's the same thing. What do I do?

edit: I tried boot flags -v -x, it worked. Maybe it was corrupt before

edit2: I successfully installed MountainLion on my Dell 1525 but it can only boot on -x. I wonder why.

 

[franknirania]

Have anyone tried Mountain Lion 10.8.2 with full qe/ci as mentioned in macrumor on Dell Inspiron 1525 ?

 

[robi62]

Ok removed appleefiruntime kext
laptop boots fine now

Everything works sleep wifi audio

I used my patched dsdt.aml as the one provided in here kept saying while booting something about ushbci devices not being able to sleep now no more errror

I also removed graphics enabler in chameleon boot list as not needed with my dsdt.aml

One thing does any one have a working kext for ethernet????

This is my dsdt