try this
http://legacy.tonymacx86.com/viewtopic.php?f=34&t=23185&start=10
apparently if its a 3d card then its "always on" and you can Hack it!
if its not 3d capable then i dont think itll work
I have one myself it has optimus right?Im afraid osx doesn't support it as far as im aware i got it installed but didnt have graphics acceleration and wouldnt reboot after installation so i gave up.Maybe now that apple are supporting nvidia cards again maybe just maybe you might get somewhere...
Oh well being the glutton for punishment i am i reinstalled last night .I booted osx disk with PCIRootUID=1 and install went fine however i installed combo update and ran multibeast and it wont start from hard disk.So I started with multibootand get a message saying something about sleep time...
i had sound but there was a lot of crackling it sounded awful!no usb or net though and i dont think screen res was correct.also doesnt multibeast instal the usb3 renasas driver?and ethernet?
Anyway got snow osx installed !!! Ran multi beast and latest update .No internet or usb though and unable to boot from hard drive :-( Gonna give it a rest for a bit as been at it for days now had to boot from i boot and command GraphicsEnabler=0 as the l702x runs optimus oh well :-) should have...
Re: dell xps 17 hackintosh?UPDATE!!!!!!!
Well I siccesfully managed to install SL.ANyway I screwed up while i was setting up so I had to reinstall.Again I installed successfully restart insert i boot then I get the error
dcbtabe_version is 0x10
nVidia ROM patching failed!
then hangs on a black...
Hi guys I've been struggling with very little succes to get snow on my dell xps 420 and have recently aquired a lovely new xps17 laptop was wondering if this'll do the job
I72630qm
6gb ddr3 1333mhz
nvidia gt555m 3gb
2x500gb hard drives
tried iboot and getting a message saying i need to reboot...
Hi am new to this lark but am not one to quit easily.Anyway I have a dell xps 420 running a q8200 3 gb of ram and a gts8800 i have tried both i boot and i boot legacy i can get as far as puting the snow leapoard cd in the drive and pressing enter then i get the apple logo with a spinner then...
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