**This post is outdated. Use this guide to install Snow Leopard**
(At the time of writing, 10.5.4 is the latest version of Mac OS X)
I’ve done it, and I absolutely love it for more reasons than one. Now I’m going to show you how it’s done so you too can have your own Inspiron 1525 HackBook Pro. First, let’s look at the specs and see what we’re dealing with. I bought this laptop at Best Buy about a week ago now for $499.99. It was either on a fast sale or priced incorrectly because now the identical model with the same SKU and Best Buy # is showing up for $649.99 — same color and everything. You snooze, you lose.
On the outside is a rather unattractive and hard to keep clean jet black lid with silver trim. I’d say the only good thing about the exterior is the Dell logo. Opening it up reveals a very sexy, modern silver design, perfect key placement, a really attractive touchpad that looks like it’s built right into the case — very nice indeed. Touch senor media buttons with a nice blue light finish off a well-designed interior with a very modern feel. This thing was well thought out on the inside. One of the best I’ve seen from Dell.
Under the hood boasts a little bit older processor technology with a 533MHz FSB — Intel Pentium Dual Core. This is very similar to the new Celeron Dual Cores but don’t let it confuse you with the Pentium D — this CPU is actually rather nice. Although using the Pentium name, the Pentium Dual Core is based on the Core technology you’re already familar with on your Core Duo and Core2 Duo Macs. While the battery doesn’t last quite as long as a similar Core2 Duo (Centrino), this 1.87GHz packs a punch and unlike all you other dual core users, I don’t have to boot with cpus=1 — that’s right! This HackBook Pro is using both cores and it’s putting out some power with Mac OS X.
Let’s go over the fine details:
- Dell Inspiron 1525
- (Best Buy Model: I1525-121B / SKU: 8878002)
- Intel Pentium Dual Core 1.87 GHz
- 15.4″ Glossy XGA HD Widescreen LCD (1280 x 800)
- Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3100 (Like MacBook, MacBook Air!)
- 2 GB DDR2 Memory (Up To 4 GB!)
- 160 GB SATA Hard Drive (5200 RPM)
- Double-layer DVD±RW/CD-RW w/ Label Support
- 16×4x16 DVD+RW; 8×4x16 DVD-RW; 40×24x40 CD-RW
- Built-in 10/100 Ethernet, 56K Dial-up Modem, Dell 1395 Wi-Fi
- USB 2.0, Firewire, ExpressCard/54, Lithium-ion Battery, Card Reader, etc.
There are a couple things I’m going to end up doing to this laptop over time, including upgrading to a larger, faster SATA hard drive and maxing out the 4 GB supported memory. A few really attractive points of this system is not in the hardware, but in the drivers and support for Mac OS X Leopard (10.5.4). The wireless card is recognized and used as AirPort and the battery management works. Those are two huge pluses for those of you who have “half-supported” laptops running jury-rigged applications to connect to your wireless network or preserve your battery life. Oh, and did I mention that you don’t need ANY graphics drivers? That’s right, this model is fully supported with Quartz Extreme and Core Image!
Of course, getting your new Inspiron to run just like mine is going to take a bit of work, including downloading the ususal files from the usual places like a certain bay of thieves or the little green monster, but once you’ve burned everything to a single layer DVD, you’ll be up and running in under an hour! I highly suggest to any “noobs” that you don’t attempt to dual boot just yet. Let’s start with a full hard drive, no partitions, no “bull.”
1] Start by doing some downloading on a working computer that is connected to the Internet. You’re going to need a DVD burner, a fast Internet connection, and some Googling skills to find everything you need. Lucky for you, I’m going to provide all the difficult stuff to find — the drivers and hacks that are going to give your laptop the extras you need. First, download “Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.2 Kalyway” (AMD/Intel) installation DVD. It should be around 3 to 4 GB. Next, download the “Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.3 Kalyway Combo Update” which should be around 500 to 600 MB. Go ahead and burn them to separate discs using Disk Utility if you’re already on a Mac, or PowerISO if you’re on Windows. If you use Windows a lot, PowerISO is one of those few programs I’d actually purchase. It’s that good. I suggest burning everything at 8X or slower to ensure it’s 100%.
2] Insert your newly burned 10.5.2 Kalyway Installation DVD into your laptop and boot from it. I assume you still have Windows Vista pre-loaded, which is fine. We’re going to delete all that crap. It’s going to take a while for the installation screen to load and you’re going to be flooded with a ton of text lines, even some errors, as the DVD probes and pokes around your hardware. Once the screen loads, you’ll notice your keyboard and touchpad instantly work out of the box. The first thing you want to do is click on Tools in the menu bar and select Disk Utility. Once this loads (give it a minute), select your hard drive (160.0 GB ….) by clicking on it, and then click on the Erase tab. Select “Mac OS Extended (Journaled) for Volume Format and for Name type “Macintosh HD” then click “Erase …” Give it a few minutes to rid all instances of Bill Gates and you’ll see your new “Macintosh HD” appear. Once that has completed, exit out of Disk Utility and continue the installation by going through the on-screen instructions. You may want to click “Customize” before you go through actually installing Mac OS X as Kalyway has included a lot of extras that might appeal to you. Be careful not to select the wrong items, like things that don’t pretain to your hardware or you’re going to end up screwing yourself later. I got you covered, don’t I? After your installation is complete, it’s going to reboot your computer.
3] This is where the fun begins! Take out your installation disc and reboot. When you get to the Darwin boot loader screen, hit F8 to enter some boot flags. Type -v -f and hit enter. After a ton of scrolling text, your screen will black out as if it’s asleep. Don’t panic! You want your computer to sleep. When you see the screen go black and activity slow down on your CPU light, unplug your inspiron from the power cable and close the lid. Come back to it in about 15 minutes when it has fallen asleep and wake it up by moving your finger around on the touchpad. Welcome to the post-installation. Go ahead and opt out of transfering files from another Mac, and also select that you don’t have an Internet connection. Keep clicking and you’ll be asked to enter your personal information. Keep clicking! You’ll soon be presented with the desktop — sexy, huh? Now there’s something you need to do ASAP or else you’ll be waiting for this computer to fall asleep every time you reboot.
4] Before you start drooling and examining your Mac-powered laptop, click on the Apple and go to System Prefernces. Click on “Expose & Spaces” and then click the “Expose” button. On one of the Active Screen Corners select “Sleep Display.” I chose the lower left-hand corner. Go ahead and exit out of that and reboot. When the screen goes blank, move your finger down towards the corner you selected. It may take a few imaginary strokes since you can’t see the mouse pointer. After a few tries you’ll master it and your screen will appear — ta da. Now, one thing I did notice that few people report (Maybe it’s just me?), with the “sleep trick” being used, sometimes the desktop icons become unclickable or hidden. Although this is a pain in the ass, it only takes a moment. After you boot up and do the sleep trick with the touchpad, go ahead and log out of your user account and log back in. This ensures everything’s 100% with your session. The only downside to the sleep trick is it requires you to leave Auto Login going. There’s a work around for this to put the display to sleep at the Login screen but I’m not going to go there yet.
UPDATE! Want this sleep trick to happen automatically and be able to see the Login screen? Click here!
5] Now it’s time to pop in your other DVD — the Combo Update. Go ahead and drag it all to the desktop and install it. Before we get busy with it, let’s make a copy of our current kernel for safe keeping in case you fuck something up. Open up Terminal (use Spotlight if you’re not sure where to find it) and type sudo su - to get a root session. Root is like the Administrator account on Microsoft Windows. If you screw up as root, you’re done. After su’ing to root, type cp /mach_kernel /mach_kernel_bkup1052 to make a copy of your existing kernel that you can use to boot up with later if you need to. It’s always good to have a backup plan, right? Install the Combo Update but don’t reboot. It’s going to ask you to but keep that window open! With that window still visable, go ahead and install the kernel package. Once that has installed successfully, hit reboot on your other window and hang on for the ride.
6] Boom. Now you’re running Mac OS X 10.5.3 Leopard. But that’s not the latest version. Lucky for you, the next round of upgrades to get to 10.5.4 are going to come from Software Update. That’s right, directly from Apple like a real Mac! But not just yet. First, we have to get this laptop online. This is where I come in. Click on one of the links below to download my Inspiron 1525 Mac Drivers Pack. A lot of this stuff may/will work on other Inspiron models but I only guarantee it’ll work on my exact model (see above). Go ahead and grab my pack, although I only take credit for making all this stuff easily accessible, I didn’t create any of these tools, just modified them to work with this laptop (if applicable).
7] After you download and unzip the pack, take a look inside. Now open up a Terminal window and find the directory on your desktop, or where ever you downloaded the ZIP to. Go inside Broadcom-Script and type sudo su – ; chmod +x bcm43xx_enabler.sh ; ./bcm43xx_enabler.sh to run the installer. Don’t worry, I’ve added the correct values for our internal Dell 1395 Wi-Fi. Once that runs, close Terminal and open up Disk Utility. Repair disk permissions just in case and then reboot your computer. AirPort should appear on your menu bar and you’ll be able to find your wireless network and get online.
8] Go ahead and use Software Update to download everything. When you reboot, since you’re upgrading to 10.5.4, you’ll have to run the Broadcom-Script again like we did above. Once you’ve upgraded to 10.5.4 successfully and re-applied the Wi-Fi drivers, fixed permissions, etc., connect back to your wireless network. Now it’s time to get audio working. Use my supplied 1525 Codec file and fire up crazy green frog (AppleHDAPatcher_v1.16). Drag the 1525_Codec.txt file into the window and let it work its magic. Repair permissions again just to be safe and reboot. Now you’ll notice sound works and you don’t have to keep re-applying the Broadcom-Script patch.
9] At this point I assume you’ve learned enough or done enough reading elsewhere to know how to install kexts. Unzip PowerManagement_137_1.bundle.tar.gz and install the PowerManagement.bundle. Repair permissions, delete kext cache and all that fun stuff. Now reboot again. You should see your battery meter come to life on your menu bar. Keep the settings set to ‘Custom’ if you want it to continue to function. I set mine to Percentage.
10] If you’re like me, you want to be able to “tap” the touchpad to click, and scroll with a finger, etc. For this we use the install.sh script inside of ApplePS2Trackpad. Once that’s up and running, go into System Preferences and you’ll find a Trackpad tab within the Keyboard & Mouse window. Play around with the settings. Sometimes you may have to set it to what appears to be really low (slow) in order to get the speed just right. It’s a little funky, but you’ll find a setting that you can enjoy. Scrolling is a bit more than hit and miss as it doesn’t work REALLY well but it’s still useful to some. I’ve disabled it.
There are some loose ends, but I’m going to leave that up to you. The wired (Ethernet) will work using a quick patch that you can find by searching the InsanelyMac forums. Sleep will wake up properly with a different kernel. You’re welcome to replace your Dock with a darker, more attractive theme like I have included in the Midnight Dock directory. I suggest saving my Drivers Pack and stashing it somewhere, for when the next upgrade to Mac OS X comes out, you may end up re-applying some things again.
All in all, it’s a lot cheaper than spending $1,000 on a MacBook, or even $2,000 on a MacBook Pro. And it’s a lot more fun! I would put my current Mac-powered Inspiron at around the level of a MacBook Air at a fraction of the cost (And a bit less “Airy” since it’s pretty heavy). Unlike you crazy mobile gurus, I don’t carry around a full-sized laptop like it’s Palm Pilot. If you have any questions, feel free to leave a comment and I’ll respond within 24 hours in most cases. Good luck!
UPDATE!
Once you upgrade to 10.5.4, if you’re having issues getting the battery meter to display in your menu bar, you may be missing some files. Download my AppleACPIPlatform.kext, move yours somewhere safe as a backup (/System/Library/Extensions/AppleACPIPlatform.kext), pop mine in, repair permissions, kext cache, and all that fun stuff (Or use Kext Helper), reboot and check out your Energy settings in System Preferences now. Boom!
UPDATE!
Need S3 (Hibernation) Sleep on 10.5.4? Tired of putting your HackBook Pro to bed, only to find out it won’t wake up? Open Terminal and type sudo pmset -a hibernatemode 0 hibernatefile /dev/null then click Apple, Sleep. Wait for it to snooze and the fan to turn off. Now lightly hit your power button and it should crank back up, find your wireless network again, etc. If it doesn’t hold after a reboot, throw it in /etc/rc.common (Or /etc/rc.local if you’ve found that to work). Report your success here!
January 24th, 2010 at 4:19 pm
I’ve yet to hear of anyone having “law trouble” when getting an OS X distro such as Kalyway, so I would say it’s safe.
January 24th, 2010 at 4:00 pm
Can you get kalyway without law trouble???
January 19th, 2010 at 1:49 pm
Hey guys, I’m running my new HBK. It’ awesome. If you’re having trouble getting audio and wifi to work, then there is a different driver pack with INSTALLERS for everything. No terminal, no thing. One click, and you have wifi.
January 19th, 2010 at 6:57 am
For audio, try out this updated guide.
January 18th, 2010 at 7:55 pm
I’m running Windows 7 at the moment, before I try once again to install OS X Leopard. I’m having trouble with the AppleHDA. I run it after installing the broadcon-script patch, as I did the first time, before the HDD died, but I get a kernel panic when I try to load the AppleHDA after rebooting. I’m running a Dell Inspiron 1525, with a Dell 1395 Wi-Fi Mini Card and Sigmatel Audio 92xx card. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
January 10th, 2010 at 1:53 am
Raj- For the WiFi, download this. As for the sound card, check out insanelymac.com for the appropriate drivers as the drivers in this guide don’t work for your card.
January 8th, 2010 at 8:44 pm
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!!
January 8th, 2010 at 4:00 am
Thanks Thomas,
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 http://www.dailyblogged.com/883/adding-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!
January 7th, 2010 at 10:06 pm
Following step 7 of this guide should fix your issue.
January 7th, 2010 at 1:13 pm
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.
sudo pmset -a hibernatemode 0 hibernatefile /dev/null
I am using Dell inspiron 1525 with mac version 10.5.8.
Any assistance to make sleep and wakeup will really be appreciated!
January 3rd, 2010 at 9:53 pm
hello again, sorry for the double post… i didnt see an edit. i just wanted to add that right before the screen goes black, the screen flashes light blue like it wants to go to the install screen.
January 3rd, 2010 at 9:50 pm
hello, everyone. i have a dell inspiron 1525 exactly like the one in the tutorial, i got ipc 10.5.6. i put it in and typed -v. darwin goes through its thing and then the screen goes blank… i think ok ill wait, so i wait 20 minutes and nothing. i even tried the sleep trick even though thats used further in the tutorial… any help would be very appreciated thanks
January 3rd, 2010 at 9:14 pm
Hi guys,
just would like to inform you that we can get 100% genuine Apple Airport with our Dell 1525 by rebranding the internal Broadcom WiFi device.
Just follow the guide by prasys and make sure to use the subp id 0×004e as described in the guide.
http://prasys.co.cc/2009/12/rebranding-broadcom-802-11abgn-cards-as-airport/#more-2366
Yay!
December 9th, 2009 at 7:27 pm
Romulo Says:
1. December 2009 at 12:50 AM
Hey guys
so, the usb ports are not working when I plug any usb device when the notebook is on, but if I turn it off and then plug a pendrive (for example), it’s enabled when the OS is loaded…
I use 10.5.3 Kalyway by now
Does anyone know how to fix it?!
Thanks in advance
———————————————————————-
PROBLEM SOLVED
I reinstalled the kext IOPCIFamily with the app OSX86Tools (I dunno why but it didn’t work with KextHelper), corrected permissions… rebooted. Voilà!
I wanna point that the error message about PCGenUSBEHCI is still on, but I don’t have any problem with USB devices anymore.
\m/
December 9th, 2009 at 9:52 am
after awake from sleep i saw post-installation, but only half screen :( so i can’t do anything… i think i need to change my screen options… but how can i do it? (i using dell 1525)
December 1st, 2009 at 12:50 am
Hey guys
so, the usb ports are not working when I plug any usb device when the notebook is on, but if I turn it off and then plug a pendrive (for example), it’s enabled when the OS is loaded…
I use 10.5.3 Kalyway by now
Does anyone know how to fix it?!
Thanks in advance
November 25th, 2009 at 11:25 pm
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
November 6th, 2009 at 2:26 pm
Anyone else noticed xvid tv shows run choppy on their 1525’s? I swear DVD’s work fine, but I guess HD show rips are too much for our little laptops. I’m running 10.5.8. FYI.
November 5th, 2009 at 5:46 pm
Press Fn+Esc and it should wake up.
November 5th, 2009 at 9:02 am
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 ????
November 5th, 2009 at 3:21 am
On the outside is a rather unattractive and hard to keep clean jet black lid with silver trim. I’d say the only good thing about the exterior is the Dell logo.
October 15th, 2009 at 2:34 pm
Airport will work fine on any version of Leopard. If you run the patch and it didn’t work, run it again. If at that point it still doesn’t work, verify that you have a Dell 1395 WiFi card.
October 15th, 2009 at 4:07 am
Another quickie, will the airport patch not work on .2? I am having issues getting the update downloaded so far, and i followed instructions to the t with no luck.
thanks
October 14th, 2009 at 10:58 pm
No, this shouldn’t change anything.
October 14th, 2009 at 4:25 pm
On the drivers, My proc. differs from yours. I have the celeron, will this cause issues?
September 30th, 2009 at 10:04 pm
Ian- Let me know how it goes
Harrison- You should only be burning one file to the DVD and that file should be an iso file. You are correct in using PowerISO although I recommend IMGBurn. It’s free and it works great.
September 29th, 2009 at 11:48 pm
Excellent guide, I can’t wait to use it when I figure it out.
I’m currently on my Dell 1525 but I can’t get the computer to boot from the DVD. I have burned the files to a DVD using PowerISO and the burner within Vista and still no luck. Can someone help me on this?
Harrison
September 29th, 2009 at 10:40 pm
I’m downloading iPC 10.5.6 right now so we’ll see how it goes… will report back.
September 29th, 2009 at 10:28 pm
Okay, I’ve got everything working up until I try to update over the web.
I’ve got my wifi working just fine, and everything seems to download okay. I click some buttons and the updates begin to install. after a few minutes though there’s a kernel panic. So what am i doing wrong?
when I ran the updates earlier that I had burned to a disk I chose the kernel option thing that DIDDN’T say vanilla. is that the problem?
September 28th, 2009 at 10:11 pm
You will be able to install Snow Leopard using this guide but you will not be able to update to it. In other words, a clean install is required.
September 28th, 2009 at 10:01 pm
Is it possible to upgrade to Snow Leopard after following these instructions?
September 20th, 2009 at 4:59 am
Hey, When I installed the kexts, and rebooted my DVD Drive doesn’t work anymore! Any help is appreciated, Thanks
September 19th, 2009 at 1:24 pm
Hi, i’ve just installed osx but when I upgraded it to 01.5.8 the keypad and keyboard doesn’t work! Please help, thanks
September 10th, 2009 at 6:27 am
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?
September 10th, 2009 at 2:19 am
I have working sleep on 10.5.2! CBFed upgrading, and X-plane and Office 08 work fine – thats all i need. Anyway, during the install, select “SleepKernel”, and then it’ll work. The only downside is that you have to be on battery power to sleep it and wake it up.
September 4th, 2009 at 8:20 pm
Try running the script again and then repairing permissions.
September 4th, 2009 at 4:30 pm
Hey there, I used your driver pack, but when I install the wifi, when I reboot, no AirPort detected. (I have Dell 1395)
August 26th, 2009 at 6:01 pm
Great guide!
Does anyone know how well the Dell Vostro 1510 works? I’ve read on some non-hackintosh sites that they are pretty much the same.
Anyone running OS X on a the Vostro 1510?
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August 25th, 2009 at 4:06 pm
carco- I should have a Retail 10.6 disc in my hands within the next 1-2 weeks and I will start testing installation immediately. I have football right now and school starts soon though so don’t be surprised if the release of the guide is a little delayed.
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!
August 25th, 2009 at 4:28 am
Hi Richard and Thomas,
I finally did upgrade 10.5.7 to 10.5.8 with iDeneb.Combo.Upgrade.v10.5.8 and help from
http://www.dailyblogged.com/1348/os-x-10-5-8-installation-guide/
Perhaps iDeneb took care of the kernel issue Thomas.
Power was broken – fixed with 10.5.6 Power Management Fix
Sleep was broken – Sleep fix mentioned in installation guide above worked
Everything else including wireless,ethernet, sound, mute, mic intact.
I have also done the update directly from 10.5.2 (Kaliway) to 10.5.8 (iDeneb mentioned above) on my external drive as well successfully.
Thanks and cheers to this blog..
August 25th, 2009 at 1:31 am
When will gonna C snow leopard on this laptop?
August 24th, 2009 at 9:15 pm
You might be experiencing the issues when going from 10.5.7 to 10.5.8 as you are not using the mach kernel (a.k.a vanilla kernel). Switch to the mach/vanilla kernel and then the update should work for you. It would probably be better if you didn’t update though as 10.5.8 provides no benefits over the previous versions and only causes problems.
August 24th, 2009 at 2:16 am
Hi Richard!
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 http://www.dailyblogged.com/1348/os-x-10-5-8-installation-guide/- but from the 10.5.7 loaded on my external harddrive.
Let me see… I would really appreciate a clue as to what might be going wrong.
Ravi
August 23rd, 2009 at 8:42 pm
There is virtually no difference between iPC and Kalyway except for the version of Leopard it installs (iPC installing a much newer version). One other difference is the drivers that are included with iPC. When installing, make sure to check the option for “Patch DSDT.” Then after installing, when you get the black screen after booting for the first time, press Fn+Esc and the screen should turn on and should now always turn on when booting without the need for any sleep tricks.
August 23rd, 2009 at 8:31 pm
Consider it done man.
So its basicly the same thing, the iPC and Kalyway cdrom.
Lets see how it goes.
Thanx again
August 23rd, 2009 at 4:04 pm
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August 23rd, 2009 at 2:09 pm
Hey Thomas, thanx for replying man. Didn’t know there was such disc around, will take a look man.
Thanx so much.
August 21st, 2009 at 8:31 pm
If you have just recently reinstalled then you might want to reinstall from scratch using a 10.5.6 install disc such as iPC Universal PPF5 10.5.6.
August 21st, 2009 at 7:12 pm
Thomas or Richard:
I’m a complete mess guys, i really need some help here. Please? I’m still running 10.5.3 and the last times i went on to do the 10.5.4 upgrade i had crashes. I bought new software that needs 10.5.6 and i have noooooo idea how to get there without crashing again. I don’t even know where to get the .4 upgrade files, could there be a cool way to upgrade through out without crashes?
inspiron 1525
4gigram
220 HD
all features working.
August 21st, 2009 at 12:16 pm
10.5.8 was the smoothest install yet.
Check out our 10.5.8 guide at: http://www.dailyblogged.com/1348/os-x-10-5-8-installation-guide/
I didn’t have to do any special terminal commands or anything. Nothing like going from 10.5.6 to 10.5.7. Give the above guide a read!
August 21st, 2009 at 1:40 am
Hi Richard,
Are there any prerequisites when going from 10.5.8 from 10.5.7?
I have a dell inspiron 1525 laptop with OS X 10.5.7. Upgrdae through software upgrade resulted in kernel panic, though I did:
while sleep 1; do rm -rf /System/Library/Extensions/AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement.kext; done
- from the terminal. This sequence allowed me to avoid Kernel Panic on updates so far. I had earlier faced a keyboad an dtrackpad freeze when going from 10.5.5 to 10.5.6, which got resolved by using your kext – AppleACPIPlatform.kext, along with a spare external keyboard.
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.
August 18th, 2009 at 1:20 pm
Hello, i update my dell inspiron 1525 and in 13% os update process, i get a kernel panic :-( .
Hoy i can repair this? .
August 15th, 2009 at 9:38 am
Some things would be similiar although your hardware would be different so the drivers you would need to install and the post install would vary.
August 15th, 2009 at 3:49 am
Will this also work on a Studio 1555?
Please let me know, thank you.
August 9th, 2009 at 3:18 pm
Instead of using the sleep trick altogether you can visit this post to learn how to use a dsdt.aml to auto wake the screen
August 9th, 2009 at 3:04 pm
For the sleep trick instead of waiting 15 minutes you can press and hold fn/esc for several seconds and it will go to sleep than press power button.
August 1st, 2009 at 9:28 am
Sorry for not getting to your question earlier but things have been hectic lately. Anyway, all you have to do is;
1.Launch Terminal
2.Type sudo su and hit Enter
3.Type your password and hit Enter
4.Drag and drop the install.sh file onto the terminal window and the file’s path/location will automatically appear for you
5.Hit Enter and then follow the instructions that appear in Terminal
I suggest running the script twice, Repair Permissions in Disk Utility, and then rebooting and it should work
July 30th, 2009 at 1:28 pm
Sorry to be such a bother. I reinstalled, and I’ve successfully patched to 10.5.3. However, when I run that line through Terminal in the Broadcom-Script directory, it just kicks me back to root. I tried doing each bit individually, and the script seemed to run, but I still don’t have any wi-fi. =/ HALP! :P
July 29th, 2009 at 3:48 pm
Allow me to point you to this post.
July 29th, 2009 at 11:50 am
Agh. I think I did a boo boo. I’m at the point right after the 10.5.3 Combo update. The reboot point, rather. For the kernel, I chose the second one (non-vanilla). It said for use with Intel and Chameleon boot loader, and I had both by then (thanks for that little file to skip the sleep nonsense). At reboot, my laptop actually hung at POST. I had to go into setup and then leave setup to get the OS to start. Now I’m sitting at the Apple loading screen. It’s been here for 5 minutes now. =/ I did make the backup, but don’t know how to use it. Tips? Thanks.
July 24th, 2009 at 1:10 am
Did that, still the same :S, now no keyboard…I’m using usb keyboard and mouse now :P
July 23rd, 2009 at 5:13 pm
You can get the Kexts you need from here. Just use Kext Helper to install them, Repair Permissions using Disk Utility, and then reboot with the -f flag.
July 22nd, 2009 at 8:58 pm
Didn’t notice it, because i’m using a usb mouse, but my trackpad is not working.
what to do?
July 22nd, 2009 at 6:46 pm
Glad to hear it!
July 22nd, 2009 at 3:47 pm
Success with 10.5.7 from 10.5.3!
July 19th, 2009 at 10:57 am
If you are on 10.5.7 then it should automatically work but, if you are on an earlier version of OS X, check out this post.
July 19th, 2009 at 3:33 am
I can find other WPA networks. How can I connect to Ethernet, because my inspion 1525 doesn’t reconise it.
July 18th, 2009 at 9:07 pm
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.
July 18th, 2009 at 11:19 am
Hi, When I install the wireless driver, it can find other wireless networks but not mine. (Mine is on WPA) Can someone help me on how to connect.
Thanks
July 16th, 2009 at 10:27 am
You can find the script for it here.
July 15th, 2009 at 9:38 pm
CAn you help me? i want to get my wifi working, can you give me a link the dell 1397 script?
July 15th, 2009 at 9:34 pm
Your laptop actually doesn’t have the same wifi card as we have the 1395. Thus, the Script is for the 1395 which is most likely why its not working.