derFunkenstein wrote:They'd probably be more interested at Insanely Mac, especially if you got external video outputs working.
Well, i have posted quite a few questions on the InsanelyMac forums but the thread is super long and the proper information is scattered all over the place. I was just curious if any of the TR readers were interested about the hackintoshing process or not as i've recently done it and could provide my take on it.
So far here's what works on the Vostro 3400 :
- Sound as well as the touch controls for the volume
- Web cam
- USB ports
- Track pad with basic gestures and the keyboard
- Video with FULL 3D acceleration as well as the VGA and HDMI out (nVidia 310m)
- Bluetooth
- Ethernet
- Battery info and power info
- Card reader and express card slot
- Restart and shutdown
- Back light keyboard control
- DVD burner
And here is what doesn't work and the potential solutions :
- Sleep. No solution so far but to shut down the laptop. A DSDT patch is needed in order to fix it.
- Speedstep. No solution so far, the CPU is always in the highest power state but i get a good 2 hours on the standard battery. Temporary solution here : get the extended battery which will provide about 4 hours of bat life. A DSDT patch would also solve this.
- Fingerprint reader. No solution and i doubt it will ever work as the company that manufactures it(Validity Inc.) doesn't have any drivers for OS X.
- Wifi. The Dell 1520 Broadcom based card does not currently work under OS X. The simplest solution is to spend 20$ on ebay and get something that does work out of the box like the Dell 1505.
- LCD light intensity control. It could probably be made to work if someone figures out a DSDT patch for it but as it stands right now, it's always on max level which is not that big of a deal.
That's about it. So, anyone interested yet ?
Adi