Installed: MAC OS X 10.6.8 on Dell Latitude E6510

gonedigital · **Posted:** Thu Aug 18, 2011 7:00 pm

big thanks to Ktbos on InsanelyMac Forums for his thread on the E6410 that inspired me to do this on my E6510. Check out his thread for valuable info.
http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index. ... pic=219229

I now have MAC OS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard Full Retail installed and working on a Dell Latitude E6510

(The Install Disc should look as depicted below. If it's a grey OEM disc or the Purple/Black Disc with a Big X through it, they won't work!).

E6410 Boot Disc Download
http://www.mediafire.com/?u1yzvwm2tty
(Kexter Application and Post Install App are included with E6410 Boot Disc)

Specs
Dell Latitude E6510
Intel Dual Core vPro i5-560M 2.67 ghz processor, 1066MHz, 3M L2 Cache
320GB 7200RPM HD
4GB DDR3-1333 SDRAM
NVIDIA 3100M 512MB Video Card
Intel WiFi Link 6200 (802.11 a/g/n 2X2) 1/2 MiniCard

Current Issues
I have gotten the video drivers to load finally, but the kexts and dsdt's still need some tweaking to get performance corrected, as it's still a bit slow and choppy.
screenshots do not work
Sleep/Hibernate Does not work currently
No wifi - to get the wifi to work you will need to order a MAC Compatible wifi chip. From what I've read the Dell DW1397 KW770 WLAN Wireless 802.11b/g Card new will work. You can find them on ebay for like $10 shipped, very cheap.
(it's displaying 10.6, but I'm running 10.6.8)
Does not show the brand of the processor running or how many cores, just shows the processor speed.

What is Working
USB ports are all working (recognizes flash drives, external hard drivers and accessories)
keyboard works fine
Volume buttons and mute button on keyboard working
ethernet controller installed, tested and verified working
touchpad mouse working
usb mouse working
audio now working
battery indicator in menu bar is working (but im not sure how accurately)
FN+Up arrow/down arrow to reduce or brighten screen is working
screensaver is working (a bit choppy and slow though)
Video drivers have been successfully loaded (but still in need of tweaking)
About This MAC does not accurately show the current full version of the MAC OS X it's running

Unknowns at this time
eSATA port functional?
Smart Card Reader functional?
VGA port in the rear functional?
HDMI port on the left side functional?
Express Card port on left forward side functional?
PCI Express Card on right forward side functional?
Fingerprint swipe reader functional?
1394 Firewire port functional?

Install Process for Snow Leopard 10.6.8 Full Retail on Dell Latitude E6510
Start your computer and hit F12 a few times to bring up Boot Options.
Enter Bios
Under General Settings go to Boot Sequence and change your CD/DVD to Primary Boot Position
Enable USB Support and set it to your Secondary Boot Position
change your Hard Drive to Third Boot Position
Now go to System Configuration Tab and Click on SATA Operation and change it to AHCI
Hit Apply and Exit
Use the E6410Bootiso Boot Disc to boot to the Selection Screen
Eject the Boot Disc
Insert the MAC OS X 10.6.8 Full Retail DVD
Hit F5 to refresh available drive options
Selected the MAC OS X Snow Leopard Install DVD
typed PCIRootUID=1 -x
hit enter
Setup/Install process began, showing several pages of lines of code for about 3-4 minutes
Then the MAC OS X GUI pops up asking to Select a Language
Select English
Click Next (or the right facing arrow)
Now before you install, click on the top menu till you find Disk Utility and click on it
Select your drive (I recommend you partition it into 2 parts, 1 of the OS and 1 for the Backup)
Select Partition and partition your drive or both drives in MAC OS Extended Journaled and choose apply.
Now click on the Erase tab and Erase each partition seperately (quick erase is fine)
Now exit and restart.
Use the E6410Bootiso Boot Disc to boot to the Selection Screen
Eject the Boot Disc
Insert the MAC OS X 10.6.8 Full Retail DVD
Hit F5 to refresh available drive options
Select the MAC OS X Snow Leopard Install DVD
type PCIRootUID=1 -x
hit enter
Setup/Install Process Began showed several pages of lines of code for about 3-4 minutes
Then the MAC OS X GUI Popped Up asking me to Select a Language
Select English
Click Next (or the right facing arrow)
I customized my install options to my liking and then clicked continue
the Install Process took about 30-35 minutes total.
It got to the very end and then it said it had failed and could not be installed (don't panic, this is normal)
reboot the computer, put the E6410 Boot Disc Back in and hit F12
Select Boot from CD and hit enter to allow the computer to boot from the cd
The Boot Selection Menu appeared
Selected the MAC OSX Hard Drive where I installed 10.6.8 to
and typed -f -v -x and hit enter
the Install Process finished and the start up video began to play.
Asked me to select a language again which I selected as English
I then entered my account username and password
and I chose to Skip Registration and hit continue
I was notified Installation was complete and I hit Finish
The computer then loaded into MAC OS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard

Updated 4:24 AM Central Time, Aug-21-2011
Set your settings and preferences within Snow Leopard (customize it the way you want it)
Open E6410 Boot CD
Go to Post-Install E6410 Folder
Run Post-Install App and follow directions
Now Run the Kexter Program (a program window will open)
Then go to the S/L/E Folder on the E6410 Boot CD
drag the ApplePS2Controller.kext and the IntelE1000e.kext into the Kexter Program (this provides your ethernet adapter and your touchpad mouse controller)
enter your password to authenticate and click Easy Install
Close everything out, Eject Your CD from the Drive and Reboot
Snow Leopard 10.6.8 should reboot without errors
Snow Leopard will launch to the Grey Screen with an Apple in the center
the cursor dial will spin for a few minutes then Snow Leopard will load into the OS.
Once you load back into the OS, run Time Machine and make a Backup! (Can't stress this enough!)

Now to Install the Audio (Updated 21-Aug-2011 @ 7:22 AM Central Time
Now that you've rebooted after your Time Machine Backup
Open the E6410 Boot Disc on your Desktop
Import the VoodooHDA.kext from the S/L/E directory on the E6140 CD to the kexter program (it's most likely going to lock your computer up, it's ok don't worry, just reboot and let it cycle through the process, then it will boot back into Snow Leopard on it's own.
now open the E6410 Disc and open the folder Post Install E6410. copy VoodooHDA.prefPane to /System/Library/PreferencePanes
Now click on the Apple in the top left portion of your screen, System Preferences, and find the Voodoo Tab at the bottom of the window, this sets your sound settings.
Not necessary to backup at this point, it's up to you, but it never hurts to backup your last good known configuration.

Install Modified DSDT File Updated Mon 22-Aug-2011 12:57 AM Central Time
I have received my DSDT from MaLd0n
Before doing anything I made sure to do a Time Machine Backup
I deleted my DSDT.aml from my /Extras folder (had to password authenticate)
rebooted (it rebooted without any problems)
then I ran the DSDT Auto Patcher (found here: http://olarila.com/auto-patcher/DSDT_Auto-Patcher.zip)
Selected Dell Latitude E6510 as my system
then selected the modified dsdt.aml file that MaLd0n provided me with
and then I clicked Patch
copied my modifed DSDT file into /Extra's and rebooted.
no problems.

Tethered Internet Connection Works
I used my Android Phone paired with a Purchased copy of PDANet 2.43 for MAC Desktop/PC with Android Phone
Installed PDAnet to my mac and rebooted
installed PDANet to my Android phone
Connected my phone to the Hackintosh via usb to miniusb cable
I did get an error message stating "this device is not recognized by the computer" but I just clicked ignore
turned on my 3G WiFI connection on my Android Phone
Started PDANet on my phone
went to Settings/Applications/Development and turned on USB Debugging
Clicked on the PDA net icon in my menu bar and clicked on Connect
and opened up a Firefox broswer and I'm now on the internet.... :clap:

more info on PDANet w/ Android Phone on MAC Desktop/Laptop to be found here
http://junefabrics.com/android/mac.php

Here's for iPhone w/ MAC Desktop/Laptop
http://junefabrics.com/iphone/index.php

After all the headache the past few days, I am not upgrading to Lion 10.7 at this point. Maybe later when I feel more comfortable that I know what I'm doing.

Ok, let me make something clear so there is no confusion. Do all of the listed steps above in order. If you don't I have no idea how the system will react, and I can't vouch for what will or won't happen, so please don't take shortcuts if you want it to go as smoothly as it did for me.

If you backup as you go, it's less you have to do over if something crashes! If you follow this guide as I wrote, you should be ok. Good luck!

I have to say, if you can avoid the ridiculous hassle of starting from 10.6 and upgrading through 10.6.6 to 10.6.8 and having to upgrade, please AVOID IT AT ALL COSTS! It's a PAIN IN THE ASS! The more steps you can remove from the process, the better off you're going to be.

This was Super Easy doing a base install from 10.6.8 to a Dell Latitude E6510.

now the fun part comes in getting all the proper kexts to make things work. I'll keep this thread updated as I get things working.

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[Original Message: so others can see where I made my mistakes]
Ok I've tried several different methods and none of them work.

I have an OEM disc of MAC OS X 10.6.4. that came with my 27" iMAC. I'm trying to install it on my

Dell Latitude E6510
Dual Core Pro i5 2.67 ghz Intel
320GB HD
4GB RAM
NVIDIA 3100M 512MB Video Card

Seen a few others who have got their E6510 Latitude's working through google searches, but no specifics on how they did it.

I've tried the iBoot3.1.1 and it either loads into the MAS OS X Install and then the screen goes blank and it freezes

or if I use a boot disc I found from a E6410 Latitude thread, it goes into the language select screen, I click English and then next, and then it starts to load for a minute then it tells me "MAC OS X Can't be installed on this system"

I have set my Bios to AHCI.

I've tried the

PCIRootUID=1 command prior to selecting MAC OS X, to no avail

PCIRootUID=1 -x

-x

-v -f -x legacy (if I do this a bunch of lines of code appear, it does this for a few minutes, then it says [ PCI configuration begin ] but then it freezes up and won't let me do anything.

none of these worked and I tried each one separately.

now when I try the E6410 boot disc, I can't even get it to recognize the MAC OS X disc anymore when i eject it and load the MAC OS X Disc, and hit F5. Instead it brings up a Hard Drive, but if I hit enter, nothing happens and it just freezes.

any help would be great.