[fantomv50]

Hi

After using the dell efi 10v and letting it auto setup the system install
for some reason the 10v goes to sleep when ever the screen is closed.

I did find the settings in os x 10.5. before updating to 10.5.6 to stop the system from sleeping but now they are gone.

Also the keyboard is set for british but the 2 key is @ and not "
is there anyway to sort it as not able to see all of the key mapper settings.
only got this 10v yesterday and installed os x for the first time too.
but did have a imac a while ago so do now a little about os x but not much...


thanks

[Riquez]

Hi there,

Like you I've just got hold of a Dell Mini 10v & installed OS X a few weeks ago. Its actually my first non-Apple computer.

Anyway, I had the same problems you mention, but found a solution in these forums.

For the Sleep Issue you need to disable "legacy USB support" in the BIOS.
So hold F2 when you boot & see the dell logo. Then change the option "legacy USB support" to *disabled*
Thats it.

For your keyboard, open the "Keyboard Viewer". At the top yours probably says "US" even though you have British set in keyboard layouts.

To fix this you need to find a new keyboard layout file which you place in:
/Library/Keyboard Layouts

I needed a japanese one, but you need the british one - check this thread.
New Keyboard Layout

Several people have created custom layouts you can download, so check through that thread.

After downloading & placing the file in /Library/Keyboard Layouts you will find a new option in your system prefs, language input,.

[fantomv50]

hold F2 when you boot & see the dell logo. Then change the option "legacy USB support" to *disabled*

Thanks for the info. I had already done the above due to how the OS x install said to do it..

Not done the keyboard yet but mine is showing as british but will look more into it.

Are you having any issues with internet. sometimes it will start to load a webpage then will hang sometimes not starting again or will carry on. gets about to just after the http://www bit

I have a Xbox 360 webcam and that works in skype so not to bad only cost £6 secondhand, the built in one works but just popped it in to try...

I dropped on this dell 10v for only £125 with 6 months warranty and its like new, hard drive is only dated Nov 09 so not to bad...

thanks for the info anyways

[Riquez]

The install info says to set "legacy USB support" to *ENABLED*, this is so BIOS can read your usb drive for the install.

Now you need to *disable* it.

[fantomv50]

Originally Posted by Riquez

The install info says to set "legacy USB support" to *ENABLED*, this is so BIOS can read your usb drive for the install.

Now you need to *disable* it.

No I used a different method. I have a os x on DVD so used a cd for the booting of the dell then swapped disk and the install went on from the os x dvd. so no need for usb legacy to be enabled anyway, it is off.

I have been using and building pc's for 13 years and not to bad, its just I have never done a hackintosh till the otherday. as the Dell was so cheap i was thinking it was worth a go....

---------- Post added at 08:31 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:30 AM ----------
This what I used to sort it out..
I did have the problem of the setup was looping for the language setup
but after a restart in safe mode that sorted it out...

New! Part D: External DVD Drive Installation
The advantage to this method is that it is OS independent, but it does install slower. I have never actually performed an install with an external DVD drive, but some forum members have been very kind to help me out with this. A huge thanks to flimflan and jaws70 for some help with this!

Changed Requirements:
No more USB storage devices (flash/HDD)
An external DVD drive
CD-R

1) Instead of imaging the DVD files, we're going to just burn the DellMiniBoot ISO directly to a CD. You can do this with Disk Utility, CDBurnerXP, or your favorite burning software. Open the ISO with you burning software, do not burn it as a file, that just won't work.

2) Connect the external DVD drive to the Mini, insert the DellMiniBoot CD and then boot up using the DVD drive. Instead of booting into a USB disk, we will eject the DellMiniBoot CD, put in the Mac OS X Leopard DVD, then boot with drive number 9f. You may need to unplug the USB cord, power down and the power up the DVD drive and reinsert the USB cable to get it to work properly. It may take a while for the drive to recognize the disc, so be patient.

3) Install as normal, and use the CD to boot into the SSD once installation is done. Follow the typical instructions for all other parts. Once the DellEFI app is run you can remove the DVD drive.