[MiniGuide] LION 10.7.

3/4 on HP NC6400 (VGA

Intel) & NC4400
Pasted from
http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/277857-miniguide-lion-10734-on-hp-nc6400-vga-intel-
nc4400/

Hi to all!!! I have now completed my first installation of LION 10.7.3 (Vanilla) on this OLD NC6400
(intel VGA) starting from my previous guide about Snow Leopard
10.6.7http://www.insanelym...dpost&p=1737233
After few attemps and research, I found a way to have a 95% working hackintosch on this really
old notebooks.
Anyway first of all sorry for my really bad English!!!!

I HAVEN'T YET TRIED TO INSTALL LION ON NC4400 but I believe that it's the same as
NC6400!!! I will update the information as soon as possible. Because of our GMA950 the
Lion works only in 32bit. If you want 64bit you will use VESA basic driver!!!!

MAIN NOTEBOOK SPECS:

HP NC6400
- C2D T7200 @2.0Ghz 667FSB 4MB L2 (used T5500, T2300 and T2500 too)
- 4GB RAM DDR2 667 (SL uses only 3.38GB!!)
- HDD 80GB Sata 5400rpm
- Intel Graphics GMA950 with 224MB dedicated (SL can see only 64MB!!)
- Wireless Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11 a/b/g

WHAT IT'S WORKING (32bit):

- DUAL CORE working at 100% (thanks to Slice's clover bootloader!!!!)
- WIFI Broadcom (ootb)
- LAN Ethernet Gigabit (using specific kext)
- Bluetooth (fixing the DSDT)
- VGA with QE/CI enabled (fixing the DSDT and using GraphicsEnabler=Yes)
- Brightness controls with keys 'scorr' and 'pause' (ootb)
- Volume controls (using Audio Kext)
- Audio (using Audio Kext)
- PCMCIA (using specific kext)
- Card Reader only by PCMCIA or USB adapter
- Internal Keyboard (using a specific Kext)
- Touchpad Synaptics (using a specific Kext)
- DVD burner (ootb)
- Internal MIC (using Audio Kext)
- Battery (ootb) * UPDATE 11/04/2012:
- SLEEP
- Lid sleep
- VGA-OUT only in Extended mode

UPDATE 11/04/2012:
(*) Still some KP using VoodooBattery on: AppleACPIPlatform (1.3.5), IOACPIFamily (1.4),
IOPCIFamily (2.6.7) and naturally VoodooBattery (1.3.3)
Thanks to 0xcafebabe (Markus) to have found an alternative kext for battery management that
seems to have resolved the KP generated from VoodooBattery. I have tested it since 2 hours (with
and without power adapeter). Till now no KP!!!! Great Markus!!!

WHAT IT'S NOT WORKING (32bit):

- Internal Card Reader from TIxx12. The problem is here: "SD Host controller [0805]: Texas
Instruments PCIxx12 SDA Standard Compliant SD Host Controller [104c:803c]". I have
not found any driver for this!!!!
- Fingerprint recognition HELP
- Infrared port (???)
- Internal 56K Modem: it's only a WIN-MODEM (WIN=WIndows!) Absolute no support in OSX
- VGA-OUT in mirror mode!! (if you try, u will see vertical lines. To restore the situation use the
command line tool: 'mirror -off'. You can found it easy on google or in my previous guide about
10.6.7 on nc6400.

WHAT YOU NEED:

- Notebook as above
- USB Keyboard and mouse (for installation)
- USB Pen of minimum 8GB
- Another Real Apple/Hackintosch PC would be better to prepare all the necessary steps
- Internet

1) BIOS SETTINGS:
- Be sure to enable "SATA Native mode" (AHCI) for better performance
- Enable "Dual Core". If you have some errors please DISABLE dual core on BIOS end NOT use
CPUS=1 as boot arg. If you use the arg you will have the CPU always more than 80° C !!!!

P.S. if you prefer, you can use a BIOS patched to remove Whitelist for Wireless Card.

2) CREATION OF THE USB STICK (MIN 8GB!!!):

- Download a RETAIL dmg of OSX LION 10.7.3 buildversion 11D50. I have used a .torrent. Be sure
to find a RETAIL DVD and not a modified one (Hazard, iATKOS, etc etc...). The image is circa
3.7GB
- Download MyHack 2.2 and follow the guide http://myhack.sojugarden.com/guide/ to create a
USB Pen for LION 10.7 and at the end install Chameleon + Extra
- To avoid KP with ApplePolicy kext, be sure to copy a valid SMBIOS.plist under /Extra of the USB
pen. To create a good SMBIOS file you can quite use Chameleon Wizard and generate one
as MBP3,1
- Copy in Extra the dsdt.aml and modify the org.chameleon.Boot.plist adding these value
manually or with Chameleon Wizard:
arch=i386 -v GraphicsEnabler=Yes npci=0x2000 Graphics Mode=1280x800x32
- NOW YOU ARE READY FOR THE INSTALLATION!!!!!!

3) BEGIN THE INSTALLATION ON NC6400:

- Insert the new USB Pen, USB Keyboard and USB Mouse on your notebook, power it on and boot
from USB (press F9). A Chameleon should appear and wait 5 seconds.
- Now begin the classic OSX wizard (languages etc). Using "Disk Utility" prepare your HDD as you
prefer. I used MBR partition table. Ad hoc installation doesn't work: it appears empty. It depends
from changes made by MyHack2.2 process don't worry!
- After 15/18 minutes the installation will finish and reboot the notebook
- Please let the USB pen inserted and when chameleon appears, press a key and choose your new
HDD OSX partition and press enter. Now the wizard will continue to the end.

4) FIRST USE:
- When you are on SL 10.7.3 you have to make bootable your NEW OSX Partition. For that reason
you have to launch another time MyHack 2.2 (that you can found on your USB Pen used for the
installation). Please choose only the Chameleon + Extra.
- Copy dsdt.aml, smbios.plist and org.chameleon.Boot.plist from USB Key to /Extra folder of your
Lion partition.
- Install/Copy at least on new LION partition: Chameleon Wizard, Kext Utility (last version) and
Kext b7
- Install VoodooHDA-2.6.2.pkg to enable the audio
- Then, using Kext b7 utility, install ALL kext from my zip (they will be placed under S/L/E!!!)
- REMOVE ANY KEXTS UNDER /Extra/Extensions (ver. 351 of clover it's still not able to inject
some Extra kexts to the system during boot process). So I prefered to install ALL under S/L/E.
- Run Kext Utility and wait
- Now you are ready to power off the notebook, remove USB Key, mouse and Keyboard
- Power on the notebook and be sure that all works fine!!!! (don't enable Dual Core from bios!!! it
doesn't work!!!)
5) INSTALL LION UPDATES (Itunes, Airport Utility and Safari at this time):
- Install the updates if you prefer!!!

6) NOW THE MOST DIFFICULT PART: Enable the dual core

- All you need to do, it's to install the great NEW Bootloader created by
SLICE: http://www.projectos...?showtopic=2304
- I have tested dozen of chameleon 2.1 from svn 15xx to 1902 (at this moment), Chimera 1.9.1
and others but none permitted me to boot the notebook in DUAL CORE mode!!!! So the last
chance is the great SLICE. He has just made the miracle with his modified chameleon 2.0 rc5m
ver. 1291 but it doesn't support LION OS.
- On my ZIP I have just prepared a Clover2 ver. 351 354 that works for NC6400 (basically I have
removed the efi files of 64bit and ntfs, put the dsdt.aml on the right folder and modified the
confg.plist file).
- Install clover2 it's not so different from manual installation of a chameleon. Instead of /Extra
folder, you have to copy the /efi folder.
- DON'T FORGET TO INSERT YOUR CORRECT UUID and CHANGE your DefaultBootVolume as
shown below, if not your clover will not boot!!!

<key>DefaultBootVolume</key>
<string>LION</string>
<key>CustomUUID</key>
<string>718B2F7B-898F-3785-920A-AD05091C516C</string>

- Change the RED code with your specific one!!!!

Any help would be greatly appreciated

Regards

Patrick

DOWNLOADS from osx86.com (updated at 05/04/2012 09/04/2012)

HP NC6400 (Intel version) http://www.osx86.net...do=file&id=2603

On my installation, I have installed without any problem:

- Temperature Monitor 4.95
- CoolBook 2.22: it shows me 4 frequency values.

UPDATE 09/04/2012:
Update EFI folder using clover2 ver.354. Remove old EFI folder and copy new one provided by the
above ZIP file on Lion Partition

UPDATE 11/04/2012:
I attach AppleACPIBatteryManager.kext for LION

UPDATE 11/05/2012:
I have installed Lion 10.7.4 update and it wasn't so fine for this installation: this update, install
AppleHDA.kext which MUST be remove because it's incompatible with our VoodooHDA.kext. After
the restart. I lost Wireless, FakeSMC, Battery. These kexts are still under S/L/E but they are
"ignored" or boot with errors. I have repeated Kext Utility 2 times but without so great success. So
I have reinstalled VoodooHDA, FakeSMC,AppleACPIBattery, IO80211Family.kext, then re-run Kext
Utility and restart the notebook. Now I'm in 10.7.4... but noshing of special or more fast. Pay
attention

I will provide here as soon as possible, a SMBIOS file for MBP2,1. The clover bootloader identify
correctly the CPU and marked the notebook as MacBooPro 2,1 but after that, using my
SMBIOS.plist file, it becomes MacBookPro 3,1. I want to try to use a file of 2,1. I will let you inform
about it.
 sh-3.2# lspci -nn
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 945GT
Express Memory Controller Hub [8086:27a0] (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML
Express Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:27a2] (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller [0380]: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML
Express Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:27a6] (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio
Controller [8086:27d8] (rev 01)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1
[8086:27d0] (rev 01)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 2
[8086:27d2] (rev 01)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 4
[8086:27d6] (rev 01)
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1
[8086:27c8] (rev 01)
00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2
[8086:27c9] (rev 01)
00:1d.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3
[8086:27ca] (rev 01)
00:1d.3 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4
[8086:27cb] (rev 01)
00:1d.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller
[8086:27cc] (rev 01)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev e1)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge
[8086:27b9] (rev 01)
00:1f.1 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) IDE Controller [8086:27df]
(rev 01)
00:1f.2 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) SATA AHCI
Controller [8086:27c5] (rev 01)
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller [8086:27da]
(rev 01)
01:06.0 CardBus bridge [0607]: Texas Instruments PCIxx12 Cardbus Controller [104c:8039]
01:06.2 Mass storage controller [0180]: Texas Instruments 5-in-1 Multimedia Card Reader
(SD/MMC/MS/MS PRO/xD) [104c:803b]
01:06.3 SD Host controller [0805]: Texas Instruments PCIxx12 SDA Standard Compliant SD Host
Controller [104c:803c]
01:06.4 Communication controller [0780]: Texas Instruments PCIxx12 GemCore based SmartCard
controller [104c:803d]
08:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5753M Gigabit Ethernet
PCI Express [14e4:16fd] (rev 21)
10:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11a/b/g [14e4:4312]
(rev 01)
Attached Files
 Screen Shot 2012-04-08 at 09.22.16.png 250.91K 179 downloads

 update_EFI_clover2_ver354.zip 2.58MB 87 downloads

 CloverV2_351.zip 4.15MB 70 downloads

 SLE_ok.zip 2.48MB 152 downloads

 AppleACPIBatteryManager.kext.zip 36.16K 97 downloads