#Dell precision 490 video card upgrade mac os x
#Dell precision 490 video card upgrade install

Copy the & the ist to the Extra folder on you Mac drive. Copy the DSDT.aml file to the root of your Mac drive, I also have it in the Extra/Extensions folder. Once that is done you will need access to the files you downloaded and put on a USB drive or burned to a CD.

#Dell precision 490 video card upgrade install

The first thing that needs to be done is to install Chameleon 2 R5 r693 to your Mac hard drive. After filling out the info Apple wants you to fill out you will come to the desktop.

#Dell precision 490 video card upgrade mac os x

When the Mac OS X installation has finished reboot with the 490Boot CD disk and at the boot prompt screen choose your Mac hard drive to boot from. My 400GB hard drive is partitioned to a 100GB Mac system drive & a 300GB Work drive. Click on the OS X Install DVD and follow the prompts to install. Wait for a few seconds and press F5 to refresh the prompt screen. If you do this under Windows copy the rest of the files to a USB drive or burn to a CD.Д«oot from the 490Boot CD and at the boot prompt screen swap the boot disk with the retail Mac OS X install disk (just buy it). The first thing you need to do is download the Dell 490 Install here, unzip the package and burn the 490Boot.iso to a CD, you can do this under Mac OS X or Windows. The will need to be edited if you do not have a nVidia 8400GS video card. The smbios.kext will need to be edited with info to match your 490, such as cpu speed, memory & serial number. The DSDT.aml has already been patched for the SATA, HPET & RTC issues. STAC9200 on board audio (audio out works with VoodooHDA.kext)ДЎ60GB Western Digital SATA Ubuntu Linux driveД¤00GB Western Digital SATA Mac OS X 10.6.5 drive Gigabyte nVidia GeForce 8400GS (you will need to edit if you have a different card) I have a put together a zip file that contains a 490Boot.iso, a Dell Precision 490 patched DSDT.aml file, a smbios.kext file and some extras all in one place so you do not have to hunt all over the internet to find them.Дўx Xeon 5150 2.66GHz processors (shows in System Profiler as Dual-Core Xeons) I decided to write this guide for the Dell 490 to try and help others get their 490 running.