I Need Help Installing Snow Leopard on Dell Inspiron 1545

I am trying to install Mac OS X Snow Leopard on my Dell Inspiron 1545. I have been following this guide I found:

Dell 1545 Snow Leopard Retail/boot321 Install - InsanelyMac Forum

So far I done everything correctly and successfully installed Mac OS X, except I messed up on installing the kexts. Now I can't even boot up my computer because whenever I try to it says I need to restart by pressing the power button.

Please help me fix this problem because this is my first time doing this and I have no idea what to do.

Thanks

Did you run the kext utility after every time you installed a kext file...? When you say you messed up on the kexts, you need to be specific, which kexts? Try doing 1 at a time so you know and try running disk utility.

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Ok so i found the problem to my computer not booting up but now I have another problem. Sometimes my keyboard and mouse stop working and I have to restart my computer, but this time when I restarted my computer I couldn't get passed the boot loader screen because my enter key is not working and I can't boot from a cd because my F12 key is not working either. Do you have a solution to this problem?

Thanks.

Are you running a laptop or desktop?

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Originally Posted by jwiz1011

Ok so i found the problem to my computer not booting up but now I have another problem. Sometimes my keyboard and mouse stop working and I have to restart my computer, but this time when I restarted my computer I couldn't get passed the boot loader screen because my enter key is not working and I can't boot from a cd because my F12 key is not working either. Do you have a solution to this problem?

Thanks.

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Its a laptop dell inspiron 1545

Is this what you have...?

Dell Inspiron 1545 Specifications
Notebook Brand/Type

Brand Dell
Model No Inspiron 1545
Performance

Processor model Intel core 2 Due processors
Processor number T9400
Processor speed 2.53GHz
Motherboard chipset Intel
Operating System Windows Vista Home Premium
Memory/Storage

RAM 1 GB DDR2 RAM
Hard Disk 80 GB SATA Hard Disk
Display

Screen size 15.6 inches
Display type WXGA TrueLife Display
Max. screen resolution -
Connectivity

Bluetooth Yes
Infrared No
Ethernet 10/100 MB
Modem 56K
Wireless LAN 802.11 b/g
Expansion slots Express Card 34mm Slot, Security Cable Slot
I/O Ports - 3 USB ports
– VGA-out
– LAN port (RJ-45)
– mic jack, audio jack
CD-ROM/DVD-ROM/Disk drive DVD+/-RW
Multimedia

Integrated Webcam Yes
Graphics accelartor Intel GMA 4500MHD
Video RAM -
TV Tuner card No
Audio High Definition Audio 2.0
Card reader 8-in-1 media card reader

Since you did not describe, I'm just taking a guess, but it sounds like you may have to install a kext file to correct that problem (keyboard, mouse problem), but did you check your disk utility and cache after you ran multibeast... and rebooted ?

You may have to use an external usb mouse and usb keyboard to work around those issues.

d-1

Let us know if you resolve it

Most of that seems right except I have 4 GB of RAM, 320 GB hardrive, and i think my processor speed is 2.00 GHz

I used kextutility like is said in the guide. I also use a usb mouse, but neither that nor my trackpad works along with none of my keyboard keys. I can't get passed the boot loader because none of my keys work. Do you know if there is a way to fix this?

Well apparently there is some sort of conflict, try to see if you can reload OSX. I know its time consuming, but while its booting see if it gives you an error message. Did you try using a usb keyboard as well?

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