[GUIDE] (w/ photos) - 100% working Acer 6935g iAtkos v7 10.5.7 with nVidia 9600m GT - Page 19

Gurruwiwi · #**181** 10-06-2009, 12:22 PM

Oh yeah, audio works great!

Dsdt is actually quite simple. Its the Terminal/console parts and hex editing, compiling and decompiling, that gets in the way. Dsdt, mediator between OS and BIOS, is generated with "errors" (as seen by OSx), that have to be manually fixed. Say audio, got it working perfect, mic in (internal and external), 5.1 spdif etc etc by patching in the proper values for OSx... but that was still in the phase where I still had install stability issues and gave me a headache like you wouldn't believe... (but now I know what I did wrong). Our gfx card is supposed to be easily patchable too.

Dsdt is generated by an automated patcher (by fassl is the most used, automated in iAktos installer) and should create "dsdt.dsl" in the root of your drive. You have to decompile it to "dsdt.aml", fix t, recompile and that's it.

Once you fix everything, if you want you can even flash the bios to contain the new table and actually create a clone, but I will certainly skip that part !!

Basically, its the finding the right information about hardware, and having Terminal skills.

I'll PM you

borce_razor · #**182** 10-11-2009, 10:53 PM

Hi all. This's my first post here at infinitemac, but i'm not 100% n00b for x86OSX

I have played with many versins, ditrubutions, sometimes with success, sometime not etc.

The question, i have this hp probook 4710s laptop with this configuration:
Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor T5870
(2.00 GHz , 2 MB L2 cache, 800 MHz FSB)
2 x 2048 MB DDR2 800MHz RAM
500 GB, SATA 7200 rpm
Mobile™ Intel® PM45 Express Chipset
Broadcom 802.11 b/g, Bluetooth® 2.0, Marvell Ethernet (10/100/1000 NIC)
1 ExpressCard/34 slot, Media Card Reader, 4 USB 2.0 ports, VGA, stereo microphone in, stereo headphone/line out, HDMI

ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 4330, 512 MB dedicated video memory (1024 MB HyperMemory) and 17.3" LED HD+ Anti-Glare (1600 x 900 resolution) + integrated 2 MP webcam

Now I want to install iatkos v7 + win xp or win 7 (machine have some f*ckin linux distribution). I know that this thread is for acer, but does everything will work, like wifi/lan/ graphic card sound etc because just few threads for hp laptops

jimmy1987 · #**183** 10-12-2009, 12:35 AM

What kind/type of broadcom does the laptop has?
I think you can get most of it too work. But I think my friend Gurruwiwi can answer that question better then I.

Gurruwiwi · #**184** 10-12-2009, 06:41 PM

Hi borce-razor,

We, the hackintosh community, have reached a stage where anything is possible (still trying to digest how f*cking AWESOME SL runs on my new Dell Mini 9 - unbelievable! )

that being said, you will certainly have a perfectly functional laptop running SL.

You will always have some quirks at first, say... no internal "mic in" or... no sleep.. first boot with crappy gfx.. these three are quite common. But everything is fixable nowawdays, some tweaking is a real pain and quite scary if you've never done it before. Nothing is HW dangerous, but take this with a big grain of salt... But being on a laptop you are safe (talking mainly about desktop speedstep issues where overheating might occur, or if you loose your mind and decide to flash your BIOS to mimic a Macbook)

Do no be scared to try, do NOT have love for any Data you did not backup!

I am have zero ATI knowledge, nvidia alone keeps me too busy to follow. But lately, as of 10.5.7, the only ATI's I've read not to work are from people who did not yet understand how to properly "wake it up". I do not know of any particular model which is more or less troublesome... you might not have hdmi out, or vga out... but all things are fixable to the degree of your computer skill nerdiness.

Intel wireless (amog few other HW here and there) is absolutely NOT going to work (except the ood model which works more or less) - Havind a broadcom is brilliant, especially if its the 1390 or 1490 model. There are loads of Broadcom kexts (drivers), and thant to the Dell Mini family, you will certainly, eventually, wake it up, if not right out of the box!

In any case, being pci-e, will cost 15-20 + a scredriver and 2 minutes of your time to get native airport support.

I would suggest you buy a blank drive to experiment on, anything goes wrong, just re-format and restart, at the end of the day it did not work, pop in your current HD an keep surfing, of keep you legal Windows or favourite game whatever...

I play GTA 4 off e-sata on Vista 32

DO NOT try to dual boot at first. Learn the procedure, be sure to install proper, test run the system for a week, dont go all download crazy at first, clone your drive with Carbon Copy Cloner (amazing app and free) to a backup so anything goes wrong, just restore back. Work perfect, unlike Windows.

THEN you try dual booting!

Avoid Western Digital hard drives as MANY models do not work, this is official Apple issue, the website has the listed models, I had problems, mormegil had problems, but one dude over at my SL thread had issues but got it working... I'd REALLY avoid it!

Also, go for Snow!! not "old" Leo

- much better.

DO IT !!

borce_razor · #**185** 10-16-2009, 01:40 PM

Thaks so much for this bigggg explanation.

Confus3d · #**186** 10-16-2009, 06:25 PM

Hi.

Thanks for tutorial.

I have a problem with the drivers, can you help me?

i' ve installed the OS into a USB HD (is a bit slow but its only for try it before install in my 6395g HDD)

I've noty installed your kext because the OS recognize automaticaly my Nvidia card and the resolution, all is fine, but i have a problem with the mousepad.

I've selected Apple PS/2 driver, like you, but my mousepad doesn't work. Im reading how to fix it in internet but i didnt find it. Now i have runed the iaptkos dvd and unselect all and install woodoo PS/2 drivers, but IT DIDN'T WORK!!

What can i do?? An external usb mouse works fine =S

Edit: That is a BIG problem, the touchpad didn't work in windows!! =S Why?? If i have installed the OS X in an external USB HDD

PLEASE!!! HELP!!!

EDIT 2: I've fixed the problem, i dont know how, but now my problem is the keyboard =S He works, but when y press something the keyboard automatically press the End key, that key is always pressed. I want to uninstall the Woodoo PS/2 driver, how can i uninstall it?

songproducer · #**187** 10-23-2009, 05:48 PM

Hi! I'm just curious as to how you got your Mbox 2 working under the OSX. Did you need to install any drivers?

My issue is my Mbox appears dead (no lights) but I can see that OSX can see it in the System profiler (shows me what version firmware is installed which is pretty neat). However, when I installed Pro Tools 8 (just bought the upgrade), it can't see the Mbox.

I should mention I'm running an Acer Aspire 5920G dual core Intel(R) Core(TM) T5450 which is on the Not Supported list for Windows laptops — Pro Tools LE 8.0 USB Systems.

I was hoping that this Mac OS would trick my Mbox into thinking it could work now. I was thinking maybe I should upgrade my BIOS? Any help is much appreciated.

Cheers!

Gurruwiwi · #**188** 10-29-2009, 11:55 PM

Wow! Really ? Usb incompatible? what a bummer! If it were FW, ok I would understand, but why USB?

With Protools you automatically install Core Audio, so it should wake up the box, even without launching the program.

Do you have expresscard? You could always make a new USB bus, that might do the trick, but seems a bit far fetched.

Try booting with the box connected

Gurruwiwi · #**189** 10-31-2009, 04:07 PM

Well,

Just went over to didgesign website to check the compatibility list.

It says "All Acer dual core laptops are not compatible"

Mine work flawlessly! Even the other day I had a 30+ track project I had to do rework on, with PT8, not even a hick-up !

So maybe they were just lazy and said "f*ck Acer, they're crap, have ten million models, so lets just blacklist the whole line to be on the safe side"

That is what it seems to me, ´cos I've got one and it works!

And I'll say it again, I HATE acer in general, but the Gemstone series (or G series at the end of the number) are absolutely fabulous for high end usage. eSata, USB, expresscard (dual fw800 working perfect!), gfx performace... it is absolutely AMAZING, so if this ever get out, Digidesign, you guys are a bunch of lazy wankers that exploit the audio comjunity, and pretty soon you will perish in the deep pits of hell, along with all Windows developers.

I have spoken.

sxcevo · #**190** 11-11-2009, 11:54 PM

hey, first off brilliant guide i followed it all the way it is one of the best guides i have seen. i would like to credit you

there is just one small thing with the ds card slot and the ethernet, i have installed the sd driver threw osxtools and everytime it keeps saying all my cards are "uknown vender" but that i am not to botherd about i have t flash readers and more reliable usb to sd adaptors

. the main prob i am having is the ethernet driver, i cant install it it is not highlighted in osx tools so i cant click on it if anyone knows any other methord of installing it, please would you mind helping me

. thanks in advance

sxcevo!.