Acer Aspire 4730Z

[zanno]

i was wondering if anybody knew if the Acer Aspire 4730z is compatible to run Mac OS X? thanks

[Taisto]

Tell us what hardware it has so we could tell anything. Need to know at least cpu, chipset, gfx card.

[Dumpsterfire]

Aspire 4730z
Intel Pentium dual cpu T3400 2.16GHz
4 GB ram
Intel® GMA 4500M
atheros AR5B91 Wireless network adapter
Chipset Mobile Intel® GL40 Express

[Stan22490]

I have the same computer if you just wanna run OS X it works fine I couldn't get audio or wireless drivers to work hope that helps

[rangerdon]

Can you simply load OS X on the Aspire? Or does this require a hack?

Any ideas on how to get the drivers to work?

thanks,

Rangerdon

[Dumpsterfire]

any one have new info on this

[Stan22490]

I have iatkos v7 installed almost no issues. Only complication was I had to buy a dell 1505 wifi card which really wasn't that bad. Other than that have had no issues with OS X runs just as good if not better than a macbook pro. If you have any questions about drivers just reply to this post

[Dumpsterfire]

what did you use for graphics driver ?
how does it work

[andrewjpan]

Hi everybody, i need some help. I have an acer aspire 4730z and i want to install OS X. Can somebody guide me through the process?

[philcebutv]

I have iatkos v7 installed almost no issues. Only complication was I had to buy a dell 1505 wifi card which really wasn't that bad. Other than that have had no issues with OS X runs just as good if not better than a macbook pro. If you have any questions about drivers just reply to this post


Hi Stan,

How did you able to install the iatkos v7 on Aspire 4730z I need help. I have the same model and for a week i was trying to install iatkos_v7 and I could not get the installer to run.

The first attempt I tried I was getting "still waiting for root device" errors but I got pass that error using this boot flags rd=disk0. Right now I have CPU kernel Vodoo panic when using that boot flag rd=disk0 it says nfs_boot failed..

I am assuming that nfs is for network file system so I turned off the network boot on the bios but still got the same error.

what's your boot parameter when you installed the iatkos_v7 can you let me know please.

anyone please help.

[rodney111]

Hi Stan,

How did you able to install the iatkos v7 on Aspire 4730z I need help. I have the same model and for a week i was trying to install iatkos_v7 and I could not get the installer to run.

The first attempt I tried I was getting "still waiting for root device" errors but I got pass that error using this boot flags rd=disk0. Right now I have CPU kernel Vodoo panic when using that boot flag rd=disk0 it says nfs_boot failed..

I am assuming that nfs is for network file system so I turned off the network boot on the bios but still got the same error.

what's your boot parameter when you installed the iatkos_v7 can you let me know please.

anyone please help.


dude . the reason ur getting waiting for boot is because u haven't installed the right chipset drivers. . also . i been able to get every thing up and running with vanilla kernel


Video intel 4500 -> with x4500 patch got Native resolution but no QE
sound -> Voodoo HDA
Battery -> AcpiBatteryManagement
Wifi -> Replaced wifi card
webcam - > installed but wont work as the video drivers dont install
Touch pad -> i am not able to get voodoo ps2 to work . if any one can help let me know




the only issue i have is the laptop shuts off in random in an hour even after been plugged into power supply. I have installed osx on a lot of laptops never had this issue .

This does not happen in vista.

Thanks in advance if any one can help me :(......

[rodney111]

fixed the random shutting off issue. It was a bios update that fixed this. This was related to the cpu fan shutting off when loading osx.

the only thing left now is the touch pad . has any one got that to work ?

[jko2006]

I got the Touchpad working with voodoo ps2 kext. I did try the ps2/trackpad kext but did not allow for adjusting mouse track speed.

I switch wifi cards to the dell 1550. I still have some pci things not working. and no Quartz Extreme.

Let me know if this helps.

[acer4730z]

hello i have dual booted my acer aspire 4730z and everything exept my sound and wifi works can anyone help me solve these problems thanks