Asus K50IN

[flip360]

hello,

frankly i havent tried or tested the VGA output sofar (dont use it that much) :) and as for the webcam, i have found a software that helps you flip the picture of the camera so you have a proper nonupsidedown picture, but i forgot its name :P

cheers

[Buhgalter]

and my webcam works but I have the image upside down, I tried to take my cam Lais AC not working
i have found a software that helps you flip the picture of the camera so you have a proper nonupsidedown picture, but i forgot its name :P

I use iGlasses 2.1.3 (http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/email_chat/iglasses.html) ;)

[flip360]

Yup, thats the one, thanks Buhgalter :)

[ad_47incv]

Thank you very mutch , for you help :)

[teierina]

Hi guys,
nice to post my first post here! After a lot of reading now I've got K50IN! Thank you for your job!

To start off course i need the retail DVD so I've got 10a432, hope the good choice.
Now i'm installing 10.5.8 to have desktop to restore to USB an use "installnow" to have DSDT and on...

Managing also to buy a DVD DL to burn the retail and try K50IN boot CD.

Is it a good start?

LAMPS!!

[teierina]

No luck with USB procedure (see post #1)... it boots and hang while loading installer, no KP, just freeze.

But loading the USB via K50IN boot cd, and off course executing "installnow", it install.

WOW

[flip360]

yep, its a nice little compatible piece of hardware, too compatible IMHO :P

[ad_47incv]

hi,

I confirm it is compatible besides, I'm glad I found one forum will help me a lot.

Otherwise try the version of hazard is a repeack the retail version, but it's not a DISTRIBTION

[teierina]

I'm now burning it, will post results!

[Buhgalter]

ASUS-K50IN-BootCD.iso v1.1 (http://depositfiles.com/files/yf2hm5w73)
Changes log:
1) touchpad is working(VoodooPS2) during the installation and when the system starts with bootCD
2) disabled graphic enabler and added NVEnabler x64 ...
3) now the sound works from bootCD
4) you get almost fully functional system is already at the first run

[teierina]

OK, so i can say that ASUS-K50IN-BootCD.iso v1.1 (http://depositfiles.com/files/yf2hm5w73) boots perfecly Hazard distro and I can get to desktop in 15 minutes. 10.6.2. off course.

BUT system starts without BootCD only with -x... Ethernet native, battery ok
To every one reading I have to specify that I'm barely total newbie :)

Any suggestion about kext to choose in Hazard during install?
I'm going to try and prey, which is useful to learn, but any suggestion will be welcome!

[teierina]

NEXT STEP!

Now i can install direcly from Hazard distro, just adding cpus=1

After plain install, no kext selected, i can boot with -x

Then i copy the Extra folder and NVenabler in E/E and kextutil to fix permission.

Now i can boot. Very GOOD! In just three boot!

It's time for QE/CI and wireless

[mao_red]

installing sl thru sd card. thanks for the bootcd! :)

after the restart, it won't boot at all. so i tried to use the bootcd again and installer, i got this error:
SerialATAPI device reconfiguration did not complete successfully. (failedCommandInfo =0x1)
Still waiting for root device

what am i doing wrong?

[Buhgalter]

SerialATAPI device reconfiguration did not complete successfully. (failedCommandInfo =0x1)
Still waiting for root device
just try again, sometimes it maybe the errors without fixed DSDT

Boot the Retail DVD:
When the bootloader ask you for rescan, press ENTER.
Go to boot options (f8), Swap disks, then press F5 to rescan drive. When the name of the DVD appears, press ENTER.

[mao_red]

just try again, sometimes it maybe the errors without fixed DSDT

Boot the Retail DVD:
When the bootloader ask you for rescan, press ENTER.
Go to boot options (f8), Swap disks, then press F5 to rescan drive. When the name of the DVD appears, press ENTER.

ok, I managed to reinstall SL. and boom my k50in Hackbook is alive!:)

keyboard is ok, trackpad, ethernet...I am using it right now

does bootcd will always stay on the optical drive to be able to boot on osx drive?

and another thing, how will I update it to 10.6.2? what's the next step after successful install? total noob, sorry. :D

thanks for the help!

[mao_red]

ok, just updated to 10.6.2

I do a lot of back reading on this thread.

I'm just figuring out how to install chameleon to be able to boot on drive.

cheers

Mao

[flip360]

there is an installer package over here: http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=201850 , works very well, just be sure to check which drive you are installing chameleon onto :)

cheers

[ellnic]

Hey guys.

I am a newbie to this forum so this is my first post. I have been a long established Apple user and love Mac OS X, but have been considering a Hackintosh recently.

I have been searching around for the K50IN and have come accross this: K50IN-SX025C.

http://greatdigitalart.com/index.php?dispa...product_id=1310 (http://greatdigitalart.com/index.php?dispatch=products.view&product_id=1310)

I can see that the graphics card is the same but the chipset appears to be different and so does the CPU.

Does anyone have any experience with this laptop? Anyone know if it will work?

Any info would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

ellnic

[ad_47incv]

hello, I have a kin aus sx035c

Everything works without worries apar my vga port is not recognized and my wireless card

if not for the rest:

His
Ethernet
Headset
SD card
and QE / CI
my webcam image is used in places with a Iglass (Buhgalter thank you for the info)
Are functional

I' have snow leopard 10.6.2 by hazard and a have all update

[ellnic]

Thanks for the reply.

Sounds like this may be worth a go :D

I have an original 10.6 DVD - From what I have read, this will work with the Asus Boot CD? Or is it preferred to have the one by Hazard?

I wouldn't use VGA out - but wireless could be an issue - I have a Sonnet Aria card that I could use - might order the Dell 1490 a/b/g mentioned on page 1 - although I would like 802.11n.

Cheers :)

EDIT: Sorry, meant to ask - is your lappy the Intel GM45 Express Chipset?

[teierina]

Could you please indicate how to get QE/CI?
Kext used? Particular procedures? Adding devID in some plist...
I'm now using NVenabler64.kext...

I'm dual booting, good chameleon, some sleep issues but the worst is no QE/CI so I would like to solve that first.

Thank you!

[mao_red]

there is an installer package over here: http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=201850 , works very well, just be sure to check which drive you are installing chameleon onto :)

cheers
Thanks flip.
I installed chameleon from your link, after the restart, still it won't boot on HDD.:-|

[ellnic]

Ah ha -

This may be better - Will have to check out the spec in more details....

ASUS N50VC FP008C - Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz - 15.4 " - 4 GB Ram - 320 GB HDD

Anyone got any ideas?

Intel Core 2 Duo P8600 / 2.4 GHz
Mobile Intel PM45 Express
NVIDIA GeForce 9300M G

Also has:
Bluetooth 2.1 EDR
IEEE 1394
And a few other things which the SV025C did not.

Anyone got this machine? Works? It's only Ł40 more. Seems worth the investment!!

EDIT: Found out that the CPU is the same as Macbook 13" - but not sure about the GPU & Chipset.

ellnic.

[Buhgalter]

Thanks flip.
I installed chameleon from your link, after the restart, still it won't boot on HDD.:-|
You can boot your system with boot CD...
Have you added an extra folder with your kexts after installing the chameleon?

ASUS N50VC FP008C - Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz - 15.4 " - 4 GB Ram - 320 GB HDD
You can try ASUS-K50IN-BootCD v1.1 with this device. There is a big chance that it will be work fine.

[mao_red]

You can boot your system with boot CD...
Have you added an extra folder with your kexts after installing the chameleon?

Hi Buhgalter. Yes, I'm still using the bootcd that you made. After I intalled chameleon, restarted the notebook, placed all kext on the extra folder and on the s/l/e folder and used kext utility for permissions, still no go..where should I place the com.apple.boot.plist?

I'll try it again this time..

[teierina]

Hi guys,
everything ok except for QE/CI using flip360 EXTRA.

Is there any particuar procedure? Now i'm using NVnject and NVenabler64, buto still no luck... Do I have to remove GraphicsEnabler from boot.plist? Or something else?

It seem that everyone is getting it working with NVEnabler64... i feel myself stupid!! :)

[Buhgalter]

placed all kext on the extra folder and on the s/l/e folder and used kext utility for permissions, still no go..where should I place the com.apple.boot.plist?
I'll try it again this time..

Put the com.apple.boot.plist into your Extra ;) After reboot try to boot with -f

It seem that everyone is getting it working with NVEnabler64... i feel myself stupid!! :)
About QE/CI OSX 10.6 is not showing those in system profiler anymore, you will have to check with http://www.realtech-vr.com/glview/ ;)

[axelus]

Hi there,
First of all i'd like to thank you all!

I own an Asus K50IN-SX147C

i've installed Snow Leopard with the BootCD1.1 and its working fine so far.
When I boot from the CD its ok, but when I want to boot without the CD
(first i've installed the package from this link http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=201850)
, I always get a Screen that wants me to press the Power Button...
I booted in verbose mode too, but I don't know what I should do with the information ^^
( I've never done anything with or on a mac before, so don't be too hard to me...)

greets

[mao_red]

Put the com.apple.boot.plist into your Extra ;) After reboot try to boot with -f

Yey!! I double checked my bios and saw 1st drive was removable disk, my bad :D! Now i can boot directly on hdd.

How to boot with the apple logo? Not the debug mode?

Thanks!

cheers.

Mao

[axelus]

Yeehaa... works for me too...

I haven't placed the Extra folder at the right place (stupid me :rolleyes: )
Now its fine...

thx again

[flip360]

Nice to see that all is well :)

[mao_red]

Great job flip, you just updated the first page of this thread! :)

Cheers!

[flip360]

yes, thanks to Buhgalter and the russian crew :)
i used the ApplePS2Controller rus modified and i have a working trackpad after waking from sleep :)

Thanks and Cheers

[axelus]

How can I create a Dual Boot install?!
When I try to install SL on the same disk as Windows 7 i am always getting an error that says i have to install on an guid partition table (But I don't want to reformat the Drive), first i've created a Mac OS Extended (Journaled) Partition and marked as active.

So what to do now?!

[Buhgalter]

How can I create a Dual Boot install?
You can look here (http://tonymacx86.blogspot.com/2009/11/dual-boot-windows-7-and-os-x-snow.html).
And I can say that I have installed 10.6, after that I installed Windows to the second partition. All was fine. After that I booted from boot CD into the OSX. But when I have installed Chameleon v2 onto the EFI partition it broke windows os...

UPDATE: New ASUS-K50IN-BootCD version 2 (http://depositfiles.com/files/vy66mha54) is available with new features and no bugs!

ChangeLog of version 2:
1) A touchpad is working during the installation and when the system starts with bootCD (ApplePS2Controller.kext compiled special for Elan Ps/2 Port Smart-Pad by Rus).
2) Corrected info.plist in HPETDevice.kext for better compatibility
3) Included a folder of Tools (Kext Utillity, Show-Hide Files tool, Chameleonv2RC4.pkg by Dr.Hurt).
4) Included a folder of Kexts - all the necessary drivers

[mao_red]

why my webcam is not working? :-/

and..

Unknown nVidia card:

Chipset Model: Unknown nVidia card
Type: GPU
Bus: PCI
VRAM (Total): 512 MB
Vendor: NVIDIA (0x10de)
Device ID: 0x0873
Revision ID: 0x00b1
Displays:
Display:
Resolution: 1366 x 768
Pixel Depth: 32-Bit Color (ARGB8888)
Main Display: Yes
Mirror: Off
Online: Yes
Built-In: Yes
Display Connector:
Status: No Display Connected

[Buhgalter]

P.S. As for me I haven't the dual boot yet...
Ok. Now my dual boot works perfectly.
I have the dual boot with chameleon (installed on EFI partition)!
I have booted from windows DVD ( run > cmd > diskpart > select disk 0 > select partition 3 > active > exit )& reboot. One more time I have booted from windows DVD. And I have repaired my windows without any problems. After that I set the EFI partition as active from windows ( run > cmd > diskpart > select disk 0 > select partition 1 > active > exit )
After reboot and chameleon works fine...

cheers

[mao_red]

Is there any way to get the default apple boot image instead of a debug? I know its not critical, but it would be nice to see the apple logo at boot, instead of reading the same boot code over and over each time it boots!


Ryan
bump, anyone/

[kokozedman]

bump, anyone/

Here is how you get the better looking Apple logo at the boot phase.


Look at your /Extra/com.apple.boot.plist file.
Find a line with Kernel Flags
Remove the -v that you see there. That actually means, verbose boot, which shows all these debug verbose boot message, that can used to somehow debug the boot process.

If you need it back, just add the -v in, or during the boot:


Select your Hack partition (that one that contains the Mac)
Type directly -v
The press Enter key

[kokozedman]

yes, thanks to Buhgalter and the russian crew :)
i used the ApplePS2Controller rus modified and i have a working trackpad after waking from sleep :)

Thanks and Cheers

What's up flip360. Could you share your Extra folder with us? I never got sleep to properly work ...

I tried once, and it seemed to work, but the PS/2, the Trackpad and the USB (including the mouse that I clicked to wake it) is no longer working. Resulting in a non-responsive system.

I could press the power button, and got the choice to shutdown, restart ... but since there is no keyboard working, I couldn't validate anything. So, had to reset the computer.

[mao_red]

thanks koko! I also had same issue with sleep..



should i put asusk50in.kext on the E\E to be able to use my webcam? :) and for volume hotkey?

cheers!

[flip360]

hello kokozedman, i had the same issue as you before but after replacing the voodoops2.kext with the ApplePS2 modified by Rus all is working well after waking from sleep, even the keyboard too :) if you are unable to find it i will upload it :)
Thanks to Buhgalter for the info!

Cheers

[drade]

What's up flip360. Could you share your Extra folder with us? I never got sleep to properly work ...
I tried once, and it seemed to work, but the PS/2, the Trackpad and the USB (including the mouse that I clicked to wake it) is no longer working. Resulting in a non-responsive system.
I could press the power button, and got the choice to shutdown, restart ... but since there is no keyboard working, I couldn't validate anything. So, had to reset the computer.

Work sleep only 64 bit, with the use GraphicsEnabler = Yes in Chameleon or DSDT patch, EVOenabler.kext,NVinject.kext,Natit.kext(correctin g info.plist). Need ApplePS2Controller.kext_by_Rus and patching IOAudioFamily.kext (audio wake up after sleeps).

Dont works sleep if use 32(64) bit used NVEnabler.kext, and VoodooPS2.kext, not modified ApplePS2Controller.kext.
Good luck.:D

[mao_red]

Hi!

Suddenly, my webcam worked! :D so everything works fine; Audio, dvd, vga, trackpad, I can reboot and shutdown with no problems, except for the volume hotkey (Fn+volume keys) and sleep.

I followed the previous posts about it. After waking up, all are just fine. Audio works, keyboard, video but the system hangs. I can see and move the cursor around the screen but no activities at all, i can't launch an application, dock doesn't respond, just a moving cursor, weird!

[drade]

You use NVEnabler.kext? need delete NVEnabler.kext.

[mao_red]

You use NVEnabler.kext? need delete NVEnabler.kext.

whoa, it does its job but no sound after waking up. I do have IOAudio on s\l\e..

[mao_red]

Originally Posted by drade
You use NVEnabler.kext? need delete NVEnabler.kext.


whoa, it does its job but no sound after waking up. I do have IOAudio on s\l\e..

OK, and it does the job real well! :) after a few tries of replacing, deleting, and replacing of orig hdaenabler and patched ioaudiofamily kexts :D, my system can sleep and wake up with no problem at all!

Great K50IN! Now I have a fully working Hackbook!;)

Thanks guys, great community! Cheers!

Mao

[Buhgalter]

i used the ApplePS2Controller rus modified and i have a working trackpad after waking from sleep :)

Original topic is here (http://www.applelife.ru/topic/22217-elan-ps2-port-smart-pad/page__view__findpost__p__180610). I have attached the latest release of ApplePS2Controller by Rus(drade).

[teierina]

I'm trying to download the K50IN Boot CD version 2 but depositfiles.com always reply that there are no free slot for my coutry...

Could someone up it in another place?

I've seen with glviewer (GRAZIE) that I'm not harware accelerated, maybe is that the reason why i can't see anything in iWeb.

Anyway actually waiting for the new WiFi (Dell 1490 from ebay $8) I've reched a boot time of 25 seconds from PowerOff to Desktop, i'm so proud, audio works, network also, but i'm still playng around to learn how to understand if what i'm doing works or not!

[mao_red]

I'm trying to download the K50IN Boot CD version 2 but depositfiles.com always reply that there are no free slot for my coutry...

Could someone up it in another place?

Here you go mate, I uploaded it on sendspace:)

ASUS K50IN BootCD V2 (http://www.sendspace.com/file/57kgqz)

[teierina]

N i c e !

Thank you!

[mao_red]

I've noticed that when I'm on battery power, the cpu drops to 1.2 ghz, and plugged in its at 2.2ghz
I noticed this too just now. I booted using battery power and the processor speed was 1.2Ghz..hmmm

[mao_red]

hi, still no update on our atheros wireless? mine is ar5b95, and I'm thinking of buying wifi card that will work as airport. :D

[flip360]

wait just a bit more for the 10.6.3 update and if than the card doesnt work then...check my signature :P

[teierina]

Hi, secondary display works perfectly!

K50IN is the best Hackitosh Snow Leopard available. No doubt.

You have to spend € 10 on eBay to buy the 1490 WiFi card to have AirPort.

HD video runs fluidly, all Apps are fast, EyeTV is perfect, multi boot... a Mac Pro clone, but costs € 1500 less!

And it's all thanks to community.

[mao_red]

What's the best to use in our hackbook; 32 bit or 64 bit kernel? I'm currently running in 64bit mode.

AND

Does anyone who updated to 2010-001?

cheers

[teierina]

Currently using only 64 bit and latest ASUS bios 221.

[flip360]

here also :)

[kokozedman]

Using 32-bit here.

One thing I notice: in 32-bit mode, if you get really jumpy mouse, you just shutdown the computer, and start the Mac right-away.

After booting Windows and then restart to go to Hack, it will have the strange mouse behavior. Shutdown ... leave for about 5 seconds ... then boot right-away INTO Hack, then you get smooth mouse again.

I find the 32-bit a bit more advantegeous, because I can have the Paragon NTFS reading/writing my NTFS partition at native speed. The only drawback, is that you must connect your second display monitor (if you use it) in order for it to be detected. It can be removed, but it will not be detected after removing.
But that, I think, not everybody needs that. ;)

[mao_red]

Hi.

Does your mouse wheel click (middle button) for auto-scroll functioning well (two finger click on trackpad)?

[flip360]

yes it does, i think that it supports all of the trackpad gestures

[mao_red]

yes it does, i think that it supports all of the trackpad gestures
Yikes, my auto scroll is not functioning, what should I do?

TIA.

[ad_47incv]

lthough good morning to all.


I've decided to redo a clean install (because I had my little snow on ur external drive)

So now here I SL dual boot with seven thanks to chameleonrc3 + pcefi v10.3

The problem is my VGA output, it is not recognized when I plug a screen above: (I searched but found nothing concrete.

I'm using for the time NVEnabler.kext 's which is in my folder S / L / E.

I may need to be change of place and put in E / E?

Here is what I put in about a Mac:

Chipset: Unknown nVidia card
Type: Graphics Processing Unit (GPU)
Bus: PCI
VRAM (Total): 512 MB
Vendor: NVIDIA (0x10de)
Device ID: 0x0873
Revision ID: 0x00b1
Monitors:
Monitor type unknown
Resolution: 1366 x 768
Pixel Depth: 32-bit color (ARGB8888)
Main Display: Yes
Mirror: Disabled
Connected: Yes
Integrated: Yes
Connector for Monitor:
State: No monitor connected

An inkling of the problem?

I'm have a Nvidia G102M with 512MO ram

[flip360]

Yikes, my auto scroll is not functioning, what should I do?

TIA.

@ mao_red: do you have the patched appleps2.kext instead of voodoops2.kext?
@ ad_47incv: i think that you can have a second monitor in 32bit mode only, but i am unsure. read a couple of pages back for a possible answer :)

cheers

[mao_red]

@ mao_red: do you have the patched appleps2.kext instead of voodoops2.kext?
@ ad_47incv: i think that you can have a second monitor in 32bit mode only, but i am unsure. read a couple of pages back for a possible answer :)

cheers
Hi flip, I don't know if I'm using the patched kext :D, it came from the kext files included on Buhgalter's v2 Bootcd.

I'll try to copy again on my extra folder.

Cheers!.

[mao_red]

Good day!

I'm having trouble with my usb 500gb external drive. I use this on both machine (Windows & OSX). It was formatted as NTFS. Before, it can mount on my desktop in read-only mode. Then i tried to install ntfs-3g yesterday but it says will not run on 64-bit kernel, so i removed the driver. After uninstalling the ntfs-3g/macfuse, it won't mount my external drive anymore. I can see the disk on disk utility.

How will I revert it back to be able to mount it and use it as read-only, at least?

Any help will be much appreciated.

Cheers!

[Georgie99]

hi, i can't install ipc 10.5.6 on my asus k50in.The problem is,my laptop always restart after few seconds apple's logo appears.i used asus k50in boot which is provided but the problem persists.i have 100gb free space(unlocated partition).if can,suggest me which distros are the best for my laptop.help me.

[flip360]

hit F8 during startup and -v for verbose mode, so you can see whats causing the startup error

cheers

[ad_47incv]

Hello,

I finally was able to recognize my vga output
To this I must plug the screen on the VGA port before booting on snow leopard.
be withdrawn after the / restore the screen without problem

It remains for me to wait for 10.6.3 maj or buy a wireless card mini pci broadcom dell or replaced for my atheros does not work yet under snow leopard

[mao_red]

Update:

I can now read and write on ntfs disk using macfuse + ntfs-3g.

Hello,

I finally was able to recognize my vga output
To this I must plug the screen on the VGA port before booting on snow leopard.
be withdrawn after the / restore the screen without problem

It remains for me to wait for 10.6.3 maj or buy a wireless card mini pci broadcom dell or replaced for my atheros does not work yet under snow leopard

Nice! Me too, still waiting for the atheros fix, else, buy a wireless card.



Another Q, does your hackbook sleeps when you set a time? I did a test, set mine to 15, 10, 5, 1 minute to standby but it never sleeps, but my system will only sleep manually (pressing power button or from Apple menu). What should I do? TIA

Cheers.

[niadma]

I have recently purchased an Asus K50IN-X7S and installed Snow Leopard using methods described in this forum (thanks all btw) and am 99%on my way to a perfect install but I have 1 small problem.

After sleep, the Fn key on the keyboard does not work(for brightness,sleep,etc) , and if I attempt to use it, the Ctrl Key seemingly gets stuck down within the OS making it unusable.

Anybody have any suggestions for a fix? If not, could someone post their working keyboard kexts so I can try them for myself. Thanks

[ad_47incv]

For mao_red (http://www.infinitemac.com/../../member.php?u=13034) :

No atherow wifi work :( , buy Dell 1490 802.11g or broadcom card :)
Sleep or shutdonw ? bécose I shall not sleep: (

[mao_red]

I have recently purchased an Asus K50IN-X7S and installed Snow Leopard using methods described in this forum (thanks all btw) and am 99%on my way to a perfect install but I have 1 small problem.

After sleep, the Fn key on the keyboard does not work(for brightness,sleep,etc) , and if I attempt to use it, the Ctrl Key seemingly gets stuck down within the OS making it unusable.

Anybody have any suggestions for a fix? If not, could someone post their working keyboard kexts so I can try them for myself. Thanks

I have same issues with yours. Fn keys doesn't function after waking up. Any workaround on this guys?


@ad47incv
hmm, need to buy new wifi card. Maybe BCM4321 will be a good choice ;)



cheers

[ad_47incv]

lol , i'm sorry a have a sleep ( pressing power button or from Apple menu) but ma keyboard et mouse freeze :(

[niadma]

I have recently purchased an Asus K50IN-X7S and installed Snow Leopard using methods described in this forum (thanks all btw) and am 99%on my way to a perfect install but I have 1 small problem.

After sleep, the Fn key on the keyboard does not work(for brightness,sleep,etc) , and if I attempt to use it, the Ctrl Key seemingly gets stuck down within the OS making it unusable.

Anybody have any suggestions for a fix? If not, could someone post their working keyboard kexts so I can try them for myself. Thanks

Could someone with working Fn key after sleep post their Extra folder as a zip file so I could experiment with my laptop? Thanks

Also, if I choose to update to 10.6.2 from 10.6.0, what additional kexts/patches do I need?

[niadma]

Could someone with working Fn key after sleep post their Extra folder as a zip file so I could experiment with my laptop? Thanks

Also, if I choose to update to 10.6.2 from 10.6.0, what additional kexts/patches do I need?

BTW if anyone has issues with deep sleep try this fix: http://ipis-osx.wikidot.com/forum/t-180991

After deep sleep, the Fn key works which is OK for now

[mao_red]

Also, if I choose to update to 10.6.2 from 10.6.0, what additional kexts/patches do I need?

Hi there. Don't worry on updating from 10.6 to 10.6.2. All are smooth after that, no need for additional patch or kext.;)

Cheers.

[Georgie99]

hi,my laptop is asus k50in,but i cant install mac osx86.i've followed all tutorials given.then i've found my problem occurs due to bios problem.the bios dont have acpi disable function..how to disable acpi on asus k50in?help me.i am very desperated to use leopard.hellpppppppppp...

[flip360]

update to the latest ASUS 221 BIOS,

cheers

[keresztesvitez]

Hello guys,

First, many thanks to your experiments, and the shared stuff. My English can strange, becouse I am writing from Hungary :)

I have an ASUS K50IN SX-021L and I would like to install Snow Leopard but I have stucked at the starting line. I am come from the Windows era but I have some experience with the Linux systems too.

I have burned some Retail Snow Leopard Install DVD, but non of them wants to boot, with the K50IN Boot CD v2. Is this normal?

I have decided to try the installer script. (http://www.infinitemac.com/f57/pre-install-automator-v1-1-for-easily-installing-t4041/) Do I need to have a Mac to do the first step? „Restore the retail "Snow Leopard Install DVD" to a read/write disk partition (hdd or usb flash drive).”

What do I exactly need to do the install? An usb flash drive, a retail dvd, a mac?
How can I make an USB installer disk?

My spec is: ASUS K50IN-SX021L | Mobile Intel® Core2 Duo T6500 2100 MHz | 4096MB DDR2/800MHz | NVIDIA® GeForce G102M/512MB | Chipset: NVIDIA MCP75L

Please help me to get over the first difficulties.

Greetings from Hungary!

[flip360]

hello there,

yes you have to have a working osx for running the installer script, partition it with GUID and then you need to restore the original DVD or image that i suppose you have of SNow Leopard 10.6 onto it. After your USB is ready you proceed to boot with -v or cpus=1 if you need it,

cheers

[keresztesvitez]

Hi flip360!

Thanks for the quick answer. I will try it in a vmware leopard (because I don't have a Mac).
I am still interesed in the other topic, install from dvd.
What can you suggest me?
Should the retail install dvd boot with the k50in boot cd? Won't boot for me, I'll try the Hazard edition tomorrow.
If not, what is the correct method to boot the retail install dvd?

Best Regards!
Adam

[Georgie99]

i already updated my bios to the lastest version.but i still cant install leopard due to acpi problem..why i cant disable this function from my bios?

[flip360]

@ keresztesvitez: I havent ried the K50IN boot cd so i duuno if it works, but the USB method works and its fast too,
@ Georgie99: Try and add NullCPUPowermanagement.kext to the extra folder and see if that passes the ACPI error during boot,

cheers

[Georgie99]

thanks,for quick reply.sorry.Can i ask one thing?.From where i can get NullCPUPowermanagement.kext?any link?
And then where to paste it?Just anyway in installation iso file or just anyway on my windows?

[flip360]

http://www.kexts.com/view/16-nullcpupowermanagement_%2832--64-bit%29.html

you can either copy it to Extra/Extensions through Windows or as i did, copied it to my USB installer. Mind you that i dont longer need it because the native applecpupowermanager is working fine,

cheers

[Georgie99]

i already downloaded the kext file.but it is correct the file that i downloaded with extension htm?the file name is NullCPUPowerManagement.kext.htm.or i should delete htm and so that become kext extension.then how to copy all files from iso to my pendrive so that i can boot from pendrive?i have tried magiciso and poweriso in order to extract all files in iso but poweriso and magiciso give error:extract failed!Can not create directory or file.The disk maybe full or read only..What should i do?Problem comes with another problem..Help,my head is being cracked right now.

[oswcab]

Hi,

I'm a newbie and I was trying to install Snow Leopard in my new Asus K40IN-X1 laptop. I downloaded the Asus K50in bootCD v2 and I followed the steps installing from an original Snow Leopard DVD. In the first try I received the "Still waiting for root device" message so I booted the CD with the -x -v parameters and the installation began. According to the installer, the installation was successful. However when the system restarted, the error "devfs_kernel_mount: f " appeared in the screen and the boot process halted. I searched in google and in the forum and I changed the SATA configuration from "Enhanced" to "Compatible" but I'm still stuck in the "Still waiting for root device" error. What's the next step to follow to make a successful installation?

Thanks

[Georgie99]

wow,you had managed to install snow leopard and you are really far man..i am still stuck on boot screen and can't pass apple logo..i still stuck over a month.!

[keresztesvitez]

i already downloaded the kext file.but it is correct the file that i downloaded with extension htm?the file name is NullCPUPowerManagement.kext.htm.or i should delete htm and so that become kext extension.then how to copy all files from iso to my pendrive so that i can boot from pendrive?i have tried magiciso and poweriso in order to extract all files in iso but poweriso and magiciso give error:extract failed!Can not create directory or file.The disk maybe full or read only..What should i do?Problem comes with another problem..Help,my head is being cracked right now.

Hi Georgie99!

I have managed to download the kext you mentioned. It's a zip file. Once I was able to install Leopard, but it won't boots up so I gave up, but I have managed to copy files to the mac partition with MacDrive8.

[Georgie99]

thank u,i already downloaded macdrive 7 and had been installed perfectly.but still got problem. :(
the problem is i couldnt able to copy,kext to iso because iso file is protected disk.What the heck?.
1)there is no other way to patch kext to iso?
2)where to put 2 files in iso file?Any directory also can?

[Georgie99]

i need your help to identify which kexts should i used in iso(injected to iso?) or other advices in order to pass boot screen and install snow or leopard.i want to know what is wrong with my laptop until cant pass boot screen.it is caused by chipset or what?Here i state details of my laptop.:(:(



this is reported by cpu-z

CPU-Z TXT Report
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

Binaries
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

CPU-Z version 1.53.1

Processors
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

Number of processors 1
Number of threads 2

APICs
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

Processor 0
-- Core 0
-- Thread 0 0
-- Core 1
-- Thread 0 1

Processors Information
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

Processor 1 ID = 0
Number of cores 2 (max 2)
Number of threads 2 (max 2)
Name Intel Mobile Core 2 Duo T6500
Codename Penryn
Specification Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T6500 @ 2.10GHz
Package (platform ID) Socket P (478) (0x7)
CPUID 6.7.A
Extended CPUID 6.17
Core Stepping R0
Technology 45 nm
Core Speed 1200.0 MHz
Multiplier x FSB 6.0 x 200.0 MHz
Rated Bus speed 800.0 MHz
Stock frequency 2100 MHz
Instructions sets MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, EM64T
L1 Data cache 2 x 32 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L1 Instruction cache 2 x 32 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L2 cache 2048 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size
FID/VID Control yes
FID range 6.0x - 10.5x
Max VID 1.150 V



Thread dumps
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

CPU Thread 0
APIC ID 0
Topology Processor ID 0, Core ID 0, Thread ID 0
Type 01008001h
Max CPUID level 0000000Dh
Max CPUID ext. level 80000008h
Cache descriptor Level 1, D, 32 KB, 1 thread(s)
Cache descriptor Level 1, I, 32 KB, 1 thread(s)
Cache descriptor Level 2, U, 2 MB, 2 thread(s)



CPU Thread 1
APIC ID 1
Topology Processor ID 0, Core ID 1, Thread ID 0
Type 01008001h
Max CPUID level 0000000Dh
Max CPUID ext. level 80000008h
Cache descriptor Level 1, D, 32 KB, 1 thread(s)
Cache descriptor Level 1, I, 32 KB, 1 thread(s)
Cache descriptor Level 2, U, 2 MB, 2 thread(s)



Chipset
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

Northbridge NVIDIA ID0A83 rev. B1
Southbridge NVIDIA nForce 730i rev. B3
Memory Type
Memory Size 4096 MBytes

Memory SPD
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

DIMM # 1
SMBus address 0x50
Memory type DDR2
Module format SO-DIMM
Manufacturer (ID) Kingston (7F98000000000000)
Size 2048 MBytes
Max bandwidth PC2-6400 (400 MHz)
Part number
Serial number B0CCBA2C
Manufacturing date Week 28/Year 09
Number of banks 2
Data width 64 bits
Correction None
Nominal Voltage 1.80 Volts
EPP no
XMP no
JEDEC timings table CL-tRCD-tRP-tRAS-tRC @ frequency
JEDEC #1 4.0-4-4-12-16 @ 266 MHz
JEDEC #2 5.0-5-5-15-20 @ 333 MHz
JEDEC #3 6.0-6-6-18-24 @ 400 MHz

DIMM # 2
SMBus address 0x52
Memory type DDR2
Module format SO-DIMM
Manufacturer (ID) Kingston (7F98000000000000)
Size 2048 MBytes
Max bandwidth PC2-6400 (400 MHz)
Part number
Serial number ADCC8733
Manufacturing date Week 28/Year 09
Number of banks 2
Data width 64 bits
Correction None
Nominal Voltage 1.80 Volts
EPP no
XMP no
JEDEC timings table CL-tRCD-tRP-tRAS-tRC @ frequency
JEDEC #1 4.0-4-4-12-16 @ 266 MHz
JEDEC #2 5.0-5-5-15-20 @ 333 MHz
JEDEC #3 6.0-6-6-18-24 @ 400 MHz




Monitoring
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

Mainboard Model K50IN (0x00000147 - 0x00028960)

LPCIO
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

Hardware Monitors
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

Hardware monitor ACPI
Temperature 0 50°C (121°F) [0xCA0] (THRM)

Hardware monitor Intel Mobile Core 2 Duo T6500
Temperature 0 55°C (130°F) [0x2D] (Core #0)
Temperature 1 55°C (130°F) [0x2D] (Core #1)

Hardware monitor NVIDIA GeForce G102M
Temperature 0 53°C (127°F) (GPU Core)



DMI
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

DMI BIOS
vendor American Megatrends Inc.
version 222
date 01/22/2010

DMI System Information
manufacturer ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
product K50IN
version 1.0
serial 101237780006
UUID 323281DE-871EC31E-39000026-18ACCFB8

DMI Baseboard
vendor ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
model K50IN
revision 1.0
serial BSN12345678901234567

DMI System Enclosure
manufacturer ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
chassis type Notebook
chassis serial unknown

DMI Processor
manufacturer Intel
model Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T6500 @ 2.10GHz
clock speed 2100.0 MHz
FSB speed 200.0 MHz
multiplier 10.5x

DMI Port Connector
designation J3401 (internal)
designation LAN (external)
port type Network Port
connector RJ-45

DMI Port Connector
designation J4501 (internal)
designation VGA (external)
port type Video Port
connector DB-15 female

DMI Port Connector
designation J5201 (internal)
designation USB1 (external)
port type USB
connector Access Bus (USB)

DMI Port Connector
designation J5201 (internal)
designation USB2 (external)
port type USB
connector Access Bus (USB)

DMI Port Connector
designation J4800 (internal)
designation HDMI (external)

DMI Port Connector
designation J5101 (internal)
designation SATA 1 (external)

DMI Port Connector
designation J4202 (internal)
designation FlashCard (external)

DMI Port Connector
designation J4301 (internal)
designation ExpressCard (external)

DMI Port Connector
designation J6601 (internal)
designation eSATA (external)

DMI Port Connector
designation J3703 (internal)
designation Audio Out (external)
port type Audio Port
connector Mini Jack (headphones)

DMI Port Connector
designation J3801 (internal)
designation Mic In (external)
port type Audio Port
connector Mini Jack (headphones)

DMI Port Connector
designation J2502 (internal)
designation USB3 (external)
port type USB
connector Access Bus (USB)

DMI Port Connector
designation J4203 (internal)
designation 1394 (external)
port type Firewire (IEEE P1394)
connector IEEE 1394

DMI Port Connector
designation J5401 (internal)
designation DockPort (external)

DMI Extension Slot
designation PCIE1
type A5
populated yes

DMI Extension Slot
designation PCIE2
type A5
populated no

DMI Extension Slot
designation PCIE3
type A5
populated no

DMI Extension Slot
designation PCIE4
type A5
populated no

DMI OEM Strings
string[0]
string[1]
string[2]

DMI Physical Memory Array
location Motherboard
usage System Memory
correction None
max capacity 16384 MBytes
max# of devices 2

DMI Memory Device
designation SODIMM0
format DIMM
type SDRAM
total width 64 bits
data width 64 bits
size 2048 MBytes

DMI Memory Device
designation SODIMM1
format DIMM
type SDRAM
total width 64 bits
data width 64 bits
size 2048 MBytes


Graphics
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

Number of adapters 1

Graphic APIs
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

API NVIDIA NVAPI
API NVIDIA I/O

Display Adapters
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

Display adapter 0
Manuf. API index 0
Display name \\.\DISPLAY1
Name NVIDIA GeForce G102M
Revision B1
Memory size 512 MB
PCI device bus 2 (0x2), device 0 (0x0), function 0 (0x0)
Vendor ID 0x10DE (0x1043)
Model ID 0x0873 (0x19B4)
Performance Level Default
Core clock 200.0 MHz
Shader clock 400.0 MHz
Memory clock 800.0 MHz
Performance Level 2D Desktop
Core clock 300.0 MHz
Shader clock 600.0 MHz
Memory clock 800.0 MHz
Performance Level 2D Desktop
Core clock 350.0 MHz
Shader clock 700.0 MHz
Memory clock 800.0 MHz
Performance Level 3D Applications
Core clock 450.0 MHz
Shader clock 1100.0 MHz
Memory clock 800.0 MHz


Software
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

Windows Version Microsoft Windows 7 (6.1) Ultimate Edition (Build 7600)
DirectX Version 11.0


HELP ME..

[flip360]

we have the same specs and booting works fine for me, but mind you that i used the USB install method and i have the NUllCPUManager loading during boot time...i think that you have KP`s because there is no presence of the mentioned kext, which is required (i think) for the first boot, also try and boot the instalation with -x -v or better yet try one of the distros available like snowosx...

cheers

[Georgie99]

phew...that me my world becomes clear again..still got hope there..hehe..
thanks flip 360..what did you do with iso file that you had downloaded in order to make it pass boot screen?just extract to usb and everything will be fine?
sorry im very weak in technology,so i hope you dont mind.

[Georgie99]

nullcpumanager.kext or nullcpumanagement.kext?because i cant find nullcpumanager.kext on the web.

[flip360]

http://www.kexts.com/view/16-nullcpupowermanagement_%2832--64-bit%29.html (64bit version)

It is NullCPUPowerManagement.kext, sorry for making a mistake with the name, and no, i dont mind, thats what infinitemac is here for: help eachother :) After i made the USB bootable, i restored the snowosx iso onto the usb for faster install :) Also try and install it this way for full OSX experience, i am trying to say that the distros may boot better but this notebook is fully capable of native vanilla instalation,

cheers

[Georgie99]

alright,i will try to install by using usb 8gb,it is enough right?..hopefully after this,i could manage to install leopard.but what steps should i take to install leo by using usb?because i have found so many tutorials,but most of them start with macs rather start with windows first.could u suggest one?

[keresztesvitez]

alright,i will try to install by using usb 8gb,it is enough right?..hopefully after this,i could manage to install leopard.but what steps should i take to install leo by using usb?because i have found so many tutorials,but most of them start with macs rather start with windows first.could u suggest one?

Hi,
I've followed this youtube guide (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WptK8yL-93Q) to make a snow leopard install usb disk. Then use the install script (http://www.infinitemac.com/f57/pre-install-automator-v1-1-for-easily-installing-t4041/) that mentioned at the thread's first page. Mind that you can install snow leo only on a guid scheme partition. I've deleted my whole HDD yesterday ;) But this method works for me too. Some parts of my notebook doesn't works yet, but I don't give up. Thanks for everyone!

Adam

[flip360]

as Adam is saying... ;)

cheers

[keresztesvitez]

Hi Guys,

I am very happy that I've succeeded to install the snow leopard to my K50IN. Just an interesting notice: At the end of the install, the installer told me that the process is failed, however after the reboot the snow leo booted up without any complains.

Only few things I couldn't fix, yet. The keyboard and the touchpad is dead, the shutdown and the sleep doesn't work.

The keyboard worked after the 10.6.2 update, but when I fixed the audio it came unusable. I've tried a couple of ApplePS2Controllers, but none of them worked.

Please advise me a kext for the PS2 and the shutdown/sleep issue.

Thanks a lot!

Adam

[Georgie99]

the tutorial is great but for your information,i dont have mac yet..i have windows only..how to install mac iso into usb THROUGH windows in order to boot from usb?help me.

[flip360]

There is no way, you have to have a working mac to crate it.

[Georgie99]

how about start with virtual machine first?vmware.?virtual box?

[keresztesvitez]

the tutorial is great but for your information,i dont have mac yet..i have windows only..how to install mac iso into usb THROUGH windows in order to boot from usb?help me.

There is no way, you have to have a working mac to crate it.

Fortunately, you can make an usb installer under windows, as I did.
The method is the following:


Download a leopard or snow leopard vmware image from a torrent site (btjunkie "mac vmware")
Download the free vmware player (http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/OS-Enhancements/VMware-Player.shtml)
Boot the mac vmware image, it may boot without errors. (Open virtual machine, than play virtual machine. At the settings give at least 1GB memory to the virtual machine)
I couldn't find how to create shared folders with vmware mac so I copied the Snow Leopard installer.dmg to my usb, than I copied the dmg to the virtual mac's desktop.
Copy the installer script and the kexts to your virtual mac, and follow the installer script's steps.

From that point you can follow the youtube tutorial too. I've managed to install snow leopard in this way.

Feel free to ask.
Adam

[Georgie99]

i already downloaded vmware workstation 7,but still got problem,because always got stuck when the percentage reached 88%...I used various distros,but the result still same..

[keresztesvitez]

i already downloaded vmware workstation 7,but still got problem,because always got stuck when the percentage reached 88%...I used various distros,but the result still same..

Are you using a mac vmware image or try to install mac to a vmware virtual machine?
I suggest you to use a vmware image, so you don't have to take time to install and configure.

[Georgie99]

vmware image is kind of file that has dmg extension?

[keresztesvitez]

vmware image is kind of file that has dmg extension?

Almost. It is a fully installed virtual mac, saved to an image file which is exectuable by vmware.
Choose one. (http://btjunkie.org/search?q=mac+vmware)
For example. (http://btjunkie.org/torrent/Fully-Functional-mac-OS-X-10-5-8-vmware-image-intel-FIXED/83530e0812837acb4217bc9ebd8449094ecb0f4717dd)

[Georgie99]

i have downloaded mac vmware image.it is in 7z extension.but once i extracted to a folder,i dont know which file should be ran on vmware?alot of folder there.

[keresztesvitez]

i have downloaded mac vmware image.it is in 7z extension.but once i extracted to a folder,i dont know which file should be ran on vmware?alot of folder there.

Don't care about it. Just run vmware player, choose "open virtual machine", browse to the directory, and you shold see only one file which is executable, than "Play virtual machine".

[Georgie99]

thank u to both of u coz helped me a lot.thank u,flip360,thank u,.keresztesvitez..May God bless both of u..Thank u!

[Georgie99]

i have successfully make my usb as a installer.thank u once again.but kernel panic still occur eventhough i have extract nullcpumanagement.kext to my thumb drive.The errors appear during kp are.
Error:uncompressed file is not lenth recorded
error:couldnt uncompress plist from multikext achieve entry 1
mac os version:
not yet set
darwin kernel version 9.1.0:sat nov 17 02:56:34 sct 2007:made by toh:xnu-1228.0.2~1/build/obj/release_i386

[keresztesvitez]

I have get kernel panic too by reason of SleepEnabler. Try deleting nullcpumanagement kext from the usb. Flip360 said that you don't need nullcpumanagement.kext if you use the newest asus bios.

[keresztesvitez]

Hi Guys,

I am very happy that I've succeeded to install the snow leopard to my K50IN. Just an interesting notice: At the end of the install, the installer told me that the process is failed, however after the reboot the snow leo booted up without any complains.

Only few things I couldn't fix, yet. The keyboard and the touchpad is dead, the shutdown and the sleep doesn't work.

The keyboard worked after the 10.6.2 update, but when I fixed the audio it came unusable. I've tried a couple of ApplePS2Controllers, but none of them worked.

Please advise me a kext for the PS2 and the shutdown/sleep issue.

Thanks a lot!

Adam

Hi Guys,

I am still looking for working kexts to keyboard, and Shutdown/sleep problems.

Please advise me some.

[dzsim]

Hi Guys,

I am still looking for working kexts to keyboard, and Shutdown/sleep problems.

Please advise me some.

Itt van az én extra folderem: home.ebbolbajlesz.com/Extra.zip
A sleep ugyan nem tökéletes (ébredés után nincs hang), de a billentyűzet jó.
;)

[Georgie99]

i have deleted nullcpupowermanagement.kext but the result still the same.one thing makes me feel weird is the darwin bootloader is disapear when i used usb as a installer not like dvd burned.i boot my usb using asus boot cd..any idea what is happening to me?

[mao_red]

Hi flip360,

My hackbook won't auto sleep even I set time. How to fix this? Do i need the sleepenabler.kext?

[flip360]

hello guy`s,

@ Georgie99: it is a weird install at first but when one gets hold of the proper install method, everything is smoothie afterwards :) I hope you upgraded to the latest ASUS BIOS (221 i think). Try booting the USB with cpus=1 or -x, if you manage to install it, boot once more from the USB`s chameleon boot, and choose your fresh partition for booting. This will get you through the welcome screen. Also have the latest Chameleon 2 installed on the boot partition afterwards. I have reinstalled the notebook once more and have found out that we do not have any more use of SleepEnabler.kext or NullCPUPowerManagement.kext (which as it turns out is needed only for the USB install method).

@ keresztesvitez and mao_red and everyone else: here try this set of extensions that i am using now: http://www.mediafire.com/?mmnyizlznyn
I have proper restart/shutdown, audio, graphic, keyboard and trackpad (with multitouch gestures) and i am also using http://www.jinx.de/SmartSleep.html for working sleep mode, just dont forget to use the kext utility! :)

Cheers

[Georgie99]

i got something strange today..my kernel panics said *still waiting root devices*what is that?what should i do?

[Abraxas]

I installed original retail SL succesfully. I can only boot with boot CD though. I installed chameleon v2 but gives a kernel panic.
So appart from the bootloader and wifi i've got a stable hackbook!!(thnx to the people who made this possible):D
I bought a USB wifi reciever (sitecom wl-353), downloaded the latest OSX driver but then got a kernel panic. So i tried to uninstall the driver, but it seems to be still there. When i plug the USB in i get a kernel panic again.
Can someone please help me? I don't have a clue what to do next...

[Georgie99]

i managed to install sL yesterday and also got karnel panic after restart.but i think it was caused by appleintelcpupowermanagement.kext.but how to fix this?Should i remove this kext?

[Buhgalter]

I bought a USB wifi reciever (sitecom wl-353), downloaded the latest OSX driver but then got a kernel panic. So i tried to uninstall the driver, but it seems to be still there. When i plug the USB in i get a kernel panic again.
Can someone please help me? I don't have a clue what to do next...

Try another device. For example D-link dwa 125 ;)

[Georgie99]

i have updated my snow leo to 10.6.2,but airport did not appear at system profiler..did i miss install some kexts?help please.

[ronovar]

hello...everbody...i have managed to install 10.5.8 and 10.6 Snow Leopard from Snow Installer 3.5 DVD, but now i want to create a boot-132 cd....booting is fine with chameleon rc4 but when need to start installer it is writing...Unable to find driver for this platform...ACPI stuff...so i go futher to look and see line that write...

Patched DMI Table. No DSDT replacement found. Leaving ACPI data as is. No SMBIOS replacement found.

So i think i need to pach my dsdt.aml and put it on boot-132 cd...a have patched it as you instructed fork50io ( i have asus k70io),,,and patch dsdt.aml and put into extra extensionsfolder and into preboot.dmg file...kext are loaded but dsdt.aml are not.

So where a need to put this DSDT.aml into boot-132 cd to make it loadable when i bot cd to make retail instalation?

Many thanks...:) And all is working ..sound...vga...sleep...speedsteep..only wirelless card is not woring but i will swap it with another one...

[kokozedman]

Hey guys! 10.6.3 is out! Anyone can confirm if it's a smooth update?

[flip360]

downloading...:)

i have installed the 10.6.3 update succesfully, without any problems but after reboot i have no audio, everything else seems normal, so i would ask buhgalter and clubber_77 to work their magic again :)
Update: i have replaced the original files with the 10.6.2 files from this thread and it works just not with sleep, after coming back from sleep i lose sound.

oh, and another thing, i noticed that ASUS have a new BIOS out:

Version 222
Description BIOS 222
Firmware Change

anyone willing to try?
maybe we have even more native OSX support in there :)

cheers

[Georgie99]

I can confirm that bios 222 WILL give you a big smile..I have tried bios version 222,1 month ago,less kernel panic and seemed more supportive to osx..

[kokozedman]

I have also just installed 10.6.3, and the 32-bit mode is broken in the graphics part. It works just fine if I disable graphics (not providing any driver whatsoever), but as soon as I put NVEnabler in, then it does not work anylonger.

The thing is: it shows-up, but with garbled and distorted graphics, and it is not usable at all. I'd love to hear some inputs on how are these stuffs fixed.

[flip360]

i have flashed the BIOS also and all is well :)

[mao_red]

i have flashed the BIOS also and all is well :)
should I flash the bios to 222 first then update to 10.6.3, will all be just fine? and how will I do the bios update? no MSwindows installed on my k50. TIA :)

[flip360]

you can flash before or afterwards, it doesnt matter, put the new BIOS file on USB Stick, enter the BIOS with F2 i think and use the EZFlash utility :)

[niadma]

To anyone else who is having audio issues after 10.6.3 and bios flash, reinstall 10.6.2 AppleHDA from here: http://www.tonymacx86.com/Public/10.6.2-AppleHDAInstaller.zip

[mao_red]

@flip360
Thanks! that was easy.. ;)

@niadma
Thanks for the link. after updating, flashed the bios and installed the appleHDA, it did the job well.

I also noticed that my display becomes sharper after the update, I don't know if that's just me though..:D

cheers!

[uwannacookie]

Has anyone got the WLAN solved? Mine is this...
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |

| Modelo: K50IN AS PRO5DI COT5900/2BG5/3G/GE |

| CPU: T5900 |

| Memoria: 3GB DDRII |

| Disco Rígido: 250GB 5400RPM |

| Conectividade: WLAN |

| Placa gráfica: NVIDIA® GeForce® G102M, with 512MB VRAM |

| Ecră: 15.6" HD (1366x768) LED |

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


e-mail was in portuguese , lazy to translate , e.e

[uwannacookie]

btw, there a person selling AirPort extreme wifi card, can it be installed on this laptop? :D

[flip360]

nope, the wifi card is still unsupported, if the airport is a miniPCIe card it will fit ;)

[uwannacookie]

Yeah , it's miniPCIe, it could work ONLY ON OSX right ?

[flip360]

i think so but maybe i am wrong, if someone knows better please report

[Abraxas]

I can only boot with the boot cd in, someone knows a solution? I've tried to install chameleon on the OSX partition but doesnt do anything when booting, just a blinking cursor...

[uwannacookie]

@flip360 I will buy it as soon as i can and report it, if it works, it's good cause we can use original Apple wifi card in PCs.

@Abraxas maybe you have to copy some files from the boot cd to system... If I am wrong ... Search :P

[ronovar]

hello...i have fixed problem with Unable to find driver for this plaform...ACPI.....

The solution is to download Golden Master Snow Leopard and burn it al low speed...so i just buy new Dual Layer DVD burn new dmg Snow Leopard to this disc with low speed and voila...no KP...:)

I have Asus K70IO which has Nforce MCP79 witch is native supported by apple kext...i have copy a50io.kext and hdaenabler.kext...and sound is working crystal..al is recognized(alo i have added pinconfig into dsdt and system profiler recognizes)

but problem is when i dont play any sound i hera from speaker "click" every 5 seconds...how to fix this??

i im running snow leopard vanilla install, speedstep so how to fix this every 5 seconds "click" sound...

many thanks..:)

[ronovar]

hy...everbody....i have installed on my k70io 10.6.3 combo update and hexedited AppleHDA.kext 1.8.4...just opet in AppleHDA.kext AppleHDA binary....use hedexitor and change 8508EC10 to 6206EC10 ( i 4 times) and put HDAEnabler.kext ( i use dsdt patch for HDAController).... put this modified AppleHDA.kext into S/L/E ..then use kext utility reboot and voila....sound is working....:)

and "click" sound every 5seconds is now gone with 10.6.3 update so this AppleHDA.kext has fixed my click sounds....

just a question: i have seen on other forum a guythat wrote a tutorial about dsdt patching and insert your pinconfig into dsdt so you dont need legacy k50io.kext...a have try to insert pinconfig...from my linux codec dump...in system profiler it shows that config but without patched applehda...sound is not working....have one solution to use dsdt patch for pinconfig in dsdt?

so when dsdt is loaded..it loads a hdacontroller patch and automaticly insert and patch applehda on boot...this will be great becuse on futher updates we will not lost sound again and we will not patch manually applehda.

[flip360]

i have the click sound in 10.6.3, could you please share your modified 10.6.3. applehda, or we wait for Clubber_77 to fix AsusK50IN.kext :P

cheers

[Abraxas]

Could someone tell me how to replace the internal wifi?

[flip360]

just unscrew the four screws on the back of the notebook where the kensington locks are, then pull on the bottom side rubbers (where the notebook stands) and the top comes out sliding like on a battery compartment. you will have the wifi card in plain site :)

cheers

[ronovar]

Here is it:

http://rapidshare.com/files/374653162/AppleHDA.kext.zip.html

just install it with kext helper...and install HDAEnabler.kext or DSDT HDA patch and use kext utility and sound is working....

i im currently testing and working to use AppleHDAController.kext to use vanilla kext of applehda.kext without hdaenabler.kext...i have mcp79 chipset on mobo and i see that it hasnative support for this northbridge chipset...

[flip360]

yes we have the same chipset but i don't have DSDT of any kind, and it would be excellent if we could use native audio, ALMOST vanilla :D

[ronovar]

so...flip360 have you tried my bin patched kext with hdaenabler and have you sound? and clicking noise is gone??

by me is working perfectly...i have no luck of modifying applehda device to use without hdaenabler...so i have write hdac and hdef device in my dsdt and now it injects al correctly..and great news is that i dont need pinconfig and other stuff..it inject into ioregistry automaticaly value at boot...:)

[flip360]

good for you, as i mentioned i dont have DSDT file at all so Clubber_77`s solution still works for me ;)

cheers

[uwannacookie]

My laptop came today , gonna install with help of Rebel EFI :)

[uwannacookie]

So far , It's OK. Installing smooth.

[ronovar]

I have problem with sleep & restart...i don't wontto use kext for reboot and shutdown and sleepenabler...i want to implement this on dsdt...so could one have link on solution how to inject this code for sleep, shutdown and reboot??? (then you dont need sleepenabler.kext witch causes KP on 10.6.3 - bu new version solvet it without KP)

And i just noticed that my keyboard stop working after 9h35min...icheck it twice. So could one have fix for this??

[neonego]

its not safe for me to upgrade to 10.6.3. gray screen.

[flip360]

did you use the verbose output to check for errors?

[uwannacookie]

Not Installed. btw, My mobo is MCP79, is this like yours flip360?

[uwannacookie]

I'm gonna stick with Leopard, since is VERY compatible and too patched and kextful.

[flip360]

yes we have the same chipset, dont know what would give you the trouble...

[jukooz]

I have K50IN - SX254 (almost the same as Buhgalter - probably only differece is hard drive). I tried many, many times with Boot CD v2 with no luck. Tried BIOS 221 and 222 as well, burned OSX dvd few times. Everytime I get "Still waiting for root device" after "AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement: initialization complete".
What can I do to fix it?

[man_of_the_oak]

Hmm... did you try editing AHCI settings in BIOS?

[jukooz]

If "SATA Operation Mode (Compatible / Enhanced)" is what You mean, then yes. I was switching it with no results, As I remeber someone in this topic wrote that it should be left to "Compatible". So most of my tries were done on this mode.

[flip360]

Did you try the USB method for booting?

[jukooz]

No, cause I don't have such big USB drive. May it be solution to my problem? Do You have idea why such problem may occur?

What else can I try to do? :)

[flip360]

http://osx86.net/f5/possible-solutions-for-still-waiting-for-root-device-t1467/

try this

[uwannacookie]

At least Leopard works ...
Anyway , AR9285 worked on 10.6.2 but no success at 10.6.3 , in InsanelyMac forum. AS I start understanding about kexting, i will make a working kext for atheros wifi :)

[jukooz]

@flip360: thank You. I'll try it in next few days.

@uwannacookie: This topic (http://osx86.net/f5/atheros-card-9285-t4431/page2.html) will probably interest You. Did it work for You on 10.6.2?

[0call]

hello i have istalled snow 10.6
video work
audio work
wifi work
eth work

but my web cam work we see evil and inverted my pc asus x50din

cpu t6500 2.10
hd 500gb
wifi brandcom modding
video geforce g102m

please help me for web cam
sorry my english i 'm italian thanks

[uwannacookie]

I am almost giving up... I need live help from someone of you it has a working SL installation on K50IN nvidia one :(

[uwannacookie]

And i read the results at insanelymac not by me, since i am freaking out, it's impossible to me to install snow leopard , i have thrown the downloaded copy and deleted the iso :( . IF someone can help me installing it... [email protected] , i appreciate it sooo much.

[flip360]

@ 0call: try this, http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/email_chat/iglasses.html :)
@ uwannacookie: can you post the results that you have read, i dont think that you cannot install OSX on this vanilla notebook, dont give up just yet, you said that the K50IN boot CD and the USB method dont work for you? which BIOS nuber do you have?

cheers

[uwannacookie]

I have used a downloaded copy of original Snow Leopard and burned in DVD DL , and used the K50IN bootcd. the problem is... it simply does not show the apple, nor even doesn't move. in my sister's Toshiba L300 , only with rebelefi , it has EVERYTHING OOTB . sound, keys, network , wifi, video CI/QE , full.

[uwannacookie]

My bios is the most updated , 222 .

[uwannacookie]

As far as I know, Macbook Pro has MCP79 board, then this notebook supports DDR3. It's just a matter of changing wifi and having a macbook clone.

[0call]

And i read the results at insanelymac not by me, since i am freaking out, it's impossible to me to install snow leopard , i have thrown the downloaded copy and deleted the iso :( . IF someone can help me installing it... [email protected] , i appreciate it sooo much.

hello yuo burn dvd snow leopard hazard 10.6
to boot dvd press f8 write cpus=1 press enter
select your partition and costumize
select only chamelon 1.5, kernel lagency in system select resolve bios close and install test so let me know
p.s. sorry my english

[0call]

@ 0call: try this, http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/email_chat/iglasses.html :)
@ uwannacookie: can you post the results that you have read, i dont think that you cannot install OSX on this vanilla notebook, dont give up just yet, you said that the K50IN boot CD and the USB method dont work for you? which BIOS nuber do you have?

cheers

thanks flip360 now work ;)

[flip360]

no problem ;)
as for the booting try what 0Call said but i seriously doubt that it does not want to boot, try again with -v and paste here or take a picture of the error,

cheers

[0call]

flip360 a have another problem.
i have update 10.6.3 and the boot not work :'(
because?
panic (cpu 0 caller ...........ect...

mac os version
not yet set

[flip360]

hazard distro? which kext do you use? if you have sleepenabler.kext i would reccomend removing it, causes kp in 10.6.3.

[0call]

hazard distro? which kext do you use? if you have sleepenabler.kext i would reccomend removing it, causes kp in 10.6.3.

i have removed sleepenabler with windows 7 with macdrive8 but leopard part of the desktop appears the muose works but everything is slow

[flip360]

what kexts do you have in your extra folder?

[mao_red]

hi all!

is the 2010-003 update safe? anyone? :)

cheers!

[0call]

what kexts do you have in your extra folder?

i not have kexts in extra folder

[danny64x2]

@ 0call

why did you remove sleepenabler.kext via Windows...???

you may delete it from your OSX86 just before you restart your system after update to 10.6.3, and you have to copy the sleepenabler.kext attached together with 10.6.3 update

my previous system Acer Aspire 4736G with Snow Leopard Hazard 10.6.2 can successfully updated to 10.6.3 after remove old kext and copy new one (not replace),
and everything is running well and better... my system can shut down in less of 3 seconds:-d

[flip360]

the hazard distro seems to place its patched kexts int S/L/E/...as danny64x2 said

[0call]

ok thack for you help

now i have fomated my hd and installed snow 10.6 hazard
now i want upgrade for snow 10.6.3 that How can I go

please you posted the all kexts for my pc thanks

[uwannacookie]

Is it better if i go to Apple Store and buy the freaking DVD ?
It saves me many time..

[0call]

ok i have upgrade upgrade 10.6.3 and my problem is nvenabler.kext you have solutions?
and my pc non function only battery ?

[uwannacookie]

flip , can I try hazard's distro?

PM me if it is from external P2P or something.

[flip360]

@uwannacookie: yes you can try hazard`s distro,
@0call: i use the chameleon graphic enabler (more vanilla), and what do you mean "my pc non function only battery"? For the working kexts for K50 look at the first page and read through the pages, there is a lot of knowledge burried in there ;)

cheers

[danny64x2]

ok thack for you help

now i have fomated my hd and installed snow 10.6 hazard
now i want upgrade for snow 10.6.3 that How can I go

please you posted the all kexts for my pc thanks

is your hazard 10.6.0 or 10.6.2?
if yours is 10.6.2, simply update to 10.6.3.dmg then delete old sleepenabler.kext in S/L/E
, copy new sleepenabler.kext from hazard, and restart...

if yours is 10.6.0, you may need 10.6.3 combo update

[danny64x2]

ok i have upgrade upgrade 10.6.3 and my problem is nvenabler.kext you have solutions?
and my pc non function only battery ?

I got no problem on my Acer Aspire 4736G with NVEnabler.kext
When I installed the Hazard, I just selected GraphicEnabler, and none of NVEnabler nor NVInject I selected, cos of causing blank screen.

[0call]

ok i have deleted slpeep kext and upgrade 10.6.3 i have 10.6.2
Where can I find the 10.6.3 dmg?

[0call]

@uwannacookie: yes you can try hazard`s distro,
@0call: i use the chameleon graphic enabler (more vanilla), and what do you mean "my pc non function only battery"? For the working kexts for K50 look at the first page and read through the pages, there is a lot of knowledge burried in there ;)

cheers
Out if the charger stops leopard white screen with the apple and not go ahead

[0call]

okkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk thancks danny64x2 and flip360

i have upgrade 10.6.3 now is work :):):):)
i have removed sleep kext and nvenabler kext and have select grafic enabler now:

video work ;)
wifii work ;)
audio work with 10.6.2 installer hdaapple ;)
web cam work iglass;)

boot on battery pc work ;) but duration little bicause?

[flip360]

wifi works? what type of wifi card do you have or did you get a replacement wifi card?

[0call]

yes i have upgrade wifi card with brandcom ;)

[flip360]

yes broadcom works ;)

[0call]

flip360 i have any problem with ocptical drive read very slow and occasionally not read

you have a solution?

[flip360]

dont know what the problem would be,my dvd works just fine

[teierina]

Hi guys!

Just updated to 10.6.3 without problems. Only thing is clicking audio... but the link on RapidShare says the file is over quota... could anyone place it in a different place?

@Flip360 Maybe you can place an archive with all the updated kext!

Just great anyway! Hope a new K50IN install CD will come out soon, so i can go to holidays with just everything in one dvd to fix results of my experiments!!!

[uwannacookie]

Almost downloaded, after burning I give you (negative) results :P