criticalmass
10-15-2010, 08:03 AM
I have a msi a6000 and it seems it doesnt like any version of a os other then windows 7.
i tried to install mac os x 10.6 on there and it just shows the command prompt at the beginning but then it goes and reboots. it does this over and over.
does anyone have any ideas what it could be.
i also tried empire efi and it just does the same thing and empire efi errors out but i can not see what the error code is and i am not sure where to find the latest version of empire efi.
Technical Details:
* Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T6600 2.2GHz / nVidia GeForce 8200M-G
* 16" diagonal widescreen LCD / 4GB DDR2 Memory / 320GB hard drive
* DVD±RW/DVD-RAM/DVD±R Double Layer / 802.11b/g/Draft-N
* Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium
sorry if this seems stupid but its driving me nuts
godlyatheist
11-04-2010, 05:32 AM
The easiest solution would be to use iatkos S3 v2 to get Snow Leopard to install first, then try to mess with vanilla.
Typically, select the following fixes:
cpus=1
fakesmc
NullCPUmanagement
Voodoo PS2 for keyboard/trackpad
Wireless driver for your card
driver for ethernet if not natively supported
reboot fix
NVEnabler for video card
SATA fix for your intel ICH* chipset
Once you get into osx, you can remove them by dsdt, efi-string, etc doing trial and error. Once you have everything figured out, do a retail install.
try it and see how it goes
jrviccari
02-02-2011, 02:09 AM
Hello all.
I have 10.6.6 running on my msi cr600 notebook usinh iatkoss3v2 usb install.
I managed to follow your post for the asus50in to get my audio working but I have no speaker output. 3.5 out and mic works fine though.
Is there anyone that can assist me with a dsdt. Also noted some other fixes in this posting and if anyone can shed some light on them, I would be most grateful.
I had to use -force64 maxmem=2048 -v to get the installer to complete cuz I have 1 4 gb module. Previously I had 1 2 gb module and did not have to do that. Took forever to figure that out reading hundreds of postings for about a week and a half.
Thank you so much.
Happy hackintosh user.
Jeremy
jrviccari
03-27-2011, 02:50 PM
I am now running 10.6.6i hazard and found a dsdt for my main-board however even though it compiles with 0 warnings and 0 errors and overall it is a major improvement, I still have no speaker output. I know it is a pin config dsdt edit, is there anyone out there that can help me fix this please. I will happily consider PayPal donation to anyone that successfully fixes this for me.
I also swapped out the WiFi with a broadcom BCM4311 and have native airport now, however it will not auto-start at reboot even with key-chain edit I found online. It is not a big deal though as it does work reliably.
Thanks so much.
I am happy to share my edited dsdt for this notebook as well.
Thank's community.
Jeremy
skype jrviccari
[email protected]lightshow
04-01-2011, 01:52 AM
I just finished a Snow Leopard install on my MSI A6000.
I have fully working everything except internal wifi.
I used tonymac86's installation guide using iBoot, OSX 10.6.2 Retail, and the post configuration utility Multibeast (google his installation guide for download links)
Then I installed the base OSX 10.6.2, I installed the OSX 10.6.7 update combo from Apple's site.
Before rebooting after the update, I ran multibeast choosing the options of:
http://img232.imageshack.us/f/nvidiax.png/
I'm pretty sure under miscellaneous I choose to restore the USB option checkbox too. If you don't choose this, you'll lose USB support.
This repairs permissions and installs the necessary drivers for the laptop. Then once you reboot, you no longer need to use the iBoot CD and you're good to go.
What I don't have working is:
1) Internal Wireless - The driver name is Ralink Rt3090 for the card but I haven't found a suitable mac kext/driver to load.
Here's a thread of a guy who got the driver working on Ubuntu, so it must be this driver:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1488041
2) The keyboard mapping of the control keyboard button won't remap to the MAC command button. This means you can't do ctl+c for copy, etc. If you plug in a regular USB keyboard, it'll automap perfectly, but the MSI keyboard won't. I'll keep working on this one but if anyone knows how to get that mapping to work, it'd be awesome.
I already tried a third party program that re-keys the keyboard but still no luck...
Audio works perfectly. Video works great. I'm still going to look and make sure the OS knows my video card and knows it has video ram (required by some programs).
Also, here is a cut from the CPUZ utility that probes your hardware information for the MSI A6000 Laptop
CPU-Z
Binaries
CPU-Z version 1.57
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 Pentium T4500
Codename Penryn
Specification Pentium(R) Dual-Core CPU T4500 @ 2.30GHz
Package (platform ID) Socket P (478) (0x7)
CPUID 6.7.A
Extended CPUID 6.17
Core Stepping R0
Technology 45 nm
Core Speed 1199.9 MHz
Multiplier x FSB 6.0 x 200.0 MHz
Rated Bus speed 799.9 MHz
Stock frequency 2300 MHz
Instructions sets MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, 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 1024 KBytes, 4-way set associative, 64-byte line size
FID/VID Control yes
FID range 6.0x - 11.5x
Max VID 1.150 V
Chipset
Northbridge NVIDIA ID0A83 rev. B1
Southbridge NVIDIA nForce 730i rev. B3
Memory Type
Memory Size 3072 MBytes
Memory SPD
DIMM # 1
SMBus address 0x50
Memory type DDR2
Module format SO-DIMM
Manufacturer (ID) Hyundai Electronics (AD00000000000000)
Size 1024 MBytes
Max bandwidth PC2-6400 (400 MHz)
Part number HYMP112S64CP6-S6
Serial number 5A123202
Manufacturing date Week 48/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 0x51
Memory type DDR2
Module format SO-DIMM
Manufacturer (ID) Hyundai Electronics (AD00000000000000)
Size 2048 MBytes
Max bandwidth PC2-6400 (400 MHz)
Part number HYMP125S64CP8-S6
Serial number 46428999
Manufacturing date Week 53/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 MS-1683 (0x0000019F - 0x005EC333)
LPCIO
LPCIO Vendor NS
LPCIO Vendor ID 0xFF02
LPCIO Chip ID 0x2
LPCIO Revision ID 0x0
Hardware Monitors
Hardware monitor ACPI
Temperature 0 42°C (107°F) [0xC50] (THRM)
Hardware monitor NVIDIA I/O
Temperature 0 42°C (107°F) [0x2A] (TMPIN0)
Hardware monitor NVIDIA NVAPI
Voltage 0 0.90 Volts [0x384] (VIN0)
Hardware monitor Battery
Voltage 0 12.55 Volts [0x3109] (Current Voltage)
Capacity 0 48840 mWh [0xBEC8] (Designed Capacity)
Capacity 1 47164 mWh [0xB83C] (Full Charge Capacity)
Capacity 2 46143 mWh [0xB43F] (Current Capacity)
Level 0 4 pc [0x60] (Wear Level)
Level 1 98 pc [0x61] (Charge Level)
PCI Devices
Description Host Bridge
Location bus 0 (0x00), device 0 (0x00), function 0 (0x00)
Common header
Vendor ID 0x10DE
Model ID 0x0A83
Revision ID 0xB1
Description RAM Memory Controller
Location bus 0 (0x00), device 0 (0x00), function 1 (0x01)
Common header
Vendor ID 0x10DE
Model ID 0x0A88
Revision ID 0xB1
Description PCI to ISA Bridge
Location bus 0 (0x00), device 3 (0x03), function 0 (0x00)
Common header
Vendor ID 0x10DE
Model ID 0x0AAE
Revision ID 0xB3
Description RAM Memory Controller
Location bus 0 (0x00), device 3 (0x03), function 1 (0x01)
Common header
Vendor ID 0x10DE
Model ID 0x0AA4
Revision ID 0xB1
Description SMBus Controller
Location bus 0 (0x00), device 3 (0x03), function 2 (0x02)
Common header
Vendor ID 0x10DE
Model ID 0x0AA2
Revision ID 0xB1
Description RAM Memory Controller
Location bus 0 (0x00), device 3 (0x03), function 3 (0x03)
Common header
Vendor ID 0x10DE
Model ID 0x0A89
Revision ID 0xB1
Description Processor Device
Location bus 0 (0x00), device 3 (0x03), function 5 (0x05)
Common header
Vendor ID 0x10DE
Model ID 0x0AA3
Revision ID 0xB1
Description USB Controller (OHCI)
Location bus 0 (0x00), device 4 (0x04), function 0 (0x00)
Common header
Vendor ID 0x10DE
Model ID 0x0AA5
Revision ID 0xB1
Description USB 2.0 Controller (EHCI)
Location bus 0 (0x00), device 4 (0x04), function 1 (0x01)
Common header
Vendor ID 0x10DE
Model ID 0x0AA6
Revision ID 0xB1
Description Multimedia device
Location bus 0 (0x00), device 8 (0x08), function 0 (0x00)
Common header
Vendor ID 0x10DE
Model ID 0x0AC0
Revision ID 0xB1
Description PCI to PCI Bridge
Location bus 0 (0x00), device 9 (0x09), function 0 (0x00)
Common header
Vendor ID 0x10DE
Model ID 0x0AAB
Revision ID 0xB1
Description Ethernet Controller
Location bus 0 (0x00), device 10 (0x0A), function 0 (0x00)
Common header
Vendor ID 0x10DE
Model ID 0x0AB0
Revision ID 0xB1
Description Serial ATA Controller
Location bus 0 (0x00), device 11 (0x0B), function 0 (0x00)
Common header
Vendor ID 0x10DE
Model ID 0x0AB9
Revision ID 0xB1
Description PCI to PCI Bridge
Location bus 0 (0x00), device 16 (0x10), function 0 (0x00)
Common header
Vendor ID 0x10DE
Model ID 0x0AA0
Revision ID 0xB1
Description PCI to PCI Bridge
Location bus 0 (0x00), device 21 (0x15), function 0 (0x00)
Common header
Vendor ID 0x10DE
Model ID 0x0AC6
Revision ID 0xB1
Description PCI to PCI Bridge
Location bus 0 (0x00), device 23 (0x17), function 0 (0x00)
Common header
Vendor ID 0x10DE
Model ID 0x0AC7
Revision ID 0xB1
Description VGA Controller
Location bus 2 (0x02), device 0 (0x00), function 0 (0x00)
Common header
Vendor ID 0x10DE
Model ID 0x086F
Revision ID 0xB1
Description Network Controller
Location bus 6 (0x06), device 0 (0x00), function 0 (0x00)
Common header
Vendor ID 0x1814
Model ID 0x3090
Revision ID 0x00
DMI
DMI BIOS
vendor American Megatrends Inc.
version A1683NMR V3.0Q
date 01/08/2010
DMI System Information
manufacturer Micro-Star International
product A6000
version Ver 1.000
serial System Serial Number
UUID {03000200-0400-0500-0006-000700080009}
DMI Baseboard
vendor Micro-Star International
model MS-1683
revision Ver 1.000
serial BSS-0123456789
DMI System Enclosure
manufacturer To Be Filled By O.E.M.
chassis type Notebook
chassis serial To Be Filled By O.E.M.
DMI Processor
manufacturer Intel
model Pentium(R) Dual-Core CPU T4500 @ 2.30GHz
clock speed 2300.0 MHz
FSB speed 200.0 MHz
multiplier 11.5x
DMI Port Connector
designation J1A1 (internal)
designation PS2Mouse (external)
port type Mouse Port
connector PS/2
DMI Port Connector
designation J1A1 (internal)
designation Keyboard (external)
port type Keyboard Port
connector PS/2
DMI Port Connector
designation J2A2 (internal)
designation USB1 (external)
port type USB
connector Access Bus (USB)
DMI Port Connector
designation J2A2 (internal)
designation USB2 (external)
port type USB
connector Access Bus (USB)
DMI Port Connector
designation J4A1 (internal)
designation LPT 1 (external)
port type Parallel Port ECP/EPP
connector DB-25 male
DMI Port Connector
designation J2A1 (internal)
designation COM A (external)
port type Serial Port 16550A
connector DB-9 male
DMI Port Connector
designation J6A1 (internal)
designation Audio Mic In (external)
port type Audio Port
connector Mini Jack (headphones)
DMI Port Connector
designation J6A1 (internal)
designation Audio Line In (external)
port type Audio Port
connector Mini Jack (headphones)
DMI Port Connector
designation J6B1 - AUX IN (internal)
port type Audio Port
connector On Board Sound Input From CD-ROM
DMI Port Connector
designation J6B2 - CDIN (internal)
port type Audio Port
connector On Board Sound Input From CD-ROM
DMI Port Connector
designation J6J2 - PRI IDE (internal)
connector On Board IDE
DMI Port Connector
designation J6J1 - SEC IDE (internal)
connector On Board IDE
DMI Port Connector
designation J4J1 - FLOPPY (internal)
connector On Board Floppy
DMI Port Connector
designation J9H1 - FRONT PNL (internal)
connector 9 Pin Dual Inline (pin 10 cut)
DMI Port Connector
designation J1B1 - CHASSIS REAR FAN (internal)
DMI Port Connector
designation J2F1 - CPU FAN (internal)
DMI Port Connector
designation J8B4 - FRONT FAN (internal)
DMI Port Connector
designation J9G2 - FNT USB (internal)
DMI Port Connector
designation J6C3 - FP AUD (internal)
DMI Port Connector
designation J9G1 - CONFIG (internal)
DMI Port Connector
designation J8C1 - SCSI LED (internal)
DMI Port Connector
designation J9J2 - INTRUDER (internal)
DMI Port Connector
designation J9G4 - ITP (internal)
DMI Port Connector
designation J2H1 - MAIN POWER (internal)
DMI Extension Slot
designation AGP
type AGP 4x
width 32 bits
populated no
DMI Extension Slot
designation PCI1
type PCI
width 32 bits
populated no
DMI Physical Memory Array
location Motherboard
usage System Memory
correction None
max capacity 16384 MBytes
max# of devices 2
DMI Memory Device
designation DIMM0
format DIMM
type SDRAM
total width 64 bits
data width 64 bits
size 1024 MBytes
DMI Memory Device
designation DIMM1
format DIMM
type SDRAM
total width 64 bits
data width 64 bits
size 2048 MBytes
Graphics
Number of adapters 1
Graphic APIs
API NVIDIA I/O
API NVIDIA NVAPI
Display Adapters
Display adapter 0
Name NVIDIA GeForce 8200M G
Revision B1
Codename G86
Technology 80 nm
Memory size 256 MB
Memory bus width 64 bits
PCI device bus 2 (0x2), device 0 (0x0), function 0 (0x0)
Vendor ID 0x10DE (0x1462)
Model ID 0x086F (0x1012)
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 400.0 MHz
Shader clock 800.0 MHz
Memory clock 800.0 MHz
jrviccari
06-07-2011, 03:49 PM
Good show on the install. I have combo 10.6.7 and also used multibeast. However I am using Hazard 10.6.6i and autopatcher to make a generic DSDT that works as good as the one I obtained from Empire EFI.
I do know you can get the ralink driver from ralink's site, however, it is 32 bit only at this time. I changed my wifi card to a broadcom bcm 4322 and it gives me native apple airport wifi b/g which works perfectly with no kext files to install. Lion DP2 does require a mod for the wifi to work because the dropped my current wifi card. I was able to get it to work very easily though so basically I am dual booting lion and SL 10.6.7.
I did change my dvd burner into a hard drive tray, don't ask it was really hard and involved soldering. In the end, I am now using an external slim dvdrw and 2 internal 500 GB seagate hard drives. Lion and SL on each drive.
Kicks Ass Big Style.
If you have anything else worked out and wanna share notes on issues email me.
[email protected]
Take care,
Jeremy :)