[Help] Instaling Macosx on ASUS K52J

[konio38]

Ok guys i have been trying to get a x86 mac os to run in some years now, allways with no sucess, going by incompatible motherboards to processors, and also IDE drives so now i just got a new Laptop and i want to see if this time i can achive this goal.

Its a ASUS K52J:

Intel® Core™ i3 Processor 370M: 2.4 GHz
Chipset: Mobile Intel® HM55 Express Chipset
Video Graphics & Memory: Intel HD graphics \ NVIDIA® GeForce® 310M, 1GB DDR3 VRAM

Any other info you can get it from here: http://www.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=CxCSToy6IYz5lHKo

So i went for many tutorials with parcial sucess, right now im trying to get it running with iATKOS S3 V2, if anyone could give me some tips on what bootloader to use and what kexts to select, etc, one last thing i have been sucessfull into installing only using -f busratio=18 to boot up the dvd, but i have no sucess in booting it after install, even using -x -f -v busratio=18, using nawmodcd i was able to boot but after i update to 10.6.4 i get a KP.

[bssayeda]

I recently purchased the K52F-BBR9 the Specs are as follows:

Processor: Intel® Core™ i3 370M
Ram: 4gb
HDD: 500gb
Graphics: Intel HD Graphics

I used my retail disk and restored it to my USB flash drive (at least 8gb in size) and I used the myHack installer to make the flash drive bootable (this of course requires you to have a pre existing mac). The furthest I have got in software updates is 10.6.3, nothing really works yet in terms of wifi, graphics, sound, etc. I am looking into the dsdt.

more details on it are here (http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Asus+-+Laptop+/+Intel%26%23174;+Core%26%23153;+i3+Processor+/+15.6%22+Display+/+4GB+Memory+/+500GB+Hard+Drive+-+Brown/1257181.p?id=1218243230371&skuId=1257181&st=asus%20k52&cp=1&lp=3)

if I get past anything I'll post as soon as i can.

[commonplace]

Anyone have success with this? I just recently got the Asus K52F-BBR9 and would like to give OS X a go, but I'd like to learn from others' mistakes. :)

Haven't tried a PC-based Mac install before, but I'd like to dual-boot OS X and Pinguy (an Ubuntu derivative which I already have installed). Thanks!

/Kevin

[chitchit]

If this has NVidia Optimus graphics, which is what is sounds like, then it just flat out won't work.

[commonplace]

If this has NVidia Optimus graphics, which is what is sounds like, then it just flat out won't work.

It's all Intel, including the video. Definitely not nVidia, so hopefully I have a shot. :) But we'll see.

/Kevin

[chitchit]

It's all Intel, including the video. Definitely not nVidia, so hopefully I have a shot. :) But we'll see.

/Kevin

I was referring more to the OP.

[commonplace]

I was referring more to the OP.

Oh, okay, sorry. I bumped a thread from over 7 months ago, so I assumed you were replying to me, not the OP. (Looks like he has Intel, too, though; I believe all these models with the Intel chipset have Intel graphics as well, but maybe his is different than most.)

/Kevin

[chitchit]

Oh, okay, sorry. I bumped a thread from over 7 months ago, so I assumed you were replying to me, not the OP. (Looks like he has Intel, too, though; I believe all these models with the Intel chipset have Intel graphics as well, but maybe his is different than most.)

/Kevin

But see how the OP says he has nvidia and intel, that won't work.

If you give me specs I can attempt to tell you.

[commonplace]

But see how the OP says he has nvidia and intel, that won't work.

If you give me specs I can attempt to tell you.

It's the ASUS K52-BBR9. Intel Core i3 M370 CPU (2.4GHz quad-core), 4GB DDR-3 1066 RAM, 500GB HDD. It uses the Intel HM55 chipset with Intel integrated graphics. (ASUS just says "Embedded Intel GMA HD" and Linux reports it as "00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 18)".)

Hopefully that helps! Let me know if you need anything else. I really appreciate your help!!

/Kevin