BenQ P52 Laptop Family

You can try to follow the instructions i wrote in guide, it`s 71c5 so it might work...still, i`m not sure if it will work actually...

Anyway, if you`re going to try those - please give your feedback. I`m curious about the results.

Im aware of that sometimes it doesnt want to boot the dvd - my p52 sometimes doesnt boot the installer dvd aswell. Just try few times, sometimes it passes the "Root device" problem, sometimes not ( the install which im using now booted at fifth attempt ). Still i dont know what could be the case here.

As for the installation, you should choose ( if i remember correctly ) :

- Voodoo kernel
- Seatbelt.kext
- PS2 Keyboard
- Azalia Audio
- SB Chipsets Support
- NO video drivers
- NO power management kexts
- Some app, as you like.

First boot should be with -X or it wont go further to the configuration screen.

That should be ok. If you have any questions feel free to ask, i`ll try to help.

Hmm, i dont know why Finder preferences doesnt work.
About the updates - you`re free to update anything, so you can update all your apps with Software Update. Just dont update your system with it when next update will come out

That`s unexpected. I dunno why it behaves like that i never had any problems with safe mode - black screen is probably related to video drivers, but still safe mode shouldnt load them so i cant tell anything here. It definitely doesnt have anything with the color settings.

Still is your OS working in normal mode with CI/QE support ?

What distro are u using ? Of course ive met this bug, it was my biggest nightmare at the beginning - my problem was the chipset support, and in most cases it`s caused by that. Are u sure you`ve selected SB/VIA support during customization ?

Of course. Works even better than 10.5 - Use the guide posted by Arya in Snow Leopard sub-forum.

Works

After struggling and trying a ton of different things, I finally tried your kexts, and to my surprise they WORKED. Thanks a ton for posting these, they were a lifesaver!

What I did was delete ATI* from the /system/library/extensions directory (after making a backup of course), and then copied your kexts over the ones that currently existed. (Of course, I went through the whole process of chmod and chowning the files, and removing extensions.mkext)

After that, I had things working but with no 3D acceleration, so I reinstalled the ATIRadeonX1000* files back into the extensions folder, and the ATIRadeonGLDriver.bundle as well, and everything started working perfectly then.

I'm running the iPC 10.5.6 release on an AMD Turion 64 2.2ghz, with an ATI Mobility Radeon x1600.

I have an Acer Aspire 5673WLMi ... mount an Ati X1600 71c5.
Which kext should I use?

First of all, thank you for your effort making this guide.

I tried to install OS X on my P52 (TL-50), but now it just freezes at startup after a firewire safe mode error. On top of that, when I re-insert the iPC disc in my P52 now, it hangs at the Apple startup screen. So I can't re-install.

Do you have any idea how to solve this, and could you please tell me exactly what to choose from the installation menu. I'm sorry to ask, but I'm a complete noob at this hole iPC thing.

,

Wickie

I got it running now, no major problems atm.
I have two small questions:

- I can't open the Finder preferences, is this normal?
- Which updates can I install without problems and which not? I want to install iWork 09 and it needs the newest Quicktime. Can I install the new versions of Safari and iTunes as well?

Thanks again!

Ok the updates worked out perfectly, thank you for your advice!

I have one other question: I'm trying to boot OS X in safe mode (-x) to find out what the matter is with the Finder. But when OS X boots in safe mode the screen stays black.

After the installation was completed I only changed the color settings.
Do you have any idea?

How can I check if CI/QE works?

EDIT: Checked it. Both are supported.

EDIT2: Do you know a way to manually alter the settings for the finder? Oh and by the way: my DVD drive isn't working either.

Hi! I'm glad that here's people with p52 laptops
I've tried to install Mac OS a lot, but every time I stuck with same errors.
Everything installs correctly but at first boot (I used -x and -v few times) I get this:

Fire-wire is unable to determine security-mode; defaulting to the full-secure
...it hangs for about 3 mins and then reports:
Still waiting for root device
Still waiting for root device
Still waiting for root device
...

How can get this fixed? Have you ever met this bug? :'(

@TaistoBenQ P52 : If you think of Mac OS X, and have BenQ P52 laptop - you`re lucky, it`s 99% compatible in a very easy way So here`s your cheap - not so bad looking - MacBook Pro substitute. Actually the only thing that does not work ( at least right now - working on it ) is the headphones output in sound card. I thought i`ll share my kexts…

Wow, that's great..I have a P52EG Joybook and I want to try but I can't download your kexts:(

Got the same laptop and downloaded PPF5 iPC. But I can't even get setup working, I see apple only and then there's kernel panic and it says something cannot be trapped. Could it be because of PPF5 and may be I should get PPF2 to install?

@TaistoWhat distro are u using ? Of course ive met this bug, it was my biggest nightmare at the beginning - my problem was the chipset support, and in most cases it`s caused by that. Are u sure you`ve selected SB/VIA support during customization ?

I'm using iPC PPF5 Final. After I googled a bit I found out that everybody met this nasty bug at least once I'll try to install it one more time and report asap

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