#54 by Dispatches #1,320 by Author Reads #891 by Thread Reach Member #3,472 DSDT ASUS P5K / P5Q Retail DVD / USB
@man_of_the_oak
InfiniteMac community contributor with 117 recorded dispatches, 1 lead technical dossiers (8,457 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 638,558 historical readers.
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Ranked #1,320 · 1 dossiers
Thread Reach
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Lead Dossiers
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8,457 avg reads / dossier
Member Number
#3,472
Joined 2008-11-20
Active Window
2008–2012
2008-11-20 → 2012-04-21
Hardware Specs Reported in Dispatches
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo T6600 · Motherboard: MCP75L · Hard drive: 500GB (SATA) · RAM: 4GB · DVD: slimtype DVD ds8a3s · Graphic card: NVIDIA GeForce G 102M · Wifi: Dell 1500 (chipset Broadcom BCM4321KFBG) - swapped from an Intel one
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 · Motherboard: Asus P5VD2-X · RAM: 3GB DDR2 SDRAM · Bios (don't know if it's very important but...): Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG · Hard drive: WDC WD3200JS-60PDB0 ATA · Graphic card: GeForce 7600 GS 512 MB
- Archive Standing
- #54 of 6,691 by Dispatches (117 notes) · #1,320 of 3,454 by Author Readership (8,457 reads across 1 dossiers) · #891 by Thread Reach (638,558 cumulative reads)
- InfiniteMac ID
- Member #3,472 · Joined 2008-11-20
- Hardware & Kernel Topics
- DSDT (35) · ASUS P5K / P5Q (15) · Retail DVD / USB (9) · ALC889a / Audio (9) · AHCI / SATA (8) · Chameleon / Boot-132 (8)
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Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection
Distribution across 3 technical boards
Lead Dossiers Authored by @man_of_the_oak (1)
8,457 cumulative reads on threads started by @man_of_the_oak
| Dossier Title & Summary | Collection | Readership |
|---|---|---|
| Will Leopard work on this I'm going to try finally this great system since I have no money to buy a real mac. Can you tell me is my pc enough good for this? CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 Motherboard: Asus P5VD2-X RAM: 3GB DDR2 SDRAM Bios (don't know if it's very… | 10.X Core | 8,457 reads 2008-11-20 · 11 notes |
Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (40)
Direct links into threads where @man_of_the_oak contributed solutions & commentary
| Thread & Dispatch Excerpt | Collection | Date & Reach |
|---|---|---|
| Asus K50IN “When did the kernel panic happen? While using Kext Utility?” | 10.X Core | 2010-08-28 606,173 dossier reads |
| Asus K50IN “Forgot to mention that it's a good idea to run Kext Utility before but don't type the password before you finish with everything else... Anyway - try to run it again.” | 10.X Core | 2010-08-28 606,173 dossier reads |
| Asus K50IN “Did you use kext utility before reboot? What is more - you should also install 10.6.4 combo update before restarting and putting my extra etc. 1. Boot iBoot and install 10a432. It is 10.6 2. After install, install Chameleon 3. Install 10.6.…” | 10.X Core | 2010-08-28 606,173 dossier reads |
| Asus K50IN “It is not, simply use "copy link address" on the link and paste it in browser's address field.” | 10.X Core | 2010-08-27 606,173 dossier reads |
| Asus K50IN “Update bios - this is the first you need to do. Then - don't try with k50in boot cd since (from what I could see trying to install OSX on a few K50IN laptops) it usually doesn't work. Download iBoot from here: (remember to choose NVIDIA ver…” | 10.X Core | 2010-08-27 606,173 dossier reads |
| Asus K50IN “This one (you need to use it before restarting after every big update like 10.6.x): osx86.soju garden.com/files/Extensions/NullCPUPowerManagement.kext.zip When it boots successfully (and it will if you use only my kexts) you can delete it~” | 10.X Core | 2010-08-27 606,173 dossier reads |
| Asus K50IN “I recommend not installing shitty distros and instead of this - buy a retail DVD, install it with my files and then wifi WILL WORK” | 10.X Core | 2010-08-17 606,173 dossier reads |
| Asus K50IN “It does work I will stay with my Dell 1500 though, it has faster local transfer” | 10.X Core | 2010-08-17 606,173 dossier reads |
| Asus K50IN “According to Рус from applelife.ru - with 10.6.5 update our AR9285 works natively... Anyway - kext attached. Tell me if it works, since I have Dell 1500 and I am not going to replace it just for testing purposes. uplo ading.com/files/94fm2e…” | 10.X Core | 2010-08-16 606,173 dossier reads |
| Asus K50IN “Then you can use my files with no doubt Just remember to edit SMBIOS and put there your CPU info.” | 10.X Core | 2010-08-10 606,173 dossier reads |
| Asus K50IN “I work in 64-bit and in general I don't see any reason to use 32-bit o.O Why do you need it? Some of my kexts are 64-bit only I think that it may cause this problem.” | 10.X Core | 2010-08-06 606,173 dossier reads |
| Asus K50IN “@up All the files I gave you are needed. You need to put those from system/library/extensions to Extra/extensions during install. Also, use iBoot CD or Empire EFI, as to be honest - Asus K50IN boot CD almost always doesn't work since it's o…” | 10.X Core | 2010-08-05 606,173 dossier reads |
| Asus K50IN “Umm.. firsly try my files: media fire.com/?wd1mr6y11mgm2fx But you must edit graphics card info in my dsdt since we have totally other ones Anyway, you can also try to edit yours by looking at mine. Good luck!” | 10.X Core | 2010-08-03 606,173 dossier reads |
| Asus K50IN “To update bios, you simply download it from asus website http://uk.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=a0SoFMXEV1tE5tTL&content=download Then you put file from archive (remember it's name) on a pendrive, go to bios and find update option, then choos…” | 10.X Core | 2010-08-02 606,173 dossier reads |
| Asus K50IN “I would rather take a miniPCI-e one, it's very easy to replace wifi in this asus and works perfect PS If you decide to install update - put this disabler kext into system/library/extensions files.net kas.org/10.6.2/NullCPUPowerManagement.ke…” | 10.X Core | 2010-07-31 606,173 dossier reads |
| Asus K50IN “It shouldn't be a problem but it would be good idea to update the system before using my stuff” | 10.X Core | 2010-07-30 606,173 dossier reads |
| Asus K50IN “uplo ading.com/files/3a8m43c7/MAC%2BOS%2BX%2BSnow%2BLeopard%2B10.6.4%2B-%2BBackup.zip/ Use my files. Firstly - delete your extra (make a backup if you want) and replace it with mine, then go to system/library/extensions and put my stuff the…” | 10.X Core | 2010-07-30 606,173 dossier reads |
| Asus K50IN “DSDT is recommended if you have problems with DVD writer - it fixes it all. Anyway, in general it's better to use it since your computer looks more mac-alike for Snow Leopard. Are you sure that you don't have any other kexts for graphics? P…” | 10.X Core | 2010-07-17 606,173 dossier reads |
| Asus K50IN “Ok, here are my settings from com.apple.boot.plist: PS You must delete all the custom kexts for video, if you use my DSDT. And... if I remember right, I get the same error while loading from Chameleon but everything is ok.” | 10.X Core | 2010-07-15 606,173 dossier reads |
| Asus K50IN “Everything should work only with Graphics Enabler. What dsdt.aml do you use? If it's your own - please upload this, so we can see what may cause the problem.” | 10.X Core | 2010-07-14 606,173 dossier reads |
| Asus K50IN “Hmmm... everything seems to be ok, graphic card should be normally recognised.” | 10.X Core | 2010-07-01 606,173 dossier reads |
| Asus K50IN “I use a Dell 1500 wifi, sorry for making you think that Intel one is working ^^" About graphic card - I've made a custom DSDT based on modifications of Рус. It's not that hard, if you want - I can tell you how to get a DSDT of your laptop, …” | 10.X Core | 2010-07-01 606,173 dossier reads |
| Asus K50IN “Well... maybe someone would like to see this laptop in action, so I decided to record a small hmm preview? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaA6yGo7U60” | 10.X Core | 2010-07-01 606,173 dossier reads |
| Asus K50IN “@neonego Read a few posts before @ZeroTK I believe it's ok. From what I know we need to set correct Tjmax in fakesmc. I'm going to check temperatures under Windows XP Live CD.” | 10.X Core | 2010-06-18 606,173 dossier reads |
| Asus K50IN “The same here... uff. How about battery? Is it accurate? What kext do you use to enable it?” | 10.X Core | 2010-06-17 606,173 dossier reads |
| Asus K50IN “Hmm... flip360, what are your temperatures of CPU? I am afraid that maybe SpeedStep doesn't work and this is why my problem with battery status occurs.” | 10.X Core | 2010-06-17 606,173 dossier reads |
| Asus K50IN “Well... no luck, still crazy battery status... >.<"” | 10.X Core | 2010-06-17 606,173 dossier reads |
| Asus K50IN “I am going to try using VoodooBattery in a sec, will post any info soon! iStat? Yup, it's if everything is working correctly” | 10.X Core | 2010-06-16 606,173 dossier reads |
| Asus K50IN “Ok, I've updated a second ago. Everything works (well... I had to put back my copy of stuff from System/Library/Extensions and use Kext Utility to get sound working), no problems with webcam (video is still upside-down but... I can survive …” | 10.X Core | 2010-06-16 606,173 dossier reads |
| Asus K50IN “@ZeroTK I'm glad it worked I'm going to install the update when I am back from school, hopefully everything will go smothly. Did you test your DVD after the update + how about webcam problem (or maybe it's not upside-down anymore? ) that ni…” | 10.X Core | 2010-06-16 606,173 dossier reads |
| Asus K50IN “I would suggest using my files from this post: osx 86.net/f47/asus-k50in-t4409/post48599.html Delete all custom kexts and replace it with my files, then repair permissions and everything should work perfectly. (from what I see you've got ab…” | 10.X Core | 2010-06-15 606,173 dossier reads |
| Asus K50IN “He said that he uses kext You need to delete the kext and edit com.apple.boot.plist which you can find in Library/Preferences/SystemPreferences by adding these lines: Graphics Mode 1366x768x32@60 GraphicsEnabler y” | 10.X Core | 2010-06-15 606,173 dossier reads |
| Asus K50IN “He said that he had used Extra from that thread, so - no” | 10.X Core | 2010-06-14 606,173 dossier reads |
| Asus K50IN “@kokozedman Firstly - try the files I attaches a few post up, to enable audio after sleep you need to use AppleHDA and IOAudioFamily from my archive and put it into System/Library/Extensions. About your non-standard keyboard: what mode do y…” | 10.X Core | 2010-06-04 606,173 dossier reads |
| Asus K50IN “Ok, I got everything but restart after sleep working (anyway from what I know it's impossible to get it working on most of Asus K50IN models), so I decided to upload my custom files (Extra and System/Library/Extensions folders + DSTD which …” | 10.X Core | 2010-06-01 606,173 dossier reads |
| Asus K50IN “Well... speedstep seems to work, only restart after sleep doesn't. My kexts: S/L/E AppleACPIBatteryManager, VoodooHDA Extra/Extensions AppleACPIPS2Nub, AsusK50IN, EvOreboot, fakesmc, HPETDevice” | 10.X Core | 2010-05-18 606,173 dossier reads |
| Asus K50IN “You need to edit com.apple.boot.plist which you can find in Library/Preferences/SystemPreferences and add these 2 lines: Graphics Mode 1366x768x32@60 GraphicsEnabler y it should work like a charm” | 10.X Core | 2010-05-18 606,173 dossier reads |
| Asus K50IN “Sure I didn't You've got T6400 and I have T6600, mine has 2.2 GHz clock~ I am going to have some fun with smbios then” | 10.X Core | 2010-05-18 606,173 dossier reads |
| Asus K50IN “No, it doesn't What's more - if I try to restart after getting the pc up from sleep - the screen goes black and I need to keep pressing 'turn off' button until it's off. Then I have to add 'Wake=n' to boot, otherwise it will not run. Sleepi…” | 10.X Core | 2010-05-17 606,173 dossier reads |
| Asus K50IN “Actually not - 'About this mac' info may tell you that your SpeedStep doesn't work, as it was in my case, until I removed most of kexts that were connected with AppleCPUPowerManagement and edited your version SMBIOS a bit Right now it works…” | 10.X Core | 2010-05-17 606,173 dossier reads |