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Member #13,034 · 2009-09-15 → 2011-06-28
#143 by Dispatches #902 by Thread Reach Member #13,034 📍 Philippines ASUS P5K / P5Q Chameleon / Boot-132 NVIDIA GeForce

@mao_red

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Member Number #13,034 Joined 2009-09-15
Active Window 2009–2011 2009-09-15 → 2011-06-28
Preserved Forum Signature & OSx86 Rig
ASUS K50IN-SX025 Intel Core2Duo T6500 2.1 Ghz | 4GB 800Mhz DDR2 | 320GB HDD | Nvidia GeForce CUDA G102M 512MB | Atheros AR5B95 Wireless | APPLE Snow Leopard 10.6.7... sweet!:D
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#143 of 6,691 by Dispatches (50 notes) · #902 by Thread Reach (625,377 cumulative reads)
InfiniteMac ID
Member #13,034 · Joined 2009-09-15
Location
Philippines (back in ~2011)
Hardware & Kernel Topics
ASUS P5K / P5Q (8) · Chameleon / Boot-132 (4) · NVIDIA GeForce (4) · Retail DVD / USB (3) · ALC889a / Audio (3) · DSDT (1)
Frequent Thread Collaborators
@flip360 (10) @Buhgalter (7) @RGGG (5) @ad_47incv (4) @niadma (4) @drade (3) @Imkantus (2) @teierina (2) @man_of_the_oak (2) @bayuaditya (2) @hanisster (2) @thorazine74 @shawn0694 @kokozedman

Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection

Distribution across 1 technical boards

10.X Core
50 (100%)

Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (40)

Direct links into threads where @mao_red contributed solutions & commentary

Thread & Dispatch ExcerptCollectionDate & Reach
Asus K50IN
“oh yeah.. 10.6.8...appleHDA from 10.6.2..atheros patch..smooth!:)”
10.X Core2011-06-28
606,173 dossier reads
Asus K50IN
“flip360, is there any link for the kexts used in 10.6.5? (K50IN - S/L/E and Extra) Or is there any site that have the download links altogether? I've tried the update and and still no sound...:( hey guys, after updating to 10.6.5, launch th…”
10.X Core2010-12-30
606,173 dossier reads
Asus K50IN
“my friend is planning to get Hacked! but his laptop is a K40 ij an intel t4400 2.2ghz, 2gb ram with intel 4500M internal video [not nvidia]. will our [K50in] boot cd work on this?”
10.X Core2010-08-31
606,173 dossier reads
Asus K50IN
“thank , my wireless card running the best netbook for hackintosh Indeed! HackBook Pro!”
10.X Core2010-08-27
606,173 dossier reads
Asus K50IN
“its not working for me, i use SL 10.6.0 with efi64, and boot 64bit mode. any suggestion? Update first to 10.6.4.”
10.X Core2010-08-27
606,173 dossier reads
Asus K50IN
“just download the kext from man_of_the_oak uplo ading.com/files/94fm2e33/IO80211Family.kext.zip/ place it in your s/l/e; run kext utility then restart!”
10.X Core2010-08-25
606,173 dossier reads
Asus K50IN
“now i need help! how to boot in safe mode from chameleon? ..”
10.X Core2010-08-24
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 FTW! Stock Atheros wifi card now works! great! best HackBook! I'm connected thru wifi on AR5B95…sweet! I shou…”
10.X Core2010-08-24
606,173 dossier reads
Asus K50IN
“10.6.4 update...all good! replace AppleHDA on S/L/E and those inside extra folder, run kext utility and you're done! it fixes problem on yahoo messenger webcam! great!”
10.X Core2010-06-23
606,173 dossier reads
Asus K50IN
“After reading feedback on 10.6.4 update, I'm now downloading it. Hope it will not mess up my system coz I'm in the office right now..”
10.X Core2010-06-22
606,173 dossier reads
Asus K50IN
“does anyone uses yahoo messenger? when I turn my webcam on, it shows blackscreen. but before it worked properly. anyone? anyone?”
10.X Core2010-05-24
606,173 dossier reads
Asus K50IN
“does anyone uses yahoo messenger? when I turn my webcam on, it shows blackscreen. but before it worked properly. anyone?”
10.X Core2010-05-04
606,173 dossier reads
Asus K50IN
“@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 …”
10.X Core2010-04-06
606,173 dossier reads
Asus K50IN
“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”
10.X Core2010-03-31
606,173 dossier reads
Asus K50IN
“My hackbook won't auto sleep even I set time. How to fix this? Do i need the sleepenabler.kext?”
10.X Core2010-03-15
606,173 dossier reads
Asus K50IN
“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.;)”
10.X Core2010-03-06
606,173 dossier reads
Asus K50IN
“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 …”
10.X Core2010-03-04
606,173 dossier reads
Asus K50IN
“Update: I can now read and write on ntfs disk using macfuse + ntfs-3g. 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 …”
10.X Core2010-03-03
606,173 dossier reads
Asus K50IN
“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…”
10.X Core2010-03-03
606,173 dossier reads
Asus K50IN
“@ 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 Hi flip, I don't know…”
10.X Core2010-02-27
606,173 dossier reads
Asus K50IN
“yes it does, i think that it supports all of the trackpad gestures Yikes, my auto scroll is not functioning, what should I do?”
10.X Core2010-02-25
606,173 dossier reads
Asus K50IN
“Does your mouse wheel click (middle button) for auto-scroll functioning well (two finger click on trackpad)?”
10.X Core2010-02-24
606,173 dossier reads
Asus K50IN
“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?”
10.X Core2010-02-22
606,173 dossier reads
Asus K50IN
“hi, still no update on our atheros wireless? mine is ar5b95, and I'm thinking of buying wifi card that will work as airport.”
10.X Core2010-02-14
606,173 dossier reads
Asus K50IN
“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”
10.X Core2010-02-13
606,173 dossier reads
Asus K50IN
“I'm trying to download the K50IN Boot CD version 2 but deposit files.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”
10.X Core2010-02-12
606,173 dossier reads
Asus K50IN
“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…”
10.X Core2010-02-12
606,173 dossier reads
Asus K50IN
“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..”
10.X Core2010-02-12
606,173 dossier reads
Asus K50IN
“Suddenly, my webcam worked! 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, a…”
10.X Core2010-02-12
606,173 dossier reads
Asus K50IN
“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?”
10.X Core2010-02-11
606,173 dossier reads
Asus K50IN
“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/”
10.X Core2010-02-11
606,173 dossier reads
Asus K50IN
“Great job flip, you just updated the first page of this thread!”
10.X Core2010-02-09
606,173 dossier reads
Asus K50IN
“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 ! Now i can boot directly on hdd. How to boot with the apple logo? Not the debug mode? …”
10.X Core2010-02-09
606,173 dossier reads
Asus K50IN
“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 …”
10.X Core2010-02-08
606,173 dossier reads
Asus K50IN
“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 Thanks flip. I installed chameleon from your link, a…”
10.X Core2010-02-08
606,173 dossier reads
Asus K50IN
“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. Mao”
10.X Core2010-02-08
606,173 dossier reads
Asus K50IN
“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,…”
10.X Core2010-02-07
606,173 dossier reads
Asus K50IN
“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. (failedCommand…”
10.X Core2010-02-07
606,173 dossier reads
Asus K50IN
“ok, i'm going to start my installation.. I only have win7 OS. Do I need a mac environment to create the USB installer and not under windows? . ***I already got the answer! I'm just too excited to be dumb.. haha more power!”
10.X Core2009-12-12
606,173 dossier reads
Asus K50IN
“can't wait to try this again on my machine now it's almost vanilla!..thanks for getting us updated and the rest of the gang!”
10.X Core2009-12-08
606,173 dossier reads

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