remus_19 Posted June 6, 2009 Share Posted June 6, 2009 Hi fellow Aspire 4530 users, I finally got Acer Aspire 4530 to (almost!) work with iPC 10.5.6 After about a month of tireless googling, i found an Indonesian OSX86 site (http://mac-inul.com/viewtopic.php?t=283) and made google translate it for me. Here's the gist of it: 1. Set the SATA Controller in BIOS to AHCI. 2. Get a USB mouse then connect to laptop. 3. As the DVD boots (from countdown to the part where you always get stuck...), just move your mouse back and forth so as to activate the LED/Laser/whatever below the mouse. 4. Install and enjoy your mac! Notes: For my install, I did not use AppleNForceATA but the one below it (the patched NForce-something) as chipset. Also these things: 0. Voodoo kernel (almost forgot...) 1. PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse fix (the first option, i think...) 2. USB fix (the first option of the two) 3. Other tools, esp OSX86Tools by PCWiz (thank you, man!) P.S. Have tried different combo for graphics (oh yeah, the latest NVidia drivers in the installer don't work, though it won't cause errors if you install it), audio, ethernet and/or WLAN kexts to no avail. If you succeed on making these work, please share it so we all could enjoy our AspireMacs to the fullest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
remus_19 Posted June 8, 2009 Author Share Posted June 8, 2009 any contributions? successes? failures? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkoo Posted June 8, 2009 Share Posted June 8, 2009 would you mind sharing with us a little of this Acer specs ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
remus_19 Posted June 9, 2009 Author Share Posted June 9, 2009 my specs: AMD Ultra Turion ZM-82 2.2Ghz 4GB DDR2 800 RAM 160GB Sata hard drive 14.1" WXGATFT display Integrated NVIDIA GeForce 9100M G (dedicated 256MB) 802.11b/g/n WLAN (Atheros AR5B91) Gigabit Ethernet (Broadcom 5764) Chipset - NVIDIA MCP77MH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
remus_19 Posted June 21, 2009 Author Share Posted June 21, 2009 ^ bump! anybody successful with this? c'mon people, share! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eliphas0 Posted August 7, 2009 Share Posted August 7, 2009 ^ bump!anybody successful with this? c'mon people, share! I'm currently working on this myself. I got IDeneb to install fully but locks up at the Apple logo. Will report back as things progress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benediktus Anindito Posted August 17, 2009 Share Posted August 17, 2009 ^ bump!anybody successful with this? c'mon people, share! me too... i've do a boot using a USB mouse, movin' it slightly upon a `-v` boot, but restart after `Starting Darwin/x86` Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
remus_19 Posted September 6, 2009 Author Share Posted September 6, 2009 hey guys, thanks for the interest! I've somehow lost hope in this one but I'm sure if there's a will, there's a way. re: USB mouse, I think you need to move it until the rotating circle beneath the apple logo appears. Good luck with your setup! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexismeji Posted September 19, 2009 Share Posted September 19, 2009 Hey guys, I have the other version of the 4530, so I don't have the same processor, I have the athlon x2. Do you guys think its gonna work? if not is there any possibility? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
selikatwo Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 works on iatkos v7 but hardware not works Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IsaacsonP Posted December 29, 2009 Share Posted December 29, 2009 So far it works... I haven't had much luck with the hardware such as network cards and wi-fi but I'll keep everyone posted. Hopefully the is a way to boot into OSX without the USB mouse... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nbp Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 Hi fellow Aspire 4530 users, I finally got Acer Aspire 4530 to (almost!) work with iPC 10.5.6 After about a month of tireless googling, i found an Indonesian OSX86 site (http://mac-inul.com/viewtopic.php?t=283) and made google translate it for me. Here's the gist of it: 1. Set the SATA Controller in BIOS to AHCI. 2. Get a USB mouse then connect to laptop. 3. As the DVD boots (from countdown to the part where you always get stuck...), just move your mouse back and forth so as to activate the LED/Laser/whatever below the mouse. 4. Install and enjoy your mac! Notes: For my install, I did not use AppleNForceATA but the one below it (the patched NForce-something) as chipset. Also these things: 0. Voodoo kernel (almost forgot...) 1. PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse fix (the first option, i think...) 2. USB fix (the first option of the two) 3. Other tools, esp OSX86Tools by PCWiz (thank you, man!) P.S. Have tried different combo for graphics (oh yeah, the latest NVidia drivers in the installer don't work, though it won't cause errors if you install it), audio, ethernet and/or WLAN kexts to no avail. If you succeed on making these work, please share it so we all could enjoy our AspireMacs to the fullest. Hi remus, did you fix your aspire 4530? I have the same model. CAn you share how it works. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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