A complete beginners guide to install Mac OS X on a Sony Vaio SZ7



First of all I will start off with: Thank you Mac Community and Insanely Mac! Different files that I will talk about are all work of others, I am just putting the whole thing together, as I don’t think that everybody should be researching as hard as I was.

Please don’t hold me responsible for any issues you may encounter!

Now my laptop is a Vaio SZ780 Configured:

2.50 Ghz

4 GB Ram DDR2

….



Step 1: Partitioning of the HDD

Well you could select any partitioning program, however know this: all your DATA will be lost, if you don’t back up. I used Disk Utility that came with the Installer Disk.

Make sure one of the Partitions is formatted in HFS+ (Journaled)



Step 2: The Image

Now this step is important. Because the only image to use is Leo4All 10.5.2. I have tried several others, but always the same problem: The Screen goes black as the internal LCD is not recognized.



Step 3: Installation

Ok this process is important as this requires a lot of patience. Seclect continue and then just before it says install hit Customised. Try to select minimal drivers. Keep the DEFAULT kernel that is selected. Don’t select any chipset or Ethernet or Sound Drivers. In fact the only drivers you have to select are the Nvidia ones to make the internal screen work. Select 10.5.2 KEXTs and NvidiaGo. Those two and no more.



Step 4: Errors

Mode: SEEPD

Looking out for errors when the computer reboots. Do that by adding –v to the booting option. Everything should boot up fine.

Step 5: Customize

I know the first issue you will have to deal with is the resolution and there is a really easy way to fix it.
Simply add a <String>"Graphics Mode"="1280x800x60"</String> under Kernel Flags in com.apple.Boot.plist in /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration
Then go to Disk Utility and repair Permissions. This will fix the issue with resolution in SPEED Mode
Note: Resolutions in Stamina Mode will always be smaller.

Step 6: Various Drivers

How do we get Stamina Mode working? This is very easy. Go to /System/Library/Extensions and delete the IntelGMA* kexts.
Now your able to boot into Stamina mode with 64 MB shared memory but no QE/CI.

Ethernet: I got this working because of a member called Titan and his Kext. Thank You! Simply use kext helper to install the provided kext
Click to view attachment

Sound: Click to view attachment Simply drag it into HDAPATCHER 1.16 and then drag the HDAEnabler.kext into Kext Helper!

Step 7: Important

If you choose to use Nvinject then the internal screen is gone.
You cannot mute the sound entirly!

Step 8: Help Me!

As it took me a while to figure everything out as i am quite new to the scene (7 days). now could you please help me to fined QE/CI support for the X3100? without the screen going all weird. And the Nvidia 8400m gs? anyoen got that working?
Then one more request: anyone got any further with the the Wireless Lan?

Cheers
Hope this guide helps evveryone who wants to install MacOs X on such a beautiful laptop! hehe

I have a VAIO SZ250PC and have successfully installed retail 10.5.4 with Boot-132. The only challenge is the internal LCD doesn't work nor the trackpad on install, so I hooked up to an external LCD and USB keyboard/mouse. You could creat a custom boot-132 with the right kexts, and it would then work fine I assume. AFter install I used EFI v9 + Chameleon as the bootloader.

After install, I have used a modified intel 950 kext, so the resolution works great, as does QE acceleration. Network, sound, battery meter, trackpad (no scrolling) all work great. Also thing I can't get to work is sleep (it doesn't sleep, but doesn't wake back up!). I also updated to stock 10.5.5 with no issues, but 10.5.6 is a disaster that I can't solve! I also don't believe its possible to use the SPEED mode (nvidia 8400) successfully. But who knows!

hello

well i have a question to ask you here,
do you have QE/CI in speed mode?
if so i will try your method.

And i'm also glad to hear that you also be able to use my kext to make your ethernet to work.

And last, for the x3100. I have helped some people via PM already.
It's kinda tricky. But well, it's work.

This is the copy of one of my personal message.


I think that will do.

And for the trackpad, just go and have a look in tutorial forum. There is a topic about it.
Edit the plist in that topic for the accept threshold for 100. And you will be all fine.
But I have some issues with my trackpad. Sometime it just reverse itself. Effect even in Windows.
But seem like other people doesn't have this issue so I assume that I have a faulty trackpad.

For the wireless, I swap the 4965agn out and put the Broadcom 4321 draft n in.
No need for software modification at all.

All the best,
Titan

hey titan

no i tried the install method on above but there is no hardware acceleration in speed mode..something goes wrong with the internal screen..

could u please give me ur kext again, because the link doesnt work??

okay here the GMA X3100 kexts

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?kznjywmnm2y
file credit : AJ.Allen

thanks so much!

So,
am i right that i can use my 7400Go on my vaio vgn-fe11m with
the resolution 1280x800 with Q/E Support?

greets max

noo i don't think that you able to run both 7400 with hardware acceleration AND use of internal display.

just another ques:

is anyone able to use the internal mic, webcam or battery meter??

thanks

my webcam works with iChat, photobooth, skype
but it just work out of the box
so i don't have solution about that

also looking for internal mic to work

battery meter work with kalyway's powermanagement bundle in kalyway 10.5.2 install disk

THANKSSS A LOT You made Myday, i have been strugling to make my SZ740 Hacintosh for months....

now it is working with Graphics 1280x800 , sound and network ,

i had My buletooth working earlier but now not, all i need further is my Wifi and Cam,,,,,,

any suggestion ??? i am surer u will find that tooo :-)

Best of Luck

Internal Microphone:

I' ve managed to get the internal mic working on my Sony Vaio SZ71XN I checked my Linux codec dump manually and found that one node value used by AppleHDAPatcher was wrong. Four nodes are listed for the internal mic. In my config the values were:

8, 9, 21, 12

I changed the last value (12) to 20, rebooted and voila the internal mic worked

Trackpad prefpane:

The second thing I noticed was that the trackpad configuration option wasn' t there. After searching the forums I found a simple solution here http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=142466

Nvidia 8400M GS:

Full hardware acceleration works with the 8400M GS using NVinject v0.2.2. Only problem though is that the internal screen stays black. Using a external display (connected before boot) does work however....

NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS:

Chipset Model: NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS
Type: Display
Bus: PCIe
PCIe Lane Width: x16
VRAM (Total): 128 MB
Vendor: NVIDIA (0x10de)
Device ID: 0x0427
Revision ID: 0x00a1
ROM Revision: NVinject 0.2.2
Displays:
Display Connector:
Status: No display connected
AL2016W:
Resolution: 1680 x 1050 @ 60 Hz
Depth: 32-bit Color
Core Image: Hardware Accelerated
Main Display: Yes
Mirror: Off
Online: Yes
Quartz Extreme: Supported
Rotation: Supported
QuartzGL: Supported

would you mind teach me how to edit the codec file please?
i really would like to use the internal mic
or provide the AppleHDA.kext that you are using

thank you
titan

Just to tell you guys im trying to get QE/CI working in both speed and stamina modes (btw ive got a Vaio SZ79GN), already working in stamina mode using sony vaio nr160 x3100 drivers and SwitchResX.  going to see if NVKush will enable QE/CI in speed mode (GeForce 8400M GS graphics in my case), then we can just switch graphics on the fly to save battery life.

the 8400M GS will not work on internal display trust me
i had tried all known method available.

thebigdog123,
Which Boot 132 disk are you using?

I have a SZ150PC running Kalyway. I seemed to successfully install using my custom Boot 132 disk I created copying extensions from the same SZ. I posted to New modified Boot 132 thread before I saw your post. Link for reference http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php...t&p=1187789

Help!

GMA X3100

10.5.7 (iATKOS v7).

1. Installed Leopard without selecting any of the video drivers
2. Booted in safe mode (-x)
3. Adjusted the display timings ( see titans post)
4. Rebooted

No need to install the kexts anymore

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hey can you please explain the #3 (timing part)?

Download SwitchResX or DisplayConfigX and add a custom timing with the properties from Titans post (see the image). That's all, reboot and enjoy Haven't found a solution for the powermanagement and batterymeter though. Both the voodoo kexts aren't working for me.

It means that we can now use iATKOS v7 instead of Leo4All 10.5.2 as written in the tutoral ?

You probably could I currently have the following devices working:

Bluetooth
Network ()
Sleep (Out of the box)
Display ( Using the timing mod)
Sound (Microphone and Jack sensing are not working yet)


My Sony (71XN) with BIOS R122S5 didn't have VT and AHCI enabled, but the functionality is there. I've enabled the functions by modding the BIOS. It isn't that difficult to perform I'll try to post a quick howto on that subject soon.

Thaks for your reply. Waiting carefully your howto for VT & AHCI.
Will try ASAP iAktos on my SZ71WN/C

can you guys please share the important packages to select in the installation process from iatkos v7?

This is getting more interesting. I have decided not sticking with leopard any more as it gave me strange fdisk errors, which were pretty awful as I had to reset my whole MBR. This occurred several times, but only after the computer hung up and I had to manually switch it off.
Simply ran too unstable...
how is the 10.5.7? I am thinking of giving it another shot.
another important issue however was the sound, which was distorted and had some issues. did it change?
thanks guys

yeah it would be pretty sweet if
the sz7 was supported like the
dell m1330.
i will try my best to find better
kexts and other stuff!!!

alright I installed it the new V7 on my sz7,
it is not to difficult to do.
the only packages I would advise you to select
are the first Trackpad Driver, the Intel X3100. the
sound is selected by default so leave it.

however do NOT select the battery manager, because
this will crash your system.

now I have several issues to deal with:

first of all my camera doesn't work, i don't have
any drivers, but it would be cool if someone
gave my instructions on how to fix it.

most important of all, my headphone jack doesn't
work which is annoying!

two-finger scrolling?

the battery indicator. did anyone have success?

apart from the issues above I am overall quite pleased
with the performance of the system. It runs smooth and
is really good to work with.


off topic: before I installed it, I had a dual boot between xp
and windows 7. I decided it would be cool to have mac
and windows 7 on the same machine.
I used disk util to clear my XP hard drive partition and then installed
mac on top of it. My boot loader is Chameleon 2 and W7 is recognized,
but it simply wont boot because it gives me the error message: NTLDR is missing!!
what did I do wrong. Is there some way to fix this MBR issue?

Thanks guys
mm

Display

The X3100 drivers work without any modification after installing iATKOS v7 boot in safe mode (-x). This will enable You to see, well, at least a portion of your desktop I've grabbed the DSDT values from a Vista installed Sony Vaio SZ650N ( in speed mode) and modified my "/System/Library/Displays/Overrides/DisplayVendorID-756e6b6e/ DisplayProductID-717" to hold these values

IODisplayEDID
Change the IODisplayEDID data to the EDID data below



DisplayProductName
This entry probably isn't there so add these two lines



EDIT: Brightness controls

I just got the brightness controls working To enable it add these lines to your DSDT. It has to be added under the
Scope (\_SB). To keep all my modifications together I placed the entry under the PWRB device.







Sleep

Expresscard ( 5 in 1 Cardreader )

Sleep worked out of the box I was very happy with it until I found out that with the expresscard plugged in, the machine immediately woke up again. I've heard real MACs have this issue too so I'm not going to put much of an effort in solving this issue. Anyone here who has some ideas??

Display Lid

Closing the display lid didn't put the Vaio in sleep mode. Luckily this is easy to fix
You'll have to edit Your DSDT file and look for the 2 entries:


1. Add the SLPB device
Search for this entry:


Add the following device right under the PWRB device:


2. Enable sleep on display lid close
Search for this entry:

Under "ShiftRight (Local0, 0x02, Local0)" part add this line:


Recompile the DSDT, reboot and test


Battery

My batterymeter works with AppleACPIBatteryManagerb15 after applying the 10.5.8 update. It might work under 10.5.7, if not update to 10.5.8 The time remaining isn't accurate at all but the percentages seem to be correct


Currently working on

Sound
I'm currently trying to manually patch the AppleHDA to get sound 100% working, I've corrected my linux audio dump (fixed pins) and got the Pin config data from the Vaio SZ650N. I'll keep you guys posted





Boot from the Windows 7 install DVD and run the "Repair my computer" or something...It might find Your problem and it will try to fix it. If this doesn't work. Open the command prompt from the menu and flag Your Windows 7 partition as the active partition. I'm not sure if I'm telling You this right, I did it once but don't remember it in detail.....Search the forum, the solution is there

i solved the audio out with the codec dump(codec_dump1.txt) i got from a live linux cd i'll share it with you.it gives you audio out and internal mic but no mic in.
and i have a cpu problem that it heats a lot, reaches around 100 C degrees and then automaticly shuts down

now we have to wait for WiFi and everything is complete!! Thank you sooo much guys!!

Sorry for the long wait, I've found a tutorial describing the steps needed to enabel VT and AHCI on the Sony Vaio....

VT & AHCI on the Sony Vaio

Good luck!

Yeah! Thanks so much, I was really happy that so many people showed interest in Leopard on a Vaio.
We still need drivers for
- Fingerprint Scanner -.- not really
- camera <- that would be sweet because then we could use photo booth
- wifi <- that one is important
- scrolling!

yeah I used the search function, but I haven't found anything on Windows 7 yet. i am sure it will be easy when I get to it though...

one more question: how do you patch the DSDT? I have downloaded the GUI Patcher..not even fetching and decompiling works..

thanks anyways everyone!!

GUI Patcher does grab your DSDT, even if it can't compile Have You looked in the sessions folder -> debug ?? There's a DSDT.dsl file if I'm correct...

Here is an interesting post abour our webcams.

http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=54181

I have a Vaio SZ650N and i'm really interested on installing OSX for the first time.


What about these devices I have in XP called:

* sny5001 SONY NOTEBOOK CONTROL (FIRMWARE EXTENSION PARSER)
* sny6001 Sony Programmable I/O

¿?

I have dualboot between win7 and leopard. If I boot into win7, load the camera app and restart directly into leopard, the camera gets noticed natively! I even played around with photo booth a bit!

funny story..

also I cannot seem to get my battery to work properly. Is there a method installing it in a way that the internal keyboard and trackpad do not stop working if I disconnect the AC power cable??

THanks

Thanks a lot for your help.
Time to receive my wifi card and I will install Leopard on my Vaio

Guys, I've got a little issue with my X3100. The performance drops badly when my SZ is booted without the AC plugged in.....I used XBench to test the GPU performance and the score is about 75% lower when running on battery. The performance stays the same when switching to battery mode while running Leopard.....strange isn't? Any thoughts?

Yure thanks for sharing this. I too have a Sony SZ650NC and I wanted to fix the sleep mode. My sleep mode has stopped working for some reason. It used to work but now it doesn't. Any ways I wanted to know if you can give a idiot proof guide on modifying and recompiling DSDT. I tried the DSDT_Patcher1.0.1e.zip but when I click the DSDT Patcher I get a lot of errors and the aml file is not created. any help is appreciated.

I'll write a guide when I've got more time on my hands. In the mean time, check the DSDT topics on various linux forums. That will probably help You a lot :-)

cheers

Thanks, I will. In the mean time I figured why the sleep is not working anymore. Apparently it is because I upgraded to 10.5.8. When you are posting in case you had the same problem and resolved it I would appreciate if you mention that too.

cheers

I have a Vaio SZ650N and I've succesfully installed Snow Leopard retail doing this:


- Using Speed mode (Nvidia 8400M GPU ) the intel don't work.

- Preparing an USB installer with a 8 GB or bigger pendrive or external harddisk using anoter workin OSX installation to prepare it.

- First restore the Snow leopard DMG image to the 8GB pendrive using disk utility. And then used NETBOOK MAKER to prepare it with necesary kexts and chameleon to boot. ( don't use netbook installer found in that page, netbook installer is for post installation configuration and is not made for our vaios.


Boot from that USB and install ! I only installed sound using the tips on this thread.

Once installed you can install chameleon and some kexts nedded In order to boot from Hard disk and not using that USB ( I don't know what kexts are the must have )

I don't know how to get 1280x800 and QE and CI working on intel or on Nvidia

sorry to anybody who recently pms me about Snow Leopard on vaio sz7
due to small screen size(i usually use 17" before i bought this SZ)
so I bought a macbook pro 17" back in June.
and haven't touch my SZ yet.
And i'm also unbelievable busy this few months.
due to my part time job and my studying schedule.
i might get on the snow kitty train later on when i can
but i don't know a thing about SZ on snow kitty just yet.
I'm really sorry about that.

Thank you,
Titan

I am trying to get this to work on a SZ650 with the iATKOS v7. I must be doing something wrong, it does not work. Here some questions, maybe someone can help:

1. after installing everything into a logical volume partition, it does not boot and gives an error. It starts with the CD in the drive but then gives me the gray apple screen and the forever rotating wheel.

2. I fixed booting by installing grub from my linux and using boot_v8 . Seems to work, I can get to the same spinning wheel without the CD.

3. Can you be more specific about the install?
a) do I need to perform installation in the Speed or Stamina mode?
do I keep all settings, or do I need to select/deselect some? (I tried selecting the X3100 or leaving them unchecked, neither worked).
c) when I then boot with the -x option again, do I need to be in Stamina or Speed mode?
d) should I remove the card adapter (I read it might lead to difficulties with the sleep mode, so maybe also during installation)?

Thanks in advance for any help ...

Another question:

Is VT and AHCI on the Sony Vaio necessary for this? I haven't adjusted my bios.
What's that good for anyway? I heard vmware is possible without VT and it is not clear if it is faster anyway? And not sure what I would need AHCI for?

thanx

I still did not get it to work with iAtkos but it installed correctly with Leo4All v2 as described in the first post.

Ethernet (Marvell Yukon 88e8055 ) does not work. I tried everything described in http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/lofiversi...php/t69396.html (PCISecondaryMatch etc) and also Titan's kext without any luck.

If anyone has Ethernet running on sz650 please tell me how you did it.

I have a sony SZ650N/C and I have managed to get the iATKOS v7 working on it. Here is what I did.

1. put your laptop on stamina before starting
2. put the iATKOS CD and boot from it. Format the partition you want to install at using extended Journal (make sure NOT to select the case sensitive one since some application created for MAC do not install on case sensitive drive. For example Photoshop). To do this use the Disk Utility software (it is on one of the drop down menus on top)
3. for installation options keep the default checked items with the following additions/reductions:
   1. remove voodoo HDA driver
   2. check the Vooodoo PS2 support (the one that has both the keyboard and track-pad support)
   3. check the x3100 graphic driver
4. Let the CD do the installation and when it reboots the screen seems to be unaligned. go through account setup process and then use the guide by titan to fix the screen alignment with SwitchResX software.
5. install the audio using the audio instructions given at the first post of this thread.
6. install the Ethernet using the instructions given at the first post of this thread.
7. if you want the wireless card to work as well buy a Broadcom 4321 mini PCI-E card from ebay and swap it with your intel wireless card before installing iATKOS. If you decide to do that make sure you check the Broadcom driver at the time of installation. (search for Broadcom 4321 on ebay. you can get one for around $15-$30USD)

I hope this helps. I have enjoyed using this great operating system a lot. The only problem I have is that ever since I upgraded to 10.5.8 the sleep doesn't work anymore and I have to shutdown the computer every time I want to move.

Thanks, I did exactly as you describe and get the same error:

Restarting with -x -v mode I see these messages:
Oct 30 12:48:51 localhost fseventsd[26]: log dir: /Volumes/NO NAME/.fseventsd getting new uuid: 816175 ....
Oct 30 12:48:53 localhost mDNSResponder[22]: Couldn't read user-specified Computer Name; using default bDevice-0000000000000b instead
Oct 30 .... user-specified local hostname; using default BDevice-00000000000000.localb instead
the last two messages (mDNSResponder) are repeated twice, then it hangs.

Also tried to:
- switch off Wifi and
- remove Ethernet cable and
- memory Card adaptor.
- re-burned the DVD and reinstalled twice
- checked MD5 of iso file, which is correct.
Still the same.

So I decided to once more reinstall this but I unchecked the Bootloader and removed the memory card adaptor and unpluged ethernet cable during install

Now it works (I think it was the bootloader, still very strange why it got so far in the boot process before?).

Fixing the resolution works...

Ethernet did NOT work with the kext from the first post (same as with the leo4all install, see my last post). Got it working now using the PCIsecondaryMatch (see link above to that discussion).

Also NVidia works with internal screen using the packages from the leo4all disk (/System/Installation/Packages/NVidia/...).

Open problems:
1. touchpad is too fast ! VoodooPS2 in SystemPref gives this error when opening: "ApplePS2SynapticsTouchPad not found", then the slider is already to the left (slow) and when changing anything and closing it, it crashes. I reinstalled VoodooPS2+Trackpad, but no impovement.
Does anyone know how to fix this or where the corresponding package is located in the leo4all disk? That worked much better.
2. Cannot go to sleep mode (I did not update to 10.5.8, but did the other recommended updates like itunes etc. not sure which one causes the sleep mode to break).

Anyone ever get the internal screen working with hardware acceleration on all those NVIDIA go chips?
I have a vgn-ar250g with a geforce go 7600

no sorry to burst your bubble, but it is not possible, at least for now. many have tried before, including myself and have not succeeded.
I hope that someday we might get lucky!

I have installed Aikos v7 on my sony Vaio sz670n with almost no issues. I have been able to make everything work and swapped my internal wifi card out for a broadcom. The only problem I have is making it work in speed mode. I am not sure how to install the Nvinjectgo.kext from the leo4all version as mentioned above. I did extract the kext and applied it, but upon reboot I just get a black screen. Any ideas on how to make my 8400m work so I can use speed mode, without having to go back to Leo4all 5.2

Hey guys,

It's been a while since I tried installing OSx on my Sony....(Got a Macbook from work recently) but...can't stop myself from trying to install 10.6 It's working but without sound and batterymanagement.......Anyone here playing around with 10.6 here?

Cheers!

Have not made snow leopard work yet, can you let me know how you did it... Also, are you using the nvidia gfx or intel?

using the intel GMAX3100 card, Nvidia is still a problem I used the retail DVD, booted with chameleon via USB and used these kexts in E/E:

- AppleACPIPS2Nub.kext
- fakesmc.kext
- PlatformUUID.kext
- VoodooPS2Controller.kext

I'll post a detailed How-to next week