rassha Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 Hallo to all, Anyone sucessfully installed Mac OSX on this notebook? Lenovo G550 Lenovo G550 Model: Lenovo 20023 Intel Core2Duo T6500@2.1ghz CentrinoDuo Chipset Legend PM45 ICH9 Nvidia Geforce G105M (NV98M) Network wired: broadcom netlink gigabit ethernet adapter (ven_14E4/dev_1693) Network wireless: Intel WiFi Link 5100 AGN Audio: Legend HD Audio Controller Conexant High Definition (ven_14F1/dev_5051) detailed specs: http://www.newtechnology.co.in/lenovo-idea...top-pricespecs/ I tried several times with iAtkos v7 but without success. Anyone have tips which component to select during installl? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmonkey90 Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 I installed 10.5.5 using a msiwindosx.iso file I found online. I used the combined update to patch it to 10.5.8 after installing a few kext files. I am just having trouble with the intel gmax4500 video card as I can't get it to run at the native resolution without losing the cursor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinods Posted October 30, 2009 Share Posted October 30, 2009 Rassha, Any luck on getting it to work? I'm considering buying this myself. Vinod Hallo to all, Anyone sucessfully installed Mac OSX on this notebook?Lenovo G550 Lenovo G550 Model: Lenovo 20023 Intel Core2Duo T6500@2.1ghz CentrinoDuo Chipset Legend PM45 ICH9 Nvidia Geforce G105M (NV98M) Network wired: broadcom netlink gigabit ethernet adapter (ven_14E4/dev_1693) Network wireless: Intel WiFi Link 5100 AGN Audio: Legend HD Audio Controller Conexant High Definition (ven_14F1/dev_5051) detailed specs: http://www.newtechnology.co.in/lenovo-idea...top-pricespecs/ I tried several times with iAtkos v7 but without success. Anyone have tips which component to select during installl? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kazma Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 YEs %100 work snow leopard dvd 300$ donate now I wait Need 5100AGN wifi driver Broadcom Netlink Driver Broadcom bluetooth Sound card VGA is Greade Work Geforce G 105M (NVIDIA GEFORCE 9800GX2 )+CUDA DRIVERS No 64bit Work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gektor Posted January 17, 2010 Share Posted January 17, 2010 Hi, is there any progress with this model? Has somebody managed to install hackintosh on g550? Especially I'm curious about support for G 105M video card. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moh_vista Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 WORKs .......> Great Mac : Snow leopard universal 10.6 ver. 3.5 / with Dual boot with 7 Ultimate I confirmed that my G550 Lenovo ... works good excpt ( Broadcom ethernet ) and ( Intel 5100 WiFi ) Sound works great ( Conexant ) By ====> AppleAzaliaAudio.pkg Nvidia works great G 105M By ========> Latest Enabler_for_Nvidia_and_multiple_ATI_cards and i gonna give u all I can as it is great forum AzaliaAudio.pkg.zip Enabler_for_Nvidia_and_multiple_ATI_cards.rar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gektor Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 Thanks for you reply! So everything works except WiFi? Correct? wifi is the show stopper to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wizpig Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 I´m interested in this machine, too. I got a few questions: 1) How do you solved the wifi problem? Something external? 2) Is the video-output working? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skeezicks Posted January 31, 2010 Share Posted January 31, 2010 Just wanted to chime in and share my experience with installing osx on my g550 laptop. I have almost the exact same laptop as stated above. This post is a little long-winded and geared towards n00bs like myself . Video: Nvidia 105m - this works flawlessly with the package provided by Moh_vista. I also have an external dell flat panel that osx detects automatically when plugging / unplugging it via hdmi. Install method: I used the myhack installer method. Copied Snow Leopard to a usb stick via a vmware osx image. When installing initially choose ApplePS2Controller or your keyboard and trackpad won't work. After installing update the ApplePS2 kext to VoodooPS2 for better scrolling support for ALPS. If you have an external usb mouse and keyboard you don't have to worry about ApplePS2. Upgrading to 10.6.2: Worked fine with no problems. Installing kexts: You can install kexts in 2 different locations. 1) /Library/Extensions 2) /System/Library/Extensions. Make sure to run the pfix utility after installing kexts to make sure they are installed properly! Audio: The audio works fine with VoodooHDA. At first I thought it wasn't working but then I had to go to sound preferences panel. Under the tab output it was defaulting to Digital Out. Change it to speakers. I could not get this to change automatically when plugging earphones in. Maybe another driver works better? Also the internal mic doesn't seem to work. Also the sound was only detected after I ran the pfix utility. Power: With the supplied Voodoo kexts the battery and power management work fine. The battery icon in the bar correctly shows battery charge etc. However when closing the laptop lid osx hangs and only shows a black screen. Other than that osx has no trouble waking up etc. Keyboard & Trackpad: This took me a while to figure out. I finally added an edited trackpad kext to the VoodooPS2Controller kext. Make sure that ApplePS2Controller is not in any of your extensions folders or it will act wonky. With the attached kext two finger scrolling, regular scrolling and tapping work fine. I could not get it to work with any other kexts. IMPORTANT: to get the trackpad to work first install the kext, run pfix then reboot. After that, replace the Trackpad prefPane in /System/Library/PreferencePanes with the supplied Trackpad.prefPane in the zip. After doing this Trackpad should show up in system preferences. Internet: As stated wireless and wired does not work. I picked up this sweet mini adapter from ebay for only $18 + free shipping. It's wireless n capable and about the size of a penny. Overall the g550 is a great hackintosh machine and running snow leopard on it is nearly flawless except the internet issues. I've included all the kexts mentioned in my post so you don't have to hunt them down. If you have any questions feel free to ask. If you have a better solution for the sound driver please tell! Thanks. Download: g550_osx_kexts.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayame Posted January 31, 2010 Share Posted January 31, 2010 Hi I would ask you about a technical matter of this notebook. I want to buy it also, but I'm often reading tests where is written that the Lapopt-Fan is very loud. Can anyone say anything about this ? Would be nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skeezicks Posted January 31, 2010 Share Posted January 31, 2010 I haven't had that problem. My only two complaints are 1) The alps touchpad. Synaptics is way more responsive. 2) The fn key being in the bottom left corner. As a programmer I use ctrl alot. I'm constantly pushing fn + key and wondering why it has no effect. Other than that solid laptop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexene Posted February 1, 2010 Share Posted February 1, 2010 can anyone help me...i've installed mac os 10.5.2 kalyway it worked just fine except i can't find Broadcom Netlink Driver,or some way to get the network adapter work.....my laptop is lenovo g550,3gb ddr3, 320 gb ata hard disk,intel t4300 dual core processor 2.1 ghz.... ...i must tell you that i'm kind new in installing mac Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nyne Posted February 1, 2010 Share Posted February 1, 2010 I haven't had that problem. My only two complaints are 1) The alps touchpad. Synaptics is way more responsive. 2) The fn key being in the bottom left corner. As a programmer I use ctrl alot. I'm constantly pushing fn + key and wondering why it has no effect. Other than that solid laptop. Regarding your item #2 as a programmer you would benefit substantially from going to Systems Preferences, keyboard, modifier keys and remapping your caps lock key to be a ctrl key. If you use the terminal a lot this will make you 300% faster I promise. It takes some time to get used to like Sun Style 3 keyboards but I do this and it's much more productive. As a systems engineer/admin by remapping caps lock (useless key) to CTRL and using screen i am MUCH more efficient. Just my .02 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skeezicks Posted February 1, 2010 Share Posted February 1, 2010 Network card doesn't work. I bought this wireless usb adapter to make it work Airlink AWLL6075. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skeezicks Posted February 2, 2010 Share Posted February 2, 2010 @nyne thanks for the tip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skeezicks Posted February 4, 2010 Share Posted February 4, 2010 Just found an updated VoodooHDA kext that has audio out, etc. working with my g550. VoodooHDA.kext.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayame Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 I want to ask you, if you get the trackpad fully working. I can use it to move my cursor, but not to do the "left-click" with it. also the sound is not working yet. But i must say, i got the wireless working after I finished with those 2 problems, I want to write a little guide how to use it as a real good hackbook Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gektor Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 Thanks a lot. A guide would be great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayame Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 I think this too But i need to resolve the problems xD I'm working 3 days with my Snow Leopard 10.6.2 Hackbook. There should be other people, who get Audio working. It can be also good if I start with my Blog-Post and then looking for the people Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skeezicks Posted February 6, 2010 Share Posted February 6, 2010 @ayame just use the voodoo ps2 kext in the zip file in my previous post. Everything will "work". It's still kind of herky jerky but at least it's working. I'm very curious as to how you got the wireless card working. Please let us know! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayame Posted February 6, 2010 Share Posted February 6, 2010 I wanted to start a new topic for 10.6.2, but there was written, that i have not the right to do... Ok, so i wrote a guide in my personal block. I hope all want to help me to get this laptop fully working! http://chems-chaos.de/2010/02/06/hackbook-...pard-dual-boot/ (only German) http://chems-chaos.de/2010/02/06/hackbook-...6-0-auf-10-6-2/ (English and German) Please contact me under the adress of my blog if you find bugs in my english language ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skeezicks Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 Nice job ayame! Very thorough! This will definitely help all who have a g550. Kind of makes me wish I didn't waste those hours trying to figure things out and just wait for your blog post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayame Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 Please help to get this Hackbook fully working I am missing some Feedbacks on my block, and inputs with other kexts ^^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gektor Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 is any usb-wifi adapter good for osx? I found a lot $1 wifi adapters at eBay, but not sure whether osx is able to support them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayame Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 please read on chems-chaos, you doesnt need external Wifi ;-) if you have question, comment on my blog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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