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Just wanna report SL 10.6.3 installation in the Lenovo U460.

 

Work OOB

Lenovo EasyCamera

Realtek High Definition Audio Out.

Broadcom BCM2070 Bluetooth 2.1+EDR USB Device

Atheros AR8131 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller

 

Not working

BCM 4313 pci id 4727

Intel GMA HD 0046

Internal MIC

 

Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks :)

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Just wanna report SL 10.6.3 installation in the Lenovo U460.

 

Work OOB

Lenovo EasyCamera

Realtek High Definition Audio Out.

Broadcom BCM2070 Bluetooth 2.1+EDR USB Device

Atheros AR8131 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller

 

Not working

BCM 4313 pci id 4727

Intel GMA HD 0046

Internal MIC

 

Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks :D

 

I got this laptop few days ago. Mine is P6100 with Geforce 305M

 

Installed 10.6 and update to 10.6.3

 

Works:

  • Geforce 305M (QE/CI) With GraphicsEnabler=Yes
  • Lenovo Easy Camera

Not working... (yet)

  • WiFi BCM4313
  • Audio

Not Tested (because not used) :P

  • Bluetooth
  • Ethernet
  • Fingerprint

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Update about this machine:

 

Retail DVD SL 10.6 + [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url]

Install success, but boot with vanilla kernel always restart the machine

I figure it out, this is because the Arrandale CPU is too new and 10.6.0 kernel can't recognize it yet.

Must use the [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] CD to get into Snow Leopard.

 

Upgrade to 10.6.3 success, but vanilla kernel still crash. Using [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] kernel again.

 

Upgrade to 10.6.4 success, using vanilla kernel with busratio=15 works perfectly!

 

The new Arrandale CPU and NVidia Geforce make this machine run very smooth on Snow Leopard. But it's still far from usable point. The WiFi and Audio still doesn't works.

 

WiFi: BCM4313 -> Doesn't work (Windows 7 doesn't recognize the WiFi too, we must manually install the driver. So, I think this WiFi will never work in Snow Leopard.)

I tried to disassemble this thing to replace the WiFi, but I failed, this damn thing is too thin and too difficult to disassemble. I can't replace the WiFi card sad.gif

 

Audio: ALC269 -> Doesn't work (Work with VoodooHDA, but sound is poor)

 

Hybrid VGA: Doesn't work (Intel doesn't work, we must select 'discrete VGA' in BIOS to use the GeForce)

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Update about this machine:

 

Retail DVD SL 10.6 + [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url]

Install success, but boot with vanilla kernel always restart the machine

I figure it out, this is because the Arrandale CPU is too new and 10.6.0 kernel can't recognize it yet.

Must use the [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] CD to get into Snow Leopard.

 

Upgrade to 10.6.3 success, but vanilla kernel still crash. Using [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] kernel again.

 

Upgrade to 10.6.4 success, using vanilla kernel with busratio=15 works perfectly!

 

The new Arrandale CPU and NVidia Geforce make this machine run very smooth on Snow Leopard. But it's still far from usable point. The WiFi and Audio still doesn't works.

 

WiFi: BCM4313 -> Doesn't work (Windows 7 doesn't recognize the WiFi too, we must manually install the driver. So, I think this WiFi will never work in Snow Leopard.)

I tried to disassemble this thing to replace the WiFi, but I failed, this damn thing is too thin and too difficult to disassemble. I can't replace the WiFi card sad.gif

 

Audio: ALC269 -> Doesn't work (Work with VoodooHDA, but sound is poor)

 

Hybrid VGA: Doesn't work (Intel doesn't work, we must select 'discrete VGA' in BIOS to use the GeForce)

 

hai..friend.. i some problem with u, wifi n audio not work on lenovo u460.

i have 1 question : what u use for active QE/CI, i dont no this step. sorry my english bad.

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hai..friend.. i some problem with u, wifi n audio not work on lenovo u460.

i have 1 question : what u use for active QE/CI, i dont no this step. sorry my english bad.

 

To activate QE/CI, just add GraphicsEnabler=Yes in chameleon. It works instantly, no kext / hack needed.

 

update:

1. I managed to get better audio by installing VoodooHDA from here. No more kernel panics and beep while the kext loaded. And the sound is better, but if we set to max volume, we still hear the crackle. I'm still searching on how to get the audio works with vanilla apple driver.

 

2. I found another issue with this laptop. The cpu is about 10 degree hotter than in windows 7. This might because the SpeedStep is not enabled automatically.

 

3. Finally I success opening this baby and found the WiFi card at the left of the fingerprint module. The WiFi card is half sized.

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To activate QE/CI, just add GraphicsEnabler=Yes in chameleon. It works instantly, no kext / hack needed.

 

update:

1. I managed to get better audio by installing VoodooHDA from here. No more kernel panics and beep while the kext loaded. And the sound is better, but if we set to max volume, we still hear the crackle. I'm still searching on how to get the audio works with vanilla apple driver.

 

2. I found another issue with this laptop. The cpu is about 10 degree hotter than in windows 7. This might because the SpeedStep is not enabled automatically.

 

3. Finally I success opening this baby and found the WiFi card at the left of the fingerprint module. The WiFi card is half sized.

 

IdeaPad U460 core i5 2.5xGHz

RAM 4 GB

 

I tried 10.6.3 Retail USB + OSX86 ModCD

 

Work:

 

Ethernet

Camera (it auto turn on when I login to MAC the 1st time for photo profile capturing)

Key+Mouse

Audio

 

Not working: Wireless, Monitor: 1024x768 res only

 

However I have problem:

 

- Combo Upgrade to 10.6.6 fail however after restart still login okay

- After restore use Carbon Copy Cloner, can not use boot loader: EFI ver 1.0, [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url], [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url]. Compter always restarted. Tried add

 

<key>busratio</key>

<string>16</string>

 

still not works

 

Just OSX86 ModCD works good.

 

Does anyone know how to fix boot problem ?

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