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Hello all.

 

I can safely say today that I am now a member of the Hackintosh community, as I am currently writing this in OSX86 on my Toshiba Tecra M5 :blink:

 

Here is a quick profile of the M5 hardware...

 

First, a link - http://uk.computers.toshiba-europe.com/cgi...shibaShop=false

  • Intel® Core™ Duo Processor T2600 (SSE3)
  • 1GB DDR2 RAM (Upgraded to 1.5GB) 533MHz
  • 80GB SATA HD
  • Intel® 945PM Express Chipset - 667MHz Bus
  • NVIDIA® Quadro® NVS 110M grpahics card 16xPCI-E 128Mb
  • Intel® PRO/Wireless 3945A/B/G Wireless Card
  • Intel® 10/100/1000 Ethernet Card
  • MAT{censored}A DVD-RAM UJ-841S
  • Toshiba Bluetooth
  • iLink Firewire
  • Sigmatel Audio

My ethernet is recognised, however the wireless isn't (expected as much). Bluetooth isn't recognised either, but even in Linux this needs to be switched on using a 3rd party utility. Video card works, but only at 1024x768, despite trying the MacVidia drivers (which appeared to achieve nothing). My DVD drive works too, and according to system info, burning is supported, though I have yet to try this. Soundcard is not working, USB is reported to work but have not tested as yet.

 

For installation and booting, the following parameter worked...

 

platform=X86PC cpus=1 idlehalt=0 fn=3 -v

 

All the software I have tried so far works too.

 

What to do next?

 

:-)

 

Oh, and my home and end keys don't work and I have no mac key of course!

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Hello all.

 

My ethernet is recognised, however the wireless isn't (expected as much). Bluetooth isn't recognised either, but even in Linux this needs to be switched on using a 3rd party utility. Video card works, but only at 1024x768, despite trying the MacVidia drivers (which appeared to achieve nothing). My DVD drive works too, and according to system info, burning is supported, though I have yet to try this. Soundcard is not working, USB is reported to work but have not tested as yet.

 

What to do next?

 

:-)

 

Hi there,

I've activated BlueTooth in my Tecra A7, by activating it under windows, and then restart into OSX, for me it worked, and till now it works fine.

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Hi,

 

i have the same model (german version), but i have probs booting after installation.

i get an LocalAPIC Error.

Do you know anything about?

 

Thanks

 

Hi there,

I've activated BlueTooth in my Tecra A7, by activating it under windows, and then restart into OSX, for me it worked, and till now it works fine.

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Hi tiny

 

Have you tried using the boot options:

 

platform=X86PC cpus=1 idlehalt=0 fn=3 -v

 

Darren

 

 

 

Mark,

 

I too have a Toshiba Tecra M5 and have successfully installed OSx86. However, I have still having trouble booting OSx86 - even though it is marked as my ACTIVE partition, OSx86 won't load - I get BIOS error "Bad PBR sig" or something like that.

 

Did you get this? To boot OSx86 at the moment, I have to boot from the OSx86 DVD.

 

Thanks

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Have you tried using the boot options:

 

platform=X86PC cpus=1 idlehalt=0 fn=3 -v

 

The -v option (verbose mode) displays messages during boot so you can diagnose problems. If you aren't having any problems, you don't need this.

 

The fn=3 option sets your energy level to high and causes the fans to run. This is helpful to keep your processor running fast, but chews up your battery life. Consider dropping this option.

 

The cpus=1 disables one of your dual cores. Sometimes using the idlehalt=0 is enough to overcome the panic on boot. Try booting using idlehalt=o but not cpus=1 so you potentially regain use of your second core.

 

If you are typing these commands each time at boot, consider adding them to the boot.plist file under the "Kernel Flags" key.

 

I have still having trouble booting OSx86 - even though it is marked as my ACTIVE partition, OSx86 won't load - I get BIOS error "Bad PBR sig" or something like that.

 

Could it be "bad MBR sig"? If so, try repairing your MBR. One way is here: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?s=&...st&p=182597

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The -v option (verbose mode) displays messages during boot so you can diagnose problems. If you aren't having any problems, you don't need this.

 

The fn=3 option sets your energy level to high and causes the fans to run. This is helpful to keep your processor running fast, but chews up your battery life. Consider dropping this option.

 

The cpus=1 disables one of your dual cores. Sometimes using the idlehalt=0 is enough to overcome the panic on boot. Try booting using idlehalt=o but not cpus=1 so you potentially regain use of your second core.

Thanks for the explanation - I've been looking everywhere for an explanation of these options.

 

If you are typing these commands each time at boot, consider adding them to the boot.plist file under the "Kernel Flags" key.

Thanks, but as I can't boot from my harddisk, updating boot.plist won't work, because the Darwin boot loader is coming off the DVD. Once I get the booting issue sorted, I'll work on this.

 

Could it be "bad MBR sig"? If so, try repairing your MBR. One way is here:

I've re-checked the error and it is "Bad PBR sig" - so I'm assuming PBR stands for partititon boot record???

Any other clues/suugestions gratefully received....

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Hi,

 

i have the same model (german version), but i have probs booting after installation.

i get an LocalAPIC Error.

Do you know anything about?

 

Thanks

 

Seems to be a problem with Toshiba BIOSes. I have a Tecra M7 with BIOS 3.2. In order to install latest Uphuck 1.3 with SSE3 Semthex kernel, you need to boot the DVD with the second core disabled in the BIOS. Also, you will have kernel panics 50% of the time at startup, but otherwise the kernel is stable once you're in to OS X. I recommend setting the BIOS to configure all devices in your BIOS. That way when you boot in verbose (-v) mode, you won't see something like "ACPI Failed!" (that one is the non fatal error you get before the later kernel panic) Hope this helps. Also, please let me know how successful you are in getting your Quadro NVS 110 operating at the proper resolution.

 

Give my regards to Deutschland. I have relatives in Koln and Bonn, and thoroughly appreciate what your country's economy has done and continues to do for Europe.

 

NighTalon

New Haven and NYC

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Hello all.

 

I can safely say today that I am now a member of the Hackintosh community, as I am currently writing this in OSX86 on my Toshiba Tecra M5 :rolleyes:

 

Here is a quick profile of the M5 hardware...

 

First, a link - http://uk.computers.toshiba-europe.com/cgi...shibaShop=false

  • Intel� Core� Duo Processor T2600 (SSE3)
  • 1GB DDR2 RAM (Upgraded to 1.5GB) 533MHz
  • 80GB SATA HD
  • Intel� 945PM Express Chipset - 667MHz Bus
  • NVIDIA� Quadro� NVS 110M grpahics card 16xPCI-E 128Mb
  • Intel� PRO/Wireless 3945A/B/G Wireless Card
  • Intel� 10/100/1000 Ethernet Card
  • MAT{censored}A DVD-RAM UJ-841S
  • Toshiba Bluetooth
  • iLink Firewire
  • Sigmatel Audio

My ethernet is recognised, however the wireless isn't (expected as much). Bluetooth isn't recognised either, but even in Linux this needs to be switched on using a 3rd party utility. Video card works, but only at 1024x768, despite trying the MacVidia drivers (which appeared to achieve nothing). My DVD drive works too, and according to system info, burning is supported, though I have yet to try this. Soundcard is not working, USB is reported to work but have not tested as yet.

 

For installation and booting, the following parameter worked...

 

platform=X86PC cpus=1 idlehalt=0 fn=3 -v

 

All the software I have tried so far works too.

 

What to do next?

 

:-)

 

Oh, and my home and end keys don't work and I have no mac key of course!

 

 

Hey buddy, I am trying to install ideneb v 1.5 (latest one) but it halts at apple logo or shows a blank screen after apple logo once I machine undergoes first restart following the installation... any tip and trick..

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Hi,

i cannot install successfully osx on toshiba tecra m5. I tried ideneb 10.5.8 and snow leopard.

If i connect an external monitor all works perfect, but its internal display is black.

What's the procedure to correctly recognize the display on toshiba tecra m5 for both snow leopard and leopard 10.5.8?

Nvidia Quadro NVS 110M video card is correctly recognized and QE & CI are supported very well even in snow leopard(screen saver and so on).

The only problem is that External monitor works, internal doesn't. I need internal display ... can anyone please point me to the procedure to recognize display ?

Thanks!

I also had problems with firewire and i removed its extensions (but i need it ... i need to find a way how to make internal firewire to work).

Thanks!

Mal

 

Hey buddy, I am trying to install ideneb v 1.5 (latest one) but it halts at apple logo or shows a blank screen after apple logo once I machine undergoes first restart following the installation... any tip and trick..
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It would appear this is a toshiba generic problem. I have F20-153 and I have same symptoms. Has anyone worked out how to get it to work? Macvidia site is down so no way to get kexts.

 

On my m400, you would have to press the FN key and F5 (the external display key) 3 times while at Chameleon and then boot into Mac OS X. That's the only way it worked for me.

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Im in the same boat display wise with my m7.. everything works pretty good besides the internal display. I installed macvidia drivers, I believe 1.8? Then it game me the error must restart message when ever i tried to start it up... so i ran it with -v and it said the nvidia driver recognized my screen and the max resolution, so im assuming this has to be the right driver/kext i just need to find where its conflicting and causing an error. I downloaded what i believe is macvidia 1.0.7 and will try that tomorrow. If anyone has any ideas or updates let me know.

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Successfully running OS X 10.6.3 on a Tecra M5 config as follows

• Processor: Intel Core Duo Processor T2400 (1.83GHz, 2MB L2 Cache, 667MHz FSB)

• Display: 14.1-inch diagonal XGA (1024x768 native resolution)

• System Chipset: Mobile Intel® 945PM Express Chipset

• Graphics Controller: NVIDIA® Quadro® NVS 110M with 128MB DDR discrete graphics memory plus up to 128MB dynamically allocated shared graphics memory using NVIDIA® TurboCache technology

• Memory: 512 MB DDR2 667MHz SDRAM (max 4GB)

• Hard Drive: 100GB HDD (5400rpm, Serial-ATA)

• Optical Drive: Slim SelectBay DVD SuperMulti (+/-R double layer) drive

• Communications: Intel® PRO/Wireless Network Connection 3945ABG (802.11a/b/g), Intel® 10 Base-T/100 Base-TX/1000 Base-T Ethernet, Toshiba

 

Using iATKOS S3 std install with additional selections being under Drivers /Main hardware/PS2, Network/wired/Intel Pro V100

 

Sound and video working fine, struggling with wireless and better quality video (will try the vid , any help appreciated. I'm a complete newbe to all of this.

 

Thanks

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