Lordadmiral Drake Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 Would it be possible to get OS Xinstalled on this Notebook? Hardware: CPU: AMD Athlon X2 QL-65 2,1GHz Graphics: ATI Mobility Radeon HD4650 Chipset: AMD780G + SB700 LAN: Realtek RTL8168D GBit Ethernet WLAN: Atheros 9285 b/g/n I can install a second HDD, so I would make a Win7 / OSX dualboot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordadmiral Drake Posted April 15, 2011 Author Share Posted April 15, 2011 okay. The Laptop boots the old [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] from CD, but not the new 1.5a from USB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordadmiral Drake Posted April 21, 2011 Author Share Posted April 21, 2011 So, got my fingers on a copy of Snow Leopard again. [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] starts the disc, but at the point where I should get the installer GUI there is only a black screen. I'm using the boot parameters: GraphicsEnabler=No -x -v -s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordadmiral Drake Posted April 23, 2011 Author Share Posted April 23, 2011 2nd try using iAtkos. Install currently running. Lets see Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordadmiral Drake Posted April 27, 2011 Author Share Posted April 27, 2011 Okay, system is running, but only with boot flags: GraphicsEnabler=Yes arch=i386 -force64 -x -v -s Otherwise kernel panic. During OS X setup I've set iAtkos to install kexts for lan, wlan, battery, audio, ps2, etc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordadmiral Drake Posted April 28, 2011 Author Share Posted April 28, 2011 So, I managed to get the KP photographed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordadmiral Drake Posted April 29, 2011 Author Share Posted April 29, 2011 So, I got rid of the KP using Lion kexts for the graphics card. The card is recognized too, but not the screen, so I'm still stuck with low-res. I've also got sound-distortions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordadmiral Drake Posted May 5, 2011 Author Share Posted May 5, 2011 STATUS UPDATE: Graphics: Tried out LinearBurns kexts -> No res-change, no QE/CI. Currently using dongs RadeonHD.kext for full native res. Currently testing muchas method LAN: Works ootb WLAN: Works with newest IO80211Family.kext Audio: Works, but no volume control and minor sound distortions if not using cpus=1. AMD Dual-Core Optimizer kext doesn't solve problem fully Battery Management: Works, with modified kext Integrated Webcam: Works, when RadeonHD.kext is loaded, otherwise KP Touchpad: Works with VoodooPS2 Keyboard: same Touch-sensitive audio controls: Work, except volume control only displayed, but not executed Touch-sensitive WLAN control: Works, but no display of current status. CardReader: Tested VoodooSDHC: Caused kernel panic when inserting card IR: Works FireWire: Doesnt work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b1gdadd1 Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 STATUS UPDATE: WLAN: Card is recognized. WLans are visible, can connect, but don't get IP assignes. Network settings say "self assignes IP" Based on this link, your WLAN should either be using 802.11b or 802.11g. I'm not sure how to check in OS X which one your laptop's WLAN is set to. But you can set your WIFI router to operate at 802.11b, first. If it doesn't work, then set it to 802.11g. That's how I got my Belkin F5D7000 (802.11g) to work properly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordadmiral Drake Posted May 6, 2011 Author Share Posted May 6, 2011 You can see the mode set in SysProfiler. Mine is set to 802.11n Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordadmiral Drake Posted May 16, 2011 Author Share Posted May 16, 2011 STATUS UPDATED Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordadmiral Drake Posted February 12, 2012 Author Share Posted February 12, 2012 UPDATE: I had to reinstall OS X as the HFS file system was messed up and fsck couldn't fix it. This time I refrained from using iAtkos and instead installed from a retail 10.6.0 disc + Nawcom ModCD then updated to 10.6.7 I've continued to work on getting graphics to run using muchas method. I found out that I need to use encoder DIG2 on LVDS instead of DIG1 (as stated by dmsg dump) in order to get output on internal screen. Problem is that the screen image is scrambled For the other hardware: Audio now works WITH volume change Battery readout works using VoodooBattery.kext Wireless: still haven't found the kext I used for it before Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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