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so i installed leopard and usb devices don't seem very plug and play'ish, plain just doesn't work, anyone know how to start fixing this? thanks

 

my system is currently dual booting xp and leopard iatkos v1.0 (2.08gb one) no problem, but in mac, i don't know how to configure or test if usb is working or not, i plugged ipod in and nothing reacts.

 

system specs: this is all on an hp pavilion dv5000 (intel) laptop with nvidia go 7400 video card, 1gb memory

 

during verbose boot up of mac i do see printed to screen something about not being able to take control of something usb related from bios.

 

However, when i went into my laptop bios, there's no option relating to usb, seems like the laptop bios is oem locked so i can't access certain settings;

 

then i looked on google about editing locked/hidden bios features for a long time, downloaded phoenix bios editor, stumbled onto an entire forum of cracking vista thru modding bios, and arrived at pretty much no where on possibly getting usb for my mac installation.

 

thanks in advance for any tips

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I have the same laptop, got it all working, there is a post on the forum that fixes the USB problem, search for it, you should find it.. If not, I will look on my laptop later on for the fix. I also got the PCMCIA slots working to enable a PCMCIA linksys card for wireless networking, works like a charm!

 

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Sorry for resurrecting a thread, but how did you get OS X installed on your zv5000? I've tried iAtkos and Kalyway with no success, I get that "Still waiting for root device" error.

 

I have 3 legit Intel macs, but two of these stupid laptops. Would like to get them converted and then also fix the power issues... wonder how this case will compare to my iMac...

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