psylance Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 Argh! Can someone help me out with booting? I installed Ubunut and although it is well supported itself, it didn't help with booting OS X. I get a screen saying "Starting..." and then it just hangs. I tried reinstalling OS X (The MSIWindosx86 version - Great job guys!) and still it hangs when I try to boot into it. The way that I did it on my ThinkPad was to install to an external drive and use Acronis to copy the partition. Does anyone think that's the solution here as well in order to get the necessary EFI boot support in place? If not can anyone offer me any guidance on this. I'm so close it's painful... By the way, to the team that made the Windosx86 DVD, how did you get battery support with the little icon on the menu bar? I there a single kext that I could put on my ThinkPad to do the same thing. Battery support/power management is one of the few things I am currently missing and really need. Thanks! Edit: Humm, getting closer. I was able to boot into the OS X partition through the DVD boot method. I noticed in Acronis that, for whatever reason, the drive was marked as logical. Changing to primary helped. Now I have to test if I can boot into it through Unbuntu's grub loader. 2nd Edit: Working beautifully with Ubuntu now that I fixed the problem with grub. Added benefit, I now have a Wind with 3 great OS's (well...two great ones anyway, XP doesn't qualify...). Still, if anyone has a better way, please let me know. And I still interested in the power management if someone can help me out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
U.C. Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 Has anyone done a Retail DVD install on thses machines? My Wind should arrive by Monday, so was wondering. BTW I am really coonfused. Should I go for the Dell E, Acer or Wind? My only gripe with Acer is the crappy touch pad, and SSD speeds. But it looks awesome, and is cheaper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
titooo Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 Nice job Stellarola, I'll try it on my Medion that I'll get tomorrow Man I'll be waiting for your results. I'm also thingking on buying a Medion becuase right now it the only one MSI Wind clone available in Spain... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osxow Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 FYI - Just catching up, but the symptoms are exactly what I got before I got it seated correctly. When I loosened off the screw, it worked fine and didn't get hot again. Well, I got the 1490 off eBay, installed it and the computer wouldn't boot. Tried reseating it and keeping the holding screw less tight but that didn't work either. I'm trying to return it for a replacement. Did I seat it wrong or is this just a defective part. After turning the computer on with it in the screen is blank and nothing happens. Turned it back off, cracked it open and the wifi card was hot. When I remove it, the computer boots just fine (though I was very worried at first). Any ideas? Is this thing just shorted out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meteparozzi Posted July 24, 2008 Share Posted July 24, 2008 FYI - Just catching up, but the symptoms are exactly what I got before I got it seated correctly.When I loosened off the screw, it worked fine and didn't get hot again. Finally got it working. There are two mounting spots on the left side of the motherboard for the wifi. You need to put a small piece of electrical tape over the unused mounting slot (closest to you) or it causes a short. After you install the wireless card fully, turn the mounting screw about a half turn. Then pull the wifi card out (away from you) as far as it will go until hitting the end of the screws "give" and then tighten it completely. Should work fine after that. Make sure you attach your antennas to the correct colors. Hope that helps. This little beast is wicked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cybex Posted July 24, 2008 Share Posted July 24, 2008 Man I'll be waiting for your results. I'm also thingking on buying a Medion becuase right now it the only one MSI Wind clone available in Spain... I used the .iso specificly for the MSI Wind/Akoya and the installation was almost perfect! Wireless isn't working yet, I'll try to get it working manually... EDIT: manual install worked perfectly. Typing this on my new Medion Akoya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meteparozzi Posted July 24, 2008 Share Posted July 24, 2008 Finally got it working. There are two mounting spots on the left side of the motherboard for the wifi. You need to put a small piece of electrical tape over the unused mounting slot (closest to you) or it causes a short. After you install the wireless card fully, turn the mounting screw about a half turn. Then pull the wifi card out (away from you) as far as it will go until hitting the end of the screws "give" and then tighten it completely. Should work fine after that. Make sure you attach your antennas to the correct colors. Hope that helps. This little beast is wicked. Ugg, still going in and out at times. Now I'm up to 15 or more reinstalls of the card. All kinds of electrical tape anywhere metal is exposed. This thing shorts out pretty easily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
titooo Posted July 24, 2008 Share Posted July 24, 2008 Cybex what about the card reader and webcam? Does it work without patches? Do you have this Medion? Cuz I think there are different versions of medion depending of the country... And noob question.... How you people do you install it withoud cd or dvd???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imadosser Posted July 24, 2008 Share Posted July 24, 2008 Cybex what about the card reader and webcam? Does it work without patches?Do you have this Medion? Cuz I think there are different versions of medion depending of the country... And noob question.... How you people do you install it withoud cd or dvd???? I managed to lend something similar to this from a friend, so I could use my desktops dvd drive. I suppose if that wasn't an option I would have ended up going and buying a portable usb dvd drive. meteparozzi - Don't give up!!! I went through the same, but its settled down now - its worth the hassle!! Titooo - The webcam and card reader work ... however - could somebody on here please confirm that their medion's webcam is producing FULL 1.3 MP graphics... Mine won't, and I really want to establish if its my setup or if the Medion batch came with poorer quality cams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cybex Posted July 25, 2008 Share Posted July 25, 2008 You'll need an external DVD player to install (via USB). I didn't check the cardreader and webcam. I don't use any of them. But I read on the forums that they will work without a problem. I also don't think that there are several types of this Medion laptop. Just look at the type number: Medion Akoya E1210. If that's the one for sale in your country, you should be okay! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barchetta Posted July 25, 2008 Share Posted July 25, 2008 Quick and simple question: does this iso support languages other than English? I've used an 10.4.8 iso before which had all the original languages, Kalyway 10.5.2 seems to offer only English, French, German, Spanish and Japanese while iATKOS just deleted everything but English ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alucard_xs Posted July 25, 2008 Share Posted July 25, 2008 HI dudes, can someone confirm that wifi works using OSX on médion akoya mini ? thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cybex Posted July 25, 2008 Share Posted July 25, 2008 Yes it works (http://wind-osx86.wikispaces.com/Akoya) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alucard_xs Posted July 25, 2008 Share Posted July 25, 2008 Thanks dude. btw, does the wifi card is compatible wtmy linksys 802.11b/g hardwre ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
U.C. Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 I got my wind. Sweeeeeeeeet Installing XP and then 10.5.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alucard_xs Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 I do not understand why you want to install 10.5.2on your wind, wifi does not work on wind using leopard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synaesthesia Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 Because Leopard is a great operating system and everything else is working. You can get wi-fi working by swapping the mini-pci internal card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
U.C. Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 I already found a sucker with a Atheros5006G who is willing to exchange Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmprichard Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 I have managed to update my webcams firmware using vmware and a copy of xp. Just made sure that the webcam was connected to the virtual machine and ran the update. Not sure what benefit the later firmware gives but worth trying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
U.C. Posted July 27, 2008 Share Posted July 27, 2008 Has anyone managed to remove the warranty void sticker without breaking it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
U.C. Posted July 27, 2008 Share Posted July 27, 2008 I have made a guide on How To Install Leopard from a Retail DVD. Clicky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imadosser Posted July 27, 2008 Share Posted July 27, 2008 I do not understand why you want to install 10.5.2on your wind, wifi does not work on wind using leopard. Got my onboard wifi working great thanks to a dell 1490 (£15) and some patience..... ... Still, don't know why you would install 10.5.2 when you can go 10.5.4 and have all fixes and updates already installed ... EDIT: sorry £20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pakaya Posted July 27, 2008 Share Posted July 27, 2008 Got my onboard wifi working great thanks to a dell 1490 (£15) and some patience..... ... Still, don't know why you would install 10.5.2 when you can go 10.5.4 and have all fixes and updates already installed ... where did you buy it for £15? One guy in ebay sell it for £20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imadosser Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 where did you buy it for £15? One guy in ebay sell it for £20 Sorry I made a mistake - Mine too was £20, I was getting confused with another item I bought recently Had a quick look round and that seems as cheap as you can get them too! Still... well worth £20 to have a wind running leopard and have its wifi functioning... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Espionage724 Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 £20? Is that like $20 in US? Just wondering because £20 sounds pretty cheap for any computer and i'm intrested in it EDIT: Nvm I see the price range is like $400-$600. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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