orican Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 Things you will need: Kalyway-10.5.2 Chameleon installer - chameleon.osx86.hu/file_download/10/Chameleon-1.0.11-installer.zip Chameleon DVD patch for Kalyway-10.5.2 -chameleon.osx86.hu/file_download/8/Kalyway-10.5.2-Chameleon-1.0.11-JMicron-fix.zip Installation: Patch your Kalyway 10.5.2 with Chameleon DVD patch. Patcher software is included in the zip, look for pdx-ppf3.zip. I patched mine under windows. Burn and install away. No booting flag is required. Install should take you straight to OSX installation screen. Customize the install and tick "SEE2_Jas1048_ACPI", "AMD_1052_Patches" and "PowerManagement_bundle" under Patch. Once installation is complete you should be able to boot into OSX with the Kalyway DVD still inserted. Install Chameleon installer and you will able to boot without Kalyway DVD. Whats working and not working: Webcam - Works out of the box ATI Radeon HD 3200 - not working so far Realtek 8168/8111 Gigabit Ethernet - untested Broadcom 4322AG - untested Realtek HD Audio - untested FAQ: Q:What is Chameleon? A: Chameleon is the only boot loader that is compatible with our CPU. Q: Does it require the power plugged in to boot into OSX like the tx2000? A: No. It will boot fine running on Battery. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/118357-hp-tx2500-series-tablet-compatibility-with-leopard/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
oudyeh Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 Thank you for testing and sharing:) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/118357-hp-tx2500-series-tablet-compatibility-with-leopard/#findComment-838418 Share on other sites More sharing options...
james Vreeken Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 thanks for this info this was the next thing i was going to try... another boot loader... thanks for pointing me in the right direction... somehow i misplaced my kalyway .iso file but am going to try and patch a leo4all v3 .iso with chameleon boot loader and see what happens there.. I will report here if it worked. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/118357-hp-tx2500-series-tablet-compatibility-with-leopard/#findComment-838697 Share on other sites More sharing options...
james Vreeken Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 I have a tx2525nr... UPDATE: I was able to install Leo4all v3 by patching the dvd with chameleon using ppf o matic in windows.... curently trying to dual boot with vista 64 bit: Leopard 10.5.2: Working OOB: Camera, wifi, sound driver installed but doesn't work/but the buttons do control the sound on the screen. I can touch the screen and the mouse goes... Ink shows in sytem preferences... Not working: Radeon HD 3200 fingerprint reader, remote, scroll pad... etc... I tried using natit and the ati2000~ kext by editing the plist w/device id to no avail.... black screen on boot... had to reboot in using -x and deleted the edited .kext this thing would be near perfect if I could get the audio, video, touch screen calibration.... I know its asking a lot.... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/118357-hp-tx2500-series-tablet-compatibility-with-leopard/#findComment-838875 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggerman28 Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 i used the Leo4all v3 patched and successfully installed it on my usb hdd... (it didnt show my unpartitioned space on my main hdd, so i have to install it somewhere else)... However after the installation process finished, i tried reboot into the hdd with leopard, but i couldnt, since the original bootloader is still there (not chameleon). So how should i boot into leopard? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/118357-hp-tx2500-series-tablet-compatibility-with-leopard/#findComment-839074 Share on other sites More sharing options...
james Vreeken Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 thats what happend to me too at first.... I got it to install but it put the TOH bootloader... since I am trying to dual boot I had partitioned my hard drive as folllows: part 1: WINDOWS VISTA (110 GB) part 2: LEOPARD (110GB) part 3: RECOVERY (15 GB) once installed I had got a HFS+ Error because i was trying to boot into Leopard thru partition 1. so I did following steps: 1. Boot off OSX dvd disc in single user mode (press F8 and type -s) 2. At single user prompt fdisk -e /dev/rdisk0 flag 2 (this is where the leopard install was....) update write quit 4 reboot It then rebooted and I tried to boot off of my hard drive.... it showed up and started the TOH/Darwin bootloader and hung at the same place it was before.... So this is what you need to do: with the disc still in let it do its thing... (boot off the DVD) and just let the time run out... it should boot into Leopard for the first time and do the initial setup... then once you get in you must install chameleon from within os X. make sure you repair permissions as well. good luck Ps if anyone knows why I can't repair my Vista Boot please let me know.... It shows up in the chameleon boot loader but if I try to boot it, it tells me to repair.... when I try to repair using a Vista DVD it says something about not being able to repair automatically..... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/118357-hp-tx2500-series-tablet-compatibility-with-leopard/#findComment-839243 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggerman28 Posted July 31, 2008 Share Posted July 31, 2008 Hey James. are you getting your Vista to boot yet? according to ZEF said, we didnt use the fdisk came with Chameleon to update the MBR (did we?) and asked us to try use Jas 10.5.3 disc to fix the problem.... (how?) If you get a way to fix it, share with me... or at least give me a way to back up my my documents in my vista... >.< Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/118357-hp-tx2500-series-tablet-compatibility-with-leopard/#findComment-840165 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggerman28 Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 Thanks to your advice James. I got my Vista back and running... Seems like we still need to work on the bootloader thing for Leopard without destroying the Vista MBR loading sectors.. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/118357-hp-tx2500-series-tablet-compatibility-with-leopard/#findComment-840803 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajish Posted August 2, 2008 Share Posted August 2, 2008 Can you guys share what you did to recover vista? Also I installed the Kalyway DVD instead of Leo4All and I do not seem to have wifi installed. I am a n00b at this and was wondering how I could get the drivers for the wifi card? Thanks. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/118357-hp-tx2500-series-tablet-compatibility-with-leopard/#findComment-842787 Share on other sites More sharing options...
orican Posted August 4, 2008 Author Share Posted August 4, 2008 I used Active@ Boot Disk to make my vista partition active again and was able to boot into vista and install EasyBCD. http://www.ntfs.com/boot-disk.htm There are two wifi card for the tx2500. one is 802.11a/b/g/n and one without the n (802.11a/b/g). I have the 802.11a/b/g/n (Broadcom 4322AG) and it's not working thus far on my Kalyway. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/118357-hp-tx2500-series-tablet-compatibility-with-leopard/#findComment-844000 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0mikeyj0 Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 Hi All, I also have the tx2500. I have tried 3 different flavors of Leopard install, most recently this Leo4All with Chameleon patch. I always get lockup at "Using ACPI RSDP revision 2 found at 0x000fe020". This is 10 lines in from initial Darwin load. I'm going crazy since other 2500 owners seem to have some measure of success...any thoughts? Thx, Mike Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/118357-hp-tx2500-series-tablet-compatibility-with-leopard/#findComment-845460 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggerman28 Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 Hi All, I also have the tx2500. I have tried 3 different flavors of Leopard install, most recently this Leo4All with Chameleon patch. I always get lockup at "Using ACPI RSDP revision 2 found at 0x000fe020". This is 10 lines in from initial Darwin load. I'm going crazy since other 2500 owners seem to have some measure of success...any thoughts? Thx, Mike Strange.... the Chameleon patch should work as using Chameleon bootloader and letting you pass that "Using ACPI RSDP revision 2 found at 0x000fe020" phrase and continue the installation... all the TX2500 should use the same bios and soooo similar hardware. So I am guessing you didnt patch the Chameleon file well? I couldnt think of any other reason might cause this. try patch that dvd again. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/118357-hp-tx2500-series-tablet-compatibility-with-leopard/#findComment-846254 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajish Posted August 6, 2008 Share Posted August 6, 2008 thanks for the help orican anyone have luck with video yet? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/118357-hp-tx2500-series-tablet-compatibility-with-leopard/#findComment-846591 Share on other sites More sharing options...
megazone23 Posted August 6, 2008 Share Posted August 6, 2008 Strange.... the Chameleon patch should work as using Chameleon bootloader and letting you pass that "Using ACPI RSDP revision 2 found at 0x000fe020" phrase and continue the installation... all the TX2500 should use the same bios and soooo similar hardware. So I am guessing you didnt patch the Chameleon file well? I couldnt think of any other reason might cause this. try patch that dvd again. I'm also seeing the exact same problem. I have the same partitions as james Vreeken in Post #6, Partition 1 is Vista and Parition 2 is Leopard. I followed his instruction in Post #6 to fix the HFS+ Error and then reboot, it always stuck at "Using ACPI RSDP revision 2 found at 0x000fe020" It is showing TOH bootloader, not Chameleon. How can I put in the Chameleon bootloader? My Kalyway was patched correctly for sure. The Chameleon came with 2 MD5 files giving the MD5 before and after the patch. I checked my ISO before and after patching and the MD5 codes match. And now I also can't boot the Vista. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/118357-hp-tx2500-series-tablet-compatibility-with-leopard/#findComment-846782 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0mikeyj0 Posted August 6, 2008 Share Posted August 6, 2008 Strange.... the Chameleon patch should work as using Chameleon bootloader and letting you pass that "Using ACPI RSDP revision 2 found at 0x000fe020" phrase and continue the installation... all the TX2500 should use the same bios and soooo similar hardware. So I am guessing you didnt patch the Chameleon file well? I couldnt think of any other reason might cause this. try patch that dvd again. Yes, seems strange. DVD is patched correctly. I've done it multiple times with same result. Also, like Megazone, I'm seeing ToH as the bootloader just before it hangs. Should it say 'Chameleon" there instead? I also have Vista on partition 1 but never have issues getting back in to Vista with a repair like some so far... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/118357-hp-tx2500-series-tablet-compatibility-with-leopard/#findComment-847206 Share on other sites More sharing options...
wen1 Posted August 8, 2008 Share Posted August 8, 2008 Thanks for your instructions. Did anyone get the wifi working using the kalyway dvd approach. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/118357-hp-tx2500-series-tablet-compatibility-with-leopard/#findComment-848756 Share on other sites More sharing options...
megazone23 Posted August 9, 2008 Share Posted August 9, 2008 Finally got both Kalyway and Leo4All v3 running, but Kalyway had a lot of problems so reinstalled it with Leo4All v3. Kalyway only boots if it's running on battery, very weired, and wired ethernet doesn't work. Leo4All somestimes not boot on battery, but boots faster, wired ethernet works. Hope someone can get the video card work soon and also an utility to calibrate the touch screen and pen. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/118357-hp-tx2500-series-tablet-compatibility-with-leopard/#findComment-849787 Share on other sites More sharing options...
0mikeyj0 Posted August 9, 2008 Share Posted August 9, 2008 Ok, It turns out that I shouldn't be trying to do these installs at 2am! I obviously was not paying enough attention to what I was doing. So, when I was applying the patch I was CHECKING the "apply undo patch data" checkbox thinking it was going to make it so I could uninstall somehow if I needed to. DoH! Turns out, if you check that box it tries to undo any PREVIOUS patch on the iso so it wasn't doing anything at all! No wonder it kept showing ToH bootloader on install. Ok, so now that I'm done being dumb, I DO have Leo4Allv3 installed and it's working pretty well. Cam and Ethernet work out of the box. I did notice that james vreeken said his WiFi worked OOTB...is this correct? Also, am I the only one experiencing times when the system freezes loading the OS sometimes? Also, I'll get some crashes while running the OS sometimes as well. It'll go to a black screen with a cursor-type block in the upper left. I always have to reboot in these cases...so, seems to be some stability issues? One more thing, what software updates is it ok to install? I think I tried the latest Leopard combo update once and it killed the install. Thx! Mike Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/118357-hp-tx2500-series-tablet-compatibility-with-leopard/#findComment-850476 Share on other sites More sharing options...
wen1 Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 I too reinstalled my system with a Leo4all (chameleon jmicron fixed) disk in the anticipation of getting wifi working. But I do not see wifi enabled out-of-the box also. Infact, i could not get wifi working using several methods discussed on this forum. Does anyone have wifi (802.11n card) working on this laptop? Leo4all v3 and Kallaway 10.5.2 pretty much have the same stuff working. Leo4All does have touch screen enabled and it was not the case with Kallaway. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/118357-hp-tx2500-series-tablet-compatibility-with-leopard/#findComment-852115 Share on other sites More sharing options...
wen1 Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 did anyone have any luck with getting wifi and video working thanks Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/118357-hp-tx2500-series-tablet-compatibility-with-leopard/#findComment-856942 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gujuviper Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 i feel it coming along Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/118357-hp-tx2500-series-tablet-compatibility-with-leopard/#findComment-857678 Share on other sites More sharing options...
wen1 Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 Looks like no one has the draft-n wifi card working. I will try to use a b/g card and see if that works. If we can only get the graphics working right Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/118357-hp-tx2500-series-tablet-compatibility-with-leopard/#findComment-857846 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajish Posted August 16, 2008 Share Posted August 16, 2008 im using the kalyway and i can't seem to get it boot properly from my hard drive it just freezes at random points during loading. the only way I can get it to boot is if I insert the chamelon cd and type in rd=disk0s2, i tried installing the chamelon boot loader for the hd again but no luck..anyone have any suggestions? btw is it worth it to reinstall with leo4allv3 instead of kalyway? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/118357-hp-tx2500-series-tablet-compatibility-with-leopard/#findComment-858565 Share on other sites More sharing options...
james Vreeken Posted August 28, 2008 Share Posted August 28, 2008 I am now triple booting with: Partition 1:Vista 64 bit Partition 2:OsX Leopard 10.5.4 Partition 3:HP Recovery Using iDeneb 10.5.4 DVD from the bay works almost perfect! Need video and i can't get sound but WiFi works by choosing Broadcom during install... haven't check to see if wired ethernet works but i choose RTL8111 so it should... camera works perfect! even the buttons for sound control are working. but no sound output... someone help with the video driver please!!!!! I've tried a bunch of stuff but can't find a solution... touch screen works and is usable but the further you go away from the center the less accurate it becomes.... probably due to it thinking that it is at full rez? -make sure when you install to select the right things under customize! if I remember right you need to check the following: (x) AMD Patch Audio: (I chose AppleAzillaAudio but it didn't work so it must be something else!) Kernel: (x) I chose 9.2.0 Sleep Ethernet: (x) Realtek RTL8111 WiFi: (x) Broadcom Fix: (x) I chose AppleSMios-27 MB (macbook) (x) ApplePS2Controller (VERY IMPORTANT!!!!) (x) Firewire Remove Video: I didn't check any because none of them are the right one! looking for a ATI Radeon HD3200 Kext !!!! Applications: Check if you want to! Good luck Here is what shows up in the system Profiler for Video/Displays: Display: Type: Display Bus: PCI VRAM (Total): 256 MB Vendor: ATI (0x1002) Device ID: 0x9612 Revision ID: 0x0000 Kernel Extension Info: No Kext Loaded Displays: Display: Resolution: 1024 x 768 Depth: 32-bit Color Core Image: Software Main Display: Yes Mirror: Off Online: Yes Quartz Extreme: Not Supported Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/118357-hp-tx2500-series-tablet-compatibility-with-leopard/#findComment-872294 Share on other sites More sharing options...
james Vreeken Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 Here is the output from the scan I ran on the hardware for my computer using osx86 tools: 00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Unknown device [1022:9600] 00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Unknown device [1022:9602] 00:04.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Unknown device [1022:9604] 00:05.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Unknown device [1022:9605] 00:06.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Unknown device [1022:9606] 00:11.0 SATA controller [0106]: ATI Technologies Inc Unknown device [1002:4391] 00:12.0 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc Unknown device [1002:4397] 00:12.1 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc Unknown device [1002:4398] 00:12.2 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc Unknown device [1002:4396] 00:13.0 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc Unknown device [1002:4397] 00:13.1 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc Unknown device [1002:4398] 00:13.2 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc Unknown device [1002:4396] 00:14.0 SMBus [0c05]: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 SMBus [1002:4385] (rev 3a) 00:14.1 IDE interface [0101]: ATI Technologies Inc Unknown device [1002:439c] 00:14.2 Audio device [0403]: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 Azalia [1002:4383] 00:14.3 ISA bridge [0601]: ATI Technologies Inc Unknown device [1002:439d] 00:14.4 PCI bridge [0604]: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 PCI to PCI Bridge [1002:4384] 00:14.5 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc Unknown device [1002:4399] 00:18.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 11h HyperTransport Configuration [1022:1300] (rev 40) 00:18.1 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 11h Address Map [1022:1301] 00:18.2 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 11h DRAM Controller [1022:1302] 00:18.3 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 11h Miscellaneous Control [1022:1303] 00:18.4 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 11h Link Control [1022:1304] 01:05.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc Unknown device [1002:9612] 08:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation Unknown device [14e4:4328] (rev 03) 09:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller [10ec:8168] (rev 02) hopefully this can help someone Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/118357-hp-tx2500-series-tablet-compatibility-with-leopard/#findComment-872554 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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