Leopard on Lenovo y510 notebook

[ioreknanou]

Hi both of you. I forgot to write something when i wrote that novel. After the mac install, I returned to acronis disk director to activate the vista partition. after that I boot in vista, install and configure easybcd reboot and got the 2 boot choices.

 

The only that rest to configure is

 

- the mono cpu: afraid to do the bios update. will try someother things first.

- Sleep and wake mode. will try switching acpiX files from 10.4

- Battery indicator/power plan is working great.

- wifi: will try another wifi pcie card on the second pci-e slot beside the HDD. (if you want, you can buy a usb wifi dongle that will do the job)

- ehternet : still not working but I bought Apple's usb ethernet adapter for less than 30 $ and it works really good.

[ioreknanou]

I tested a Dell 1505 802.11n wifi mini pci-e card and it is working out of the box if you put it in the second pci-e slot (near the HDD). But I think you need to keep the intel 4965 in its original slot.

[camf33]

Correct people. This notebook is a pain in the ass. So far only Jas 10.5.4 works as some state. Also when I did the kb/touchpad didn't work. I will try what someone in this thread recommended. Ethernet does not work, nor does sound, video. Note that I found some wi-fi drivers (kext) and it detects it now, but the gui is basically something called a network terminal, it picks up my home wifi but it does not connect beyond that. Keep sharing the info fellas!!!

[Gajilidd]

Is your Lenovo operating successfully now on OSx86 ?

[ioreknanou]

Hi, I recently was able to have a nearly perfect Leopard installation on my Lenovo Ideapad Y510.

 

I have the Y510 model with the T5750 processor and the X3100 graphic card. I had to buy some stuff (like 80$ value) in order to get it working.

 

 

Now here is my setup.

 

A few month ago I had to find an hacked bios in order for OSX to find my processor's two cores. You could stay with the latest available BIOS ( http://consumersupport.lenovo.com/en/Drive...s_show_976.html ) and I think that with DSDT now, it could work. If you want to take the same as me, go download this one : http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?sho...mp;#entry811350

 

 

 

I have a dual boot with Vista, so my hard drive is in a MBR partition type. I imagine that GUID will work even better.

 

I used iPC 10.5.6 OSX.

 

Here's what I have selected during the installation :

 

- I didn't select any kernel which gives the default 10.5.6 vanilla kernel. Feel free to test other kernels.

- Drivers

o

Video

: nothing selected (I used other drivers, but it is maybe working with the one in this disc, try and test it if you want)

o

Chipsets

:

•

Intel ICHx SATA drivers

•

LegacyAppleIntelPIIXATA.kext

(not sure if that does anything)

o

Audio

:

alc888d

o

Wireless

:

broadcom driver

(for me, since I changed my card)

o

USB

:

patched usb drivers

o

Power management

:

clamshell display support

.

- Fixes and patches

o

Firewire mount fix

o

Dual boot time sync

(since I have vista also)

o

Shutdown restart

(not sure if that is working since I sometimes have problem shutting the computer after it went to sleep)

o PS2 device support

•

PS2 keyboard fix

o AppleSMBIOS Patch

•

AppleSMBIOS-27 Rev3 667 Mhz

o Alternate bootloader

•

Chameleon DSDT patch with custom boot picture

(you could try the other one or leave it blank, I haven't tested those one)

- Applications

o Take everything you need but be sure to select

DSDT Patcher GUI

and

kexthelper

 

 

Install. First boot.

 

 

- Install graphic kext for x3100 from ideneb ( http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?m0tgj5ygzzi ) with kexthelper.

 

- As for the power management, be sure to have the vanilla one. If not sure, extract it from an official 10.5.6 update with Pacifist. Install ACPIBattery.kext from superhai ( http://superhai.com/darwin.html ) with kexthelper. That was the most accurate power management I tested.

 

- Ricoh Flash SD card reader : Install IOSDHCIBlockDevice.kext from

http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=132679

 

- I found out that my Firewire was not working, after a few reading I found that AppleHPET.kext was causing the problem. Even though I don't know what it is for, I decided to delete it and guess what, the firewire is now working. So far, everything else seems to work as before the removing of AppleHPET.kext. If someone knows what is its common use, please tell us.

 

- Time Machine was reporting an ERROR_OBTAINING_MAC_ADDRESS when selecting the Destination drive. Fixed by changing IONetworkingFamily.kext 1.6.1 to 1.6.0 found here : http://www.mediafire.com/?jzjmrw0nwit

 

- Open DSDT Patcher GUI. Select Vista as the os simulation, click on apply patch to : and select your hard drive. Click on Run DSDT patcher.

Once this is done (I had 5 warnings, no errors) reboot the computer. You could also repair permissions before doing that.

 

After the reboot, the sleep AND WAKE should work. That was impossible before. Closing the screen should also put it to sleep after a while. You'll maybe have to select "reboot automatically after a power shutdown" in Energy Saver's options if you want it to wake properly. In order to have the Deep sleep working properly, I think that you'll have to install the newest chameleon bootloader (thus removing the custom boot picture option).

 

 

Here's what is not working by default:

 

- Integrated wired and wireless. I had to buy a Dell 1505 802.11n (Broadcom bcm4321) from ebay and an Apple USB-Ethernet adapter. With the stock BIOS from Lenovo you cannot put the Broadcom bcm4321 instead of the intel wireless card because the laptop won't boot. Instead you can install the new card in the empty mini-pcie slot near the hard drive and connect the small antenna cables to it.

 

- The VGA connector for an external monitor is not able to mirror your display, but you can use it as an extended desktop. There maybe something to do with the Switchres application but I wasn't able to make it work. There are also some USB to DVI graphic card available that could maybe do the trick (but without 3d acceleration). It has to be tested.

 

- Brightness control: with my working drivers, I can't change the screen brigthness which is a shame for the battery life.

 

- Deep sleep : Its kinda not working. It goes to deep sleep, but it mainly do the same as a normal shutdown. I think I'll need latest Chameleon release for it.

 

- Shutdown issue : I have a weird issue with my laptop's shutdown ability. When I go to sleep and wake from it, when I shutdown my computer, I have a kernel panic, something to do with AppleHDAController.

 

- Earphones jack: when you plug earphones, the sound is not switching directly from the speakers to the earphones, you have to do it manually.

 

- Webcam: it is working quite nicely BUT the image is upside down. You can adjust it via a software but it also slows down considerably the webcam and its quality (from what I have tested).

 

- Ricoh Flash card reader : SD card Working with additionnal IOSDHCIBlockDevice.kext from http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=132679. Other types of cards were not tested.

 

- Express card : never tested.

 

- Modem : never tested.

- S-video: never tested.

 

 

 

That pretty much seals the deal. That is how I did it, but there are lots of ways. Post your setup and things that are working or not. If you have any questions feel free to ask.

 

Have fun!

[sunofabeach]

hi, it's nice to know someone's trying to install osx on this model.

 

My Y510 is kinda different though. it has T7500 + GF8600M GT + 4965AGN + Bluetooth

 

I've been trying to install it for many times during past year with no success at all.

 

maybe I should try the modified bios?

 

thanks for your guideline anyway, I guess I'm gonna try it again...

 

 

will report back soon.

[sunofabeach]

OK. report now.

 

I use iDeneb 10.5.5

and set the bios sata to [Compattible]

 

boot with flag [-v cpus=1] and install just fine.

 

not sure what I have selected during the setup

but one thing I believe important is to [remove Firewire driver]

because I have tried with other installers that doesn't have this option and it won't get pass the gray apple after installed.

and I selected [cpus=1 flag] also.

 

First boot, I wasn't able to get pass the [Transfer your settings] pages.

So I follow this guide and get through.

After that I created a new user account manually to for daily use.

 

I install driver [NVkush] for my display. It will select the proper driver automatically. CI/QE enable.

 

Later I decide to patch my bios to enable the second core with this one

and remove the flag [cpus=1] from com.Apple.boot.plist

 

in my [com.Apple.boot.plist] i have kernel flag set to [-f] because removing it make it stuck at the gray apple.

it's kinda slowing down booting process a bit.

 

wifi [4965AGN] didn't work. After install [iwi4965] it detected my home network, but unable to connect.

so I use my wifi usb dongle [D-link GWL-122 rev.c] with driver [RT2500] for now.

 

I try set the bios sata to [AHCI] and it works just fine.

 

Audio driver [ALC888] work. but sound only come from left and right speaker. the top ones under the display and the sub one don't work.

so the overall volume is a bit low. you have to manually change output channel if you plug in the headphone.

 

Bluetooth works out-of-box. I'm able to connect to internet via GPRS over Bluetooth.

 

LAN doesn't work. It's Broadcom something. I forgot its name. so I'm unable to find the driver now.

I will swap in a windows harddisk to see its name and seek the driver soon.

 

I tried the Ricoh SD driver that ioreknanou suggest. it works fine but it disable my left usb ports. so I have to remove it.

 

It has sleep/shutdown problem that the computer doesn't cut the power after it finish the halting process.

I have to push and hold power button to shut it down.

 

after I deal with the shutdown problem, I will try to install the firewire driver again to see if it's really the cause of non-booting system.

 

 

not a perfect system. but I think I can use it for daily life now. thank you ioreknanou.