Logicpro9_user Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 Hi Guys! Having a few problems with this install, My Laptop is Sony Vaio VGN-N38Z Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T5500 1.66GHz, L2 Cache 2048Kbs Supports Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® Technology Mobile Intel® 945GM Express Chipset Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 950 Wireless LAN Touch Pad DVD+-RW/+-R DL/RAM X-black LCD (1280 x 800) Lithium-Ion battery (VGP-BPS2A/S) Tried using 3 methods of getting OSX 10.5.6 on this laptop! BOOT 123 with Retail 10.5.6 DVD - Didn’t work (stuck on blue screen) Grun-DFE with Retail 10.5.6 DVD - Didn’t work (stuck on blue screen) IPC osx86 Universal PPF 10.5.6 WORKED 1ST TIME! Here is what I selected from the IPC osx86 “Customise” section of the install. Kernel Vanilla (didn’t select anything!) Drivers Chipset - Intel ICHx Chipset Driver Video - Intel GMA950 Video Driver Audio – Left this for now! WiFi – Works out the box 100% no driver needed Ethernet - Works out the box 100% no driver needed USB – USB Patched Drivers Power Management – Clamshell display support Fixes PS/2 Keyboard Fix PS/2 Mouse Fix Applications all Programs apart from Marvin’s AMD Utility The install went fine, was done in about 10mins, now this is where I ran into problems. Everything works fine apart from these issues 1. The Laptop won’t boot from battery? I will boot when the power cable is in and switched on? It’s ok after boot I can take the power cable out. Someone mentioned that I should disable Speed step or power management in my bios; my bios don’t have this option? This guy is having the same problem! http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php...rt=#entry693142 2. The graphics are working fine! Look nice! And fast also! But the resolution is stuck at 1024 x 768, I can select lower but not higher that this! I would love 1280 x 800 3. The “About this Mac” doesn’t work at all! When I click it the screen goes blank for 1 second and then refreshed my desktop? Weird! Can anyone help out with these problems? I have hunted all over for answer for these but found nothing. Am I selecting the wrong things in the IPC “Customise” section in the setup????? Maybe someone can point me in the right direction? Any help would be great!! Thank you Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/171406-sony-vaio-vgn-n38z-vanilla-install-almost-need-help/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logicpro9_user Posted June 19, 2009 Author Share Posted June 19, 2009 UPDATE! 1. The Laptop won't boot from battery? I will boot when the power cable is in and switched on? It's ok after boot I can take the power cable out. Someone mentioned that I should disable Speed step or power management in my bios; my bios don't have this option? This guy is having the same problem! http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php...rt=?do=findComment&comment=693142 ---------------- Fixed 2. The graphics are working fine! Look nice! And fast also! But the resolution is stuck at 1024 x 768, I can select lower but not higher that this! I would love 1280 x 800 THIS WAS FIXED USING THE INTEL GMA 950 DRIVER! FROM THE IPC OSX86 PPF5 DVD! --------------- STILL LOOKING FOR A FIX FOR THE BROKEN "ABOUT THIS MAC" THAT CRASHES EVERYTIME I OPEN IT?!?!?!?! ANYONE? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/171406-sony-vaio-vgn-n38z-vanilla-install-almost-need-help/#findComment-1181670 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logicpro9_user Posted June 19, 2009 Author Share Posted June 19, 2009 Anyone any suggestions? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/171406-sony-vaio-vgn-n38z-vanilla-install-almost-need-help/#findComment-1181727 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logicpro9_user Posted June 21, 2009 Author Share Posted June 21, 2009 UPDATE AGAIN! Fixed the Graphics problem and the about this mac was fixed by installing a AppleSMBIOS.kext STILL HAVING A PROBLEM WITH THIS... 1. The Laptop won't boot from battery? I will boot when the power cable is in and switched on? It's ok after boot I can take the power cable out. Someone mentioned that I should disable Speed step or power management in my bios; my bios don't have this option? This guy is having the same problem! http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php...rt=?do=findComment&comment=693142 ANYONE GOT ANY INFO ON HOW TO FIX THIS? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/171406-sony-vaio-vgn-n38z-vanilla-install-almost-need-help/#findComment-1182741 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logicpro9_user Posted June 21, 2009 Author Share Posted June 21, 2009 ANYONE KNOW? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/171406-sony-vaio-vgn-n38z-vanilla-install-almost-need-help/#findComment-1183001 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logicpro9_user Posted June 24, 2009 Author Share Posted June 24, 2009 No one know anything about this? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/171406-sony-vaio-vgn-n38z-vanilla-install-almost-need-help/#findComment-1184740 Share on other sites More sharing options...
softerik Posted November 7, 2009 Share Posted November 7, 2009 No one know anything about this? Any Update !! Or you simply just give up ? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/171406-sony-vaio-vgn-n38z-vanilla-install-almost-need-help/#findComment-1322348 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logicpro9_user Posted November 7, 2009 Author Share Posted November 7, 2009 Yo! this was fixed months ago! sorry for not posting it up! To get any notebook/laptop thats having problems booting from battery, its caused by IDE problems. so the fix is simple! either boot into 10.5.6 with 1 cpu core using cpu-1 etc etc NO ONE WANTS TO DO THIS!!! whats the point! the problem seems to only effect Intel Core Due CPUs or other the same. so the REAL fix is... (on my system is....) 1. Go to your leopard install drive, mine is - /Volumes/Leopard/Extra 2. Edit the com.apple.Boot.plist with text edit 3.Then add the string <string>idlehalt=0</string> so it looks like this.. (You could copy my one is you like) make sure you save this and then reboot without your AC adapter in! (no plug) and BOOM! it should work! <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd"> <plist version="1.0"> <dict> <key>Kernel</key> <string>mach_kernel</string> <key>Kernel Flags</key> <string>idlehalt=0</string> <key>Timeout</key> <string>5</string> </dict> </plist> Report back let us know if it works! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/171406-sony-vaio-vgn-n38z-vanilla-install-almost-need-help/#findComment-1322629 Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingDavid Posted October 1, 2011 Share Posted October 1, 2011 Thanks Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/171406-sony-vaio-vgn-n38z-vanilla-install-almost-need-help/#findComment-1754988 Share on other sites More sharing options...
IDunno1 Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 Does anyone know what this means: SAM Multimedia: READ or WRITE failed, SENSE_KEY - 0x03, ASC = 0x11, ASCQ =0x00 / 0x90 ( / = OR) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/171406-sony-vaio-vgn-n38z-vanilla-install-almost-need-help/#findComment-1755481 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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