gnubeard Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 The following procedure will get your Acer Aspire One 150 ZG5 fully working (full QE acceleration, full audio, etc). The only stuff that doesn't work is the stock wifi card and the right side SD slot. What you need: iATKOS v7 (10.5.7 install DVD) image. The attached driver pack (patched VoodooHDA and VoodooPS2Controller kexts) The SD card driver from here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/osxsdhci/ The video drivers from here: http://www.mediafire.com/?vmwyyzdmh3y A wired network connection, or a replacement wifi card (I use a bcm43xx card). Install iATKOS. Use the dsmos decrypter. Install NO video drivers (you'll use 800x600 VESA mode to start with). I use the vanilla kernel, with Voodoo drivers (for HDA, PS2 and Power). You'll need to boot the vanilla kernel with cpus=1, naturally. The AAO's wired NIC is a Realtek, just FYI. After you're up, set up your network and go to Software Update and install the 10.5.8 update. I don't know if the ComboUpdate dmg will work or not. When you reboot after update, use the -v option. You'll boot up to where the root BSD device is found, and then the system will reboot on its own again. Have no fear, let it boot again. It will work this time. Now you are running 10.5.8. Install the kexts from the attached ZIP. These include a patched VoodooHDA (for external mic) and a patched VoodooPS2Controller (to fix the tilde/forward tick key). Install the video and SD card kexts now as well. Reboot. Enjoy. Patched_Voodoo.zip Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/180577-acer-aspire-one-1058-howto/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnubeard Posted August 19, 2009 Author Share Posted August 19, 2009 Update: So I've been playing w/ 10.5.8 for a few days now, and noticed that graphics performance seems more sluggish than my previous 10.5.5 install (both are fully accelerated). I just got done running Xbench against on my new 10.5.8 install w/ the vanilla (9.8.0) and voodoo (9.6.0) kernels. Vanilla scored 42.20. Voodoo 44.18. Versus just over 50 w/ my 10.5.5 install. The vanilla kernel provides slightly faster performance in all areas except for thread-related tests, in which case the enhanced Atom support in Voodoo wins big enough to come out ahead overall.. which is to be expected. That said, 10.5.5 w/ Paul's Wind driver set is the sweet spot for AAO performance. GL and Quartz performance is MUCH faster there, with only negligible costs to performance elsewhere. The performance difference is noticeable to the end-user - I noticed it especially when watching certain DivX movies. 10.5.8 seems to stutter more, but it still works fine. I'm sticking w/ 10.5.8 for now. If I decide that GarageBand is rubbish, I'll go back to 10.5.5 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/180577-acer-aspire-one-1058-howto/#findComment-1229756 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DenzDaniel Posted August 20, 2009 Share Posted August 20, 2009 Hello,thanks for the link but, is there a guide or step by step on how to install iAktosv7 on AA1? Thanks again. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/180577-acer-aspire-one-1058-howto/#findComment-1230452 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DenzDaniel Posted August 21, 2009 Share Posted August 21, 2009 Anybody pls help me, i tried the one above and i still get the gray screen with apple logo, and it just stays in there. pls i just want to install and try mac=( thanks Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/180577-acer-aspire-one-1058-howto/#findComment-1231156 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Federico's Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 Hi, tried several times but it seems this howto dosen't works on my AAO/AOA150. After the 10.5.8 update I install the kexts from the ZIP file attached and my LCD monitor freezes up All the best Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/180577-acer-aspire-one-1058-howto/#findComment-1235700 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Sexy Fox Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 The god-among-men that you see before you has the stock wi-fi working, cept the only problem is that it wont work for a few days after the next time I turn the machine off. Anyone? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/180577-acer-aspire-one-1058-howto/#findComment-1315480 Share on other sites More sharing options...
exuptoy Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 Just take out the stock wifi and change out to the dell 1390(bcm43xx) works with no drivers. £13.00 including postage from fleebay and 10 minutes to change out. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/180577-acer-aspire-one-1058-howto/#findComment-1316181 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Tomlinson Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 I did the upgrade to 10.5.8 and everything works apart from the graphics (800x600) so i installed the graphics card kexts and restarted and it just hangs on the apple boot screen. Any help would be appreciated. Adam Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/180577-acer-aspire-one-1058-howto/#findComment-1411094 Share on other sites More sharing options...
technohamster56 Posted March 18, 2010 Share Posted March 18, 2010 Hi, The link in your main post that is for the video drivers does not work - the file has been deleted from mediafire. Can you possibly re-upload it there, or somewhere else? I really need the kexts to work! Thanks in advance... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/180577-acer-aspire-one-1058-howto/#findComment-1431106 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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