Mac OS X on the Acer TravelMate 2480

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Hardware

 

CPU: Intel Celeron M 420 @ 1.6GHz (Core Single)

RAM: DDR2 PC5700?

Graphics: Intel 950GMA Mobile

Input: PS/2 Controlled Keyboard and Touchpad

Audio: Realtek HDA ALC882

Wireless: Broadcom 4318

Ethernet: Marvell 8E88038 (something like that)

 

Doesn't Work/Not Tested

 

Ethernet

Wifi indicator light

Rebooting

Special Keyboard Buttons

Mic

External monitor via s-video and vga port

Sleep

 

Tiger Compatible: Yes

Leopard Compatible: Yes

Snow Leopard Compatible: Yes

 

Versions Tested: 10.4.11, 10.5-10.5.7, 10.6-10.6.1

 

Tools Used: DSDT Patcher, CMOS Reset Fix, Kext Utility, Chameleon RC3

 

Installition

1. Obtain a Leopard DVD (distro does not matter)

2. Boot from Leopard DVD (if a retail disc, check Boot-132. If a distro, continue)

3. Partition your main drive as followed: 3 Partitions @ 70gb+, 10gb, 8gb

4. Install Leopard onto the 10GB partition

5. Restart into Leopard

6. Set up leopard to at least work with wireless (unless you have a Snow Leopard image already)

7. Get Snow Leopard image (buy it, obtain it, whatever just get a copy )

8. Restore Snow Leopard image onto the 8gb partition

9. Install Chameleon onto Leopard partition

10. Get fakesmc, put it in /Extra/Extensions

11. Edit com.apple.Boot.plist to have the following:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//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>-v -boot-uuid=D62FC088-19A1-3062-A66F-99AF2C567784</string>
<key>Timeout</key>
<string>5</string>
<key>Graphics Mode</key> 
<string>1280x800x32</string>	
<key>device-properties</key>
<string>6d0000000100000001000000610000000200000002010c00d041030a00000000010106000002
7fff0400100000006d006f00640065006c0000000b000000474d41203935302000000041004100500
04c002c00480061007300500061006e0065006c0000000800000001000000</string>
<key>PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x2,0x0)</key>
<dict>
	<key>AAPL,HasPanel</key>
	<string>0x00000001</string>
	<key>model</key>
	<string>GMA 950</string>
</dict>
</plist>

12. Make DSDT.aml by first getting DSDT Patcher and running it. Then do the CMOS fix to dsdt-fixed.dsl and then obtain iASL or whatever it is that compiles DSDT right and drag the dsdt-fixed.dsl onto it. You now have a good dsdt.aml

13. Put dsdt.aml onto /Extra

14. Make smbios.plist and edit it with this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
	<key>SMbiosversion</key>
	<string>MP31.88Z.00C1.B00.0802091544</string>
	<key>SMmanufacter</key>
	<string>Acer Inc.</string>
	<key>SMproductname</key>
	<string>TravelMate 2480-2779</string>
	<key>SMsystemversion</key>
	<string>1.0</string>
	<key>SMserial</key>
	<string>W87234JHYA4</string>
	<key>SMexternalclock</key>
	<string>333</string>
	<key>SMmaximalclock</key>
	<string>1600</string>
	<key>SMmemtype</key>
	<string>19</string>
	<key>SMmemspeed</key>
	<string>667</string>
	<key>SMmemmanufacter_1</key>
	<string>0xAD00000000000000</string>
	<key>SMmemserial_1</key>
	<string>0x00001020</string>
	<key>SMmempart_1</key>
	<string>0x48594D503131325336344350362D59352020</string>
	<key>SMmemmanufacter_2</key>
	<string>0xAD00000000000000</string>
	<key>SMmemserial_2</key>
	<string>0x00003021</string>
	<key>SMmempart_2</key>
	<string>0x48594D503131325336344350362D59352020</string>
	<key>SMmemmanufacter_3</key>
	<string>0xAD00000000000000</string>
	<key>SMmemserial_3</key>
	<string>0x00003021</string>
	<key>SMmempart_3</key>
	<string>0x48594D503131325336344350362D59352020</string>
	<key>SMmemmanufacter_4</key>
	<string>0xAD00000000000000</string>
	<key>SMmemserial_4</key>
	<string>0x00003021</string>
	<key>SMmempart_4</key>
	<string>0x48594D503131325336344350362D59352020</string>
</dict>
</plist>

15. Fix Extensions.mkext somehow (use Mkext utility from osx86 pcwiz)

16. Restart

17. Boot the Mac OS X Install DVD partition

18. Install Snow Leopard

19. Restart

20. Go into Snow Leopard

21. You now have Snow Leopard

22. Get VoodooHDA.kext and VoodooPS/2 from somewhere. Throw em in /System/Extensions

23. Get Kext Utility, run it, wait for it to fix your extensions

24. Restart

25. You now have audio and built-in keyboard/trackpad use

 

This was fastly written so their may be something missing although I'm sure I didn't miss anything. You can use the generic way of installing snow leopard also JUST DO NOT FORGET TO USE THE EFI STRING FOR GRAPHICS.