Unai Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 Hi, I'm trying to install Snow Leopard on an Asus M51Se, but I can't get deep enough into the BIOS to change the values found on most tutorials… I'm trying to install it through Chameleon 2.0-RC4 bootloader following —more or less— this tutorial. I'm prety sure it can't be installed because I haven't been able to modify neither an eighth part of what the tutorial (as well as other places I've been watching) asks me to modify in the BIOS. Doing a very long search revealed me I surely had to update it to a modded one, but the closest modded BIOS to this computer I've found is for the M51Sn, not Se. Could it be risky to flash it with this modded one? Is there a more suitable modded BIOS for this computer? Thank you. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/209371-kernel-panic-on-asus-m51se-chameleon-20-rc4-original-106/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldnapalm Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 Post a picture of the kernel panic, maybe you don't need to flash a modded BIOS, just a modded kext or DSDT fix. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/209371-kernel-panic-on-asus-m51se-chameleon-20-rc4-original-106/#findComment-1397692 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unai Posted January 28, 2010 Author Share Posted January 28, 2010 Sorry but I think it's not worth posting any pic, as it gives no useful information at all… I'll explain the whole case. The thing is that after being desperate at getting the correct BIOS update/mod/whatever it should need to display all the must-tweak settings to get it installed properly (AHCI, PnP O/S and so), I decided to give it a try only touching the little I could (boot and HD priorities), and see if I was lucky — naive behaviour. It read the USB key well, and Chameleon went apparently OK, but when trying to start the OSX install disc (in the USB key also), the apple appeared and then… kernel panic. Just the typical Mac dark grey up-to-down screen washout with the shutdown icon in the middle of the multi-language instructions box. By the way, sorry if some expressions are kind of ugly, but I'm Spanish… Anyways I'm not worried about what can I discover from that kernel panic —so maybe the title could be disturbing—, because I'm quite sure it's all about not doing what they told me in the BIOS part of the tuts. It was just a silly try. So I'm interested in getting those BIOS parameters appear, I suppose. If this is not the case after all, if there may be nothing wrong with the BIOS and I'm missing something else, please correct and explain me, as it's the first time I'm trying to do this. Oh and thank you for being so quick! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/209371-kernel-panic-on-asus-m51se-chameleon-20-rc4-original-106/#findComment-1397892 Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldnapalm Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 If you boot in verbose mode (type "-v" in the Chameleon screen or press the "down" key and select "verbose") the kernel panic screen should have useful information. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/209371-kernel-panic-on-asus-m51se-chameleon-20-rc4-original-106/#findComment-1398108 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unai Posted February 8, 2010 Author Share Posted February 8, 2010 Sorry for answering so late… At last, we did it (it was a friend's computer) with iATKOS, and it seems it's working pretty well. Thank you. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/209371-kernel-panic-on-asus-m51se-chameleon-20-rc4-original-106/#findComment-1406377 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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