10.6.2 on Toshiba Satellite A200-AH6

[MagicWTF]

Introduction:

 

Okay so on Monday I finally get my old Hackbook back from the repair shop (it underwent some fairly vast electrical incidents which also killed two monitors, a stereo and a set of speakers.) So for the first time in a rather long time I intend to install OS X on it, I am planning on finding a 10.6.2 distribution and following some general guides. If you have any advice about installing on this system, or recent changes to the procedure as well please tell me, the last install I did was with iATKOS v4i to setup 10.5.4.

 

Specs:

 

- 2 512 Mb 200 pin So-Dimm DDR2 RAM Sticks (Working as of 10.5)

- Intel Core Duo Processor T2450 (2.0GHz, 533MHz FSB, L1 Cache 32KB/32KB, L2 Cache 2MB) (Working as of 10.5)

- 160 GB SATA HDD (Working as of 10.5)

- Intel Pro Wireless 3945A/B/G (probably never going to work)

- Intel GMA 950 (945GM Express) with 256 Mb shared DDR2 RAM (Working as of 10.5)

- Broadcom (10/100 integrated Ethernet LAN) (working as of 10.5)

- Realtek ALC861 Software Sound 16-bit stereo; Intel High

Definition Audio, Built-in stereo speakers, Direct 3D Sound,

DirectSound, DirectMusic, MIDI(playback). (Works to a limited extent, no headphone support without turning off main speakers, problem also persists in most Linux distributions.)

 

Estimated Value of laptop: 300 $ CDN (320$ USD)

 

 

Past Issues:

 

- No Wifi (probably won't ever have it in this book, although I do have a free express card slot.)

 

- Past Issues with fan throttling and adjustment once OS X is booted up, hoping my new kitty fixes this up, if not system adjusts fan after system warms up and is restarted.

 

- Headphones do not shut off speakers when inserted, I'm sure there's a simple fix for this.

 

- Sleep results in Kernel Panic on wake, and subsequent boot, often requires re-installation of the operating system to remedy the issue.

 

 

Intent:

 

Should this install go well and people provide good hardware based advice I should like to write an install guide for this laptop so that others with this somewhat common laptop can enjoy the beauty that is OS X and hopefully go out and buy a Mac someday.

 

-- Magic.

[MagicWTF]

Installing 10.5.5 now as a base to upgrade from and to prepare any required files, issues so far:

 

- 1 Kernel Panic, cause may be actual hardware fault.

- Forgot PS/2 Drivers and had to reinstall.

- Installed two kernels (SpeedStep and Vanilla) by accident and had to reinstall.