skezza Posted December 26, 2010 Share Posted December 26, 2010 Hi Guys, Got myself a Asus X52F (same line as the K52F,K62F). It's an I5 460 Processor. Intel HD Graphics. etc Just trying to get S3 Iatkos onto it. Slowly getting closer but having a few little problems. I'm sure you guys can help out. Currently it doesn't boot. If I turn it on Chameleon RC4 shows, but when I try to boot it gets to the Apple, but no spinning wheel. With the -v flag it gets to the black system output screen but no text is output whatsoever. It just hangs. So it's as if it's not getting beyond Chameleon. Any ideas? Also, in system profiler, it's only showing as 2 cores. As this is a hyperthreaded i5, should it be showing 4? any help would be great Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/240911-iatkos-s3-on-asus/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
skezza Posted December 26, 2010 Author Share Posted December 26, 2010 okay. getting there, but not quite right. got it to the welcome screen, but unfortunately only the keyboard is detected. Not the trackpad. I could plug in a USB mouse I suppose, and try using that, but that doesn't solve the problem for the future unless I grab a kext off the net somewhere Any help? I have a sneaky feeling its not a standard Synaptics quick update: Fast as hell loading and running, but just need to fix the little things wrong: The pad is an ELAN PS/2 Touch Pad The wireless isn't working, its an Intel Wireless BGN 1000 (will keep you updated) The wired is a JMicron PCI Express Networking Card. The graphics are Intel HD Graphics, but I haven't tried these yet. I haven't put any flags about x64 or arch=64... would it be worth it? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/240911-iatkos-s3-on-asus/#findComment-1609172 Share on other sites More sharing options...
skezza Posted December 26, 2010 Author Share Posted December 26, 2010 Another update. I'm shelving this little project temporarily. So far what I can say is working: Audio, DVD Drive, WebCam Unfortunately, I had problems with other things. I didn't update the kernel to 10.6.4 or 10.6.5 which would be my next move. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/240911-iatkos-s3-on-asus/#findComment-1609252 Share on other sites More sharing options...
skezza Posted December 28, 2010 Author Share Posted December 28, 2010 Has anyone yet found the time to lend a hand or are we all feeling a bit tight at the moment? From what I've heard the JMicron Internal Wireless is a no go and I'll have to work something else for that. What about the BGN Wireless card though, has anyone got any knowledge on that? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/240911-iatkos-s3-on-asus/#findComment-1610111 Share on other sites More sharing options...
skezza Posted December 28, 2010 Author Share Posted December 28, 2010 okay fixed the trackpad issue, just use the old Apple PS2 Kext instead of the voodoo one. Tried to update to 10.6.4 from a pen drive and it totally died (kernel panic). Also nackered the install. Going to try over a USB wireless. okay, so this is where I'm at: Qoopz kernel 10.3.0. Can't tell if it's this that is making it a bit ropey. ApplePS2Trackpad. Works for Trackpad and Keyboard. AppleHDA. Works fine. Intel HD Graphics. Not working, but I haven't got beyond 10.6.3 yet unfortunately. Wireless. Not working. Wired. Not working. More updates to come Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/240911-iatkos-s3-on-asus/#findComment-1610146 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fayens Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 Hi Guys,Got myself a Asus X52F (same line as the K52F,K62F). It's an I5 460 Processor. Intel HD Graphics. etc Just trying to get S3 Iatkos onto it. Slowly getting closer but having a few little problems. I'm sure you guys can help out. Currently it doesn't boot. If I turn it on Chameleon RC4 shows, but when I try to boot it gets to the Apple, but no spinning wheel. With the -v flag it gets to the black system output screen but no text is output whatsoever. It just hangs. So it's as if it's not getting beyond Chameleon. Any ideas? Also, in system profiler, it's only showing as 2 cores. As this is a hyperthreaded i5, should it be showing 4? any help would be great Can you tell me how you have bypassed the black screen I have the same problem Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/240911-iatkos-s3-on-asus/#findComment-1610755 Share on other sites More sharing options...
skezza Posted December 30, 2010 Author Share Posted December 30, 2010 Hi Buddy, I actually used one of the alternative kernels available. This seems to be a glitch, possibly with this particular processor and the vanilla kernel. I'm using qoopz 10.3.0, but I find that very glitchy. PCJ is a more solid option, but isn't perfect. I have not tried the qoopz 10.2.0 or the atom kernel. 10.2.0 should work on i5 processors. Unfortunately, there is still no solution available for the HD Graphics, which is unfortunate. I know the Intel Integrated Graphics aren't great, but they are a solution. Some Macs offer them, but we just haven't quite cracked it. I've actually got the machine on one or two occasions to load the kext required, but it does not actually get to the desktop. When I updated the install to 10.6.5 using the PCJ kernel, I wrecked the install. Although if anyone can tell me otherwise that would be good. The vanilla kernel does begin to load but unfortunately restarts half way through loading. I can't get a good reading from the verbose output. The PCJ kernel doesn't even get to the spinning wheel or any kind of system output. The amazing thing is, so many of these laptops have the same system configurations yet nobody is willing to sit in and help as we gradually iron out solutions. Many laptops have the same motherboard as mine, processor, hell lots have the same integrated graphics, yet instead of trying to solve it, we just... don't. Most annoying is a lot of the problems people are having will be fixed when some of the little glitches are sorted. :\ ah well Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/240911-iatkos-s3-on-asus/#findComment-1611308 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikoncanon Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 Your So right it's not even Funny Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/240911-iatkos-s3-on-asus/#findComment-1632390 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sneakysuasage Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 have you got this to work yet, i just ordered one off of ebay and i am very excited to fiddle with it Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/240911-iatkos-s3-on-asus/#findComment-1738813 Share on other sites More sharing options...
skezza Posted November 3, 2011 Author Share Posted November 3, 2011 have you got this to work yet, i just ordered one off of ebay and i am very excited to fiddle with it I was able to get it to the state where pretty much everything but the HD Graphics worked. I have a feeling we will never see a graphics kext as I've heard Apple skipped over our generation. Disappointing as it's a stunning laptop with tonnes of potential. No worries. I think from now on, I've got to aim for PC's rather than laptops. Fun ride though Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/240911-iatkos-s3-on-asus/#findComment-1767089 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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