HP Pavilion tx1000 series

[jstad]

There was a thread under 10.4 for getting OSx86 running on the popular HP Pavilion tx1000 series. I figured there should be a similar thread for 10.5 so here it is. Let's start by listing the hardware we need to get working, and I will continually update this top post with links to answers found.

 

Working:

Processor: AMD Turion 64 X2

 

Unconfirmed:

HD Controller: nForce Serial ATA Controller - ???

Sound: Realtek 9220 - ???

Video: NVIDIA GeForce Go 6150 - macvidia driver? but no QI/CE?

WIFI: Broadcom Wifi 802.11b/g - ???

Ethernet: Broadcom Gigibit - ???

 

Please post if you have any of the above working.

[daem]

Just wanted to say that I am about to delve into this world myself. First time poster, been reading for a while though, as a guest. Decided to take the plunge, couldn't get together enough cash for a macbook or macbook pro and was very impressed with the tx. I have the TX1320US. Hoping that people are still interested in this piece of hardware with this project.

[makeitso]

Yeah, this sounds like a fantastic idea. I would love to have my tx1000 (1260ea) workinf as a duel boot vista/leopard (I need vista for work).

 

I'm working on using tubgirls 10.5.1 on an external at the moment but have lots of problems to wade through. I'll keep posting with my progress.

[BlueCopter]

Hey its nice to see some other tx1000 users.

 

I am geting my new tx1000z in about 1 week with these specs

 

AMD Turion 64 X2 Dual-Core TL-60 (2.0GHz / 1MB)

12.1" WXGA BrightView w/Integrated Touch-screen

2GB DDR2 System Memory (2 Dimm)

160GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive

Super Multi 8X DVD+/-R/RW w/Double Layer Support

NVIDIA® GeForce® Go 6150

802.11b/g WLAN and Bluetooth

6 Cell Lithium Ion Battery

HP Imprint Finish + Fingerprint Reader + Webcam

 

I got it new on sale for $740 and i am hoping to triple boot windows xp tablet 2005, ubuntu linux and hopefully leopard. i have experience using grub for this type of situation on my desktop machine.

 

I made a post over on the tiger thread before i saw this one.

 

When it comes in I will be doing alot of testing because i have alot of downtime at work to fool around with this stuff.

 

jstad: it would be great if you could list what installation dvds work with what hardware once everything is tested. also have a full list of working, not working and partially or buggy hardware.

 

a few items to add

touchscreen(old reports of it working under tiger i believe??)

media card reader(is it usb?)

bluetooth

finger print reader(doubtfull it will ever work)

 

Hopefully we can get a stable leopard enviroment on these things. i am really excited to get mine in.

[Erbid]

I'm also working about 2 hours a week on getting OSX functional (primarily boot and wireless issues) on my tx1000. I've noticed a few flavors of this laptop, mine is a gd917av. Apparetly gd917av designates a "custom" version, as there are no hardware specifications on HP's site that I can find.

 

My experience with 10.5.1 (Kalway/Tubgirl) got me very excited. But I was unable to repeat an install that would boot. I know a bit more now and may try again, but for now I'm happiest with 10.4.10, but need wireless ethernet (it boots, vidio output works in a useable manner, I can read and write to my internal drive...).

 

My most valuable lessons so far are

 

1) "do not select any nforce4 patches or drivers for the initial install". Otherwise I end up not being able to boot. (going single user [-s] usually got me running, but not really up. I did edit a few .kext items and move them around a bit to no avail. I did not usually have a plan other than to be able to boot.)

 

2) Use an AMD or at least AMD supporting installation. <grin>

 

I have found no installs which boot allowing installation to my internal drive. I have found one or two which allow me to see the internal partitions as partitions of the correct size, but I can not erase or install to them. Most install boots do not even allow me to see the partitions on my internal drive. Once loaded to an external USB drive, I usually have NTFS read and write access to my internal drive.

 

To shrink my Vista partition enough to have a useable partition, I used gparted. It seemed to take 30 minutes or an hour, but worked well. I now have 30GB to install to, if I can ever figure out how to install to the internal drive.

 

Does anyone have wireless working under Tiger/10.4?

 

10.5.x ??? Does anuone have a repeatable install which boots to Leopard/10.5? I think I had this work the first time. Using Kalway 10.5.1 and (perhaps) ignoring the NForce4 (or series 40?) driver option.

 

I recall hacking a video driver at some point, adding "0x024010de$amp;0xFFF8FFFF " to NVDANV40HAL.kext/Contents/Info.plist. The other files (NVDAResman.kext and Geforce.kext) were already looking for appropriate wildcard matches, so I did not edit them.

 

I am not sure what CPUID's needed to go into the .kext files, so that may have been what causes crashes during boot in most cases. (I used pre-patched install disks from folks w/o a tx1000)

 

I am using:

 

Booting OSX - Tubgirl 10.4.10 is the best I've found for a reliable booting load. No customizations works for the install, but selecting NForce4 drivers (I was thinking for the basic chipset, and for the internal HD) seems to crash OSX during boot.

 

Applications - Installing uphuck 10.4.8 (before loading Tubgirl 10.4.10) with many items selected (all the apps except the icon editor which gets in my way...) results in a non-booting install, but does load applications well. Installing Tubgirl 10.4.10 over it results in a good boot with the applications intact.

 

Broadcom 4311 - wireless - No joy. I recall seeing the hardware address a few times during boot. But at that time I was still looking for something to complete the boot process once installed. Could have been Kalway 10.5.1.

 

NVidia 6150 - Video - I use framebuffer mode, no special driver loaded, 1024x768. Card is enumerated during boot sequence, but wireless is my second priority, the top one after booting. Since I can see my display and work, I'm somewhat happy.

 

NVidia NForce4 - Hard disk - I use generic drivers here and find any driver loaded seems to crash my system during boot. I am unable to install any OSX flavor so far on the internal hard drive, and hope that forcing use of an IDE driver would "fix" that. I use an external "MyBook" from Maxtor for OSX and can usually read and write to partitions on my internal drive once OSX is booted.

 

Realtek audio - seems to work (almost?) every time. Always works during install.

 

Camera - works

 

Erbid

 

tx1000z - gd617av

osx 10.4.10 - network access through Vista, and data transfer using a shared partition.

[Alex DeWolf]

It's been a while and I just got a tx1410us at Staples. Anyone able to get this working on 10.5.2? I keep getting kernel crashes after successful installs. The DVD (I believe it's the Upkuck DVD) is the 10.5.2 AMD install. It's boots fine on the install DVD.

I would rather run OSX than Linux.

 

Alex

[jmoncayo]

Hi guys i do Also have a tx1320us and i wanted to install OS X, but the image i got from internet hangs after displaying the white background with the apple.

Anyone was able to install it? which image did you guys use? I tried 10.5.2 with no luck.

 

greetz

[skyfox2k]

Press the power button for 1 second when it hangs...

[jmoncayo]

so the 10.5.2 image works just fine with this hp model? (tx1320us) i am gonna try it doing so. At least the hard drive was recognized so i suppose everything should work afterwards..

 

Edit: skyfox2k thanks it worked that way. What should i choose in the install options? Should i load the third party drivers and the SSE3? i installed with SSE3 and the broadcom wireless driver and the bootloaders, when i tried to start after install i got HFS+ partition error or something like that.

 

Edit2: Installed again with the default installation settings and didnt work either after a successful installation i restart take the dvd out of the tray and i get HFS+ partition error again

 

Could anyone post an ste by step guide to install 10.5.2 Zephyroth for a tx1000 series laptop please?

[crazystar]

so the 10.5.2 image works just fine with this hp model? (tx1320us) i am gonna try it doing so. At least the hard drive was recognized so i suppose everything should work afterwards..

 

Edit: skyfox2k thanks it worked that way. What should i choose in the install options? Should i load the third party drivers and the SSE3? i installed with SSE3 and the broadcom wireless driver and the bootloaders, when i tried to start after install i got HFS+ partition error or something like that.

 

Edit2: Installed again with the default installation settings and didnt work either after a successful installation i restart take the dvd out of the tray and i get HFS+ partition error again

 

Could anyone post an ste by step guide to install 10.5.2 Zephyroth for a tx1000 series laptop please?

 

Ok,

 

Boot into the DVD(Zephyroth 10.5.2).

>>>Hit F8

>>>Type in " -legacy -v " (This will show you all the messages will booting)

>>>If it freezes slide the the power button once and DONOT hold it long.(Until you see the messages start moving or the circle appears)

>>> Now agree to all the agreements.

>>>Before you selecting the HDD to Install,Select Disk Utility.

>>> Erase the partition/HDD you want to install on to Mac OSX Journaled and MAKE SURE TO NAME IT " Leopard ".

>>>Now Select the partition named as Leopard.

>>>Select Customize>>>Select Toh 9.2 kernel

>>>Select Chipset drivers- nforce2/3/4/5

>>>Select Video Drivers- 10.5.2 Kexts

>>>Select Audio->Nothing works yet.

>>>Select Lan->Forcedeth(I am not sure of the spelling)

>>>Select Wireless->broadcom drivers.

>>>If you have partitions->Select GUID bootloader

>>> or else use MBR boot loader.

>>>Press Install

>>>Will restart after installation hopefully.

[Alex DeWolf]

Ok I downloaded Leo4All and I got a successful/bootable install.

1. 1024x768 frame buffer Arrgh sorry but looks like {censored}.

2. Broadcom wireless is detected but cannot connect.

3. No touchscreen. I installed TabletMagic and no love

 

Well I guess for now it's back to Gentoo. What can I do to help get video and wireless working? I know about Linux but I know very little about kexts, anything I can do?

 

Alex

[jmoncayo]

crazystar, thanks a lot dude, i made it to install Leopard. Now i have a few questions. The ethernet is not recognized, neither the broadcom wireless adapter.

I ran the Broadcom script under / and i restarted the laptop, now it wont start up again:(

[crazystar]

I have also just installed Leopard and noting else except touchscreen is working.

 

BTW touchscreen should work by default,you just need to calibrate it.

[TsukasaTiger]

I used the Leo4All I managed to get it to install... and boot (tho I cant remember the settings, I did them right before I passed out last night :/ )

 

no sound, touch screen works, cant seem to get the eithernet to work at all... same for the wifi I am guessing the video worked seeing as how I could see things. the worst part... some how it lost what my user name was.. no clue how that happened but it happened... so I am trying again.

 

 

also if I wanted to dual boot it vista and leopard.. do I just install vista, and then install leo after that? will it break the boot for vista?

 

 

Later that morning: okay it now boots and logs in fine, still no audio, touch screen works but i have NO clue how to get the little yellow paper layer to go away

 

still no network of anykind, anyone manage to get the ethernet working? thats really all I am worried abotu at this point. sound and resolution dont bother me to much.

 

thanks

~Kasa

[TheAc0lyte]

Wow Crazystar, genius. Worked great cept for 1024x768 only.

 

I have added the wireless driver for this computer to my ubuntu install. Perhaps the same principles could apply for OS x, I'll look into it.

[Gujuviper]

i tried to install leo4allv3 after going through the installation and boots up it freezes at local b. Help

[MadMax08]

hey all,

 

I've got a tx1110 using the Kalyway 10.5.2 intel/amd dvd. i seem to get everything installed fine, but when i go to boot from the hard drive, the apple screen comes up, the "loading" circle spins, then it tells me to restart.

 

everytime...

 

any suggestions?

 

great stuff you've got here, nice to see others are trying this on this laptop too!

 

Max

[Makan66]

Hi everyone all instructions was very helpfull but unfortunatly I have no sound no graphic detected and also no LAN detected...

Could anyone post an step by step guide to install 10.5.2 Leo4Allv3 for a tx1000 series laptop please?

[Erbid]

I have the best luck with 10.5.2 Leo4Allv2. Aside from a yearn to update to 10.5.6, and maybe use the Voodoo kernel or a derivative. My attempts so far have led to instability.

 

Update: Battery Boot is working for me presently, and it has not worked in the past. My latest fiddling has been with the NVIDIA SATA driver (Medevil with 2 edits, 3100 -> 500 in two places in the area where it polls waits for each bus to respond). And I futzed with the display, no major changes, just a smoother boot once I used OSX to build the .mkext cache by simply touching the Extensions folder. I was trying to load the NVIDIA drivers from my EFI partition, but was unable to make them work from there. I do not presently have a sound driver loaded.

End Update edit.

 

I've tried a few others, but never had the priority

1) Wireless (out of the box)

2) Video (easily updated to full resolution)

3) Sound (AzailiaAudio or somesuch, out of the box)

4) Touchscreen (easily updated)

5) Time (works with no fixes, just the registry setting in Windows 7, Microsoft finally got it to work!)

 

webcam and screen calibration work great, only a problem tor tx2000 machines.

 

I'm happiest with this solid and working 10.5.2. It seems the update to 10.5.3 is long gone, but I look for it now and then still.

I disable sleep, and shutdown OSX when I walk away from it for a while.

 

- What follows is the best info I had, but I have not updated beyond 10.5.2 yet. I may try again just for Safari 4 -

 

Apologies to wyzazz and Bluecopter, but some reason, I can not get his topic to load, so the first post is quoted here.

 

Anyhow, it functions well and lets me escape from Windows when I am not in the mood for it.

 

This works.

 

Look for the post with the kit to download. I think it is

" http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=87077 " but it won't come up for me.

But if that is impossible to load, the content can be found in BlueCopters profile, on the topics tab.

" http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showuser=115707 " it loads quickly.

Or use the lofi version:

" http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/lofiversi...p/t87077-0.html "

( ends with forum/lofiversion/index.php/t87077-0.html for those that need copy and paste)

 

Here's the content (thanks to wyzazz and BlueCopter):

HP TX1000Z Tablet Compatibility with Leopard HP Pavilion tx1000 & tx2000 Leo4Allv2 Instructions

• Downgrade your BIOS to F.04 for the tx2000(ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp38001-38500/sp38256.exe), this is necessary for your sound to work and must be done from within windows.
  
• Downgrade your BIOS to F.12 for the tx1000(ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp36001-36500/sp36076.exe), this is necessary for your sound to work and must be done from within windows.
  
• Press F9 during boot and select to boot from CD (you must do this or you will get the com.apple.boot.plist error)
  
• The disk will stop booting at IOAPIC: Version 0x11 Vectors 0:23
  
• Double-Tap your Power Button and it will continue loading
  
• Format your Partition or Disk using the Disk Utility during setup
  
• Click the Customize button before installing & select the following options
  

• AMD-System-Fix
  
• TimeMachineFix
  
• Third Party Drivers
  
• Chipset Drivers - nForce2/3/4/5 chipset driver
  
• Audio Drivers - AzaliaAudio
  
• Graphics Drivers - NVidia Driver - NVinject Go
  
• Network Drivers - Forcedeth Driver
  

• Let the disk install once it's finished you should have a more or less working install of Leopard
  
• Remember to press F9 and choose your Hard Drive to avoid the com.apple.boot.plist error
  
• And also remember to Double-Tap your power button to get it to boot
  
• Now download the_29's tx1000 package (http://rapidshare.com/files/109974152/tx1000Pack.zip) and install per the instructions, in a nutshell all of the .kext files need to be installed with the Kext Helper in the Applications folder, and all of the other files have their places as well, just read the instructions and you should be good to go
  
• Or you can download wyzazz's .mpkg (http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?act...st&id=26433) and have all the work done for you automatically� �you will still have to manually remove /System/Library/Extensions/IONDRVSupport.kext
  

This should get you to a mostly working tx1000/tx2000 Leopard Tablet, things that do not work are as follows:

• Webcam (Blue Light comes on, but picture is always green on tx2000 only)
  
• Sound Jacks on front port (No mic, or sound out of jacks 1&2)
  
• ACPI Power issue on boot (Double-Tap the power button)
  
• ACPI Power issue, cannot boot under battery power (must be plugged in)
  
• Screen Calibration does not currently work (on tx2000 only)
  
• No QE/CI hardware support
  

To update your install to 10.5.4 follow the below steps�

• Download the 10.5.3 update from The Bay of Pirates (10.5.3 Update for AMD Working)
  
• Download the 10.5.4 update package and 9.4.0 modbin kernel from this thread (http://leo4all.uni.cc/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=269)
  
• Download the pcwiz kernel installer (http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?act...st&id=30746)
  
• Install the 10.5.3 update then repair permissions with the Extensions_Repair Utility in the Applications Folder and Restart
  
• Install the 10.5.4 update then repair permssisons with the Extensions_Repair Utility again and Restart
  
• Use the pcwiz kernel installer to install your shiny new kernel, then install the system.kext file using the Kext Installer Utility in the Applications Folder and Restart
  

That's it! You have a Leopard 10.5.4 Tablet with most of the Bells and Whistles up and running!

 

Please check the end of this thread for the most recent information related to the tx1000/2000 series laptops. This post may not always be updated as there may not always be time to do so.

 

 

-wyzazz