gai-jin Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 I see a couple of posts mentioning osx running on an mx7118 laptop, but those were over a year ago and using a 1.47 version. Has anyone else gotten it to work on this or similar hardware? Any suggestions on which version to try? Pitfalls to watch out for? Details from the gateway spec sheet found here: http://support.gateway.com/s/Mobile/Q106/S...w/5963sp3.shtml Mobile AMD Athlon™ 64-bit 3400+ Processor ATI RS480M ATI Radeon® Xpress 200M Graphics AC '97 2.3 Compliant Audio -- Conexant AC-Link Any help would be appreciated. Thanks! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/84296-where-to-begin/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
C0ReDump Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 I see a couple of posts mentioning osx running on an mx7118 laptop, but those were over a year ago and using a 1.47 version. Has anyone else gotten it to work on this or similar hardware? Any suggestions on which version to try? Pitfalls to watch out for? Details from the gateway spec sheet found here: http://support.gateway.com/s/Mobile/Q106/S...w/5963sp3.shtml Mobile AMD Athlon™ 64-bit 3400+ Processor ATI RS480M ATI Radeon® Xpress 200M Graphics AC '97 2.3 Compliant Audio -- Conexant AC-Link Any help would be appreciated. Thanks! No, no luck. MX7118 uses ATI x200 chipset known to be problematic. I have tried at least 10 different versions of OS X86 from 10.4.7 (the only one that boots) to latest iDeneb 10.5.5 but no luck. One of Leopard eversions gets to instal lbut fails to boot after restart. I had no time to investigate but it may be an easy fix. Running 10.4.7 i get the os t boot although erratic when trying to actually install any kid of software, it freezes at times. Also wireless works only at first run, after that stops (broadcom). I have given up on that one since it was big waste of my time. At least my desktop works flawlessly and i am hesitant to upgrade for now, and Powerbook is steady performer still. I will test any new 'distro' out there and post if there is any new findings. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/84296-where-to-begin/#findComment-1045812 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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