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Hello everybody.

 

First of all I consider myself a newbie here so I´d ask for your patience and your support.

 

I´ve played with linux for some time, and been playing to get a decent osx86 installation for three months.

 

I´ve searched the forum and wiki pretty seriously, but haven´t been able to find a "cure" for my system. I´ve tried Kalyway, iatkos and Leo4all DVD´s. Only Kally rebooted after the installation. I´ve customized the installation and finally selected nothing, I´ve probably done around 15 complete installations from a scrach.

 

Here you have my laptop specs, its a Santa Rosa laptop:

http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/spec/spec_FL90.asp

 

It´s a pretty common one, originally a Compal IFL90, sold OEM and can be found as Sager NP2090, PowerNotebook PowerPro J 10:15, XoticPC FORCE 2090, Zepto 3415W, and Novabook Ignition/Terminator, Ahtec FL90, BTW and many more resellers. The specs are pretty similar to a Mac Book Pro

 

Intel® Mobile Core™2 Duo Memrom 65nm 800FSB CPU T7100 / 7300 / 7500 / 7700

Chipset Intel® PM965 + ICH8-M

Graphics & Video Module NVIDIA® Mobile 8600GT 512MB

Main Memory DDR2 533/667 SO-DIMM x 2 slots, Max: 4GB

Display15.4" ( 1650 x 1050 )

PC Cards Slot - PCI Express card x1

Card Reader SD/MMC/MS/MS-Pro 4-in-1 Card Reader Ricoh

Hard Disk Drive Supports SATA HDD

Optical Drive Supports Super-Multi DVD & CD Burner Drive

LAN/Modem Gigabit LAN + 56K Modem:

- Broadcom 5786 Gigabit LAN

- Internal Modem Motorola with MDC 1.5 solution V.92/56K bps

Fingerprint Reader from UPEK

2.0Mpix Web Cam

Wireless LAN Intel 4965AGN Wireless Network Adapter

In a Mac Book Pro the System Profiler shows Intel PM965 + ICH8-M, core2duo, and 800 mhz bus among other things.

 

I have a 160Gb SATA HDD, two partitions, XP PRO in one, Kalyway 10.5.1 selecting just EFI mbr (none of the rest DVD´s work no matter the options I chose, no reboot after install)

 

After the install, I´ve gotten my nvidia 8600m gt with nvinstaller, ALC268 HD audio with installer from this forum, usb wifi (RT-2500), and some other things.

 

The problem is that the info in profiler is pretty wrong,

1.- No processor name, just unknown at 1.99. (instead of Core2Duo at 2.0)

2.- No chipset model under SATA, instead of Intel PM965 + ICH8-M

3.- FSB is stuck at 100 Mhz instead of 800.

4.- Express Card not recognized, Card Reader not recognized.

4.- The computer identifies as a Mac Pro, not Mac Book.

 

Is this normal being my specs so similar to the Mac Book Pro´s?

 

I just think my laptop is configured as a desktop, not a laptop, the is nothing there to make me think otherwise.

 

Besides, it runs very hot, I´ve install Temperature Monitor, removed Thermal kexts, but I have to watch it carefully.

 

All these make me think something didn´t get correctly installed, what am I missing?

How can I be sure my chipset+processor are correctly recognized and the correct kexts installed?

 

Help would be greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks for your time.

HI, i've an IFL90 too. We can make this the official IFL90 Thread if you want :(

 

I make a summary of hardware compatibility: (tested with kalyway 1.5.1)

 

- Video 8600gt: No nvidia video, instal nvinstaller v33 (don´t install latest v41 or the laptop will never shutdown again) Full QE/CI.

 

- Audio ALC268: Audio with ALC268 installer from the forum.

 

- Lan Broadcom BCM5787: not working yet.

 

- Wifi Intel 4965: not working yet (you can use a leo compatible wifi usb dongle)

 

- How to fix overheating issues: Remove applethermal kext and applecputhermal kext

  • 2 months later...

I have the Znote 3415W aswell, and I had the wireless card working right from the beginning.

For graphics I ticked NVInject-512 before installation

- Have full support now: QE, CI, 512mb, 1280x800x32@60.

 

During 1st boot i disconnected all usbs and my vga-monitor.

For sound I downloaded the alc268 installer 2.

 

I'm too waiting for the broadcom to start working and my Bus Speed also claims to be 100 MHz.

  • 1 month later...

I have a NP2090. How did you get the wireless card to work? I've had the hardest time. Do you remember what you checked in the install? I used Kalyway 10.5.2 and have had no luck getting wireless or audio working.

 

Can you link to the installer you used for ALC268? Thanks.

 

I think it'd be a rather useable mac with your setup, with no network and no sound it's a bit less than useable.

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