Ok, I have spent most of the morning struggling with the 10.5.7 iDeneb update, but I finally have it mostly working. I was running iDeneb 1.3 updated with the iDeneb 10.5.6 updater.I spent most of the morning in safe mode trying to figure out how to get back to working condition. Needless to say, this update was a bit of a struggle, so here’s some tips to help others.
Main points:
1. Backup to a flash drive or SD card ALL of your AppleIntelGMA950 files. This includes AppleIntelGMA950.kext, the two bundle files containing “950″ in the file name, the plugin file with “950″ in its file name, and the AppleIntegratedFrameBuffer.kext from your 10.5.6 install before you do anything. All of these files are located in your System/Library/Extensions file. The AppleIntel950 files are next to each other in that file so are easy to find.
2. Also backup IOBluetoothFamily.kext from the same file
3. Download the iDeneb 10.5.7 Combo update from Ihackintosh or from the link posted in the first page of the large thread on this forum titled: “OS X on Asus eeePC 1000HE – Updated 5/18/09”
4. Install the combo updater, reboot.
5. Reboot should work, but your machine will be in 800×600 stretched mode (much like the first time you installed). Also, bluetooth will be working, but will not be able to be turned off.
6. Using Kext Helper, reinstall AppleIntelGMA950.kext, AppleIntegratedFrameBuffer.kext and IOBluetoothFamily.kext. Don’t reboot yet.
7. From your backups, copy the 2 bundle files and the 1 plugin file that have “950″ in the file name into your hard drive System/Library/Extensions folder. You will have to tell it to replace existing versions of all those files.
8. Reboot. You should be back to normal, with correct resolution and bluetooth able to be turned on and off.
A couple of issues: I don’t see anything different regarding power with this update-a couple of posters have noticed better battery life, I haven’t seen that yet. Also, no difference in the power management stuff in GenericCPUPMControl-one side’s graphs jump up and down and the other side stays at 100% (this is showing VoodooPower.kext 1.2.3 for reference)
I haven’t noticed that anything else is broken. Yet.
How-to: Install OS X on Asus Eee PC 1000HE Netbook
Update: alternate audio driver
As I said in the OS X on Asus Eee PC 1000HE troubleshooting article, I figured I’d go ahead and throw together a more traditional how-to to help out some folks who were interested in installing OS X on their Asus Eee PC 1000HE netbook. Now, it’s not exactly difficult, and this is little more than cobbling together work that others have done, so allow me to give credit where it’s due and list those sources before we get into the actual steps. Just keep in mind that some things won’t work (yet).
Here’s a list of the sources I’ve tapped to figure this out:
OSX Leopard 10.5.5 on the eee 1000H
ipis OS X: Installing iDeneb 1.3
Tutorial: Mac OS X 10.5.5 on Eee PC 1000H
And of course, this guide wouldn’t be what it is without the variety of folks who’ve helped contribute to the guide, call me on my mistakes, and in general make it better for everyone. I don’t mean to leave people out, but seriously, so many people have come together on this that it’d get unwieldy to start listing names…
However, special thanks to the forum members here who are discovering all sorts of thing: GuyHersh who is maintaining (better than I can) a thread with updates for your OS X install on the 1000HE (and for keeping everyone up-to-date with available downloads — I go to the thread when I want to see what’s new, okay?), pwm8 for an excellent iDeneb 10.5.7 update guide, rcfa for a retail OS X (vanilla) 1000HE install thread (it’s a work in progress), and everyone for coming together to help out. Please, I know I haven’t mentioned everyone by name and that doesn’t mean that I or others don’t appreciate your work. Seriosuly, thank you, all of you.
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***** Please see the reader-generated thread on the smallcomputing.net forums for an easier to read (and search!) experience than going through hundreds of comments. Really! *****
Here’s a list of what you can expect to work (or mostly work) and what won’t:
Working: trackpad, video, audio, audio out, video out, sleep, camera (though it’s nowhere near as responsive as a real Mac’s camera), ethernet
Not working: wireless (stock)
Untested by me: microphone in (various reports saying yes and no)
Also, I’ve had reader report that this guide works for the Asus Eee PC 1000HA netbook, but as I don’t have one, I am unable to answer any specific questions about it. However, other readers may be of assistance.
– I’ve tried to rearrange the guide so that it’s easy to follow and knocks out various pieces of the installation in a somewhat logical manner. If you’re only able to do part, you should be able stop, come back later, and pick back up and get things working. Also, if you’ve already installed some of these things but haven’t done others (SpeedStep comes to mind), they’re somewhat separated so you can scroll right now to that section without reading through the entire thing again. And yes, I did sneak fixing LCD brightness into the video section. –
***** Requirements for installation and pre-install notes (i.e. DOWNLOAD THIS STUFF!) *****
Here’s what you’ll need to do this: iDeneb 1.3, external DVD drive, and this collection of various things that should be installed after OS installation (from JokerPCs thread on insanelymac).
From superhai’s Darwin project site, you need two files for SpeedStep (I’m not linking directly to them in case they change) so download VoodooPower.kext and GenericCPUPowerManagement Application. And grab this kext file for LCD brightness control (requires nothing extra to make it work).
Thanks to the awesome user community, a working ethernet driver is now available. Please note that there’s different files for different versions of the OS. If you’ve braved the upgrade to 10.5.6 (or 10.5.7), then grab the 10.5.6 installer. If you’re still working with 10.5.5 or like to do things the hard way, here’s the 10.5.5 (and 10.5.6) files. Note: you only need one of them, not both, if you’re working with 10.5.6.
Since you ought to update your iDeneb install after it’s finished, you may want to look here for the iDeneb 10.5.6 update.
And once you’ve installed 10.5.6, then get iDeneb 10.5.7 update (this updates from 10.5.6) because that’s available now as well.
Now thank GuyHersh making most of this stuff available.
Also, you do not need a custom BIOS as iDeneb 1.3 will install on the default BIOS. I know with other Eee models you need to grab a hacked BIOS, but again, let me be very clear: you do NOT need a modified BIOS to install OS X on the Asus Eee PC 1000HE netbook. The 0303 BIOS (shipping BIOS) works fine for OS X.(I’ve not tried any others, but my guess is that they’ll work as well.)
Another caveat: I and others have had issues with the trackpad drivers not loading properly (you’ll know they’re not when the cursor jumps down the screen and gets stuck in a corner and is all but unresponsive). Rebooting usually solves it for me, but readers suggest you might also try plugging in a USB mouse before you boot the OS X installer. (Also note: this sometimes happens when you’re actually in OS X, so, again, reboot or USB mouse.)
Final caveat: if you, like me, have installed Windows 7 on your Asus Eee PC 1000HE netbook, you may find that it has completely taken over the MBR, thus making it impossible for the chameleon boot loader to make it into OS X. Here’s two solutions: easy way to dual boot Windows 7 and OS X, and the more involved, but cleaner, way to dual boot Windows 7 and OS X. Alternatively (better than either), install the latest version of the Chamelon bootloader (download links on the right because the versions change) and make the OS X partition the active one with the Windows 7 command line tool.
Preparing your Asus Eee PC 1000HE netbook for OS X
The first thing you need to do is boot into Windows and get a partition setup for OS X. This is quick and easy.
- Right click My Computer, select Manage, select Disk Management, and then delete your D: partition (it’ll be ~60gb).
- Then right click on the graphical partition table a little below that where it has unassigned space and Create a New Partition.
- Select a Primary partition, do not assign a drive letter, do not format the space. It should only take a moment and when it’s done, reboot.
Mindlessly slam the F2 key to get into the BIOS. You need to tell it to not boot to the hard drive.
- Go to the Boot menu and then Boot Device Priority and make sure your external DVD drive is configured to be the primary boot device, hit F10 to save and exit, and wait.
Installing OS X on the Asus Eee PC 1000HE netbook
OS X will slowly, very slowly, boot. You do not need to specify any boot flags, just hit Enter to boot.
- Choose your language and click the blue right arrow button (or hit Enter). Now wait several seconds.
- Go to the Utilities menu and select Disk Utility.
- Select the second partition (~60gb) on the left and then click on the Erase tab at the right.
- Change the file system to Mac OS Extended (Journaled) in the drop down and type in a helpful name for the partition name.
- Click the Erase button near the bottom and wait.
- Quit Disk Utility and go forward in the install until you can click the Customize button in the bottom left.
Here’s where you’ll need to select a few things to help make stuff work.
- Under Patches and then Audio, choose AppleAzaliaAudio [there's an alternate audio driver linked below -- if you opt to use that, skip this (just keep in mind it's a beta)].
- Under Chipset, choose ICHx Fixed.
- Under Fix, select all of these: ACPI-Fix, Cpus=1-Fix, FireWire Remove, Power Management, PowerOff_Fix.
- Under Video and then Intel choose Intel GMA950.
- Under Applications, be sure you install Kext Helper and OSx86Tools. Pacifist may also be a good idea, but I haven’t needed it thus far. (Or just install everything.)
Once you’ve selected all of these things, hit Done and then Install and wait. Once it’s all done, with some luck, it’ll reboot itself and you’ll be at the usual OS X user registration screen.
Post install cleanup: fixing OS X (sort of) on your Asus Eee PC 1000HE netbook
The next part includes the initial computer setup, and because you don’t have a functional ethernet connection, wired or otherwise, be sure to select My computer does not connect to the internet once you’re prompted for that. I’m crossing my fingers that functional drivers will show up soon, or that existing ones can be persuaded to work. Anyhow, soldier on.
Video and miscellaneous support files
Now open up that file that contains all the stuff I said you’d need for post installation.
- Open the Apps folder and install the About this Mac package.
- Now open your Applications folder (OS X’s application folder, to be more precise: Shift-Alt-A will open it if Finder has your focus). In the iDeneb App folder, open Kext Helper b7.
- Now open the Kext folder from the support file and drag all of the .kext files to the open Kext Helper b7 window. Also make sure you drag the AppleIntegratedFrameBuffer.kext file in. Lastly, also drag the VoodooPower.kext file in for SpeedStep so you can kill a lot of birds with one stone. Type in your password at the bottom, click the Easy install button, hit OK, and wait. You’ll have to reboot when done, but when OS X comes back up, you should find your video resolution is now fixed. You can also use the default shortcut keys on the 1000HE to control brightness.
Sound support (if you installed AppleAzaliaAudio)
Next on the list is sound, and this’ll require reading the how-to file in the directory because you need to install CHUD, and if you don’t have a Leopard DVD handy from your Mac, well, that’s where the reading comes into play. (The alternative is to sign up for an Apple Developer Account and then download it from Apple, but reading the how-to is probably faster.)
- Open the Sound Fix folder (from the post install support file) and copy the Audieee program to your OS X Applications folder (you can copy Spark as well, but that’s that’s for short-cut keys and will be covered later).
- Now, read the how-to, download and install CHUD, and then install the AzaliaAudio package. Reboot.
- Open up Audieee and then select Internal speakers from the little icon it’ll add to your system bar and test for sound (open up iTunes and drag an mp3 into it, or find some other way to make sound).
- Assuming you have sound (if not, go through these steps again), go into OS X’s System Preferences and then Accounts and then Login Items and click the + button to add Audieee to your startup items.
Sound support (alternate driver)
If you skipped the AppleAzaliaAudio part in the installation, then that must mean you’re looking for the cleaner way to go. Here it is: VoodooHDA 0.2.2. The driver and prefpane are linked in that thread and reports are generally fairly positive. Install the .kext in the usual method.
Power management
Time to fix power management.
- Open up your OS X System folder, then go into Library and then SystemConfiguration.
- Drag PowerManagement.bundle to the desktop (just in case) and then trash the one in the SystemConfiguration folder.
- Grab the PowerManagement.bundle from the Bundle folder of your miscellaneous support files and put it in the SystemConfiguration folder.
There’s some last minute cleanup to perform, so go back to the iDeneb App folder (it’s in OS X’s Application folder) and run OSx86Tools.
- First, we need to set proper file permissions and make sure everything works. Click the Repair Permissions and Clear Extensions Cache boxes, tell it to Run Selected Tasks, give it your password, and wait, and then your password again and it’s done.
- Click the Enable/Disable QuartzGL button and then choose to Enable it. Password and ok and then click the Reboot button. This will improve video performance.
SpeedStep support
Let’s get SpeedStep working so that you can get more than 3 hours of battery life. This works as of today, 3/7/09. (Disclaimer: the solution has changed in the last few months and old methods you find will not work unless you’re using an Eee customized boot132 disc with the old files on the disc.)
From superhai’s Darwin project site, you need two files (I’m not linking directly to them in case they change).
- Download VoodooPower Kext and GenericCPUPowerManagement Application. (If you’ve already installed the kext in the earlier step, skip to the third bullet point!)
- Open up your OS X Applications folder, go to the iDeneb Apps, and run Kext Helper b7. Drag the kext file into the Kext Helper b7 window. Type your password in, click Easy Install and let it rip.
- Copy the GenericCPUPowerManagement application to your Applications directory and then open up System Preferences, then Accounts, and then select your account on the left and click the Login Items tab. Click the + sign, choose your Applications folder, and select GenericCPUPowerManagement. You may also want to click the Hide button.
- Reboot to verify everything is loading properly and you should have a new icon in your dock and a lot more battery time.
Wireless card swapping
I haven’t personally done this, but there’s been a lot of discussion in the comments about changing the wireless card, so rather than make everyone hunt through the comments, I figured I’d include the links here.
- Disassembly guide for the Asus Eee PC 1000HE netbook.
- Disassembly videos for the Asus Eee PC 1000HE netbook: part one, part two, part three.
- Readers also suggest taking pictures as you go, and being quite careful because of the wire connections you’ll run into when you’re near the end and have to completely pull the case apart.
- Also, if you’re swapping cards, be sure to disable the Boot Booster in BIOS as it can/will cause problems with your wireless card.
Upgrade to 10.5.6
If you missed the link above, I’m just echoing it down here to make sure everyone knows about it and can update their system. I haven’t tried this yet, so I can’t comment or provide directions.
- iDeneb 10.5.6. Upgrade Kit
- Install the ethernet driver (if you didn’t get the manual installer earlier) that works on 10.5.6 or 10.5.7.
- Chances are decent that one or more things will be broken after the update (graphics, sound, etc.). Anything that isn’t working, try reinstalling kexts first. If you continue to have problems, you may want to look at the forums for help or suggestions.
Upgrade to 10.5.7
I’m going to shamelessly steal from the forums for the 10.5.7 update. Aside from formatting, this is entirely pwm8’s work. See the iDeneb 10.5.7 update guide thread for more information.
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You should now have a working OS X on your Asus Eee PC 1000HE
-Updated 5/19/09 with various corrections, updates, and corrected links. Again, my gratitude to the forums team who are dedicated to making OS X run as well as it can. -Updated 4/15/09 to add the beta ethernet driver (headsup courtesy of the forums). -Updated 3/30/09 to add additional drivers and resources that were getting buried in the massive comment thread. Thanks everyone for your patience as I slowly find time to update the guide. - Updated 3/11/09 for further clarification and to remove stuff I forgot to get rid of, and add LCD brightness control. Thanks again for corrections. - Updated 3/7/09 for clarification and layout changes (thanks everyone for tips/corrections). I hope it’s easier to read now. - Updated 2/28/09 to add list of working/non-working items and various typo fixes.
I want to put in an order for a 1000HE but not until I know there’s a way to get wifi at a minimum (on X).
I can handle no sleep, ethernet, camera, but I really do want internet.
Is the wifi card replaceable? (with the Dell 1390 or equivalent).
BTW, thanks for the invaluable work making such a clear and concise guide. (though can’t comment on success because I don’t have a unit yet).
Does it work with the 1002H???
Pepe: the 1002H and 1000HE are different and I have one, not the other and can’t speak to success or failure. Try the links at the top and see if any work for you. If not, http://lmgtfy.com/?q=os+x+asus+eee+pc+1002h
Sam: as far as I can tell, swapping the wireless card should be trivial. There’s 10 visible screws on the bottom (including two for the access panel), and possibly one more under a sticker, but with just the panel open you can see the wireless card to the right. However, it’d definitely require removing the bottom casing to reach. From there, it should be easy enough. I’m not planning on changing mine (at the moment), but considering the Asus Eee PC 1000HE netbook is *mostly* the same as other Asus Eee PC 1000(ish) netbooks, and it’s been done on those, I imagine it’s feasible. And I’m with you there: no internet, no deal. I’ll be moving on to Ubuntu in the meanwhile, possibly.
Thanks for the help scn. Time for a netbook.
Hi, I think the ethernet is a ar8113 (aka Attansic L2). The driver from the following link might work?
http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=154876
Btw, the wireless card is actually AR5B91 instead of AR5891 you mentioned before. It’s based on the AR9821, which currently has no driver for OSX.
So, the only way to get wifi is to swap out the AR5B91 with something else that works with OSX. However, since the AR5B91 is a half-height mini pci-express card, the only practical options are the Dell 1510 (wireless-N) or 1397 (wireless-BG).
I would like to cross out the last sentence in my last comment. I took a look at your picture and the AR5B91 appeared to be a full size mini pci-express card.
Anyone have any luck using the Boot-132 or similar method with a 1000HE? I’d love to stay “more legal” and more upgradeable in the future if possible. There isn’t a 1000HE BIOS in v1.09. Thanks!
I just tried installing iDeneb 1.3 on an Asus 1000HE. However, you didn’t specify how you booted into OS X from the DVD. When I try (either by pressing space or by pressing F8 then typing -x -v), it loads various kernel components for a few minutes and then just reboots the machine. I never even get close to the installer. Did you use a modified BIOS? If not, are you using the latest BIOS 0601, as I am? How exactly did you get into the installer?
I’ve also tried msiwindosx.iso, but that hangs after displaying a message about MAC initialization.
dshiz: I’m using the BIOS out of the box (I can check it later, but I imagine it’s only shipping with one version) and the settings described at the beginning. I used no additional boot options. iDeneb 1.3 and iDeneb 1.4 both installed without me having to do anything special; it was only booting that proved difficult (and I think iDeneb 1.4 may work with those additional CPU options selected, but I’ve not had time to test yet).
Alex: sorry, no idea on that. I’ve stuck with iDeneb thus far.
I downgraded my bios to 401 and still have no luck installing iDeneb 1.3. Always reboots before even getting to the installer. Any suggestions? Could you provide the MD5 signature of the iDeneb installation you used, so that I can ensure myself that I am using the same distro as you?
Just wanted to provide an update. It occurred to me that perhaps my rebooting woes was caused by an error burning iDeneb to disc. Surely enough, when I reburned the image to a new disc using a slower burn speed, the install worked! Thanks for your help!
dshiz: Good to hear, especially since I don’t have the MD5 handy. What’s your experience been with it thus far?
Sridhar: Pretty poor, but then I haven’t enabled SpeedStep yet. However, it was claiming around 3-3.5 hours at all default settings. I’m not sure what the catch is, but I’m betting there’s some driver/other software that needs to be updated. I’ll try again with iDeneb 1.4 later and see if I have any luck with it now that I have a better idea how to install. I’d like to hear what others have to say though as I’ve had very limited time this weekend to play with it.
Hi,
I am looking forward to your getting OSX to work fully on the 1000HE. I am looking into buying a netbook and am considering the 1000HE because of its long battery life. How much battery life do you get under Mac OS X?
BTW thanks for this article. Nice.
Oops, sorry I meant how much battery time, in case it was ambiguous. (not the number of cycles)
Thanks! I hope you get longer battery time. I will keep my fingers crossed
So far, so good. Thanks for your guide – it got me up and running with minimal hassles. I did have a problem at first when trying to install Mac OS X to a logical partition, but my troubles went away when I reinstalled to a primary partition. Do you know of any way to modify the chameleon boot loader to decrease the default seconds to boot? Also, if I install other operating systems and later need to reinstall the Chameleon boot loader, do you have any ideas on how that’s done?
Correction note: You state that “Ctrl-Alt-A” opens the applications folder, but in actuality it is “Shift-Alt-A”. And, you *are* prompted to reboot after enabling Quartz.
It will be extremely nice once networking is working, so maybe I’ll look at replacement wifi cards. BTW the camera seems to work in iChat, albeit with a bit slow frame rate.
dshiz- Re the bootloader… What i did was install ubuntu after osx, then added osx to grub along with winxp and all is good. gosh we need to get internet going on this thing!
Hello,
Thank you for the tutorial but I can’t install it with ideneb 1.4
My computer say:
MAC Framework successfully initialized
using 10485 buffer headers and 4096 cluster IO buffer headers
:,(
Any ideas, what it can be?
thanks
Hello! I downloaded ideneb 1.3 and yes, I can install it!!
I don’t know why ideneb 1.4 doesn’t work, i tried a lot of diferents configurations.
Thank you!
Hmmm, actually nobody tried on the 1002HA, perhaps because only few people like me have it.
But I wonder if is it possible to install os x from a USB key or an external hard drive…
Any updates on the wireless & camera?
I’m waiting to pull the trigger until we can get those figured out!
With ideneb 1.3 camera works perfect. I updated to OSX 10.5.6 and everything works perfect less wifi/ethernet and microphone.
How did you update to 10.5.6? I tried downloading the Mac OS X updated and it crashed my system due to incompatible power management kexts and such.
Quick question, all steps work for me until I get to the part where you format the partition using Disk Utility. I know this sounds strange, but I cannot click “erase” either by using the keyboard or using the pointer-my trackpad stops working when I enter the setup program. Has anyone had this happen to them?
Got it to work by plugging in a USB mouse before boot. This was on a 1000HE, by the way. Install is proceeding now.
Following up, I can confirm ideneb 1.3 working great on the 1000HE. Camera works fine, with no tweaking. It lit up during the final phase of the install process so I could take my self portrait. FWIW, I have not yet done the updates to 10.5.6, that’s on the docket for the weekend. (thanks Joan for the confidence to try that).
@SCN-Great article-extremely helpful and highly recommended! Let’s get the wireless sorted so we can all enjoy our netbooks as much as possible.
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Getting 10.5.6 installed is easy, all you need is the iDeneb 10.5.6 installer package (google is your friend here).
Few comments.
“I’m yet to get the integrated camera to work (even though everyone else has)” – is this still true? Go ahead and test the camera “video preview” in iChat and then remove this statement. While in iChat, verify that the microphone doesn’t work, by observing the volume indicator failing to light up in the preview window. It does light up when using an external audio solution (such as BT headset or USB audio.)
“Not working: wireless” – Add LAN adapter to that list.
“From the Advanced – Onboard Device Configuration menu, disable Onboard LAN.” – This is not necessary, as I’ve installed iDeneb 1.3 three times already with this setting enabled.
For your instructions regarding VoodooPower Kext, you neglect to mention that the kext has to be dragged onto the app. You can also move this instruction to the step where you instruct the user to install other Kexts, since it will be simpler to run just once.
What are the ramifications of running VoodooPower Kext at its current settings? I know there are configuration options that control various aspects, and I’m curious as to the performance/power savings benefit.
What are the ramifications of running GenericCPUPowerManagement? Has anyone analyzed the impact of running this application vs. not running it, independent of VoodooPower?
While following the readme for Audieee, it states that we must download Apple Developer Tools. I believe this step is not needed, since the required tools should be available in Chud. This is worth double-checking, since Apple Developer Tools are 900+ MB.
I installed a Dell 1500 wireless card and selected the Broadcom driver from the iDeneb 1.3, and it works beautifully. Caveat – I had to disassemble the entire laptop, removing nearly every screw and connector before I could access the wireless card.
Has anyone played around with Asus hotkey support? Spark does a nice job with the volume keys, but I’d like to be able to brighten/dim the backlight. I’ve seen a few other posts that I’ll investigate further.
I bought a gigabit USB 2.0 LAN adapter from Amazon for $13, works beautifully once drivers are installed.
evilscientist, I presume you mean the iDeneb 10.5.6 upgrade package, which I just downloaded and will try tomorrow.
dshiz: Wow. Lots of great info there, thanks. A few quick replies.
Removed the camera comments. I missed that last time, thanks. Also forgot to add that ethernet doesn’t work in the list — corrected as well. Will update to reflect you don’t need to change BIOS settings though, thank you.
Regarding no VoodooPower text and using GenericCPUPowerManagement: if you don’t have a kext installed, my experience was it doesn’t do anything. The difference is roughly 100% battery life once everything is installed, though.
CHUD: I’ll clarify that option as the preferable method even though it’s listed in the readme as a possible solution.
I had a feeling swapping the wifi card would be more involved than in some other netbooks. While some of us won’t mind swapping them, I know others will prefer a driver-based solution. I’m playing the waiting game for now, but congrats on being the first I know of to get working wifi in OS X on a 1000HE.
LCD brightness actually requires a couple of other things to be installed (I think) before Spark will work for the shortcut keys (assuming it does at all). I haven’t added that part yet, but I’ll see about doing that shortly, assuming it works.
Chewy: I have no experience with that card specifically, sorry. Anyone else?
pwm: I haven’t swapped cards yet, but I know the hatch is not enough to access it. You definitely need to remove the bottom casing, but I can’t speak to what you’ll find along the way.
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