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 solved my wireless problem by disabling both quick boot options and the boot booster.
I will try to nail down the one that is actually causing the problem.
@Chewy&Shy
The problematic one for me is the “boot booster.” After disabling it, I no longer have to go into BIOS and get out every time I restart.
Thanks, you got it…. It is working!!!
Now I need to find why Time Machine does not working.
Thanks Kenny, you are the man!
Shy: I had another hackintosh in which I had Time Machine problems. The fix was to get my wired Ethernet port detected, then Time Machine ran no problem. I have seen various time machine patches but I’m not sure if they address this issue.
@Chewy
I get an error message: “Time Machine could not be configured. The built-in network interface could not be found”. Not sure why Time Machine needs the wired Ethernet, I use USB external drive. I will try to hookup an external USB–>Network adapter see if I can fool it.
Yea I had the same error, it has something to do with en0 being missing I cant remember exactly. If you have a look through insanelymac, there are tons of threads on this issue. I never really followed up on it because it just started working once I installed the correct driver. If I figure something out on the 1000he I’ll let you know.
Thanks, the solution is to:
- Launch EFIStudio; in the “Device” area, click on the field were it says “Display” and change it to “Ethernet”
- Click on “Add Device” button below and in the new Editor window click on the “Write to com.apple.Boot.plist” button
- Enter you password, close the program and reboot
It will not let me “Add Device”…… By the way the Airport card shows as en0.
Good call on the Boot Booster – I turned that off as soon as I got the laptop, knowing that it would complicate configuration options.
en0 showed up after I installed a USB LAN adapter. Presumably, that will allow me to use Time Machine without changing anything in EFIStudio.
Anyone play with iTunes 8.1 on their 1000HE?
It runs, but when I plug in my iphone 2G (which is recognized, but mated to my other mac) and try to sync it to my 1000HE, the sync starts then crashes on my iPhone…..
Has anyone figured out how to fix the trackpad issue (mouse pointer is stuck in the corner of the screen)? Also, does anyone have both cores working on their CPU? I found this project by kabyl where he mods the BIOS to fix the DSDT, hopefully allowing both cores to work. If there is another method please let me know! Thanks
http://osrom.net/biosmod/
Actually found another method using DSDT patching to get both cores working without touching the BIOS. In system profiler it will still show as 1 core, but if you open up GenericCPUPowerManagement application from Superhai both cores will show there.
Grab the DSDT Patcher GUI from:
http://pcwizcomputer.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=150&Itemid=48
Check all three patch options (Force Compile, New HPET, Apply DSDT to), chose Windows XP, and chose your volume.
I got an error when I did it, but it still seemed to work.
Next, edit your
/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist
and remove “cpus=1″ from your kernel flags (I also removed the -f option but I guess there is no harm leaving it there).
Note that I reinstalled PC_EFI v9 Chameleon using the Universal OSx86 Installer from
http://pcwizcomputer.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=149&Itemid=48
because I think it is required to read the DSDT file (not 100% sure on that one).
I am really loving the battery life with this setup, Apple is missing the boat by no putting out their own netbook…. I’m also anxiously awaiting my 2G ram chip. I can almost live without wifi by using a verizon usb access card, however, I hope that given time people port over networking drivers for the 1000he.
To make a long story short, I succesfully installed leopard 10.5.6 with iDeneb 1.4 and then patching using ACPI-FIX from the iDeneb 1.3 (booting with iDeneb 1.3DVD, then terminal)
Before, I had iDeneb 1.3 installed then updated with iDeneb 10.5.6 update, but I was loosing QE/CI for video display. Tried and tried during many hours, different drivers, different website tricks and never had any success, so I tried with iDeneb 1.4 and now I have QE/CI hardware accelerated (with above kext)
My 1000he is on the way. I’ve been reading every article I can find on installing OSX on it. Can I get a little clarification on a few points:
1) Is the wireless card mini pci-e half height or full height?
2) The dell wireless card that looks to work is referred to as 1500, is it the 1510 half height card?
3) Is iDeneb 1.4 the correct ‘baseline’ image to use to get up-to 10.5.6?
Thanks, and great work.
@John
1. Full height
2. Dell 1500 is full heiht
3. iDeneb 1.3 works and you can upgrade to 10.5.6 later, 1.4 need some patching (see above)
Here is a list of few drawback of using Leopard on 1000he:
-No ethernet or wifi compatible yet. I have swap my wireless card for a Gigabyte GN-WI01GT Aircruiser Wireless 802.11B/G MINI-PCI-E Adapter Superg 108MBPS Atheros AR2424 which has not N support, but that was ok with me. Work perfectly without selecting any drivers during installation.
- No Trackpad panel option for Elantech Trackpad. Yes multi-touch scrolling works, but there is no way to change option like disabling single tap for selecting. Careful not to touch trackpad while typing as it is very sensitive.
- No sleep on low battery. It warms you about your computer going soon to sleep as it is at low level battery, but it will work until it die. You can even do few more millage when the battery reach 0% (empty) as I was able to view 5 minutes of youtube video.
- Fan seems to be running faster in Leopard than XP when doing CPU intensive task after a while. (i.e. youtube).
- You cannot disable Wireless/Bluetooth/Camera without going first in XP or BIOS
- Wake from sleep does keystroke jam effect, you need to press ESC or other key.
- Not as long battery time than XP. Succesfully did around 5-6 hours in leopard which I consider not bad at all with Wifi ON.
evilscientist:
OSX uses a disk file: /var/vm/sleepimage to write the contents of ram for hibernation. The default behavior in Leopard is to use “safe standby” for sleep which means it writes the contents of ram to the hibernate image. You can try two things:
1) touch /var/vm/sleepimage
2) pmset -a hibernatemode 0 which disables safe standby and doesn’t write or read from the hibernate file.
/var/vm/sleepimage is the same size as your installed RAM. Here is a look at it from my MBP:
-rw——T 1 root wheel 4.0G Mar 15 20:28 /var/vm/sleepimage
Hope that helps…
One more thing…I’m not sure how to set the T attribute for that file or how to ensure it’s the same size as your ram. pmset might be a better alternative.
Glad to see everyone is hard at work upgrading their eees. @scn Thanks for putting together the guide, I’ve also followed along this and thrown OSX on my 1000he. Two things I will mention which are worthy of note: photoshop CS$ and illustrator CS4 both work extremely fast and load up much faster than expected. Office 2008 also works very well.
Has anyone had any luck attaching an external monitor? I’ve tried attaching to my TV via VGA but both screens go all messed up and I can’t adjust the resolution. Anyone else experience this? External VGA and wireless would really make this thing a powerhouse.
Well it installed great(iDeneb 1.3 on a 7200rpm SATA 2.5 drive I had lying around none the less), and graphics kexts worked great(resolution), but screen brightness no workie, and cant get sound to work (I found CHUD 4.4 online however didnt understand that part of the tutorial above).
Other good news is: I got wireless working with old external USB adapter I had when I created my first hackintosh from a HP ZD8k. It’s a Dlink DWL-G122 if anyone is interested. It’s big and ugly(on a netbook so small), but Works GREAT and can be found on ebay eaasily. I sure hope we get internal wireless working tho, SOOOOO BAAD!!!
By the way, what IS the likelyhood we WILL EVER get the internal wireless working/drivers ported???
Is it a 10% chance? 50% chance? 90% chance???? Just wondering..
[quote]By the way, what IS the likelyhood we WILL EVER get the internal wireless working/drivers ported???[/quote]
Well, it doesn’t seem likely, from other OS X netbook attempts. Please let me know if I’m wrong, though!
I’d love to pick one of these up, seems like the best netbook yet (and I’ve seen every one pass by on Engadget). However, I do want the option of running OS X at a functional level. Which internal PCI-X wifi cards could I install in the 1000HE?
Dell 1500 internal card is the most prevalent.
By the way, I re-tried the audio part and I still cant get sound working. When they refer to CHUD and Apple Developer tools, are they the same thing??? Do I need CHUD AND apple developer tools??? I could really use a little clarification. Otherwise she’s working almost as good as my first gen MBP so far….
Guys: I found an Apple Dual Band 802.11n pci-e mini wireless card with BCM94321MC on eBay for $20 + $3 shipping. Apparently the Dell drivers work in XP. Here’s a link. He has more than 10 available. Hopefully this card will fit??
Here’s the eBay link: http://tinyurl.com/dzf6sa
Oh yeah, got screen brightness working as well, so only sound and internal wifi remain (DWL-g122 working great tho, just bulky)
With this USB wifi adapter, I just pulled 9991 Down/ 962 up on a 10 meg cable connection from speedtest.net on this “hackitosh” eePC 1000HE machine. Router is WRT54gs running dd-wrt It gets better speed than my REAL MBP. It does run warmer than in XP however, but I think she’ll be ok. I wouldnt think of running anything really taxing on it, just surfing/email/youtube/, ya know basic stuff it was made for anyway….
I want one, and although I have the breakdown guide, I REALLY dont wanna tear this thing apart. Heck, working on my real MBP was hard enough….UGH!!!! Crap, now I’m gonna start jonesin to tear into it again….
Why they gotta make it so darn complicated!!!!UGHHHHH!!!!!!!
scn: I’m working on a bootable ideneb drive to use for install. If I get the process worked out, I’ll provide the step-by-step guide for inclusion in your guide if you want. The caveat is that I’m using a Mac to do it.
edit: Make that a bootable USB drive to use for install…
OH yeah and MAJOR PROPS to all those that made it possible!!! Now lets finish it up!!!! TEAM EFFORT. PLEASE DONT MAKE ME TEAR INTO THIS TINY THING TO REPLACE THE WIFI CARD, we gotta find/port a driver..
Good idea John. Hopefully it works. We can use more good ideas like yours to make this thing even more awsome and easier to get going.
As for ideas, here’s another option for the dual-booters here-I’m using the “macfuse” and “NTFS-3g” programs in order to use the Windows partition. Those programs allow you to read/write files on the NTFS partition from OS X (just google-super easy install).
Also, what happened to the Spark portion of the how-to? I think it was lost in one of the revisions-I remember it being in there during my initial install. I’m using Spark to set up hotkeys for F10-F12 to control the volume up/down and mute buttons in OS X.
anyone got screensavers working? They work fine (smooth and flawless) when I “test” them, but never activate. Screen does go to sleep on time though.
My screensavers work fine. Have you checked your settings in System Preferences to see how long you have it set for before it is supposed to activate?
Brock: VGA out worked for me, however, I want to say I had to boot into OS X with the TV already connected.
osxtasy: get sound working? If you grabbed CHUD from the link in the file, it’s matter of just installing it. You installed the other sound related bits along the way (and during initial setup)? Also, I would wager it’s possible we’ll get the included wifi working, but if so, it’ll be kludgy. Ralink has been very supportive and has whipped out OS X drivers (and even has some updated as of a week ago today) for other adapters, but it won’t be a seamless integration if they do.
pwm8: I haven’t added the Spark instructions yet. From what I’ve read, it’s pretty straight forward. They’ll be in the next revision. I’m still trying to get a new site look setup and that’s taking longer than I hoped, so that along with rediscovering ZAngband (or Z+Angband, I should say) is sucking my time away.
I will try again scn, thx for the tip. I actually downloaded chud from somewhere else, so maybe thats the problem. I’ll be the first to say I do make mistakes…..(something alot of us IT professionals really need to admit occasionally)
Let us know if that wifi card works, John. The only thing keeping me from buying a 1000HE is worry about wifi.
I don’t understand why Ralink would ever come up with a driver for AR5B91. It’s an Atheros card.
Kenny: you’re right (obviously). I don’t know where I got it into my head that it was a Ralink card, but it’s clearly an Atheros. That means swapping is your best bet.
I was able to get ideneb 1.3 and 1.4 installed on a USB stick, and was able to boot it on an old POS Acer 5315. I don’t have the process 100% repeatable with exact steps, but here are the things you’ll need:
1) OSX Disc Utility
2) OSX86Tools
3) Chameleon Bootloader
4) Greater than 4gb stick
Insert the stick in the Mac, run Disk Utility, create 4.5gb partition. Set MBR in the partition options. I used MacOS Extended (not journaled). Use Disk Utility to restore the iDeneb image to the 4.5g partition.
The above is known to work, the following is where it gets tricky.
- Use OSX86Tools to Install EFI/FDISK. Install the Darwin Bootloader.
- Use Chameleon and install directly to the USB stick.
I found that I had to run EFI/FDISK more than once on both images, and Chameleon more than once on both images as well.
You’ll know it doesn’t work when you see a blinking cursor and nothing else. When it does work, the bootloader comes up pretty fast and you can proceed with the install.
If somebody can clear up the exact OSX86Tools/Chameleon process, I’d like to see exact repeatable steps, but it does work–eventually.
My 1000he comes tomorrow. Apple Wireless is on the way. I’ll post more info as I go.
scn & Kenny,
Yeah, I wondering the same thing..LOL. Anyway, we can always keep hoping that Atheros develops a driver. I’m starting to highly doubt it though. After all, what incentive would they have to do so??
@John from 03/16: Re: sleep image. I found a pretty interesting little web page describing a hibernate scheme that sounds appealing to me: http://www.radiotope.com/content/os-x-105-leopard-hibernate-options. Informative and, if it works, saves 2Gb of HD space.
In other news, my broadcomm rebranded Apple mini pci-e wifi card should land in my lap any day now—it’s shipping from China—so I’ll be braving the guts of my 1000HE shortly. Does anyone know if I’ll have to reinstall the OS? In theory, since this is an Apple-branded card, shouldn’t it work with the built-in drivers? I’m used to using Macs with Apple’s hardware & drivers already in them, so pardon me if this is a seemingly silly question.
Also, is the DSDT RTC fix absolutely required? I.e., will it have a detremental effect on my machine if I don’t do it? Will, for example, having wifi & the ability to do ntp allow me to circumvent it?
Another interesting find (from “eee journey” blog): http://eeemac.blogspot.com/2009/02/speed-step-dock-icon-tweak.html. Having GenericCPUControl always in my dock bugs me, too. When I get home, I’m gonna try this out & report back.
John, et al.,
I followed this guide along with another and installed MAC OS X on my Asus using a USB drive. To top it off I used the ASUS XP partition to load the USB stick!!! So you do not need to the use of another MAC. Following this guide off of the MSI WIN forums and it works like a champ. If you have issues let me know I pretty much worked through all the possible bugs.
http://tiny.cc/Qhv5D
EDIT From above:
My bad folks I posted to quickly. the link above is how to do it without a USB stick at all. Feel free to try it I did not. Just remember you have to put in the ASUS specific aspects. I did a search and here are the steps I followed. I will post them in for easier reading:
Steps (taken from MSI Win forums thanks to original poster (Fly2East) and I added ASUS specifics):
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* Partitioned my HDD on my ASUS as described above
* ideneb1.3 iso on my desktop.
* Removed all other items from my thumb drive (8gb).
* Confirmed it was formatted FAT32.
* Installed and ran Leopard HD Installer.
* Used the step by step of using the Leopard Installer from chreller:
mac/how-install-osx-with-and-without-usb-stick-usb-dvd-t4701.html
—This is important read through it. It has you download a utility that allows you to make your USB bootable (You have to do it from the ASUS)
* I selected my usb stick (:F)
* I had to select a different drive, then reselect :F, before I could put a check mark next to the destination drive (Using Leopard HD Installer).
* After starting process, where it copies the files, the status bar never made much progress. Leave it alone. It took 10-15 minutes to complete.
* Restarted Asus, Kept hitting escape and selected the USB drive
* ASUS Booted from usb and launched OS X Installer
* Used Disk Utility from Installer to format Destination HDD
* Installed OS X
I got sound!! I was using the wrong version of chud before. If I had only followed the instructions to a tee originally..LOL
thanks guys…
The DSDT fix worked. I’ve now got 2 cores showing up in GenericCPUPowerManagement now. I’d vote for this getting added in your next revision. And Dockless works like a charm as well.
OK guys, I’m gonna bite. this external USB wireless is too bulky. I know I will probably want the Dell 1500, but where is a trustworthy place to get it? I see them all over online, but dont wanna get ripped off. Any trustworthy sources recommended???
Should I just go with an Apple card??
Next thing, I want to do is find a way to make a Carbon Copy Clone….
And just incase no-one realized, it’s not really 2 cores, its’ Hyperthreading making it look like 2 cores. I have the same thing on my ZD8000 when I run 10.5.2 on it.