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.
If you need ethernet, look here:
http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=140907&st=0&p=998180&#entry998180
Works on both the 1000H and 901, tested by myself.
@lightning
Just google how to dual boot mac osx and XP and you’ll find plenty of guides. I found one so that I’m able to dual boot windows 7 and osx.
@lighting
However, the dual boot should work right off the bat without any trouble, ad ideneb comes with the chameleon bootloader that allows dualboot of XP
Thx Guy. I had run across that before and tried it but to no avail. Anyway, I will try that script again. I think I just got a card with to early of a firmware maybe?? I went ahead and ordered another one, but this time without the “9″ designator. Might take 20 days to get here though ( From Hong Kong). Guess I shall keep playing with this one till the new one gets here…..
Hey all,
I’d like to move this discussion over to the new SmallComputing.net forums. I created a thread and compiled together all the resources that we have found that are not covered in the guide. Before asking questions, please go over to the forums and see if any of the links provided there will help you!
http://smallcomputing.net/forums/index.php/topic,3.0.html
I was thinking like Guy, but i thought since there are no real Eee forum for Mac, (except Ipis, but there’s no activity). I made one:
Sorry for the “S13.se”, used my other domain!
EeeMac.S13.se
@JoQ
I like the graphic at the top of your forum. I created the same thread on your forum. I hope people pick at least one of the forums to stick with!
http://eeemac.s13.se/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=3&start=0
Guy, by the way, you should also post a what works/ what doesn’t work in the forum. I’m particularly interested in what does not work after the BCM wifi card change?
@Porkfoo
I updated the forum thread with the information want. To summarize, all of the hardware works (after replacing wireless card), but there are still some quirky things, but nothing to make it unusable by any means.
Guy, thanks, made it yesterday, it looks okey. Didn’t find any forumstyle that was perfect tho! This will work i guess. Thought it would be good if it wasn’t too wide, to fit the 1000HE’s screen
Has anyone else had a wireless card problem with the BCM94321 model or airport card, or am I the ONLY one???? Just curious…
Anyone encounter the screen pausing then restarting the registration after the “Do you already own a Mac” I get the pinwheel of death, then it kicks me back to the Welcome Screen…
@Lightning
Yes, I did too. One way to skip it, is at the startup options before OSX starts booting enter:
“Graphics Mode”=”640×480x32″ (With the quotes)
This will skip the welcome screen. Afterwords though, you’ll want to go to the Users in Preferences, and create yourself an account. You can then delete the Administrator account once you log in to the one you just created.
@Lightning
I get the same error…it keep restarting to the welcome screen. Any idea why? What were the default bios settings? Will try your fix Guy…thanks alot. I’d like to find the root of the problem. It was my first attempt at a re-install. Thanks alot.
Thanks to all for the great assistance…Got the basics running and am giddy as all hell to have a $400 mini-Macbook! Getting ready to update to 10.5.6 and turn on Ethernet. In the meantime, thought I’d try to return the favor to the group with my experiences:
@BabaBooey
If you’re getting an Incorrect CPU error, make sure that when you are reinstalling that you are first completely erasing the partition that you are installing on. I ran the install more than a half a dozen times trying different things, and one of those times I forgot to do the customize step…after that, I got your error and couldn’t shake it until I wiped everything out.
@Lightning
I got stuck in the loop also for a whole day (that’s why I had to keep trying different reinstall methods). In addition to Guy’s suggestion above, also go into the BIOS and enable all the onboard devices. One other thing to try is, if you upgraded the memory on the box, try replacing the original stick in there until you get everything working.
And if all else fails, use the Asus Restore disk to bring your machine back to pristine state, then start fresh with the instructions on this site…that’s what finally worked for me. Good luck all!
Hi,
First, thanks for the great rapup. Very nice informations.
I just add a comment on a thread at insanely mac about what next wireless driver you want. I can’t imagine no one is able to port the linux driver to OSX. I know wireless card are really cheap but why get one when we have one already. I think a programmer with skill can make one. There is so much netbooks with this card i’m sure we will see driver emerging soon.
I’m hoping.
Thanks
Thanks for all the help! I now have a functional 1000HE with Mac OS X and XP! This guide is fantastic and much props to all the feedback. The Graphics Mode suggestion worked and everything else was just flawless. Nice work everybody.
Thanks for this excellent guide – really made the installation much easier.
Just one issue: the fan seems to run constantly at full speed. I have the PowerManagement.bundle installed and GenericCPUPMControl is running under 10.5.6 with BIOS version 0607.
@Micky-D
Mine always seems to be running at a relatively high speed as well. Does GenericCPUMControl say your processor is running at 997MHz when its idle, or 1666Mhz? Theoretically, when its running at 997MHz, the fan won’t be running as fast, but overall I’ve noticed the fan runs more constantly under OSX than under Windows.
@Guy
The CPU is running at 997MHz at idle. Oddly after putting it to sleep and then resuming, the fan slowed considerably – although it is still running constantly. I almost never hear the fan kick on under XP.
Thanks for the quick reply.
Hi people!
Is there a way to install Leopard on the 1000he from a usb?
I had to do my install using a USB hard drive since my DVD burner wouldn’t properly create an iDeneb DVD.
First you need to take the iDeneb v1.3 iso and image it to a hard drive. To do that you can follow the general procedures discussed here:
http://forums.msiwind.net/mac/how-install-osx-with-and-without-usb-stick-usb-dvd-t4701.html
I then had to boot using a Boot123 cd and selecting the external USB drive (device 81). Everything from that point worked pretty much the same as a DVD-based installation.
^^^Thx mate
@Patricio
Sorry, but I provided the wrong URL above. The procedure to place an iso image on a usb hard drive (or usb flash drive) without a Mac is discussed here:
http://forums.msiwind.net/osx-software/making-osx-installer-usb-stick-with-mac-t5612.html
Did someone tried to install it with leopard hd installer (so without DVD or USB!) please tell me, i’ll buy one if it works. But i need to know before tomorrow ending afternoon! http://forums.msiwind.net/mac/how-install-osx-with-and-without-usb-stick-usb-dvd-t4701.html
@ Jul
It should work fine. I’ve installed OSX on a real mac using the HDD method and it worked, and considering flash drive methods work as well, I see no reason why it wouldn’t.
Yes, can’t see a reason, but unfortunatly there’s often a shit that’s coming out from nowhere…
I tried that method on the 904HD i own and it never worked. Well, installation launch, but after choosing language, it took like 5min to go to next page, then it freeze forever.
Tried it many times, nothing to do… I now 904HD doesn’t have an Atom but many installed OSX86 on 701 or 900 with Celeron too, so it should work too…
When I install the AppleIntelGMA950.kext from the post install updates, my 1000HE crashes. “VGA: family specific matching fails” appears a few times when starting with the -v flag
Hi! Thank you for the guide, it is very well done! I just wanted to mention a few things about my install.
1. The easy way I found to get it to dual boot with Win7: First, partition the second partition for the mac using XP (for some reason 7 AND Vista cannot create a primary partition and I ended up plugging my 1000he drive into my XP machine). Second, install Windows 7 – if it prompts you the second partition is format it be sure to cancel or tell it no. Third, install OSX – now you should be all set. The chameleon bootloader lets me use both OS’s just fine.
2. My trackpad does not work at all in OSX, it was working initially but somewhere along the way it started doing what you described above – it moves down to the corner and is unresponsive. For me it does it every time and I cannot use it at all whether I reboot, plug in mouses etc. Is there any fix for this?
3. I did get ethernet to work using the AttansicL1EEthernet driver. It says it only supports 10.5.6 when you run the pkg, but I extracted the kext from the pkg using Pacifist and just used Kext Helper to load it.
4. The iDeneb upgrade to 10.5.6 does not have a working video driver to my knowledge, so you will be stuck with 800×600 until someone finds one.
5. I cannot get my camera to work at all so far, is there a driver I need to load up for it?
6. I ordered a MacBook BCM94321MC MiniPCI-E wireless card, this should be a direct swap and hopefully will get wireless working on mine. I will let you know how it goes once I try it.
Thats all for now, thanks again for the guide!
Greg
Heres a small update -
My trackpad seems to be working again, all I did was close the lid to put it to sleep, opened it back up and the trackpad worked. It has not had another issue and have done several reboots already, seems strange.
The camera is working now, I tested in iChat and it came right up, it would not work before when I tried.
I setup internet sharing over bluetooth on my macbook and am able to use that for internet, but its about the speed of good dial-up, nothing to write home about (but its nice to not be tethered to an ethernet cable). The strange thing is that I have to recreate the sync relationship on the 1000he just to enable bluetooth after rebooting, it will not stay enabled and the on button is greyed out after I have paired it and rebooted. Anyone know a command that can initialize bluetooth?
Hi again, I found a utility that you can use to enable bluetooth if you are interested, it solved my problem with the greyed out on / off buttons, it can be downloaded here:
http://www.frederikseiffert.de/blueutil/
@SteveO: Hey thanks Steve O. I swear I had done that several times and it wasn’t working but this time it did. I had also burned another copy of iDeneb because I noticed that it was pretty beat up.
@Sridhar: Thanks for the info, I wasn’t sure if my adapter was keeping me from installing iDeneb but it’s all good now.
@Greg: Thank you for mentioning using Pacifist. I had upgraded to 10.5.6 and tried reinstalling the kext for the video but hosed my system.
Thanks everyone, I am now typing away on my new EEEmac
. The final step would be to get wireless running and then it’ll be as good as it could be for a Hackintosh:). I had to reserve some time to get it running ok and I had been so busy these past days I had no time. Thanks everyone and this great tutorial!
Any one have success with a USB wireless adapter? Which one? I’m hesitating tearing down my 1000HE and installing the broadcom card.
@Norm-I had good luck with the TrendNet 644U (check me on model # for sure, but I think that’s right) USB adapter. Its wireless-N. I have used it with 2 other friends who are on 1000HEs and don’t want to swap wireless cards.
Trendnet has Mac OS X Drivers available on their site. The adapter is about 30 bucks on most online retailers.
Hi everyone,
Thanks for the wonderful discussion here and lots of credits to Guy who started this. My 1000HE (which I call my Macbook Eeelium) is working very well now.
I have a problem though. The video out is not working too well. I can Video out to my 17 inch Dell LCD monitor wonderfully, but when I try to video out to a Epson projector, I get jibberish in both my projector image and my LCD. Does anyone know how to rectify this? Perhaps a better video driver?
ben
So we can verify that 10.5.6 wont do anything more then 800×600? I just stayed up all night trying everything…
Im running it on my eee 1000, what version should I roll back to so I can change the resolution to 1024×600?
I was able to get everything else to work just fine.
Cannot boot from the iDeneb dvd!
I have an Eee PC 100HE with 2 GB RAM, the iDeneb v1.3 10.5.5 dvd and an external dvd drive. The BIOS is set to start from dvd and the computer starts to boot from it. It hangs for a while at “Loading Darwin/x86″ with the turning thing underneath and finally stops here:
“Press Enter to start up Darwin/x86 with no options, or you can:
Type -v and press Enter to start up with diagnostic messages
Type ? and press Enter to learn about advanced startup options
Boot: _”
At first when I then pressed Enter the whole boot process started again from the beginning … showing the Asus splash screen … stopping again with the message shown above.
Later (now) it changed and when I press Enter I can see for a split second the Apple logo but then the system seems to go immediately into a kernel panic, showing a lot of lines with words and numbers in the background and “You need to restart your computer …” on top of that. The same happens when I start with options -x or -s. I don’t know what else to do.
When I put the dvd into my G5 I can choose it as Startup Disc in the System Preferences (shown correctly as iDeneb v1.3 10.5.5 with OS X 10.5 on it) but I can not actually start the G5 from it. When I try that the G5 first accesses the dvd, then shows the folder icon with a questionmark in it, and then switches to the hard drive to boot from.
Do I have to do something different? Does anybody here know what to do? Help would be very much appreciated!
Always make sure to burn install disks at around 2x to 4x. This will remove the possibility of a bad burn.
@Andre:
My resolution was wrong after the 10.5.6 update as well, but I redid the step where it has you install all the Kexts in the kexts folder (under “Video and miscellaneous support files” in this guide) with the KextInstaller, and that fixed it for me.
Yep, worked flawlessly for me, and I have 10.5.6 running at 1024×600 with working ethernet, sound, speedstep, etc. Everything works but the built-in wireless. Hopefully those drivers are coming soon; if they do I’ll move the 1000HE to OSX full-time.
Thanks for the writeup!
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