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.
Hi,
Just got the install working on my 1005HA. Used the above guide mostly. What does not work is the Wifi and the ethernet.
All partitions have to be deleted (excpept for the one with XP) in order for the sysatem to function and boot properly. Once that is done it is the same install as is for the HE.
Best of luck to you 1005HA’ers. Both these computers are fantastic. I prefer the screen on the HE because it is Matte but the HA is so much smaller and the screen is incredible but does get a little affected by glare.
If anyone figures out the Wifi or Ethernet for the 1005HA I would love to know.
John
[...] Reboot3.4.9) Misc FixesThis directory contains fixes for potential problems (always, and I mean ALWAYS make backups of your kexts before trying those fixes):External USB to Ethernet : Provides the kexts for an external USB to Ethernet adapterTime Machine Fix : Provides a known fix if your TimeMachine is not working as advertised
Bluetooth Fix : Fix for erratic Bluetooth (may or may not work with 10.5.6 – try it out)Keyboard : Provides a fix for the Swiss French keyboard layout with a hacked kext. You can use the Ukulele app to create your own keyboard layouts.3.4.10)GoodiesUnder StartupSound you’ll find a preference pane and two original eNik sounds that let you define startup and shutdown sounds… Thanks to woolmonkey for the tip.That’s it…What works:- System running with EFI, vanilla and Quartz extreme support- Stock Kernel : working with EFI- GMA950 : working with QE & GL- Sleep Mode : working- Wlan : working (if you change the WIFI card)- Camera: : working- Multitouch : 2 finger scrolling, 3 finger control, 2 finger doubletab- SD Slot- External USB to Ethernet adapter for the MacBook Air- Time Machine- Sound input/output- Brightness control- Speedstep- EthernetAll the information in this post comes from the following sites and from hours of trial and error work from my eee PCs:http://forum.eeepcnews.de/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=7381&start=0&st=0&sk=t&sd=a (German)http://smallcomputing.net/2009/02/25/how-to-install-os-x-on-asus-eee-pc-1000he-netbook/http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?act=idxhttp://ipis-osx.wikidot.com/http://www.maceee.com/http://eeepc-osx.wikispaces.com/901http://wiki.taruga.net/savesavesavesave [...]
Hello everyone just wanted to comment that I have tryed puppy linux and the wireless network card works on my asus eee pc 1000 he. I am a developer but I do not know yet how to write drivers. To my unsderstanding it should be easy to port the driver from puppy linix to OS X since it is already ported to the unix platform.Hope some one can tell what I need to port it or have a patch for the community. THANKS for reading.
WIRELESS NETWORK CARD
I have a 1000he EEE Pc and I have 10.5.7 installed. I have the GMA950 kext and frame buffer installed. I can only get 1024×600 res and not the full 1024×768. But thats a diff issue.
I can’t seem to get the camera to work. When I run iChat it crashes. When I run photobooth it pops up an error that reads similar to this. “Photobooth does not support installed video card” or something like that.
Anyone have a fix for this issue? Also is there a kext out there for this?
AND.. Here is what my video card info says under XP.
Mobile Intel(R) 945 Express Chipset Family,
Driver version 6.14.10.4906
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_27A6&REV_03\3……..
Thanks
John:
My 1005HA will arrive in couple of days and I’m looking forward to install OSX on it. Will probably leave XP there although I won’t be using it much.
A friend of mine got his and I noticed the hardrive has 2 partitions. What do you mean with all partitions but XP must be deleted? Can you elaborate on the steps you had to use prior to this guide?
Will your method retain the boot from XP? I want to have the option to use the computer while I install/troubleshoot OSX in another partition.
Thanks
Hi Yon,
Below my answer is your question. From the factory (and if you use your included DVD to restore your computer to factory settings) your computer (this goes for the 1000HE as well as the 1005HA but the HE partitions do not have to be removed before installation) has 4 partitions: 1 has XP (70 or so gigs) the other is empty (70 or so gigs), the other is for your factory image if you need to do a restore without the DVD (about 5 gigs or so) and the other is about 60 Megs (I think this is bootable with the F9 key at startup and it seems to run the restore when you do it from your computer). If you proceed then in order to do a factory restore you will have to do it from the DVD which will wipe out everything on the harddrive. So what, I’d rather have Mac than the ability to do a restore the easy way (there are too many other ways to get XP back on to care).
I had to delete all three but the XP to get it to work (this means to get it to work without needing the DVD in the external DVD rom for it to boot when the install is complete). Delet all three partitions and create a fat32 partition and then rud the Ideneb 1.3 and it will work. When the install is done the initial screen will indicate that you should hit any key for options. If you don’t then Mac will start, if you then you should be given 2 choices, one will be Mac and one will be the “foreign operating system”
Worst comes to worse you can always factory restore with the DVD. You can also install a fresh copy of XP and install all the drivers programs on XP from the DVD. Asus seems to have the best options when it comes to installation of the software on a computer (at least with the 1000HE and the 1005HA)/
Have fun and feel free to email me with any questions. chimneycheck@gmail.com
If anyone figures out the drivers for the wireless I would be very happy!!
I am also currently trying to get it to tri-boot with xp, 7 and mac. I will post results in a few days.
Keep in mind, I am a firm believer that Mac should be paid for their operating system. I ordered the Family box set (10.5.6, Ilive 09 and IWork09) new for $177 shipped from Amazon. I say install it but lets pay Mac for their operating system:)
John LeBaron
Yon Blanco
July 17th, 2009 at 6:19 pm
John:
My 1005HA will arrive in couple of days and I’m looking forward to install OSX on it. Will probably leave XP there although I won’t be using it much.
A friend of mine got his and I noticed the hardrive has 2 partitions. What do you mean with all partitions but XP must be deleted? Can you elaborate on the steps you had to use prior to this guide?
Will your method retain the boot from XP? I want to have the option to use the computer while I install/troubleshoot OSX in another partition.
Thanks
More on the above.
The reason you see only 2 partitions is because the other 2 are “hidden”.
If you follow the steps on this web page for the HE and you delete the other three partitions (except the one with XP) and then create one Fat32 partition you will be able to dual boot. It just works.
The above guide really does work for the 1000HE and 1005HA. Of course things may vary here and there. I was not able to get the speedstep working fully (I dont care) and I couldnt figure out Spark (I dont care) but everything else (but the wireless) works. You can even plug in an external monitor but you have to press FN-F1 for it to work and to toggle it.
Have fun
Longlivekel,
The video should work if you have a 1000HE or a 1005HA. Did it work before you updated to 10.5.7?
Your IChat and Photobooth will likely be limited because the cameras do not work well with Mac (this is for both the 1000HE and the 1005HA). But they should still work.
I would go for a new install and make sure all works great after initial install and “tweaking”. Then I would update to 10.5.6 and make sure all works. Then I would think about whether or not I wanted to upgrade to 10.5.7 and only if there is a tangible benefit would I do it. You might find that the upgrade to 10.5.7 is what hangs you up the most.
Good luck
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Longlivekel
July 16th, 2009 at 11:28 am
I have a 1000he EEE Pc and I have 10.5.7 installed. I have the GMA950 kext and frame buffer installed. I can only get 1024×600 res and not the full 1024×768. But thats a diff issue.
I can’t seem to get the camera to work. When I run iChat it crashes. When I run photobooth it pops up an error that reads similar to this. “Photobooth does not support installed video card” or something like that.
Anyone have a fix for this issue? Also is there a kext out there for this?
AND.. Here is what my video card info says under XP.
Mobile Intel(R) 945 Express Chipset Family,
Driver version 6.14.10.4906
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_27A6&REV_03\3……..
Thanks
Has anyone got Time Machine to work. Can you use a separate partition on your hard drive or does it have to be an external?
Thanks John. I will try your suggestions for sure when my 1005 arrives.
Let me add that I own 2 Macs at home and I also paid 200$ for a family license of Leopard so I’m good to go up to 5 computers. I’m happy paying Apple for their nice OS.
YON
Hey, I just found out that on the Ralink website, the drivers are published for the wifi that comes with the 1000HE! Here’s the link: http://www.ralinktech.com/ralink/Home/Support/Macintosh.html
forgot which one to select XD. you can find this back in W XP or on some specification site I guess.. This worked for me !
Thanks for you article btw. I used it with a minor modification. Since I didn’t have any external dvd drive availible, I did the first part of the install with my desktop onto my external usb hard drive. Then I plugged in the drive to my EEE, used Carbon Clone Copy to copy the install to the EEE’s harddrive. Once that was done, without having reboot-ed yet, I installed the Chameleon 2.0 RC1 kernel onto the EEE’s harddrive. Next I just rebooted and followed your guide on updating and fixing things, big thanks! =D
Mike,
I would love a little more info on the Ralink drivers. I have downloaded a couple and have not gotten the wireless to work on my 1005HA (I think it is the same as the HE).
John
chimneycheck@gmail.com
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10.5.6.. the camera did not work. after update to 10.5.7 still didn’t work.
As for Wifi.. I got that hoe workin perfect.. its a combination of ralinks kext and wifi soft.
no luck on that camera….
I’ve followed the instructions up to redesignating the D: partition with no assigned letter, and no format.
I’ve gone into the BIOS and selected my external USB DVD drive as boot device 1, however, I only get a screen that says, “Reboot and Select proper Boot device or Insert a Boot Media in selected Boot device and press a key” I have an original, retail, stand alone OS X disc. It’ll fire up the external, but will not load OS X.
Help please! I really want to get this working. You can email me: platohedron@gmail.com
John LeBaron
Got my 1005HA but a hardware defect so I had to returned to Amazon. New one should be in today. In the meantime I’ve reading some post and your name always pops up. Did you ever find out if installing from OS X DVD will have any benefit to iDeneb 1.3 installation? I’d like to install from DVD but of course i’ll go for the solution that gets more stuff working properly. Since my intention is to have the machine as an internet machine for traveling and play movies for kids my main priorities are:
- Sound
- Battery life
- Sleep on closing lid
Are you satisfied with these 3 on your experience so far? Do you get close to 8 hours of battery when running OS X?
Thanks again for your help
I am able to triple boot my 1005HA with XP, OSX and Windows 7.
You might be able to triple boot the 1000HE also by adding 7. It is complicated (for me) and time consuming. I left XP and made that partition smaller (40GB) I then deleted the other 3 and split them fairly equally and put OSX on the 4the partition and made it a Fat32 (the middle partitions were made into ntsf).
ONce you have OSX you can install 7 on the 2nd partition. Before rebooting you have to install easyBCD 1.72 and get it working as you boot loader. Then you will be able to boot to 7 and OSX but I was not able to boot to XP. You then have to re-install the ntldr file (I had to learn some DOS for that one) that is corrupt due to the 7 install (the bastards). You then have to set your active partition to XP and then you install Bootmagic 8.0 and set it to boot to 7 and mac and XP (I have XP, 7 and then Mac).
When you boot you will have bootmagic show up with your boot options. This is the one you use.
It’s not that simple but those of you that know computers fairly well should be able to fill in the blanks. I am just not good enough to tell somebody how to do it since I mostly wing it and make sure my computer knows that if it does not comply I will throw it off my car on the freeway!
Have fun tri-booting if ya dare.
John
Hi Yon
In response to your questions below.
“In the meantime I’ve reading some post and your name always pops up. Did you ever find out if installing from OS X DVD will have any benefit to iDeneb 1.3 installation? I’d like to install from DVD but of course i’ll go for the solution that gets more stuff working properly. Since my intention is to have the machine as an internet machine for traveling and play movies for kids my main priorities are:
- Sound
- Battery life
- Sleep on closing lid
Are you satisfied with these 3 on your experience so far? Do you get close to 8 hours of battery when running OS X?”
Well, I never did figure out if there were any benefits to using the actual MAC disk (stopped caring).
Sound is great.
Battery life is really good (seems much better than the 1000HE, I remember not being thrilled with the HE battery life, it was good though) but I dont know if it is 8 hours but it likely gets more than any other laptop or netbook.
It seems to sleep when closing the lid. Close lid it sleeps. Have to hit a key for it to wake up though, and of course open lid.
Keep in mind, like any other Hackintosh, there will be slight glitches. Such as 1. When you close the lid you may find that the mouse acts a little funny when you are scrolling down drop down menus (just hit any key to correct, no biggie even if you don’t correct).
2. Bluetooth won’t shut off (costing battery life). But can be turned off in Bios.
3. Photbooth video is very slow.
4. The horizontal screen resolution (the 600 part) does not allow you to get all the features of Garage Band or iPhot (I am sure there are other programs that are affected to). Supposedly there is a fix for this to fool the OS into making the screen 724 instead of 600.
5. I don’t know of any solution for the wireless other than a USB wireless card ($20 to $80, depending on N or not and quality).
Otherwise this is a fantastic computer for OSX and it runs iLife 09 wonderfully (use an external monitor if I want all the full screen).
You can also use Open Office for mac which is free and legal.
The screen is beautiful (a little glare outside, unlike the HE which is incredible outside) and more vibrant than the HE.
And if your ambitions you can put 7, XP and OSX on there.
Any other questions?
Best
asus atheros wifi card is fully functional with snow leopard, don’t have to replace it
Can you give more info on this?
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snowleopard1000he
July 26th, 2009 at 6:07 am
asus atheros wifi card is fully functional with snow leopard, don’t have to replace it”
Best,
Can anyone tell me how (in idiot terms) to handle the resolution (it is currently at the 1024 by 600) so that the OSX thinks (or makes it appear) to be more like 1024 by 768. This would make it so that when in Garage Band or iPhoto or Photobooth I would be able to see the bottom of the window and have access to all the controls without having to attach an external monitor.
Love to get this corrected if possible.
Thanks John. Got the machine. Will try OSX when time permits.
Now, I’m excited to hear Snow Leopard have drivers for wifi card. It will be interesting to see how this works when is released in September. And I won’t try to open the machine just to replace the card as I was thinking.
Maybe Apple is trying to sell more copies of software?
[...] Eee 1000HE [...]
John,
I’ve been following your comments with interest. I have just ordered the
1005HA. I’ve always been a mac user from os 7 to 10.4.9., but I’m not a
developer and I want to get a mac os onto this netbook. I need a really
specific “how to” guide. Is there one available? Maybe a step by step youtube
video? I am a little afraid of screwing up the new machine. Also how
do you do all these downloads for installs when the machine has no wifi?
I guess I’m just confused as to the order of the steps to take. Can you
provide any guidance/advice…much appreciated. P.S. does anyone do this
for a fee?
Hi!
Can someone please give me a valid link for downloading the complete iDeneb 1.5 10.5.7 DVD?
Thanks!
Hi,
Can anyone tell me how to get all the features in Garage Band (09). When I open it and create a new project the bottom portion of the project is out of view and I cannot “lift” the screen to get to it.
Any solution?
John
PS, will get back to Bobbey and Ilene later.
[...] jetzt auch in Version 1.5 als RC. Wenn alle Stricke reissen, kann man es natürlich auch noch mit OS X versuchen, halt einfach kein Windows [...]
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Das Ubuntu Netbook Remix auf die eee Box? | + mzungu’s weblog +
July 29th, 2009 at 1:58 pm
[...] jetzt auch in Version 1.5 als RC. Wenn alle Stricke reissen, kann man es natürlich auch noch mit OS X versuchen, halt einfach kein Windows [...]
Would love to know that that is all about?
Bobbey,
Go here http://www.vuze.com/app You have to download the site and then do a search for iDeneb and you will find what you are looking for.
John
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Ilene
July 28th, 2009 at 4:22 am
John,
I’ve been following your comments with interest. I have just ordered the
1005HA. I’ve always been a mac user from os 7 to 10.4.9., but I’m not a
developer and I want to get a mac os onto this netbook. I need a really
specific “how to” guide. Is there one available? Maybe a step by step youtube
video? I am a little afraid of screwing up the new machine. Also how
do you do all these downloads for installs when the machine has no wifi?
I guess I’m just confused as to the order of the steps to take. Can you
provide any guidance/advice…much appreciated. P.S. does anyone do this
for a fee?
Ilene,
The instructions on this site are pretty good. Not perfect but the best I have seen.
You will not screw up your machine by doing this. your computer came with a DVD which if you run it at boot up will bring your computer back to factory condition.
You do have to be able to do partitioning as I described (because you have to delete all the partitions except for the XP one, or it wont boot to Mac) in earlier posts though.
Best,
John LeBaron
All of this is totally foreign to me and admittedly all the write-ups are bit too techy.
This is what I have: 1000HE, iDeneb 10.5.5 burned to a DVD, and all the recommended updates.
Where do I go from here? I’ve partitioned without any format or assigning a drive letter, I’ve set the CMOS to look for the external DVD as the first boot device, and I thought it might install, but I get an error, “com.apple.BOOT.Slist” not found.
Where am I going wrong? Also, does anyone have a tear down that takes you through replacing the wifi card and not just stop at exposing the mobo?
Please help, I really, really want to turn my 1000HE into a netbook … my little way to get my digs into Apple
)
Plato
So far I have only been able to get the iDeneb 1.3 to work. Make sure that is the one you have.
Format your the unpartitioned space and make it a Fat32 (that is what I did). I doubt it makes any difference whether or not you assign it a drive letter.
Try that and call me in the morning, ha ha.
You can email me if you like. chimneycheck@gmail.com
John
Just wanna say thanks to John LeBaron for his tips in the comments section. I’m about to try this on my wife’s 1005HA, and your posts have helped clarify a lot of things.
Thanks, you rock!!!
John – Thanks for the words of advice. My original disc was a 1.3 10.5.5, but didn’t work for some reason. After grabbing a different file, that one seemed to work like a charm. I got as far as 10.5.6 and think I’m going to stop there for now. I cracked open my Eee, but couldn’t quite figure out how to replace the mini-WiFi card so I put it back together and am hoping that someone will come up with a valid driver or update.
I’m totally stoke, just gotta get the WiFi on track, or have someone post additional breakdown pics that show the WiFi replacement.
Thanks for everything.
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