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.
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I installed the recommended wifi card. I got the correct drivers for XP. Both Apple and Windows see the card and find my wireless network. But after putting in my passcode it won’t connect on either OS. Do I have a bad card or am I missing something?
Does anyone know if there is a way to just load the retail OSX? I would like to be able to use the retail version so that I can take the updates and run Fusion for Windows. Thoughts on the Snow Leopard being released on Friday? Will that also need to be hacked for installation on the 1000HE?
Does anyone also happen to have any pics of the 1000HE tear down beyond exposing the mobo? I got that far, thanks to another photo tear down, but couldn’t figure out how to access the mini-wifi under it.
Asus Eee is very convenient to carry. It is my walkaround laptop wherever i go. The battery life could have been better though
Try turning off the quick boot or boo booster in the BIOS as with it on it will not recognize the wireless card.
I am stuck at the user registration page, it keeps going back to the country selection page, what should I do? Thanks in advance
@ Wilson:
Its what we like to call the “registration loop”. You have to do the following in order to solve this problem:
1) boot the drive in -v (verbase mode). this will show you all the drivers loading, as well as OS X loading (when OS X is loading, there is a smaller different font).
2) Once everything stops loading, you should be able to enter the following code:
/sbin/mount -uw
touch /var/db/.AppleSetupDone
passwd root
3) Once you do that code, it will prompt you to enter a password. “Root” is the admin user that was created. However, don’t attempt to change Root with another username, as this is impossible. It will prompt you to enter the password twice. After this, the admin (root) account will be set with the password you entered.
4) Finally, once completing all this, type reboot and your computer will restart. You should boot directly into the Mac OS X login screen.
And there you have it. Don’t forget to follow the rest of the guide with installing all the kexts, etc. Wifi will NOT WORK! There is no way except if you follow the guide completely and replace the wifi card (which I don’t recommend). If you keep your XP Partition, you can just dual boot into XP if you ever have to get on the internet (and can access it from OS X). It will just appear as an “Untitled” hard drive.
Have fun, and good luck,
Matt
I got wifi to work on my 1000HE. If you take the battery out and you’ll see a sticker for the wifi card. If its Ralink RT2860, just download and install the Mac drivers on this page
http://driverscollection.com/?H=RT2860&By=Ralink
Now, I really need help. I was only getting 800×600 so I tried to install the pack of drivers for video and now when I boot up, my screen is all screwed up and I can’t see anything. Is there anyway to fix this?
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For wireless problem in ASUS EEE1000HE with iDeneb 10.5.5. Try downloading driver from http://www.ralinktech.com/support.php?s=3. Select PCI/mPCI/CB(RT2860//RT2790) Files (.dmg). Then install this file in OSX iDeneb. Then yours eee 1000HE will detect Wireless card. It’s working properly for my EEE 1000HE.
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Hey Guys,
I have been working with OS X on my EEE PC for about 4 months now. Back and forth with wiping it off and putting it on. I got everything working with an iDeneb v1.4, and most of the drivers working with iDeneb v1.3. I have NOT swapped out my wifi card (too much effort and don’t wanna spend the $40 to get the dell wifi card). ANYHOW i wanted to know if anyone knew of how to get the Atheros AR9285 wifi card working? I’ve been looking around and i cannot find a kext that supports this. AND I found a couple of people who said they had a kext that worked and SURPRISINGLY, OS X (in System Preferences -> Network ) still was unable to find my wifi card. HELP!!! I want to use Leopard on my netbook, as i am unable to get a macbook pro until next July.
Thanks,
Matt
@ Wilson and Matt
Wilson, I am currently having the same issue on my 1005HAB, so your not alone
and Matt, your instructions do not appear clear to me, I do not know if it is due to the different models or what the case maybe, think you can toss in any insight?
the tutorial I used it here
http://maceee.blogspot.com/2009/08/installing-mac-osx-on-asus-eeepc-1005ha.html?showComment=1262486812403#c3935011515236165457
@Seadog17:
I just wanted to know if there was a way to use the Atheros AR9285 built-in wifi card on the 1005HAB on a leopard install? I dont feel like going through an annoying and possibly impossible snow leopard install. Is the best thing to do is to get a usb wifi adapter that is compatible with OS X?
Thanks
Hey guys, I recently got an ASUS 1000HE and been reading up and doing my homework on how to run OS X on it. Now from what I have been reading the OS is Ideneb which is a ihack version of the OS. I was just curious if I download the Iphone sdk to develop Iphone apps would everything work correctly or would apple be able to see that it isn’t a real mac? (I would assume everything would install and work like any normal mac correct?)
Thanks in advance guys!
grant- ur gonna be ok.
Ihave followed your tutorial from start to finish but i get a kernel panic on my 1000HE.
I’m trying a bare install with no extras to se if that fixes my problem.
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