Gear Zap! http://www.gearzap.com Looking out for the coolest and latest laptops and gadgets! Fri, 10 Oct 2008 06:59:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 en Hackintosh Upgraded to OS X 10.5.5 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/gearzap/~3/-x0P3Ul0Cbc/ http://www.gearzap.com/2008/10/hackintosh-upgraded-to-os-x-1055/#comments Fri, 10 Oct 2008 06:40:38 +0000 Victor http://www.gearzap.com/?p=101 My Shuttle SD30G2 Hackintosh has been upgraded to Mac OS X 10.5.5. The upgrade was performed using the 316MB, Mac OS X 10.5.5 Update (not the Combo Update), following the steps below:

Open Terminal 

sudo -s 

*type password* 

while sleep 1; do rm -rf /System/Library/Extensions/AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement.kext; done

Open 10.5.5 Update Installer 

Run update BUT DO NOT RESTART 

Go back to your Terminal and press Control C to end the script 

Restart and boot with -v

The Hackintosh was restarted with everything working except Audio. Fixed the audio and now the Shuttle SD30G2 is running Mac OS X 10.5.5 without any problems. The Shuttle SD30G2, a hackintosh owner dream machine. :D

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My hackintosh Shuttle SD30G2 with an Asus Nvidia 8500 GT video card is now hooked up to 2 monitors. The 2 monitors are a Dell E228WFP (22″) connected with DVI cable and an old Samsung SyncMaster 151s (15″) with VGA cable.

I’m using NVkush.kext and my NVCAP settings is <04000000 00000600 09000000 00000000 00000000>. 

The main challenge in getting dual monitor support on a hackintosh is getting the NVCAP settings correct. One great resource for getting NVidia cards working properly on a hackintosh is http://nvinject.free.fr/.

Here are two important links if you’re looking to get dual monitor support on your hackintosh.

  1. The proper way to edit NVCAP setting
  2. NVCAP explained !
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MSI Wind with OS X 10.5.4 photo taken from http://www.flickr.com/photos/8125991@N04/2695576900/

The MSI Wind has the potential to be a great hackintosh laptop. The only hurdle is the WIFI card (Realtek 8187SE chipset) does not work on Mac OS X. No drivers exists for it at the moment.

http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=113888&hl=MSI+Wind+WIFI

http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=115306&hl=MSI+Wind+WIFI

Check out these youtube videos of the MSI Wind running Mac OS X.

1. MSI Wind Leo Install

2. MSI Wind: Mac OS X Overview

3. Wind PC on OSX Leopard - Performance Video

Related Links:

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Acer Aspire One, Asus Eee 901, HP 2133, MSI Wind Hands On

Comparing the 4 sub-notebooks.

MSI Wind and ASUS EEE PC 701 Comparison

Comparing a black MSI Wind with a black Asus Eee PC.

Hands-on with the MSI Wind

MSI Wind video review and comparing it with the Asus Eee PC and Acer Aspire One. My only complain with this review, the camera moves about too much.

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I want to install an Acer hackintosh laptop too. How do I do it?

Goto http://wiki.osx86project.org or http://www.insanelymac.com for tips and guides on how to install your own hackintosh laptop.

Here are some photos of Acer laptops with Mac OS X as proof that it can be done.


Acer Aspire running Mac OS X Tiger 10.4.4


Mac OS X Desktop on the Acer TravelMate 3201XCi


Acer Aspire 5100 running Mac OS X

The following list of Acer laptops running Mac OS X is based on information from http://wiki.osx86project.org. (Note: not all devices work properly)

  • Running Mac OS X 10.5.x (10.5.2 and 10.5.1)
    • Aspire 4315-2324
    • Aspire 4320
    • Aspire 5720 Gemstone
    • Aspire 5024
    • Aspire 5050
    • Aspire 5051 AWXMi
    • Aspire 5100
    • Aspire 5570Z
    • Aspire 5572WXMi
    • Aspire 5610 5610z-2966
    • Aspire 5612WLMi
    • Aspire 5720G
    • Aspire 5920 5920g
    • Aspire 9410Z
    • Extensa 5220
    • Extensa 5620z
  • Running Mac OS X 10.4.x (10.4.8)
    • Aspire 1692WLMi
    • Aspire 1642Z-WLMi
    • Aspire 2001
    • Aspire 2423WXM
    • Aspire 3623NWXMi
    • Aspire 3680
    • Aspire 3690
    • Aspire 5100 AMD Turion 64×2
    • Aspire 5101
    • Aspire 5102
    • Aspire 5601 AWLMi 5601Z
    • Aspire 7112WSMi
    • Aspire 9303 WSMi
    • Extensa 4102 WLMi
    • TravelMate 8104 WMLi
    • TravelMate C301XMi
    • TravelMate 382TMI
    • TravelMate 4202 WLMi
    • TravelMate 4220 AWLMi
    • TravelMate 4230 WLMi
    • TravelMate C110/C111

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