Asus 1005HA Hackintosh

August 11, 2009 by J.P.

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Here are the steps to install 10.5.8 OSX iDeneb on an Asus 1005HA. This installation requires you to have another OSX machine and either a USB key 10gigs + (recommend 16gig) or an external DVD drive.

Pre-installaton Downloads

  • iDeneb (for my installation I used 1.4 10.5.6 OSX). Recommend grabbing the latest here.(you must register to download from the site)
  • ACPIFix.pkg to get around an error that freezes the loading of OSX. Get it here.
  • iDeneb upgrades.
  • Kext files needed to get resolution and Quartz Extreme working, audio, battery, sleep and more working. Click here.
  • GernericCPUManagement app.
  • Kext Helper. This is built into iDeneb in the customize package.
  • Chameleon 2, should be in in the latest build of iDeneb or grab it here.
  • Spark, so you can have volume control + many more features. Grab it here.

If you need help creating a bootable USB drive click here.

Install iDeneb 1.4 on your machine

(The below will assume you are booting from a USB drive)
  1. Boot to your USB drive by hitting ESC when bios loading screen comes up.
  2. Select you USB drive from the list.
  3. iDeneb should load Chameleon as this point.
  4. Once the install wizard comes up follow the steps that you would for any normal installation.
  5. Make sure you formatted the drive on the 1005ha. By default mine came in 4 separate partitions which I erased and reformatted into a single OSX (journaled).
  6. In the customize setting of the install select the following: ICHx Fixed, FireWire Remove, Video/Intel and check GMA950, Applications KextHelper, found in Applications/iDeneb/Kexthelp.app.

After 10.5.6 iDeneb has been installed

  • After install hit esc and boot to the USB drive.
  • Once Chameleon loads hit F8 then type the following: “rd=disk0s1 -v -f” and hit return.
  • It will take a couple minutes but you should see OSX wizard for setting up your admin user account.
  • After filling out the wizard install the ACPIFix.pkg.
  • Once the package is installed restart the machine.
  • Do not hit esc this time and allow the internal HD to boot.
  • Once Chameleon loads hit “F8″ then type “-v -f”.
  • If all goes well at this point 10.5.6 should load with 800×600 screen res, which we will fix later.

Update 10.5.7 with iDeneb pkg

  • Install the 10.5.7 upgrade from the pkg download.
  • Restart once the upgraded has been installed.

Update 10.5.8 with iDeneb pkg

  • Install the 10.5.8 upgrade from the pkg download.
  • Restart once the upgraded has been installed.

Installing the Kext for Audio, Display, Etc

  • Once 10.5.8 is successfully loaded install the kext files and packages list at the top of this post. Note all kext files must be installed using the Kext helper app or a smilar method, terminal command, or OSX86 Tools.
  • Recommend installing a few at a time and then restarting to determine where an issue could be happening if anything strange happens.
  • Install the GenericCPUPMControl.app and have it start at login and keep hidden (these setting are in login options). Also note that voodooPower.kext is required for this to work properly.

Finishing touches

  • Get Spark.aap, it’s an app to get shortcut keys working, like for volume function keys Spark.app.
  • Install about this mac. Download.
  • Webcam is working. If you are having issues I recommend reinstalling some of the display kext since Quartz Extreme needs to be running.

Features I haven’t tested

Mic. Not sure if the mic is working or not.

Once wifi is up and running I will update this section and post Skype configuration. The wifi card, Atheros AR9285 that comes with the 1005ha isn’t supported yet. From what I’ve read it might possibly be supported in 10.6 Snow Leopard. I’m still waiting on my card to get here from Hong Kong and plan on doing a followup post on how to take the 1005ha apart and replace the existing wifi card with a supported card. A separate post will be on this subject in 10-15 business days.

Gesture support. I’m assuming that this will be supported by a kext at somepoint since its supported in windows.

Please post any issues with your install below and I will do my best to answer.

Special thanks the irc.mac.speak.net OSX86 chat room for everyone’s help and input.

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121 Comments

  1. Amazing! I also ordered a new wifi card (Dell dw1510) and am waiting for it to arrive from Hong Kong. Excellent tutorial!

    Comment by Robin — August 12, 2009 @ 12:00 pm

  2. Thanks for the guide. I will give it a try.
    Everything was working fine for me with iDeneb 1.3 10.5.5 but needed to upgrade to 10.5.6 to install iWork09. Used the Combo pkg and it booted OK the first time. Everything was ok but the video which was 800×600. I installed the AppleGMA950 kext and restarted the machine BUT now I only get to the Apple logo with the ticking clock. Actually the clock stop and I even get the mouse cursor but can’t get further than that. I can move the mouse but screen still shows apple logo and nothing else comes up. Any help is welcomed.
    If I have to do it all over again I will try your guide. Do you know if iDeneb 1.5 with 10.5.7 will work? just trying to make it as simple as possible.

    Thanks
    YON

    Comment by Yon — August 12, 2009 @ 3:38 pm

  3. Yon,

    To get around the boot issue you need to boot from your installer usb drive.
    Once Chameleon loads hit “F8″ then you should see your internal drive selected.
    Then type “rd=disk0s1 -v -f” and hit return.

    This should allow you to get back to your desktop so you don’t have to start from scratch. Once you have OSX running again remove the kext, AppleGMA950 that is causing your issues. Also make sure you install the ACPIFix.pkg, linked above.

    Then follow the steps of the guide. I would wait until your running 10.5.8 to install any kext files since I have had conflicts with some of the updates.

    Let me know if you need help removing the kext.

    Thanks,
    J.P.

    Comment by J.P. — August 12, 2009 @ 4:01 pm

  4. J.P.
    Thanks for your prompt reply. I tried to boot using the instructions you gave me but unfortunately did not work. The boot process started but then got stuck still on the command prompt.
    I’d try any other hint you might have before I start all over again. Your instructions are the best I have seen. They are systematic and well organized. I will definitely use them if I have to start from scratch.
    I tried to delete the kext from the Unix prompt but the .kext is a read only directory and did not let me do it. I could not change the read only right of the folder and subfolder and I dont want to do it file by file.

    Again thanks so much for your help
    YON

    Comment by Yon — August 12, 2009 @ 5:35 pm

  5. Yon boot into single user mode and delete the kext that way. cd s/l/e Type: sudo rm -rf kextname.kext then return. This should prompt your root password. After entering hit return and type reboot and the kext will be deleted.

    To boot into single user mode hit F8 then -s in the Chameleon prompt.

    Comment by J.P. — August 12, 2009 @ 5:55 pm

  6. Booted on single mode with -s (prompt says root#) but the sudo switch is not helping. I’m getting same results as last night when I was using rm -r. I tried sudo rm -rf appleintelgma950.kext but I did not get asked the password. Instead I got 10 lines one for each folder within appleintelgma950.kext/contents saying Read Only File System.
    Thanks in advance for further advice.
    YON

    Comment by Yon — August 12, 2009 @ 8:39 pm

  7. On second thought I don’t think you need sudo in single user mode.

    Read this link
    http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/lofiversion/index.php/t41596.html

    Comment by J.P. — August 12, 2009 @ 8:47 pm

  8. I tried both
    sudo rm -rf appleintelgma950.kext
    rm -rf appleintelgma950.kext

    Neither one worked. Same result from both methods.
    Sorry to bother you with this stuff. Looking like new install?
    YON

    Comment by Yon — August 12, 2009 @ 9:07 pm

  9. Well I’m sure there is a way around it but if you have everything backed up it might be easier to reinstall.

    Good luck.

    Comment by J.P. — August 12, 2009 @ 9:11 pm

  10. Thanks J.P
    Just couple of last questions:
    - Once you install 10.5.8, did u use the iDeneb tool 10.5.8 to install the kext?
    - Do you think is worth trying to start with iDeneb 1.5 with 10.5.7 or you already tried and decided to start with 10.5.6?
    I’ll keep watching your site for updates on wifi and gestures
    Regards
    YON

    Comment by Yon — August 12, 2009 @ 9:29 pm

  11. Yes, I used kexthelper to install the kext files. Just make sure you install ACPIFix.pkg so you won’t hang at the loading screen. I don’t think it matters if you start with iDeneb1.4 or 1.5.

    Comment by J.P. — August 12, 2009 @ 9:37 pm

  12. Thanks for the guide. I’ve tried this out and for some reason just can’t get it to work. I can install OS X and go through the set up but then when I try to boot it off the hard drive it just shows some text scroll down before restarting the computer. I think it might be the ACPI fix provided because before I install that I can get to the desktop if the DVD is in my external drive, but after I install the ACPI fix I can’t even do that. The only thing I think I’ve done differently from your guide (besides using an external DVD drive other than USB) is I had more than one partition because I was going to try to dual boot Windows 7.

    I’m going to try to install once more with the single partition and see if that works out. But if you have another suggestion I’d appreciate it.

    Comment by Bryce — August 15, 2009 @ 2:45 am

  13. Bryce,

    I’m not sure how the dual partition with Window 7 would act. I have never attempted to make a dual boot system with OSX and Windows. I was unable to launch ideneb with 10.5.6 until I installed the APCI Fix either.

    The long string of text you see loading is what happens with you boot in verbose mode so you can see what the system is doing instead of a gray apple loading screen.

    J.P.

    Comment by J.P. — August 15, 2009 @ 11:45 am

  14. After some research I’ve found out that it seems to be a kernel panic when I try to boot into OSX after installing the fix. I tried installing it with the single partition and still have this problem.

    I’m not sure where to go from here. :(

    Comment by Bryce — August 15, 2009 @ 10:01 pm

  15. Bryce,
    I ran in to same problem like yours. I’ve also a kernel panic when I try to boot from the harddrive. Maybe it’s a BIOS-problem. Did you upgrade your Bios to the newest version before you tried to install iDeneb? I’ve done it – I think this was a bad idea.

    Comment by michbeck — August 16, 2009 @ 11:55 am

  16. Update : I feel silly, but I figured out the problem. My install disk was faulty. I burned another one and now its all fine! YES! Thanks again for the tutorial! I really appreciate that you took the time to do it.

    Comment by Dagmar — August 16, 2009 @ 5:40 pm

  17. J.P.
    iDeneb 1.4 Install has an option called ACPI_SMC under fix. Will that do the same as the ACPIFIX.pckg or should I still take the extra step to install it as in your instructions?

    Thanks
    YON

    Comment by Yon — August 17, 2009 @ 9:20 am

  18. Yon,

    I haven’t tried that method but its worth a shot.

    Comment by J.P. — August 17, 2009 @ 12:53 pm

  19. JP
    Tried selecting ACPI fix on iDeneb install and then without since it did not work but same result. Can’t get OSX to boot. I started my iDeneb 1.4 install but after the install was complete, the boot process using your instructions to get to the User Admin wizard gets stuck at
    Kernel Version
    Darwin Kernel Version 9.2.0 ….

    I have a dual partition and installing from DVD. Don’t know what else to do. Tried booting from CD using:
    rd=disk0s1 -v -f
    rd=disk1s1 -v -f (Since I think Disk Utility shows disk0s1 as the Win partition)

    Then tried both options again but booting from HD but never got to the point where I can install the ACPI fix. IT got stuck at some other place on command prompt.
    If I boot without any F8 options I get the Apple logo and spinning circle but HD doesn’t do anything. No activity at all.

    Using -s does not take me to Single user mode to try anything else. I’m really stuck. I know iDeneb 1.3 worked originally so I can go back to that.

    Do you think is worth installing 1.3 again and then run the 10.5.8 update in one go and then installing your kexts? Or is better to go 10.5.6, 10.5.7 and then 10.5.8? I downloaded the full update which is meant to update even from 10.5.5.

    Thanks in advance for any help
    Regards
    YON

    Comment by Yon — August 17, 2009 @ 1:20 pm

  20. JP,

    Just received my 1005HA today. I want to hackintosh it soon, but I am the ultimate noob (lot’s of experience with Windows, NONE with Mac), so I’m a bit confused.

    First of all, I went to IHackintosh, and could not locate IDeneb 1.4. I DID find iDeneb.MacOSx86UpdCombo10.5.6.re..dmg
    and I’m downloading it as we speak, but I’m not sure this is the right thing. If it’s not, where DO I find iDeneb 1.4, or should I be downloading something else (like iDeneb v 1.5.1 10.5.7 in the iDeneb DVD folder)? Also, when you talk about the ugrade files, does that mean iDeneb Combo Upgrade KIT 10.5.7 and iDeneb Combo Update KIT Version: 10.5.8 – or the iDeneb upgrade kits (no “combo”)
    all under “Mac OSx86 update”?

    I’m confused. Thanks for your trouble,

    Germainiac

    Comment by germainiac — August 17, 2009 @ 8:48 pm

  21. Another update

    Went back to iDeneb 1.3 (10.5.5). Install went fine
    Run Permission Repair
    Installed the 10.5.8 combo right after
    Boot went fine (this was already a big success since I’ve never went further than 10.5.5)
    Tried to load 6 of the 12 kext given by JP but now I have a very similar problem to the one I have going from 10.5.5 to 10.5.6 few days ago:
    I get to see the mouse cursor indicating I’m on graphic mode but the background is still the apple logo shown during the booting process. If i boot with -v -f options the command prompt is my background even though I see the cursor as well. Bottom line I can’t boot anymore.

    Any hints here??? So far I can only make my machine work with 10.5.5. Anything else breaks it. By the way this is a 1005HA (White)
    YON
    P.S. I found that for those with dual boot you need to use rd=disk0s2 -v -f

    Comment by Yon — August 17, 2009 @ 9:51 pm

  22. One more update

    JP: I found the way to delete the kext from Unix prompt. Need to type
    mount -uw /
    rm -rf /System/Library/Extensions/kextfilename.kext

    Without the “mount” command the read only folders can’t be deleted.

    Anyway this helped me troubleshoot the kext causing all my troubles: AppleIntelGMA950.kext so I deleted it.

    I’m almost there now. Got sound, brightness control,etc all working BUT since I can’t install that gma950 kext I can’t get the 1024×600 screen resolution. I’m stuck at 800×600. PhotoBooth also says incorrect graphic card installed.

    Something else I noticed is not working:
    - don’t have trackpad options under Mouse Preferences to enable the click on tap.
    - No Sleep: Neither from Apple Menu or closing the lid

    I’m only using the kext JP provided.

    Your help is very appreciated
    YON

    Comment by Yon — August 17, 2009 @ 11:32 pm

  23. Germainiac

    To get iDeneb 1.4 (or 1.3) do a Google search for their torrents. The updates you can get them from the address JP provided

    YON

    Comment by Yon — August 17, 2009 @ 11:34 pm

  24. I also have a 1005HA and followed your instructions in details. I also get the system hang. Any ideas as to what else I can try so I can get this thing loaded? I have upgraded my Bios to the latest version, 703 from ASUS. Let me know if I can try any thing else.

    Thanks.
    Rickr

    Comment by Rickr2001 — August 18, 2009 @ 1:49 am

  25. Yon and Rickr,

    I also had my system hanging after installing kexts to support the resolution and QE.
    I would recommend removing these kext and then trying to reinstall them:

    AppleIntelGMA950.kext
    AppleIntelIntegratedFramebuffer.kext

    It took my a few times of deleteing and reinstalling before they worked properly.
    BTW are you guys using Chameleon 2.0?

    I have a couple other versions of the AppleIntelGMA950.kext that I have found from other sources. I’ll try and get them uploaded for you guys later today.

    J.P.

    Comment by J.P. — August 18, 2009 @ 7:56 am

  26. I’m running BIOS Revision 0402

    J.P.

    Comment by J.P. — August 18, 2009 @ 8:02 am

  27. I’m also on BIOS 0402 (Preinstalled)
    I’m using Chameleon 1.0.11
    I downloaded AppleIntelGMA950.kext & AppleIntelIntegratedFramebuffer.kext from other source but that got me to a light blue screen after the Apple boot logo screen but boot did not complete. Removed that new Apple….buffer.kext and installed yours but using that new Apple…950.kext file. Now my computer boots OK but still on 800×600 resolution.

    Any idea on sleep on lid and tap trackpad for click?
    I have used both AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement.kext & SleepEnabler.kext options but neither one will set my machine to sleep.

    YON

    Comment by Yon — August 18, 2009 @ 10:17 am

  28. Updated the kext download. I had an extra battery kext that was displaying 2 battery icons. There is still something a little funky going on with 10.5.8 and battery life. I was getting 7+ hours with 10.5.7 seem to be getting slightly over 4 now but I haven’t timed anything.

    Comment by J.P. — August 18, 2009 @ 12:50 pm

  29. JP
    Does the new kext download include new AppleIntelGMA950.kext & AppleIntelIntegratedFramebuffer.kext or you will be posting that separately?

    Also could you please add voodooPower.kext to your kext list?

    YON

    Comment by Yon — August 18, 2009 @ 4:13 pm

  30. Yon,

    I just posted gma950 kexts no framebufferkext. I think there are 4 total. I also added voodooPower.kext in the main bundle for you too.

    http://jpmcgarrity.com/downloads/hackintosh/KextArchive.zip

    The kexts in this bundle are all ones that I’m actively using on my working system.

    J.P.

    Comment by J.P. — August 19, 2009 @ 8:38 am

  31. JP.
    Finally got mine running, i had a bad usb stick image, re loaded the stick and now im on my way! Thanks for the help, I will post results.
    Thanks,
    Rickr

    Comment by Rickr — August 19, 2009 @ 8:24 pm

  32. Well, after several failed tries, I finally got my 1005ha to load through 10.5.8. However, I was unable to load any of the kexts in the KextArchive because everytime I tried to install one with KextHelper, it prompted me for a password – and since I declined to load a password, it failed to gain access to the root.

    I did a network search and found the following possible solution:

    The standard admin account for OSX (and any linux system btw) is “root”. You have to login as that and reset your settings there, like this:
    1. Run single user mode using the -s flag while booting i.e. type -s at the “boot:” prompt and wait for the prompt “:/ root#” to appear (I had to boot -s twice and press Enter after the static cursor appeared to get the prompt; you may not need to), type each of the following lines, followed by Enter and then waiting for “:/ root#” to re-appear.
    2. Mount the file system by typing “mount -uw /” (without quotes) at the “:/ root#” prompt.
    3. Change the root password by typing “passwd root” at the “:/ root#” prompt and then typing in a new root password and retyping it again as requested.
    4. Create the .AppleSetupDone file by typing
    “touch /var/db/.AppleSetupDone” (without quotes) at the “:/ root#” prompt
    5. Boot the system by typing “exit” (without quotes) at the “:/ root#” prompt.

    But after doing this and booting into OSX, KextHelper still failed to accept my new password. I can’t figure out what I’m doing wrong. Any thoughts?

    Germainiac

    Comment by germainiac — August 20, 2009 @ 4:14 am

  33. Germainiac

    The password needed is the one you setup when you create your admin/user account in the setup wizard.

    You can activate root or SU for terminal commands here:
    http://jpmcgarrity.com/blog/index.php/2009/06/activating-root-access-in-osx-terminal/

    Note: This isn’t very secure and just sudo commands are normal practice.

    J.P.

    Comment by J.P. — August 20, 2009 @ 7:12 am

  34. JP followed the steps in your terminal commands tutorial, changed the password (Ia reminder: I had declined to enter any password when I was setting up), and tried to execute kext helper with the new password. Still, kext helper refuses to execute the kexts, giving me the response: “We failed to login as root, check your password.”

    Please advise.

    Thanks,

    Germainiac

    Comment by germainiac — August 20, 2009 @ 7:57 pm

  35. JP,
    Got my notebook up and running on 10.5.5 iDeneb 1.3, Had the looping problem, now passed that, All seems to be ok, have you setup any other partitions yet? IE.. Win7 or XP? I am trying to set up both Win XP and Win 7. I tried to use the Boot 132 CD and the Retail 10.5.6 I could not get it to load at all. any ideas? Also do you have any networking Wireless or LAN working yet? I am trying to port over the linux driver to mac, i’ll let you know how it goes!

    Work in progress!
    Thanks,
    Rickr

    Comment by Rickr — August 20, 2009 @ 8:05 pm

  36. RIckr,
    Nice work, glad to here your up and running. I haven’t tried any win7 or xp partition and don’t really plan to. Personally I’m not much of a windows fan.

    As far as the boot 132 method goes I have an older post with how I set my desktop up with it. The main issue is getting the bootdrive loaded with everything needed to get the darwin loader to take. I had a lot of issues with mine and a large learning curve. I would recommend hitting up hackintosh forums it that’s the route you wanna take.

    Link to my other Hackintosh post:
    http://jpmcgarrity.com/blog/index.php/2009/04/hackintosh/

    Link on boot132 you should read:
    http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=125438

    Wifi:
    I ordered my wireless card over 3 weeks ago from HongKong and it should be here any day. I plan on filming or taking pic and creating another post asap on how to get wifi up and running.

    Good luck

    Comment by J.P. — August 20, 2009 @ 8:36 pm

  37. Germainiac,

    I would recommend a reinstall, sounds like it will be faster then trying to work around it. This time remember the password you create. :) It’s a mandatory step when going through the setup wizard.

    I think you enter it when you setup the UserName and ShortName of your account.

    Best of luck. Let me know how it goes.

    J.P.

    Comment by J.P. — August 20, 2009 @ 8:42 pm

  38. JP,

    Figured out the problem with Kexthelper not recognizing root password: I just needed to change my administrative password SO THAT THERE IS ONE! Now Kexthelper works.

    Only problem is, I loaded the first few kexts in your revised KextArchive (started with the first five that all begin with letter “A”), and now the system hangs and won’t boot up (just hangs with the mouse spinning circle icon, etc.).

    I’d like to remove uninstall the kexts and try again. What is the best way to remove them?

    Thanks,

    Germainiac

    Comment by germainiac — August 20, 2009 @ 8:45 pm

  39. Germainiac

    Yay kextime! Boot into single user mode or the method I prefer is boot off of my USB key and “rd=disk0s1 -v -f” then open terminal and cd s/l/e and sudo rm -rf the kext that I think is giving me issues.

    Here is a link for some basic terminal commands if your not familiar.
    http://ihackintosh.blogspot.com/2009/01/some-basic-terminal-commands-for-mac.html

    Comment by J.P. — August 20, 2009 @ 9:02 pm

  40. JP,

    SOME USEFUL (I HOPE) INFORMATION, AND ANOTHER REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE):

    I found an even faster way to remove bad Kexts. (It’s a combination of what Yon explained in a comment above, and a method I found on the net.) For your readers’ edification, here it is:

    HOW TO REMOVE BAD KEXT FILES

    1. Reboot computer.
    2. At Chameleon boot-up, hit any key
    3. Type “-s” – lots of stuff will flash by, ending in “:/ root#”
    3. Type “mount -uw /” (NOTE: there’s a space between “-uw” and “/”. Without the “mount” command the read only folders can’t be deleted.)
    4. Type “rm -rf /System/Library/Extensions/kextfilename.kext” (NOTE: there’s one space each between “rm” , “-rf”, and “/system…”
    5. Type “exit”
    ——

    MY QUESTION: So, after reaching 10.5.8 successfully, and installing the kexts that begin with letter “A”, the system hanged. I finally narrowed the problem down to that old culprit: AppleIntelGMA.kext (and this is the one from your August 19 archive).

    I uninstalled it, and everything works fine…. Only problem is, it’s not installed. I tried again to install it, and again the system hanged. But I believe I need this file! Any thoughts?

    Germainiac

    Comment by germainiac — August 20, 2009 @ 11:19 pm

  41. Did you install ACPIFix.pkg?
    Also try booting in verbose mode.

    Type “-v” when chameleon loads and see what’s going on.

    Comment by J.P. — August 21, 2009 @ 1:05 am

  42. Rickr

    I have mine running (sort of) with XP and OSX. Your 1005HA should have come with 4 partitions. You must delete all but the C with win XP and format the remaining space as OSX Journaled. That way it will allow you to select XP or OSX.
    I’m not an XP fan either my my son uses this PC to watch movies and I need something working until I figure all the glitches with OSX

    YON

    Comment by Yon — August 21, 2009 @ 9:33 am

  43. JP
    Installed the latest kext. Now my computer won;t get stuck in the booting process due to appleintelgma950.kext BUT I still don’t have 1024×600 video. The only option I have is 800×600 on Display control panel. I will keep trying different combinations of apple…950 and app…buffer and see what happens.

    I still have my other 2 problems: no trackpad control panel (I found some workaround that need to try) and no Sleep. Which one of your kext takes care of the sleep?

    Thanks
    YON

    Comment by Yon — August 21, 2009 @ 9:36 am

  44. Yon,

    I need the trackpad control panel…. need to look into this. Hopefully I’ll have time today.

    Sleep should be working with:
    ClamshellDisplay.kext
    My system will sleep when I close the lid, select sleep from apple menu, and when I hit the power button.
    Also make sure you have these installed:
    http://www.superhai.com/darwin.html

    Natit.kext supports the dual screen… which is totally badass! I had my hd tv playing video VLC video with no frame rate issues.

    Keep trying thosw 950kexts! I srly tried it 20+ times until it took. Hardest thing to get working yet for sure! Once my res started working I then had QE issues so I couldn’t play video but eventually after reinstalling it finally kicked in. I also never enabled Quartz GL but did repair permission with osx86 tools.

    Comment by J.P. — August 21, 2009 @ 11:11 am

  45. Yo guys I’m posting this comment from my 1005ha…. which means yes I have wifi working. :)

    Still sorting out some minor issues…. like keyboard/trackpad issues but my Dell 1510 card took.

    I’ll write a post once everything is sorted out. Stay tuned.

    J.P.

    Comment by J.P. — August 21, 2009 @ 8:20 pm

  46. JP,
    Very NICE! now I just need to get mine finished! Thanks for the info, keep it comming!

    Have a good one!
    Rickr

    Comment by Rickr — August 21, 2009 @ 8:38 pm

  47. http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?act=attach&type=post&id=52762

    snow leopard has atheros drivers. peoples needs to be extractings so us leopard goers can have wireless on our netbooks.

    Comment by The Jack of Clubs — August 21, 2009 @ 8:50 pm

  48. im on first boot and its hanging with “using 5242 buffer headers and 4096 cluster io buffer headers” any ideas?

    Comment by The Jack of Clubs — August 21, 2009 @ 9:22 pm

  49. After a little fiddling I got trackpad and keyboard back. Guessing one of my ribbons was a little loose or something…. long day of fighting the machines I’m beat.

    I’m grabbing a beer and I’ll post my wifi card installation tomorrow and save you all some headaches that I went through.

    BTW – I purchased the Dell 1510 card on ebay… it took 3 weeks to get here so if your planning on upgrading order now.

    Comment by J.P. — August 21, 2009 @ 10:06 pm

  50. oops sorry ignore that last comment i made, it seems i skipped part of the guide because im blind or something.

    Comment by The Jack of Clubs — August 21, 2009 @ 11:33 pm

  51. Anyone know if the wireless card in Dell mini 9 —> Broadcom BCM94312MCG will work in this installation?

    Thanks.

    Comment by Stork — August 21, 2009 @ 11:44 pm

  52. ok i cant boot from hd after the acpifix. i guess its a kernel panic that others had but it flys by so quick and restarts to the gray eee logo that i cant tell. i also upgraded my bios to 0703 from the 0601 that came preinstalled before installing. is that the issue? should i downgrade the bios to 0402 or something?

    Comment by The Jack of Clubs — August 22, 2009 @ 12:11 am

  53. Stork,

    Yes that wifi card should work, I think anything broadcom does. I’ll try to include a list of compatible cards in my post.

    Jack of Clubs,

    Not sure if its bios or not. Type -v -f when chameleon loads and see whats making it hang. I would often get kp’s at random times during my installations but they were few and far between.

    Comment by J.P. — August 22, 2009 @ 4:26 am

  54. i cant see whats causing it. a bunch of text flys past the screen and before i can see what it is the screen goes black and the laptop restarts.

    Comment by The Jack of Clubs — August 22, 2009 @ 10:35 am

  55. Here are the steps I used to get wifi working. Yes, it requires new a new card to work with 10.5 for now.

    http://jpmcgarrity.com/blog/index.php/2009/08/how-to-swap-out-asus-1005ha-wifi-card-for-osx10-5/

    J.P.

    Comment by J.P. — August 22, 2009 @ 1:48 pm

  56. The Jack of Clubs,

    Yes, what you’re experiencing is a kernel panic. It’s the same problem I had when was trying to dual boot OSX and Win7. No idea how to fix it, maybe try reinstalling again, but when I had the problem the only way I could boot into OSX was using the install disk (with the “rd=disk0s1 -v -f” trick). Then I installed the ACPI fix and I couldn’t even boot up that way anymore. I gave up after about four days of headache and am now just running Windows 7 quite happily.

    Comment by Bryce — August 22, 2009 @ 1:52 pm

  57. JP,

    I’ve got 10.5.8 working fine, but I STILL haven’t been able to get AppleIntelGMA950.KEXT to work. I must have installed/uninstalled it 20 times by now.

    Also, I don’t think I’ve got sound working yet.

    What I HAVE been able to do is:

    1) upgrade the ram to 2gb. That was fairly easy.

    2) get wireless going, and I found a sweet solution to that which some of your readers might be interested in: Resistant to seriously disassembling my 1005HA in order to swap out the built in wireless card, I opted instead to purchase a USB wireless adapter. It just so happens that Newegg was offering a Wireless B/G/N USB adapter
    (ROSEWILL RNX-EasyN1 R) for $15 with free shipping (I think it’s no longer on special, and now $25). On the Newegg website, It was reported to work with OSX 10.5.x, and came with drivers. Also, various users reported good luck connecting with Macs.

    I ordered the adapter. It came 2 days later. I plugged it in, loaded the drivers, and BINGO – internet. So know this: the Rosewill RNX-EasyN1 R will do the trick.

    Now if ANYONE could just tell me how to get AppleIntelGMA950.kext working….

    Germainiac

    Comment by germainiac — August 22, 2009 @ 7:39 pm

  58. Regarding my last post:

    For those interested in a non-surgical remedy for the wireless conundrum, I had excellent luck with Ideneb 10.5.8 and the Rosewill RNX-EasyN1 Wireless USB adapter. I got it for $15 (including free shipping) from Newegg by using a $10 off code, which I believe it’s still good. With Newegg, you have to have an existing customer account for in order for their discount codes to work. Here’s the code:

    EMCLWMW65

    Here’s the website:

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833166041&nm_mc=EMC-IGNEFL081809&cm_mmc=EMC-IGNEFL081809-_-NetworkWirelessAdapters-_-LP4D-_-33166041

    (Sorry, I don’t know how to paste a link on this board).

    Good luck,

    Germainiac

    Comment by germainiac — August 22, 2009 @ 7:56 pm

  59. it might be that i have an 1005hab not 1005ha. it could be that my 2 windows 7 partitions are first or that i left the efi type partition at the end for bootbooster. ima try a couple different configurations to see how i can get it working right dual with windows 7.

    Comment by The Jack of Clubs — August 22, 2009 @ 9:53 pm

  60. just wanted to say that I’m also stuck in 800×600. I’ve tried using your 950 and FrameBuffer kexts and older ones that have worked for me on older hackintosh installs. i’ll keep trying until hopefully they kick in as suggested.

    Comment by Hoss — August 23, 2009 @ 8:14 pm

  61. i eliminated windows 7 and the efi partition and its set up exactly like in this guide but it still doesnt work. what can i possibly be missing thats keeping it from booting? the only thing i see that is different is bios. and it doesnt let you downgrade.

    Comment by The Jack of Clubs — August 23, 2009 @ 8:18 pm

  62. omg i just figured it out. i added “cpus=1″ as a boot flag and it works. hopefully someone will do a modded bios like the other eeepcs have so we can use cpus=2. that would literally double performance. also people should look into efi strings for gma. it might fix issues to get it working or atleast keep it working after future updates.

    Comment by The Jack of Clubs — August 23, 2009 @ 8:34 pm

  63. http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?s=&showtopic=90505&view=findpost&p=1227990

    if anyone wants to download that and follow the guide on the next post, that would be cool. :)

    Comment by The Jack of Clubs — August 23, 2009 @ 8:43 pm

  64. I have a question J.P. Does the “AttansicL1eEthernet.kext” file from your “KextArchive.zip” archive really enable the ethernet to work on your 1005ha hackintosh? Have you tested it? The reason why I ask is because I thought that kext was for older versions of the ethernet card like the ones used in the Asus 1000HE’s. Thanks.

    Comment by Roger Cannings — August 24, 2009 @ 8:55 pm

  65. Roger Cannings,

    You are correct I believe that kext is for the 1000he. I have gotten wifi working only by swapping out the card.

    http://jpmcgarrity.com/blog/index.php/2009/08/how-to-swap-out-asus-1005ha-wifi-card-for-osx10-5/

    Comment by J.P. — August 25, 2009 @ 1:32 am

  66. Alright, thanks for your quick response and wonderful guides J.P!

    Comment by Roger Cannings — August 25, 2009 @ 9:52 am

  67. I noticed that some people are not succeeding and OSX just reboots. I have had the same problem (as Bryce). However, I don’t have it set up to dual boot. I’m wondering if it makes a difference what model of the 1005HA you have. P, V, B??? J.P., I’m wondering what model you have. I have the 1005HA-P.

    Thanks!

    Comment by E.J. — August 25, 2009 @ 3:42 pm

  68. E.J.

    I have the Asus Eee PC 1005HA-VU1X-BK .
    Here is the link to it on Tiger:
    http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4832821&SRCCODE=WEBLET03ORDER&cm_mmc=Email-_-WebletMain-_-WEBLET03ORDER-_-Deals

    Comment by J.P. — August 25, 2009 @ 3:58 pm

  69. I have a P-revision
    1005HA-PU1X-BK and by following the steps outlined, I had similar problems with continuous rebooting as well. I’ve been able to follow the guide all the way up until the 10.5.8 updates with the following modifications:

    (1) On the very first line where you begin booting off of the Hard Drive:
    “Once Chameleon loads hit “F8″ then type “-v -f”.”
    I have always had to consistently type in:
    boot: rd=disk0s2 -v -f

    For some reason, despite using only 1 partition (albeit on a 64Gb SSD), that one partition is disk0s2.

    (2) Initially, taking the advice of one of The Jack of Clubs, I found that putting in “cpus=1″ on the boot line actually prevented the cycle of rebooting from happening. However, I have since found from other sides that the “Cpus=1-fix” during the customize step replaces that action.

    My Specs:
    Using iDeneb 1.4 Mac OS X 10.5.6 off a USB key
    Asus Eee PC 1005HA-PU1X-BK
    2Gb RAM
    64Gb SSD
    Attempting Single GUID Partition

    Comment by Jaron — August 25, 2009 @ 9:16 pm

  70. I just wanted to add, this blog entry is pretty much “Asus 1005HA CENTRAL” until more people get their hands on this product. I love the keyboard on this one with the full-size shift keys and if we can work out all the kinks, it’d be an amazing netbook. I’ve also got a Dell 1510 ordered and on the way so looking forward to that. Thanks for the posting JP!

    Comment by Jaron — August 25, 2009 @ 9:26 pm

  71. yeah if theres an option for cpus=1 you can select it to make your life a little easier. or you already installed without it open terminal and type “sudo /Applications/TextEdit.app/Contents/MacOS/TextEdit /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist” (you prolly want to copy paste that). change “” under “Kernel Flags” to read “cpus=1″ save and quit.

    we could use the processor to its full potential with cpus=2 if someone is daring enough to follow the guide and modify the bios.

    Comment by The Jack of Clubs — August 26, 2009 @ 11:45 am

  72. I have been messing with installing ideneb 1.6 10.5.8 lite edition on my 1005ha for the past couple of days. I am at the point where I can boot to the desktop. I did realize that the AppleIntelGMA950.ktext and the VoodooHDA.ktext were causing the boot to hang and/or kernel panic. I can get to the desktop with those removed.

    So, I’m stuck at 800×600 res. I do have the keyboard/trackpad running by installing the VoodooPSTrackpad option from the DVD installer.

    An audio output device is recognized, but I get no sound. my ethernet is not recognized at all. No wifi.

    Also tried some of the fixes from this site: http://thireus.dareyourmind.net/index.php/notebook-macos-hacks/63-some-fixes-for-your-macos-1058-install

    ACPI4ASUS seems to work during boot, but I don’t see anything different in my system preferences.

    Comment by JAFO — August 26, 2009 @ 3:03 pm

  73. Made a guide for install, with almost everything working:

    http://maceee.blogspot.com/2009/08/installing-mac-osx-on-asus-eeepc-1005ha.html

    JP, please post this comment, as we are only here to help others, i have been working 2 weeks straight to make the configuration work, with special DSDT and such.

    Comment by JoQ — August 26, 2009 @ 4:18 pm

  74. Sorry for the post i made, thought that JP had to review the posts, anyway i made a guide for a almost fully working install!

    Working:
    # CPU with hyperthreading
    # Sleep
    # Trackpad with two-finger scroll, two finger tap and many more features
    # Sound (internal speakers and phones)
    # Graphics with full QE/CI and dual-monitor with VGA
    # Screen brightness buttons
    # Camera (fully working with Photo Booth)
    # Batterymeter with time remaining and percentage
    # Wifi (with Dell 1510 or other halfsize PCI cards)

    Link: http://maceee.blogspot.com/2009/08/installing-mac-osx-on-asus-eeepc-1005ha.html

    Comment by JoQ — August 26, 2009 @ 4:19 pm

  75. JoQ,

    Thanks for posting the link. Looking forward to 2 finger scroll.

    Comment by J.P. — August 26, 2009 @ 4:26 pm

  76. J.P. first off, thanks for this guide! It helped me alot to get it up and running, i have just worked with making it even better. I think many people appriciate this :)

    Comment by JoQ — August 26, 2009 @ 5:30 pm

  77. I am having the exact same problem as Jaron, and I have the exact machine, an 1005HA-PU1X-BK. Constant rebooting, and I can only boot using the iDeneb disk and the command rd=disk0s2 -v -f

    I’m getting more and more convinced that there is something in the 1005ha-p model that is incompatible. I wonder what hardware might be different from the 1005ha-v, other than the processor. Any ideas anyone? (other than the processor, wifi card)

    Comment by E.J. — August 27, 2009 @ 9:53 am

  78. I have the 1005HA-PU1X-BU running a XP/OSX dual boot. It wasn’t as straight forward as the guide shows on this page and it took some doing. I had to pull tricks from 3 different sources, use ideneb 10.5.5 1.3 and use different kext from what J.P posted here. I had thought about putting together a guide for myself just in case I had to install again but now I think I will post it here as well. Still the biggest help I had was from J.P. I will try and post a quick walkthrough of my process a little later.

    Comment by VicShot — August 27, 2009 @ 2:20 pm

  79. VicShot, check out my guide: http://maceee.blogspot.com/2009/08/installing-mac-osx-on-asus-eeepc-1005ha.html

    Think it clears up most of the problems, Snow Leopard is on the way too!

    Comment by JoQ — August 27, 2009 @ 3:50 pm

  80. JoQ,

    Thanks for your guide. I was finally successful using your guide.

    I did not, however, use my internal hard drive. My internal drive still has XP on it. I installed OSX on a 16GB SDHC card. Works like a charm! Just a little slower than I had hoped, but still works well. I have also tried (successfully) installing on an external 60GB USB drive.

    Thanks again!

    Comment by E.J. — August 28, 2009 @ 8:18 am

  81. E.J.,

    How slow is “slower than I had hoped” in regards to OS X running from the SDHC card? And what is slower, the OS loading, apps loading, internet, etc?

    I have a 1005HAB with 10.5.5 and a PC with 10.5.6 but I’m thinking about getting a 10v soon and wouldn’t mind trying the SDHC so I can keep it working with a single Windows partition.

    Thanks in advance,
    AgentC

    Comment by AgentC — August 31, 2009 @ 4:38 am

  82. Snow Leopard is out!! If you tackle the installation of it, feel free to blog about it.

    Comment by Robin — August 31, 2009 @ 5:52 pm

  83. Agent C,

    I meant that the card is noticeably slower than a HDD — basically any time you need to access large files (boot up, launching applications, etc). Once you have something loaded, it’s quite snappy. It’s just the loading that takes time (about 1.5 times as long). This is the card I used: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820211300

    Other cards like a Sandisk Extreme III will probably perform faster, but I didn’t have the money for one.

    In any case, I ended up going for dual-boot on the main hard drive. I’m using Chameleon 2.0 RC2, which defaults to OSX, but if I want I can load XP instead. The hard drive is set to 70GB for XP, and 80GB for OSX. I much prefer this setup, since it is a lot faster than the SDHC card.

    Hope this info helps!

    Comment by E.J. — September 1, 2009 @ 7:43 am

  84. Hi Everyone!

    Well, in true nerd fashion I am up waaaaaay past my bed time trying to get this to work.

    I will post more on my experience tomorrow but I wanted to mention that…

    -I am dual booting currently.
    -I am using the USB boot method to load the OS.
    -I did NOT use the OSX86tools; instead I copied over the Chameleon ‘boot’ record using the command line. And using the latest Chameleon REV.

    They key point here is that I am dual booting. When you boot from the Chameleon boot loader the first time , and after you get through several screens, you should get the following screen outlining your disk partitions.

    -disk0s1 [XP] 74G (approx)
    -disk0s2 [EMPTY] 74G (approx)
    -disk0s3 6G [who cares] (approx)
    -disk0s4 6G [don't care] (approx)

    (I will post of pic of that screen later)

    Anyway, the important thing is to REFORMAT the disk0s2 and use it for iDeneb. I think this is a much better way to do it for us Hackintosh newbs. That way, if you don’t get OSX up and running, at least you can boot into XP for the time being. Also, while you wait for your WIFI card or 10.6 Atheros kexts, you can boot into XP for web browsing (I know, I know. This is lame).

    The list of packages was confusing under the ‘options’ section. So I typed out their full path.

    Patches 10.5.6 Ready->Chipset->ICHx Fixed
    Patches 10.5.6 Ready->Fix->FireWire Remove
    Patches 10.5.6 Ready->Video->Intel->Intel GMA950
    Patches 10.5.6 Ready->Applications->Kext Helper

    -later
    jared

    (my info is NOT under snow leopard btw) :-)

    Comment by Jared Folkins — September 2, 2009 @ 3:39 am

  85. anybody thinking of doing a snow leopard? http://maceee.blogspot.com/2009/08/no-wifi-in-snow-leopard-yet.html <- ninth post looks like a start, anybody wanna take a swing at a guide? im sure theres some way to get wifi working too.

    Comment by The Jack of Clubs — September 5, 2009 @ 12:19 am

  86. For those of you looking for a new WiFi card, I hear that these Broadcom cards (BCM94311MCG) work like a dream. I just ordered one myself. Only $6.99 plus shipping. Ends up around $15, which is not bad. If anyone is interested in one, let me know.

    Comment by E.J. — September 11, 2009 @ 12:46 am

  87. I just found the card even cheaper. It’s basically the same card as a Dell 1390.

    Comment by E.J. — September 11, 2009 @ 6:14 am

  88. To: Comment by E.J. — September 11, 2009 @ 12:46 am

    Do you mean that you can sell the card for me??
    How about shipping to Indonesia??

    Comment by jhontor — September 25, 2009 @ 9:36 am

  89. For those of you who don’t want to risk loss of warranty:
    D-Link DWL-G122 Wifi-USB Adapter works great on eeePC 1005HA-M with Snow Leopard running.
    It costs about 22-25 Euros in Germany which is a little bit more than a corresponding internal PCI-Card. On the other hand it is more flex

    Comment by marcks — October 2, 2009 @ 3:58 am

  90. flex

    Comment by marcks — October 2, 2009 @ 4:03 am

  91. wooha. somethings wrong with my keybord. sorry for these strange messages, guys.

    to make a short story long: for me it is more flex

    Comment by marcks — October 2, 2009 @ 4:04 am

  92. once i downloaded all the pre downloaded stuff to the computer do i just burn all the downloads to the dvd-r disc?

    Comment by art — October 5, 2009 @ 3:58 pm

  93. Everytime I try to install a hackintosh my mouse cursor is frozen to the installation part(disk utilities).

    Comment by Stanca — October 11, 2009 @ 1:10 pm

  94. I keep on getting error in booting.

    I want to reinstall Windows, but the bootloader is different. how do I get it to boot from the DVD Drive?

    Comment by MaLt — October 13, 2009 @ 9:58 am

  95. has anyone found a way to get the AR9285 wi-fi card working in SL on the 1005ha yet?

    Comment by Spectre — October 16, 2009 @ 7:42 am

  96. I don’t think the atheros card has any drivers out for it…nor have i heard any news of development. however there are a lot of cheap replacement cards that work great.

    my question is this – if I have already done the last part of the guide, that is installing kexts, setting up various things, configuring hardware, etc but have not updated to 10.5.7 or 10.5.8 and I do that NOW, will all my stuff get reverted back to stock? Will I have to copy over various kexts and updates and all that stuff all over again?

    Comment by Murdercitydevil — October 28, 2009 @ 3:43 am

  97. Mine is working… MOSTLY. I have the 1005HAB and I cannot get the battery meter to work. Has anybody got this going yet? I have tried lots of different variations with kexts, but I think the DSDT might be different on the battery between the HA and HAB.

    Anybody have any ideas?

    Comment by tedstur — October 29, 2009 @ 7:32 am

  98. First off, thanks so much for the guide! I am, however, completely stuck. I have a 1005hab. I installed iDeneb 1.4 via usb and checked off all of the extras you listed. Everything installs without a hitch but then when I restart and boot off the usb again then type rd=disk0s1 -v -f, the system hangs after listing the Kernel version (9.2.0). I suspect that my problem is one of the following:

    chameleon version is not 2.0 (it’s 1.something)
    My usb stick is showing up as a hard drive instead of a usb drive in bios

    My bios version is 0801

    As a side note, when I am entering the rd=disk0s1 -v -f command, only one drive shows up (my usb drive). Shouldnt my internal hd be listed also?

    Any help you could offer would be greatly appreciated…this is driving me crazy!

    Comment by Glennzo — November 2, 2009 @ 5:20 am

  99. @Glennzo
    I have 1005hab too. I try to install with ideneb 1.4 and I got stuck. Then I try with ideneb1.3 and it is working right now. I try with external dvd and it didn’t work too then I use my ideneb 1.3 with my external hard drive which is my passport 320gb. I did my drive as a bootable usb drive.
    Than it starts to work.

    I follow those steps on ideneb 1.3:

    Under “Customize” select (under chipset) “ICHX fixed” (under fixes) ACPI Fix, CPUs 1, FireWire remove, Power Off, and Power Management, (under video, intel), select GMA950.
    After install, allow the computer to restart, and make sure you open up the boot selection menu . Chameleon bootloader will show up, and press F8 to enter options. Make sure the Mac partition is highlighted, and type “-s” and then hit enter.

    You’ll see all the drivers load, and then eventually there will be a command line for you to type in. Type “/sbin/mount -uw /” and hit enter. Then type “touch /var/db/.AppleSetupDone” and hit enter. Then type “passwd root” and hit enter. Type in what you want your main password to be, hit enter, type it again, hit enter, and then type “reboot” and hit enter.

    If you wanted to make the Leopard install perfect, you’d install a bunch of .kext’s.

    Good luck

    Comment by DavidT — November 2, 2009 @ 10:09 am

  100. @DavidT
    Thanks for your help! 1.3 did indeed work for me. I hadnt come across that bit where you bypass the apple setup (was hanging there before) anywhere else. I broke the installation rather quickly, but at least I’m able to get up to the point where I’m just trying out different kexts to get all my stuff working. Much appreciated

    Comment by Glennzo — November 3, 2009 @ 1:23 am

  101. ideneb 1.4 works great with the Asus 1005HA-V or P plus using Joq’s guide along with this one, you can upgrade to 10.5.7 with almost everything working fine.

    As for Snow Leopard, this is also possible with the Asus. I have installed SL using a retail copy of it ($30 only) and have everything working fine except for wireless. As for ethernet, I just have to load up a custom kext and then provide a static IP address. That works. There isn’t wireless support yet though. I’m waiting on the DW1510 to arrive any moment though…

    As for SL guides, I will provide one if there is enough request~!

    Comment by gookthug — November 3, 2009 @ 1:04 pm

  102. Hi everybody,
    So i tried to install iDeneb 1.4, by following this tuto,
    but, after i install ACPIFix.pkg, i must reboot, but when osx boot,
    the sequence failed (why ? i don’t know), and he reboot, again reboot,
    for infinity…
    Somebody can help ? please

    Maybe bios version ? my is 1102
    thx for your answer

    Comment by LockOn — November 4, 2009 @ 4:41 am

  103. This install works great until I use the gma950 kext.
    After that the reboot locksup on the gray apple screen.

    I can boot with safe mode but I don’t understand how to remove kext>
    or how to make this one work?

    Please help.

    thanks

    Comment by wes — November 4, 2009 @ 4:53 pm

  104. gookthug,

    A guide would be greatly apreciated.

    cheers, :-D ennis

    Comment by Dennis S — November 7, 2009 @ 4:33 pm

  105. I will make the Snow Leopard guide as soon as I get some free time from the hell of work I have…with Snow installed on my 1005ha, the things that doesn’t work are the Ethernet and Wireless. Some other forums purport to have found solutions to getting the AR9285 Kext to work with SL but it doesn’t work. There’s also an Ethernet kext that was modified to work but while the signal is there, I can’t make any connections to the network/Internet.

    Sleep, shutdown, sound, battery meter, CPU throttle, display, and trackpad (mouse gestures too) all work very nicely. Updating to 10.6.1 by downloading the file from apple also works fine.

    Lastly, I’d have to point out that installing SL was MUCH, MUCH easier than Leopard per instructions on this blog and Joq’s blog…

    Comment by gookthug — November 8, 2009 @ 4:17 pm

  106. Thanks a lot! Every workde fine. But after install ACPIFix a had to add cpus=1 al boot, because the netbook restars. After that i’m a glad user of a Macbook Nano.

    Is the any way to use the “2 sides” of th N270 processor?

    Comment by juanjo4x4 — November 16, 2009 @ 4:01 am

  107. Hi all,

    Just installed the whole package for the 7th time (!). I’ve hit every possible combination from totally f**k**g up my Eee PC up to having a multi-boot system with OS X, Windows 7 and Ubuntu Remix.

    The one and only thing I can’t get to work is the damn resolution. Getting stuck at 800×600 every time. Did Asus change something in the video-card or what? My 1005HA is brand new, bought it two days ago, but somehow none of the lots and lots of solutions for the resolution problem can fix my “problem”.

    Also read things about the need of a patched BIOS here and there. Is there ANYBODY who got the 1005HA running OS X at 1024×600 at all?

    Comment by Ruben.cc — November 28, 2009 @ 1:26 pm

  108. Hi
    I would like to put iDeneb on my netbook. I’m not an expert so I ask you if it works… in fact I’ve heard that the wi-fi doesn’t work well. Please tell me about other problems
    Thank you all

    Comment by Ale89 — November 28, 2009 @ 2:31 pm

  109. YES! Finally got my 1005HA running at 1024×600! I decided to put all the graphics related files I collected on the Eee PC, grab myself a beer and just try them ALL one after another (had 14!).

    Then I came across instructions that also included the editing of Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist and add/replace the followin key:

    device-properties
    6d0000000100000001000000610000000200000002010c00d041030a000000000101060000027fff0400100000006d006f00640065006c0000000b000000474d4120393530200000004100410050004c002c00480061007300500061006e0065006c0000000800000001000000

    Not very confident this would matter much, I followed the instructions, gave the reboot command, took another zip of my beer and almost choked when it came back in 1024×600! :-D

    So, anyone else not getting out of the 800×600 screen, give it a try.

    In the process I also tried SwitchResX, which didn’t work either. It is still on the system, so as soon as I made a clone of this working installation I’m goin’ to delete it to make sure it doesn’t add to the solution after all.

    Comment by Ruben.cc — November 28, 2009 @ 2:34 pm

  110. I notice the key I added in the previous post doesn’t work out and I can’t edit it.
    How do I post long strings with brackets around it?

    Comment by Ruben.cc — November 28, 2009 @ 2:35 pm

  111. @Ale89. It does work, although it took me 2 entire days (really working ALL day on it) to finally get things running. Took me 7 retries and finally ended up with a system with only OS X on it (in other words, totally repartitioning the drive and ditching Windows 7).

    Also I read a lot (I really mean A LOT) on all sites I could find about this subject and downloaded various packages and kext collections. Unfortunately ALL sites/blogs seem to agree on one thing; WiFi will NOT work at all, but many sites reported a solution that involved replacing the internal WiFi card with a Dell replacement (I already ordered one today) or using an WiFi dongle (which was an unacceptable clumsy and ugly solution to me).

    Comment by Ruben.cc — November 28, 2009 @ 2:40 pm

  112. For the curious people among us… ;-) If you want to compare the speed of your brand new “Mac” against real Apple hardware, you can download a little (and free) program called XBench at http://www.xbench.com and if you have an internet connection you can add your system to a performance table. :-)

    Comment by Ruben.cc — November 29, 2009 @ 6:23 am

  113. I wanted to “stress-test” the new OS X installation to see how it handles against a real Mac, so I installed the complete Logic Pro package (8 DVD’s). It actually works, only giving me a “warning” at boot because the resolution is lower than the required 1024×768.

    See the screenshot at http://files.minihost.nl/image/show/F7ftIXgCOR/picture-6.png and take a loot at the processor usage gauge in the lower-right. It actually splits, showing two processors. :-D

    Comment by Ruben.cc — November 29, 2009 @ 3:11 pm

  114. About an hour ago I received my Dell WLAN card. Replacing the card in the Eee PC 1005HA was pretty easy. Didn’t run into any problems other than the usual diving to the floor to look for screws that got subject to the laws of gravity.
    Card was immediately recognized when I booted OS X. I’m not sure if this is native or due to previous messing around with various Kext files.
    Anyways, the Dell 1510 is a good option if you want WiFi to be working under OS X (10.5.8 at the moment).

    Comment by Ruben.cc — December 7, 2009 @ 5:44 am

  115. Thanks for the guide – only issue I had is that after swapping WLAN for Dell DW1510, I could never get it to work and the Mac reported no Airport installed.

    For now I am using a Buffalo WLI-UC-GN ultra compact USB dongle along with the RT2870 drivers from the RALink website and it works fine (menu bar still shows unconnected but it is connecting fine on WPA2-Personal).

    Would like to get the internal card to work but for now surviving with the USB.

    Comment by Jaguar — December 26, 2009 @ 10:44 pm

  116. Hello ! I just bought my 1005HA. and I def wants OS X on it. (hate this Win 7 starter). I have downloaded ideneb 1.5. I put it on a usb key but can’t make the PC boot on it ! Can anyone help me with the steps on how to do this usb boot key ? (format in fat or mac os journalized, copy iso or files in the iso, etc, ). Thanks for your help ! I tried everything on many website and could not make it book on the key. (I tried to boot win 7 as well from the key…didn’t work….. ).
    Thanks ! I’m sure something is wrong with my bootable key.

    Comment by Leo — December 28, 2009 @ 6:58 am

  117. Did you ever get your Wi-fi working? I installed my dell half height dw1510 card today on my 1005HA and it isn’t recognizing it. When I set it up to install I selected some wifi ktexts and wondering if that is the problem. I also bought this card from eBay so I’m trying to determine whether the card is defective or not. I see my blue wifi light, lighting up after installing it, So I’m pretty sure it’s functioning.. just not well enough for mac apparently lol.

    I Haven’t upgraded to 10.5.8 tho, I’m still running 10.5.6 b/c another guide I was reading said not to upgrade if I like sleep and my battery meter. Any responses would be great, thanks in advance.

    Comment by Derrick — February 1, 2010 @ 8:15 pm

  118. Could someone help me fix a iDeneb v1.3 10.5.5 blue to black screen hang up on boot. I just installed iDeneb on my Toshiba Satellite A205 Laptop. When it boots I see the Gray Screen with the Apple Logo, then it goes to a blue screen for a second then to a black sreen with a colorful swirly wheel and the mouse pointer…I would boot pass that screen. Are there any additional kext files or drivers I need to install to make it work….PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!

    Comment by Richardson — March 27, 2010 @ 9:16 am

  119. hi sir,

    what i have is a snowleopard_10a432_userdvd.dmg (downloaded) asus eee pc 1005ha 1gb ram windows 7 160gb HD.

    1. How am i going to install the converted .dmg to .iso on my thumb drive?
    2. what is the required eee pc BIOS to run OSX? Where can i get it how to install it?

    thanks a lot sir! More Power

    Comment by nash — April 9, 2010 @ 8:27 pm

  120. First thing to do is to get this card (Dell 1510 mini PCI). Then download iAtkos s3 this is snow 10.6.3. Everything work just fine

    Comment by Life — July 21, 2010 @ 3:28 am

  121. Replica Wholesale

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