HobJob Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 Hello, I've been looking for a way to get Leopard on this thing since I got it back in August. I've tried: iDeneb 1.1 and 1.3 iAtkos v4.1 XxX Rev1 iPC Public beta Kalyway 10.5.2 The specs of the laptop are: Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor P8400: 2.26 GHz, 1066 MHz FSB, 3MB On-Die L2 Cache Mobile Intel® PM45 Chipset 4 GB DDR2 800 NVIDIA® GeForce® 9600M GS, 1Gb VRAM Latest Bios: http://dlsvr04.asus.com/pub/ASUS/nb/M50V/M50V209AS.zip I'm not ready to give up yet, so any help would be appreciated! Thanks in advance, Pietro Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/146244-help-asus-m50vm-a1/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigcat Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 have u tried changing in your BIOS>IDE Configuration from Enhanced to Compatibile before trying the install it? i have the same asus laptop as you and I had to do that for Ubuntu (Intrepid). Let me know if Kalyway's version works after switcing from Enhanced, i wana switch back to osx . Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/146244-help-asus-m50vm-a1/#findComment-1054320 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purple Puppy Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 Any luck? I too have the Asus M50VM series laptop (mine is a M50VM-B1, which differs from the A1 in that it has different processor). I would love to be able to run OS X. If you ever succeed in installing OS X, keep me informed! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/146244-help-asus-m50vm-a1/#findComment-1072149 Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigcat Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 on my way to downloading both kalyway and ideneb. they are pretty slow, but will post back on my results.. possibly in a month haha, dont feel like switching os again... installing drivers on ubuntu wasnt too bad though it required some searching of guides. I expect to do the same for osx. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/146244-help-asus-m50vm-a1/#findComment-1075294 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HobJob Posted February 12, 2009 Author Share Posted February 12, 2009 Hi, Sorry for taking so long to reply. After a week with no reply, I stopped checking. Yes I've tried using both Enhanced and Compatibility. I did at one point get it to boot but only into safe mode. I believe it was either Kalyway 10.5.2 or iDeneb. I think the problem is in our bios because of a bunch of other threads I was reading. There was someone in here modding the bioses and a few people posted ours but I don't think they ever got around to modding it. If you guys figure out please post in here, I think I'll start looking into this again. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/146244-help-asus-m50vm-a1/#findComment-1078636 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jakweeze Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 Hi,Sorry for taking so long to reply. After a week with no reply, I stopped checking. Yes I've tried using both Enhanced and Compatibility. I did at one point get it to boot but only into safe mode. I believe it was either Kalyway 10.5.2 or iDeneb. I think the problem is in our bios because of a bunch of other threads I was reading. There was someone in here modding the bioses and a few people posted ours but I don't think they ever got around to modding it. If you guys figure out please post in here, I think I'll start looking into this again. http://www.osxcores.site50.net/ I have the Asus G50VT-X6 and run a modified bios from here, I still haven't got a fully functional OSX book yet but expecting to by the end of the day, the bios change is a MUST however I know from previous Hackintosh's I've made with ASUS motherboards. The issues I'm having with Deneb is I can install it and then boot into safemode in 10.5.5 but when I boot into normal mode it boots half way then stalls out with no kernel panics <shrugs> but if I update to 10.5.6 then I can boot into normal mode but my trackpad and keyboard don't work They're fairly simular laptops though so I'll let you guys know what I find when I get done. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/146244-help-asus-m50vm-a1/#findComment-1078736 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRiniK Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 My laptop is same as Purple Puppy's. it is M50VM-B1. i am trying to install iDeneb for the past 10 days. [believe me i have tried it 5 to 10 times a day ], but the problem is system profiler showing processor as 0 and number of cores as 1 , and besides that ACPI problem not letting me boot for the first time although installation went smoothly. i have the installation logs if any one interested to have a look at them. used -x -v -F and cpus=1 but no use. used debug=0x00000102 io=0x00200004 flag to know what kext is causing the problem. it always hangs at APPLEACPICPU<P002> :: START<1> | IOHIDSYSTEM::START<IORESOURCES> ....... something like that. going to install in the evening and will report back exact details.. thanks Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/146244-help-asus-m50vm-a1/#findComment-1079064 Share on other sites More sharing options...
countofsorrow Posted April 19, 2009 Share Posted April 19, 2009 I have an asus m50vm-a1 and got iatkos installed a couple of months ago. can't remember exactly what i did but it sure was a pain to make it work Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/146244-help-asus-m50vm-a1/#findComment-1137133 Share on other sites More sharing options...
countofsorrow Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 Ok just reinstalled OSX on my laptop m40vm a1. I'm currently writing a guide and I'll post it in this forum probably this week Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/146244-help-asus-m50vm-a1/#findComment-1139284 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HobJob Posted April 28, 2009 Author Share Posted April 28, 2009 Awesome, I managed to get the everything working except for wireless using the latest XxX, using just stuff off of their disc, and not modding the bios. I think it is the "DSDT Patcher" that gets around ASUS' bios. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/146244-help-asus-m50vm-a1/#findComment-1143627 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJCool09 Posted August 27, 2009 Share Posted August 27, 2009 I have a ASUS M50VM laptop. I was able to get OS X install and booting into it fine. My guess as this point would be that I do not have the right kexts or so but as of now my keyboard will not work. I have to use an USB one. The method I did was using boot 123 + Retail disc with one modified file so I coudl install it on MBR since I am dual booting OS X and Vista. Any help on how to get my keyboard working and any other kexts I need would be greatly appreciated. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/146244-help-asus-m50vm-a1/#findComment-1237898 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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