[GUIDE] Acer Aspire 3690 - 32-bit Snow Leopard

[Snoop05]

[COMPLETE]

 

Legend: Filenames - Terminal commands - Chameleon flags - Maybe not needed

 

Hello, I'm posting here info about making hackintosh Snow Leopard 10.6.7 on Acer Aspire 3690 (also 3692, etc.)

 

Specs:

Intel Celeron M 420 1.6GHz, x86 only

1GB RAM

Intel GMA 950

Broadcom 4318 WiFi

Broadcom 4401 Ethernet

Realtek ALC883 

 

Ok you will need 8GB or bigger USB - or DriveDroid Image for rooted Android devices.

Also 10.6.3 DMG, 10.6.7 Combo Update, USB Mouse & Keyboard, and kexts: kexts.zip

 

PART 1: Make bootable OS X USB

 

Partition USB as GUID with 1 HFS+ Partition

Mount 10.6.3 DMG

Restore Source volume : "Mac OS X Install DVD" (mounted 10.6.3 dmg) to Target volume: (HFS+ partition on GUID USB)

Copy combo update 10.6.7 dmg to root of new volume (won't fit on 8GB USB, need 16GB USB or 9GB DriveDroid image)

Copy kexts (ElliottForceLegacyRTC.kext, FakeSMC.kext, NullCPUPowerManagement.kext) to USB's System/Library/Extensions

Copy SMBios.plist (generate, i recommend MacBook2,1 or use pre-made one) to Extra/ 

Delete AppleGraphicsControl.kext, AppleUpstreamUserClient.kext, AppleTyMCEDriver.kext

Install latest chameleon boot loader on USB

 

PART 2: Install OS X

 

Connect USB Mouse & Keyboard

Boot using flags: -v -f -F arch=i386 npci=0x2000 PciRoot=1 GraphicsEnabler=Yes

Format HDD with Disk Utility

Install Mac OS X (About 45 min)

Don't restart, open Terminal

Copy kexts (ElliottForceLegacyRTC.kext, FakeSMC.kext, NullCPUPowerManagement.kext) from installer S/L/E (e.g. cp -R /Volumes/[installer volume]/System/Library/Extensions/NullCPUPowerManagement.kext /Volumes/[Destination volume]/System/Library/Extensions/)

Delete kexts (AppleGraphicsControl.kext, AppleUpstreamUserClient.kext, AppleTyMCEDriver.kext) from destination S/L/E (e.g. rm -R /Volumes/[Destination volume]/System/Library/Extensions/AppleGraphicsControl.kext)

Copy SMBios.plist from installer /Extra/ to destination Extra/

Reboot

 

PART 3: Post-installation

Boot newly installed OSX with flags as before (-v -f -F arch=i386 npci=0x2000 PciRoot=1 GraphicsEnabler=Yes)

Install 10.6.7 Update (45 min) - don't close it or reboot

Install Chameleon boot loader

Make org.chameleon.boot.plist with flags: arch=i386 npci=0x2000 PciRoot=1 GraphicsEnabler=Yes EthernetEnabler=Yes (and others like GUI, etc.) or use pre-made one in attachments

Copy IONetworkingFamily.kext from /S/L/E/ on desktop, right-click and select "Show package contents", and copy AppleBCM440XEthernet.kext to Contents/PlugIns/ inside IONetworkingFamily

Reinstall all kexts (ElliottForceLegacyRTC.kext, FakeSMC.kext, NullCPUPowerManagement.kext, IONetworkingFamily.kext, VoodooHDA.kext, VoodooPowerMini.kext, AppleACPIPS2Nub.kext, ApplePS2Controller.kext) with Kext Wizard

Delete kexts: AppleHPET.kext, AppleHDA.kext, AppleGraphicsControl.kext, AppleUpstreamUserClient.kext, AppleTyMCEDriver.kext

Install other VoodooHDA components (VoodooHDA.prefPane will go to "/System/Library/PreferencePanes", getdump binary to "/usr/bin/", VoodooHdaSettingsLoader.app to "/Applications/" & set it as login item) VoodooHDA_settings.zip

Rebuild kernel cache

Reboot and enjoy! (Now you don't need USB Mouse & Keyboard anymore - Trackpad and inbuilt keyboard works!)

 

Pre-made SMBios and chameleon config: plist.zip (Please, generate new smbios serial with Chameleon Wizard)

[Peke]

 

Copy kexts (ElliottForceLegacyRTC.kext, FakeSMC.kext, NullCPUPowerManagement.kext) to USB's System/Library/Extensions

Copy SMBios.plist (generate, i recommend MacBook2,1 or use pre-made one) to Extra/ 

Delete AppleGraphicsControl.kext, AppleUpstreamUserClient.kext, AppleTyMCEDriver.kext

Install latest chameleon boot loader on USB

 

 

Man I did grab the same aspire but your instructions are somewhat confusing....

 

1.- When you say to copy the kexts to the USB S/L/E this means to create that directories? Because I can not found anywhere those directories in the Snow Leopard USB. The same for the Extra folder....

 

2.- What should be the selected options in chameleon boot loader....

 

I know this information is old but sadly I can not found anywhere anything to how to install the OS in the acer model notebook......

[Peke]

Still struggling with this hack.

 

Done what is in this guide but still panic on step 1 from this guide.

 

-All Kexts replacements/ deleted done.

-SMBios 2,1from Olarilla

-Chamaleon 2.3svn-r2716 used.

 

Attached my Clover Configuration and panic screenshot.

 

Help is appreciated guys.