Requesting Guide to Install Mavericks/Yosemite On An Intel Atom Baytrail-TZ3735D Tablet PC

[Shiggitay1]

Hi guys. I have a working Hackintosh and I'm curious as to whether or not the latest x86 tablets (with the proper kernel patch(es) will boot Mavericks or even Yosemite? Should I get one of these I'll try Linux too... 

The tablets I'm interested in are listed below:

WinBook TW100

http://www.microcenter.com/single_pr...spx?sku=410605

ASUS VivoTab Note 8

http://www.microcenter.com/product/4...Tablet_-_Black

They both share the Intel BayTrail CPU (Atom-based) that runs at 1.33 GHz (quad-core) and turbo boots up to 1.86 GHz or so. I was at my local MicroCenter store the other morning to play with both of them and I'm leaning towards the WinBook (32GB) because of its full size USB 3 port at top and its $200 price. On the other hand the VivoTab I found goes for $279 and has twice the storage as the WinBook but no full size USB 3 port...

Has anyone gotten any of those tablets to try and install Mac OS X onto? If you have, what works? Touchscreen? WiFi? Graphics? If you have any suggestions or recommendations on a tablet that's known to mostly work feel free to leave them here.

Finally, these two tablets are attractive to me because they're under $300. If I was to spend more than that I'd get a MacBook Pro, but that won't happen until earliest July of 2015... 

Anyway... thanks in advance.

[JahStories]

there isn't anyone yet here in the forum that installed OS X on these kind of tablets...

But you could always try, the system should boot with proper patching, and probably even other devices...

 

Just buy the one you prefer then after trying a couple of generic guides you can always ask for help,

please remember to use the Tablet section. 

[Shiggitay1]

there isn't anyone yet here in the forum that installed OS X on these kind of tablets...

But you could always try, the system should boot with proper patching, and probably even other devices...

 

Just buy the one you prefer then after trying a couple of generic guides you can always ask for help,

please remember to use the Tablet section. 

 

Will do! Thanks.

[jaymus]

I'm very much leaning towards the Vivo Tab. I suspect the latest version of OSX that'll work is actually 10.6. I vaguely recall reading something about newer versions not running on Atom CPUs. I hope I'm mistaken. Even still, running 10.6 on it would be nifty.

[WillAdams]

I'm interested in the idea of installing OS X on the Asus VivoTab as well --- 10.6 would work fine for my purposes --- tired of the upgrade treadmill and I want a machine which is nicer to run Freehand on than my ThinkPad X61 w/ 1024x768 display.

[timp]

I was looking at about installing OSX on a cheapo Z3735F TV box.   The first problem I foresee is that I doubt it'll be able to access the eMMC storage.  Like I can't imagine there is a .kext for eMMC disks included in OSX by default.  Please correct me if I'm wrong.   It may be possible with a USB connected disk.

[dinosauria]

I just bought a Atom Z3735F mini PC.

 

http://www.aliexpress.com/item/32271607122/32271607122.html

 

The good thing is it looks alike Mac Mini.

 

It will arrive next week, I try to install Yosemite.

 

I think there are two probrems;

 

1. Atom not supported OSX

2. Build in graphics not supported OSX

 

FakeCPUID may help to solve 1.

How about 2.?

[dinosauria]

I recieved CX-W8 Atom Z3735F PC.

 

I try to install Yosemite by using Clover EFI.

I can boot Clover EFI OS selecter by selecting "Install for UEFI boot only" option.

But I could not see Yosemite in the boot menu.

 

I continue try to install Yosemite to CX-W8.

[dinosauria]

I can see OSX installer by checking install clover in the ESP, Don't update MBR and EBR sectors and Clover32EFI.

 

I can select OSX installer but nothing happens.

This discussion is helpful.

 

http://sourceforge.net/p/cloverefiboot/discussion/1726372/thread/e0f2e838/

 

This page is also interesting.

 

http://oemden.com/sixty-four-on-thirty-two-sfott/

[dinosauria]

I try to install Yosemite.

 

1. Install clover as wrote above.

2. Modify installer 32bit EFI capable.

https://www.icloud.com/pages/AwBUCAESEIHvYxwJ7bfbQYZU8VqSphwaKdQEguSH2mGxgP5wk66iL6UtsMOX4MbJpAHpIQHV06hXsjj-VxPhjMWuMCUCAQEEIF5RLaPjoQEXqY55rowLfyEbKKz2FJoGHyk_VYi20E1F#Yosemite_on_a_Mac_Pro_1,1_or_2,1_-_Boot.efi_Method

 

But can not boot installer ...

[dinosauria]

 

This post is interesting.

 

http://forums.macrumors.com/showpost.php?p=19195043&postcount=108

[Codinger]

You can always try a distro as start point

[dinosauria]

I think I need 64bit compatible 32bit UEFI boot loader.

I tried several boot.efi file, nothing boot.

[dinosauria]

This use VMWare...

 

http://techcat.ca/threads/onda-v975w-os-x-yosemite-tablet-better-than-ipad.121/

[Graebags]

I've seen one of these advertised as available soon locally, has anyone tried putting Yosemite on one.  I decided to post here, because it uses the Intel® Atom™ Processor Z3735F .

 

http://www.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/stck1a32wfc/sb/CS-035452.htm

[Huckleberry Pie]

I recieved CX-W8 Atom Z3735F PC.

 

I try to install Yosemite by using Clover EFI.

I can boot Clover EFI OS selecter by selecting "Install for UEFI boot only" option.

But I could not see Yosemite in the boot menu.

 

I continue try to install Yosemite to CX-W8.

How'd you managed to boot up from a USB or SD card? Been trying to do that with my friend's Hipstreet W7 to no avail.

[dinosauria]

You can go to UEFI menu at Windows8.1 setting, reboot and recovery.

You will see boot selector and select USB stick to boot.

[dinosauria]

Now CX-W8 seems to has 64bit UEFI bios. It can download here. This may easier to boot OSX on CX-W8.

 

http://www.cnx-software.com/2015/04/29/how-to-install-64-bit-bios-on-sunchip-cx-w8-unbricking-method/

[dinosauria]

I updated 64bit firmware my CX-W8.

 

I made clover installer checking install clover in the ESP, Don't update MBR and EBR sectors and Clover64EFI.

 

I can see Apple logo on my screen but nothing happened...

 

I got debug log, please tell me how to boot installer.

 

 

 

42:974 0:048 ========= Auto patch DSDT Finished ========

43:063 0:089 Drop tables from Xsdt, SIGN=SSDT TableID=CpuPm Length=1891

43:111 0:048 Xsdt has tables count=22

43:160 0:048 Table: SSDT CpuPm 1891 dropped

43:933 0:773 corrected XSDT length=204

43:981 0:048 Patch table: SSDT CpuDptf

44:030 0:048 SSDT len = 0x603

44:078 0:048 Patch table: SSDT DptfTab

44:126 0:048 SSDT len = 0x24A5

44:174 0:048 Patch table: SSDT LowPwrM

44:226 0:051 SSDT len = 0x58

44:277 0:051 Patch table: SSDT SoCDptf

44:325 0:047 SSDT len = 0xFF

44:414 0:089 Patch table: SSDT Tpm2Tabl

44:462 0:047 SSDT len = 0x43A

44:510 0:047 Patch table: SSDT Cpu0Tst

44:561 0:051 SSDT len = 0x290

44:609 0:048 Patch table: SSDT ApTst

44:657 0:048 SSDT len = 0x17A

44:721 0:064 Drop tables from Xsdt, SIGN=XXXX TableID= Length=0

44:769 0:048 Xsdt has tables count=21

44:818 0:048 corrected XSDT length=204

44:866 0:048 CPUBase=0 and ApicCPUBase=1 ApicCPUNum=4

44:914 0:048 Unsupported CPU (0x6): P-States not generated !!!

45:004 0:090 GeneratePStates failed: Status=Not Found

45:053 0:048 SSDT with CPU C-States generated successfully

45:101 0:048 Intel Unknown [8086:0F31] :: PciRoot(0x0)\Pci(0x2,0x0)

45:152 0:051 Intel card id=F31 unsupported, please report to projectosx

45:200 0:048 Intel GFX revision =0xF

45:248 0:047 USB Controller [8086:0F35] :: PciRoot(0x0)\Pci(0x14,0x0)

45:296 0:048 stringlength = 896

45:344 0:048 CurrentMode: Width=1280 Height=720

45:392 0:047 FSInjection: using kexts path: 'EFI\CLOVER\kexts\10.9'45:530 0:138

45:582 0:052 Preparing kexts injection for arch=x86_64 from EFI\CLOVER\kexts\10.9

45:634 0:051 Extra kext: EFI\CLOVER\kexts\10.9\FakeSMC.kext

45:717 0:082 Extra kext: EFI\CLOVER\kexts\10.9\NullCPUPowerManagement.kext

45:775 0:058 Extra kext: EFI\CLOVER\kexts\10.9\RealtekRTL81xx.kext

45:873 0:097 SetStartupDiskVolume:

45:916 0:042 * Volume: 'Install OS X Mavericks'

45:964 0:048 * LoaderPath: '\.IABootFiles\boot.efi'

46:012 0:048 * DevPath: Install OS X Mavericks

46:102 0:089 * GUID = 18079BF1-C77A-421A-8F3F-9F2BA478FFE8

46:150 0:048 * efi-boot-device: <array><dict><key>IOMatch</key><dict><key>IOProviderClass</key><string>IOMedia</string><key>IOPropertyMatch</key><dict><key>UUID</key><string>18079BF1-C77A-421A-8F3F-9F2BA478FFE8</string></dict></dict></dict></array>

46:214 0:064 Custom boot is disabled

46:263 0:048 Closing log

 

I tried all cpuid but no one could boot.

[Huckleberry Pie]

You can go to UEFI menu at Windows8.1 setting, reboot and recovery.

You will see boot selector and select USB stick to boot.

Yeah, but what about booting off the SD card slot? For some reason it didn't work in my friend's case when we tried to do so.

[dinosauria]

I don't use SD slot.

You should use USB stick to boot.

[dinosauria]

I downloaded Clover source code, It seems to Clover does not support Bay Trail Atom.

 

CPU definition is in /rEFIt_UEFI/Platform/Platform.h

 

#define CPU_MODEL_PENTIUM_M     0x09

#define CPU_MODEL_DOTHAN        0x0D

#define CPU_MODEL_YONAH         0x0E

#define CPU_MODEL_MEROM         0x0F  /* same as CONROE but mobile */

#define CPU_MODEL_CONROE        0x0F  /* Allendale, Conroe, Kentsfield, Woodcrest, Clovertown, Tigerton */

#define CPU_MODEL_CELERON       0x16  /* ever see? */

#define CPU_MODEL_PENRYN        0x17  /* Yorkfield, Harpertown, Penryn M */

#define CPU_MODEL_WOLFDALE      0x17  /* kind of penryn but desktop */

#define CPU_MODEL_NEHALEM       0x1A  /* Bloomfield. Nehalem-EP, Nehalem-WS, Gainestown */

#define CPU_MODEL_ATOM          0x1C  /* Pineview UN */

#define CPU_MODEL_XEON_MP       0x1D  /* MP 7400 UN */

#define CPU_MODEL_FIELDS        0x1E  /* Lynnfield, Clarksfield, Jasper */

#define CPU_MODEL_DALES         0x1F  /* Havendale, Auburndale */

#define CPU_MODEL_CLARKDALE     0x25  /* Clarkdale, Arrandale */

#define CPU_MODEL_ATOM_SAN      0x26  /* Haswell H ? */

#define CPU_MODEL_LINCROFT      0x27  /* UN */

#define CPU_MODEL_SANDY_BRIDGE 0x2A

#define CPU_MODEL_WESTMERE      0x2C  /* Gulftown LGA1366 */

#define CPU_MODEL_JAKETOWN      0x2D  /* Sandy Bridge Xeon LGA2011 */

#define CPU_MODEL_NEHALEM_EX    0x2E

#define CPU_MODEL_WESTMERE_EX   0x2F

#define CPU_MODEL_ATOM_2000     0x36  /* UN */

#define CPU_MODEL_IVY_BRIDGE    0x3A

#define CPU_MODEL_HASWELL       0x3C  /* Haswell DT */

#define CPU_MODEL_HASWELL_U5    0x3D  /* Haswell U5  5th generation */

#define CPU_MODEL_IVY_BRIDGE_E5 0x3E  /* Ivy Bridge Xeon UN */

#define CPU_MODEL_HASWELL_MB 0x3F /* Haswell MB */

//#define CPU_MODEL_HASWELL_H 0x?? // Haswell H

#define CPU_MODEL_HASWELL_ULT 0x45 /* Haswell ULT */

#define CPU_MODEL_HASWELL_ULX 0x46 /* Haswell ULX CPUID_MODEL_CRYSTALWELL */

 

#define CPU_VENDOR_INTEL        0x756E6547

#define CPU_VENDOR_AMD          0x68747541

/* Unknown CPU */

#define CPU_STRING_UNKNOWN     "Unknown CPU Type"

 

 

I want to know how to fix it and cpuid of Baytrail Atom.

[dinosauria]

I got pictures of messages at boot.

 

Kernel panic happens when KernelCpu is YES.

It says UEFI not supported ....... tsc.c:211

[dinosauria]

I got DSDT from CW-W8.

 

CX-W8 DSDTs.zip

[dinosauria]

The latest clover (since r3205) has started initial support for Atom z37xx CPU.

Unfortunately I have bricked my CX-W8....