404NotFound Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 I'm trying to install Mavericks on my E5420, however I'm not even able to boot into the installer. As soon as I get past the boot messages, this happens: I've tried using both the E5520 and generic Extras, setting the graphics mode at the boot prompt, booting with -x, playing around with GraphicsEnabler... nothing helped, only the pattern looks differently each time. System configuration: CPU - i5 2520 GPU - HD 3000 Display - 1600x900 Bios - A01 Any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Jake Lo Posted November 12, 2013 Moderators Share Posted November 12, 2013 I'm trying to install Mavericks on my E5420, however I'm not even able to boot into the installer. As soon as I get past the boot messages, this happens: I've tried using both the E5520 and generic Extras, setting the graphics mode at the boot prompt, booting with -x, playing around with GraphicsEnabler... nothing helped, only the pattern looks differently each time. System configuration: CPU - i5 2520 GPU - HD 3000 Display - 1600x900 Bios - A01 Any ideas? Give my bootpack a try. You should consider upgrading your BIOS too. Extra-E5420_Mav.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Hervé Posted November 12, 2013 Administrators Share Posted November 12, 2013 I had that kind of graphics non-sense when installing ML (or was it Mavericks?) on a E6420. All I required was the correct DSDT, which I got from one of JakeLo's posts. But booting with the incorrect DSDT would give me this sort of things... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
404NotFound Posted November 13, 2013 Author Share Posted November 13, 2013 It worked. Awesome! Thanks, guys! I was able to install Mavericks, however the installed system automatically goes to sleep after a couple of seconds, so I'm only able to use it in blocks of about 5 seconds. Is this a common / known problem? Could a bios update fix the problem? That machine never saw a Windows installation, so a bios update might be a major pain... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Jake Lo Posted November 13, 2013 Moderators Share Posted November 13, 2013 It worked. Awesome! Thanks, guys! I was able to install Mavericks, however the installed system automatically goes to sleep after a couple of seconds, so I'm only able to use it in blocks of about 5 seconds. Is this a common / known problem? Could a bios update fix the problem? That machine never saw a Windows installation, so a bios update might be a major pain... Run myfix (full). See if that helps with the automatic sleep. If not, add a -f switch to the boot.plist. Can you confirm a few things? Does audio work? Does HDMI work? Does HDMI Audio work? Sleep works, that's confirm Does it sleep and wake when closing and opening lid? Screen brightness is controlled by Fn+Pause and Fn+F3 or Fn+up and down button Audio control is by the right side Keyboard backlit is controlled by Fn+right arrow Screen snapshot is by Fn+PrintScrn Fn+F1 for sleep, tab power button to wake You'll have to replace the wireless card I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
404NotFound Posted November 13, 2013 Author Share Posted November 13, 2013 myfix didn't help, but -f did the trick. Does audio work? - YES Does HDMI work? - YES Does HDMI Audio work? - YES Sleep works, that's confirm - NO, stopped working with -f, screen just goes black Does it sleep and wake when closing and opening lid? - NO Screen brightness is controlled by Fn+Pause and Fn+F3 or Fn+up and down button - YES Audio control is by the right side - YES Keyboard backlit is controlled by Fn+right arrow - YES, it's a hardware feature though Screen snapshot is by Fn+PrintScrn - YES Fn+F1 for sleep - NO tab power button to wake - YES wireless card - NO, BCM4313 - maybe I already have something compatible at home ethernet - NO, BCM5761 - I think I just have to find a proper driver Is there anything I can do about sleep mode? EDIT: HDMI results added. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Jake Lo Posted November 13, 2013 Moderators Share Posted November 13, 2013 myfix didn't help, but -f did the trick. Does audio work? - YES Does HDMI work? - YES Does HDMI Audio work? - YES Sleep works, that's confirm - NO, stopped working with -f, screen just goes black Does it sleep and wake when closing and opening lid? - NO Screen brightness is controlled by Fn+Pause and Fn+F3 or Fn+up and down button - YES Audio control is by the right side - YES Keyboard backlit is controlled by Fn+right arrow - YES, it's a hardware feature though Screen snapshot is by Fn+PrintScrn - YES Fn+F1 for sleep - NO tab power button to wake - YES wireless card - NO, BCM4313 - maybe I already have something compatible at home ethernet - NO, BCM5761 - I think I just have to find a proper driver Is there anything I can do about sleep mode? EDIT: HDMI results added. Have you try manually putting it to sleep? Try this for you LAN card http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/files/file/79-bcm5722d/ Intel wireless is not supported. Need to be replaced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
404NotFound Posted November 15, 2013 Author Share Posted November 15, 2013 Small update: The ethernet driver worked, thanks a lot! The MAC defaulted to 00:00:00:00:00:00 though, so I had to set it manually. I don't know why, but sleep also works now. Maybe it's because of something I did while getting rid of the App Store "Unknown Error". Does audio work? - YES Does HDMI work? - YES Does HDMI Audio work? - YES Sleep works, that's confirm - YES Does it sleep and wake when closing and opening lid? - Closing: YES*, opening: NO Screen brightness is controlled by Fn+Pause and Fn+F3 or Fn+up and down button - YES Audio control is by the right side - YES Keyboard backlit is controlled by Fn+right arrow - YES, it's a hardware feature though Screen snapshot is by Fn+PrintScrn - YES Fn+F1 for sleep - YES* tab power button to wake - YES wireless card - NO, BCM94322 already ordered ethernet - YES * only after putting it to sleep manually for the first time The very last minor thing that's missing is multitouch (at least two-finger scroll) on the Alps DualPoint touchpad. Is it supported at all? All in all, looks like the E5420 is a great base for a Hackintosh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Jake Lo Posted November 15, 2013 Moderators Share Posted November 15, 2013 Small update: The ethernet driver worked, thanks a lot! The MAC defaulted to 00:00:00:00:00:00 though, so I had to set it manually. I don't know why, but sleep also works now. Maybe it's because of something I did while getting rid of the App Store "Unknown Error". Does audio work? - YES Does HDMI work? - YES Does HDMI Audio work? - YES Sleep works, that's confirm - YES Does it sleep and wake when closing and opening lid? - Closing: YES*, opening: NO Screen brightness is controlled by Fn+Pause and Fn+F3 or Fn+up and down button - YES Audio control is by the right side - YES Keyboard backlit is controlled by Fn+right arrow - YES, it's a hardware feature though Screen snapshot is by Fn+PrintScrn - YES Fn+F1 for sleep - YES* tab power button to wake - YES wireless card - NO, BCM94322 already ordered ethernet - YES * only after putting it to sleep manually for the first time The very last minor thing that's missing is multitouch (at least two-finger scroll) on the Alps DualPoint touchpad. Is it supported at all? All in all, looks like the E5420 is a great base for a Hackintosh. I noticed that you have to put it to sleep manually the first time before it starts to work or maybe let it run long enough, it'll start to work. If reopening lid won't wake system, do you just tab on the power button to wake it up? For multitouch, you could try this work-in-progress kext by bpedman here. Use the RehanMerge version. There's some known issue, you could read more about it there. Mainly about the Z value not hold it's value after reboot. Thank you for answering and updating the questionnaires. Just want to see how far this boot pack supports so I could include it into the guide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Jake Lo Posted November 16, 2013 Moderators Share Posted November 16, 2013 Small update: The ethernet driver worked, thanks a lot! The MAC defaulted to 00:00:00:00:00:00 though, so I had to set it manually. Where and how did you set the MAC address? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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