rhishav phukan

Use Vmware and unifail ... u r good to go

VMware didn't work for me. What worked was VM virtual box which is easy to set up and  works on linux and windows host systems. And the rest ofcourse, unifail and clover.

Any one can adjust brightness??

i don't have adjust brightness setting. by default, brightness is only 50%. how i can edit it to 75% or 100%.

check this link - https://osxlatitude.com/index.php?/topic/1968-fn-hotkey-driver-for-asus-notebooks/

You'll get brightnes, volume etc controls with Fn key. Works perfectly

There is a ML update on the app store, so should I update or is there any other method? If can update then any bugs or anything not working. Currently I'm on 10.8.

By original WiFi adapter you mean the Atheros WiFi which is installed in the laptop? Then I don't think so. Broadcom kext will only work with broadcom chip. And my Bluetooth isn't working. Just WiFi as I got the external USB as mentioned above.

And for the sleep issue getting kernel panic has been solved by using the Fn keys kext from this post https://osxlatitude.com/index.php?/topic/1968-fn-hotkey-driver-for-asus-notebooks/

Hello Everyone, sorry my english bad. . . please help me, my wifi and bluetooth not work... can help me with your bluetooth and wifi kext , thanks

Well WiFi and Bluetooth doesn't work with this laptop's Atheros WiFi chip. As posted in the OP, Wifi : Original not work (Replaced by: Dell 1390 (Broadcom 4311)

Well I did not replace it rather got an external USB WiFi adapter. List of USB WiFi adapters working with OS X can be found here third post.

I got a RaLink 2870 and working perfectly

Good to know  about the 16GB RAM. Will upgrade soon. BTW OS X shows 16GB or just windows?

Worked perfectly with my Asus k55vm. All keys are working as mentioned in the OP

Intel Cards will never work in Mac so you have to buy supported Card for Mac.

Yup. I got a USB Wifi Ralink RT2870 and my WiFi is working. But yes I researched that getting WiDi in windows will require a certain WiFi card. I have a working ML with WiFi, what more can I ask for. 

BTW, putting it to sleep is a problem, whenever I close the lid the laptop goes to sleep without any problem, but when awakening it goes into kernel panic most of the time. I have removed AppleSmartBattery.kexy and put voodoo kext with kext utility and vice-versa but same problem.

Solutions please

Hi! anyone knows if this laptop support 16gb of ram?? I phone to asus yesterday, and they saw me that max ram is 8gb (2x4), but I've read that can support 16gb. Anyone knows?

Checked the Asus site and it says 8gb. I had called Asus a couple of months back and asked the same and they said its not expandable as I already have 8gigs. 

One question to add is has anyone been successful for Intel WiDi(wireless display) with this laptop? Or do I need another Wifi card for this?

When I put it to sleep, its goes to sleep just fine. When I log back in and again want to put it to sleep again, the laptop either shuts downs or restarts. 

Is there a kext I'm missing here?

And also when I close the lid, the laptop shuts down instead of going to sleep mode.

Everything else is working just fine.

Please help. 

I'm on the latest bios - BIOS 211 from the Asus download page

http://support.asus.com/Download.aspx?SLanguage=en&m=K55VM&p=3&s=386

Whats your bios version?

http://db.tt/3j72mUAh

Don't have the option to add

Got it working. Logged on to it just fine with clover.

Adding boot option in bios is what I can't find still. And is your WiFi working? As in the OP it says for a different WiFi card. But any work around to get this card working ?

Try darkwake=0

Tried it. Didnt work.

Error : the system bootstrapper has crashed: Trace/BPT traps: 5

Have tried npci=0x3000 and 2000, PCIRootUID=1 and 0, -x -v

How do I fix it?

Just got to the installation and now 12 mins left for completion. My hack worked like a charm. Thanks so much to this forum and all members. Will follow the rest of the steps as in the OP.

Thanks to all. Finally after almost 4 months of trying I'm installing osx ml.

Cheers

Create a USB installer with myhack and then follow this post guide. Tell us the error you get when booting from the USB and for this use the boot flags -x -v. Soon there's going to be a guide which will be generic for every model so you can follow it easily

I installed virtualbox as windows host and osx is running, so I created iFail usb in osx using carbon copy cloner and multifail.

Now when I try to boot with the usb, I get this error as photos attached.

Please suggest me my options. Thanks

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P.S - Should I create the usb installer using myhack or unifail again?

I have the K55VM and I've been trying to install osx lion, ML on this system since so many months using unifail, iboot (chameleon, stolen and rebranded), iFail but not able to install. I get stuck with the grey apple logo screen without an animations or anything.

I'm a noob so please can someone post a step by step guide on the bios settings and all necessary boot flags as we have the same laptop. 

I have windows 7 along with ubuntu 12.10 using grub bootloader.

PLEASE HELP.