Introduction The following tutorial is a complete recap of my personal Macintosh OS X installation onto my Acer Aspire 5610Z. The object of this tutorial is to cover the entire process from the initial preparation to the actual installation of the operating system. The tutorial will also include the post installation tweaking that continues to this day. The post installation tweaking covered in this tutorial includes fixes for numerous minor incompatibilities. These proposed fixes are hardware specific and may or may not work for you and your situation. I do not accept any liability for any harm these fixes may or may not cause. This tutorial is not exclusively intended for the use of only Acer Aspire 5610Z owners, but some, most, or all parts of this tutorial may or may not be applicable to your hardware.

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I ask all owners to proceed with caution when installing an operating system on 'unsupported' hardware. The consequences for negligence are numerous and could even result in hardware failure. As a final last note, this tutorial is for me. I do not intend for anyone else to use it for their own personal gains.

It is simply a written documentation of the steps I took to install Mac OS X Leopard onto my Acer Aspire 5610Z. I do not use my Acer Aspire 5610Z for any production or commercial purposes and would not recommend anyone else doing so. This is strictly for fun and experimentation. If you are using this tutorial to build a Mac OS X system for the sole reason of avoiding the action of paying Apple for the appropriate hardware and software combination, you are using this tutorial for the wrong reasons. Getting Started The first part of the following section documents the specifications of my Acer Aspire 5610Z. These specifications may or may not be the same as a different Acer Aspire 5610Z.

Acer is notorious for using different components in different laptops of the same model number. The second part of the following section documents the materials needed for the entire tutorial. Some of these materials may or may not be optional depending on what parts of the tutorial is used.

ACER ASPIRE 5610Z SPECIFICATIONS. Tweaking This section documents the minor tweaking that is required to get the system as fully operable as possible.

These tweaks on the system may have to be reapplied after major system updates (especially the Audio). AUDIO The audio should be working after the initial installation, but the jacks on the front of the laptop shouldn't. In order to get this working, Targua's AppleHDAPatcher.1.20.app and a customized text document for the Realtek HAD ALC883 Audio system will be used. More information can be found here: The process is as follows.

Enter password to authenticate. WIRELESS NETWORK In order to get the wireless network to function, the original Intel Pro 3945ABG Mini PCI-E card has to be switched out with a Broadcom 4311 BCM94311MCAG Mini PCI-E Wireless Card.

Unfortunately, the wireless would still not work because of the Wireless Hardware Switch on the laptop was cutting off the power to the Mini PCI-E connection. Therefore, the tape method had to be employed to circumvent the switch. More information can be found here: The process is as follows. TIME MACHINE Time machine technically works after the initial install, but needs a little tweaking to work the way desired.

First, the Time Machine Preferences Panel will not display a sparsebundle not on a Time Capsule or another Mac OS X machine. Second, the sparsebundle cannot be initially be created on the non Time Capsule or Mac OS X machine. More information can be found here: Ok I've just converted a second machine to use the NAS for networked Time Machine backups, and this time things went straight through without any mistakes. Here's the run-down: This example was done using a Mac Mini with a hostname of 'magpie', running OS X 10.5.2 and connected via 802.11g to a ReadyNAS NV+ (RAIDiator 4.01c1-p1 1.00a041 with AFP patch loaded). I've created separate AFP shares for each machine ('TMmagpie' in this case) and set them to be accessible just to the 'owner' of the machine. I could have set up one share to contain Time Machine backups for all clients, but then it could be possible for a user to access someone else's private data within the backups.

Do make sure to keep the hostname simple — i.e. Don't have quotes in it like 'Maggie's Mac', or the process will fail. With the share set up on the NAS already, everything else we do is local to the client (magpie in this case). Some of the commands I list here are run within Terminal.app, although there are alternate (GUI) ways of accessing some of the functions. This machine had previously been doing Time Machine backups to a local Firewire disk, and part of the process outlined here is to copy the contents of that disk to the NAS so that further backups build on top of the existing ones. No need to throw away the old backups!

Make a new 'sparsebundle' on a local disk (NOT the Time Machine disk!). This sparsebundle is a virtual filesystem image which we'll copy to the NAS, and Time Machine will then access it remotely (that way Time Machine's not limited by the filesystem features of whatever NAS it's using: all the funky stuff happens within the sparsebundle).

By default sparsebundles can keep growing until they fill up the NAS, but in this scenario we keep other things on the NAS as well as backups, and we're going to limit the sparsebundle size to 140 GB. We called this one 'Backup of magpie' as that's the default name created by Time Machine, but in fact you can call the volume anything you like. Time Machine will automatically turn itself back on and schedule a backup to begin in two minutes. If you didn't populate the sparsebundle with the contents of a local disk, this first backup will be a full backup and can take a very long time (depending on things like your network infrastructure). If you did pre-populate the sparsebundle, this backup will be an incremental backup and shouldn't take long at all (depending on how much has changed on the machine since you turned Time Machine off in Step 1 of course).

I'll just add a few things. I don't think you require TAPE METHOD, I have the 4311 as well, however I suggest trying%20%20' target='blank' Specifically you require the IOPCIFAMILY.kext included with chunnan's PCMCIA cardbus drivers. I'm including the AppleHDA.kext that is patched using targua patcher for the sound card with working outputs. EFI string, use either chameleon or the netkas pcefi v9.

I also included the patched dsdt, fixes most problems, includes modifications for applebacklight references. For sleep issues it will sleep with SuperHai's corrected USB sleep kext (EHCI), however it will not wake properly, most likely a problem with wireless pci-e not sleeping correctly, remains on in sleep mode, normally it should be off, any modifications would be appreciated to get that part working.

DSDT is compatible with 3690 series, 5610, 5630, and possibly other 56XX series based on the same bios. Acer uses the same bios for different variants of the same motherboard thus it's compatible with the Nvidia GPU'ed versions specifically 5630. EFI String contains the ethernet fix for time machine, gma950 detection, and sound card detection in conjunction with included applehda (does not require azaliapatch kext) cf001e017fff0e000200027fff006d05006c000000 b00000050004c00006c0 0c00d000001b7fff0400 c6f006e0e0043006f040069006f00000d2c750065006d050f0010 0006d000c6f2d0075000e000000.

I don't think you require TAPE METHOD, I have the 4311 as well, however I suggest trying Specifically you require the IOPCIFAMILY.kext included with chunnan's PCMCIA cardbus drivers. I understand what you are saying, but I don't think it relates to me (I may be wrong though). My External Hardware Killswitch on the front of my laptop is supposedly causing the problem.

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Which is why I covered Pin 20 on my Wireless Card. If it isn't, well the Tape Trick still worked and I am happy with it because it keeps my system MORE stock. That is my goal ultimately. I also included the patched dsdt, fixes most problems, includes modifications for applebacklight references. For sleep issues it will sleep with SuperHai's corrected USB sleep kext (EHCI), however it will not wake properly, most likely a problem with wireless pci-e not sleeping correctly, remains on in sleep mode, normally it should be off, any modifications would be appreciated to get that part working. If I understand your previous statement correctly, sleep is still not working, but progress is being made? Again, my ultimate goal is to keep my system as vanilla as possible, even at the cost of no Sleep functioning.

For some reason. It will not install past the 'S' in install.

The error I get is 'The installer could not validate the contents of the '10.5.5.Intel' package. Contact the software manufacturer for assistance. Click restart to restart your computer and try installing again.

I really think that their may be something wrong with your install disc. But before we go there, you may want to try this. When you are 'Customizing' your installation, you may want to make sure one of the following two additional options are checked (try one first, then the other second if the first install also fails). Thanks for the great tutorial. Everything worked great for me on the first install, but after updating to the latest osx version via software updates, my keyboard and touchpad ceased to work.

Any thoughts. Thanks for those tips.

The HDA fix was very welcomed. Could you clarify on how to get the pcmcia slot working? I'm a little unclear on procedure though i do have the chunnan extensions. Thanks I have the same problems, when I update, no more keyboard or touchpad. Has anyone found a fix for this? I have the same problems, when I update, no more keyboard or touchpad. Has anyone found a fix for this?

I experienced the same. Here is my guess: When the victims (I means us) update to the latest version. All hacked working drivers will be overridden by the new ones but the existing keyboard or touch pad mismatch driver and result in what you are thinking. That why we should avoid update. Yet, there is one way to overcome this (I haven't tried it myself yet).

That is after updating to latest version. You use the install DVD to re-install back the hacked working drivers (e.g.

Keyboard, touch pad, audio.). That way you probably get a new kernel and keep the old working drivers.

Please Note: I won't be responsible for the consequences if you screw up your system. Better 'Time machine' before you adventure what I said.

Thank you for your answer. It previously had a Core Duo T 1. Julie, It is possible but not easy. Creative SB Live 5. Please, where is the CMOS battery?

Thanks, thanks a lot! Uploader: Date Added: 18 October 2006 File Size: 33.38 Mb Operating Systems: Windows NT/2000/XP/2003/2003/7/8/10 MacOS 10/X Downloads: 11927 Price: Free.Free Regsitration Required Dear readers, axer takes acer aspire 5610 bl50 hours to create content for this site and keep it up and running. Then the power light indicator is on all time, but neither image nor sounds is detected.

Wait until it bypasses the BIOS password request. I think mine is already busted.

Thank You,I followed instructions to fix my flickering Screen. Web Camera Logitech. Do you have any advice? Julie, It is possible but not easy.

Where CMOS battery at? The battery is soldered to the motherboard. I changed the keyboard on an Acer aspire using this.

On the following picture the connect is shown in the unlocked position. Thank you for your answer. Acer Delta 19v, 2. I did some search and found that some 560 mention only 2GB max. How many ram cards can fit in this laptop. Do you mean install acer aspire 5610 bl50 dedicated card into the PCI slot and disable the integrated card?

Low-ish cost s3d compatible printer for mac. Is it possible for me to replace this battery. How to disassemble Acer Aspire 5610z Thank you very much! The first light beside the power button comes for a few seconds and then goes off. Acer aspire 5610 bl50 pictorials are great, saved me a load of hassle. Let me know which method works for this model.

Most likely this guide will work for some other Acer Aspire 56XX models. Azpire removing memory modules one by one. Awesum guide dude juz loved aspure. It has a Phoenix bios, therefore Looking at beeps error code for phoenix bios I think of likely failure is Initialize Power Management. Creative SB Live 5.

The z that I have was given to me by my sister, worked for about a week. Pentium DualCore D 2. Maybe one of the modules failed. The sound card integrated into the motherboard.

Other sites say it will support up to 4GB. If this guide works for you, please mention the model number in comments after this post. Great work, very useful, Thank you. How to disassemble Acer Aspire z – Inside my laptop It all performs beautifully and should give this laptop another few years of daily use.

If the password is still there, try method 2. Acer Delta 19v, 4.

When i press the power button acer aspire 5610 bl50 button lights are on but the screen is off. Fujitsu-Siemens Amilo Xi Can you upgrade the hard aspirs. Hope these morsels of info will help somebody out. And Windows acer aspire 5610 bl50 no longer able to detect it.

Acer Aspire One While shorting it, turn on the laptop. Acre are specs for this chipset: Try turning on the laptop. I removed the keyboard only to find a thin sheet of black plastic or something covering the MoBo. Acer LiteOn 19v, 4.