I have an Acer Aspire 4530 that I just bought. I would like to install OSX on it. Unfortunately, I don't know where to start. I figured I would be able to boot off one install DVD and at least make it to the install menu. However, I can't seem to get past the first few seconds of the startup sequence.... I've tried AHCI mode and IDE from the Bios. I have tried booting every one with and without -v, -x, -f, and cpu=1. I've tried Iatkos, kalyway, zephyroth, Leo 4 all and ideneb. And they all don't work.

iDeneb 10.5.2 (Boots to "Loading HFS+ file:[/System/Library/Extensions.mkext] from 4230480." then freezes until I press a key. Then the computer restarts.),

Kalyway 10.5.2, (Makes it 100 lines down quite quickly, then restarts computer.)

Leo4all 10.5.2 v2, (Makes it 7 lines down then restarts computer.)

Leo4all 10.5.2 v3, (Makes it 100 lines quite quickly down, then restarts computer.)

iAtkos 10.5.2.(Boots to "Loading HFS+ file:[/System/Library/Extensions.mkext] from 4230450." Then the computer restarts.)

Zephyroth 10.4.8 upon invoking -v -x -f cpu=1 loads lots of code for about 2mins and restart.

I did a lot of reading is insanelymac and other forums but nobody has an answer. I thought a bios mod might be required because I had a desktop running a MSI P35 Neo motherboard that requires flashing a modded bios to work with osx86. However when I delve further into modding bios, I can hardly find info on it. It seems to have something to do with modding the DSDT table in bios, but there's no guide available that I could find.

Oh last but not least, my Specs:
Acer 4530
AMD Turion X2 RM70
160gb HDD
4gb RAM
Atheros 5007 Wireless b/g
Nvidia 9100m G motherboard with integrated GF 9100M

Can any of the sifus here give me any clue to what should I do? Thanks in advance.

PS currently downloading iPC Universal 10.5.6 Final, but I read in another forum, somebody suing the same laptop tried and had the same result.

This post has been edited by Kain_Sicilian: May 12 2009, 04:57 PM

Thanks for replying.

The chipset is Nvidia 9100m G chipset (MCP77MH)

I didn't manage to get into the installation screen. I pop the DVD in, boot from the DVD into Darwin to start the installation. A few lines of code (refer to my previous post) appear and the laptop restarts right after that.



May I know where can I find that information?
Thanks