How To: Mac OS X 10.5.

4 for the Eee PC 901 & 1000H

By MacEEE.com
Welcome to our how-to guide for the ASUS Eee PC 901 and 1000 series notebooks.
Please be sure to read our legal disclaimer before proceeding. As we have previously
noted, we strongly suggest the purchase of the ASUS Eee PC 1000H due to its faster hard
drive. However, this guide will work on any Eee PC 901 or 1000 series nettop computer.

Note: Sound and Ethernet DOES NOT WORK.

Getting Started.

1) iDeneb 10.5.4. Get distro form torrent site.

2) A USB 2.0 DVD-ROM drive.

BIOS Update

Due to ACPI (Power Management settings) in BIOS, booting can take long time. So use
the custom BIOS. This BIOS has to be flashed from Windows XP. However, it will void
the warranty. But you can restore the original BIOS before sending it for repairs.

Get custom BIOS from: http://osrom.net/biosmod/

Steps to Install

Caution, keep in mind that this will erase all information on your Eee PC. Also, please
check with ASUS to make sure you are running the latest version of your Eee PC BIOS
before installing.

1) Connect the USB 2.0 DVD-ROM drive to the computer. Insert the iDeneb install disc.
Power it on and rapidly press the F2 key.

2) When the BIOS menu appears, go to Advanced > CPU Configuration. Disable all three
items in this sub-menu. Press Esc and scroll to the Boot tab. Re-arrange boot priority to
have the desired drive boot listed first. Finally, Exit and Save Changes. Also, go to
Onboard Devices in the BIOS and disable all four items.
These settings will be later changed after the OS X installation.

3) The computer will reboot. Rapidly press the Escape key until a Boot Menu appears.
Select the DVD drive and press any key at the prompt to boot from the disc.

4) When the Installer boots, select English as the default language. Then, go to Utilities >
Disk Utility.
5) Select the drive you want to install on. Go to the Partition tab that appears. Chose the
partitioning as Mac OS Extended (Journaled).

6) Click the Options… button. Select the GUID Partition Table and click OK. Then click
Apply to format the drive. Finally, click the red close button to exit Disk Utility.

7) Proceed with the Installer as instructed. When you reach the drive selection, chose the
drive you just formatted. Then press Continue. Finally, on the next screen, chose
Customize to select the correct packages.

8) Click the triangle to expand the patches.

Expand the triangle for Chipsets and check ICHx Fixed.
Expand the triangle for Kernel and check Kernel 9.4.0 Vanilla.
Expand the triangle for Wireless and check Broadcom.
Expand the triangle for Fix and check both FireWire Remove and ApplePS2Controller
Expand the triangle for Video, then the triangle for Intel. Finally, check the box for
GMA950.

9) Click Continue and then proceed with the installation.

10) Complete the Setup Wizard which appears on first boot. Congratulations, you now
have Mac OS X on your Eee PC!

Post-Install Drivers & Enhancements

So, you now have Mac OS X on your Eee PC. But, you probably notice that some things
aren’t working. Namely, audio, graphics acceleration, and Wi-Fi all are not functional. In
these next steps, we will install the drivers necessary to enable these features.

1) Download extra drives from following URL:

http://www.maceee.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/maceeedotcompatches.zip

2) Extract the contents on your desktop.

3) Restart the computer and access your BIOS settings. Turn SpeedStep back on in CPU
Configuration. Go to Onboard Devices and enable all four items. Do this only AFTER
COPLETEING SETUP ASSISTANT.

4) Run the AboutThisMac tool inside the folder that you just extracted. This will correct
the processor identification in the About This Mac window.

5) Now, we need to install some drivers. Copy or move the Kext Installer utility to the
Applications folder. Launch it.
6) Drag all the files from the Drivers folder onto the Kext Installer window. Enter your
password, and allow it to begin. Note: Please set a user account password as this utility
will not run on an account that does not have a user password set.

7) When the Kext Installer completes, it will ask you to reboot. Restart the computer, and
then run System Preferences > Energy Saver. You should now be able to add the battery
status icon to your menubar (if it wasn’t there already).

8) Time for the main netbook driver- WiFi. Get the driver from the following URL:
http://www.ralinktech.com.tw/data/drivers/Ralink_CardBusPCI_D2860-1.0.1.0_D61-1.0.
4.0_D2560-1.0.9.0%20UI-1.5.1.0_2008_03_13.dmg

9) To configure Wi-Fi, first launch System Preference > Network. It will alert you that a
new Ethernet connector has been found. This is actually your Wi-Fi card. You can
rename the device to Wi-Fi, or leave it as is. Click OK, and close out of System
Preferences.

10) Connecting to a Wi-Fi network is a bit different. Instead of using the AirPort menu
bar, go to your Applications folder. Launch the new utility located there, called
WirelessUtilityCardbusPCI. From there, go to the Site Survey tab, and press Rescan. You
should be able to chose your wireless network and connect to it, by double-clicking on
the network you want to connect to.

Now you will be having a perfectly running netbook. Keep cehcking MacEEE.com for
the Ethernet and Sound drivers.