Mac OS X SNOW Leopard on Acer Aspire 5920G + Triple Boot Windows 7, Ubuntu, and Mac OS X

I just installed Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10.6.2 on my Acer Aspire 5920G (aka. AcerBook Pro). I am also triple booting between Mac OS X, Windows, and Ubuntu Linux.

UPDATE: I have a new video of this laptop showing some extra features I have managed to enable, such as the webcam and sleep mode here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoWq747kRV0

I previously had Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.8 running perfectly as shown in this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHVMsUeQ4DM
Also, this is a major upgrade from the AcerBook Pro 1.0 shown here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSJ3utnsbqw

GUIDE:
All the files I used can be found here:
http://www.mediafire.com/file/5zqgt1zzjnm/Aspire5920G.zip
1. Delete all partitions on the hard drive.
2. Partition half the drive and install Windows 7. Leave the other half unpartitioned for now.
3. http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=39253
Follow this guide to create two additional Mac OS X Journaled partitions after installing Windows 7, one 8GB and the other with the rest of the hard drive's free space.
4. Install Leopard on the larger Mac OS X partition. Before installing, use Disk Utility erase the 8GB partition and name it "Snow" and erase the other partition and name it "Macintosh HD" and install Leopard to "Macintosh HD."
5. From Leopard, restore the Snow Leopard install DVD dmg image to the 8GB partition and replace files according to this guide: (Only follow the section of the guide which deals with booting from MBR. If you don't plan on dual booting with Windows or using MBR, skip this step.)
http://prasys.co.cc/2009/08/installing-snow-leopard-for-osx86/
6. Install Chameleon 2 RC4 bootloader onto the 8GB partition.
7. Download all the kexts and files from the link above. Rename NVEnabler 64.kext to NVEnabler64.kext (without space).
8. Place all kexts (except NVEnabler, IOUSBFamily, and the audio kexts) from the download file in the /Extra/Extensions folder. Place DSDT.aml and com.apple.boot.plist in the root directory and in /Extra.
7. Restart the computer and boot from the "Snow" partition. This will boot into the installer. For this phase, you may need to attach a USB mouse and keyboard.
8. Open Disk Utility and erase "Macintosh HD." Follow the rest of the installer to install Snow Leopard on "Macintosh HD."
9. When computer restarts, boot from "Macintosh HD." Follow the post-install wizard and remember to create a password. Then install the latest Snow Leopard update. Restart computer.
10. Use Kexthelper to install ALL the kexts provided in my download link.
11. Restart computer and see if everything is working. If not, reinstall the required kexts and restart.
12. Use this guide for ethernet: http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=127903
13. Once everything is working, you can remove the USB mouse and keyboard.
14. Enjoy your AcerBook Pro! If you have any questions, please feel free to ask me.

This laptop cost me only $800 and it is at least twice as fast as the cheapest $1200 MacBook Pro and has many more features. Because the hardware is identical to a previous generation MacBook Pro (Early 2008) I was able to install by using an unmodified Snow Leopard DVD directly from Apple. (The only small modification I made was to allow dual booting with Windows 7.)

Acer Aspire 5920G Specs:
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo T8300 2.4GHz
Chipset: Intel PM965
Platform: Intel Centrino Duo (Santa Rosa)
Memory: 4GB DDR2 667 High Performance Low Latency
Hard Drive: 250GB SATA 7200RPM
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT 256MB (1024MB TurboCache)
Sound: Realtek High Definition ALC888
Screen: 15.4" Acer CrystalBrite LCD (aka. makeup mirror, waay too freaking reflective)
Optical: HD DVD
Network: Intel 3945ABG Wireless, Broadcom NetLink Gigabit Ethernet
USB: 4 Ports (MacBook Pro has only 2)
Firewire: 1 Port
Other Features: Acer Crystal Eye Webcam, HDMI, S-Video, Ricoh SD Card Reader, Lights, ExpressCard Slot, Dolby Virtual Surround with Subwoofer, Empowering Technology Framework, Some others that I have not discovered yet

What Works:
Intel Core 2 Duo T8300 (Both Cores; Clock speed detected incorrectly)
NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT (Quartz Extreme/Core Image Enabled, Native Resolution)
Realtek High Definition Audio (with Dolby)
Volume Control Knob
Ricoh SD Card Reader
ExpressCard
USB
FireWire
Broadcom NetLink Gigabit Ethernet
Acer Crystal Eye WebCam
Intel 3945ABG Wireless (Network Scanning Only)
Sleep

What Doesn't Work:
Media Buttons (Lights) (If anyone knows how to get these to work, please let me know.)

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Apple
• Macintosh
• Mac
• OS
• Snow
• Leopard
• 10.6.2
• Hackintosh
• OSx86
• Acer
• Aspire
• 5920G
• 6313
• Upgrade
• Operating
• System
• Triple
• Boot
• Windows
• Ubunbu
• Linux
• UNIX

[dzismer18]

hey can you tell me how to get the internet working? Id really appreciate the help

[AspireAS5920]

@dzismer18 I changed the wireless card to a Broadcom 4321.

[jemrylie]

ow yeah, and 1 thing, I have Acer 5920G but with a different specs. Well, actually only the processor that different. Mine has intel T7500 (2.2GHz, FSB 800mb, 4mb L2 cache). You said that you changed the processor of your acer. Is that really possible? How much did it costs you?

[AspireAS5920]

@jemrylie Yes, it is possible to upgrade the CPU. My T8300 cost me about $150 on eBay. I think there is a tutorial on how to do it somewhere on Youtube. If you can't find it, try NotebookReview.

[geodeath3]

thanks for the great guide.

However, from what i understand we have to first install leopard from an installation dvd and then make it a snow leopard installation. Given this is the flow of the installation, should i find a "normal" (not snow i mean) leopard installation disc and use that? I am not really sure if i need the retail discs of both leopard and snow leopard or any patched ones!

[AspireAS5920]

@geodeath3 You can use a patched Leopard disk. Only the Snow Leopard disk must be a vanilla retail version.

[wdrpsp19]

Hey,

Can you make a tutorial on how to do this?? plz... I have Windows and Ubuntu... I want Mac also..

[AspireAS5920]

@Martysyuk It is in the video description. Ask me if you have any other questions.

[risk52]

please help me!..i have the same laptop but i can't configure ethernet..is there any video tutorial for this?I am doing exactly what the guide said but nothing..thx!

[thouptyduptypants]

Shame it isnt as quick as a Mac

[Jim4BARK]

can i dual boot hackintosh or mac os with windows 7 with the acer 7535g?

[divestoffel]

the mediafire link is dead, can you give us a new link, please?

[ThePatrykfilm9000]

at 8:00 why do you have well google chrome, but internet explorer 8 is still not upgraded to version 9.

ie9 is better and faster then chrome!

try ie9!

[hypnotix2000]

what did you do to get webcam to work??

[peterskuse]

file/5zqgt1zzjnm/Aspire5920G zip link is dead. Can you update file location please?

[chavman08]

I have this laptop, so how the he'll do I get Mac os? Lol