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Hello All,
I have been following the "Acer Aspire 5750g" thread for a while and using a lot of kexts and advice from that thread for my Acer 3830tg Timeline x and its been helpful but thought it was time for us 3830tg owners to have our own specific thread to share ideas and solutions.
Specs:
Intel Core i3-2310M CPU 3MB Intel Smart Cache, 2.10 GHz, 35 W
13.3” CineCrystal HD LED TFT LCD (1366 x 768)
4 GB DDR3 RAM (Upgradeable to 8 GB)
750 GB HD @ 5400 RPM
1GB NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M
HDMI, VGA
Gigabit Ethernet LAN and Wireless LAN 802.11b/g/n
Two Acer 3DSonic Stereo Speakers
1 x USB 3.0
2 x USB 2.0
Card Reader (SDHC, MMC, MS, MS PRO, xD)
Ports: Headphone, Microphone, RJ-45
This is my Best attempt at a Guide, let me know if you have any ideas for improving my instructions.
Step 1. Prepare the Bios
1. Boot computer, immeiately press F2 to enter bios
2. In the "Main" section select Graphic Mode:Intergrated & Sata:AHCI Mode
3. Press F10 (save and exit)
Step 2. Prepare the Unibeast Install USB
I am not going to go thru all the steps as there is already a perfectly good guide to do this : HERE
You only need to follow the first two steps to make the USB then continue on with the instructions in this guide
Just make sure to choose "Laptop Support" and keep in mind the estimated time to prepare the USB is not correct, it will however take some time (30min ??).
After this has finished you should be able to boot the installer USB.
Step 3. Install
1. Reboot Computer and press F12 at Acer logo screen
2. Select your installer USB and press enter
3. choose your language
4. At the top of the screen choose "Utilities>Disk Utilities"
5.Choose your hard drive on the left and click the "erase" tab and leave the Mac OS X extended Journaled selected
6. Exit Disk Utility and click install (should take about 15min)
Reboot
1. Reboot computer and press F12 at acer screen
2. Select your USB installer again and hit enter
3. This time at the unibeast boot screen you should see your hard drive where you just installed lion too - select it
4. Your new lion install should boot without panics
***NOTE***
At this point you will probably be presented with a "No keyboard connected " screen, (pic above) if so follow these steps:
First you will need to place a copy of the ApplePS2Controller.kext on a usb stick with nothing else on it, and keep note of the USB sticks name EXACTLY.
Then follow these steps:
A. Reboot into your installer USB
B. select language then choose Utilites>Terminal
C. Unplug your usb mouse if you have one, and plug in the usb you copied the ApplePS2Controller.kext to.
D. In the terminal widow type the following commands EXACTLY! and press enter after each one. (CHANGE NAME OF "YOUR_HD" TO THE NAME OF YOUR HARDDRIVE and YOUR_USB as well)
cd /Volumes/YOUR_USB
(hit enter)
cp -R ApplePS2Controller.kext/ /Volumes/YOUR_HD/System/Library/Extensions
(hit enter)
chown -R root:wheel /Volumes/YOUR_HD/System/Library/Extensions/ApplePS2Controller.kext/
(hit enter)
chmod 755 /Volumes/YOUR_HD/System/Library/Extensions/ApplePS2Controller.kext/
(hit enter)
(*Note* the last two commands are all on one line with a space before the /Volumes... it just came out like that when I typed it here?)
E. Reboot computer
F. Press F12 at the Acer screen and boot from the installer usb, then highlight your hard drive, and press "-V -F" and press enter - your hard drive should now boot past the keyboard screen.
5. Finish install steps and you should now be looking at the lion home screen
6. Run Multibeast (v4.5.2) and select the following: easybeast, repair permissions,voodoo 0.2.72 (not 0.2.73!), system definition MacbookPro8,1, and also ApplePS2 (again if not keyboard stops working?)
7. reboot
8. You should have a fully bootable lion install now with Graphics, Sound, Trackpad (Full Gestures) at this point.
9. Place the following kexts from the kext pack (download below) on the desktop: IO80211Family9287.kext, VoodooBattery.kext, then run Kextbeast.
10. Reboot, and you should now have working WIFI (with auto connect) and a basic Battery monitor.
11. Download the 10.7.4 combo update from here and install it, there should not be any issues.
Thats it! you should now have 10.7.4 working nicely on your Acer 3830tg.
Working:
WIFI (with auto connect)
Graphics (hd3000 only full QE/CI)
Trackpad (with gestures)
Keyboard (some fn button not working)
Battery (without meter)
Sound
HDMI (Video)
NOT WORKING
Card Reader
USB 3.0
HDMI Audio
Sleep
Bluetooth
Brightness Control
Performance in my opinion is good, especially for the low price (I paid $430 cdn +tax + $50 for 8gb of ram) and battery life is about 4 hours.
I hope to get a DSDT for this laptop to fix the sleep and brightness and I think the battery life could greatly improve.
I have been following the "Acer Aspire 5750g" thread for a while and using a lot of kexts and advice from that thread for my Acer 3830tg Timeline x and its been helpful but thought it was time for us 3830tg owners to have our own specific thread to share ideas and solutions.
Specs:
Intel Core i3-2310M CPU 3MB Intel Smart Cache, 2.10 GHz, 35 W
13.3” CineCrystal HD LED TFT LCD (1366 x 768)
4 GB DDR3 RAM (Upgradeable to 8 GB)
750 GB HD @ 5400 RPM
1GB NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M
HDMI, VGA
Gigabit Ethernet LAN and Wireless LAN 802.11b/g/n
Two Acer 3DSonic Stereo Speakers
1 x USB 3.0
2 x USB 2.0
Card Reader (SDHC, MMC, MS, MS PRO, xD)
Ports: Headphone, Microphone, RJ-45
This is my Best attempt at a Guide, let me know if you have any ideas for improving my instructions.
Step 1. Prepare the Bios
1. Boot computer, immeiately press F2 to enter bios
2. In the "Main" section select Graphic Mode:Intergrated & Sata:AHCI Mode
3. Press F10 (save and exit)
Step 2. Prepare the Unibeast Install USB
I am not going to go thru all the steps as there is already a perfectly good guide to do this : HERE
You only need to follow the first two steps to make the USB then continue on with the instructions in this guide
Just make sure to choose "Laptop Support" and keep in mind the estimated time to prepare the USB is not correct, it will however take some time (30min ??).
After this has finished you should be able to boot the installer USB.
Step 3. Install
1. Reboot Computer and press F12 at Acer logo screen
2. Select your installer USB and press enter
3. choose your language
4. At the top of the screen choose "Utilities>Disk Utilities"
5.Choose your hard drive on the left and click the "erase" tab and leave the Mac OS X extended Journaled selected
6. Exit Disk Utility and click install (should take about 15min)
Reboot
1. Reboot computer and press F12 at acer screen
2. Select your USB installer again and hit enter
3. This time at the unibeast boot screen you should see your hard drive where you just installed lion too - select it
4. Your new lion install should boot without panics
***NOTE***
At this point you will probably be presented with a "No keyboard connected " screen, (pic above) if so follow these steps:
First you will need to place a copy of the ApplePS2Controller.kext on a usb stick with nothing else on it, and keep note of the USB sticks name EXACTLY.
Then follow these steps:
A. Reboot into your installer USB
B. select language then choose Utilites>Terminal
C. Unplug your usb mouse if you have one, and plug in the usb you copied the ApplePS2Controller.kext to.
D. In the terminal widow type the following commands EXACTLY! and press enter after each one. (CHANGE NAME OF "YOUR_HD" TO THE NAME OF YOUR HARDDRIVE and YOUR_USB as well)
cd /Volumes/YOUR_USB
(hit enter)
cp -R ApplePS2Controller.kext/ /Volumes/YOUR_HD/System/Library/Extensions
(hit enter)
chown -R root:wheel /Volumes/YOUR_HD/System/Library/Extensions/ApplePS2Controller.kext/
(hit enter)
chmod 755 /Volumes/YOUR_HD/System/Library/Extensions/ApplePS2Controller.kext/
(hit enter)
(*Note* the last two commands are all on one line with a space before the /Volumes... it just came out like that when I typed it here?)
E. Reboot computer
F. Press F12 at the Acer screen and boot from the installer usb, then highlight your hard drive, and press "-V -F" and press enter - your hard drive should now boot past the keyboard screen.
5. Finish install steps and you should now be looking at the lion home screen
6. Run Multibeast (v4.5.2) and select the following: easybeast, repair permissions,voodoo 0.2.72 (not 0.2.73!), system definition MacbookPro8,1, and also ApplePS2 (again if not keyboard stops working?)
7. reboot
8. You should have a fully bootable lion install now with Graphics, Sound, Trackpad (Full Gestures) at this point.
9. Place the following kexts from the kext pack (download below) on the desktop: IO80211Family9287.kext, VoodooBattery.kext, then run Kextbeast.
10. Reboot, and you should now have working WIFI (with auto connect) and a basic Battery monitor.
11. Download the 10.7.4 combo update from here and install it, there should not be any issues.
Thats it! you should now have 10.7.4 working nicely on your Acer 3830tg.
Working:
WIFI (with auto connect)
Graphics (hd3000 only full QE/CI)
Trackpad (with gestures)
Keyboard (some fn button not working)
Battery (without meter)
Sound
HDMI (Video)
NOT WORKING
Card Reader
USB 3.0
HDMI Audio
Sleep
Bluetooth
Brightness Control
Performance in my opinion is good, especially for the low price (I paid $430 cdn +tax + $50 for 8gb of ram) and battery life is about 4 hours.
I hope to get a DSDT for this laptop to fix the sleep and brightness and I think the battery life could greatly improve.