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(IN PROGRESS) Samsung ATIV Book 8 Installation Progress
Hi all.
I just bought the new Samsung ATIV Book 8 from Best Buy, the model:
NP880Z5E-X01UB
Probably going to be very similar to the NP880Z5E-V01UB laptop, which is the Chronos 7 version, if I'm not mistaken.
Both laptops have the AMD Radeon 8770 GPU in them, which is currently (AFAIK) not supported. I am currently following this guide:
http://www.tonymacx86.com/mountain-...guide-samsung-ativ-smart-pc-pro-xe700t1c.html
This guide is showing 95% completion, and I have been using it so far for installation. BIOS on these laptops is very finicky for settings, and such. Just getting into the BIOS screen is tricky by itself: when you power on, hold down F2. Once there, you can disable Secure Boot, and change boot order, and so on. I have been using the BIOS to override the boot order, which is at the "Save/Exit" screen.
To boot into the installer you must do the following:
PCIRootUID=0 -x
If you specify "1", the system will show the Apple logo with the spinning control, then will eventually crash and say "You need to hold down power to restart your computer" in the lovely grey screen.
Once you boot with PCIRootUID=0, you should be able to boot normally, just as before.
Also, note that you should use at least a 32GB USB stick for install. If you use a smaller one (8 or 16), you will most likely have a problem when trying to install the OS, and you will end up sitting at your desk scratching your head. Trust me - get a larger stick.
The trackpad - initially - does not work. I managed to plug in a USB mouse, and got that to work just fine. Interestingly enough, the keyboard works fine, so I'm not sure how the two are related - yet.
NOTE:
You MUST patch OSInstall.mpkg to install to MBR. If you do not, the BIOS will never see your boot drive. Furthermore, you must format your hard drive with MBR format before performing the install.
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And a successful install, so far. No working audio, and not much else is working properly yet. I will have more updates soon, with updates on which Multibeast options should be selected for networking and such.
You MUST install the AppleACPI rollback to get the system to boot. I will post that link soon.
Hi all.
I just bought the new Samsung ATIV Book 8 from Best Buy, the model:
NP880Z5E-X01UB
Probably going to be very similar to the NP880Z5E-V01UB laptop, which is the Chronos 7 version, if I'm not mistaken.
Both laptops have the AMD Radeon 8770 GPU in them, which is currently (AFAIK) not supported. I am currently following this guide:
http://www.tonymacx86.com/mountain-...guide-samsung-ativ-smart-pc-pro-xe700t1c.html
This guide is showing 95% completion, and I have been using it so far for installation. BIOS on these laptops is very finicky for settings, and such. Just getting into the BIOS screen is tricky by itself: when you power on, hold down F2. Once there, you can disable Secure Boot, and change boot order, and so on. I have been using the BIOS to override the boot order, which is at the "Save/Exit" screen.
To boot into the installer you must do the following:
PCIRootUID=0 -x
If you specify "1", the system will show the Apple logo with the spinning control, then will eventually crash and say "You need to hold down power to restart your computer" in the lovely grey screen.
Once you boot with PCIRootUID=0, you should be able to boot normally, just as before.
Also, note that you should use at least a 32GB USB stick for install. If you use a smaller one (8 or 16), you will most likely have a problem when trying to install the OS, and you will end up sitting at your desk scratching your head. Trust me - get a larger stick.
The trackpad - initially - does not work. I managed to plug in a USB mouse, and got that to work just fine. Interestingly enough, the keyboard works fine, so I'm not sure how the two are related - yet.
NOTE:
You MUST patch OSInstall.mpkg to install to MBR. If you do not, the BIOS will never see your boot drive. Furthermore, you must format your hard drive with MBR format before performing the install.
...
And a successful install, so far. No working audio, and not much else is working properly yet. I will have more updates soon, with updates on which Multibeast options should be selected for networking and such.
You MUST install the AppleACPI rollback to get the system to boot. I will post that link soon.