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RehabMan,

I have a few questions, as I am a noob at kexts, drivers, DSDT's, etc. My questions are:

1) Do I download the project as a zip file?
2) If I do, is it supposed to be saved to a specific location?
3) I spotlighted .kext in the Voodoo unarchived folder, and there were no .kext files. How do I install the driver?

I am sorry, as I am a complete noob. Please don't be mad at noobs like me... :(

-HTM
 
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Hack_That_Mac said:
RehabMan,

I have a few questions, as I am a noob at kexts, drivers, DSDT's, etc. My questions are:

1) Do I download the project as a zip file?
2) If I do, is it supposed to be saved to a specific location?
3) I spotlighted .kext in the Voodoo unarchived folder, and there were no .kext files. How do I install the driver?

I am sorry, as I am a complete noob. Please don't be mad at noobs like me... :(

-HTM
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Read the README (scroll down, it is displayed on the main page). It has download locations and link to install instructions.
 
small update.
downloaded the combo update and upgraded from 10.8.2 to 10.8.4 with no issues. had to reinstall the kexts, re-enabled trim and was good to go.

can't wait for Mavericks.
 
Hey Ikkoku and Rehabman, I went back to windows 8, trust me i did not want to, but i wanted the graphics card to work well, where i could watch youtube and other videos with no problem. also the trackpad is a really big deal for me. i know mac osx relies heavily on multi touch and i could not get that to work. have you guys gotten those two things to work well? thank you so much for all your help. you guys are awesome. and sorry for dumb questions but i am very much a complete noob when it comes to doing this. I was able to install before, but like i said i went back. thanks again.
 
jra89027 said:
Hey Ikkoku and Rehabman, I went back to windows 8, trust me i did not want to, but i wanted the graphics card to work well, where i could watch youtube and other videos with no problem.
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With correct DSDT inject (or other methods to inject) HD4K should work just fine. I know I had mine working first boot when I had my u310. But I know exactly what generally works (because we do the same thing on ProBook).

It sounds like perhaps you were running without the HD4K driver.

also the trackpad is a really big deal for me. i know mac osx relies heavily on multi touch and i could not get that to work. have you guys gotten those two things to work well? thank you so much for all your help. you guys are awesome. and sorry for dumb questions but i am very much a complete noob when it comes to doing this. I was able to install before, but like i said i went back. thanks again.
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If you had Synaptics (I'm not sure if all IdeaPads have Synaptics), you can use my VoodooPS2 and it supports the following multitouch simulations:

- double tap for right click
- triple tap for middle click
- two-finger scroll (with momentum)
- three-finger swipe (up, down, right, left) to simulate keystroke combinations (can be assigned in SysPrefs -> Keyboard)

It is not "true" multi-touch as the system does not see it as a multi-touch device, but it works pretty well.
 
I second what Rehabman said.

HD4K video isn't an issue at all. I watch youtube and other videos (with MPlayerX) with no issues.

Rehabman's excellent work on the synaptics driver is great. Also, you don't need to use multitouch on OSX if you don't want to.

I've since bought a new ssd and currently dual booting win7 with osx 10.8.4 (following the guide found on this site). Everything is working fine. I think the only thing I don't have working (and no time to pay attention to) is HDMI audio out.
I'm also considering removing the 32GB msata ssd and buy a USB adapter to put in a bluetooth dongle in its place.


RehabMan said:
With correct DSDT inject (or other methods to inject) HD4K should work just fine. I know I had mine working first boot when I had my u310. But I know exactly what generally works (because we do the same thing on ProBook).

It sounds like perhaps you were running without the HD4K driver.



If you had Synaptics (I'm not sure if all IdeaPads have Synaptics), you can use my VoodooPS2 and it supports the following multitouch simulations:

- double tap for right click
- triple tap for middle click
- two-finger scroll (with momentum)
- three-finger swipe (up, down, right, left) to simulate keystroke combinations (can be assigned in SysPrefs -> Keyboard)

It is not "true" multi-touch as the system does not see it as a multi-touch device, but it works pretty well.
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I was experimenting with PJALM's DSDT Intel 7 Series patches and applied the LPC patch.
(modified with the correct device-id) and I noticed that my U310 shuts down in like a second or two compare to the 10 seconds before the patch.

the applelpc.kext will load regardless if this patch is done or not.

Code: 
# Maintained by: PJALM for: PJALM Intel7 at: Wed 26 Jun 2013 15:15:34 UTC# Patch Name   : LPC


# Fix the LPC Device
into method label _DSM parent_label LPCB remove_entry;
into device label LPCB insert begin
Method (_DSM, 4, NotSerialized)\n
{\n
    Store (Package (0x02) {\n
        "device-id", Buffer (0x04) {0x44,0x1E,0x00,0x00}\n
    }, Local0)\n
    DTGP (Arg0, Arg1, Arg2, Arg3, RefOf (Local0))\n
    Return (Local0)\n
}
end;


also I don't need to hit the power button to wake up from sleep anymore. I just lift up the lid and it wakes up. this is from both closing the lid sleep and apple menu/sleep methods.

I also found a macbookair5,1 smbios.plist from champlist that I'm using now. for some reason mba5,1 is not on chameleon wizard.
 
Hey ikkoku, do you mind uploading your DSDT? I want to see if it works any differently than mine. I have an ALMOST PERFECTinstall on my U310...just need to tweak a few more things, wanted to see if anyone has any suggestions?

USB 3.0
The ports work, but only at 2.0 speeds. Had to install PXHCD.kext and delete the AppleXHCI from IOUSBFamily to get the webcam working. But I do a lot of file transfers and it would be excellent to have actual USB 3.0 speeds when using my external.

CORRECT SPEEDSTEP/CPU DETECTION
I have the i7 3517u in my machine. It's a 1.9GHz with up to 3.0Ghz Turbo Boost. But the OS reads it as 1.79Ghz, and it speedsteps up to 2.77 GHz. Not that much slower the rated speed, but would like to know what's up. I used the Revogirl script to generate an SSDT, but it didn't help.

HDMI AUDIO
Connecting an external monitor or TV via HDMI works great. But I can't output audio via HDMI.

Maybe patching DSDT would help for all of this? I'm not sure. I tried patching, but the newly created DSDT would cause a hang at boot, so I reverted back to the old one. I'm using the DSDT that was attached to a guide in one of these threads. I've attached my files if anyone wants to have a look.

Thanks for all those who contributed to this, would not have been able to set up this laptop without you!!!

EDIT 7/3/13::: EVERYTHING'S FIXED!
USB 3.0 speeds & working webcam/facetime/skype---->Installed latest version of RehabMan's GenericUSBXHCI kext: https://code.google.com/p/os-x-generic-usb3/downloads/list
HDMI Audio---->requires a patched DSDT, patched AppleHDA kext and an edited Framebuffer kext (From ikkoku's posts a few below this one).
I was mistaken about the speedstep, it's working just fine with the rated speeds for my processor.

BIG THANKS to ikkoku and RehabMan!!!
 

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