Acer Aspire S3/S5 Ultrabook Master Thread

Hey Guys,

I am trying to make hackintosh out of a S3-371 i3 model. It is Aspire S3-371 33214G50add - NX.M7KEC.001 - Intel® Core™ i3-3217U - Chipset HM77. And lets not forget... Maverick is what I am trying to accomplish.

I created an USB dongle with UniBeast 3.0.1 + Legacy USB + Laptop...

And here I am stuck in black screen. I can see the USB in boot menu, I can start booting by which I mean I see the grey apple screen and than after a while it goes just black and it is stuck.

I believe I might need to boot with some flag, but I have no idea which. I tried more with no luck. Any ideas?

Seehank

Seehank said:

Hey Guys,

I am trying to make hackintosh out of a S3-371 i3 model. It is Aspire S3-371 33214G50add - NX.M7KEC.001 - Intel® Core™ i3-3217U - Chipset HM77. And lets not forget... Maverick is what I am trying to accomplish.

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You should post in the Mavericks forum.

I created an USB dongle with UniBeast 3.0.1 + Legacy USB + Laptop...

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Legacy USB is a mistake.

And here I am stuck in black screen. I can see the USB in boot menu, I can start booting by which I mean I see the grey apple screen and than after a while it goes just black and it is stuck.

I believe I might need to boot with some flag, but I have no idea which. I tried more with no luck. Any ideas?

Seehank

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Please provide complete details in your profile.

System: manufacturer/model
CPU: detailed CPU model + motherboard chipset
Graphics: all graphics devices + laptop internal screen resolution

For example, typical Ivy laptop:
System: HP ProBook 4540s
CPU: i5-3320m/HM76
Graphics: HD4000, 1366x768

Use CPU-Z on Windows to find CPU (Core iX-xxx) and motherboard chipset (HMxx). For a laptop, these details are important and affect critical installation procedures.

This isn't getting response in the wifi forum so ill try it here.

I have the Acer S3. I decided to replace the 20gb ssd with a BCM943225 wifi/bluetooth chip. The laptop was recognizing the ssd, but it is not recognizing the BCM943225 chip in dcpi manager. I also tested another wifi chip that I can confirm works on another computer and it also doesn't recognize it. Please help!!! Thanks

bikemansam said:

This isn't getting response in the wifi forum so ill try it here.

I have the Acer S3. I decided to replace the 20gb ssd with a BCM943225 wifi/bluetooth chip. The laptop was recognizing the ssd, but it is not recognizing the BCM943225 chip in dcpi manager. I also tested another wifi chip that I can confirm works on another computer and it also doesn't recognize it. Please help!!! Thanks

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There are actually several different configurations of that same form-factor of socket.
mSATA =/= mPCIe

Has to do with the pin-outs being different. I can't remember the specifics; google will be your friend. I found this stuff out with my ThinkPad T430.

Good luck!

xhighalert said:

There are actually several different configurations of that same form-factor of socket.
mSATA =/= mPCIe

Has to do with the pin-outs being different. I can't remember the specifics; google will be your friend. I found this stuff out with my ThinkPad T430.

Good luck!

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You mentioned that the WAN card on the s3 is mPCIe, now do you know if it use USB pins (pin 36+38) or PCIe pins (23, 25, 33, 35), because I'm trying to hook up my old Radeon 5850 to my laptop as a eGPU, and the mPCIe has to be running off of PCIe pins for it to work properly...

joellapasschier said:

did support stopped? well anyway on insanelymac I'm making a full guide for the s3-391 with hd3000 i3, were almost done, at the moment were debugging the brightness keys

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Did you ever make this guide? I searched insanelymac but could not find it. My refurb s3 is coming next week and I would like to review your guide before I start. Thanks

Hey guys,

First time trying hackintosh on my Acer Aspire s3 i7 and i followed the instructions carefully but having some issues!

Got to the step where i should choose Yosemite HDD but it failed and wouldn't load past the apple logo on the white screen but if i booted it in -x safe mode i was able to finish the set up and get into Yosemite but of course in safe mode i can't use Multibeast... But now i can't get it to boot normally or via -x, just getting a white screen!

Newbie at this so any help would be good! Thanks.

dmb8 said:

Hey guys,

First time trying hackintosh on my Acer Aspire s3 i7 and i followed the instructions carefully but having some issues!

Got to the step where i should choose Yosemite HDD but it failed and wouldn't load past the apple logo on the white screen but if i booted it in -x safe mode i was able to finish the set up and get into Yosemite but of course in safe mode i can't use Multibeast... But now i can't get it to boot normally or via -x, just getting a white screen!

Newbie at this so any help would be good! Thanks.

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http://www.tonymacx86.com/yosemite-...aller-laptops-unibeast-chimera-chameleon.html

Hello everyone, I have a quick question. Does anyone know whether or not the WiFi card on the Acer S3-391-6046 is soldered to the motherboard or is it replaceable?

Thanks for your time!
ledjohnny

Hi, just for information,

Working actually with Sierra on S3-391 HD4000 with USB Wifi Dlink DWA 131 with offical drivers from dlink website because i have the AR9462 soldered.

Imessage/Facetime/AppleStore Graphics Card, trackpad + keyboard are OK.
I actually working on the sound, because alc269 does not seem to be sufficient

This guide is amazing, and yet I am far from mastering all the arcana of the hackintosh.

Finally, a Big Than you to rehabman for his "NullEthernet"/"Laptop DSDT Patch Master"/"MacASI tool"/Etc etc
And Thank you for all the member which have contributed to my success

Edit : Like Kidman,
I patched AppleIntelFramebufferCapri in hex with clover configurators:
find: 01000000 02000000 30000000 02050000 00040000 07010000 03040000 00040000 07010000
replace: 05030000 02000000 30000000 02050000 00080000 06000000 00000000 00000000 00000000

And it's OK