Having some help with the DSDT would be cool, & appreciated since at least I think I could drop the NullCPUPowerManagement.kext out of the mix, and have "sleep" enabled, since that kext is what disables it, per the info in:
http://legacy.tonymacx86.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=667
Keeping expectations down help a lot to having a more enjoyable hackintosh experience, in general, buying any laptop to hackintosh seems to be a noble mission, but it's most likely a 1 way ticket to heartache most of the time, since it's very likely that not 100% will work, and live up to your expectations...especially for people starting with this "hobby..."
I believe the v5-171 (at least the i5 version), has good potentials to become THE system for a hackintosh project, since it's priced nicely, it's small, it has the latest Intel i5 Ivy Bridge cpu, and it runs more or less OSX at this point. My requirements for a hackintosh laptop are modest...to me able to run OSX means:
QE/CI
Sound
Network (either LAN or WIFI, though WIFI is preferred)
Able to shutdown/restart properly
Just found out that for the current acer hackintosh...
Able to adjust brightness - work around with "Brightness Slider" free app from App Store
Card Reader - works! OOTB...at least it read my 2gb SD card...didn't try writing to it, or SDHC cards...
With "Brightness Slider," (a free app from App Store, as its name implies, it creates a slider like sound, but for screen brightness), though not a perfect solution, it provides a work-around without editing DSDT, from the photo, even at its lowest setting, it doesn't turn my screen black...it looks more like changing the screen "contrast" kinda deal, but this imperfect solution is enough for me...
Just want to clarify that this app works good on a real Mac...the imperfect solution happens when using it on my specific acer v5-171 hackintosh...hmmm...this imperfect solution might also work for other laptop hackintoshes as well...because if you R building a desktop hackintosh, it'd be wise to build it with the parts that is provided in this article on this same site...
http://www.tonymacx86.com/333-building-customac-buyer-s-guide-february-2013.html
and avoid the heartaches of trying to get stuffs to work since that cookbook uses very compatible hardware for OSX...
Good features to have on the v5-171, but definitely not show stoppers...
Sleep
VGA output (though haven't tried it on mine)
Maybe other features it should run? Since I am not a "power user," my requirements are fairly modest for a hackintosh laptop...!
So at this point...this is what is working:
QE/CI - Intel HD4000 is recognized, per the photo attached on this post...
Restart/Shutdown
Screen Brightness (see work around via Brightness Slider)
Card Reader
Keyboard
Webcam
BT - I think...
Hopefully the hackintosh community will be able to help with...
Sound (speaker, built-in microphone)
Network (I still haven't tried the link for LAN from post #10, since post #11 states that it didn't work, and to me, WIFI is more desirable, though I am thinking of getting a cheap usb dongle for WIFI)...
Built-in trackpad (right now using USB mouse)
Sleep
Thanks!