Short Guide to install Mountain Lion on Asus G74SX

[Baoren]

unfortunately I coudn't find the other kexts, and I have less time than before to make tests.. sorry

 

[OmarMohi]

Thank you very much man, everything worked like a charm, except for bluetooth, do u have any kexts for this ?

 

[coldlamper]

thanks for the guide, i did everything but when it reboots they keyboard and mouse do not work, if i boot into safe mode they do?
Any ideas?

 

[Baoren]

no idea about this mouse/keyboard problem.

anyway, I tryed a new install. and finally I found a new audio kext working 100%. I'll post all as I can.

 

[Baoren]

1st post updated

 

[JohnnyOSX]

thanks for the guide, i did everything but when it reboots they keyboard and mouse do not work, if i boot into safe mode they do?
Any ideas?

sorry for not keeping up to date on this, but did you find your fix? I know what's up.

After any update that has AppleACPIPS2Nub or ApplePS2Controller kexts in it will wipe out the custom ones for our system. When I started from the Apple Store's 10.8 Mountain Lion and updated to 10.8.2, my keyboard and mouse got wiped, too. Fortunately I found a nice easy command to backup your kexts before making updates (after I did the same thing you did!)

I noticed that when you do a vanilla install using multibeast and a proper dsdt, updates go very smoothly, except for things that specifically need custom kexts (audio, battery, ps2 stuff) but that's a given. once you find proper audio, battery and ps2 kexts, keep them in the folder /extra/putmeback or something clever. just remember it.

if/when you need your kexts back, boot single-user mode via -s flag. most likely your ps2 will work because the improper kext hasn't loaded yet. I always had keyboard support in -s mode even when it wouldn't work fully booted. even if -s mode is shot cuz you may have crazy appleintelcpupowermanagement kernel panics, you should have a chameleon-bootable usb stick to boot to -s mode!! always have a backup solution

once there, try these neat commands to put your working kexts back:
cp -r /path/to/working/kexts /System/Library/Extensions

my command is:
cp -r /extra/putmeback /System/Library/Extensions

credit to Vinay from OSX86Basics for the easy command.

You can also fix your kexts inside a booted OS X, but I prefer working in -s mode because I hate swapping out kexts when the sys is loaded, I've had mixed results depending on what I am replacing.

 

[RehabMan]

sorry for not keeping up to date on this, but did you find your fix? I know what's up.

After any update that has AppleACPIPS2Nub or ApplePS2Controller kexts in it will wipe out the custom ones for our system. When I started from the Apple Store's 10.8 Mountain Lion and updated to 10.8.2, my keyboard and mouse got wiped, too. Fortunately I found a nice easy command to backup your kexts before making updates (after I did the same thing you did!)

I noticed that when you do a vanilla install using multibeast and a proper dsdt, updates go very smoothly, except for things that specifically need custom kexts (audio, battery, ps2 stuff) but that's a given. once you find proper audio, battery and ps2 kexts, keep them in the folder /extra/putmeback or something clever. just remember it.

if/when you need your kexts back, boot single-user mode via -s flag. most likely your ps2 will work because the improper kext hasn't loaded yet. I always had keyboard support in -s mode even when it wouldn't work fully booted. even if -s mode is shot cuz you may have crazy appleintelcpupowermanagement kernel panics, you should have a chameleon-bootable usb stick to boot to -s mode!! always have a backup solution

once there, try these neat commands to put your working kexts back:
cp -r /path/to/working/kexts /System/Library/Extensions

my command is:
cp -r /extra/putmeback /System/Library/Extensions

credit to Vinay from OSX86Basics for the easy command.

You can also fix your kexts inside a booted OS X, but I prefer working in -s mode because I hate swapping out kexts when the sys is loaded, I've had mixed results depending on what I am replacing.

If you are using kernel cache, don't forget to trigger a kernel cache update:

sudo touch /System/Library/Extensions

 

[Offspring]

Hey guys, I've followed the guide and all the other guides and I got ML up and running, however I cannot get sound to work. I've got the A1 if that makes a difference. I've tried multiple different kexts but nothing seems to work.

Does anyone know if I'm missing something, or if I'm doing something wrong in trying to get the audio to work?

 

[Baoren]

did you try also the new kexts I linked recently updating the 1st post?

 

[Baoren]

guys, it was since a bit I didn't login osx on this computer. I just noticed that usb 3.0 is not working anymore in 10.8.2. anyone has a solution about this?