I’m not a total noob but what I haven’t managed to figure out is now that I have gone from 10.5.6 on my MSI Wind to 10.5.8 – I have lost my display hacks/settings so it knows/thinks that display is an MSI Wind LED and is forcing my settings to 800×600. Can someone tell me where I need to look to make the changes. I have also lost VGA out ability which is the real issue. Thanks

Updated my Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3S
Not sure what the two kexts in the original post did but I installed them.

Had to restore APPLEHDA.kext and I got sound back. Everything else seems good.

Now at 10.5.8

- Backed up /System/Library/Extensions as suggested. This was critical.
- Downloaded Disabler.kext and dsmos.kext and used OSX86Tools to install them.
- Rebooted to verify they worked.
- Used normal software update to 10.5.8. Update did not actually happen until Restart clicked, thereafter there was no chance for manual intervention, nor was it required.
- Machine rebooted by itself a couple of times, eventually started 10.5.8.
- Sound (ALC883 sound chip) stopped working, had to restore AppleHDA.kext from the Extensions backup to get it to work again. Prior to that tried VoodooHDA.kext and the original ALC883.pkg that came with iPC-PPF5, but none worked and just made matters worse.
- Time Machine stoppped working, had to restore IONetworkingFamily.kext from backup to get it to work again.

My gratitudes to Vinay for the original article, and to all the posters who shared their upgrade adventures.

Please Help!

Checked my kernel and saw that an OSX update (I think it was a security update or something) updated the seatbelt.kext file to a newer version. I restored my older version from one of my backed up Extensions folder and everything was all good after that.

I also just found that there is a -x option (safe mode) when booting (who knew?). I haven’t tried it yet, but this could possibly help if I run into issues later. Instead of booting to that slow OSX DVD to get to a terminal, the -x option might make things quicker. Not sure if it’s in all bootloader versions though (I’m running Chameleon 2.0 RC4).

Dell XPS 410
Chameleon 2.0 RC4
User experience: n00b+

- Install those 2 kexts listed above
- Backed up Extensions via OSx86 Tools
- Back up your kernel (mach_kernel) just in case
- Don’t close OSx86 Tools; you won’t be able to open it after the update is done, so open it before you start the update
- Run the update as posted above and run the repairs listed above

Here’s where it got tricky for me…

My system wouldn’t boot. I got the waiting for root device error, so at that point I tried a bunch of different things to try and fix it. The final fix (I think) was to restore my Extensions folder from a previous backup and restore the kernel. I also did a mix of other things (such as removed *IntelCPUPower*.kext, removed Dont Steal OS X.kext and some other things), but my notes were a little messy and I don’t think those things helped *too* much?

In any case, restoring the old Extensions folder backup got things working again. I think my sound was broken during the 10.5.6 > 10.5.7 update, but I was able to fix that by restoring an older (10.5.6) version of AppleHDA.kext using OSx86 Tools.

I also want to mention that when I did all that other stuff (removing files, moving them around, etc.), I did so by booting to my iPC 10.5.6 install disk and using Terminal from the Utilities menu. There are little things like that which aren’t mentioned anywhere and it would be nice to have GOOD info like this to help us n00bs out without having to dig through thousands of forum posts to find a half-ass solution.

I’d like to say thanks to Vinay for this blog. It’s helped me a lot through these upgrades. Straight and to the point. Even if it’s not 100% correct, it’s damn close. Thanks dude.

The waiting Update for successful, need to reboot. is the popup that happens after the update is installed. dont restart though. just leave it open and then open OSX86 tools. should work now

- Thanks

Computer Specs:
Model: HP HDX 1160US (16-inch laptop)
Processor: 2.4 Ghz (Centrino 2 – 2 cores)
RAM: 6 GB
Disk: 500gb
Graphics: nVidia 9600m (with 512mb)

Currently running: iAtkos i5 (10.5.5) on VMware Workstation 7
I want to: Update it to 10.5.8 as I need to install iWork and iLife ‘09 as well as safari 4 and Quicktime X.

The OS is running smoothly after several attempts on installing it. I tried like 3 times until I finally figure out the drivers that were needed.

All in all, I managed to install iatkos i5 and then wanted to update to 10.5.8 as I mentioned before and have already tried like 5 times to update it with combo update and all the methods mentioned on this webpage with no positive result.

Let me explain myself… when I’m “updating” with combo update after installing the two kext and backing up, a messages pops up saying that installation went fine but need to reboot. Here is when we are supposed to open up ox86 tools but can’t open it at all. It appears in the dock and then disappears 2 seconds later. The same happens when you want to open another app. The only thing I can do? Reboot.
I tried to type some commands mentioned above but it always says something with directory not found

I’m so tired that I cannot think of a solution by myself and need help from you!!!
please try to help me out asap!
thanks and see you!

now that final part i don’t get….how do i reboot screen??

after the update i can’t open osx86 tools…..terminal won’t start also….

what do i do?