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[rameses]

There are some available in Leeds, but I'm trying desparately to convince myself I don't need one.

[Peretti]

For to fix the résolution, you need this program : http://www.versiontr...5467|SwitchresX
Just create a resolution with 1024x600x32
It's great

[Dogcow]

Do you have to do anything special with the bios update ISO, I'm getting a  error when trying to boot off it "PXE-E61: Media test failure, check cable".  I just burnt the image to a CD (three times!) but get the same thing every time.

Well that message comes up every time up let it boot past the Advent logo, think something else is wrong.

Ended up sticking the Windows HD in and updating from there! Now installing woohoo!

Edited by Dogcow, 22 July 2008 - 08:20 PM.

[fishnchips]

I just got a 802.11n WIFI card which works in the Wind and is the same Broadcom chipset as the Airport (including the two antenna). There is a post in the way which I will remove at one point but for now I lightly tightened the screw holding the card in. All works great and out of the box with my install:

http://cgi.ebay.co.u...e...A:IT&ih=010

[Dogcow]

Well that went pretty smoothly.  Had a couple of odd crashes after the 10.5.3 update (freeze with weird graphics corruption) but seems solid now.

One thing I noticed, step 23 you say to "Expand 'Patches' and select 'TimeMachineFix' and 'PowerManagement_bundle'." But you did not say to "uncheck" the default selections (spotted your screenshot later!)

So I therefore installed one of the options under "Hardcoded_SMBIOS" and "PCGenUSB_Fix" accidentally, not sure if this is a bad thing??

[Riggers]

Paul (MVP), on Jul 21 2008, 19:53, said:

If you have the 'no DHCP ethernet on wake from sleep' issue, here's how I fixed it:

Here's how I fixed it:

- Download and install sleepwatcher from here (install the main package and the startup item)
- Drop to a terminal
- type 'cd ~'
- type 'nano .wakeup'
- Paste in the following (putting your password in of course):

#!/bin/bash
  echo "yourpasswordhere" | sudo -S ipconfig set en0 BOOTP
  sudo ipconfig set en0 DHCP

- Press Ctrl-X then Y to save
- type 'chmod +x .wakeup'

Reboot.

Hey presto, problem solved

P

[Thanks to this topic on IM for the help!]

Hi Paul - great guide!!!

I had a Dell 1490 wifi card from ebay but have the problem with the 4211 just sitting on a black screen on power up with this in :-(  I am hoping it was just a bad card. I installed as per the guide and video and used the Ethernet R1000 driver - everything works fine, except the DHCP issue when coming out of sleep. I have followed your instructions above carefully 3 times and it makes no difference. I can overcome the problem by renewing the DHCP lease, but I wondered if I have missed something ??

Thanks

Edited by Riggers, 23 July 2008 - 07:02 AM.

[WearTheFoxHat]

UPDATE: Most PC World stores seem to have magically got stock yesterday afternoon.  So once more I have reserved one for collection.  Let's hope Collect@Store works this time!!! :S

[PaulOBrien]

Dogcow, on Jul 22 2008, 23:28, said:

Well that went pretty smoothly.  Had a couple of odd crashes after the 10.5.3 update (freeze with weird graphics corruption) but seems solid now.

One thing I noticed, step 23 you say to "Expand 'Patches' and select 'TimeMachineFix' and 'PowerManagement_bundle'." But you did not say to "uncheck" the default selections (spotted your screenshot later!)

So I therefore installed one of the options under "Hardcoded_SMBIOS" and "PCGenUSB_Fix" accidentally, not sure if this is a bad thing??

Shouldn't be a problem, and i'll update the guide, thanks

P

[WearTheFoxHat]

WearTheFoxHat, on Jul 23 2008, 09:17, said:

UPDATE: Most PC World stores seem to have magically got stock yesterday afternoon.  So once more I have reserved one for collection.  Let's hope Collect@Store works this time!!! :S

hhahaha It gets even better .... the one I had reserved at Telford store has just called me to say "Although the web says we have stock .... we don't have any!".

Aaaaargh!

[Dogcow]

Been playing this morning, here's some impressions:

1. Got CoolBook installed and registered, works great, stepping down to 798MHz it feels noticeably cooler and not much slower.  At the default 1598MHz with WiFi on it settled at around 2 hours remaining when fully charged, so with CoolBook adjusting the speed and a six cell battery 5-6 hours of surfing should be possible.

2. One minor annoyance... alot of apps were not designed with a 600px high screen in mind, even with the dock hidden the PhotoBooth window gets cropped.

3. The webcam is actually as good as the iSight in the Air, and by as good I mean poor in bad light, ok in good light.

4. It certainly feels no slower than the Air in day to day stuff (surfing etc)

5. The trackpad is small but usable but the left/right button are a bit, trackpad tapping partly solves that. The keyboard has a decent feel to it, layout will take a bit of adjusting to.

6. It can bus power the external LG GSA-E50N DVD writer with the single USB cable, smart little drive.

7. Things I miss from the Air - multi-touch trackpad, Magsafe power adapter.

Overall it's brilliant, certainly doesn't feel like a huge compromise coming from the Air and for £279.99 it's a bargain.  With the DVD writer, RAM, 160Gb HD and WiFi card I spent £408.  Sure you can get a fully featured 15" laptop for that price but this thing weighs close to 1Kg!  Will post some Air/Wind comparison pics later today.

Paul, how did you swap those two keys round, feels like I'm gonna break something when I try!

[fishnchips]

Dogcow, on Jul 23 2008, 10:11, said:

how did you swap those two keys round, feels like I'm gonna break something when I try!

Be brave! I thought that as well but they come off more easily if you lever them from the right and then you can unclip the left side.

[PaulOBrien]

It was scary, but just a gentle lift (at the top of they keys in my case) did it. I take no responsbility if you break something tho!

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[Dave Smith]

Hi, how do you guys find the sound on the wind/advent 4211?

[elbenski]

I am still waiting on all my parts to arrive. Perhaps this weekend I can get my teeth stuck into it.
Whilst enjoying a bottle of champagne last night my best friend co-erced me into sticking a temporary
sticker onto the clear protective cover....

I have decided to call mine a Drunk Apple - a Cider! (pic enclosed)

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[PaulOBrien]

That looks awesome!

Can you see the advent logo thru it?

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[WearTheFoxHat]

bah beat me to it ... when I got my ipod touch, I got some of those big apple stickers ... was going to use one for that!

[Gomff]

Hi to everyone on this forum!

It's due to this thread that I bought a 4211 last week which arrived yesterday and thanks to your guide Paul, I'm up and running on my hackintosh! I'm a big mac fan and wouldn't have bitten were it not for the ability to run Leopard on it.

Paul, I'm just wondering, is it possible to set up a dual boot on this machine and if so, how do I go about it? I notice there's no boot camp assistant in Utilities, and when I copied it over from another Mac I have, it said something about needing to update the boot ROM first....Any tips on how I would go about this?

Thanks again for your great guide....I'm loving my netbook and now I have a cheap mac to take away with me on holidays for email, photo storage and light usage.

Cheers

Geoff

[elbenski]

Paul (MVP), on Jul 23 2008, 13:49, said:

That looks awesome!

Can you see the advent logo thru it?

P

yes you can, When I completely revamp the machine with the wireless/hd/ram I will remove the protective cover and think about how I might put another logo on there. I liked the idea of the drunk apple, because it will make people look at it and go "huh?"

[PaulOBrien]

It would be nice if there was some way of just removing the 'advent' logo for starters!

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[tsutton]

Paul (MVP), on Jul 23 2008, 14:10, said:

It would be nice if there was some way of just removing the 'advent' logo for starters!

BIOS hacking anyone?