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InfiniteMac OSx86 › Snow Leopard 10.6 › P5K-E with 10.6.2 = Not very stable
6,482 reads · 2009-11-13 – 2009-11-14
Note Snow Leopard 10.6 ASUS P5K / P5Q

P5K-E with 10.6.2 = Not very stable

I was running OSX 10.6.1 on my P5K-E/WiFi perfectly fine. Then, I followed netkas guide and did a live update to 10.6.2. Everything seems to work fine. After a while, I discovered there is a small issue. One out of several startups, the…

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@phantom8 Published 2009-11-13
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Snow Leopard 10.6
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6,482 historical reads · 1 curated field notes (from 2 dispatches) · 2009-11-13 – 2009-11-14
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I was running OSX 10.6.1 on my P5K-E/WiFi perfectly fine. Then, I followed netkas guide and did a live update to 10.6.2. Everything seems to work fine. After a while, I discovered there is a small issue. One out of several startups, the system loses my SATA DVD drive. I checked the system profiler for SATA devices and it says error in obtaining info. This only happens in 32bit mode. It works fine when I boot to 64bit. Does anyone encounter similar issues?

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Field Note #1 @kj.web 2009-11-14

Not here.
if you have time machine you can restore Sata Drivers

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@phantom8Primary Author12009-11-13
@kj.webContributor12009-11-14