Mac OS X on x86 Hardware 2008–2024 Technical Archive
Member #1,774 · 2008-03-17 → 2008-04-24
#562 by Dispatches #3,131 by Author Reads #1,826 by Thread Reach Member #1,774 AMD OSx86 NVIDIA GeForce AHCI / SATA

@spy974

InfiniteMac community contributor with 14 recorded dispatches, 1 lead technical dossiers (2,806 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 171,731 historical readers.

Dispatches 14 Ranked #562 of 6,691
Author Reads 2,806 Ranked #3,131 · 1 dossiers
Thread Reach 171,731 Ranked #1,826 in reach
Lead Dossiers 1 2,806 avg reads / dossier
Member Number #1,774 Joined 2008-03-17
Active Window 2008 2008-03-17 → 2008-04-24
Hardware Specs Reported in Dispatches
CPU: AMD Athlon X2 4200+ (2 cores) · Board: GA-M55plus-S3G · Memory: 1GB 200Mhz · Graphics: Nvidia Quadro NVS 210S (256 MB) (integrated) · Storage: Western Digital 80G · Optical: TSSTcorpCD/DVDW TS-H552B
Archive Standing
#562 of 6,691 by Dispatches (14 notes) · #3,131 of 3,454 by Author Readership (2,806 reads across 1 dossiers) · #1,826 by Thread Reach (171,731 cumulative reads)
InfiniteMac ID
Member #1,774 · Joined 2008-03-17
InsanelyMac Profile
@SpY974 (Member #196,905) ↗
Hardware & Kernel Topics
AMD OSx86 (5) · NVIDIA GeForce (2) · AHCI / SATA (2) · ALC889a / Audio (1)
Hardware Reference
PCIe Graphics Cards (GPU) ↗ SATA III & NVMe SSDs ↗ AMD Desktop Processors ↗
Frequent Thread Collaborators
@WinLinMac01 (6) @bhast2 (5) @DoiX (4) @R0GUE (3) @Puttabong (3) @pαuℓzurrr. (2) @NUCLEaR (2) @bajanboy (2) @laxattack (2) @xx66stangxx (2) @Ianxxx (2) @mrburns05 (2) @CyCLoBoT (2) @seren (2)

Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection

Distribution across 4 technical boards

Leopard 10.5
9 (64%)
10.X Core
3 (21%)
General
1 (7%)

Lead Dossiers Authored by @spy974 (1)

2,806 cumulative reads on threads started by @spy974

Dossier Title & SummaryCollectionReadership
Mac OSX 10.5.2 - video files problem
once I installed Zephyroth leopard (rev2), I downloaded vlc. But when I select a video file (any codecs, format...), VLC disappears. Do you know how I could find out what is the problem please? can you , all, tell me which video player,…
Leopard 10.52,806 reads
2008-03-24 · 10 notes

Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (13)

Direct links into threads where @spy974 contributed solutions & commentary

Thread & Dispatch ExcerptCollectionDate & Reach
HCL OSx86 AMD 10.5.2 Revision 2
“Installation OK CPU:AMD Athlon X2 4200+ (2 cores) MOBO:GA-M55plus-S3G RAM:1GB 200Mhz GPU:Nvidia Quadro NVS 210S (256 MB) (integrated) HDD:Western Digital 80G DVD-RW:TSSTcorpCD/DVDW TS-H552B PS2:Mouse USB: Keyboard Chipset: NVIDIA® Quadro NV…”
10.X Core2008-03-24
82,426 dossier reads
Zephyroth Leopard AMD 10.5.2 Rev.2 Issue Discussion
“@spy974: @spy974: @ka911: hi guys, I did a guide (step-by-step how to install Leopard 10.5.2 AMD with pic) media fire.com/?htym3dt824x Thanks for the guide dude. I'll it this Week-end, and let you know if it worked for me. I …”
Leopard 10.52008-03-22
35,425 dossier reads
Zephyroth Leopard AMD 10.5.2 Rev.2 Issue Discussion
“@spy974: @ka911: hi guys, I did a guide (step-by-step how to install Leopard 10.5.2 AMD with pic) media fire.com/?htym3dt824x Thanks for the guide dude. I'll it this Week-end, and let you know if it worked for me. I 'll make a fre…”
Leopard 10.52008-03-22
35,425 dossier reads
Zephyroth Leopard AMD 10.5.2 Rev.2 Issue Discussion
“@ka911: hi guys, I did a guide (step-by-step how to install Leopard 10.5.2 AMD with pic) media fire.com/?htym3dt824x Thanks for the guide dude. I'll it this Week-end, and let you know if it worked for me. I 'll make a fresh install. sp…”
Leopard 10.52008-03-18
35,425 dossier reads
Zephyroth Leopard AMD 10.5.2 Rev.2 Issue Discussion
“@roisoft: What bios version do you have? use the last one. IDE/SATA? Disable in bios, Serie,paralell,firewire If you are installing on IDE drive, set the HD=master DVD=slave same ide channel, disable the second. If you are installing o…”
Leopard 10.52008-03-17
35,425 dossier reads
Zephyroth Leopard AMD 10.5.2 Rev.2 Issue Discussion
“My specs : Motherboard : GA-M55plus-S3G rev. 2.1 Proc: AMD Athlon 64 x2 4200+ Southbridge : Nvidia nforce 430 Northbridge : NVIDIA® Quadro NVS 210S Memory : 1Go DD2 I downloaded Zephyroth LEOPARD 10.5.2 rev2 dvd, burn it, and install it. Th…”
Leopard 10.52008-03-17
35,425 dossier reads
mach_kernel 9.2.2 and 9.2.2 System.kext for AMD
“@WinLinMac01: Disregard that. I can assure that both cores are indeed running. =) @spy974: Amazing. It works. Just one thing : it tells me that I have one core. Is there a way I can know if the cores are used ? Thanks, SpY974 Than…”
10.X Core2008-04-01
29,851 dossier reads
mach_kernel 9.2.2 and 9.2.2 System.kext for AMD
“Amazing. It works. Just one thing : it tells me that I have one core. Is there a way I can know if the cores are used ? Thanks, SpY974”
10.X Core2008-04-01
29,851 dossier reads
What do our usernames symbolize
“hummm. Do you know spy vs spy comic ? (I knew it in the mad magazin) > spy 974 is because zip code of my country (Reunion Island) begins with 974. Actually, my real nickname is spy. But I had 974 due to loginname restriction ( 6 chars min.)”
General2008-04-24
14,759 dossier reads
XCode ? GCC
“Puttabong, did you do something special to install it (use Marvin, patches…) ? , SpY974”
Software & Kexts2008-03-24
3,696 dossier reads
Mac OSX 10.5.2 - video files problem
“@WinLinMac01: VLC Is nice too. I know it but it does not work for me Thanks all for you responses. Hope this thread will help. (it helped me )”
Leopard 10.52008-03-25
2,806 dossier reads
Mac OSX 10.5.2 - video files problem
“@R0GUE: I really like VLC but I've had some minor issues with it. I would advise you to install Perian (per ian.org) to play everything and anything from within the Quicktime Player and Quicklook. Thanks, It works perfectly.”
Leopard 10.52008-03-24
2,806 dossier reads
Installing 10.5.2 AMD PLEEEEASE HELP
“You can follow this one : media fire.com/?htym3dt824x done by ka911. It helped me”
Leopard 10.52008-03-29
2,768 dossier reads

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