hey Zeph! Thanks for the Awesome releases!

bing, you're kinda runnin out on territory I am just coming to try and familiarize myself with. Good luck finding those answers if I don't come across that before you do.

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weirdly, the network is working today... and dhcp is working fine as well

so i did one stupid thing: after played around with safari for some minutes, i updated the software. and now, everytime i boot into leopard, it freezes! every single time!

sign...

cpus=1, not working. it also freezes in safe mode. even with the ethernet unplugged

i Start this new discussion and until now i can't erase my sata
maby i need the beta leopaed, where i can gat it?
thank you

@bing
which software did you update... you didn't do THE software update that updates your system instead of just a few programs did you? if you did, you'll probably have to reinstall. try to reinstall over the top of the old one. maybe this will make it revert back. if not, at least you have a few places to start back up again because you remember how to to id from before. I've gotten 3 full installations to work just to make sure... I've also written my own instructions and placed them on one of the external hard drives. This helps a bunch, plus once I reinstall to the regular HD, I just import all my programs and setting while in safe mode, then just do a few slight hacks with the kexts and I'm home free. it doesn't even take up that much space. maybe that will be your life-saver someday if you install the system update. :-)

@ shir
what chipset do you have on your motherboard? do you have an external HD, as this was the way to go for me... I installed to that and then was able to install all the kexts needed to make it work. I think I've given all the steps above, but here goes again. also... for a SATA drive problem, I've found it easiest to make it an external drive that can be manipulated by <a href="http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?Sku=ULT40112">using this cable</a>... (don't worry, this isn't a plug for the company... I just usually buy my hardware from them)

If you have an nForce controller in your board, <a href="http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?s=&showtopic=80834&view=findpost&p=59557 6">this method</a> will work (you just have to do the searching to find the correct kext if your board isn't an nForce).
Let me know how it goes.

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also shir...

I don't think zeph has released the beta out yet besides to the testers. we'll see when they get it done. But it'll be a great one when it works in our systems.

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@bing

didn't know if you wanted these for your system too.. I've enjoy playing around with them to make mine feel more comfortable and mac-ish.

terminal:
sudo nano /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist

allows you to change your boot options.

the ones I added and like are below

<key>Graphics Mode</key>
<string>1280x1024x32@85</string>
<key>Boot Graphics</key>
<string>Yes</string>

and then change the time-out to something smaller

also, for when you are just starting out after a fresh install and you don't want to go through the hassle of the user configuration and file transferring... at boot type this

-x "Graphics Mode"="640x460x32"

this will not allow the transfer information window to be displayed as the screen is too small. It will set you up with an admin account (which you can change later after your minor kext changes)

hope this all helps you go a little faster and your dell 531 scream! :-)

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@ nfoav8or
thx for the advice
i did THE software update that updates the system... i'll probably try to reinstall and over write the old one.

I'm running in to problems with my DVD/CDRW and DVDRW drives connected via SATA while I'm running OSX. I have them connected so they are on opposite controllers (SATA-1 has 160GB HD with OSX installed and DVDRW... SATA-2 has 250GB HD and DVD/CDRW). I am unable to use them in OSX at all. From my System Profile this is what I see:

LITE-ON DVDRW LH-20A1S:

Firmware Revision: 9L08
Interconnect: ATAPI
Burn Support: Yes (Generic Drive Support)
Profile Path: None
Cache: 2048 KB
Reads DVD: Yes
CD-Write: -R, -RW
DVD-Write: -R, -R DL, -RAM, -RW, +R, +R DL, +RW
Write Strategies: CD-TAO, CD-SAO, CD-Raw, DVD-DAO
Media: Insert media and refresh to show available burn speeds

and

TSSTcorp CDRWDVD TS-H493B:

Firmware Revision: D200
Interconnect: ATAPI
Burn Support: Yes (Generic Drive Support)
Profile Path: None
Cache: 2048 KB
Reads DVD: Yes
CD-Write: -R, -RW
Write Strategies: CD-TAO, CD-SAO, CD-Raw
Media: Insert media and refresh to show available burn speeds

any ideas how I can get these working within OSX or am I at a dead end with these drives? I've searched but am unable to find a good solution to this problem.

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just an update to my latest problem... when I use the SATA-to-USB adapter and connect my DVD devices externally, they work! so my new thought is that the kext I supplied from above doesn't support these devices. How can I manually go in and add them? any ideas?

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to nfoav8or
thank you for your help i try and i tell you