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Member #19,147 · 2009-11-28 → 2012-01-08
#207 by Dispatches #123 by Author Reads #1,045 by Thread Reach Member #19,147 Chameleon / Boot-132 Retail DVD / USB DSDT

@adnbek

InfiniteMac community contributor with 36 recorded dispatches, 11 lead technical dossiers (84,271 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 522,806 historical readers.

Dispatches 36 Ranked #207 of 6,691
Author Reads 84,271 Ranked #123 · 11 dossiers
Thread Reach 522,806 Ranked #1,045 in reach
Lead Dossiers 11 7,661 avg reads / dossier
Member Number #19,147 Joined 2009-11-28
Active Window 2009–2012 2009-11-28 → 2012-01-08
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#207 of 6,691 by Dispatches (36 notes) · #123 of 3,454 by Author Readership (84,271 reads across 11 dossiers) · #1,045 by Thread Reach (522,806 cumulative reads)
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Member #19,147 · Joined 2009-11-28
Hardware & Kernel Topics
Chameleon / Boot-132 (8) · Retail DVD / USB (4) · DSDT (4) · Voodoo / XNU Kernel (1)
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Distribution across 3 technical boards

10.X Core
21 (58%)
Leopard 10.5
12 (33%)

Lead Dossiers Authored by @adnbek (11)

84,271 cumulative reads on threads started by @adnbek

Dossier Title & SummaryCollectionReadership
GMA950 on 10.6.8 (device id 2772)
I'm currently on 10.6.8 with GMA 950 graphics using AppleIntelGMA950 kext 1.6.26 and AppleIntelIntegratedFramebuffer 1.5.30 . I have all resolutions possible and QE/CI working so that's not why I'm posting. I was just wondering whether the…
10.X Core25,138 reads
2012-01-08 · 3 notes
GMA 950 id 2772 on 10.6.7, no QE/CI
I've finally got everything running well in 10.6.7 except for graphics. Using some modified GMA950 kext (1.6.0) and AppleIntelIntegratedFramebuffer (1.5.30.17), I can change to all available resolutions but I have no QE/CI at all. No…
10.X Core9,081 reads
2011-07-13 · 7 notes
Facetime works for a brief moment (10.6.8)
I'm running 10.6.8 after updating from iAtkos s3 and Facetime will work for a short time after I boot (can receive and make calls without issue). However, a short time later it stops working. If I receive calls, nothing happens and if I…
10.X Core7,838 reads
2011-11-27 · 10 notes
Upgrading Snow to Lion
I'm currently on a Compaq Sr5350F Pentium Dual Core running Snow Leopard, vanilla kerner (dual boot with Windows) and am thinking of upgrading it to Lion using the retail app store method. These are the kexts I have installed to get it…
Lion – Catalina7,135 reads
2012-01-03 · 2 notes
Just updated to 10.6.8 (combo update), KP at boot
Here is a screenshot of the kernel panic I get. 10.6.7 worked flawlessly with me so wanted to take the plunge to 10.6.8 thinking it would be just as easy… Guess I was wrong. Interesting thing is that on top it says 64 bit mode enabled but…
10.X Core6,403 reads
2011-07-24 · 6 notes
Can't wake from sleep after updating to 10.5.8
Sleep was working fine with 10.5.7 but after updating to 10.5.8 I can sleep but can't wake from it. in any case, my question is not how to fix it but how to disable sleep altogether since I never use it anyway. How can I prevent it from…
Leopard 10.55,793 reads
2010-01-09 · 7 notes
CPU temps and fan readings incorrect on 10.6.7
Have a compaq sr5350f with Intel Intel® 945GC Express Chipset running 10.6.7 snow leopard,motherboard is an ASUS IPILP-LC (HP/Compaq name: Lancaster8-GL6). Graphics working, sound working, ethernet working. Only problem is the cpu temps…
10.X Core5,535 reads
2011-07-17 · 10 notes
Get OSX working again after Windows 7 reinstall
Ok, so I had to reinstall Windows 7 again (in Partition 1) because of issues I had. Now, when I re-mark Partititon 2 (the one with OSX in it) as active, Chameleon won't load. I just get a blinking cursor. It was working just fine prior to…
Leopard 10.55,399 reads
2010-01-18 · 5 notes
Windows won't boot anymore
Halp! I just installed iatkos v7 on my pc on a 2nd partition. Installation went without a hitch! (in fact, I'm typing this message in OSX) Booted into OSX without a single error or KP. But now I can't boot into Windows anymore. When I…
Leopard 10.54,676 reads
2009-11-28 · 4 notes
Iphone SDK on iatkos v7
I just tried installing the iphone sdk for Leopard onto my iatkos installation and the installation always fails with a "installer could not validate devexamples" error. Is it because I'm using iatkos? Is there a way to go around this?…
Leopard 10.53,694 reads
2009-11-29 · 2 notes
What could cause the HFS+ partition to corrupt
Had to rebuild the hackintosh partition (by reinstalling everything) from scratch because the partition got corrupted. I'd get errors at boot because chameleon could no longer load. My question is: what would have caused the corruption?…
10.X Core3,579 reads
2011-07-18 · 1 notes

Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (25)

Direct links into threads where @adnbek contributed solutions & commentary

Thread & Dispatch ExcerptCollectionDate & Reach
How Install OSX Lion on PC
“In case anyone doesn't know, Nawcom's blog is back up and here's the link to the OSInstall files for 10.7.2: blog.naw com.com/OSInstall_Framework.10.7.2.tar.bz2”
Lion – Catalina2012-01-04
438,535 dossier reads
How Install OSX Lion on PC
“I didn't need to recreate the whole pen drive -- I just had to find the osinstall files for 10.7.2 and put them in their places. And then it could begin installing. But now I'm stuck again. The install starts with about "20 minutes remainin…”
Lion – Catalina2011-11-14
438,535 dossier reads
GMA 950 id 2772 on 10.6.7, no QE/CI
“Got the computer up and running again, but partition got corrupted due to something I did in Windows Disk Management so had to restart from scratch. This time I use vanilla gma kexts. QE/CI was already working so decided to not replace kext…”
10.X Core2011-07-17
9,081 dossier reads
GMA 950 id 2772 on 10.6.7, no QE/CI
“Did you use the gma950 enabler kext? If you mean Natit, yup tried that.. Unless there's a different version that might work? In any case, my motherboard just got fried so any changes will have to wait till the desktop is up and running agai…”
10.X Core2011-07-14
9,081 dossier reads
Facetime works for a brief moment (10.6.8)
“Turns it out it was my router. When I put my desktop in the DMZ, it works flawlessly now. Weird that on my macbook pro it works all the time regardless but with the desktop it needs to be placed in the DMZ to work or else the router blocks …”
10.X Core2011-12-10
7,838 dossier reads
Facetime works for a brief moment (10.6.8)
“I said that earlier in my first post... Would it make any difference if I also owned a genuine mac with snow OEM disc AND lion? I don't support piracy either but it was easier using a distro at the time than using a retail disc. I just wish…”
10.X Core2011-11-28
7,838 dossier reads
Facetime works for a brief moment (10.6.8)
“It's on Intel. I doubt combo will fix this. Combo update does nothing related to Facetime iirc. It seems to be a connectivity issue, a certificate issue or a background issue. I wish I tested FT on 10.6.6 or 10.6.7 to see if I had the probl…”
10.X Core2011-11-28
7,838 dossier reads
Facetime works for a brief moment (10.6.8)
“Ok… Please try to understand the issue I have. I can login to Facetime just fine. No errors about registration or GUIDs or Apple IDs. In fact, Facetime will be perfectally functional for the first, oh... I'd say, minute or two and then ceas…”
10.X Core2011-11-27
7,838 dossier reads
Facetime works for a brief moment (10.6.8)
“Upgrade your Bootloader to 1684 for example Add EthernetBuiltin=yes to your boot .plist and be sure u have a correct smbios.plist Did all that already. Still same problem. In console, I get errors saying: FTMessageDelivery failed! Error (NS…”
10.X Core2011-11-27
7,838 dossier reads
Just updated to 10.6.8 (combo update), KP at boot
“That´s fine when your system is working again. I knew that about sleepenabler because it has to be changed on every update where the kernel has changed. A other reason was because it was one of the last things which loaded before the kernel…”
10.X Core2011-07-26
6,403 dossier reads
Just updated to 10.6.8 (combo update), KP at boot
“Haha! It worked! It was sleepenabler after all. Taking it out from extra/extensions (thank GOD for Macdrive) helped. I replaced it with a newer version that doesn't KP the system. USB wasn't working so replaced with 10.6.7 usb kexts and got…”
10.X Core2011-07-25
6,403 dossier reads
Just updated to 10.6.8 (combo update), KP at boot
“Did you install the new kernel after installing the update? I can´t read it exactly but it looks like you are using 10.6.8 with kernel 10.0.0, is that right? If you didn´t update the kernel, install legacy_kernel 10.8.0 and also the right s…”
10.X Core2011-07-25
6,403 dossier reads
Can't wake from sleep after updating to 10.5.8
“To clarify my 2nd question, which has nothing to do with the SleepEnabler issue. If I removed/disabled AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement.kext, if I choose "Sleep" in the Apple menu will something happen or will it not sleep anymore? I'd prefer p…”
Leopard 10.52010-01-09
5,793 dossier reads
Can't wake from sleep after updating to 10.5.8
“I jumped the gun and used a SleepEnabler.kext I found with google. Now I get a KP. :( ->Removed and KP is gone. This is the sleep enabler kext I used that caused the KP: code.goo gle.com/p/xnu-sleep-enabler/downloads/list I used the first o…”
Leopard 10.52010-01-09
5,793 dossier reads
Can't wake from sleep after updating to 10.5.8
“Using SleepEnabler will fix the no-waking issue?”
Leopard 10.52010-01-09
5,793 dossier reads
CPU temps and fan readings incorrect on 10.6.7
“Yes sure it works without dsdt too but your system will run much better with a dsdt. There are some fixes which are only possible with dsdt. The other thing is you can inject your devices (like Graphicscard or networkcard and so on…) instea…”
10.X Core2011-07-23
5,535 dossier reads
CPU temps and fan readings incorrect on 10.6.7
“All mainboards i´ve seen doesn´t need a special dsdt edit but on some you´ve to edit it. I would just try the other plugins. What if you have no DSDT at all ? My current hackintosh is DSDT free.”
10.X Core2011-07-21
5,535 dossier reads
CPU temps and fan readings incorrect on 10.6.7
“Which plugins did you install? Only used IntelCPUmonitor. I wanted to use ACPImonitor and SuperIO (i'm guessing fan speeds are detected by those) but don't they both need a DSDT installed?”
10.X Core2011-07-20
5,535 dossier reads
CPU temps and fan readings incorrect on 10.6.7
“Got temp readings to work accurately using fakesmc rev439 and IntelCPUmonitor plugin, both installed in extra/extensions. Fan still not detected but I can live with that.”
10.X Core2011-07-19
5,535 dossier reads
CPU temps and fan readings incorrect on 10.6.7
“Yes thats true but the kexts which are needed for that are in older versions from fakesmc in the plugin folder and in newer version they are additional. If i would be you i will get the newest of it here: http://www.projectosx.com/forum/ind…”
10.X Core2011-07-18
5,535 dossier reads
Get OSX working again after Windows 7 reinstall
“I just reinstalled Chameleon using the iAtkos install disc and it works fine again.”
Leopard 10.52010-01-19
5,399 dossier reads
Get OSX working again after Windows 7 reinstall
“I believe that when I reinstalled Windows it overrides the Boot MBR (c:\boot). What changes should I make to make Chameleon work again? Do I just need another Boot0 file or any other changes?”
Leopard 10.52010-01-19
5,399 dossier reads
Get OSX working again after Windows 7 reinstall
“It won't solve the problem. The OSX partition won't boot regardless of which bootloader I use. Besides, I prefer Chameleon as I had before. Any idea why it isn't working anymore?”
Leopard 10.52010-01-18
5,399 dossier reads
Windows won't boot anymore
“If you are running Vista or Se7en: There are ways to restore the Windows MBR. I don't know how-to exactly - I am not into windows. google for it.^^ Then use my advice here to add OSx86 to the windows bootloader. I tried fixing the MBR using…”
Leopard 10.52009-11-28
4,676 dossier reads
Iphone SDK on iatkos v7
“Nevermind. It was a bad dmg file. I allowed it to verify the dmg before running, and got a codec overrun error. Downloaded it a second time. This time it said invalid checksum, but ignored that and tried again. This time it passed validatio…”
Leopard 10.52009-11-30
3,694 dossier reads