Mac OS X on x86 Hardware 2008–2024 Technical Archive
Member #29,989 · 2010-06-14 → 2010-06-17
#1,259 by Dispatches #745 by Author Reads #2,572 by Thread Reach Member #29,989 AMD OSx86 Retail DVD / USB NVIDIA GeForce

@ador

InfiniteMac community contributor with 6 recorded dispatches, 1 lead technical dossiers (15,153 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 70,323 historical readers.

Dispatches 6 Ranked #1,259 of 6,691
Author Reads 15,153 Ranked #745 · 1 dossiers
Thread Reach 70,323 Ranked #2,572 in reach
Lead Dossiers 1 15,153 avg reads / dossier
Member Number #29,989 Joined 2010-06-14
Active Window 2010 2010-06-14 → 2010-06-17
Hardware Specs Reported in Dispatches
Machine Specs: · AMD 780GM-A:ECS · AMD athlon 64 x2 6000+ Processor · A-Data 4GB 1066 MHZ DDR2 · 640GB WD-SATA2 · Nvidia GeForce 8600GT 512Mhz · internet working - Attansic L1 · Audio - Via USB Audio Dongle
Archive Standing
#1,259 of 6,691 by Dispatches (6 notes) · #745 of 3,454 by Author Readership (15,153 reads across 1 dossiers) · #2,572 by Thread Reach (70,323 cumulative reads)
InfiniteMac ID
Member #29,989 · Joined 2010-06-14
Hardware & Kernel Topics
AMD OSx86 (2) · Retail DVD / USB (2) · NVIDIA GeForce (1)
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Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection

Distribution across 2 technical boards

10.X Core
5 (83%)

Lead Dossiers Authored by @ador (1)

15,153 cumulative reads on threads started by @ador

Dossier Title & SummaryCollectionReadership
geforce 8600gt 512mb default display resolution
i manage to install a retail version of snow leopard 10.6.3 to an amd machine somehow it works but the display is only at 1024x768. is there any chance it can go further to 1366x768. any kext that i need to add or remove in…
10.X Core15,153 reads
2010-06-14 · 7 notes

Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (5)

Direct links into threads where @ador contributed solutions & commentary

Thread & Dispatch ExcerptCollectionDate & Reach
Update 10.6.4 Safety
“I have updated it successfully and copied this Kexts to Extensions:- ======================== AppleSMBIOS.kext IOATAFamily.kext ======================== And i have rebooted and it works perfectly. Good Luck all : do you mean you use the old…”
Snow Leopard 10.62010-06-17
45,436 dossier reads
geforce 8600gt 512mb default display resolution
“In 10.6.3 it doesn't show that in System Profiler but it's working now for sure, after enabling 'GraphicsEnabler'. Just open Dashboard and drag a widget on the desktop, if there are ripples it is working thank you for the reply..it really s…”
10.X Core2010-06-16
15,153 dossier reads
geforce 8600gt 512mb default display resolution
“add GraphicsEnabler yes into your com.apple.Boot.plist and reboot now you should have full QE/CI! is it the one located inside the extra folder?”
10.X Core2010-06-14
15,153 dossier reads
No luck with my AMD-system? What release
“retail installation of 10.6.3 works on my amd. .i use arch=i386 boot flag and it went all the way..i try to use hazard distro,it's a little bit complicated ..try retail installation. Machine Specs: AMD 780GM-A:ECS AMD athlon 64 x2 6000+ Pro…”
10.X Core2010-06-16
9,734 dossier reads
geforce 8600gt 512mb default display resolution
“Yes it is. it works...thanks. but it won't show that qe/ci is supported”
10.X Core2010-06-14
15,153 dossier reads