Mac OS X on x86 Hardware 2008–2024 Technical Archive
Member #9,006 · 2009-07-28 → 2010-05-16
#371 by Dispatches #710 by Author Reads #1,061 by Thread Reach Member #9,006 AMD OSx86 NVIDIA GeForce DSDT

@agg23

InfiniteMac community contributor with 20 recorded dispatches, 1 lead technical dossiers (16,067 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 509,188 historical readers.

Dispatches 20 Ranked #371 of 6,691
Author Reads 16,067 Ranked #710 · 1 dossiers
Thread Reach 509,188 Ranked #1,061 in reach
Lead Dossiers 1 16,067 avg reads / dossier
Member Number #9,006 Joined 2009-07-28
Active Window 2009–2010 2009-07-28 → 2010-05-16
Preserved Forum Signature & OSx86 Rig
Compaq Presario F768WM

AMD Athlon 64X2 Dual Core Processor TK-55
2GB DDR2 RAM
GeForce 7000M Graphics Card (Shared Memory)
Archive Standing
#371 of 6,691 by Dispatches (20 notes) · #710 of 3,454 by Author Readership (16,067 reads across 1 dossiers) · #1,061 by Thread Reach (509,188 cumulative reads)
InfiniteMac ID
Member #9,006 · Joined 2009-07-28
Hardware & Kernel Topics
AMD OSx86 (7) · NVIDIA GeForce (2) · DSDT (2) · Chameleon / Boot-132 (2) · Voodoo / XNU Kernel (1)
Frequent Thread Collaborators
@Hack3r (3) @SaCleoCheater (3) @Imkantus (2) @spalek83 (2) @hecke92 (2) @Fduch29 @crops @bhokuto @heartsurfer008 @hardknoxni69a @Mohsenmehrvarz @HardRom @samm5506 @draculaus

Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection

Distribution across 3 technical boards

10.X Core
6 (30%)
Leopard 10.5
1 (5%)

Lead Dossiers Authored by @agg23 (1)

16,067 cumulative reads on threads started by @agg23

Dossier Title & SummaryCollectionReadership
Snow Leopard AMD
I am new to these forums. I came here from InsanelyMac because they do not have a Snow Leopard forum. Anyway, I would like to know how to go about installing Snow on my AMD laptop. I don't understand everything with OSx86 but I have…
Snow Leopard 10.616,067 reads
2009-07-28 · 21 notes

Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (18)

Direct links into threads where @agg23 contributed solutions & commentary

Thread & Dispatch ExcerptCollectionDate & Reach
Snow Leopard 10.6.1-10.6.2 Intel AMD made by Hazard
“I tried your suggestions Imkantus and instead of rebooting, I get a kernel panic. Any help appreciated, agg23”
10.X Core2010-01-04
459,566 dossier reads
Snow Leopard 10.6.1-10.6.2 Intel AMD made by Hazard
“I tried this, I didn't get past boot. Guess it doesn't have my chipset drivers, a SATA nVidia MCP61 You couldn't get past the DVD boot, or the installed (on HDD) boot? Also, do you have an AMD or Intel processor (I would assume AMD).”
10.X Core2009-12-31
459,566 dossier reads
Snow Leopard 10.6.1-10.6.2 Intel AMD made by Hazard
“Can't wait for this to finish downloading! Finally I'll have Snow Leo for AMD I would suppose that by patching cupids you mean after I install it? Thanks for the tip, agg23”
10.X Core2009-12-31
459,566 dossier reads
List of Snow Leopard distributions
“How can you have a vanilla AMD install? I thought that only Intel could have the vanilla kernel.”
10.X Core2010-02-14
29,668 dossier reads
List of Snow Leopard distributions
“You need to add "iHack Snow" which is supposedly both Intel and AMD. Speaking of which could someone finish seeding it. It is stuck at 98.8%”
10.X Core2010-01-17
29,668 dossier reads
List of Snow Leopard distributions
“Nice list, but I can't find the SnowOSX Universal v3.6A (10.6.2) (Intel & AMD) anywhere.”
10.X Core2010-01-16
29,668 dossier reads
Snow Leopard AMD
“I can't even load the Chameleon bootloader. My specs are ~Compaq Presario F768WM ~AMD Athlon 64X2 Dual Core Processor TK-55 ~2GB DDR2 RAM ~GeForce 7000M Graphics Card (Shared Memory) About dsmos.kext, can I use the one from my Leopard insta…”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-08-13
16,067 dossier reads
Snow Leopard AMD
“I am now at the step where you patch the DSDT. I have tried both the GUI program and the command line and it always comes up with errors. What can I do? Also, I don't have a dsmos.kext to install.”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-08-02
16,067 dossier reads
Snow Leopard AMD
“I got started with the guide, but when it says: Step 1 Extract Snow Leopard Files Updated.zip and open "Chameleon-2-1.0-r431.pkg". Install the package. Step 2 In Snow Leopard Files Updated, install the Chameleon v2 Snow Leopard support from…”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-08-02
16,067 dossier reads
Snow Leopard AMD
“It is finaly done downloading! Should I just start following the instructions?”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-07-31
16,067 dossier reads
Snow Leopard AMD
“OK I'll try it out as soon as my download completes. My average speed has been between 20 and 40 KB/s. In step 4, instead of installing the kexts with OSx86 Tools, will the Terminal code you posted work? In step 6, what is a custom DSDT? So…”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-07-29
16,067 dossier reads
Snow Leopard AMD
“Should I follow the complete guide? Also the DmitriK kernel that is posted says it is for Snow Leopard 10A394. Will this work with 10A380? With the install process on the topic you linked to, will all of those tools needed work on Tiger? I …”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-07-28
16,067 dossier reads
Snow Leopard AMD
“Ya gotta start somewhere • Open up Terminal • type (without quotes) "sudo -s" • then type "cp /path/to/kernel /Volumes/SnowLeopardPartitionName" • Thats it! Reboot Thanks for understanding It seems like most OSx86 users expect you to know e…”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-07-28
16,067 dossier reads
Snow Leopard AMD
“What build of Snow and how do I install the kernel? Sorry if my question is very noob like.”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-07-28
16,067 dossier reads
Snow Leopard AMD
“What are some of the limitations? Snow Leopard will be only for fun since my graphics card will never be supported.”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-07-28
16,067 dossier reads
10.5 install help on compaq presario f700
“I got Leopard up and running on my Presario F768WM about a year ago. I meant to write a guide, but Leopard kept overheating so I never got around to it. I'm hoping to figure out how I did it soon and post a guide. I got everything working e…”
Leopard 10.52010-05-16
3,887 dossier reads
Snow Leopard AMD
“SaCleoCheater? Anyone?”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-08-15
16,067 dossier reads
Snow Leopard AMD
“I can't get it working. What should I do?”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-08-13
16,067 dossier reads