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Member #11,725 · 2009-09-05 → 2010-02-22
#903 by Dispatches #467 by Author Reads #3,403 by Thread Reach Member #11,725 📍 Orlando, FL Chameleon / Boot-132 Voodoo / XNU Kernel NVIDIA GeForce

@akolozvary

InfiniteMac community contributor with 9 recorded dispatches, 2 lead technical dossiers (23,919 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 28,472 historical readers.

Dispatches 9 Ranked #903 of 6,691
Author Reads 23,919 Ranked #467 · 2 dossiers
Thread Reach 28,472 Ranked #3,403 in reach
Lead Dossiers 2 11,960 avg reads / dossier
Member Number #11,725 Joined 2009-09-05
Active Window 2009–2010 2009-09-05 → 2010-02-22
Hardware Specs Reported in Dispatches
My specs: · Intel i7 920, CORSAIR DOMINATOR 6GB PC3 12800, BFG GeForce GTX 285 · EVGA X58 Classified, 2x RAID Intel X25-E Extreme SSD (Windows 7), 2x RAID WD Black, and one old 32gig Raptor drive (MAC install)
Archive Standing
#903 of 6,691 by Dispatches (9 notes) · #467 of 3,454 by Author Readership (23,919 reads across 2 dossiers) · #3,403 by Thread Reach (28,472 cumulative reads)
InfiniteMac ID
Member #11,725 · Joined 2009-09-05
Location
Orlando, FL
Website
alexko lozvary.com
Hardware & Kernel Topics
Chameleon / Boot-132 (3) · Voodoo / XNU Kernel (2) · NVIDIA GeForce (2) · AHCI / SATA (2) · EVGA / X58 (1) · Retail DVD / USB (1)
Frequent Thread Collaborators
@xXrkidXx (3) @airwalk776 @punk_zappa @lazardj

Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection

Distribution across 2 technical boards

Leopard 10.5
7 (78%)
10.X Core
2 (22%)

Lead Dossiers Authored by @akolozvary (2)

23,919 cumulative reads on threads started by @akolozvary

Dossier Title & SummaryCollectionReadership
iAtkos V7 10.5 installs succesfully, but can't boot EVGA Classified X58 Intel i7 920
My specs: Intel i7 920, CORSAIR DOMINATOR 6GB PC3 12800, BFG GeForce GTX 285 EVGA X58 Classified, 2x RAID Intel X25-E Extreme SSD (Windows 7), 2x RAID WD Black, and one old 32gig Raptor drive (MAC install) I'm trying to install OSX with…
Leopard 10.513,501 reads
2009-09-05 · 12 notes
Lenovo Y550 - nVidia GT 220M 1GB
Anyone here have a Lenovo Y550 equipped with 1GB NVIDIA GeForce GT 240M dedicated graphics card? I know you guys are mostly talking about the 210s and 105s...but, I'm hoping my 240 can apply as well...(crossing fingers). I can install the…
10.X Core10,418 reads
2009-12-02 · 2 notes

Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (7)

Direct links into threads where @akolozvary contributed solutions & commentary

Thread & Dispatch ExcerptCollectionDate & Reach
iAtkos V7 10.5 installs succesfully, but can't boot EVGA Classified X58 Intel i7 920
“Yes...I can finally get Chameleon V2 to come up after install. However, I still can't get into OSX :'( I start up using verbose and it seems to repeat on "Still waiting for root device" Not sure what this could be...going to google this up.”
Leopard 10.52009-10-24
13,501 dossier reads
iAtkos V7 10.5 installs succesfully, but can't boot EVGA Classified X58 Intel i7 920
“I just got back after adding CPUS=1...I got the same results. I'll try the FDisk. Haven't really used that since the DOS days I think. Looks like I found a good guide for those that run into the same problem as I: http://www.insanelymac.com…”
Leopard 10.52009-10-24
13,501 dossier reads
iAtkos V7 10.5 installs succesfully, but can't boot EVGA Classified X58 Intel i7 920
“use cpus=1 cpu=1 isnt a real command. LOL. Man, if that's the real problem here...I'm going to laugh. Going to have to try that I suppose to see if that does anything. Thanks for the quick reply by the way.”
Leopard 10.52009-10-24
13,501 dossier reads
iAtkos V7 10.5 installs succesfully, but can't boot EVGA Classified X58 Intel i7 920
“Bumping it up again because I'm still experiencing difficulty installing the MAC OSX.”
Leopard 10.52009-10-13
13,501 dossier reads
acer aspire 7738g
“LOL. If you jailbreak your iPhone you can tether it to the laptop and have internet access that way. Least you got it working...I'm still having difficulty booting to the OS after install.”
Leopard 10.52009-10-14
4,553 dossier reads
iAtkos V7 10.5 installs succesfully, but can't boot EVGA Classified X58 Intel i7 920
“Bump. I condensed everything back to the first post I made in this thread.”
Leopard 10.52009-10-24
13,501 dossier reads
Lenovo Y550 - nVidia GT 220M 1GB
“Revised and bumping it up for more exposure”
10.X Core2010-02-22
10,418 dossier reads