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Member #3,572 · 2008-12-05 → 2009-01-23
#914 by Dispatches #637 by Author Reads #3,835 by Thread Reach Member #3,572 Gigabyte G31M / P35 NVIDIA GeForce

@Akumara

InfiniteMac community contributor with 12 recorded dispatches, 4 lead technical dossiers (17,579 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 17,579 historical readers.

Dispatches 9 Ranked #914 of 6,691
Author Reads 17,579 Ranked #637 · 4 dossiers
Thread Reach 17,579 Ranked #3,835 in reach
Lead Dossiers 4 4,395 avg reads / dossier
Member Number #3,572 Joined 2008-11-29
Active Window 2008–2009 2008-12-05 → 2009-01-23
Preserved Forum Signature & OSx86 Rig
Motherboard: GIGABYE S-Series EP43-DS3R
CPU: Intel Core2Quad Q6600
RAM: 2x2GB Kingston DDR2
GFX: NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT/GTO
HDD: 2x1TB Raid 1, 2x320GB (WinXP on 1, OSX on other), 250GB.
Archive Standing
#914 of 6,691 by Dispatches (9 notes) · #637 of 3,454 by Author Readership (17,579 reads across 4 dossiers) · #3,835 by Thread Reach (17,579 cumulative reads)
InfiniteMac ID
Member #3,572 · Joined 2008-11-29
Hardware & Kernel Topics
Gigabyte G31M / P35 (2) · NVIDIA GeForce (1)
Frequent Thread Collaborators
@bigjim @Ianxxx @Philintosh @lanceomni @zyph3r

Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection

Distribution across 2 technical boards

Leopard 10.5
8 (89%)
10.X Core
1 (11%)

Lead Dossiers Authored by @Akumara (4)

17,579 cumulative reads on threads started by @Akumara

Dossier Title & SummaryCollectionReadership
iDeneb v1.3 10.5.5 bad MD5 Checksum.....
I've downloaded iDeneb v1.3 from [removed] (which has around 10 trackes on the torrent file) and the checksum in the .txt file is 79af2c037b48e976d9f51839ec009bb5 (That's the checksum the ISO is meant to be) My md5 checksum for the ISO is…
Leopard 10.55,581 reads
2009-01-10 · 1 notes
Help with installing iPC. Not getting past 'cross' screen.
My PC Specs are as follows: Motherboard: GIGABYE S-Series EP43-DS3R CPU: Intel Core2Quad Q6600 RAM: 2x2GB Kingston DDR2 GFX: NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT/GTO HDD: 2x1TB Raid 1, 2x320GB (WinXP on 1, OSX on other), 250GB. I'd downloaded the latest…
Leopard 10.54,568 reads
2009-01-18 · 8 notes
Will this hardware work well with installing Mac OS X
I'm new to all this but would love to hack my computer so that it can run Mac OS X. These are the specs of my PC. Core2Quad Q6600 [2.4Ghz] 2x2 GB Kingston DDR2-800 Ram Gigabye EP43-DS3R Motherboard (Currently using the Onboard-RAID) I…
10.X Core4,460 reads
2008-12-05 · 3 notes
Which installer is the easiest for newbies
I've noticed there are alot of different OSX installers for PCs. E.G iPC, iDeneb, etc. I was just wondering which one is the easiest to install? And which one has the highest compatibility rate with most common hardware?
Leopard 10.52,970 reads
2009-01-11 · 2 notes

Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (5)

Direct links into threads where @Akumara contributed solutions & commentary

Thread & Dispatch ExcerptCollectionDate & Reach
Help with installing iPC. Not getting past 'cross' screen.
“"Still waiting for root device" is the message that comes up after a bunch of other gibberish. I tried disabling my raid, disabling the multi-cores, and disabling alot of the bios features. Anyone have any idea on how to get this to install…”
Leopard 10.52009-01-23
4,568 dossier reads
Help with installing iPC. Not getting past 'cross' screen.
“i already changed most of them to the standard setting. I'll try changing some more settings around later and post my results! thanks”
Leopard 10.52009-01-20
4,568 dossier reads
Help with installing iPC. Not getting past 'cross' screen.
“Sorry i couldn't get the whole screen. Any ideas from that though? If you need the part at the end then I will try to get it all. This was the msg I got after I changed afew settings in my bios. (Stuff to do with my CPU) I think the first t…”
Leopard 10.52009-01-19
4,568 dossier reads
Help with installing iPC. Not getting past 'cross' screen.
“bump again, argh tis so fustrating how it works on EVERY other computer in my house hey.”
Leopard 10.52009-01-20
4,568 dossier reads
Help with installing iPC. Not getting past 'cross' screen.
“bump...someone please help i am desperate to get it working i need it for Pro Logic.”
Leopard 10.52009-01-19
4,568 dossier reads