Mac OS X on x86 Hardware 2008–2024 Technical Archive
Member #701 · 2008-02-12 → 2008-04-17
#430 by Dispatches #281 by Author Reads #1,791 by Thread Reach Member #701 AMD OSx86 ASUS P5K / P5Q NVIDIA GeForce

@Almas

InfiniteMac community contributor with 18 recorded dispatches, 8 lead technical dossiers (37,723 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 184,373 historical readers.

Dispatches 18 Ranked #430 of 6,691
Author Reads 37,723 Ranked #281 · 8 dossiers
Thread Reach 184,373 Ranked #1,791 in reach
Lead Dossiers 8 4,715 avg reads / dossier
Member Number #701 Joined 2008-02-11
Active Window 2008 2008-02-12 → 2008-04-17
Hardware Specs Reported in Dispatches
I have an 8800GT and installed with the needed options via boot options and funny enough less works when I use Zephyroth's 8800GT kext's. Is anyone going to ever be able to get 8800GT working with AMD or is this just a lost cause and I should go to Intel Core 2 Duo :P. I am trying really hard and long time to get 10.5.1 working lol. I've spent many days working away at this issue with no luck. My specs:
Archive Standing
#430 of 6,691 by Dispatches (18 notes) · #281 of 3,454 by Author Readership (37,723 reads across 8 dossiers) · #1,791 by Thread Reach (184,373 cumulative reads)
InfiniteMac ID
Member #701 · Joined 2008-02-11
Hardware & Kernel Topics
AMD OSx86 (3) · ASUS P5K / P5Q (2) · NVIDIA GeForce (2)
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Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection

Distribution across 2 technical boards

Leopard 10.5
17 (94%)
10.X Core
1 (6%)

Lead Dossiers Authored by @Almas (8)

37,723 cumulative reads on threads started by @Almas

Dossier Title & SummaryCollectionReadership
Mouse Movement Bug (Fix or Solution)
I was just wondering if anyone had a fix or solution to the mouse movement bug issue that is present in a very long thread on this forum, I've read through most of it but other than disabling one cpu is there any fix to the issue that…
Leopard 10.59,963 reads
2008-04-17 · 19 notes
Zephyroth 10.5.2 Still Doesn't Solve 8800GT Assortment of Issues
I have an 8800GT and installed with the needed options via boot options and funny enough less works when I use Zephyroth's 8800GT kext's. Is anyone going to ever be able to get 8800GT working with AMD or is this just a lost cause and I…
Leopard 10.55,661 reads
2008-02-20 · 3 notes
Archive 70 on Usenet preventing extraction any ideas
So I have downloaded all the RAR's all 73 of them and I've downloaded 70 3 times every time I get the error unexpected end of archive cannot extract. The archive is the only on on Usenet that reads 49.83mb does anyone have some ideas I…
Leopard 10.54,952 reads
2008-02-18 · 2 notes
BFG 8800GT 512mb Big Problems 10.5.1 and 10.5.2
Okay to sum it up I have an 8800GT 512 BFG that shows native resolution, runs the desktop with all effects flawless, but I can't but the monitor to sleep unplug the monitor or turn it off without it coming back with just a blue screen. I…
Leopard 10.54,588 reads
2008-02-17 · 3 notes
Marvell Lan Skge Has No Open Ports
So I was trying to host a game in Warcraft 3 and realized that the port was closed I went to open DMZ on my Airport Extreme and still nothing so I did a port scan and found out there aren't any open ports to the internet. Is there…
Leopard 10.53,828 reads
2008-03-24 · 1 notes
Installing with A8N-SLi Deluxe Need Some Help Fresh Start
I am trying really hard and long time to get 10.5.1 working lol. I've spent many days working away at this issue with no luck. My specs: Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe AMD Opteron 180 (SSE3 Compatible) IDE WD 122GB HD Nvidia 8800GT BFG I need some…
Leopard 10.53,748 reads
2008-02-12 · 3 notes
Internet Ports Closed using SKGE Driver? Suggestions
So I realized that all the ports from my Hackintosh are closed to the internet, my firewall accepts all incoming connections router has the comptuer set to DMZ permissions. Still no go all ports are closed I really could use them open to…
Leopard 10.52,688 reads
2008-03-25 · 2 notes
Humming Sound when moving around on Desktop from Speakers
I didn't really notice this till it was silent in my office but when I listened whenever I moused over the Dock or I moved the cursor to a hot spot or clicked any menu for that matter I can hear a faint short hum from my speakers now it's…
Leopard 10.52,295 reads
2008-03-25 · 9 notes

Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (10)

Direct links into threads where @Almas contributed solutions & commentary

Thread & Dispatch ExcerptCollectionDate & Reach
AMD Dual Core Timing Issue AKA Mouse Bug
“Is there anyway yet known to prolong the strange problem clearing memory erasing cache something?”
Leopard 10.52008-04-15
134,652 dossier reads
AMD Dual Core Timing Issue AKA Mouse Bug
“I'm going to put my 2 cents out there, I have been looking at this problem for this past 2 weeks and I've carefully monitored the work load on my pc. What I found was I don't have the performance bog monster until I play about 2 hours of wa…”
Leopard 10.52008-04-12
134,652 dossier reads
Eddie11c's Leo4Allv2 Leopard AMD/Intel 10.5.2 Issue Discussion
“So I'm kinda newb when it comes to this issue but if I read correctly the mouse movement and graphical problem that happens after leaving your system on awhile is mostly solved with the netKas smbios.kext? Or is that to fix another issue. T…”
Leopard 10.52008-04-17
8,040 dossier reads
BFG 8800GT 512mb Big Problems 10.5.1 and 10.5.2
“Hm I don't really know how to do what your saying though I understand, could you elaborate on how to do that? Thanks”
Leopard 10.52008-02-17
4,588 dossier reads
8800 GT sluggish performace
“I actually had similar issues with my 8800GT slightly sluggish performance in the Desktop and in games. I went to my BIOS and turned off my peg link which was an BIOS level overclocking, and after that no issues and I stopped overclocking m…”
10.X Core2008-03-25
3,958 dossier reads
Internet Ports Closed using SKGE Driver? Suggestions
“So no one has this problem with the Yukon-lite driver? No one can help?”
Leopard 10.52008-03-26
2,688 dossier reads
Humming Sound when moving around on Desktop from Speakers
“Well like I said the internal speaker isn't connected in my computer I never did when I built it the sound is coming from my speakers connected to the AC97 Diver cause when I unplug them the sound disappears. Probably no fix for it just wan…”
Leopard 10.52008-03-25
2,295 dossier reads
Humming Sound when moving around on Desktop from Speakers
“My speakers are about 2 - 3 feet away from the monitor the humming only occurs when you interact with the desktop like cursor over the Dock doesn't occur just moving the mouse on a blank space, the cursor has to hit a trigger on the desktop…”
Leopard 10.52008-03-25
2,295 dossier reads
Humming Sound when moving around on Desktop from Speakers
“Ya my internal is unplugged the humming stops when I turn off my speakers though : /.”
Leopard 10.52008-03-25
2,295 dossier reads
Archive 70 on Usenet preventing extraction any ideas
“Does anyone mind offering some help, hm wrong forum to ask for help i guess.”
Leopard 10.52008-02-18
4,952 dossier reads