Mac OS X on x86 Hardware 2008–2024 Technical Archive
Member #3,792 · 2008-12-15 → 2010-04-11
#475 by Dispatches #554 by Author Reads #326 by Thread Reach Member #3,792 NVIDIA GeForce Retail DVD / USB ALC889a / Audio

@ANTC

InfiniteMac community contributor with 16 recorded dispatches, 4 lead technical dossiers (20,456 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 1,538,548 historical readers.

Dispatches 16 Ranked #475 of 6,691
Author Reads 20,456 Ranked #554 · 4 dossiers
Thread Reach 1,538,548 Ranked #326 in reach
Lead Dossiers 4 5,114 avg reads / dossier
Member Number #3,792 Joined 2008-12-14
Active Window 2008–2010 2008-12-15 → 2010-04-11
Preserved Forum Signature & OSx86 Rig
* Intel Core i7 920
* ASUS P6T LGA X58
* Mushkin DDR3(3x2GB) 1333
* Nvidia GTX280
* TRUE w/ Scythe "ULTRA KAZE" @ 3000 RPMS and AC MX-2
* Cooler Master Case 690
* Corsair 650TX
* 2x Seagate 500GB Sata 32MB Cache(Raid 0)
Archive Standing
#475 of 6,691 by Dispatches (16 notes) · #554 of 3,454 by Author Readership (20,456 reads across 4 dossiers) · #326 by Thread Reach (1,538,548 cumulative reads)
InfiniteMac ID
Member #3,792 · Joined 2008-12-14
Hardware & Kernel Topics
NVIDIA GeForce (3) · Retail DVD / USB (2) · ALC889a / Audio (1) · Chameleon / Boot-132 (1) · AHCI / SATA (1) · Gigabyte G31M / P35 (1)
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Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection

Distribution across 2 technical boards

10.X Core
14 (88%)
Leopard 10.5
2 (12%)

Lead Dossiers Authored by @ANTC (4)

20,456 cumulative reads on threads started by @ANTC

Dossier Title & SummaryCollectionReadership
Corei7 OSX86
Which would be the best for osx86, i tried the new XXX i couldn't even get into the setup even with cpus=1 maxmem=2048 next tired iATKOS froze during the installation. tried ipc installed and then got the grey screen of death thing when i…
10.X Core9,626 reads
2009-06-03 · 3 notes
upgrading motherboard
Keeping the same specs, for the rest of my pc but my board is dieing i get a lot of USB errors and a bunch of other shit that can only be caused by the board. my question is which board would be the easiest to get osx installed on besides…
10.X Core4,677 reads
2009-01-29 · 5 notes
OSX install on x58 core i7
I've been searching for about a day or two before I choice to post. I know a little bit about osx86 from my days with it on my q6600. But now with my core i7 nothing I used in the past works. I'm looking to use a retain disk which I own…
10.X Core3,217 reads
2010-04-11 · 1 notes
OSX 86 iPC Installation
i installed iPC on my computer specs in the sig, and its just keeps rebooting i just -v it freezes half way through
Leopard 10.52,936 reads
2009-03-04 · 2 notes

Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (12)

Direct links into threads where @ANTC contributed solutions & commentary

Thread & Dispatch ExcerptCollectionDate & Reach
iPC OSx86 Leopard 10.5.6 Intel AMD SSE2 SSE3
“another waste of a dvd ppf 5 still fails. this sucks”
10.X Core2009-01-25
965,272 dossier reads
iPC OSx86 Leopard 10.5.6 Intel AMD SSE2 SSE3
“Graphics For your 9800GX check this link out http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=98666 Remove any other kexts related to video and make sure to to properly set permissions. Seatbelt Give this seatbelt.kext a try. It should be p…”
10.X Core2009-01-02
965,272 dossier reads
iPC OSx86 Leopard 10.5.6 Intel AMD SSE2 SSE3
“ok specs added to my sig, trying the seatbelt..any idea for my wireless card?”
10.X Core2008-12-31
965,272 dossier reads
iPC OSx86 Leopard 10.5.6 Intel AMD SSE2 SSE3
“i was able to install the ipc beta perfectly but i got a few issues.. which I'm looking to reslove with some help. First my wireless card wasn't picked up since I wasnt sure what package use since i have the D-Link Xtreme N PCI Express card…”
10.X Core2008-12-31
965,272 dossier reads
iPC X-DL 10.5.6 Release
“idea why not enable a feature to to install off the live disk and possibly run a program to find the proper drivers or somthing just throwing that out their.. thanks awesome release”
10.X Core2009-02-11
274,027 dossier reads
Coming Soon: iPC OSx86 Intel AMD SSE2 SSE3 (10.5.5)
“looks liek a great installer will this include 10.5.6 and when should we expect this to be released?”
10.X Core2008-12-15
127,513 dossier reads
iPC OSx86 10.5.6 problems/wishes
“worked once for me with my current system then i reformated with this distro i get a error about it missing a file at boot, i forgot the name but it has to do with what loads at the boot of the OS question why so many kernals? why not have …”
10.X Core2009-01-16
100,995 dossier reads
Which OSx86 distro for Intel Core i7
“I have had great results with iATKOS 5i (10.5.5) The Core i7 is recognised as a true 4 core processor if you turn off HyperThreading in the bios. When you turn on Hypethreading, OSX reports o processors, 7 cores (actually 8 because they cou…”
Leopard 10.52009-06-04
50,285 dossier reads
Corei7 OSX86
“Sorry to be a curmudgeon, but have you tried search? It found a few threads here, as did Google (pointers to insanelymac and individual blogs). i have which led me to the ones i've already tried lol. so then once those didnt work is when i …”
10.X Core2009-06-03
9,626 dossier reads
upgrading motherboard
“so i should look for a p45 board and not a p35 i heard some people have issues with the p45s”
10.X Core2009-02-02
4,677 dossier reads
upgrading motherboard
“almost 100 views and no one has any recommendations?”
10.X Core2009-02-01
4,677 dossier reads
iPC X-DL 10.5.6 Release
“not that many seeders huh? very slow download..”
10.X Core2009-02-07
274,027 dossier reads