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Member #4,820 · 2009-02-11 → 2009-06-17
#526 by Dispatches #1,621 by Author Reads #1,708 by Thread Reach Member #4,820 📍 @home Chameleon / Boot-132 Retail DVD / USB NVIDIA GeForce

@archie79muc

InfiniteMac community contributor with 15 recorded dispatches, 1 lead technical dossiers (6,583 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 216,427 historical readers.

Dispatches 15 Ranked #526 of 6,691
Author Reads 6,583 Ranked #1,621 · 1 dossiers
Thread Reach 216,427 Ranked #1,708 in reach
Lead Dossiers 1 6,583 avg reads / dossier
Member Number #4,820 Joined 2009-02-11
Active Window 2009 2009-02-11 → 2009-06-17
Preserved Forum Signature & OSx86 Rig
MacBook Alu 2,4 GHz, 4GB, Seagate 7200.4 500GB, iPhone 3G 3.0
Shuttle SG33G5, Intel C2Q Q6600 2,4 GHz, 4 GB, Samsung HE753Li (retail Leo 10.5.6), Seagate Sata for Vista, PX-810SA, Nvidia 9600 GT 512MB

SG33G5 runs Retail Leopard 10.5.6 (vanilla) thanks to boot123!
Archive Standing
#526 of 6,691 by Dispatches (15 notes) · #1,621 of 3,454 by Author Readership (6,583 reads across 1 dossiers) · #1,708 by Thread Reach (216,427 cumulative reads)
InfiniteMac ID
Member #4,820 · Joined 2009-02-11
Location
@home
Hardware & Kernel Topics
Chameleon / Boot-132 (6) · Retail DVD / USB (3) · NVIDIA GeForce (2) · Voodoo / XNU Kernel (1)
Original vBulletin Buddy List (1)
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Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection

Distribution across 4 technical boards

Leopard 10.5
7 (47%)
10.X Core
5 (33%)
Releases & News
2 (13%)
General
1 (7%)

Lead Dossiers Authored by @archie79muc (1)

6,583 cumulative reads on threads started by @archie79muc

Dossier Title & SummaryCollectionReadership
Barebone Hardware
I have opened this thread, since a Genius bar thread has inspired me to try to install a retail Leopard system on my Shuttle SG33G5 Barebone system with Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2,4 GHz 4 GB RAM HE753LJ SATA Samsung 750 GB Hdd PX-810SA SATA…
Leopard 10.56,583 reads
2009-02-28 · 10 notes

Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (14)

Direct links into threads where @archie79muc contributed solutions & commentary

Thread & Dispatch ExcerptCollectionDate & Reach
Dual boot Windows and OS X from different Hard Drives
“What exact version of chameleon are we then waiting for? I am looking for having a possibility to boot into Windows Vista x64 from chameleon, since OS X is on my first SATA Hdd and Vista is on the second SATA Hdd. Can someone hint me what t…”
10.X Core2009-03-06
125,261 dossier reads
German Mac clone maker claims immunity from Apple
“Well I have got the hang of osx86 - kind of, booting from hdd now works for me. Back on topic: At PearC they don't guarantee you that all coming updates from Apple (including coming version of OS X) will work on their systems. They just say…”
Releases & News2009-03-05
27,519 dossier reads
German Mac clone maker claims immunity from Apple
“c't 6/2009 has an article about PearC Starter and states all technical details about the system. They say that boot123 is being used and an unaltered Retail Leopard DVD is put in the box with the PC. And guess what: iLife is missing. So thi…”
Releases & News2009-03-04
27,519 dossier reads
Mac Clones from Germany
“Well... Those clones might have been a good starting point for people that don't want to read through all those forums and have to download and try to install for oneself. BUT: I guess the point about this project is to acquire knowledge an…”
General2009-02-11
25,368 dossier reads
Lenovo IdeaPad S10
“did you install chameleon to the hdd to boot from there or do you boot from boot123-CD? If the system (OS X) has come as far as running fine, it should be possible to boot it at least from the hdd, too, if one supplies the right kexts in th…”
10.X Core2009-06-17
19,695 dossier reads
Lenovo IdeaPad S10
“What exact model of Lenovo are we talking about here? Do I get it right, that ethernet is NOT working? This would be a knock-out criteria for me...”
10.X Core2009-06-17
19,695 dossier reads
Barebone Hardware
“Well, no big deal! I just followed the recommendation from naquaada, who advised to try Onyx to repair permissions. I did that by opening Onyx with admin priviledges, otherwise it won't work and go to "Automatisieren", and then use the foll…”
Leopard 10.52009-04-21
6,583 dossier reads
Barebone Hardware
“Using Onyx to repair permissions under admin user and then changing display resolution (with blue screen and forced restart via power button) has given me 1280x1024x32 with QE/CI on the system without changing anything else.”
Leopard 10.52009-03-24
6,583 dossier reads
Barebone Hardware
“Is there someone else using this SG33G5 barebone and have had similar or different experiences? I would be glad to share info on that...”
Leopard 10.52009-03-06
6,583 dossier reads
Barebone Hardware
“ok, Problem solved: I had to look at this piece of a thread: Damit ihr nun nicht immer die CD braucht um das installierte OSX zu booten, müsst ihr die neueste Version von chameleon installieren, die datei "boot" von eurer BOOT132 cd auf eur…”
Leopard 10.52009-03-04
6,583 dossier reads
Barebone Hardware
“Ok so now the Nvidia Geforce 9600 GT is working at 1024x768 resolution with QE/CI, I managed to do it after this http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/lofiversion/index.php/t90112-150.html set of instructions - say use those Nvidia 9000 drivers …”
Leopard 10.52009-02-28
6,583 dossier reads
Barebone Hardware
“I am trying to follow your suggestions, but I am unable to find a useable readme or instruction how to install chameleon bootloader. In the readme provided in the file I downloaded it says to copy the contents of my Extras folder to the fol…”
Leopard 10.52009-02-28
6,583 dossier reads
What bluetooth usb stick for my GA-EP35-DS3
“I am using a Sitecom CN-500 on a vanilla Leopard 10.5.6, works OTB, but does not have a very strong signal.”
10.X Core2009-03-20
6,100 dossier reads
Confirmed Remote That Works
“If one was wanting to use Apple Remote, what IR-Receiver would I have to look for? I am using ha ma.de/portal/searchSelectedProduct*NO/articleId*158507/action*2563/searchMode*1/bySearch*mce+remote a Hama MCE Remote, which works partially, V…”
10.X Core2009-03-20
5,901 dossier reads