Mac OS X on x86 Hardware 2008–2024 Technical Archive
Member #16,361 · 2009-10-23 → 2009-11-08
#1,147 by Dispatches #770 by Author Reads #4,019 by Thread Reach Member #16,361 NVIDIA GeForce Chameleon / Boot-132 Voodoo / XNU Kernel

@Arck

InfiniteMac community contributor with 7 recorded dispatches, 1 lead technical dossiers (14,791 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 14,791 historical readers.

Dispatches 7 Ranked #1,147 of 6,691
Author Reads 14,791 Ranked #770 · 1 dossiers
Thread Reach 14,791 Ranked #4,019 in reach
Lead Dossiers 1 14,791 avg reads / dossier
Member Number #16,361 Joined 2009-10-23
Active Window 2009 2009-10-23 → 2009-11-08
Archive Standing
#1,147 of 6,691 by Dispatches (7 notes) · #770 of 3,454 by Author Readership (14,791 reads across 1 dossiers) · #4,019 by Thread Reach (14,791 cumulative reads)
InfiniteMac ID
Member #16,361 · Joined 2009-10-23
Hardware & Kernel Topics
NVIDIA GeForce (5) · Chameleon / Boot-132 (1) · Voodoo / XNU Kernel (1) · Dell Inspiron / Latitude (1)
Frequent Thread Collaborators
@thorazine74 @chico_stang @pipe @Mega Maniac @impressions

Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection

Distribution across 1 technical boards

10.X Core
7 (100%)

Lead Dossiers Authored by @Arck (1)

14,791 cumulative reads on threads started by @Arck

Dossier Title & SummaryCollectionReadership
8400gs 512mb Weird horizontal line screen artifacts
Hey, first I want to thank everyone here for all the support as I've attempted setting up my machine these past few weeks and have been doing a ridiculous number of searches here and elsewhere, stealing your info without your knowledge =).…
10.X Core14,791 reads
2009-10-23 · 15 notes

Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (6)

Direct links into threads where @Arck contributed solutions & commentary

Thread & Dispatch ExcerptCollectionDate & Reach
8400gs 512mb Weird horizontal line screen artifacts
“It would seem from what you're saying that we are experiencing the same problem, but with different cards. At this point, I am completely lost about what to do or what may be causing it. I do thank you for responding, so now we at least kno…”
10.X Core2009-11-08
14,791 dossier reads
8400gs 512mb Weird horizontal line screen artifacts
“Just another update. I think I'll try updating this thread until I get this thing working, then if anyone else has a similar problem, maybe it'll be helpful for them. Reinstalled and updated to 10.5.8, with no extra video kexts added later.…”
10.X Core2009-10-28
14,791 dossier reads
8400gs 512mb Weird horizontal line screen artifacts
“I'm running Chameleon v2 RC3. I added the graphics enabler option under the com.apple.boot.plist as GraphicsEnabler Yes but I didn't notice any changes. Then again, I'm running under Leopard as well. Also tried installing the new PC EFI 10.…”
10.X Core2009-10-25
14,791 dossier reads
8400gs 512mb Weird horizontal line screen artifacts
“I hate to double post, but here's an update: Installed Nvenabler.kext, which on normal boot would give me two blue screens... and that's it. No cursors, etc. The last lines that came up in verbose mode were along the lines of apci_smc_platf…”
10.X Core2009-10-25
14,791 dossier reads
8400gs 512mb Weird horizontal line screen artifacts
“I've added strings with EFI studio, which gives me the same result as nvinject. I booted again from the iatkos disk and installed the nvenabler.kext from it. Starting up with normal boot gives me a blue screen on both monitors, where the de…”
10.X Core2009-10-25
14,791 dossier reads
8400gs 512mb Weird horizontal line screen artifacts
“Thank you for your response! Removed Nvinject (no efi strings at the moment) and it's back to the original driver. No artifacts, but stuck at 1024x768 and only a single screen. I was aware that QE/CI wasn't working, but I didn't think it wa…”
10.X Core2009-10-23
14,791 dossier reads