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Member #405 · 2008-01-27 → 2008-02-02
#501 by Dispatches #453 by Author Reads #3,526 by Thread Reach Member #405 ASUS P5K / P5Q NVIDIA GeForce

@arcticsheep

InfiniteMac community contributor with 16 recorded dispatches, 6 lead technical dossiers (24,819 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 24,819 historical readers.

Dispatches 16 Ranked #501 of 6,691
Author Reads 24,819 Ranked #453 · 6 dossiers
Thread Reach 24,819 Ranked #3,526 in reach
Lead Dossiers 6 4,136 avg reads / dossier
Member Number #405 Joined 2008-01-26
Active Window 2008 2008-01-27 → 2008-02-02
Hardware Specs Reported in Dispatches
7600 GS (PCI-E) 256 · ASUS A8N-E · ATHLON64 X2 2.4ghz · 1gb 400mhz Specs: · ASUS M2N-E SLi · X1650pro 512 · athlon64 x2 2.5ghz (am2)
Archive Standing
#501 of 6,691 by Dispatches (16 notes) · #453 of 3,454 by Author Readership (24,819 reads across 6 dossiers) · #3,526 by Thread Reach (24,819 cumulative reads)
InfiniteMac ID
Member #405 · Joined 2008-01-26
Hardware & Kernel Topics
ASUS P5K / P5Q (1) · NVIDIA GeForce (1)
Frequent Thread Collaborators
@naquaada (4) @DoiX (2) @nfoav8or @Firewalk @zephyroth @riangeli @gogo @minibuu @WinLinMac01 @cgsheen @Puttabong @roisoft

Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection

Distribution across 2 technical boards

10.X Core
15 (94%)
Leopard 10.5
1 (6%)

Lead Dossiers Authored by @arcticsheep (6)

24,819 cumulative reads on threads started by @arcticsheep

Dossier Title & SummaryCollectionReadership
resolution
I'm stuck on 1024x768 resolution. I'm using an X1650pro. I'll keep researching & updating Thanks all, Pete
10.X Core6,016 reads
2008-01-27 · 14 notes
Ps/2 keyboard doesn't work
Even in -s mode! it works when I enter the darwin loader boot options but after that I can't type and my numlock light is off ! this is all happening on the dvd (I'm trying to do the fdisk -e and flag the boot part stuff) Thanks (I don't…
Leopard 10.55,211 reads
2008-01-28 · 6 notes
Kernel panic
I just installed mac on my other pc, which has ... 7600 GS (PCI-E) 256 ASUS A8N-E ATHLON64 X2 2.4ghz 1gb 400mhz I get a kernel panic if I don't -s or -x. It says something about com.apple.GeForce(5.1.6)@0x223e9000->0x2246aff and then a lot…
10.X Core3,610 reads
2008-02-02 · 2 notes
need sound driver
As some of you know from my last post, I re-installed OS X and for some reason this time everything worked fine except my sound (?), which worked flawlessly last time (when my resolution didn't work :S) I have no idea I never touched any…
10.X Core3,607 reads
2008-01-30 · 4 notes
bootloader malfunction
I just installed time machine to a local harddrive and it worked without any problems (in the beginning). So anyway, I restarted eventually and instead of getting Darwin bootloader I got a flashing underscore! I reinstalled and tried all…
10.X Core3,355 reads
2008-01-30 · 8 notes
DNS error preventing boot
whenever I try to boot from my hdd or even the install cd for osx, I get this dns error... It's like 10 lines, and it just keeps repeating itself every like 20 seconds ! What do I do?! I havent changed any hardware or bios! Help please !…
10.X Core3,020 reads
2008-02-02 · 2 notes

Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (10)

Direct links into threads where @arcticsheep contributed solutions & commentary

Thread & Dispatch ExcerptCollectionDate & Reach
resolution
“This is really strange... At the beginning I installed Firewalk's guide and I came to this problem, I somehow managed to break my system and after a reformat I followed the guide again except now I can select any resolution and also there's…”
10.X Core2008-01-30
6,016 dossier reads
resolution
“there's no way around that? I do have drivers... i'm using (what's it called?) QE/CI, with the semi-transparent menu bar. I don't really know what VESA is but I don't think I'm using it. is VESA the default/standard graphics displaying form…”
10.X Core2008-01-29
6,016 dossier reads
resolution
“Thanks for the suggestion, naquaada Unfortunately when I tried that it locked me on 1152x864 I don't really have an idea what's going on. is it somehow locked on an aspect ratio? thanks again, peter”
10.X Core2008-01-28
6,016 dossier reads
resolution
“Ahh thank you so much DoiX ! Okay I tried that boot.plist method I put in 1680x1050x32 but when I boot it's at 1400x1050 ! (It looked a bit stretched and in preferences it said 1400) thanks again”
10.X Core2008-01-27
6,016 dossier reads
resolution
“thanks a lot people, I'm anxious to try these new methods, but I'm stuck right now Before anyone posted replies I went ahead and installed Callisto. I followed the instructions carefully but when I rebooted (oh no!) kernel panic! I tried in…”
10.X Core2008-01-27
6,016 dossier reads
need sound driver
“Hmm... just a little update: Is it possible that this guide http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=69345&st=0&p=492434&#entry492434 for installing QI / CE. I think that whatever it did to my sound driver it also did to my mouse dr…”
10.X Core2008-01-30
3,607 dossier reads
need sound driver
“Thanks for the suggestion I can't seem to find any guides for installing it (at least an english guide) Can you give me a start?”
10.X Core2008-01-30
3,607 dossier reads
bootloader malfunction
“okay I just installed using mbr and it does exactly the same thing ( blinking cursor ) ! Somebody please help”
10.X Core2008-01-31
3,355 dossier reads
bootloader malfunction
“My time machine backup was on the same hdd ! And also its the bootloader that isn't working.. Anyways I found out that my drive was guid.. How do i change it back to mbr? I have yet to find out what EDI is...”
10.X Core2008-01-31
3,355 dossier reads
bootloader malfunction
“I have no idea what guid and efi are. How do i check? Would it be possible to simply overwrite the entire disk with 0s? I heard about this dd command somewhere...”
10.X Core2008-01-31
3,355 dossier reads