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Member #9,163 · 2009-08-01 → 2009-12-10
#284 by Dispatches #184 by Author Reads #350 by Thread Reach Member #9,163 📍 Vancouver, BC NVIDIA GeForce ATI Radeon AHCI / SATA

@arterio

InfiniteMac community contributor with 26 recorded dispatches, 7 lead technical dossiers (55,284 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 1,367,369 historical readers.

Dispatches 26 Ranked #284 of 6,691
Author Reads 55,284 Ranked #184 · 7 dossiers
Thread Reach 1,367,369 Ranked #350 in reach
Lead Dossiers 7 7,898 avg reads / dossier
Member Number #9,163 Joined 2009-08-01
Active Window 2009 2009-08-01 → 2009-12-10
Preserved Forum Signature & OSx86 Rig
Intel Core2 Quad Q9450 | Asus Rampage Extreme | 4GB DDR3-2000 | Diamond Radeon HD 5870 | ADI AD1988B Audio
200GB Seagate sATA2 | 2 x 250GB Seagate sATA2 | 500GB Seagate sATA2 | 1TB Maxtor USB | Pioneer DVR-212D sATA DVD+-RW
Mac OS X 10.5.8 | Voodoo 9.7.0 Kernel | VoodooHDA

Archive Standing
#284 of 6,691 by Dispatches (26 notes) · #184 of 3,454 by Author Readership (55,284 reads across 7 dossiers) · #350 by Thread Reach (1,367,369 cumulative reads)
InfiniteMac ID
Member #9,163 · Joined 2009-08-01
Location
Vancouver, BC
Hardware & Kernel Topics
NVIDIA GeForce (2) · ATI Radeon (2) · AHCI / SATA (1) · Chameleon / Boot-132 (1) · Voodoo / XNU Kernel (1) · ALC889a / Audio (1)
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Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection

Distribution across 3 technical boards

10.X Core
15 (58%)
Leopard 10.5
8 (31%)

Lead Dossiers Authored by @arterio (7)

55,284 cumulative reads on threads started by @arterio

Dossier Title & SummaryCollectionReadership
OS X thinks my drives are external
I have 3 internal HDD's. They're connected via sATA. My icon's are orange, they've always been orange since installing iAtkos v7. I thought thats just how it was as I've never used OS X before. But from viewing screenshots of other's…
10.X Core14,077 reads
2009-08-15 · 11 notes
Upgrade to 10.6 questions, application and process specific.
I'm interested in upgrading to 10.6. I have a fully functional 10.5.8 running on my hardware. I've seen several guides including some that specifically use my motherboard and similar video card (8000 series). I have a couple of questions…
Snow Leopard 10.612,985 reads
2009-09-02 · 10 notes
Dual-Boot: Vista / OS X 10.5 System Time Problem
I have iAtkos v7 upgraded to 10.5.8 running on one HDD, and Vista Ultimate 64-bit running on another HDD. I choose which one to boot from during my bios post screen. It works great. My only problem is that if I set the time correctly in OS…
10.X Core8,082 reads
2009-09-19 · 3 notes
Radeon 5870 Help
I just bought a Radeon HD 5870 yesterday, and I'm upgrading from a GeForce 8800GTX OC2. I have the nv injector installed currently. How would I go about getting my 5870 working in 10.5.8? What kext should I use?
10.X Core7,709 reads
2009-10-16 · 3 notes
Asus P5K-E: Can't get mic input to work.
I'm trying to get my mic input to work so I can use Skype and Ventrilo. I am using the VoodooHDA.kext for my ADI 1988B onboard sound card. The mixer panel shows the mic input, and I'm allowed to adjust the volume on it, but when testing…
Leopard 10.54,601 reads
2009-09-06 · 4 notes
Can it work on this laptop
I have a Compaq V2310 (approx 3.5 years old). 1.6Ghz AMD Turion 64 processor 2GB DDR-400 RAM ATI Radeon 200M Broadcom Wireless AC`97 Audio I tried installing iDeneb 10.5.6 and iAtkos 10.5.7 but I get a circle with a diagonal line through…
10.X Core4,471 reads
2009-08-01 · 4 notes
Safe to update from 10.5.7 to 10.5.8
I'm running iAtkos v7 10.5.7. I've applied other updates that have been released through the Apple Software Updater. The 10.5.8 release was earlier this week, I've been watching the forums to see if anyone is posting anything about the…
Leopard 10.53,359 reads
2009-08-15 · 2 notes

Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (19)

Direct links into threads where @arterio contributed solutions & commentary

Thread & Dispatch ExcerptCollectionDate & Reach
Snow Leopard Retail (10A432) on P5K-E Wifi A/P -64 bit mode
“I followed this guide, to a T, and when I reboot and try booting from the drive with 10.6 on it, it fails, the screen just goes black. I hit F8 and put in -x64 -f -v and I see an error message almost immediately. Something about the Kernel …”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-09-03
808,277 dossier reads
10.5.8 is out
“I installed iAtkos v7 (10.5.7) and did the update to 10.5.8 just last week. Went flawlessly. Didn't need to do anything. It rebooted on it's own as Dano mentioned, but on the 2nd reboot it went to the desktop, so I assume that it was suppos…”
10.X Core2009-09-02
265,008 dossier reads
10.5.8 is out
“Updated using software updater and it went perfectly. No need to re-install any kext's.”
10.X Core2009-08-15
265,008 dossier reads
Dual boot Windows and OS X from different Hard Drives
“I'm wondering if someone can help me get my system to dual-boot. I have OS X 10.5.8 running right now. My only complaint is that I can't play some of my games (TF2 specifically), and I can't select my microphone as an input device. I'd like…”
10.X Core2009-09-06
125,261 dossier reads
AnV XNU 9.8.0 V1.6
“Excuse my noobness, just started using OS X about 3 weeks ago. Loving it so far. I used a guide to help install iAtkos v7 on my intel hackintosh. I'm using the Voodoo 9.7 kernel, what's the difference, or benefit to updating the kernel? Wha…”
10.X Core2009-08-15
95,354 dossier reads
OS X thinks my drives are external
“Yes, I used Finder to copy the files. Is there any other way I should have done it?”
10.X Core2009-08-21
14,077 dossier reads
OS X thinks my drives are external
“Thanks for the tip. I installed those KEXT's, backed up the originals. The system won't boot normally however unless I use the "-f" flag. Is there any way to resolve this?”
10.X Core2009-08-20
14,077 dossier reads
Upgrade to 10.6 questions, application and process specific.
“I thought 32-bit machines were limited to 4GB of RAM. Anything over 4GB wouldn't be accessible. Or is that different with OS X?”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-09-09
12,985 dossier reads
Radeon 5870 Help
“Does anyone know how to get this working yet? Is there a kext that supports the 5xxx series of ATI cards yet?”
10.X Core2009-12-10
7,709 dossier reads
Please help me!!
“This is the wrong area of the forums to be posting this. Try the 10.5 Prepatched or the Hardware forums. [EDIT by Lanceomni] - Thanks for your reply. I have moved this thread to its proper location.”
Leopard 10.52009-08-26
6,569 dossier reads
Snow leopard release date 28th
“Does anyone know if this will be a straight forward upgrade process for us hackintosh users? I'm using iAtkos v7, and I'm able to use the Apple Software Update tool to apply updates, I've never had a problem, even from 10.5.7. to 10.5.8. Or…”
10.X Core2009-08-25
6,399 dossier reads
iATKOS Help
“When you were installing you had the option under drivers to use the nVidia EFI driver. You should have selected that. You can still install that driver. Insert the install disc and boot from it. Go through the install process. But this tim…”
Leopard 10.52009-08-14
5,217 dossier reads
iATKOS Help
“We'd be able to help a little better if you offered us some system specs. What hardware is in the machine you're trying to run iAtkos on?”
Leopard 10.52009-08-13
5,217 dossier reads
Asus P5K-E: Can't get mic input to work.
“Looking around on Google I've found references to a driver package that used to be worked on by someone named "Taruga". I read many reports that his driver packaged got audio out and mic input working. Does anyone have this package that the…”
Leopard 10.52009-09-07
4,601 dossier reads
Asus P5K-E: Can't get mic input to work.
“I tried this. The only port that showed some activity was my Line-In port, but it was so distorted, and staticy that it was impossible to hear what I was saying, and for it to even register I had to almost yell into the mic. When looking in…”
Leopard 10.52009-09-06
4,601 dossier reads
Can it work on this laptop
“I tried installing it, but despite all the information I can find on these forums and other sites, I'm getting "Still waiting for root device" messages. Being a laptop, I don't have the option to set primary or slave devices. I can choose w…”
10.X Core2009-08-03
4,471 dossier reads
Safe to update from 10.5.7 to 10.5.8
“Nevermind, I looked in a different forum and found some answers. Update completed successfully with no need to re-install any kext's.”
Leopard 10.52009-08-15
3,359 dossier reads
OS X thinks my drives are external
“I did what you suggested and it fixed it. Thanks!”
10.X Core2009-08-21
14,077 dossier reads
Can it work on this laptop
“Anybody? Even an educated guess?”
10.X Core2009-08-03
4,471 dossier reads