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Member #38,460 · 2011-01-04 → 2011-02-19
#527 by Dispatches #297 by Author Reads #1,842 by Thread Reach Member #38,460 NVIDIA GeForce AMD OSx86 DSDT

@AVO-Electronics

InfiniteMac community contributor with 15 recorded dispatches, 4 lead technical dossiers (35,664 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 165,496 historical readers.

Dispatches 15 Ranked #527 of 6,691
Author Reads 35,664 Ranked #297 · 4 dossiers
Thread Reach 165,496 Ranked #1,842 in reach
Lead Dossiers 4 8,916 avg reads / dossier
Member Number #38,460 Joined 2011-01-04
Active Window 2011 2011-01-04 → 2011-02-19
Hardware Specs Reported in Dispatches
Asus P5B-Deluxe (ICH8/P965) · Core 2 Duo E7200 · GeForce 7300LE · Velociraptor WD150
Archive Standing
#527 of 6,691 by Dispatches (15 notes) · #297 of 3,454 by Author Readership (35,664 reads across 4 dossiers) · #1,842 by Thread Reach (165,496 cumulative reads)
InfiniteMac ID
Member #38,460 · Joined 2011-01-04
Hardware & Kernel Topics
NVIDIA GeForce (8) · AMD OSx86 (6) · DSDT (4) · Chameleon / Boot-132 (3) · Retail DVD / USB (3) · ATI Radeon (1)
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Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection

Distribution across 1 technical boards

10.X Core
15 (100%)

Lead Dossiers Authored by @AVO-Electronics (4)

35,664 cumulative reads on threads started by @AVO-Electronics

Dossier Title & SummaryCollectionReadership
10.6.6 update - blue screen
I've applied 10.6.6 update, for the most part it seems okay with no 'serious' errors. But I'm getting a blue screen just before the system brings up the desktop. It boots in safe mode fine. I'm using darwin kernel 10.6.0 in 64bit mode, all…
10.X Core14,366 reads
2011-01-21 · 12 notes
Huge boot time speed up removing DSMOS.kext
Removed! I don't think DSMOS issue is a problem in general, think it was just a problem for me so I don't recommend removing it. I have since moved to an Intel system, far easier and I'm now running x64 10.6.6 very fast
10.X Core8,428 reads
2011-01-05 · 3 notes
Decryption hasn't succeeded yet (probably will retry)
I did a stupid thing, I removed the 'Don't Steal Mac OS.kext'. I was under the impression with FakeSMC I didn't need it. I first backed up the kext then removed it. Now whether that was the cause of my trouble or not I don't know, because…
10.X Core6,920 reads
2011-01-04 · 3 notes
Blacklisted kexts on every boot
My system is booting extremely slow, maybe 5-8 minutes to desktop, but once loaded it seem okay. These errors occur on arch=i386 only and with the -force64 flag. I'm trying to fix all the start up errors and here is one, but it also…
10.X Core5,950 reads
2011-01-04 · 3 notes

Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (11)

Direct links into threads where @AVO-Electronics contributed solutions & commentary

Thread & Dispatch ExcerptCollectionDate & Reach
amd_insn_patcher - Instructions would be nice
“If you are running in 64-bit mode, also patch: /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib /usr/lib/dyld Do not patch those two if you are presently running in x86 mode, it kills you're mac! :'( ASUS Crosshair MCP590 SLI | AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 Dual-Core 6400+ …”
10.X Core2011-01-04
42,725 dossier reads
AMD Dual-Core Optimizer for Snow Leopard
“History I have an AMD Athlon 64 X2 dual-core processor. If I boot into Snow Leopard as is, I get EXC_I386_DIV crashes across my entire system after a few hours. If I boot with the cpus=1 kernel flag, I do not receive the crashes but I lose …”
10.X Core2011-01-05
37,534 dossier reads
10.6.5 legacy kernel for INTEL/AMD V2 (32+64bit)
“Is this the same version just posted on insanelymac.com? Also, I've been testing this version and uname reports it as version 10.5.0? I assume this is as expected given that this kernel is based on Darwin 10.5.0! FYI it boots without any fl…”
10.X Core2011-01-04
29,006 dossier reads
How to install mac os on amd athalon. Pls. help
“i am new to this thing a total newbee. I will describe my configuration of my laptop. Acer Aspire 5542g Amd Turion II X2 M500 (2.2ghz, 1mb l2 Cache) Ati Mobility Radeon HD 4570 with 512 VRAM 3GB Memory 320 GB HDD Plz guide me how to install…”
10.X Core2011-01-04
20,567 dossier reads
10.6.6 update - blue screen
“Cheers Danny, that's a lot of help, Yes I am making a DAW and I had a brilliant install that I have been using for the past two years with Leopard 10.5.8 - flawless. I'm just getting ahead of myself and trying my hand at Snow Leopard. I use…”
10.X Core2011-02-19
14,366 dossier reads
10.6.6 update - blue screen
“Furthermore, here is what the DSDT fixes. You may have to look up what each one does. DTGP HID/CID INTEL AHCI ICH8 IRQs RENAMED DEVICES SBUS SHUTDOWN LPC REMOVED DEVICES FIX WARNINGS”
10.X Core2011-02-18
14,366 dossier reads
10.6.6 update - blue screen
“Thanks for getting back so quickly! Which kexts are you using for power management? shut down, restart and sleep? Also are ALL your USB ports working? I'm having issues with my front two, they work sometimes and stop at others! Very random!…”
10.X Core2011-02-18
14,366 dossier reads
10.6.6 update - blue screen
“Im using a p5b deluxe installing using iAtkos s3 v2 then upgraded to 10.6.6 - successfully fully installed (execpt my Broadcom Wifi - which I lost doing the Combo update, but that is something I need not worry about just yet). My problem is…”
10.X Core2011-02-18
14,366 dossier reads
10.6.6 update - blue screen
“boot with arch=i386. You can't run in full 64bit using any GeForce 7 series card. Hi, It works on 32bit. So does this mean my gfx isn't supported on 64-bit?”
10.X Core2011-01-22
14,366 dossier reads
Decryption hasn't succeeded yet (probably will retry)
“Well the information necessary for the Binary Decryption is provided by the SMC device on real Macs, fakesmc is just what the name says - no decrypter itself. Try to delete /System/Library/Extensions/com.apple.kext.caches folder. PS: osx 86…”
10.X Core2011-01-05
6,920 dossier reads
Blacklisted kexts on every boot
“Powermanagment Disabler beeing integrated in the Legacy Kernel. Hey, So I have to live with it then?”
10.X Core2011-01-05
5,950 dossier reads