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@azazthot
InfiniteMac community contributor with 39 recorded dispatches, 7 lead technical dossiers (42,314 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 384,332 historical readers.
Dispatches
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Author Reads
42,314
Ranked #251 · 7 dossiers
Thread Reach
384,332
Ranked #1,350 in reach
Lead Dossiers
7
6,045 avg reads / dossier
Member Number
#142
Joined 2008-01-14
Active Window
2008–2009
2008-01-15 → 2009-05-14
Hardware Specs Reported in Dispatches
I need an advise: which sse3 proc to buy? · Motherboard: K8NF-9 (gigabyte) - 939 socket · (Ppl from NL - welke winkel ook?)
- Archive Standing
- #185 of 6,691 by Dispatches (39 notes) · #251 of 3,454 by Author Readership (42,314 reads across 7 dossiers) · #1,350 by Thread Reach (384,332 cumulative reads)
- InfiniteMac ID
- Member #142 · Joined 2008-01-14
- Hardware & Kernel Topics
- NVIDIA GeForce (13) · AMD OSx86 (8) · AHCI / SATA (2)
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Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection
Distribution across 5 technical boards
Lead Dossiers Authored by @azazthot (7)
42,314 cumulative reads on threads started by @azazthot
| Dossier Title & Summary | Collection | Readership |
|---|---|---|
| Yet another problem with graphics GeForce8500gt 512Mb video-gf8500gt, 512Mb, VGA display - when i drag windows, the contents of the window becomes scrambled. The drivers i used - zeph's nvinject+512 extention. What can it be? | Leopard 10.5 | 9,212 reads 2008-03-10 · 11 notes |
| Marvin ruins apps I have very strange problem: As it is advised, i applied marvins utility to my Applications folder trying to solv some stabilty issues with iDVD, and then some apps begin to crash ( Skype, Toast, frontraw...).These become ok after undoing… | Software & Kexts | 8,709 reads 2008-07-14 · 11 notes |
| Wireless again rt61/rt2560 I have WLI-171 sitecom wireless pci (!) adapter. The chip is identified by efistudio as rt61/rt2560, device id is 0x03011814. Already tried all the drivers from realtek and sitecom sites (including korean realtek), the problem of those… | 10.X Core | 7,381 reads 2008-07-29 · 1 notes |
| Toast, iDVD, WoW (hehe) - doesn't work -Marvin cannot patch Toest an iDVD cannotstart without any error message, wow crashes, iphoto work ok but crashes when i try to print fotos -i am able to print from other apps. it is not dvdwriter issue because liquidcd works perfectly. I run Marvin on… | Software & Kexts | 6,884 reads 2008-03-26 · 14 notes |
| Entourage 2008 - "no secure connection is availabele" error Every time, when i start entourage2008 i get this error with gmail account ( it is imap/smtp - switching to pop doesn't help), it still synchronizes with the server, but this error message is really irritating. I found something on MS… | Leopard 10.5 | 3,814 reads 2008-09-15 · 2 notes |
| WoW graphics distortion After upgrading to 10.5.5 i got grafics distortion playing wow. It begins after a couple minutes of playing and becomes worser. After resetting to default setting it becomes ok for another couple of minutes and then again... Everything is… | Leopard 10.5 | 3,791 reads 2008-10-30 · 5 notes |
| Unable to load Gui after install Hello, people. I really need help - I feel that I am almost there.This is my specs: Athlon 64 3000+ (sse2 only) nforce4 via chipset GeForce 8500GT 512mb LAN geforce onboard HDs: 10G IDE - Tiger (10.4.9 tubgirl - works perfect) 80G sata -… | Leopard 10.5 | 2,523 reads 2008-03-03 · 7 notes |
Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (31)
Direct links into threads where @azazthot contributed solutions & commentary
| Thread & Dispatch Excerpt | Collection | Date & Reach |
|---|---|---|
| Mac OS X 10.5.7 Released “Just update with comboupdate dmg and install voodoolike kernel(9.6.0)+seatbelt.kext (10.5.6) and it works on my both iPC and iDeneb (AMD Venice, nforce4, geforce 8500gt 512). Should not be a problem at all.” | Releases & News | 2009-05-14 99,651 dossier reads |
| Leopard 10.5.2 AMD EFI (OOTB) “Hello, people. I really need help - I feel that I am almost there.This is my specs: Athlon 64 3000+ (sse2 only) nforce4 via chipset GeForce 8500GT 512mb LAN geforce onboard HDs: 10G IDE - Tiger (10.4.9 tubgirl - works perfect) 80G sata - Vi…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-02-29 74,206 dossier reads |
| Mac OS X 10.5.5 released “After the update the system cannot load the finder ( at liest i think that it is the problem). In verbose mode i get the same error as nateman06, but the boot goes further, but it stops after loading blue screen and rolling ball, already tr…” | Releases & News | 2008-09-17 29,135 dossier reads |
| Guide: Creating a very safe OS X system “I understand the intention of this guide, and it is very helpful for beginners, who want to stay on the safe side. I also appreciate your effort - it is really well done and clear guide. Just wanted to mention, that there is also another wa…” | 10.X Core | 2008-07-21 27,629 dossier reads |
| Guide: Creating a very safe OS X system “Sorry, but i see no difference between "recovery" disk and timemachine backup. I think that we can use TM instead of recovery pertition. I restored my system a couple of times from TM and it worked just fine. and for people, who are not com…” | 10.X Core | 2008-07-21 27,629 dossier reads |
| New modbin kernel for AMD 10.5.4 “kernel update to 9.4.0 - went just fine, but (!) system.kext (ver. 9.4.0) ruins my system ( luckily i have timemachine working - good tip: make tm backup before evri system update) Tried to install the kext with 1) OSXtools, 2) kexthelper, …” | 10.X Core | 2008-07-14 25,630 dossier reads |
| 10.5.2 Update for AMD only, eddie11c “EFI -kernel panic with 10.5.2 rev1 I tried almost all combinations of kernels with mbr efi: with 9.2.0 i get reboot loop and with 9.0.0 - kernel panic. My quetions are all the kernels support sse2 ( my proc. amd 3000+, so sse2 only)? and if…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-02-22 13,226 dossier reads |
| iLife '08 “My ilife is fully updated to last version. Everything works fine, but the book option in iPhoto. iPhoto cannot find any themes."Card" works fine and has all the themes. Where should i check, where can i get the themes and where should i put…” | Software & Kexts | 2008-10-10 11,135 dossier reads |
| Yet another problem with graphics GeForce8500gt 512Mb “The issue is resolved: i put my old geforce 7300gl and now no graphic distortion. the only thing that doesn't work is World of Warcraft - iguess some OpenGL problem. Where can i chek opengl status?” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-03-12 9,212 dossier reads |
| Yet another problem with graphics GeForce8500gt 512Mb “installed 9.2 netkas - no panic, but didn"t solve the problem.I wil try to install the graphics update. Can i instal it "as is" or i need to patch it ? If a patch is needed where can i get it? Thanx for your help ppl.” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-03-11 9,212 dossier reads |
| Yet another problem with graphics GeForce8500gt 512Mb “Chipset Model: Graphics by NVIDIA Type: Display Bus: PCIe PCIe Lane Width: x16 VRAM (Total): 512 MB Vendor: NVIDIA (0x10de) Device ID: 0x0421 Revision ID: 0x00a1 ROM Revision: NVinject 0.2.0 Displays: BenQ FP202WA: Resolution: 1680 x 1050 @…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-03-11 9,212 dossier reads |
| Yet another problem with graphics GeForce8500gt 512Mb “my proc is sse2 only -so i am not sure i can use 9.2..., i gona try new kernel from iatkos. thanx for the tip” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-03-10 9,212 dossier reads |
| Marvin ruins apps “Most of of programs working great without patching (including: wow,toast,ilife,iwork, skype,adium, idefrag ...), so i dont risk.” | Software & Kexts | 2008-07-18 8,709 dossier reads |
| Marvin ruins apps “Thank u so much ppl for your reactions. Now i feel safe NOT to use it.” | Software & Kexts | 2008-07-15 8,709 dossier reads |
| Toast, iDVD, WoW (hehe) - doesn't work -Marvin cannot patch “Thnx ppl, I go a processor fishing... Btw X2 - both cores work?” | Software & Kexts | 2008-04-09 6,884 dossier reads |
| Toast, iDVD, WoW (hehe) - doesn't work -Marvin cannot patch “I need an advise: which sse3 proc to buy? Motherboard: K8NF-9 (gigabyte) - 939 socket (Ppl from NL - welke winkel ook?)” | Software & Kexts | 2008-04-08 6,884 dossier reads |
| Toast, iDVD, WoW (hehe) - doesn't work -Marvin cannot patch “[cite] bhast2:take a look here to fix your toast and it may fix the others osx.kb ot.de/comments.php?DiscussionID=842&page=1#Item_3 and for wow read this it's easy to fix get Marvin's AMD Utility and select "Create patcher package" and let …” | Software & Kexts | 2008-03-27 6,884 dossier reads |
| partial success and problem with wifi “pci rt61/rt25xx still doesn't work with osx86! u should try to buy an usb adapter (20-30 eur) -for me it solved the problem. if u find a kext for rt61 please post it” | 10.X Core | 2008-07-23 5,859 dossier reads |
| partial success and problem with wifi “1)use efistudio http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?act=attach&type=post&id=30406, work for me as a charm 2)nvkush.kext (google it) Ihave geforce8500gt 512 -in efistudio use string for geforce8600gt This thing really saved me P.S. You ha…” | 10.X Core | 2008-07-18 5,859 dossier reads |
| 2 minute black screen at every boot “check again: u really have to delete any other drivers (kexts) for graphics! Also, efistudio sometimes cannot change boot.plist because of the permissions, so try to change the permissions of boot.plist every body read/write, generate the s…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-07-24 5,362 dossier reads |
| 2 minute black screen at every boot “what graphic card do u have? I had the same problem, but it solved so: delete nvinject and nvkush( if u have it) and use efistudio to add string to the boot.plist. it make boot really fast. Succes!” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-07-22 5,362 dossier reads |
| Leopard installed fine, only white screen that says reboot “iget panic with "com.apple.driver.iTunes.phone" ?” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-02-20 4,406 dossier reads |
| Only Line-out on AC97 audio (nVidia CK804, nForce 4) “* naquaada * CommentTimeMay 4th 2008 quote Try using the Audio/Midi configuration. Set audio to 4 or 6 ch, then back to 2. This also happens sometimes wehn I exit Logic or mainstage. Sometimes the volume and mute keys on my keyboard have no…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-07-17 4,302 dossier reads |
| Only Line-out on AC97 audio (nVidia CK804, nForce 4) “I have a bit other problem with AC97 kc804 onboard chip: Sound works with a good volume, BUT eventually the output switches from speakers to "line out" and to spdf and back, so every program thet i start (iTunes, quicktime, vlc, idvd etc), …” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-07-17 4,302 dossier reads |
| WoW graphics distortion “I put my old asus geforce 7300 le 128 mb card and it solved the problem,... but the performance is naturally not the same.. is it issue of xfx 8500gt 512 card? what can i do to solve it? 8500gt 512 is still better than 7300 le 128. I have n…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-11-03 3,791 dossier reads |
| Unable to load Gui after install “I solved the problem without knowing what is it…: Maybe it can help others. Ive installed leo on old IDE (!) HD - did work, but 10G is not enough normal functioning, so just restored image on my big SATA drive - repaired disk and permisions…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-03-10 2,523 dossier reads |
| Unable to load Gui after install “OK, I will try to make a foto. Out of my head after thet "display" message is says: nvhal50 loaded and registered, then nvinject - something like 10 lines, evererything ok and then loginwindow application strted, and then gos to that gray/b…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-03-03 2,523 dossier reads |
| Unable to load Gui after install “People, please! I am stuck with this problem already a week - google , insanelymac,osx86.scene etc. are not helpful. I read very carefully what it say in verbose mode and the only wrong thin i see is : "display: family matching failed" what…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-03-03 2,523 dossier reads |
| iLife '08 “Thank U very much! Gonna try tonight..” | Software & Kexts | 2008-10-13 11,135 dossier reads |
| Toast, iDVD, WoW (hehe) - doesn't work -Marvin cannot patch “toast 9, ilife 08, wow 2.3.3” | Software & Kexts | 2008-03-26 6,884 dossier reads |
| Unable to load Gui after install “Deleted all nvidia related kexts - didn't help” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-03-04 2,523 dossier reads |