#399 by Dispatches #389 by Author Reads #2,865 by Thread Reach Member #9,508 NVIDIA GeForce AMD OSx86 Chameleon / Boot-132
@badd
InfiniteMac community contributor with 19 recorded dispatches, 4 lead technical dossiers (28,558 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 49,661 historical readers.
Dispatches
19
Ranked #399 of 6,691
Author Reads
28,558
Ranked #389 · 4 dossiers
Thread Reach
49,661
Ranked #2,865 in reach
Lead Dossiers
4
7,140 avg reads / dossier
Member Number
#9,508
Joined 2009-08-10
Active Window
2009
2009-08-10 → 2009-08-28
Hardware Specs Reported in Dispatches
My new mobo came in. A DFI 790fx. · I know that everything is compatible, but just in case, here: · GPU: nVidia 9400GT · CPU: Phenom 9550 Mark-I · Mobo: Listed above
- Archive Standing
- #399 of 6,691 by Dispatches (19 notes) · #389 of 3,454 by Author Readership (28,558 reads across 4 dossiers) · #2,865 by Thread Reach (49,661 cumulative reads)
- InfiniteMac ID
- Member #9,508 · Joined 2009-08-10
- Hardware & Kernel Topics
- NVIDIA GeForce (4) · AMD OSx86 (3) · Chameleon / Boot-132 (1)
- Frequent Thread Collaborators
- @Ali C. (4) @Imkantus (3) @wukinpanub @XphX @candykane @crimsonangel @brandonw1 @arterio @zefalove @The Edge3000 @uofamis22
Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection
Distribution across 2 technical boards
Lead Dossiers Authored by @badd (4)
28,558 cumulative reads on threads started by @badd
| Dossier Title & Summary | Collection | Readership |
|---|---|---|
| ATI™ Raedon Mobile HD 3200 Is there any drivers for this card for OSx86? I installed iATKOS v7 and was hoping on using iMovie and Final Cut Pro. I was reading that people could use EFI strings for this. What is an EFI String? Please help, without my GPU enabled, my… | Leopard 10.5 | 13,377 reads 2009-08-10 · 7 notes |
| Airport won't turn on. :( First I took out the battery, then I formatted, then I tried every possible option. Please help. It worked before. Laptop: HP tx2500z OS: iATKOS v7 I am getting real close to going to win7 | Leopard 10.5 | 7,876 reads 2009-08-11 · 6 notes |
| Help with boot up problems. My new mobo came in. A DFI 790fx. I know that everything is compatible, but just in case, here: GPU: nVidia 9400GT CPU: Phenom 9550 Mark-I Mobo: Listed above Please help. I really need a mac soon for video editing as it is my job… I dont… | Leopard 10.5 | 5,046 reads 2009-08-25 · 3 notes |
| Uno No not the game silly... I installed OSx86 formatting my drive completely. I was wondering if there was any way I could install Vista again without destroying my Hard Drive. Its an HP tx2500z Laptop. Thanks, Brandon | Leopard 10.5 | 2,259 reads 2009-08-10 · 5 notes |
Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (13)
Direct links into threads where @badd contributed solutions & commentary
| Thread & Dispatch Excerpt | Collection | Date & Reach |
|---|---|---|
| ATI™ Raedon Mobile HD 3200 “So you are my favorite person right now. So heres the dealeo... I already have a system, specs below. And I want to keep my 9400Gt without buying another card, and If I did buy another card, Id make it some high end super card, like 2 4870x…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2009-08-12 13,377 dossier reads |
| ATI™ Raedon Mobile HD 3200 “The old one was an ECS GeForce 7050M-M. And I had no idea what a distro is. And a GeForce 9400 gt will not work? sorry I'm so nub. I just hope you won't get mad at me. Thanks Brandon” | Leopard 10.5 | 2009-08-11 13,377 dossier reads |
| ATI™ Raedon Mobile HD 3200 “Thanks anyways. But since you have been so helpful so far, I was wondering if you know anything about capability. Sorry to make you do more work... But I was going to buy a new Mobo to make my desktop capable with the system. I was going to…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2009-08-10 13,377 dossier reads |
| Airport won't turn on. :( “Quoted from Installer Log: "localhost OSInstaller[132] Not loading AirPort MenuExtra because this machine does not have wireless networking available." Yet it's the same settings as when it did work. thanks for all your help, I'll just look…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2009-08-11 7,876 dossier reads |
| iAtkos 10.5.7:still waiting... can't find my hdd, rd-diskXsY doesn't work “If you havent installed it, then you need to install it once. But you can always re-enable the drives the same way you disabled them.” | Leopard 10.5 | 2009-08-11 6,111 dossier reads |
| iAtkos 10.5.7:still waiting... can't find my hdd, rd-diskXsY doesn't work “Have you tried disabling your Sata drive, and all other drives not including the drive you plan on installing. You do this by going into your BIOS and changing the boot devices to none. Then make your 1st boot option your Optical Drive or U…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2009-08-11 6,111 dossier reads |
| Laging Graphics No Quartz Extreme “I can't believe you have a store that sells agp cards. Well if you can get the card that is more capable I advise so. As a wise person once told me: Dont get a GPU just for good Hackintoshing” | Leopard 10.5 | 2009-08-13 5,381 dossier reads |
| Laging Graphics No Quartz Extreme “I dont think much people have much experience with AGP anymore. Mostly everyone has moved on to PCI-E x16, I know I have. Are you sure that the card is QE capable? It seems like it reads the card and can use the card but the card doesnt sup…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2009-08-12 5,381 dossier reads |
| iATKOS Help “When you installed it did you hit customize. >_>” | Leopard 10.5 | 2009-08-13 5,217 dossier reads |
| Dual Boot with Two Hard Drives “I think chameleon v2 may have this capability but I am not sure. I have only seen it with a partitioned hard drive. And while they are very similar, 1 hard drive =/= 2.” | 10.X Core | 2009-08-13 4,394 dossier reads |
| Dual Boot with Two Hard Drives “You dont need a bootloader, A trip to your BIOS and picking the drive you dont want to boot from and disabling it would work fine.” | 10.X Core | 2009-08-11 4,394 dossier reads |
| Uno “I hate to be a noob, but you lost me at the use the gparted live CD. Ive only been using the piece of crap mac for 3 days. If you could go into noob detail, you would be my god. PS. This forum is waaaay better than insanely mac” | Leopard 10.5 | 2009-08-10 2,259 dossier reads |
| Airport won't turn on. :( “But the wifi worked before.” | Leopard 10.5 | 2009-08-11 7,876 dossier reads |