Mac OS X on x86 Hardware 2008–2024 Technical Archive
Member #432 · 2008-01-27 → 2008-02-18
#395 by Dispatches #1,270 by Author Reads #1,957 by Thread Reach Member #432 AMD OSx86 NVIDIA GeForce AHCI / SATA

@Bap

InfiniteMac community contributor with 19 recorded dispatches, 2 lead technical dossiers (8,841 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 130,515 historical readers.

Dispatches 19 Ranked #395 of 6,691
Author Reads 8,841 Ranked #1,270 · 2 dossiers
Thread Reach 130,515 Ranked #1,957 in reach
Lead Dossiers 2 4,420 avg reads / dossier
Member Number #432 Joined 2008-01-27
Active Window 2008 2008-01-27 → 2008-02-18
Archive Standing
#395 of 6,691 by Dispatches (19 notes) · #1,270 of 3,454 by Author Readership (8,841 reads across 2 dossiers) · #1,957 by Thread Reach (130,515 cumulative reads)
InfiniteMac ID
Member #432 · Joined 2008-01-27
Hardware & Kernel Topics
AMD OSx86 (2) · NVIDIA GeForce (2) · AHCI / SATA (2) · ALC889a / Audio (1)
Frequent Thread Collaborators
@Puttabong (4) @naquaada (3) @zephyroth (2) @DoiX (2) @megaargon1 (2) @creative_ (2) @christurner (2) @cgsheen (2) @quark @althon @subsonic @bhast2 @WinLinMac01 @akireyev

Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection

Distribution across 2 technical boards

Leopard 10.5
18 (95%)
10.X Core
1 (5%)

Lead Dossiers Authored by @Bap (2)

8,841 cumulative reads on threads started by @Bap

Dossier Title & SummaryCollectionReadership
Installed but with a few problems
Managed to get everything installed with a few problems, booting normally will give me a kernel panic (which i believe to be graphics related). I can boot in safe mode to which it gives me the "Detect your keyboard" screen and then i get…
Leopard 10.55,571 reads
2008-01-28 · 22 notes
Weird Issue, dont know if its common
Back again, a little further than last time, i have managed to get past the start up assistant using the ".AppleSetupDone" method. Now my problem is when i log in it shows me the dock with all the icons etc in it but when it goes to load…
Leopard 10.53,270 reads
2008-02-07 · 5 notes

Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (16)

Direct links into threads where @Bap contributed solutions & commentary

Thread & Dispatch ExcerptCollectionDate & Reach
Zephyroth Leopard 10.5.1 AMD - Rev. 2 - Discussion Thread
“Are you still taking beta testers? Hardware Info: MSI K9N Ultra-2F (NVIDIA nForce 570 Chipset) AMD x2 4600+ 2GB Corsair TWIN2X 6400 DDR2 Western Digital 320GB SATA-2 ATI x1800 GTO 256mb”
Leopard 10.52008-01-27
30,877 dossier reads
not sure how to make this work
“did you get past the "Do you already own a mac" screen?”
Leopard 10.52008-01-28
12,105 dossier reads
not sure how to make this work
“I more or less have the same problem that you have encountered chris, ive now managed to get it to boot in safe mode and got the welcome screen etc, identified my keyboard and then it asks about "Do you already own a mac?" and it hangs, i d…”
Leopard 10.52008-01-28
12,105 dossier reads
Installed but with a few problems
“I shall try a re-install and hope for the best, cheers for the suggestions”
Leopard 10.52008-01-31
5,571 dossier reads
Installed but with a few problems
“New Update: Worked a little more on it today trying to get past the account creation, but as of yet no solutions have worked. It seems to be a strange problem i get through all the screens on the start up assistant and when i get through to…”
Leopard 10.52008-01-30
5,571 dossier reads
Installed but with a few problems
“Right that worked, now i just have the small problem of getting passed the account creation section, it hangs there And yes i have tried GM 640x480 to try and skip but it still hangs”
Leopard 10.52008-01-30
5,571 dossier reads
Installed but with a few problems
“Ill give it a bosh now, cheers for the quick response”
Leopard 10.52008-01-30
5,571 dossier reads
Installed but with a few problems
“Right, sorry about the crookedness of some of the image but i had to take it in 3 parts and stick it together because couldn't fit it all in one. Leopard Error - Kernel Panic Image”
Leopard 10.52008-01-30
5,571 dossier reads
Installed but with a few problems
“its quite a large kernel panic, ill get a pic of it now”
Leopard 10.52008-01-30
5,571 dossier reads
Installed but with a few problems
“looks like ill have to give up and wait untill rev2 is out”
Leopard 10.52008-01-29
5,571 dossier reads
Installed but with a few problems
“After trying it again with the network disabled and audio disabled also, in safe mode with 640 graphics mode it says the setup assistant cannot run (as most people say it would skip it allowing me to do what i needed) only when i click ok i…”
Leopard 10.52008-01-29
5,571 dossier reads
Installed but with a few problems
“After booting in safe mode with the graphics mode in 640, i take it no one has come across this yet?”
Leopard 10.52008-01-28
5,571 dossier reads
Installed but with a few problems
“Sorry i forgot to mention, i have tried booting in 640, it gives me an error saying "This monitor is not supported" or something along those lines”
Leopard 10.52008-01-28
5,571 dossier reads
Leopard 10.5.2 AMD EFI (OOTB)
“Outstanding work, grabbing this now”
Leopard 10.52008-02-18
74,206 dossier reads
Installed but with a few problems
“If you read up i already tried that”
Leopard 10.52008-01-30
5,571 dossier reads
What you're doing actually
“fig rolls are immense with a cup of tea”
10.X Core2008-01-29
4,486 dossier reads