Mac OS X on x86 Hardware 2008–2024 Technical Archive
Member #1,367 · 2008-02-21 → 2008-02-28
#724 by Dispatches #2,327 by Author Reads #3,380 by Thread Reach Member #1,367 AHCI / SATA AMD OSx86

@bcw

InfiniteMac community contributor with 11 recorded dispatches, 1 lead technical dossiers (4,218 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 28,892 historical readers.

Dispatches 11 Ranked #724 of 6,691
Author Reads 4,218 Ranked #2,327 · 1 dossiers
Thread Reach 28,892 Ranked #3,380 in reach
Lead Dossiers 1 4,218 avg reads / dossier
Member Number #1,367 Joined 2008-02-20
Active Window 2008 2008-02-21 → 2008-02-28
Archive Standing
#724 of 6,691 by Dispatches (11 notes) · #2,327 of 3,454 by Author Readership (4,218 reads across 1 dossiers) · #3,380 by Thread Reach (28,892 cumulative reads)
InfiniteMac ID
Member #1,367 · Joined 2008-02-20
Hardware & Kernel Topics
AHCI / SATA (4) · AMD OSx86 (3)
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Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection

Distribution across 2 technical boards

Leopard 10.5
10 (91%)

Lead Dossiers Authored by @bcw (1)

4,218 cumulative reads on threads started by @bcw

Dossier Title & SummaryCollectionReadership
Problem installing audio card driver (ESI Juli@)
I have a ESI Juli@ audio card (esi audio.com/products/julia/) that runs well on my pc in windows. It is compatible with Mac OS X and there are drivers on its website (download.esi audio.com/?w=esi&p=6&g=1&l=en). Out of curiosity, I want to…
Leopard 10.54,218 reads
2008-02-27 · 4 notes

Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (9)

Direct links into threads where @bcw contributed solutions & commentary

Thread & Dispatch ExcerptCollectionDate & Reach
System fails to shut down by itself when told to do so.
“I got the problem very often (shut the system down manually by pressing the power/reset button), and it's identified as the use of my onboard nforce lan. But I never have problem to shutdown or reboot the system.”
Leopard 10.52008-02-26
7,160 dossier reads
Support for a USB LAN 10/100 Adapter
“Thanks cgsheen. I'm gonna order one and reinstall my system. Too bad there's no Fry's around, otherwise the $2.00 one would be a no-brainer.”
Leopard 10.52008-02-26
6,235 dossier reads
Support for a USB LAN 10/100 Adapter
“Will this NIC work? HAWKING HGA32T PCI Gigabit Ethernet Adapter It uses RTL8169 chip, and supports Mac OS X. Looks like it comes with the driver. Can I just install the original for Leopard 10.5.2 AMD or I have to patch the driver somehow b…”
Leopard 10.52008-02-26
6,235 dossier reads
Possible issue
“Is this problem (the whole system freezes with a message says you must manually power off the computer and reboot) the same as the "Lan-Freeze issue" mentioned in http://osx86.wikidot.com/known-issues ? I suppose the first solution using th…”
Leopard 10.52008-02-25
4,444 dossier reads
Possible issue
“Yes I use the nforce lan. I'm new in this and still learning and looking for information. Can anyone please point out what is the problem with nforce lab?”
Leopard 10.52008-02-24
4,444 dossier reads
Possible issue
“I had this happened couples times everyday. It usually happenes when I'm downloading files in Firefox or Transmission. I installed 9.2.0 toh. There's also one time when I drag a file to trash. Any idea how to solve this problem?”
Leopard 10.52008-02-24
4,444 dossier reads
Boot Camp and X11 not working
“I have the same problem with X11. During installation customization, I checked X11 option, and the installation went smoothly and the system ran right after reboot. But when I tried X11, looks like nothing happened, although when I open the…”
Software & Kexts2008-02-25
3,675 dossier reads
Cant boot after install, loads mouse, screen keeps flashing
“I had the same problem. I followed sChLuR's solution, boot with -v -x, then I can start Leopard, and create a new account in savemode. After rebooting, everything works. It's awesome.”
Leopard 10.52008-02-21
3,160 dossier reads
Problem installing audio card driver (ESI Juli@)
“Thanks a lot gimpel. I'll take a look at the link to try to work it out.”
Leopard 10.52008-02-28
4,218 dossier reads