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Member #31,700 · 2010-07-20 → 2011-09-27
#1,314 by Dispatches #623 by Author Reads #3,821 by Thread Reach Member #31,700 Retail DVD / USB Chameleon / Boot-132 ATI Radeon

@bearsomg

InfiniteMac community contributor with 6 recorded dispatches, 4 lead technical dossiers (17,785 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 17,785 historical readers.

Dispatches 6 Ranked #1,314 of 6,691
Author Reads 17,785 Ranked #623 · 4 dossiers
Thread Reach 17,785 Ranked #3,821 in reach
Lead Dossiers 4 4,446 avg reads / dossier
Member Number #31,700 Joined 2010-07-20
Active Window 2010–2011 2010-07-20 → 2011-09-27
Hardware Specs Reported in Dispatches
Specs: · ASUS CG5270 Desktop · P5QL-VM-EPU Motherboard · Intel Core 2 Quad Q8300 · 8GB DDR2 RAM · 1TB SATA Hard Drive · SATA DVD Drive · ATI Radeon HD 3470 Specs: · Mobo: Intel D945GCLF2D · Retail Snow Leopard 10.6.3 updated to 10.6.7 · myHack 1.1 · chocolate kernel (vanilla won't work with the Atom on my board) · System Profiler output:
Archive Standing
#1,314 of 6,691 by Dispatches (6 notes) · #623 of 3,454 by Author Readership (17,785 reads across 4 dossiers) · #3,821 by Thread Reach (17,785 cumulative reads)
InfiniteMac ID
Member #31,700 · Joined 2010-07-20
Hardware & Kernel Topics
Retail DVD / USB (2) · Chameleon / Boot-132 (1) · ATI Radeon (1) · NVIDIA GeForce (1) · DSDT (1)
Frequent Thread Collaborators
@SaCleoCheater @BoxcarJim

Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection

Distribution across 2 technical boards

10.X Core
2 (33%)

Lead Dossiers Authored by @bearsomg (4)

17,785 cumulative reads on threads started by @bearsomg

Dossier Title & SummaryCollectionReadership
Installing on Dell Dimension 8200
Does anybody know of a tutorial of how to install snow leopard on my dell dimension 8200 pentium 4 series? NOT USING A HACKED DISTRO BECAUSE I HAVE THE $30 DISC. I've searched around everywhere, so far I like pra…
Snow Leopard 10.65,721 reads
2010-11-22 · 2 notes
Booting 10.6.3 Retail CD on P5QL-VM-EPU
Ok, after searching google for a week trying to solve my problem, I gave up and decided to ask for help here. So, when I realized that I could get snow leopard for $30 off amazon, I couldn't resist and I was pretty sure my computer would…
Snow Leopard 10.65,497 reads
2010-07-20 · 4 notes
What kexts do I need for my hardware
Specs: ASUS CG5270 Mobo: ASUS P5QL-VM EPU Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q8300 Graphics: nVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller Intel (ICH10 Family) 2 port SATA IDE Controller Intel…
10.X Core3,510 reads
2011-01-08 · 1 notes
GMA950 Help
So, My issue is pretty much the same as everyone else's where I'm stuck at 1024x768. I've patched my DSDT with the DTGP method, and added in the 950 hardware addresses and such in the "Device (PCI0)" part. When I tried to run with this…
10.X Core3,057 reads
2011-06-19 · 1 notes

Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (2)

Direct links into threads where @bearsomg contributed solutions & commentary

Thread & Dispatch ExcerptCollectionDate & Reach
Booting 10.6.3 Retail CD on P5QL-VM-EPU
“Problem solved. I had the CG5270, which had the special OEM version of the bios. I ordered a new stock bios chip from biosdepot on ebay, installed it, and everything worked perfectly. Completely vanilla install with hackboot v6 boot cd.”
Snow Leopard 10.62011-09-27
5,497 dossier reads
Booting 10.6.3 Retail CD on P5QL-VM-EPU
“Yes, I have tried that and still haven't been able to get it to work. Although, in the 10.6.2 update didn't they add support for >4gb ram? I really have no idea, but I heard it somewhere Oh, by the way, if you have access to a mac (you can …”
Snow Leopard 10.62010-08-07
5,497 dossier reads