Mac OS X on x86 Hardware 2008–2024 Technical Archive
Member #28,977 · 2010-08-21 → 2011-02-20
#884 by Dispatches #2,247 by Thread Reach Member #28,977 DSDT Chameleon / Boot-132 USB / EHCI

@benzin

InfiniteMac community contributor with 9 recorded dispatches, participating in discussions reaching 98,448 historical readers.

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Member Number #28,977 Joined 2010-05-20
Active Window 2010–2011 2010-08-21 → 2011-02-20
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#884 of 6,691 by Dispatches (9 notes) · #2,247 by Thread Reach (98,448 cumulative reads)
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Member #28,977 · Joined 2010-05-20
Hardware & Kernel Topics
DSDT (6) · Chameleon / Boot-132 (1) · USB / EHCI (1) · Retail DVD / USB (1) · AMD OSx86 (1)
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Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection

Distribution across 1 technical boards

10.X Core
9 (100%)

Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (9)

Direct links into threads where @benzin contributed solutions & commentary

Thread & Dispatch ExcerptCollectionDate & Reach
Toshiba Laptop Shack ,with Toshiba Laptops
“Looking for assistance with a Qosmio x505. I cant get any of the distros to even boot. Each of them gets to the Apple logo and then restarts my computer you might need a DSDT file, just like most of the A505 and L505D series. The procedure …”
10.X Core2011-02-20
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Toshiba Laptop Shack ,with Toshiba Laptops
“Someone on another forum mentioned replacing voodoops2 but I can't find it anywhere on my system. Do you think this file may help me? It could help, try it from here. Don't forget to repair permissions (feel free to google it if you yet don…”
10.X Core2010-09-06
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Toshiba Laptop Shack ,with Toshiba Laptops
“It would be nice of you to post the exact steps which led you to success, for the benefit of anyone viewing this thread. What are the problems you're experiencing? This is also important.”
10.X Core2010-08-29
98,448 dossier reads
Toshiba Laptop Shack ,with Toshiba Laptops
“Wow, great news! We've just opened a door so long shut for hundreds or even thousands of innocent people!”
10.X Core2010-08-29
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Toshiba Laptop Shack ,with Toshiba Laptops
“Just checked with hex editor. Yep, this is the binary. Just rename it to dsdt.aml (all lower case).”
10.X Core2010-08-23
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Toshiba Laptop Shack ,with Toshiba Laptops
“Just looked at the output of iasl, there is a file named dsdt_TOSINV00.dat. With pretty high probability, this is the binary which should be renamed to dsdt.aml. Worth some additional research though.”
10.X Core2010-08-23
98,448 dossier reads
Toshiba Laptop Shack ,with Toshiba Laptops
“Actually, the file generated by iasl (dsdt.dsl) is no good for this use. Sorry for the confusion. It is the same data, but disassembled and parsed to a higher-level language. In order to get the aml file (which is a binary file), you need e…”
10.X Core2010-08-23
98,448 dossier reads
Toshiba Laptop Shack ,with Toshiba Laptops
“@benzin: I'll give your DSDT file a try. Give me some time to set it up. Hey, I just realized your model doesn't match the machine this DSDT file was pulled of (L505D-S5983), it has AMD processor, so pretty sure it won't work on your machin…”
10.X Core2010-08-22
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Toshiba Laptop Shack ,with Toshiba Laptops
“Yes, I tried adding a modified IOUSBFamily kext but the usb still did not work. I've just answered someone on another forum regarding this problem, and just saw this topic here, so I'll copypaste my response here. I have quite a similar mac…”
10.X Core2010-08-21
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