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Member #7,900 · 2009-06-25 → 2009-07-06
#1,796 by Dispatches #3,025 by Thread Reach Member #7,900 AMD OSx86 AHCI / SATA Retail DVD / USB

@bonfilio

InfiniteMac community contributor with 4 recorded dispatches, participating in discussions reaching 40,682 historical readers.

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Member Number #7,900 Joined 2009-06-25
Active Window 2009 2009-06-25 → 2009-07-06
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#1,796 of 6,691 by Dispatches (4 notes) · #3,025 by Thread Reach (40,682 cumulative reads)
InfiniteMac ID
Member #7,900 · Joined 2009-06-25
Hardware & Kernel Topics
AMD OSx86 (2) · AHCI / SATA (2) · Retail DVD / USB (2) · Voodoo / XNU Kernel (1) · NVIDIA GeForce (1)
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Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection

Distribution across 2 technical boards

10.X Core
3 (75%)
Leopard 10.5
1 (25%)

Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (4)

Direct links into threads where @bonfilio contributed solutions & commentary

Thread & Dispatch ExcerptCollectionDate & Reach
Any working OSx86 loader for NVIDIA nForce 780a Chipsets
“Set SATA to AHCI. Boot 132 w/ Voodoo kernel (9.5 or 9.7) works perfectly with retail. Using AMD w/ 750a chipset.”
10.X Core2009-07-06
17,857 dossier reads
iPC 10.5.6 Blue screen on acer aspire
“Not sure what the fix is (found this thread because I'm looking) but the blue screen doesn't have anything to do with graphic drivers. It's a maxmem/too much memory problem. I've got 8gb and without maxmem I hit the blue screen on an otherw…”
Leopard 10.52009-06-27
9,319 dossier reads
Suggestions for a Noob
“Just wanted to follow up on this topic.. I've got very similar hardware and I'm having zero luck. Board is a Zotac Nforce 750a SLI with 2 9800GTs, 8GB ram, AMD x2. The only distribution (tried many) that has worked for me (and after much re…”
10.X Core2009-06-25
8,035 dossier reads
Will iMac hardware clone run retail
“If you've ever opened a Mac you would see that everything is fabricated to Apple's design - PCBs included. It may be done by a name brand manufacturer, but it's still designed to Apple's specs, so there's zero chance you could buy one in re…”
10.X Core2009-07-06
5,471 dossier reads