#361 by Dispatches #361 by Author Reads #2,241 by Thread Reach Member #19,958 📍 Bjelovar, Croatia/Hrvatska DSDT AHCI / SATA ALC889a / Audio
@catevs
InfiniteMac community contributor with 21 recorded dispatches, 2 lead technical dossiers (29,887 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 98,866 historical readers.
Dispatches
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Author Reads
29,887
Ranked #361 · 2 dossiers
Thread Reach
98,866
Ranked #2,241 in reach
Lead Dossiers
2
14,944 avg reads / dossier
Member Number
#19,958
Joined 2009-12-11
Active Window
2009
2009-12-11 → 2009-12-24
Preserved Forum Signature & OSx86 Rig
MBO: Gigabyte P35-DS3R BIOS F6
CPU: Core2Duo 2GHz E4400
GFX: nVidia 8500 GT 512MB (working Leo, working Snow Leo)
MEM: 4GB DDR2
HDD1: Segate 160 GB SATA2 - Leopard 10.5.8
HDD2: WD 20GB IDE - Win 7
HDD3: WD 320GB SATA2 - Snow Leopard 10.6
DVD RW: LG DVDRW DL 18x IDE
CPU: Core2Duo 2GHz E4400
GFX: nVidia 8500 GT 512MB (working Leo, working Snow Leo)
MEM: 4GB DDR2
HDD1: Segate 160 GB SATA2 - Leopard 10.5.8
HDD2: WD 20GB IDE - Win 7
HDD3: WD 320GB SATA2 - Snow Leopard 10.6
DVD RW: LG DVDRW DL 18x IDE
- Archive Standing
- #361 of 6,691 by Dispatches (21 notes) · #361 of 3,454 by Author Readership (29,887 reads across 2 dossiers) · #2,241 by Thread Reach (98,866 cumulative reads)
- InfiniteMac ID
- Member #19,958 · Joined 2009-12-11
- Location
- Bjelovar, Croatia/Hrvatska
- Hardware & Kernel Topics
- DSDT (7) · AHCI / SATA (4) · ALC889a / Audio (2) · Gigabyte G31M / P35 (2) · NVIDIA GeForce (2) · Chameleon / Boot-132 (1)
- Frequent Thread Collaborators
- @Ianxxx (5) @benjmole @ronoverdrive @dantan @spalek83 @scififan68 @milanca
Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection
Distribution across 2 technical boards
Lead Dossiers Authored by @catevs (2)
29,887 cumulative reads on threads started by @catevs
| Dossier Title & Summary | Collection | Readership |
|---|---|---|
| 10.6 retail problem with 8500GT, ALC889a & CMOS reset After some troubels I finaly managed to install retail 10.6. I used DSDT patcher and Chameleon 2RC3. I've put gfx hex (made by OSx86 tools) in com.apple.Boot.plist 1. After next boot I've tryed to change resolution in Display settings… | Snow Leopard 10.6 | 19,682 reads 2009-12-11 · 35 notes |
| Ako nekome treba pomoć Ako nekome treba pomoć sa 10.6 a ima sličnu ili istu ploču kao ja, neka se javi. Nakon dosta muka sam uspio složiti da sve radi kako treba | International | 10,205 reads 2009-12-24 · 1 notes |
Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (19)
Direct links into threads where @catevs contributed solutions & commentary
| Thread & Dispatch Excerpt | Collection | Date & Reach |
|---|---|---|
| 8500GT Problem Snow. “I have same problem. I tryed EFI string in com.apple.Boot.plist, and editing DSDT with code from this forum and nothing is working for me. If you find solution please post here.” | Snow Leopard 10.6 | 2009-12-12 63,406 dossier reads |
| 10.6 retail problem with 8500GT, ALC889a & CMOS reset “I dont know if I'm stupid or what? I downloaded alot kexts from internet and they didnt work or give me kernel panic. But i finaly found solution. I just copied JMicron.kext from 10.5.8 to my S/L/E folder and it is working. Now finaly I hav…” | Snow Leopard 10.6 | 2009-12-18 19,682 dossier reads |
| 10.6 retail problem with 8500GT, ALC889a & CMOS reset “Tryed that one but no luck i still have no access to IDE drives.” | Snow Leopard 10.6 | 2009-12-18 19,682 dossier reads |
| 10.6 retail problem with 8500GT, ALC889a & CMOS reset “I will remove 20GB HDD but I have DVD RW that is IDE. Problem is that I had working ATA devices, but I can not remember wich one kext I used. I've downloaded 10” | Snow Leopard 10.6 | 2009-12-18 19,682 dossier reads |
| 10.6 retail problem with 8500GT, ALC889a & CMOS reset “I am booting in 32 bit bicause drivers for Netgear WG111v3 only work in 32 bit. Im booting with "arch=i386"” | Snow Leopard 10.6 | 2009-12-18 19,682 dossier reads |
| 10.6 retail problem with 8500GT, ALC889a & CMOS reset “I put a jmicron kext here for you osx-stuff.talk talk.net/JMicronATA.kext.zip didn't it work? Sorry for late reply. No it does not work it gives me kernel panic. I'll try to find some other JmicronATA. Maybe I should delete JMicronATA.kext …” | Snow Leopard 10.6 | 2009-12-17 19,682 dossier reads |
| 10.6 retail problem with 8500GT, ALC889a & CMOS reset “TY for sharing kexts I managed to install (again ) retail and installed 10.6.2 combo update. I'm running in 32bit mode so my USB WiFi can work. I still need to find working Jmicron and HDA (tryed patching dsds & AppleHDA.kext but it does no…” | Snow Leopard 10.6 | 2009-12-17 19,682 dossier reads |
| 10.6 retail problem with 8500GT, ALC889a & CMOS reset “Yes I use custom dsdt with gfx, audio & CMOS reset fix. TX for .kexts I'll try them and give feedback” | Snow Leopard 10.6 | 2009-12-16 19,682 dossier reads |
| 10.6 retail problem with 8500GT, ALC889a & CMOS reset “You really shouldn't have any problems running 10.6.2 on that mobo with nvidia graphics. I have similar system ga-p35-ds3l nvidia 8800gs Everything is spot on. It took a while but now I'm down to minimal extra kexts and a system that softwa…” | Snow Leopard 10.6 | 2009-12-16 19,682 dossier reads |
| 10.6 retail problem with 8500GT, ALC889a & CMOS reset “That is the problem I never had it instalded. I'm so pissed of myselfe for breaking workong 10.6.0 (except screen capture). Like Wile E. Coyote said: "Back to the drawing board" I'll install 10.6.0 again and leave it at that.” | Snow Leopard 10.6 | 2009-12-16 19,682 dossier reads |
| 10.6 retail problem with 8500GT, ALC889a & CMOS reset “Now I would like to shoot myselfe. I tryed to update to 10.6.2 with combo update and that broke my SL. I tryed everything I know but I cant boot it. Here is my screenshot. Maybe someone knows solution After that last line there is no HDD ac…” | Snow Leopard 10.6 | 2009-12-16 19,682 dossier reads |
| 10.6 retail problem with 8500GT, ALC889a & CMOS reset “OK thank you for helping. I'll try Jmicron for ATA. Do You know what is wrong why cannt I take screenshots?” | Snow Leopard 10.6 | 2009-12-15 19,682 dossier reads |
| 10.6 retail problem with 8500GT, ALC889a & CMOS reset “I'm back again. After lot of trouble I reinstalled Snow I have fixed issue with blue screen after resolution change (using VGA port, not DVI with VGA adapter - HD2600XT olnly works like that) and audio is workong. Now I have new problems. M…” | Snow Leopard 10.6 | 2009-12-15 19,682 dossier reads |
| 10.6 retail problem with 8500GT, ALC889a & CMOS reset “Here is my DSDT.dsl try to look at it, maybe You figure it out why gfx doesn't work” | Snow Leopard 10.6 | 2009-12-14 19,682 dossier reads |
| 10.6 retail problem with 8500GT, ALC889a & CMOS reset “I got audio & CMOS reset working, but I still dont have QE/CI. I followed tutorial on this forum but nothing works i allso have strange problem with WG111v3 USB WiFi. After install Realtek client util shows that is connected to router, but …” | Snow Leopard 10.6 | 2009-12-12 19,682 dossier reads |
| 10.6 retail problem with 8500GT, ALC889a & CMOS reset “I have put code for 8500GT in DSDT & remove dsmos.kext but if dsmos is not in extensions folder boot stops after "waiting for dsmos"” | Snow Leopard 10.6 | 2009-12-12 19,682 dossier reads |
| 10.6 retail problem with 8500GT, ALC889a & CMOS reset “Tx for replay. I'll try edit DSDT and I'll remove ALCinject and dsmos. What about gfx card? Why do I get blue screen after resolution change?” | Snow Leopard 10.6 | 2009-12-11 19,682 dossier reads |
| nvidia 8xxx mouse & system lag - a new bug “@spalek83 Does that method work for You? I allso have 8500GT 512MB, I have option for resolution change, but when I change resolution, my screen goes blue, and I have to restart with -x to remove blue screen” | Snow Leopard 10.6 | 2009-12-11 5,573 dossier reads |
| 8500GT Problem Snow. “With dsdt or efi string?” | Snow Leopard 10.6 | 2009-12-12 63,406 dossier reads |