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Member #94 · 2008-02-09 → 2008-12-15
#456 by Dispatches #367 by Author Reads #1,661 by Thread Reach Member #94 AMD OSx86 NVIDIA GeForce AHCI / SATA

@crencom

InfiniteMac community contributor with 17 recorded dispatches, 4 lead technical dossiers (29,600 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 234,806 historical readers.

Dispatches 17 Ranked #456 of 6,691
Author Reads 29,600 Ranked #367 · 4 dossiers
Thread Reach 234,806 Ranked #1,661 in reach
Lead Dossiers 4 7,400 avg reads / dossier
Member Number #94 Joined 2008-01-11
Active Window 2008 2008-02-09 → 2008-12-15
Hardware Specs Reported in Dispatches
I also have a new Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L mo board that could replace the current board mentioned above. Again, I have read that there is more support for this board for the OS X86 installs. However, does not have the SLI capabilities.
Archive Standing
#456 of 6,691 by Dispatches (17 notes) · #367 of 3,454 by Author Readership (29,600 reads across 4 dossiers) · #1,661 by Thread Reach (234,806 cumulative reads)
InfiniteMac ID
Member #94 · Joined 2008-01-11
Hardware & Kernel Topics
AMD OSx86 (5) · NVIDIA GeForce (4) · AHCI / SATA (3) · ALC889a / Audio (2) · ATI Radeon (2) · Gigabyte G31M / P35 (2)
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Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection

Distribution across 3 technical boards

Leopard 10.5
12 (71%)
10.X Core
3 (18%)

Lead Dossiers Authored by @crencom (4)

29,600 cumulative reads on threads started by @crencom

Dossier Title & SummaryCollectionReadership
Will software updates work now w/ EFI? If so, to what extent
And will I have to run Marvins utiliy for the updates. I did read the threads in the various forums that mentioned software updates after EFI. I had a perfect 10.5.2 install and like a dumbass ran the video card update from Software…
Leopard 10.520,055 reads
2008-02-20 · 11 notes
Which Motherboard? Compatability
I recently purchased a Velocity Micro e2240 and it will be delivered this week. This system comes w/ the Intel Quad 2.4 Q6600 processor on an Asus P5N-E SLI w/ the NVIDIA nForce 650i SLI chipset. Video SLi support as well (8800gts 320mb).…
10.X Core4,644 reads
2008-11-10 · 2 notes
Anyone tried the lastest webkit nightly build
Looks like it includes the new faster Squirrelfish engine which apparently is to be integrated into 10.6 safari. I am using it now and Wow! it is a lot faster than any browser I've ever used before. tu…
Software & Kexts2,545 reads
2008-06-10 · 3 notes
How are you upgrading / patching your os x Leo
Just thought i would ask this to see if maybe i am missing something. I am running the latest Leo4All version. I upgraded by patching the iso and reinstalling the system. Is everybody doing the same or is there a way to patch the system…
Leopard 10.52,356 reads
2008-03-24 · 6 notes

Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (13)

Direct links into threads where @crencom contributed solutions & commentary

Thread & Dispatch ExcerptCollectionDate & Reach
Leopard 10.5.2 AMD EFI (OOTB)
“Just got the 10.5.1 release to be stable yesterday, but just couldn't hold back from installing 10.5.2. Don't know if this was right, but I installed this directly over 10.5.1 w/ no formatting / erasing of the partition. It booted right up,…”
Leopard 10.52008-02-19
74,206 dossier reads
Hardware Thread
“OS: MacOSX Leopard 10.5.1 (Zephyroth) CPU: AMD Opteron 1212 - 2GHZ Mainboard: Gigabyte GA-M61P-S3 / NVIDIA® GeForce 6100 / nForce 430 chipset Mem : 3 GB DDR Graphics : ATI 128mb Radeon x550 (NOT WORKING) Audio : Realtek ALC883 Audio Codec (…”
10.X Core2008-02-14
46,836 dossier reads
XxX x86 10.5.5 Leo Install Disc Beta1 is been released for testing
“Has the AMD support been confirmed yet? If no amd support, is it as easy as PPF the amd patches onto the iso?”
10.X Core2008-11-02
28,868 dossier reads
The one that boots the retail DVD
“I Have used this iso for my retail installs om 2 diferent machines. Both have booted flawlessly. I obtained my copy of the iso from the Hackintosh site forum. Same iso the one in this thread. Boot the iso to the prompt - then eject iso Repl…”
Software & Kexts2008-12-15
25,995 dossier reads
Will software updates work now w/ EFI? If so, to what extent
“"This will patch the system for crencom to fix his graphics update. he will also need to remove the Geforce/NVDA kexts and reinstall with whatever he was using prior to applying the patch. " thx - eddie11c”
Leopard 10.52008-02-20
20,055 dossier reads
Strange "CODE SIGNING" errors in the console.
“eMatoS "I'm running the first Zephyroth 10.5.2 but had that problem since 10.5.1. So I kind of used to that, but if there's a way to avoid that message I'll go for it." Same w/ me. There does not appear to be anything wrong w/the workings o…”
Leopard 10.52008-03-12
9,070 dossier reads
Strange "CODE SIGNING" errors in the console.
“I have also wondered this. If there is a way to clean these errors up, that would be nice. Im starting to think it is normal though.”
Leopard 10.52008-03-11
9,070 dossier reads
Leo4All v5 OSX Server update to 10.5.5 with ASU
“"The server updates actually contain two pkgs - one for the underlying client system and another for the server layer. This could be the reason why ASU fails. If you extract each pkg with pacifist and then use the ASU 'bug' to patch them, i…”
Leopard 10.52008-10-22
8,380 dossier reads
AppleSMBIOS-27 for 10.5.2
“Quick ? - Does the AppleSMBIOS only report the different system specs to the About This Mac? Or does it actually regulate the memory speeds, bus speed, cpu speed etc? Im using the new Kalyway 10.5.2 and the memory speed and bus speed is off…”
Leopard 10.52008-04-16
6,190 dossier reads
nForce5 and SATA Write
“Did you inject this kext from w/in windows? If so - how did you set the proper permissions for the files? I simply used transmac to insert the kexts, but I think i'm still having issues as I have not, nor know how to set the 755 permissions…”
Leopard 10.52008-02-09
3,174 dossier reads
How to install a new Kernel
“"CommentAuthor DoiX or use pcwiz's kernel installer http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=92295&st=0&p=658465&#entry658465" worked for me.”
Leopard 10.52008-03-11
2,487 dossier reads
How are you upgrading / patching your os x Leo
“"No problem. Clone your hole partition, install the new Leopard on a seperate partition and at the first start select "Import data from another Device on this Mac". Select your cloned partition, check "Applications", "Personal Files" and so…”
Leopard 10.52008-03-25
2,356 dossier reads
How are you upgrading / patching your os x Leo
“" CommentAuthorcrawle CommentTime2 minutes ago quote As far as I know, the ppf-Updates for the images are only compatibility-Updates. So if your system's working fine, you don't need the newest version of your image. As regards Apple System…”
Leopard 10.52008-03-24
2,356 dossier reads