#736 by Dispatches #1,358 by Author Reads #4,683 by Thread Reach Member #174 Retail DVD / USB NVIDIA GeForce AMD OSx86
@D.Lewis
InfiniteMac community contributor with 11 recorded dispatches, 2 lead technical dossiers (8,198 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 8,198 historical readers.
Dispatches
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Ranked #736 of 6,691
Author Reads
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Ranked #1,358 · 2 dossiers
Thread Reach
8,198
Ranked #4,683 in reach
Lead Dossiers
2
4,099 avg reads / dossier
Member Number
#174
Joined 2008-01-16
Active Window
2008
2008-01-16 → 2008-02-23
Hardware Specs Reported in Dispatches
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ · MB: MSI K9VGM-V · GPU: Leadtek GeForce 8400GS 256MB · 2gb RAM
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ · MB: MSI K9VGM-V · GPU: Leadtek GeForce 8400GS 256MB · 2gb RAM · 80gb HDD
- Archive Standing
- #736 of 6,691 by Dispatches (11 notes) · #1,358 of 3,454 by Author Readership (8,198 reads across 2 dossiers) · #4,683 by Thread Reach (8,198 cumulative reads)
- InfiniteMac ID
- Member #174 · Joined 2008-01-16
- Hardware & Kernel Topics
- Retail DVD / USB (4) · NVIDIA GeForce (3) · AMD OSx86 (2) · ALC889a / Audio (1)
- Frequent Thread Collaborators
- @naquaada @roisoft @Ianxxx
Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection
Distribution across 1 technical boards
Lead Dossiers Authored by @D.Lewis (2)
8,198 cumulative reads on threads started by @D.Lewis
| Dossier Title & Summary | Collection | Readership |
|---|---|---|
| Installation Questions () Tomorrow I'll be (trying) to install Leopard to my PC. I currently have 2 hard drives: HDD 1: Partition 1: Vista Install HDD 2: Partition 1: Storage Partition 2: EMPTY (formatted to FAT32, want to install Leopard here) Basically I just… | Leopard 10.5 | 6,090 reads 2008-01-16 · 20 notes |
| Weird Problem after Installation CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ MB: MSI K9VGM-V GPU: Leadtek GeForce 8400GS 256MB 2gb RAM 80gb HDD I've installed 10.5.2 to a newly-formatted HDD and after the installation, when I try to boot into Mac, a 'No-Entry' symbol appears on the load… | Leopard 10.5 | 2,108 reads 2008-02-23 · 2 notes |
Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (9)
Direct links into threads where @D.Lewis contributed solutions & commentary
| Thread & Dispatch Excerpt | Collection | Date & Reach |
|---|---|---|
| Installation Questions () “Thats the thing, it doesn't show in the Disk Utility either, and Leopard seems to think that hard drive is 128gb as it can't see the Vista partition. See: That Maxtor drive is supposed to be around 200gb and show the Vista partition. (and I…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-01-18 6,090 dossier reads |
| Installation Questions () “It worked Now I just need to get the Audio and LAN drivers... Sorry for all these questions, but does anyone know why in Leopard, I can see the 'Storage' partition from my other drive, but not the Vista one? (Both of them are formatted to N…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-01-18 6,090 dossier reads |
| Installation Questions () “Yes, they're the options I have. When I installed I had the printer drivers and X11 checked, the rest unchecked. The nVidea ones were labelled for the 8800, although I've been reading that they work for my 8400 aswell. Can I install these d…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-01-18 6,090 dossier reads |
| Installation Questions () “Finally managed to get it to work by running Repair Permissions from the DVD after installation and re-installing the EFI files Now I just need to get Ethernet, Graphics and Sound to work lol And I'm 99% sure I'm using the Zephyroth image. …” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-01-17 6,090 dossier reads |
| Installation Questions () “Right now it's reinstalling, but this time, I used the Partition tab in Disk Utility to format the drive, and used the GUID format. Hopefully it works this time.” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-01-17 6,090 dossier reads |
| Installation Questions () “I've just installed Leopard, but now I'm having some problems getting it to boot. Before installing, I reinstalled Vista and moved some things around, so my HDD setup is now as below: HDD1: (200gb) Partition 1: Vista Partition 2: Storage HD…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-01-17 6,090 dossier reads |
| Installation Questions () “I'm currently not at my PC, so I won't be able to check for a while. I'll check when I get back. Thanks. EDIT: I see someone has got it to work with the VT8237A chipset: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=73524&st=1140&p=55878…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-01-16 6,090 dossier reads |
| Installation Questions () “Both drives are IDE. HDD1 is 80gb. HDD2 is 200gb (partition 2 where I want to install MacOS is 60gb). CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ MB: MSI K9VGM-V GPU: Leadtek GeForce 8400GS 256MB 2gb RAM” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-01-16 6,090 dossier reads |
| Installation Questions () “Thanks. The reason I formatted it to FAT32 was that I read it must be formatted to this for the Mac install disk to detect it, then I'd re-format it to HFS+ (this is Mac OS Extended, isn't it?) in the setup (a.). The 'Storage' partition is …” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-01-16 6,090 dossier reads |