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Member #493 · 2008-02-01 → 2010-02-28
#125 by Dispatches #734 by Author Reads #626 by Thread Reach Member #493 AMD OSx86 NVIDIA GeForce AHCI / SATA

@damnesiac

InfiniteMac community contributor with 60 recorded dispatches, 3 lead technical dossiers (15,428 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 906,961 historical readers.

Dispatches 60 Ranked #125 of 6,691
Author Reads 15,428 Ranked #734 · 3 dossiers
Thread Reach 906,961 Ranked #626 in reach
Lead Dossiers 3 5,143 avg reads / dossier
Member Number #493 Joined 2008-01-30
Active Window 2008–2010 2008-02-01 → 2010-02-28
Hardware Specs Reported in Dispatches
Os X: Leopard 10.5.1 by Zephyroth · board: Asus A8N32-Sli dlx · CPU: AMD x2 3800+ cpus=1 · RAM: 2 GB Corsair XMS ddr · Graphic: Geforce 8800GTS · HD: WD Raptor 74GB · Drives: Pioneer DVR111 · Sound: AC 97
Archive Standing
#125 of 6,691 by Dispatches (60 notes) · #734 of 3,454 by Author Readership (15,428 reads across 3 dossiers) · #626 by Thread Reach (906,961 cumulative reads)
InfiniteMac ID
Member #493 · Joined 2008-01-30
Hardware & Kernel Topics
AMD OSx86 (9) · NVIDIA GeForce (8) · AHCI / SATA (3)
Frequent Thread Collaborators
@roisoft (14) @Puttabong (12) @DoiX (10) @megaargon1 (6) @naquaada (6) @cgsheen (6) @crawle (5) @xan (5) @agrafuese (5) @zephyroth (5) @WinLinMac01 (5) @Ianxxx (4) @eddie11c (4) @rfuilrez (3)

Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection

Distribution across 5 technical boards

Leopard 10.5
36 (60%)
10.X Core
16 (27%)
General
1 (2%)

Lead Dossiers Authored by @damnesiac (3)

15,428 cumulative reads on threads started by @damnesiac

Dossier Title & SummaryCollectionReadership
Strange mouse movement
After my system running pretty well I decided to install EFI. Now after a few hours of uptime I'm getting some weird movement from my mouse. It is very jolty and jagged instead of being smooth. I checked the console logs and here is what…
Leopard 10.55,760 reads
2008-02-15 · 14 notes
Adobe CS3
I've installed CS3 on my amd hackintosh. Everytime I try to run Photoshop or Illustrator it will crash straight away. Is there a cpuid file I can run to patch these apps? I can't seem to find one and Marvin's utility won't autopatch them.
Software & Kexts5,373 reads
2008-02-12 · 21 notes
Bootloader problems
I've installed Zephs 10.5.1 Leo on my amd system fine but I've still got my old Tiger install which I had first so the default bootup is to boot Tiger. How can I change the bootloader to select my Leo partition by default?
Leopard 10.54,295 reads
2008-02-01 · 16 notes

Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (40)

Direct links into threads where @damnesiac contributed solutions & commentary

Thread & Dispatch ExcerptCollectionDate & Reach
4 n00bs with laptops! (-Specially crafted for Acer Gemstone 6935G-)
“So I followed this guide and was able to successfully install Snow Leopard on both my Acer 6930 and Acer 5735 (no video drivers tho for the 5735). Everything works on both of them great until I try and install the Mac OS X v10.6.2 Update (C…”
Snow Leopard 10.62010-02-28
363,459 dossier reads
XBench Scores
“Installed efi, not much difference. Maybe because I'm using NVinject and PATA drive my results aren't quite as good. Need to overclock this cpu too”
10.X Core2008-02-14
104,353 dossier reads
XBench Scores
“@ roisoft I'm scared to stuff my install as it's the only working version of OSX I have Have you got a link to good guide? hmm, i don't have a usb drive, might have to buy new to try out efi.”
10.X Core2008-02-14
104,353 dossier reads
XBench Scores
“90 is considered very good on a hackintosh. 100 is equal to a dual G5 or something like that. You can expect that the intel macs get much more because all the drivers work great on them, it's harder for us amd folk. Updated my graphics driv…”
10.X Core2008-02-14
104,353 dossier reads
XBench Scores
“Os X: Leopard 10.5.1 by Zephyroth board: Asus A8N32-Sli dlx CPU: AMD x2 3800+ cpus=1 RAM: 2 GB Corsair XMS ddr Graphic: Geforce 8800GTS HD: WD Raptor 74GB Drives: Pioneer DVR111 Sound: AC 97 How are you guys getting such good results from O…”
10.X Core2008-02-10
104,353 dossier reads
Leopard 10.5.2 AMD EFI (OOTB)
“Nothing is free, you still have to pay your internet bill This is great, getting 600kb/s+ thanks for this.”
Leopard 10.52008-02-17
74,206 dossier reads
'About this Mac' Graphics
“nvidia universal is easy to fix... http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=83931&st=120&p=620978&#entry620978 delete forcedeth and use your marvell yukon if you can”
Software & Kexts2008-02-14
53,545 dossier reads
Hardware Thread
“2 processors and 16gb DDR, nice! Can we get an xbench?”
10.X Core2008-02-14
46,836 dossier reads
Hardware Thread
“OS X: Leopard 10.5.1 by zephyroth Board: Asus A8N32-SLI-Deluxe CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ Graphic: Asus GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB Network: yukon 8E88053 not working above 60kb/s, nforce working with cpus=1 Audio: ALC 850 HD: WD 80GB PATA Driv…”
10.X Core2008-02-02
46,836 dossier reads
Bootloader with 2 HDDs
“http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.php/Chain0”
10.X Core2008-02-10
44,101 dossier reads
Bootloader with 2 HDDs
“Try EasyBCD. It should work on XP and you can install the VIsta bootloader and then add the Leo partition into the bootlader easily.”
10.X Core2008-02-07
44,101 dossier reads
Beginners: Ask here first
“@Tankk, your system should be supported by 10.5.1 release. Try it and see. If it doesn't work then you can wait for 10.5.2 and see if that will work. Nothing is definite though, people with the same motherboards are experiencing random prob…”
Leopard 10.52008-02-14
37,386 dossier reads
10.5.2 Update First Impressions
“It means you'd replace "leopard" with "Leopard" so you get this exactly...”
10.X Core2008-02-15
21,943 dossier reads
10.5.2 Update First Impressions
“Hmm my guess is you tried to install the 9.2.0 kernel without efi?”
10.X Core2008-02-15
21,943 dossier reads
10.5.2 Update First Impressions
“Your trackpad is most likely PS2 so you need the PS2 kexts in the wiki. If you find out the exact model of your conexant audio I'm sure there's a kext out there that will work for you. Simple to install. If you have a usb keyboard/mouse on …”
10.X Core2008-02-15
21,943 dossier reads
10.5.2 Update First Impressions
“[cite] roisoft:You can try with this Files (media fire.com/?dm9nyy3nzyo) /system/library/systemprofiler (backup the others) Still nothing [cite] Rajmahal783:Hey Zephyroth First I want to say your installations are perfect, really really goo…”
10.X Core2008-02-15
21,943 dossier reads
10.5.2 Update First Impressions
“After installing 10.5.2. update my cpu is now reported as only being single core when it's dual core”
10.X Core2008-02-15
21,943 dossier reads
10.5.2 Update for AMD only, eddie11c
“Yup speestep kernel is universal and works on amd.”
Leopard 10.52008-02-16
13,226 dossier reads
10.5.2 Update for AMD only, eddie11c
“cgsheen - try the smbios-27 file from netkas after updating the kernel. Mine doesn't show correct ram info, but it has Manufactirer2 etc so its getting close.”
Leopard 10.52008-02-16
13,226 dossier reads
10.5.2 Update for AMD only, eddie11c
“Nope can't say I am, although my marvell yukon is only working at max 60kb/s and I'm getting this error Stupid missed interrupt, back to nforce for me.”
Leopard 10.52008-02-15
13,226 dossier reads
10.5.2 Update for AMD only, eddie11c
“Yep, toast don't work here no more either. Photoshop recognises my graphics card perfectly though and 3d acceleration seems to be working.”
Leopard 10.52008-02-15
13,226 dossier reads
10.5.2 Update for AMD only, eddie11c
“eddie is right, im pretty sure a spare fat32 formatted drive would do the trick. as logn as it's read/write i guess”
Leopard 10.52008-02-15
13,226 dossier reads
10.5.2 Update for AMD only, eddie11c
“I hope 10.5.2 will fix my mouse issue and also fix Toast. Toast has been crashing ever since upgrading graphic kexts.”
Leopard 10.52008-02-15
13,226 dossier reads
10.5.2 Update for AMD only, eddie11c
“Just torrent it. Write a ncie nfo saying what it does etc and include the 9.2 kernel if you can. Installing efi is a piece of cake so I don;t see why people shouldn't do it.”
Leopard 10.52008-02-14
13,226 dossier reads
Zephyroth Leopard 10.5.1 AMD, does it already include EFI
“You can use an external harddrive or another internal drive.”
10.X Core2008-02-15
11,556 dossier reads
Zephyroth Leopard 10.5.1 AMD, does it already include EFI
“Nope, no EFI. It's easy to install efi though. Look in the miscelaneous section of the wiki for instructions. Just follow those simple instructions and you'll be on your way with EFI.”
10.X Core2008-02-15
11,556 dossier reads
Installed 10.5.2. Are the quicktime, Itunes, and Frontrow updates safe to install now
“There's a fix for itunes coverflow check #leoamd on irc.”
Software & Kexts2008-02-16
11,039 dossier reads
Installed 10.5.2. Are the quicktime, Itunes, and Frontrow updates safe to install now
“I never used Marvin with these updates. In fact Marvins has never worked for me since it can never find any files to patch. The updates are fine to install. Just make sure you replace your quicktime component file with the itunes fix one to…”
Software & Kexts2008-02-16
11,039 dossier reads
Boot stuck.A8n32SLI motherboard
“[cite] zamboo: So you didn't have any booting problems? Did you boot without bootflags? ?f so maybe it is because of that you use different CPU (X2 3800+) a dual core one.. No booting problems at all. I don't use any boot flags at all. Mayb…”
Leopard 10.52008-02-14
10,338 dossier reads
Boot stuck.A8n32SLI motherboard
“Same motherboard here and everything went pretty smooth. Didn't have the 1 minute remaining issue or anything like that and I transferred my info from another partition and logged in straight away. I'm using an X2 3800+ with PATA IDE hard d…”
Leopard 10.52008-02-14
10,338 dossier reads
Nforce Lan Freeze Issue
“Chagani here is the orginial forcedeth-d kext from the Zeph 10.5.1 DVD. Enjoy.”
Leopard 10.52008-02-16
8,430 dossier reads
Nforce Lan Freeze Issue
“[cite] Chagani:I am about to install EFI, however, I wanted to know a few things: 1. I have patched the updates with Marvin's utility will EFI be a problem. 2. I am using NVInject for my GFX card again will EFI be a prob. 1. Shouldn't be, j…”
Leopard 10.52008-02-14
8,430 dossier reads
Nforce Lan Freeze Issue
“Zeph is running EFI on his install and supposedly that has fixed the problem unless uploading and downloading a lot at the same time. I might have misread something so don't quote me but that's from my understanding.”
Leopard 10.52008-02-14
8,430 dossier reads
Cant see my HDD...
“-f reloads all the kexts and rebuilds the kextcache. Youll notice it takes a little longer to boot while it does this and if you use -=v verbose mode you will see all the kexts fly by on the screen.”
Leopard 10.52008-02-02
7,955 dossier reads
Disk Utility
“Get the boot menu up by pressing F2 or equivalent and then select your external drive. If all you get is a flashing underscore then try the wiki bootloader fix.”
Leopard 10.52008-02-03
7,729 dossier reads
Strange mouse movement
“I get this problem without the console lines now, very very weird. Let's hope Zephs 10.5.2 fixes it. nforce 4 SLI chipset here.”
Leopard 10.52008-02-17
5,760 dossier reads
Strange mouse movement
“Even with 10.5.2 I'm still getting this problem after a prolonged time with screensaver activated and I'm away from the pc. Very annoying.”
Leopard 10.52008-02-16
5,760 dossier reads
Strange mouse movement
“OK thanks, I'll have to read up on installing 10.5.2 or just wait for Zephs 10.5.2. Might just be easier to wait for the next release. I'm really a noob when it comes to these things.”
Leopard 10.52008-02-15
5,760 dossier reads
boot problem
“LIke I've said before, can you post a screen shot of the kernel panic or name the kext that's causing the kernel panic?”
Leopard 10.52008-02-13
4,873 dossier reads
boot problem
“Can you take a photo of the kernel panic screen you get when not using -x?”
Leopard 10.52008-02-13
4,873 dossier reads