#537 by Dispatches #668 by Author Reads #3,238 by Thread Reach Member #90,033,612 AMD OSx86 Chameleon / Boot-132 NVIDIA GeForce

@darshmurarka

InfiniteMac community contributor with 15 recorded dispatches, 5 lead technical dossiers (16,714 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 33,064 historical readers.

Dispatches 15 Ranked #537 of 6,691

Author Reads 16,714 Ranked #668 · 5 dossiers

Thread Reach 33,064 Ranked #3,238 in reach

Lead Dossiers 5 3,343 avg reads / dossier

Member Number #90,033,612 Joined 2011-10-09

Active Window 2011 2011-10-09 → 2011-12-03

Hardware Specs Reported in Dispatches

hi guys i am new to the OSx86 thing and i need some advice · COMPUTER · Processor : AMD Athlon II X2 260 Processor · Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-MA78LMT-S2 · Chipset: AMD 780G · SouthBrigde: SB700 · Memory : 4GB DDR3 · Operating System : Windows7 · Graphics Card :Zotac 9400GT(1GB) Hi i am running SnowLeo(10.6.0) · i want to update to 10.6.8 · COMPUTER · Processor : AMD Athlon II X2 260 Processor · Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-MA78LMT-S2 · Chipset: AMD 780G · SouthBrigde: SB700 · Memory : 4GB DDR3 · Operating System : Windows7 · Graphics Card :Zotac 9400GT(1GB)

Archive Standing: #537 of 6,691 by Dispatches (15 notes) · #668 of 3,454 by Author Readership (16,714 reads across 5 dossiers) · #3,238 by Thread Reach (33,064 cumulative reads)
InfiniteMac ID: Member #90,033,612 · Joined 2011-10-09
Hardware & Kernel Topics: AMD OSx86 (4) · Chameleon / Boot-132 (3) · NVIDIA GeForce (1)
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Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection

Distribution across 1 technical boards

Snow Leopard 10.6

15 (100%)

Lead Dossiers Authored by @darshmurarka (5)

16,714 cumulative reads on threads started by @darshmurarka

Dossier Title & Summary	Collection	Readership
HELP:Updating to 10.6.8 Hi i am running SnowLeo(10.6.0) i want to update to 10.6.8 --COMPUTER-- Processor : AMD Athlon II X2 260 Processor Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-MA78LMT-S2 Chipset: AMD 780G SouthBrigde: SB700 Memory : 4GB DDR3 Operating System : Windows7…	Snow Leopard 10.6	4,483 reads 2011-11-05 · 3 notes
Resolution issue I have SL 10.6.8 installed but i cannot fix the resolution I am using a zotac 9400GT 1GB graphics card it always boots into 1024x768 i have tried "Graphics Mode"="1440x900x60" in the boot and it works but typing it everytime is difficult i…	Snow Leopard 10.6	3,720 reads 2011-11-06 · 5 notes
HELP: nVidia GT 520 2GB How can I install snow leopard on this specifications: GA-MA78LMT-S2(Motherboard) 760G(Chipset) AMD Athlon II X2 260 4GB RAM IDE DVD drive Palit GT 520 2GB	Snow Leopard 10.6	3,494 reads 2011-12-03 · 1 notes
HELP:Dell Insipron N5110 I surfed the net and i found guide for only lion can some out with the correct snow leopard distro and maybe a few instructions for getting everything working 100% Thanx in advance	Snow Leopard 10.6	2,680 reads 2011-11-21 · 1 notes
HELP:Graphics Card I have a Zotac 9400GT 1GB the system profiler detects only 32MB of VRAM i have tried using EFI STRINGS but they dont work any suggestions	Snow Leopard 10.6	2,337 reads 2011-11-13 · 1 notes

Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (9)

Direct links into threads where @darshmurarka contributed solutions & commentary

Thread & Dispatch Excerpt	Collection	Date & Reach
Help request: AMD OSX “got everything working and updated to 10.6.8 but unable to use my DVD drive(IDE)”	Snow Leopard 10.6	2011-11-06 9,002 dossier reads
Help request: AMD OSX “i installed frm the osx86 distro u suggested and followed everything i am able to install the OSx86 but after installation when i reboot i get an error like DISK FAILURE INSERT A SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER some kind of this error”	Snow Leopard 10.6	2011-10-11 9,002 dossier reads
Help request: AMD OSX “i am new to the OSx86 thing and i need some advice --COMPUTER-- Processor : AMD Athlon II X2 260 Processor Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-MA78LMT-S2 Chipset: AMD 780G SouthBrigde: SB700 Memory : 4GB DDR3 Operating System : Windows7 Graphics Card …”	Snow Leopard 10.6	2011-10-09 9,002 dossier reads
Hi All On My Acer Aspire 5542 “how do i do that command when booting disk? when booting from the dvd u will come across a screen where it says 'Press any key to continue or whatever'.'Press F8 for options' press F8 and enter then type in ur commands”	Snow Leopard 10.6	2011-11-14 4,077 dossier reads
Hi All On My Acer Aspire 5542 “USE SNOWLEO_MAC_Snow_Leopard_OSX86_64_For_INTEL_AMD_32 _64_MBR_GUID atleast i have done it that way about the thing u posted still waiting for root device 1-Download transmac 2-download the extensions.mkext for still waiting for root device…”	Snow Leopard 10.6	2011-11-14 4,077 dossier reads
Hi All On My Acer Aspire 5542 “I used SNOWLEO_MAC_Snow_Leopard_OSX86_64_For_INTEL_AMD_32 _64_MBR_GUID, search for it in google.. During installation make sure u check following options in customisation: - kernel: chocolate kernel - amd patch - fakeSMC - platform UUID - d…”	Snow Leopard 10.6	2011-11-13 4,077 dossier reads
Resolution issue “i have already done that and it says chameleon RC4 in the system perferences but i have updated to RC5 i think its a problem with my video card its a 9400GT 1GB but when i open the system profiler i can see my graphics card but with 4MB VRA…”	Snow Leopard 10.6	2011-11-07 3,720 dossier reads
Resolution issue “i dont have a com.apple.Boot.plist in /Extra/ but there is a org.chameleon.Boot.plist secondly i edited the com.apple.Boot.plist in the /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration as per ur suggestion and the org.chameleon.Boot.plist in the /E…”	Snow Leopard 10.6	2011-11-07 3,720 dossier reads
Few questions before i start “1-Download EasyBSD and add your other OSes OSX is also supported(in windows) while adding OSX make sure the mode is EFI 2-Snow Leopard 3-Go with any distro because its less complicated(thats what i feel) 4-Dont run OSX in vmware it manipula…”	Snow Leopard 10.6	2011-11-22 3,271 dossier reads