#308 by Dispatches #613 by Author Reads #1,326 by Thread Reach Member #2,068 AMD OSx86 Voodoo / XNU Kernel ALC889a / Audio
@dpollard55
InfiniteMac community contributor with 24 recorded dispatches, 2 lead technical dossiers (18,008 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 406,158 historical readers.
Dispatches
24
Ranked #308 of 6,691
Author Reads
18,008
Ranked #613 · 2 dossiers
Thread Reach
406,158
Ranked #1,326 in reach
Lead Dossiers
2
9,004 avg reads / dossier
Member Number
#2,068
Joined 2008-05-05
Active Window
2008–2009
2008-05-13 → 2009-05-19
Hardware Specs Reported in Dispatches
HP Pavillion a1600n · AMD Athlon64 X2 3800+ · 2GB DDR2 RAM · 200GB SATA Drive · 2 DVD 16X Burners · ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro PCI Express · ALC888 HD Audio
HP Pavillion a1600n · AMD Athlon64 X2 3800+ · 2GB DDR2 RAM · 200 GB SATA Hard Drive · ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro PCI express · Voodoo kernel 9.5 · ALC 888 HD Audio
- Archive Standing
- #308 of 6,691 by Dispatches (24 notes) · #613 of 3,454 by Author Readership (18,008 reads across 2 dossiers) · #1,326 by Thread Reach (406,158 cumulative reads)
- InfiniteMac ID
- Member #2,068 · Joined 2008-05-05
- Hardware & Kernel Topics
- AMD OSx86 (12) · Voodoo / XNU Kernel (5) · ALC889a / Audio (4) · NVIDIA GeForce (4) · ATI Radeon (3) · AHCI / SATA (1)
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Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection
Distribution across 6 technical boards
Lead Dossiers Authored by @dpollard55 (2)
18,008 cumulative reads on threads started by @dpollard55
| Dossier Title & Summary | Collection | Readership |
|---|---|---|
| 9.7 kernel Stumbled across this 9.7 voodoo based kernel here http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=153414&st=350 scroll down to the link from moskivirit. Running fine right now on my AMD machine, but your mileage may vary. Don't forget… | 10.X Core | 13,432 reads 2009-05-19 · 10 notes |
| AMD 9.3 kernel It appears the 9.3 modbin kernel and System.kext from kalyway's combo updater for 10.5.3 works on AMD machines in case anyone is interested. I'm running them now on 10.5.2. You can just use the kernel installer from kalyway's combo update… | Leopard 10.5 | 4,576 reads 2008-06-01 · 15 notes |
Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (22)
Direct links into threads where @dpollard55 contributed solutions & commentary
| Thread & Dispatch Excerpt | Collection | Date & Reach |
|---|---|---|
| XxX 10.5.6 Final 2 Installation DVD “I like this release. Just 'acquired' it the other day and so far no problems. It even fixed my shutdown issue. My fan and LED were staying on after the power off process. No openhaltrestart.kext or shutdown fix needed at all. Tried everythi…” | 10.X Core | 2009-05-10 111,634 dossier reads |
| Mac OS X 10.5.7 Released “Why you are patching update package on AMD if you are using Voodoo kernel? It should work with Voodoo with no patching. better safe than sorry” | Releases & News | 2009-05-14 99,651 dossier reads |
| Mac OS X 10.5.7 Released “Worked for me on my AMD system updating from XxX_10.5.6 with the voodoo kernel. I downloaded the stand alone installer from Apple and ran it through Zephyroth's AMD patcher just to be safe then backed up essential kexts... sound, video, etc…” | Releases & News | 2009-05-13 99,651 dossier reads |
| HCL OSx86 AMD 10.5.2 Revision 2 “CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ MB: Asus A8M2N-LA Audio: ALC888 Onboard (fully working with AppleHDA Patcher and Linux Dump) RAM: 1GB DDR2 533Mhz Video: PCIE Nvidia Geforce 7300GS 256MB (Fully working QE/CI except in 1280X800 I get a reverse le…” | 10.X Core | 2008-05-13 82,426 dossier reads |
| How good is your computer “I'd give mine a 9 even though it's coming up on 4 years old. It's a HP Pavillion a1600n, AMD Athlon64 X2 3800+, 2GB DDR2 533 RAM, 250GB SATA Drive, ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro PCIe. It does everything I ask fairly well in OS X. Currently running…” | Hardware & Dev | 2009-05-18 18,474 dossier reads |
| Leo4Allv3 released, Tell us what you think “I've been using Zephyroth's 10.5.2 rev1 on my HP Pavillion and everything ran smooth as silk. With nothing but time to waste I decided to try another release for my AMD machine and concluded that Leo4allv3 would be a good candidate. So firs…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-05-28 17,655 dossier reads |
| 9.7 kernel “Can't find the page, could post it here? media fire.com/download.php?gemmdjmhudb” | 10.X Core | 2009-05-19 13,432 dossier reads |
| iLife '08 “Yeah I would have used Zephyroths ASU, but it wasn't released until after I had already fixed the issues. Wish it had of been though, would have been much simpler. Oddly enough iMovie worked before I ever patched it... just needed the updat…” | Software & Kexts | 2008-05-19 11,135 dossier reads |
| iLife '08 “There are 2 updates for iMovie and 1 for iDVD on Apple's website that I had to install, then they both worked perfectly. Ran marvin's on the App folder and it found a couple of cpuid's in iMovie so I patched them. Also Garage Band crashes t…” | Software & Kexts | 2008-05-18 11,135 dossier reads |
| 10.5.3 installed! Any comment about it... “I haven't had any glitches on my system so far, and everything is running smoothly. I updated to 10.5.3 two days ago and run OS X exclusively on my AMD machine. I did use the Nvidia kexts from 10.5.2 and the sound kexts I had for my ALC888.…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-06-05 7,801 dossier reads |
| New Leo4all Release “This is great news for me… Leo4allv3 was the only release where everything just worked out the box on my system, something none of the 10.5.6 releases have yet to match (though XxX_10.5.6 comes the closest with everything except sound which…” | 10.X Core | 2009-05-09 7,768 dossier reads |
| 10.5.7 Update “oh thank you gonna try this soon, dont think now, maybe tomorrow... whats funny is I feel like Murphey's law only apply's to me, anything that can go wrong, will i hope this will be a fixable mistake wish me luck guys ~EDIT~ U mean like M1 …” | Leopard 10.5 | 2009-05-16 6,458 dossier reads |
| 10.5.7 Update “Download the voodoo kernel installer from here http://code.google.com/p/xnu-dev/ Even though you are running voodoo now still run the installer and reboot. This will add the mach_kernel.voodoo flag to your com.apple.boot.plist for you so yo…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2009-05-16 6,458 dossier reads |
| leo4all vs zephyroth “I'm not sure of the differences (sorry I'm still new to the osx86 scene) but I think Kalyway has a 10.5.2 release for AMD as well. I'm using Zephyroth updated to the 9.2.2 kernel and System kext, and so far I haven't had any problems. I gue…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-05-22 5,292 dossier reads |
| Psystar Updates “I agree with Zephyroth on this issue. The Psystar offering isn't any better or worse than what most people can do on their own. I have an AMD system and all I did was pop the DVD in the drive, boot up and install. OK so I had to buy a $15 L…” | 10.X Core | 2008-05-19 4,835 dossier reads |
| AMD 9.3 kernel “[cite] rohitkpatil:After applying this kernel my CPU is shown as single core…any help ? Model Name: Mac Model Identifier: System Product Name Processor Name: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 FX-60 Dual Core Processor Processor Speed: 2.6 GHz Number Of Pro…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-06-05 4,576 dossier reads |
| AMD 9.3 kernel “jojo go here leo4all.uni .cc/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=61 to download the kernel. Just run the pkg installer to install it but make sure you choose the modbin kernel.” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-06-04 4,576 dossier reads |
| ipc 10.5.6 FINAL installed.. but hangs :( “have you tried safe mode, type -x at the prompt. If you can get into safe mode maybe you can correct the issue from there if it's a driver problem.” | Leopard 10.5 | 2009-05-09 3,562 dossier reads |
| BIOS settings solved Toast problem - but only half “I haven't had any problems with Toast so far, but I don't have but 1GB of DDR2 RAM. I did discover that on my system, which is socket AM2, I had a problem with reboot and shutdown where I would have to hold the power button in. Also my keyb…” | General | 2008-05-18 3,554 dossier reads |
| iChat is unusable “Try Zephyroth's rev1 release. I had the same problem with iChat in rev2 and with rev1 it works perfect. Don't know why? I eventually switched to Leo4all V3 myself, and everything works fine for me with that release (even Toast 9).” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-06-07 2,776 dossier reads |
| Mouse wont move on language screen “check for Legacy USB settings in your BIOS see if that helps” | Leopard 10.5 | 2009-04-26 2,736 dossier reads |
| Can't download FIles on Leopard “you need the 10.5.5 seatbelt kext you can get it from this thread *Updated 11/12* DMG mounting issues Sandbox.kext/Seatbelt.kext. If you ever update to a 9.6 kernel make sure to switch back to the 10.5.6 seatbelt or you'll have the same pro…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2009-04-26 2,393 dossier reads |