Mac OS X on x86 Hardware 2008–2024 Technical Archive
Member #7,565 · 2009-06-21 → 2010-01-01
#738 by Dispatches #239 by Author Reads #57 by Thread Reach Member #7,565 Chameleon / Boot-132 Retail DVD / USB ALC889a / Audio

@drbee

InfiniteMac community contributor with 10 recorded dispatches, 2 lead technical dossiers (43,515 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 2,466,651 historical readers.

Dispatches 10 Ranked #738 of 6,691
Author Reads 43,515 Ranked #239 · 2 dossiers
Thread Reach 2,466,651 Ranked #57 in reach
Lead Dossiers 2 21,758 avg reads / dossier
Member Number #7,565 Joined 2009-06-14
Active Window 2009–2010 2009-06-21 → 2010-01-01
Archive Standing
#738 of 6,691 by Dispatches (10 notes) · #239 of 3,454 by Author Readership (43,515 reads across 2 dossiers) · #57 by Thread Reach (2,466,651 cumulative reads)
InfiniteMac ID
Member #7,565 · Joined 2009-06-14
Hardware & Kernel Topics
Chameleon / Boot-132 (2) · Retail DVD / USB (2) · ALC889a / Audio (1) · NVIDIA GeForce (1)
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Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection

Distribution across 3 technical boards

10.X Core
2 (20%)
Leopard 10.5
2 (20%)

Lead Dossiers Authored by @drbee (2)

43,515 cumulative reads on threads started by @drbee

Dossier Title & SummaryCollectionReadership
g31m-es2l audio ALC883 and snowleopard
I can't seem to make the sound work with this mobo in snowleopard. There is already a solution for alc883 out there using legacy kexts and hdefenabler kext but it won't work on my system. The problem is i definately need the mic to work…
Snow Leopard 10.633,703 reads
2009-07-06 · 3 notes
Snow leopard and chameleon rc1 extra folder
I have 2 partition on one HD. one with leo and one with snowleo.. the problem is that when I select snow leo Chameleon loads the kext on the extra folder of my leo partition... how can i avoid this?
Snow Leopard 10.69,812 reads
2009-07-29 · 4 notes

Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (8)

Direct links into threads where @drbee contributed solutions & commentary

Thread & Dispatch ExcerptCollectionDate & Reach
Retail Snow Leopard DVD install for G31M-ES2L
“Does anybody have KP with sleepenabler in 64bit mode? It works fine in 32bit.”
Snow Leopard 10.62010-01-01
1,741,402 dossier reads
Retail Snow Leopard DVD install for G31M-ES2L
“Thanks for your help sk1nhd33t. The problem is I don't have leopard installed. I was using SL 10a421 And i installed from there.”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-08-19
1,741,402 dossier reads
Retail Snow Leopard DVD install for G31M-ES2L
“Thanks for the great guide. Everything works for me but i have one problem. I had 2 partition one with Snow leopard beta and I installed from that 10a432 on another one. The problem is I cannot install Chameleon in snow leopard. I get insta…”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-08-18
1,741,402 dossier reads
Gigabyte G31M-ES2L Retail Tutorial
“Great guide. Thanks for this. I have only one small problem, With you Usb kext my usb don't work. Not a problem as they work if i remove it but without the awake function of course..”
10.X Core2009-06-21
669,898 dossier reads
QuoteQuartz Extreme Not Support Nvidia 9500GT 1GB
“ok, I have Dvi-Dvi configuration so maybe it is different from yours. You will probably have to enter your card NVCAP selecting custom in the end. Do a google search to find out how to get your card NVCAP.. .”
Leopard 10.52009-08-02
11,836 dossier reads
QuoteQuartz Extreme Not Support Nvidia 9500GT 1GB
“I have the exact same card as you and i made it work through efi string. I used Universal installer, apply efi string for video card, - Select custom Nvidia and click install. -It will ask you for the name and the what kind of config it has…”
Leopard 10.52009-08-01
11,836 dossier reads
Gigabyte G31M-ES2L Retail Tutorial
“i am on 10.5.7 but no luck. It works fine with the Retail one anyway. Thanks..”
10.X Core2009-06-21
669,898 dossier reads
Snow leopard and chameleon rc1 extra folder
“Thanks for the help. I solved by using efi v9..”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-07-31
9,812 dossier reads