Mac OS X on x86 Hardware 2008–2024 Technical Archive
Member #7,848 · 2009-06-23 → 2010-08-25
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@dstarr

InfiniteMac community contributor with 6 recorded dispatches, participating in discussions reaching 62,276 historical readers.

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Member Number #7,848 Joined 2009-06-23
Active Window 2009–2010 2009-06-23 → 2010-08-25
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APPLE Intel Core i7 920 D0 · Asus Rampage II GENE · 3×2GB OCZ Reaper DDR3 · 2× Asus Matrix GTX285 1GB SLI · 4×1TB WD Caviar Black · Nexus RX 850W PSU · Corsair H50 · 6×120mm Scythe PWM · Nzxt Rogue mATX SFF · OS X Snow Leopard 10.6.2
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#1,264 of 6,691 by Dispatches (6 notes) · #2,683 by Thread Reach (62,276 cumulative reads)
InfiniteMac ID
Member #7,848 · Joined 2009-06-23
Location
PEI, Canada
Interests
animation, graphics & programming
Website
dr vid.ca
Hardware & Kernel Topics
DSDT (4) · EVGA / X58 (1) · ALC889a / Audio (1) · Chameleon / Boot-132 (1) · Voodoo / XNU Kernel (1)
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Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection

Distribution across 2 technical boards

10.X Core
1 (17%)

Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (6)

Direct links into threads where @dstarr contributed solutions & commentary

Thread & Dispatch ExcerptCollectionDate & Reach
Rampage II Gene Snow Leopard: Can't Restart After Sleep
“Just did a combo update 10.6.0-10.6.4 and my AD2000B sound is broken. Using the DSDT from here still... I get numerous 'assertation failed' on AppleHDA.kext during boot up. Any insights?”
Snow Leopard 10.62010-08-25
53,413 dossier reads
Rampage II Gene Snow Leopard: Can't Restart After Sleep
“TBH I never had any success with USB drive booting SL on the gene. I tried pretty much the same steps and it would always hang for me also. In my experience SL installer needs to be run from inside target Leopard environment, although posts…”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-10-24
53,413 dossier reads
Rampage II Gene Snow Leopard: Can't Restart After Sleep
“just chiming in... I upgraded SL from a vanilla Leo install. I cheated though, booting and installing it with a USB>SATA adapter in my Macbook. I also used digital dreamers X58 mobo script for Leo and the kexts/dsdt on this thread for SL. A…”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-10-22
53,413 dossier reads
Rampage II Gene Snow Leopard: Can't Restart After Sleep
“Hi again. Thanks so much for your work on the AD2000B with this board! I followed your directions and finally have sound working. Although I haven't tested recording or any other I/O. I'm using the non-HDAEnabler method with your DSDT. I al…”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-10-06
53,413 dossier reads
Rampage II Gene Snow Leopard: Can't Restart After Sleep
“It's great to see someone else using OS X on the GENE. I'm using your DSDT (above) with the same motherboard, only in Leopard 10.5.7, and I still haven't managed to get sound working. Could you perhaps link the kext you're using? Or do you …”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-10-05
53,413 dossier reads
Working Distro
“I've installed and booted iPC 10.5.6 voodoo 9.6.0 and Chameleon 1.0.11 on an i7 920 using busratio=20 every time. But after you update to vanilla 10.5.7 you won't need that.”
10.X Core2009-06-23
8,863 dossier reads