#204 by Dispatches #261 by Author Reads #495 by Thread Reach Member #47,503 Retail DVD / USB AMD OSx86 ATI Radeon
@durkmusic
InfiniteMac community contributor with 36 recorded dispatches, 5 lead technical dossiers (40,620 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 1,011,954 historical readers.
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Ranked #261 · 5 dossiers
Thread Reach
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Lead Dossiers
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8,124 avg reads / dossier
Member Number
#47,503
Joined 2011-04-07
Active Window
2011
2011-04-07 → 2011-06-20
Hardware Specs Reported in Dispatches
CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Deneb @3.6GHz · GPU: MSI R5770 Hawk Radeon HD 5770 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 · RAM: CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 1600 · HDD: 60GB WD Caviar Black · PSU: Antec EarthWatts EA650 650W · MOB: Asus M4A88TD-V EVO/USB3 · MON: 23" 1080p Dell LCD 5ms
- Archive Standing
- #204 of 6,691 by Dispatches (36 notes) · #261 of 3,454 by Author Readership (40,620 reads across 5 dossiers) · #495 by Thread Reach (1,011,954 cumulative reads)
- InfiniteMac ID
- Member #47,503 · Joined 2011-04-07
- Hardware & Kernel Topics
- Retail DVD / USB (9) · AMD OSx86 (5) · ATI Radeon (2) · Chameleon / Boot-132 (1) · AHCI / SATA (1) · ALC889a / Audio (1)
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Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection
Distribution across 2 technical boards
Lead Dossiers Authored by @durkmusic (5)
40,620 cumulative reads on threads started by @durkmusic
| Dossier Title & Summary | Collection | Readership |
|---|---|---|
| Trouble Booting SL 10.6.7 AMD CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Deneb @3.6GHz GPU: MSI R5770 Hawk Radeon HD 5770 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 RAM: CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 1600 HDD: 60GB WD Caviar Black PSU: Antec EarthWatts EA650 650W MOB: Asus… | Snow Leopard 10.6 | 15,571 reads 2011-05-16 · 20 notes |
| Radeon 4830 I am using nawcom 3.1 with retail SL 10.6.7 and I can't seem to get my 4830 to work. It starts off with a crappy resolution and 75hz frequency. The screen flashes blue for 3 seconds back to regular screen for 2 seconds then repeats over… | Snow Leopard 10.6 | 9,007 reads 2011-04-18 · 5 notes |
| Can't install new apps I get this error when trying to start apps. I can download the apps and copy them to the apps folder but when I try to open it it gives me an error. This is the detailed error: Process: uTorrent [252] Path:… | Snow Leopard 10.6 | 6,710 reads 2011-05-28 · 4 notes |
| What kernel do I need I have an asus m4a88td-v evo mobo and I was wondering what do I need to get this thing working? I have iatkosv7 because it's the only thing I can get to boot. It allows me to install but always gives me some kind of kernel panic error.… | 10.X Core | 6,446 reads 2011-04-07 · 14 notes |
| No Volume control I have creative soundblaster 5.1 x-fi and I can select it in the sound settings as the output but I cannot control the volume. It's always set at max volume. How can I control the volume? Thank you for your help. | Snow Leopard 10.6 | 2,886 reads 2011-06-12 · 3 notes |
Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (27)
Direct links into threads where @durkmusic contributed solutions & commentary
| Thread & Dispatch Excerpt | Collection | Date & Reach |
|---|---|---|
| iATKOS v7 “I ran the installation and it said the installation was successful and then my PC restarted and I got this: Has anyone solved this issue yet? I get the exact same screen! HELP!” | 10.X Core | 2011-04-07 932,692 dossier reads |
| Can someone please tell me what i did wrong? ( AMD) “To be honest it is just better to buy a mac unless u are like an expert at this stuff. There are hardly any people out there to help you and they never have time to help. I even offer to pay people to help me and they refuse. It is extremel…” | Snow Leopard 10.6 | 2011-05-28 33,964 dossier reads |
| Can someone please tell me what i did wrong? ( AMD) “I use IDE mode. It works perfectly fine. You might want to try AHCI mode for your SATA. If not, IDE should work. When you boot from the nawcom cd, you put it in, boot form cd, select the hard drive partition with mac osx on it, and thats al…” | Snow Leopard 10.6 | 2011-05-28 33,964 dossier reads |
| Can someone please tell me what i did wrong? ( AMD) “I hate the still waiting for rood device error lol After you install with nawcom do you boot with nawcom? You may still need to boot with nawcom until you get everything setup to boot with chameleon. So try booting with nawcom after you ins…” | Snow Leopard 10.6 | 2011-05-26 33,964 dossier reads |
| Can someone please tell me what i did wrong? ( AMD) “Like I said, I've been through iAtkos... waste of time. Do nawcom with retail. It's probably the only way you will get that system to accept SL 10.6.7” | Snow Leopard 10.6 | 2011-05-07 33,964 dossier reads |
| Can someone please tell me what i did wrong? ( AMD) “Just got done installing 10.6.7 for AMD. Went the same route you did. Spent weeks dealing with so many different methods and finally found one that works. Nawcom 3.1. You also need the retail dvd ($30) works like a charm. If you need help, …” | Snow Leopard 10.6 | 2011-05-03 33,964 dossier reads |
| Trouble Booting SL 10.6.7 AMD “I'm really new at this stuff could someone explain that to me? I have no clue what he said lol” | Snow Leopard 10.6 | 2011-05-28 15,571 dossier reads |
| Trouble Booting SL 10.6.7 AMD “Here is what I did: followed tutorial in link above. When I rebooted after install I used nawcom boot cd instead of the one they gave. Followed tutorial from then on. Did not update yet. Had to instal realtek kext to get internet working. U…” | Snow Leopard 10.6 | 2011-05-27 15,571 dossier reads |
| Trouble Booting SL 10.6.7 AMD “Tried that and it installed, but when I went to boot with the boot cd it won't work no matter what boot flag I use. I'm going to try and boot with nawcom after work and see if I can get it booted. If not, I will install with nawcom, then fo…” | Snow Leopard 10.6 | 2011-05-26 15,571 dossier reads |
| Trouble Booting SL 10.6.7 AMD “We have almost the same exact specs besides the motherboard akimoa. What did you do to install leopard? I think my problem is I'm installing 10.6 retail and updating straight to 10.6.7 via software update.” | Snow Leopard 10.6 | 2011-05-25 15,571 dossier reads |
| Trouble Booting SL 10.6.7 AMD “When I go to about this mac it stills says darwin 10.4.0 is being used. Does this just not update? I downloaded 10.7.0 and updated for 10.6.7. The package installs itself yet it still says 10.4.0 in the about this mac window. Is it updated …” | Snow Leopard 10.6 | 2011-05-24 15,571 dossier reads |
| Trouble Booting SL 10.6.7 AMD “So it's GPU related? Well I have a different GPU i have a 5770. What should I do?” | Snow Leopard 10.6 | 2011-05-23 15,571 dossier reads |
| Trouble Booting SL 10.6.7 AMD “HELP US! and BMW3series, if you figure something out please DO NOT FORGET TO POST HOW YOU GOT IT WORKING! And if I figure something out I will post how I got it working as well. Thanks! (:” | Snow Leopard 10.6 | 2011-05-23 15,571 dossier reads |
| Trouble Booting SL 10.6.7 AMD “I did that and it didn't work still gave me that same error.” | Snow Leopard 10.6 | 2011-05-22 15,571 dossier reads |
| Trouble Booting SL 10.6.7 AMD “I did exactly what you said and it still doesn't boot. Gives same error.” | Snow Leopard 10.6 | 2011-05-20 15,571 dossier reads |
| Trouble Booting SL 10.6.7 AMD “Well I installed his legacy kernel so idk why it says darwin 10.7 but it does lol I will try that bootloader now.” | Snow Leopard 10.6 | 2011-05-19 15,571 dossier reads |
| What kernel do I need “I still can't get the resolution right. UPDATE: I was able to get 1600x1200 but not the full HD...” | 10.X Core | 2011-04-13 6,446 dossier reads |
| What kernel do I need “Finally got it working by setting sata mode to ide. Installs fine and everything now I'm just trying to get the graphics card to work correctly. It first started with that crappy resolution then I downloaded a kext and it fixed the resoluti…” | 10.X Core | 2011-04-12 6,446 dossier reads |
| What kernel do I need “Well I got Pirate EFI to work or whatever you linked me to and it still doesn't see any hard drives. I guess this retail cd doesn't like my western digital drives... I'm going to try my hitatchi external hd and see if it likes that. I don't…” | 10.X Core | 2011-04-12 6,446 dossier reads |
| What kernel do I need “Okay I got it working but it won't recognize the HDD lol I actually have two Hard drives connected and it's not seeing either of those in the disk utility. I have a sata connected hd and an ide connected hd. I'm guessing there is some kext …” | 10.X Core | 2011-04-11 6,446 dossier reads |
| What kernel do I need “Wow thank you so much for your help. BTW it would be really great if I could instant message you to get this problem solved asap. Whatever instant messenger you use just give me your sn (pm it to me if you want) and I will add you and we wi…” | 10.X Core | 2011-04-10 6,446 dossier reads |
| What kernel do I need “I've tried a lot of different combinations. I've tried kernel 9.5 9.7 and 3 different bootloaders chamelion v1 v2 and another one that starts with an X lol Since I'm not having any luck with that and I also want snow leopard, I'm going to g…” | 10.X Core | 2011-04-08 6,446 dossier reads |
| What kernel do I need “AMD Phenom II X4 965 BE Deneb @4GHz X4 140W 4GB (2 x 2GB Dual Channel) DDR3 1600MHz 9-9-9-24 1.65V Asus M4A88TD-V EVO/USB3 320GB WD Caviar Blue + 1TB Hitachi I have gotten pretty far. I've tried a few different installations and I keep runn…” | 10.X Core | 2011-04-07 6,446 dossier reads |
| Updated to 10.6.7 no USB works, no Audio, & I have to type pmVersion=21 D630 laptop. “Did you install 10.6.7 kernel? Also, not sure if you are able to use mouse and keyboard after upgrade but if not, go ahead and boot with your boot disk, make changes, and reboot without disk.” | Snow Leopard 10.6 | 2011-05-03 4,678 dossier reads |
| No Volume control “Okay I got applehda.kext removed and I can now boot but I still want to have volume control but do not have it or know how to get it. Can someone help?” | Snow Leopard 10.6 | 2011-06-20 2,886 dossier reads |
| No Volume control “While trying to fix it myself I installed appleADA or some kext that was supposed to work but after reboot I cannot boot, even using nawcom and another boot cd, using any boot commands. Please help!” | Snow Leopard 10.6 | 2011-06-16 2,886 dossier reads |
| Can't install new apps “I am a happy boy (:” | Snow Leopard 10.6 | 2011-06-12 6,710 dossier reads |