Mac OS X on x86 Hardware 2008–2024 Technical Archive
Member #7,156 · 2009-05-27 → 2009-05-29
#2,514 by Dispatches #2,294 by Author Reads #5,662 by Thread Reach Member #7,156 AHCI / SATA NVIDIA GeForce

@dwags

InfiniteMac community contributor with 3 recorded dispatches, 1 lead technical dossiers (4,292 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 4,292 historical readers.

Dispatches 3 Ranked #2,514 of 6,691
Author Reads 4,292 Ranked #2,294 · 1 dossiers
Thread Reach 4,292 Ranked #5,662 in reach
Lead Dossiers 1 4,292 avg reads / dossier
Member Number #7,156 Joined 2009-05-27
Active Window 2009 2009-05-27 → 2009-05-29
Hardware Specs Reported in Dispatches
System · System Manufacturer: NVIDIA · System Model: NFORCE 680i LT SLI · BIOS: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG · Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual CPU E2180 @ 2.00GHz (2 CPUs) · Memory: 2814MB RAM actually 4gb · Page File: 737MB used, 5755MB available
Archive Standing
#2,514 of 6,691 by Dispatches (3 notes) · #2,294 of 3,454 by Author Readership (4,292 reads across 1 dossiers) · #5,662 by Thread Reach (4,292 cumulative reads)
InfiniteMac ID
Member #7,156 · Joined 2009-05-27
Hardware & Kernel Topics
AHCI / SATA (2) · NVIDIA GeForce (1)
Frequent Thread Collaborators
@thorazine74 @AndreX86

Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection

Distribution across 1 technical boards

Leopard 10.5
3 (100%)

Lead Dossiers Authored by @dwags (1)

4,292 cumulative reads on threads started by @dwags

Dossier Title & SummaryCollectionReadership
Installation Problems
I am very new to this but am a network administrator. I dont know much about macs. The problem i am having is no matter what distro i use i cannot get this to boot. It either says no boot device (iaktos v3) or starts loading the Darwin…
Leopard 10.54,292 reads
2009-05-27 · 6 notes

Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (2)

Direct links into threads where @dwags contributed solutions & commentary

Thread & Dispatch ExcerptCollectionDate & Reach
Installation Problems
“What setting would i have to modify in the bios? does it matter if the hard drive is not the master? or can i just boot from the drive from the bios boot menu, which is what ive been doing.”
Leopard 10.52009-05-29
4,292 dossier reads
Installation Problems
“I cannot boot after successfully installing. I'm wondering if I am not picking the correct install options. I am just selecting all the nForce stuff and video card and installing. Do i need to select a boot loader or can i just use the stan…”
Leopard 10.52009-05-29
4,292 dossier reads