Mac OS X on x86 Hardware 2008–2024 Technical Archive
Member #30,052 · 2010-06-15 → 2010-07-10
#1,323 by Dispatches #836 by Author Reads #4,103 by Thread Reach Member #30,052 Dell Inspiron / Latitude ATI Radeon Retail DVD / USB

@eido

InfiniteMac community contributor with 6 recorded dispatches, 1 lead technical dossiers (13,721 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 13,721 historical readers.

Dispatches 6 Ranked #1,323 of 6,691
Author Reads 13,721 Ranked #836 · 1 dossiers
Thread Reach 13,721 Ranked #4,103 in reach
Lead Dossiers 1 13,721 avg reads / dossier
Member Number #30,052 Joined 2010-06-15
Active Window 2010 2010-06-15 → 2010-07-10
Hardware Specs Reported in Dispatches
These are the basic specs of my system: · Dell Studio XPS 16 laptop (intel pm55 chipset) · Intel Core i7 720QM processor · ATI Radeon Mobility HD 4670
Archive Standing
#1,323 of 6,691 by Dispatches (6 notes) · #836 of 3,454 by Author Readership (13,721 reads across 1 dossiers) · #4,103 by Thread Reach (13,721 cumulative reads)
InfiniteMac ID
Member #30,052 · Joined 2010-06-15
Hardware & Kernel Topics
Dell Inspiron / Latitude (1) · ATI Radeon (1) · Retail DVD / USB (1)
Frequent Thread Collaborators
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Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection

Distribution across 1 technical boards

Lead Dossiers Authored by @eido (1)

13,721 cumulative reads on threads started by @eido

Dossier Title & SummaryCollectionReadership
10.6.3 update problem
I am at my wits end by now. I have installed OS X 10.6 on my Dell Studio XPS 16 laptop several times now fine, using the retail disc with the Empire EFI 1.085 boot cd. However, I desperately need to update to at least 10.6.2 to get support…
Snow Leopard 10.613,721 reads
2010-06-15 · 8 notes

Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (5)

Direct links into threads where @eido contributed solutions & commentary

Thread & Dispatch ExcerptCollectionDate & Reach
10.6.3 update problem
“Fixed it by deleting every ATI kext in S/L/E, kinda weird but it works, and I don't even need EVOenabler anymore”
Snow Leopard 10.62010-07-10
13,721 dossier reads
10.6.3 update problem
“I took a break for a while, but now I'm back it it trying to fix this, I was able to solve the FakeSMC error by adding the MSDS key line to the FakeSMC kext. Still no dice with the other problem though. I read one thing that said I needed E…”
Snow Leopard 10.62010-07-05
13,721 dossier reads
10.6.3 update problem
“haha yeah that wouldve saved me some time… im gonna figure out how to do that as I continue to experiment, I'm so unfamiliar with macs it didnt occur to me. thanks for the tip”
Snow Leopard 10.62010-06-16
13,721 dossier reads
10.6.3 update problem
“After looking around online, it looks to me like Disabler.kext was used when updating Leopard installations… I don't see anything to suggest it's neccessary for a Snow Leopard system. Correct me if I'm wrong though...”
Snow Leopard 10.62010-06-15
13,721 dossier reads
10.6.3 update problem
“AppleintelCPUPowerManagement and AppleintelCPUPowerManagementClinet are, Disabler is NOT, NullCPUPowerManagement is in the Extra/Extensions Folder though... Assuming I need Disabler.kext, is it possible to properly/effectively add it from a…”
Snow Leopard 10.62010-06-15
13,721 dossier reads