Mac OS X on x86 Hardware 2008–2024 Technical Archive
Member #1,006 · 2008-02-19 → 2008-11-25
#206 by Dispatches #1,167 by Author Reads #927 by Thread Reach Member #1,006 📍 Germany, Bremerhaven NVIDIA GeForce AMD OSx86 ALC889a / Audio

@^fire^

InfiniteMac community contributor with 36 recorded dispatches, 3 lead technical dossiers (9,615 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 609,141 historical readers.

Dispatches 36 Ranked #206 of 6,691
Author Reads 9,615 Ranked #1,167 · 3 dossiers
Thread Reach 609,141 Ranked #927 in reach
Lead Dossiers 3 3,205 avg reads / dossier
Member Number #1,006 Joined 2008-02-18
Active Window 2008 2008-02-19 → 2008-11-25
Preserved Forum Signature & OSx86 Rig
HomeHackintosh:
AMD Athlon64 X2 4400 :: ASRock ALiveNF5-eSATA2+ R3.0 :: Corsair 2GB DDR2-800 :: Gainward Geforce 8800GS PCI-E :: Maxtor 250GB SATA HD :: Audiotrak Maya 44 USB :: Phillips 22" 220AV TFT ::
Custom 10.5.5 Voodoo_Beta2 Kernel

Minimacbook:
Acer Aspire One A150X Netbook :: Intel Atom 1,6Ghz :: 1GB DDR2 :: Seagate 120GB SATA HD :: Acer 8,9" Crystal Bright TFT ::MSI Wind OSX 10.5.4 upgraded to 10.5.5 & Voodoo_Beta2 Kernel
Archive Standing
#206 of 6,691 by Dispatches (36 notes) · #1,167 of 3,454 by Author Readership (9,615 reads across 3 dossiers) · #927 by Thread Reach (609,141 cumulative reads)
InfiniteMac ID
Member #1,006 · Joined 2008-02-18
Location
Germany, Bremerhaven
Interests
some :)
Hardware & Kernel Topics
NVIDIA GeForce (8) · AMD OSx86 (3) · ALC889a / Audio (1) · AHCI / SATA (1)
Frequent Thread Collaborators
@Puttabong (10) @WinLinMac01 (9) @bhast2 (9) @R0GUE (7) @DoiX (7) @naquaada (5) @Firewalk (4) @Snow (4) @Voyn1x (4) @zephyroth (4) @pαuℓzurrr. (4) @milanca (4) @nfoav8or (4) @Ianxxx (3)

Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection

Distribution across 4 technical boards

Leopard 10.5
25 (69%)
10.X Core
8 (22%)
General
2 (6%)

Lead Dossiers Authored by @^fire^ (3)

9,615 cumulative reads on threads started by @^fire^

Dossier Title & SummaryCollectionReadership
Original Zeph 10.5.2 rev2 System.kext
i try'd to install the 9.2.2 Kernel and from now on i have some anoying kernel panics! i've forgot to make an backup of my System.kext please does any one have an backup or the original file from zephiroths 10.5.2 rev2 release !? i used…
Leopard 10.54,066 reads
2008-04-15 · 4 notes
to be filled by O.E.M.
is there a workaround to change the machine name e.g. "to be filled by O.E.M." to a name i like!? it's not a problem but sometimes it's a little bit anoying grtx fire
Leopard 10.53,058 reads
2008-07-07 · 5 notes
help with geforce 7300GT AGP
does any1 know how i get my ugly 7300GT AGP to work with Zephyroth's 10.5.2rev2 EFI ? i tryed natit, nvinject, zephyroths universal installer etc. but i got only that crappy 1024x768 flicker screen @ 60hz (thats not eye candy thats like…
Leopard 10.52,491 reads
2008-03-25 · 2 notes

Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (33)

Direct links into threads where @^fire^ contributed solutions & commentary

Thread & Dispatch ExcerptCollectionDate & Reach
AMD Dual Core Timing Issue AKA Mouse Bug
“if you want to OC RAM sometimes its possible to higher your ram voltage! some mobos have special settings for that”
Leopard 10.52008-07-10
134,652 dossier reads
AMD Dual Core Timing Issue AKA Mouse Bug
“[cite] taikn: P.S. In 'Hardware Overview' next to 'Total number of cores' it shows 1? But in 'Activity monitor' i've two cpu graphs? Is the second core recognized? thats normal, if the activity monitor shows two cpu's, the system uses both …”
Leopard 10.52008-07-10
134,652 dossier reads
AMD Dual Core Timing Issue AKA Mouse Bug
“[cite] pmcnano:NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! =( Fire, you are using tigeR? damn sorry i meant of course Leopard”
Leopard 10.52008-07-10
134,652 dossier reads
AMD Dual Core Timing Issue AKA Mouse Bug
“whatever... my bios settings fixed that issues for me, the tiger is up and running since 10hours or more without crashes or mouse-hickups! ok firefox crashed one time, but it wasnt a -10xxxx error before that i was only able to use the tige…”
Leopard 10.52008-07-10
134,652 dossier reads
AMD Dual Core Timing Issue AKA Mouse Bug
“after 5 hours intensive use of macOS with the settings above still no mousejumps or crashes! i made some hardcore tests to run many heavy applications at the same time e.g. eyeTV, photoshop, reason, toast, adium, UT2003, firefox (about 50ta…”
Leopard 10.52008-07-09
134,652 dossier reads
AMD Dual Core Timing Issue AKA Mouse Bug
“i've start to fiddle arround with some bios settings... maybe there are some options to solve that kind of problem! changed: disable: CnQ memory CL timings raised from CL5 to CL6 Disabled some ACPI settings Disabled Enhanced halt state Disa…”
Leopard 10.52008-07-09
134,652 dossier reads
HCL OSx86 AMD 10.5.2 Revision 2
“CPU: Athlon 64 X2 4400+ @2900mhz MoBo: Asrock ALiveNF5-esata2+ Rev. 3.0 Bios V1.90A (with PWM Fanmod) Chipset: Nvidia Nforce5 520 Vid: XFX Geforce 8400GS 256MB PCI-E (used Zephyroths Universal NVidia Installer and edited NVCAP to get Dualsc…”
10.X Core2008-03-19
82,426 dossier reads
Leopard 10.5.2 AMD EFI (OOTB)
“1st of all big thanks to zephyroth for the nice work! i tryed 3 times to install the 10.5.2 release but i stuck after the installation! it boots up till a big screen pops up over the grey apple with the content (reboot pc bla hold the power…”
Leopard 10.52008-02-19
74,206 dossier reads
'About this Mac' Graphics
“if you open up the dark.zip file with textedit you will only see the errormessage from the webserver”
Software & Kexts2008-04-30
53,545 dossier reads
Member Nationalities
“from germany Bremerhaven last town before new york and thats it where the fishstäbchen come from we gave our town the lovely name "Fishtown" well sometimes u can really smell it when u stick your nose in the wind (no kidding) greetings folk…”
General2008-02-29
41,477 dossier reads
What's your average boot up time
“im booting up my acer aspire one a150x with 10.5.4 in about 25secs, a little bit slow but i can life with it”
10.X Core2008-11-02
31,845 dossier reads
mach_kernel 9.2.2 and 9.2.2 System.kext for AMD
“[cite] seren:mega upload.com/?d=7T8G33ZO there are no System.kext in that archive its looks like it contains AppleSMBIOS.kext”
10.X Core2008-04-15
29,851 dossier reads
mach_kernel 9.2.2 and 9.2.2 System.kext for AMD
“does any1 have the original system.kext for me!? (Zeph 10.5.2 rev2) i've forgot to make an backup and have some kernel panics now! i would really appreciate it! thx in advice”
10.X Core2008-04-15
29,851 dossier reads
Need to Get my 8400 GS Working
“for mine 8400GS it was 04000000 00000100 02000000 00000000 00000000 edit that in the nvinject.kext info.plist right click on nvinject.kext --> show package contents, open Contents and copy info.plist to desktop open it with plist editor and…”
Leopard 10.52008-11-25
29,031 dossier reads
Need to Get my 8400 GS Working
“i had a 8400gs too, got it to work with adding the 060610de id in the following three kexts (info.plist) GeForce.kext NVDANV50Hal.kext NVDAResman.kext if this isn't working for you guys then remove all nvidia related kexts via terminal: Gef…”
Leopard 10.52008-11-24
29,031 dossier reads
XxX x86 10.5.5 Leo Install Disc Beta1 is been released for testing
“same here... but in this case on my Acer Aspire One A150X”
10.X Core2008-11-02
28,868 dossier reads
New modbin kernel for AMD 10.5.4
“for the people they have problems to upgrade to this kernel: in my case i had to clear the caches after installing the kernel and system.kext simply type: sudo rm /System/Library/Extensions.mkext sudo rm -R /System/Library/Extensions/Caches…”
10.X Core2008-07-08
25,630 dossier reads
SOLUTION for Time/Clock issue between Windows Vista, Mac OS X, & Sabayon Linux
“[cite] R0GUE:That too used to happen to me back with Tiger. Try this (http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=47246) and let us know if it still works. Do you have network server time sync enabled on all OS's? yes in my case i have…”
Leopard 10.52008-04-15
18,434 dossier reads
SOLUTION for Time/Clock issue between Windows Vista, Mac OS X, & Sabayon Linux
“yes i have the same problem, everytime i boot into osX the time is 2 hours after org time and after i boot into XP the time is 2 hrs before its kinda anoying to set the time up everytime i changed the os it looks like osx is setting up the …”
Leopard 10.52008-04-15
18,434 dossier reads
can you please recommend me an am2 motherboard
“i have an "ASRock ALiveNF5-eSATA2+ R3.o" (Bios Rev. 2.00a) its very fast and stable, very suggestable in my opinion! in german that board is about 39euro! Onboard Lan and Audio works OOTB”
10.X Core2008-07-09
9,023 dossier reads
Cheapest OSx86 Video Card
“I had no problems with a Geforce 8400GS! And it's very cheap at the moment, only about 29 euros in Germany (256MB). Worked great!”
10.X Core2008-10-25
8,538 dossier reads
Can't loggin the MSN in zephyroth Leopard AMD 10.5.2 Rev.2 but leo4all and kalway can
“i have the same (onboard) card like you RTL8111B/C PCIE Onboard and i use the standard forcedeth kext (that is bundled with kalyway and zephyroth's release)”
Leopard 10.52008-04-23
7,534 dossier reads
Can't loggin the MSN in zephyroth Leopard AMD 10.5.2 Rev.2 but leo4all and kalway can
“ill checked it and you guys are right… i installed the new kalyway 10.5.2 on a seperatly HD and i was able to login into (microsuck) MSN Messenger in zephyroth's 10.5.2 rev2 i had the same errors like yall but no need for me to change from …”
Leopard 10.52008-04-22
7,534 dossier reads
Problem with AM2NF3 MotherBoard System ...
“no problem you're welcome hmm thats really strange... it sounds like there must be a sata problem or something... bcs of you are not able to boot via -s or everything else is it possible to borrow an old IDE hardisk to check that out? if i …”
Leopard 10.52008-03-19
7,378 dossier reads
Problem with AM2NF3 MotherBoard System ...
“yeah it looks like the kernel cannot load the nvidia.kext and the AppleNForceATA but its hard to see that clear in you picture (shine) i have the following sys configuration made on my asrock AM2NF3-VSTA Latest bios update (V2.50) Disabled …”
Leopard 10.52008-03-19
7,378 dossier reads
Problem with AM2NF3 MotherBoard System ...
“thx gaz919 i found it here in this forum got it to work using the "Graphics Mode"="640x480x32" command at bootprompt”
Leopard 10.52008-03-18
7,378 dossier reads
Problem with AM2NF3 MotherBoard System ...
“i have the same board with an Geforce 7300GT AGP card i had to remove the NVidia Kexts by hand to succesfully boot into OSX try the follow boot at darwin boot prompt with command -s and then do /sbin/fsck -fy /sbin/mount -uw / rm -R /System…”
Leopard 10.52008-03-18
7,378 dossier reads
Driver for 2wire Wireless usb Adapter HELP
“the chipset is prism, but dunno what kind (prism54 / GT etc.) i couldn't find more infos on google so thats the only info i can give you rockchalk22”
Leopard 10.52008-11-02
4,457 dossier reads
Original Zeph 10.5.2 rev2 System.kext
“hehe its working again i'm back with my osx many thx to you WinLinMac for sendin' me that kext! so for all ppls: better make backups of your files befor start trying some weird kernel stuff like me:) you don't wanna end like me with twisted…”
Leopard 10.52008-04-16
4,066 dossier reads
Original Zeph 10.5.2 rev2 System.kext
“noone have the org System.kext !? i can't believe it i don't wanna setup the whole osx again”
Leopard 10.52008-04-16
4,066 dossier reads
, Still New
“what do you mean with "What client" do you mean which kind of osx86 release like lawlessppc, zephiroths, kalyway etc? of course, posting download links for that kind of software is ilegal, but anyway you can search in google for trial versi…”
Leopard 10.52008-11-01
3,645 dossier reads
to be filled by O.E.M.
“that is not what i want to change i wanted to change my machine name... not the dmi data! but anyway if others want to change the machine name from "myname's mac to be filled by oem" to "mynames ultra 1337 H4XX0R MacPro" go to Systemsetting…”
Leopard 10.52008-07-09
3,058 dossier reads
The Poll Is On- Which Mac OS X Distribution Would You Choose?, Zephyroth? Kalway? Leo4All? JaS
“Zephiroths because its all working for me”
General2008-04-16
8,986 dossier reads