@Firewalk

Has anybody got the media keys to work using this keyboard, ie the play rewind vol + vol -. my keyboard works fine but no media keys. Thank you for any help Firewalk

Using the new 10.5.2 efi DVD, Boot Camp and X11 dont work. Boot Camp says its not supprted on my architecture and X11 just doesnt do anything. Is this the same for other people or have i done something wrong.. I am using 9.2 kernal with…

I seem to be having a problem with marvins util. when i run create patcher package, it runs all the way through but fails to create any decrypts. Does anyone have any ideas why its not creating the decrypts..at a loss. Firewalk

“Hi bhast2, do you think 3 gig would be ok..if so in what banks.. Firewalk”

“My system finally seems stable 48 hrs uptime no bugs, used transmission for torrents still fine, stress tested to hell and back, all seems ok. for me the answer was to remove 2 gig of ram from my 4 gig system now working like a charm..thank…”

“Hi bhast, thanks for your advice. i have now removed 2 gig of ram from the system will test and let you know. although i have tried this before (but i did have different problems at the time.. Firewalk”

“Hi bhast2, I have 4x1 gig ddr2 800mhz unbuffered.. not sure of the brand but its heatsinked.”

“Me too, but i just cant seem to get leopard to stop crashing. i have sorted the mad mouse movement bug and tons of others mainly driver related problems i'd been having. but it seems me and others just cant get a stable system ie random cra…”

“So the answer to the AMD problem is to buy a new intel board and CPU. Joy...”

“Hi agrafuese, i dont overclock my system so bios is set to defaults, cooling shouldnt be a problem in the antec case i have there are two big 3 speed exhaust fans right next to the cpu. i cant check cpu temp as i havent found a proggie for …”

“Hi lanxxx, Thanks for the link, although it only shows temps for my hard drives..with the cpu=1 command my system has been running since 9am this morning uk time. so far my uptime is 5.3 hrs with no probs..still gonna look at intel boards a…”

“Hi lanxxx, I tried idlehalt=0 but my system would reset itself after 30, 50 mins. mouse would freeze then the busy cursor then mouse would dissapear then i would get the spinning logo on desktop and after a minute or so system would reset. …”

“Does anybody actually have a full working leopard install on AMD, ie without the bugs listed here. My system randomly crashes using torrents or just heavy workload. i have tried all suggestions here and on insanelymac to no avail , although…”

“same thing here, ahd alot of apps open and eyetv same crash 1080 on all apps, restarted and now ok again. seems like its not fixed to me. no mouse jumping to speak of the odd speed up but nothing in comparison to the default hypertransport …”

“who said catnip, you got any go on sell us some catnip..(shake shake shiver shiver).”

“lanxxx, my system never fits i built it myself.. still running smooth..mouse not gone mad.”

“lanxxx, gotta say this has made my system feel smoother more reponsive. one again thank you for the idea Firwalk P.S need something else to fix now, quickly running out of bugs real life looming (need a crash)..”

“Will test as i have triple boot xp. can anyone recommend any benchmarking proggies for xp and vista. to test i shall revert settings and run benchmarks, then change settings and run benchmarks to compare.. strangely my keyboard seems more r…”

“lanxxx, Its ok Asus call Hypertransport = LDT Bus Freq. Mine has option in speed ie 600,800,1066, i have selected the third one and yes i must say things seem a little smoother. will have to do a full check over time but feels better. Thank…”

“Hmm dont have an option in bios for Hypertransport..”

“Oooh is it in the bios? would it be hpet in bios? sorry its not something i am familiar with..”

“Hi lanxxx, Sorry for stupidity but whats HT frequency?. Firewalk”

“agrafuse, my specs are Motherboard: asus 690 chipset sb600 i think m2a-vm hdmi,CPU: amd x2 4800 (no overclocking),RAM: 4gb ddr2 800mhz, Video Card: ati X1650 ddr3 256 dual dvi. Migthy Mouse Mac Keyboard and Remote… Firewalk”

“Same problem here after running for a while mouse goes mad like its on d***s jumps to corners and so on, i cant say that i have noticed a system slowdown as such as i always reboot when the mouse goes off on one.tried the memory timing thin…”

“Hi rfuilrez, any chance you posting your apple amd looks nice.. Firewalk”

“Triple Boot Sytem XP Pro, Vista Ultimate and OS X: Leopard 10.5.2 by zephyroth. Board: Asus M2A-VM HDMI onboard x1150 graphics (disabled). Ram: 4x1 Gig corsair PC6400 DDR2 800mhz. Audio: ALC883 using (ALC883 kext). CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 480…”

“working fine here. system seems alot smoother. i havent done the timemachine update..”

“Thank You i have installed and all seems ok.. will test . do you know what improements these have?.”

“Good to see there is a dedicated AMD forum. its good to be here. i will offer any help i can based on my hardware specs (see specs forum). Firewalk”

“for sb600 i installed this kext http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?act=attach&type=post&id=16213 and drives worked fine.. Firewalk”

“Hi jbeckers, not sure if firewire worked before i used eddies patch to upgrade to 10.5.2, i didnt have my drives then..but booting in verbose (-v) as always showed firewire ie speed 400 and so on in 10.5.1. my system is rather weird though.…”

“Motherboard is a Asus M2A-VM 690g sb600..and i am using a custom sb600 kext from insanley mac.. Firewalk”

“Hi RLembke, Ima using Firewire here (onboard and pci 3 port) both working ok, i have 2 lacie external firewire hard disks and both are working correctly... My Leopard install was done with zephys 10.5.2 rev 1. Firewalk”

“I would like to help out anyway i can... Firewalk”

“i installed this, now what.. i checked about this mac and just shows same as before…”

“l, I managed to install this update, but then i updated the graphics thing from software update and have now lost QE/CI. i was using atinject and ati x1000 kexts. my video card is a radeon x1650 256 m/b. is there any way i can set video up.…”

“Yup just use kext helper reboot and fingers crossed. Firewalk”

“laxattack, Sorry to here it didnt work for you. is your card agp or pcie?. Firewalk”

“Sorry dude my card is PCIE not AGP.. Its odd how i have the same dev id though.”

“My card is PCIE. i have all resolutions 640x480 upto 1920x1200. i use atinject and ati1000 kexts. all seems to be working fine.. Firewalk”

“Hi laxattack, i have the same card as you with same dev id. would you like me to email my kexts to you..”

“Hi, I am 32 or is it 33, probably the latter. I gave up on ageing years ago.”

“strange why it is not working for you. have you done the graphics update from apple?. did you use all three files i sent?..are you using 9.2 with efi?.. i only ask because people keep asking for my kexts and if there not working for you and…”