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Member #2,819 · 2008-10-14 → 2009-04-05
#70 by Dispatches #85 by Author Reads #89 by Thread Reach Member #2,819 📍 Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany Voodoo / XNU Kernel Retail DVD / USB Chameleon / Boot-132

@FirstHackTosh

InfiniteMac community contributor with 97 recorded dispatches, 10 lead technical dossiers (123,770 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 2,194,246 historical readers.

Dispatches 96 Ranked #70 of 6,691
Author Reads 123,770 Ranked #85 · 10 dossiers
Thread Reach 2,194,246 Ranked #89 in reach
Lead Dossiers 10 12,377 avg reads / dossier
Member Number #2,819 Joined 2008-10-14
Active Window 2008–2009 2008-10-14 → 2009-04-05
Preserved Forum Signature & OSx86 Rig
Processor: AMD Phenom X4 9150e QuadCore 1.8GHz boxed | Mainboard: GigaByte GA-MA78GM-S2H (Rev. 1.1) | Memory: 4GB MDT AMD-Edition | Chipset: AMD® 780G + SB700 | Video: Integrated ATi® Radeon HD3200 | LAN: GigabitLAN, Realtek RTL8111C | Audio: ALC889A | Harddisk: Seagate Barracuda® 7200.10 3250410AS 250GB, SATA | DVD: LG Electronics GH22LS30, SATA | WLAN: LONGSHINE LCS 8131N1 | Bluetooth: ANYCOM USB-200 USB Adapter | OS: MacOS X v10.5.6 (Leo4Allv4.1) | Bootloader: Chameleon 1.0.12 | Kernel: Voodoo 9.5.0 Kernel (Rev A) | Case: Foxconn TW080 | PSU: SilverStone Nightjar ST30NF 300W
Archive Standing
#70 of 6,691 by Dispatches (96 notes) · #85 of 3,454 by Author Readership (123,770 reads across 10 dossiers) · #89 by Thread Reach (2,194,246 cumulative reads)
InfiniteMac ID
Member #2,819 · Joined 2008-10-14
Location
Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
Hardware & Kernel Topics
Voodoo / XNU Kernel (13) · Retail DVD / USB (5) · Chameleon / Boot-132 (4) · AMD OSx86 (4) · AHCI / SATA (4) · ATI Radeon (3)
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Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection

Distribution across 4 technical boards

Leopard 10.5
43 (45%)
10.X Core
39 (41%)
International
13 (14%)
General
1 (1%)

Lead Dossiers Authored by @FirstHackTosh (10)

123,770 cumulative reads on threads started by @FirstHackTosh

Dossier Title & SummaryCollectionReadership
10.5.4 updaten auf 10.5.6, wie
Hallo, ich hab Leo4Allv4 installiert und den Voodoo Kernel. Wie kann ich denn da am Besten auf 10.5.6 updaten? Und welche kext muss ich den nach dem Update wieder ersetzen? Die, die mir das System unter "kextstat" anzeigt? Was hat es mit…
International60,577 reads
2008-12-22 · 20 notes
OSx86 on Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H
I will run a Phenom 9150e on OS X. The Mainboard is a Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H. Which version is the best for this combo and is there support for the HD3200 IGP, I haven't a discret graphiccard. iPC, Leo4All, LawlessPPC, Zephyroth? FH P.S. I…
Leopard 10.514,978 reads
2008-10-14 · 13 notes
How to: iPC OSx86 on GigaByte GA-MA78GM-S2H
Which are the best options for this board? Has somebody a working iPC on a GA-MA78GM-S2H? USB2 working aswell? Any suggestions? FHT
10.X Core12,006 reads
2009-01-18 · 10 notes
HP 2133 mini-Note & MacOS X
Has anyone successfully OSX installed on a HP 2133 with VIA CPU & VIA Chrome 9 IGP? If so, which distri did you use? FMH
10.X Core10,247 reads
2008-10-17 · 1 notes
Weird problem with Apple keyboard & WinXP
Is it possible that the Apple keyboard dosen't work by installing Windows? In the BIOS the keyboard worked. It also worked on the "XP recovery (F2) screen" But when a have to press enter to begin the install, the keyboard dosen't work ...…
Leopard 10.56,675 reads
2008-10-22 · 3 notes
How to make Quad-Boot
would be cool to install four OSes: 1. MacOS X 2. Vista 3. WinXP 64bit 4. WinXP 32bit Is there somewhere a tutorial? FHT
Leopard 10.56,007 reads
2008-10-23 · 17 notes
Possible? Toshiba Protege R500 & Dual Boot
one question, is the following possible: Dual Boot on a R500 (OSX & Windows)? And why isn't possible Bootcamp on a Hackmac? Thanks alot!
10.X Core4,832 reads
2009-04-05 · 1 notes
LawlessPPC install stopped
I've tried Leopard to install on a Gigabyte SB700 MB. After 50% the installation stopped. After reboot, computer stopped by "AHCI drive init" Can't get into BIOS, can't open the DVD drive, can't change boot device. What can I do now?
Leopard 10.53,346 reads
2008-10-24 · 5 notes
A couple of Apps terrible slow ...
the system is snappy, but a couple of apps are really slow. E.g. RAR Expander, Flip4Mac. Is this a known problem and how to solve? Gigabyte SB700 MB + Phenom Quad-Core, Leo4Allv4.1 FHT
Leopard 10.52,597 reads
2008-11-30 · 2 notes
X: Always beachball of death
I installed LawlessPPC without a problem. But now it comes always to a beachball of death. I've seen there is a lot of wrong permissions that the disk utility can't fix. I ran the repair app several times. What is to do? How to config the…
Leopard 10.52,505 reads
2008-11-08 · 5 notes

Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (40)

Direct links into threads where @FirstHackTosh contributed solutions & commentary

Thread & Dispatch ExcerptCollectionDate & Reach
iPC OSx86 Leopard 10.5.6 Intel AMD SSE2 SSE3
“I'm waiting and waiting and waiting :'( On Wednesday I have to go to work again”
10.X Core2009-01-02
965,272 dossier reads
iPC OSx86 Leopard 10.5.6 Intel AMD SSE2 SSE3
“Your particular SB600 chipset might not be supported. This will be fixed in IPC_PPF3. Can you give as a release date, maybe?”
10.X Core2009-01-02
965,272 dossier reads
iPC OSx86 Leopard 10.5.6 Intel AMD SSE2 SSE3
“Is something known about the release date of the thrid PPF? If not, I will burn the ISO today”
10.X Core2009-01-01
965,272 dossier reads
iPC OSx86 Leopard 10.5.6 Intel AMD SSE2 SSE3
“Now, the download worked ... Will arrive the thrid PPF soon? If not, I will burn today the iso”
10.X Core2008-12-29
965,272 dossier reads
9.6.0 Kernel, Based on Voodoo
“Insanelymac What are the benefits of the new kernel? Working USB2, maybe?”
10.X Core2009-01-02
351,844 dossier reads
Coming Soon: iPC OSx86 Intel AMD SSE2 SSE3 (10.5.5)
“pcwiz, I hope you're waiting for 10.5.6 for a final release. And will this release cool & quite kext?”
10.X Core2008-12-07
127,513 dossier reads
How can I develop Hackintosh Driver? for example ATI IGP and SB.
“The highest resolution I can get are "1450x1050"”
Leopard 10.52009-01-05
112,974 dossier reads
How can I develop Hackintosh Driver? for example ATI IGP and SB.
“What's about the open source Linux driver from ATi?”
Leopard 10.52008-12-25
112,974 dossier reads
How can I develop Hackintosh Driver? for example ATI IGP and SB.
“I think he mean the onboard mainboard graphic. kexts for the HD3200 would be sweet QE + CI enabled”
Leopard 10.52008-10-22
112,974 dossier reads
iPC OSx86 10.5.6 problems/wishes
“That's Leo4All 10.5.5. We're at 10.5.6 which may have some changes that cannot meet your requests and are beyond our control. No, it was Leo4AllV4.1 10.5.4 updated to Voodoo und 10.5.6. But on 10.5.6 I had the FW mount issue and USB2 issue.…”
10.X Core2009-01-20
100,995 dossier reads
iPC OSx86 10.5.6 problems/wishes
“What I like to see on iPC is: - Correct processor specs shown in the System Profiler - Also in About this Mac - UBS WLAN-Adapter shown as a "Airport card" All this works right on Leo4All with voodoo kernel”
10.X Core2009-01-19
100,995 dossier reads
iPC OSx86 10.5.6 problems/wishes
“Okay, the Finder crashes because of a incomplete german.pkg Which packages have I got to select to get a working USB2? Shutdown doesn't work at the moment. I think I have selected a wrong package. At the first time it works. Than I tried di…”
10.X Core2009-01-19
100,995 dossier reads
iPC OSx86 10.5.6 problems/wishes
“Make sure your internal ethernet card is working or your wireless shows up as an Airport. How can I doo this? On Leo4All my USB WLAN-Adapter was shown as "AirPort" in the network preferences. On iPC it is shown as "USB-Ethernet" And every t…”
10.X Core2009-01-19
100,995 dossier reads
iPC OSx86 10.5.6 problems/wishes
“I'm not quite sure, but is there a RT2870 Ralink driver aswell? If not -> PPF3, please”
10.X Core2009-01-09
100,995 dossier reads
10.5.6 Released
“My system is running fine. Leo4Allv4.1 updated to 10.5.6 Chameleon Bootloader 1.0.11 (is there a newer version of it out there? Couldn't find nothing : Voodoo 9.5.0 GA-MA78GM-S2H rev v1.1 Two problems only: Firewire only works if HD is plug…”
10.X Core2008-12-24
80,667 dossier reads
10.5.6 Released
“I have MBR and Leo4All and Voodoo doesn't work In a few days, I will change the partition table and will use Parallels for Windows.”
10.X Core2008-12-17
80,667 dossier reads
10.5.4 updaten auf 10.5.6, wie
“VLC now works correctly. I take the seatbelt from 10.5.5 VLC only plays a black screen. I think that's because of the intgrated Radeon HD3200 (only works in VESA mode. Mounting dmgs works, too. Firewire didn't work correctly USB2 still didn…”
International2008-12-24
60,577 dossier reads
10.5.4 updaten auf 10.5.6, wie
“Do you have also a PCGenUSBEHCI.kext in your extension folder? If yes, can you send it to me? Also the seatbelt.kext? I have still the PCGenUSBEHCI.kext faild to load error ...”
International2008-12-23
60,577 dossier reads
10.5.4 updaten auf 10.5.6, wie
“So nfoav8or Good news First, Parallels works. It doesn't always at the first try. But it works. Replaced seatbelt, VLC doesn't work. Moved it back, doesn't work. I always rebooted the system. Is there a new version of seatbelt? USB2 problem…”
International2008-12-23
60,577 dossier reads
10.5.4 updaten auf 10.5.6, wie
“So, it takes a couple of minutes to boot in safe mode. In verbose mode I saw yellow marked lines: Here are the kextstat: Counting on Parallels, have I understood you wright? 1. Duplicate the Voodoo kext 2. Rename the Voodoo kernel to mach k…”
International2008-12-23
60,577 dossier reads
10.5.4 updaten auf 10.5.6, wie
“Thanks for reply I don't want to rename the Kernel. Which app do you prefer besides Parallels? Fusion? If I disable USB2 in BIOS, all USB devices run fine. I will start in safe mode, USB2 switched on. Next problem, VLC 0.8.6d, didn't work. …”
International2008-12-23
60,577 dossier reads
10.5.4 updaten auf 10.5.6, wie
“Parallels 3 didn't work, too. I've used this guide: http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.php/Virtualization#Install_Parallels_on_AMD64 After the double-click, Parallels crashes immediately. I'm using the Voodoo-Kernel on 10.5.6”
International2008-12-23
60,577 dossier reads
10.5.4 updaten auf 10.5.6, wie
“I updated X successfully Also reboot and shutdown works correctly USB2 doesn't :'( Should I post my system.log? Here it is:”
International2008-12-23
60,577 dossier reads
10.5.4 updaten auf 10.5.6, wie
“Thank you very much. Now the system is booting fine. Voodoo-Kernel is also installed Problems I have now are the following: Restart and shutdown doesn't work (this works fine with the "MBR partition") USB2 problem: I tuned the EHCI-Controll…”
International2008-12-23
60,577 dossier reads
10.5.4 updaten auf 10.5.6, wie
“I think chameleon is been installed. How can I check this? And if not, how can I reinstall it without to install X again? When I select dvd as boot device and let the countdown go by it booted with chameleon bootloader. HD is in GUID partit…”
International2008-12-22
60,577 dossier reads
10.5.4 updaten auf 10.5.6, wie
“Okay, thanks for reply We can talk also english, no problem, I hope Have I to put the Decrypt, IntelCPUPMDisabler and AppleSMBIOSEFI kext in the extension folder before reboot? And yes, I need these kext Second, how can I be sure I am booti…”
International2008-12-22
60,577 dossier reads
XBench Results
“Results 91.66 System Info Xbench Version 1.3 System Version 10.5.6 (9G55) Physical RAM 4096 MB Model MacPro3,1 Drive Type ST3250410AS CPU Test 97.97 GCD Loop 137.06 7.22 Mops/sec Floating Point Basic 93.62 2.22 Gflop/sec vecLib FFT 67.08 2.…”
10.X Core2008-12-31
45,246 dossier reads
Is this how the OSx86 scene is going
“I didn't read the whole thread, but one question. Why did they do this?”
10.X Core2009-01-31
36,845 dossier reads
setup SB600 Windows XP AHCI driver
“I have a GA-MA78GM-S2H (rev.1.1) and can't boot in AHCI-Mode, I also can't find the driver in system32/drivers What to do?”
10.X Core2008-10-24
16,964 dossier reads
OSX install disk utility (alpha testers needed)
“As it is, no. It wouldn't be a massive task to edit the actual script to work on Tiger, but you would also need to change the support files for Tiger compatible versions. And if I will use this utility with my PowerPC computers?”
10.X Core2008-12-09
16,133 dossier reads
OSX install disk utility (alpha testers needed)
“Does the OSX install disk utility work with 10.4 and below retail disks, aswell?”
10.X Core2008-12-07
16,133 dossier reads
OSX install disk utility (alpha testers needed)
“Not to my knowledge. The Efika is way underpowered for Leo anyway, not familiar with the other two. Okay, not Leo, but Tiger should running fine. Tiger on my Pismo do PowerStation von TSS (now Fixstars) has two PPC970MP in it, like the last…”
10.X Core2008-12-02
16,133 dossier reads
OSX install disk utility (alpha testers needed)
“One question: Will it be possible to install Leopard on PowerPC hardware like Efika, PowerStation or on a dualcore MPC8640D, natively?”
10.X Core2008-12-01
16,133 dossier reads
OSx86 on Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H
“second question: Now I'm searching for a MacOS X, Vista and XP compatible WLAN PCI(e) card for my FirstHackTosh Any suggestions? FHT”
Leopard 10.52008-10-15
14,978 dossier reads
OSx86 on Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H
“Thank you very very much! My components are arrived today. The CPU is installed well. Now I only have to wait for the case. Should arrive tomorrow C u soon”
Leopard 10.52008-10-14
14,978 dossier reads
OSx86 on Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H
“Which graphiccard is to prefer? It schould be: - QE/CI enabled - low cost - low power! - fanless FHT Edit: is one of these cards supported by Leopard? global.msi.com .tw/index.php?func=proddesc&prod_no=1231&maincat_no=130&cat2_no=136 global…”
Leopard 10.52008-10-14
14,978 dossier reads
10.5.6 TM Fix & USB fix
“I've tried every USB fix and nothing worked so far.”
Leopard 10.52009-01-31
12,886 dossier reads
How to: iPC OSx86 on GigaByte GA-MA78GM-S2H
“Now I have tried several install options and can't get a working USB2 It's very frustrating”
10.X Core2009-01-18
12,006 dossier reads
My thoughts about 10.5.6
“For me, it doesn't matter. USB isn't working on 10.5.4 aswell as 10.5.6. Waiting for iPC PPF3”
10.X Core2009-01-03
11,135 dossier reads
USB problem
“None of the "USB fixes" does help me out. It's annoying ...”
Leopard 10.52009-01-02
10,690 dossier reads