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Member #3,848 · 2008-12-18 → 2009-01-11
#582 by Dispatches #185 by Author Reads #484 by Thread Reach Member #3,848 Voodoo / XNU Kernel AMD OSx86

@fman1234

InfiniteMac community contributor with 13 recorded dispatches, 4 lead technical dossiers (55,120 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 1,035,726 historical readers.

Dispatches 13 Ranked #582 of 6,691
Author Reads 55,120 Ranked #185 · 4 dossiers
Thread Reach 1,035,726 Ranked #484 in reach
Lead Dossiers 4 13,780 avg reads / dossier
Member Number #3,848 Joined 2008-12-18
Active Window 2008–2009 2008-12-18 → 2009-01-11
Preserved Forum Signature & OSx86 Rig
Soon to be HACKINTOSH
CPU: Celeron D 2.2GHZ
MOBO: Gigabyte GA-8S648FX-775
( North-bridge: SiS648FX
South-bridge: SiS964 MuTIOL® Media I/O )
RAM: 2GB DDR-333 Kingston
HDD: 40GB IDE (Will upgrade to SATA)
Graphics: ATI Radeon 9800Pro
DVD Drive: IDE LG DVD Burner
Network: TP-LINK Wireless Card

Looking to install iPC release!
Archive Standing
#582 of 6,691 by Dispatches (13 notes) · #185 of 3,454 by Author Readership (55,120 reads across 4 dossiers) · #484 by Thread Reach (1,035,726 cumulative reads)
InfiniteMac ID
Member #3,848 · Joined 2008-12-18
Hardware & Kernel Topics
Voodoo / XNU Kernel (1) · AMD OSx86 (1)
Frequent Thread Collaborators
@nfoav8or (6) @lanceomni (3) @Voyn1x (3) @LawlessPPC (3) @Kip McSkipster (3) @cmdshft @Taisto @R0GUE @palmpje @Mitch @pcwiz @pαuℓzurrr. @CyCLoBoT @klaafstra99

Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection

Distribution across 2 technical boards

Leopard 10.5
11 (85%)
10.X Core
2 (15%)

Lead Dossiers Authored by @fman1234 (4)

55,120 cumulative reads on threads started by @fman1234

Dossier Title & SummaryCollectionReadership
iDeneb Endless reboot loop...
So i finally managed to install iDeneb 10.5.4 V1 on my system (specs in sig). It finishes the installation fine.. and when it said to reboot i pressed the reboot button and it just hung with a grey screen and the pointer.. so i manually…
Leopard 10.536,894 reads
2009-01-09 · 8 notes
iDeneb V1 - Crashes at Do You Already Own a Mac
Installation finished fine.. so it plays through the leopard intro and then it goes through the wizard. Once it gets to Do you already own a mac? with the options of tranfering via firewire etc.. i press no i dont own a mac and then bam…
Leopard 10.57,437 reads
2009-01-10 · 3 notes
LawlessPPC - 10.5.4 Root Device Problems
I am currently trying to install LawlessPPC on my system but it stops at "Waiting for root device". What could be the problem? Check out my system specs below. System Specs: Mobo: Gigabyte MA78GM-S2H Ram: 4GB (2 Sticks of 2gb) Graphics:…
Leopard 10.56,000 reads
2008-12-18 · 9 notes
ATI 9800Pro AGP Kext
Does anyone have the ATI 9800Pro kext? or even the ATI 9700 Kext? I need this urgently cos i cant stand running in 1024x768 Cheers, Fman
Leopard 10.54,789 reads
2009-01-10 · 3 notes

Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (9)

Direct links into threads where @fman1234 contributed solutions & commentary

Thread & Dispatch ExcerptCollectionDate & Reach
iPC OSx86 Leopard 10.5.6 Intel AMD SSE2 SSE3
“just like to let you guys know that this release looks GREAT! and kudos to the people behind it! I was just wandering is my system fine to run this specific release? and is my graphics card supported? Cheers, Fman”
10.X Core2009-01-09
965,272 dossier reads
iDeneb Endless reboot loop...
“Which kernel do i use for my system? on iDeneb V1 10.5.4”
Leopard 10.52009-01-10
36,894 dossier reads
iDeneb Endless reboot loop...
“Instant reboot is normally caused by the incorrect choice of kernel. You may find a vanilla kernel is installed if you don't select anything, so just reinstall and make sure you choose a patched one like voodoo. Thanks very much.. I'll try …”
Leopard 10.52009-01-09
36,894 dossier reads
iDeneb Endless reboot loop...
“I might have to forget about iDeneb.. I'll download iPC's release tonight and patch all the latest PPF's to them.. If anyone still has any idea's on why iDeneb won't boot then please post stilll.. Cheers, Fman”
Leopard 10.52009-01-09
36,894 dossier reads
Atheros PCI adapter on OSx86 10.5.5
“I'm using iDeneb V1 10.5.4 and it came with the kext.. it works great! couldn't be any happier that wireless works! Cheers, Fman”
10.X Core2009-01-11
15,334 dossier reads
iDeneb V1 - Crashes at Do You Already Own a Mac
“Thanks.. it seems that the issue has fixed itself after i rebooted many times and went into safemode and rebooted again. Now running iDeneb! Cheers, fman”
Leopard 10.52009-01-10
7,437 dossier reads
LawlessPPC - 10.5.4 Root Device Problems
“waiting for root device means a chipset issue this could simply be a master and slave issue with drives or lack of chipset drivers. But without knowing your chipset I cant answer this question. Please dont just post motherboard models pleas…”
Leopard 10.52008-12-19
6,000 dossier reads
LawlessPPC - 10.5.4 Root Device Problems
“have you tried reading through some of the threads here at the forum? check out: Possible solutions for "Still waiting for root device" Yes i have tried all that. I tried to unplug everything except the OSX HD but still nothing.”
Leopard 10.52008-12-18
6,000 dossier reads
ATI 9800Pro AGP Kext
“Thanks for that mate...I'll see what i can do I also have a ATI 9250SE lying around.. doubt theres a kext for that too? i did some searching with no avail.. Cheers, Fman”
Leopard 10.52009-01-10
4,789 dossier reads