#581 by Dispatches #2,844 by Author Reads #386 by Thread Reach Member #3,510 ALC889a / Audio AMD OSx86 NVIDIA GeForce
@foster
InfiniteMac community contributor with 13 recorded dispatches, 1 lead technical dossiers (3,281 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 1,177,026 historical readers.
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13
Ranked #581 of 6,691
Author Reads
3,281
Ranked #2,844 · 1 dossiers
Thread Reach
1,177,026
Ranked #386 in reach
Lead Dossiers
1
3,281 avg reads / dossier
Member Number
#3,510
Joined 2008-11-24
Active Window
2008–2011
2008-11-24 → 2011-01-09
- Archive Standing
- #581 of 6,691 by Dispatches (13 notes) · #2,844 of 3,454 by Author Readership (3,281 reads across 1 dossiers) · #386 by Thread Reach (1,177,026 cumulative reads)
- InfiniteMac ID
- Member #3,510 · Joined 2008-11-24
- Hardware & Kernel Topics
- ALC889a / Audio (3) · AMD OSx86 (2) · NVIDIA GeForce (2) · Gigabyte G31M / P35 (1) · Voodoo / XNU Kernel (1) · AHCI / SATA (1)
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Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection
Distribution across 4 technical boards
Lead Dossiers Authored by @foster (1)
3,281 cumulative reads on threads started by @foster
| Dossier Title & Summary | Collection | Readership |
|---|---|---|
| How to clone or copy HD drive and partitions I am upgrading a 500GB to 1TB hard disk I need to copy the data from each partition to the new drive I do not want to have to install each OS again. 500GB partitioned as follows Darwin is installed on the MBR for the HD and handles booting… | Leopard 10.5 | 3,281 reads 2008-11-24 · 6 notes |
Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (12)
Direct links into threads where @foster contributed solutions & commentary
| Thread & Dispatch Excerpt | Collection | Date & Reach |
|---|---|---|
| iPC OSx86 Leopard 10.5.6 Intel AMD SSE2 SSE3 “I actually tried the HDA patcher after grabbing the codec dump for mine. which allows me to pick my speakers (back speaker/line out) or headphones (front jack) Inputs do not match anything (Internal Speakers and Internal Mic) I will try the…” | 10.X Core | 2009-01-06 965,272 dossier reads |
| iPC OSx86 Leopard 10.5.6 Intel AMD SSE2 SSE3 “AMD Athlon X2 5400+ Asus nVidia MCP61 (custom board for HP) 4GB DDR2 800 1TB WD HDD Optiarc DVD PNY nVidia 8400GS (low profile) Only thing is what sound kext to use for sound I know its a Realtek ALC888, it is functional but no input and ca…” | 10.X Core | 2009-01-06 965,272 dossier reads |
| PRE-INSTALL AUTOMATOR v1.1 For easily installing vanilla snow leo. “I did have to use Voodoo HDA kext to enable sound and to save me some grief with network bought a Netgear GA311 I really wish to use the onboard Gigabit Ethernet and not have to use voodoo HDA. But everytime I try AppleHDA I get a KP from k…” | Snow Leopard 10.6 | 2009-12-13 155,730 dossier reads |
| PRE-INSTALL AUTOMATOR v1.1 For easily installing vanilla snow leo. “This works great on the Gigabyte G31M-ESL motherboard with Intel e5300 one question can I enable 64 bit kernel without any issues?” | Snow Leopard 10.6 | 2009-12-10 155,730 dossier reads |
| iPC OSx86 out in public beta “I just deleted the System Folder, it installed the final I didnt apply nforce 1.1 ppf or whatever it is. (the one after 5) I do not have the looking for root device issue. So I don't think I need the fix unless it fixes the following: any D…” | Releases & News | 2009-02-03 44,965 dossier reads |
| iPC OSx86 out in public beta “I use Mac OS X so I dont have Data loss. My point is this, the installer scripts should be able to handle an existing Mac OS X install just as easily as a blank partition.” | Releases & News | 2009-02-03 44,965 dossier reads |
| iPC OSx86 out in public beta “Can not and will not format any partitions I am not going to erase data. The installer scripts should be able to handle an existing Mac OS X install, exactly like Apple does. Come up with another idea like how to recover previous working Ma…” | Releases & News | 2009-02-03 44,965 dossier reads |
| iPC OSx86 out in public beta “Yes I am over ipc beta with ppf1 and ppf2 applied. Formatting any of the partitions will not happen. If I have to go in and remove a few files to get ti install that is ok as long I dont have to recreate my user on the system.” | Releases & News | 2009-02-03 44,965 dossier reads |
| iPC OSx86 out in public beta “I do not know why the beta with 1 through 5 ppf applied stops on a critical error about boot.efi file as determined by watching the full log window. Operation not permitted related to boot.efi The MD5 for the ppf 5 patched iso matched the p…” | Releases & News | 2009-02-03 44,965 dossier reads |
| 8400gs problem......help please “try pciroot set to 1 in the boot plist for chameleon in your extra folder on the EFI partition PciRoot 1 I have the same MB and a PNY nVidia 8400GS thats how I get my video card to work I downloaded and installed 10.6.6 and have no issues.” | 10.X Core | 2011-01-09 4,698 dossier reads |
| How to clone or copy HD drive and partitions “I only have 2 sata connectors both hard disks are conencted to them. DVD drive is currently disconnected is why I can not use any thing from DVD right now.” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-11-24 3,281 dossier reads |
| can I install OSX86 on a sata hardrive “Yes you can install OSX86 on a sata drive get iPC 10.5.6” | Leopard 10.5 | 2009-02-06 3,080 dossier reads |