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Member #3,274 · 2008-11-08 → 2008-11-25
#1,115 by Dispatches #256 by Author Reads #3,005 by Thread Reach Member #3,274 NVIDIA GeForce

@FredJones

InfiniteMac community contributor with 7 recorded dispatches, 2 lead technical dossiers (41,348 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 41,348 historical readers.

Dispatches 7 Ranked #1,115 of 6,691
Author Reads 41,348 Ranked #256 · 2 dossiers
Thread Reach 41,348 Ranked #3,005 in reach
Lead Dossiers 2 20,674 avg reads / dossier
Member Number #3,274 Joined 2008-11-08
Active Window 2008 2008-11-08 → 2008-11-25
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#1,115 of 6,691 by Dispatches (7 notes) · #256 of 3,454 by Author Readership (41,348 reads across 2 dossiers) · #3,005 by Thread Reach (41,348 cumulative reads)
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Member #3,274 · Joined 2008-11-08
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Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection

Distribution across 1 technical boards

Leopard 10.5
7 (100%)

Lead Dossiers Authored by @FredJones (2)

41,348 cumulative reads on threads started by @FredJones

Dossier Title & SummaryCollectionReadership
Need to Get my 8400 GS Working
I am able to install Kalyway 10.5.2 and I'm very happy with it, but I am missing one thing. I need to get my GeForce 8400 GS 256 Mb video card working so I can use both monitors. I have tried a few different methods and each time I must…
Leopard 10.529,031 reads
2008-11-16 · 15 notes
Kalyway and GeForce 8400 GS
I installed Kalyway 10.5.5 with my Intel CPU and I have a GeForce 8400 GS with two monitors. I tried to run the installer scott dangel.com/blog/?page_id=20 for nvidia but it's for 10.5.5. My system won't boot regularly now but with -x it…
Leopard 10.512,317 reads
2008-11-08 · 4 notes

Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (5)

Direct links into threads where @FredJones contributed solutions & commentary

Thread & Dispatch ExcerptCollectionDate & Reach
Need to Get my 8400 GS Working
“for dual monitor support u have to edit the nvcaps of you nvinject! i have the right values @ home i will post them later! If you could post those, and also tell me what file to edit for this, that will be great. I will try it.”
Leopard 10.52008-11-25
29,031 dossier reads
Need to Get my 8400 GS Working
“YOu think it's slow due to the 8400GS? Do you know if you can get 2 monitors on there, however?”
Leopard 10.52008-11-24
29,031 dossier reads
Need to Get my 8400 GS Working
“I am thinking now to get a new card. Seems that even those who can get the EFI right have a hard time getting two monitors to work with this card. Seems that other geforce cards are 'natively' supported by osx and so it's easier with them.”
Leopard 10.52008-11-24
29,031 dossier reads
Need to Get my 8400 GS Working
“Thank you. This did not work for me. I'm not 100% sure why, but I have now found two other how-tos about this: http://forum.netkas.org/index.php?topic=222.0 aquamac.proboa rds106.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=hack1&thread=509 and so I …”
Leopard 10.52008-11-21
29,031 dossier reads
Kalyway and GeForce 8400 GS
“Sorry, I have 10.5.2 Kalyway. EFI string? Not sure how to do that. But the nvidia installer has an option for EFI Studio. Anyhow I think it appears from other posts that the installer does that efi string for me. I guess I will try and see.…”
Leopard 10.52008-11-09
12,317 dossier reads