Mac OS X on x86 Hardware 2008–2024 Technical Archive
Member #6,329 · 2009-04-25 → 2009-05-01
#1,126 by Dispatches #457 by Author Reads #3,536 by Thread Reach Member #6,329 ALC889a / Audio ASUS P5K / P5Q ATI Radeon

@gfxl

InfiniteMac community contributor with 7 recorded dispatches, 2 lead technical dossiers (24,390 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 24,390 historical readers.

Dispatches 7 Ranked #1,126 of 6,691
Author Reads 24,390 Ranked #457 · 2 dossiers
Thread Reach 24,390 Ranked #3,536 in reach
Lead Dossiers 2 12,195 avg reads / dossier
Member Number #6,329 Joined 2009-04-25
Active Window 2009 2009-04-25 → 2009-05-01
Preserved Forum Signature & OSx86 Rig
CPU: Core 2 Quad Q9450
Motherboard: Asus P5Q + ICH10R
GPU ATI HD4870
RAM: 4GB G.Skill 800Mhz
HDD: 500GB + 640GB WD Cavier SE16
Audio: Creative X-fi Xtreme Music
Archive Standing
#1,126 of 6,691 by Dispatches (7 notes) · #457 of 3,454 by Author Readership (24,390 reads across 2 dossiers) · #3,536 by Thread Reach (24,390 cumulative reads)
InfiniteMac ID
Member #6,329 · Joined 2009-04-25
Hardware & Kernel Topics
ALC889a / Audio (2) · ASUS P5K / P5Q (1) · ATI Radeon (1)
Frequent Thread Collaborators
@TheHAWKs @erick2red @andyvand @OBriener

Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection

Distribution across 1 technical boards

Leopard 10.5
7 (100%)

Lead Dossiers Authored by @gfxl (2)

24,390 cumulative reads on threads started by @gfxl

Dossier Title & SummaryCollectionReadership
Stuck at Apple Logo
I managed to install OS X using the iDeneb 1.4 ISO and set up a dual boot with windows 7 without any problems but I get stuck at the apple logo. Nothing happens and it doesn't seem like the hard drives are loading anything. Any ideas on…
Leopard 10.513,901 reads
2009-04-25 · 5 notes
Hangs on restart/shutdown
Please can I get some help with this? I reinstalled iDeneb 1.4 for the third time! I Installed only the chipset drivers and some applications. I still get stuck on reboot/shutdown. The first time I gave it a few minutes and after a while I…
Leopard 10.510,489 reads
2009-04-28 · 8 notes

Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (5)

Direct links into threads where @gfxl contributed solutions & commentary

Thread & Dispatch ExcerptCollectionDate & Reach
Stuck at Apple Logo
“Hi erick, I tried using that command running iPC 10.5.6 and it didn't change anything. I still get stuck when I try to reboot. I'm thinking I might be looking at this the wrong way. Whenever I install a kext file it has no effect on my inst…”
Leopard 10.52009-05-01
13,901 dossier reads
Stuck at Apple Logo
“ACPI 2.0 Support was Disabled so I enabled that but it didn't change anything regarding the boot process. I'm still stuck at the same line. Does iDeneb 1.4 come with this ACPIPlatform.kext in the installer or do I have to download it sepera…”
Leopard 10.52009-04-25
13,901 dossier reads
Hangs on restart/shutdown
“I'm gna try the iPC distribution. EDIT: Installed iPC. Didn't fix anything and my hard drive icons are now orange.”
Leopard 10.52009-04-28
10,489 dossier reads
Hangs on restart/shutdown
“Hi I was just trying to check the kextstat thing. I can't really tell if I have a patched one installed. All I know is that while installing iDeneb I didn't choose to install any patched AppleHDA. Something weird happened though. I managed …”
Leopard 10.52009-04-28
10,489 dossier reads
Hangs on restart/shutdown
“Umm not sure. How do I check? EDIT: Upon further research I have a basic knowledge of what this AppleHDA is. I'm quite sure that I didn't install any patch of the sort.”
Leopard 10.52009-04-28
10,489 dossier reads