Mac OS X on x86 Hardware 2008–2024 Technical Archive
Member #1,365 · 2008-02-20 → 2008-02-28
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@gimpel

InfiniteMac community contributor with 7 recorded dispatches, 1 lead technical dossiers (4,670 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 14,315 historical readers.

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Member Number #1,365 Joined 2008-02-20
Active Window 2008 2008-02-20 → 2008-02-28
Hardware Specs Reported in Dispatches
I have exactly the same problem. Though my processor is an Athlon64 X2 5600+. specs again: · Athlon64 X2 5600+ · Gigabyte GA-MA69G-S3H (ATI SB600) · 2GB RAM · GF 7200GS PCI-E
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#1,150 of 6,691 by Dispatches (7 notes) · #2,131 of 3,454 by Author Readership (4,670 reads across 1 dossiers) · #4,055 by Thread Reach (14,315 cumulative reads)
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Member #1,365 · Joined 2008-02-20
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Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection

Distribution across 1 technical boards

Leopard 10.5
7 (100%)

Lead Dossiers Authored by @gimpel (1)

4,670 cumulative reads on threads started by @gimpel

Dossier Title & SummaryCollectionReadership
RAM detected with 32MHz only
I managed to install this successfully on a Gigabyte GA-MA69G-S3H and an IDE disk. Now, one of the problems remaining is my RAM being detected as 2GB 32MHz , which is a bit low for a 800MHz dual-channel setup. What could be the reason for…
Leopard 10.54,670 reads
2008-02-21 · 6 notes

Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (6)

Direct links into threads where @gimpel contributed solutions & commentary

Thread & Dispatch ExcerptCollectionDate & Reach
Restart after Darwin Loader from DVD
“okay, plugging the keyboard using usb instead of ps/2 AND booting with cpus=1 did the trick. Unfortunately there is and probably will never be a driver for my M-Audio Delta soundcard, no love for mac then. But cool to see it is possible. Gr…”
Leopard 10.52008-02-20
5,427 dossier reads
Restart after Darwin Loader from DVD
“@kael Nevermind about vmware, I just used it to test, and it does go further than on the real hardware. I have a spare harddisk and am trying to install on that. I just tried again and it is indeed something with EFI "Loading /Library/Syste…”
Leopard 10.52008-02-20
5,427 dossier reads
Restart after Darwin Loader from DVD
“I have exactly the same problem. Though my processor is an Athlon64 X2 5600+. Running it in VMWare, at exactly that point where it does reboot on the real hardware, it loads the apple logo in the vm. So could it be that this has something t…”
Leopard 10.52008-02-20
5,427 dossier reads
RAM detected with 32MHz only
“LAN works fine, even IPv6. But both 10.5.1 and 10.5.2 only boot up with cpus=1. For the 10.5.2 install I realized that something went wrong with EFI.. it didn't get installed at all. Just saw that EFI wasn't installed at all, and 10.5.2 doe…”
Leopard 10.52008-02-22
4,670 dossier reads
RAM detected with 32MHz only
“Ah true, RAM speed seems quite normal. Now I need to find out how to boot the 9.2.0 kernel which should have been installed too, and somehow get rid off the need for cpus=1. Does that work for you (as you have a similar board)? Do you use E…”
Leopard 10.52008-02-21
4,670 dossier reads
Problem installing audio card driver (ESI Juli@)
“http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=25145&hl=envy24”
Leopard 10.52008-02-28
4,218 dossier reads