Mac OS X on x86 Hardware 2008–2024 Technical Archive
Member #3,002 · 2008-10-23 → 2009-04-09
#434 by Dispatches #643 by Author Reads #2,031 by Thread Reach Member #3,002 📍 Canada Voodoo / XNU Kernel Chameleon / Boot-132 DSDT

@gmow

InfiniteMac community contributor with 18 recorded dispatches, 2 lead technical dossiers (17,374 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 123,480 historical readers.

Dispatches 18 Ranked #434 of 6,691
Author Reads 17,374 Ranked #643 · 2 dossiers
Thread Reach 123,480 Ranked #2,031 in reach
Lead Dossiers 2 8,687 avg reads / dossier
Member Number #3,002 Joined 2008-10-23
Active Window 2008–2009 2008-10-23 → 2009-04-09
Hardware Specs Reported in Dispatches
Asrock Wolfdale1333-D667 R2.0 w/ ALC662 Sound card · EGVA 7600GTX 256md PCI-E video card (DVI) · SATA II 250 HDD · 4G Ram
Archive Standing
#434 of 6,691 by Dispatches (18 notes) · #643 of 3,454 by Author Readership (17,374 reads across 2 dossiers) · #2,031 by Thread Reach (123,480 cumulative reads)
InfiniteMac ID
Member #3,002 · Joined 2008-10-23
Location
Canada
Hardware & Kernel Topics
Voodoo / XNU Kernel (3) · Chameleon / Boot-132 (3) · DSDT (1) · AMD OSx86 (1) · NVIDIA GeForce (1) · Retail DVD / USB (1)
Frequent Thread Collaborators
@Voyn1x (3) @nfoav8or (3) @cmdshft @gipo @fassl @borbou @esz @Manmo71 @Dies @christian_ger @drxander

Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection

Distribution across 2 technical boards

Leopard 10.5
12 (67%)
10.X Core
6 (33%)

Lead Dossiers Authored by @gmow (2)

17,374 cumulative reads on threads started by @gmow

Dossier Title & SummaryCollectionReadership
It can't boot up after install 10.5.5
I'm pretty new in Hacknitosh world, I installed iDeneb 10.5.5, system won't boot up by itself, you need to inset the iDened DVD into the DVD drive, then it can boot up. Am I missing something? Intel D945GCLF2 Mini-ITX board, Atom 330 CPU,…
Leopard 10.513,002 reads
2008-10-23 · 21 notes
Sounds card issue with 10.5.6
I just install my IPC 10.5.6 w/ Voodoo 9.5, after that there is not sound, I can see the id in system profile. It used to be working w/ 10.5.5, can anyone give me a hand. Asrock Wolfdale1333-D667 R2.0 w/ ALC662 Sound card EGVA 7600GTX…
10.X Core4,372 reads
2009-04-09 · 3 notes

Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (15)

Direct links into threads where @gmow contributed solutions & commentary

Thread & Dispatch ExcerptCollectionDate & Reach
PNY GeForce 7600GS 512MB AGP
“Finally it's up & running now, the only thing not working is the sounds card (ALC662), I can see it in system profile but no sound, anyone can give me a hand? :-d”
10.X Core2009-04-06
106,106 dossier reads
PNY GeForce 7600GS 512MB AGP
“Ok, finally I use Voodoo 9.5 and make it up & running but after I shut it down then turn it back on then stuck in "Darwin Kernet Version 9.5.0:Sat Dec 6 19:39:54 IST 2008; Voodoo; Release 1.0 :xnu-1228.7.58/BUILD/obj/RELEASE_I386", help… :'…”
10.X Core2009-03-29
106,106 dossier reads
PNY GeForce 7600GS 512MB AGP
“I'm a new in Mac, can anyone give me a hand for install IPC 10.5.6: Asrock Wolfdale1333-D667 R2.0 w/ ALC662 Sound card EGVA 7600GTX 256md PCI-E video card (DVI) SATA II 250 HDD 4G Ram I tried to use -v -f at start up then pick the following…”
10.X Core2009-03-28
106,106 dossier reads
It can't boot up after install 10.5.5
“first- @ gmow - This is a kernel panic during your shutdown process caused by (again) the wrong installation of customized packages in your original installation. Try using the new voodoo kernel (still in beta production but working great o…”
Leopard 10.52008-10-28
13,002 dossier reads
It can't boot up after install 10.5.5
“By the way, I have one minor issue, which is the system can't shut down, every time when I shut it down and I will see the screen as "You need to restart your compute. Hold down the power button for several second or press the Restart butto…”
Leopard 10.52008-10-25
13,002 dossier reads
It can't boot up after install 10.5.5
“Sure, that is dos application which is called "Hiren's", it come w/ a lot of tools, like Norton ghost, Hard Disk Utility (IBM, Seagate, WD), Partition Magic and so on. :-d”
Leopard 10.52008-10-25
13,002 dossier reads
It can't boot up after install 10.5.5
“I have a way to solve that already, I used some some tools to make the drive become active and it can reboot by itself. Thanks guys.”
Leopard 10.52008-10-25
13,002 dossier reads
It can't boot up after install 10.5.5
“aiya… I install the chameleon but still no luck, I still the dvd to reboot my system, any idea? :”
Leopard 10.52008-10-24
13,002 dossier reads
It can't boot up after install 10.5.5
“So from the sound of it, If you need the DVD to initialize your drive before you can access it, just install Chameleon once you've booted into OS X and on the next boot you shouldn't need the DVD in the drive anymore. Thanks for the info bu…”
Leopard 10.52008-10-23
13,002 dossier reads
It can't boot up after install 10.5.5
“Sounds like you missed installing the bootloader or it didn't install correctly for some reason. To fix download and install Chameleon (chameleon.osx 86.hu/) mumm… you mean my source is bad? Can you tell me more detail about? Thanks.”
Leopard 10.52008-10-23
13,002 dossier reads
Sounds card issue with 10.5.6
“I can see the icon on the top of right, I also select the in/out for using internal speaker but still no luck, any idea why?”
10.X Core2009-04-09
4,372 dossier reads
PNY GeForce 7600GS 512MB AGP
“Help… help… anyone can give me a hand? :'(”
10.X Core2009-03-30
106,106 dossier reads
It can't boot up after install 10.5.5
“oh… sounds like no solution. :'(”
Leopard 10.52008-10-30
13,002 dossier reads
It can't boot up after install 10.5.5
“oh… sorry I miss that, let try then, thanks for everyone.”
Leopard 10.52008-10-24
13,002 dossier reads
It can't boot up after install 10.5.5
“Oh… thanks, let me check it out.”
Leopard 10.52008-10-23
13,002 dossier reads