Mac OS X on x86 Hardware 2008–2024 Technical Archive
Member #539 · 2008-02-02 → 2008-04-22
#432 by Dispatches #1,172 by Author Reads #1,892 by Thread Reach Member #539 ATI Radeon AMD OSx86 NVIDIA GeForce

@gng

InfiniteMac community contributor with 18 recorded dispatches, 2 lead technical dossiers (9,602 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 144,895 historical readers.

Dispatches 18 Ranked #432 of 6,691
Author Reads 9,602 Ranked #1,172 · 2 dossiers
Thread Reach 144,895 Ranked #1,892 in reach
Lead Dossiers 2 4,801 avg reads / dossier
Member Number #539 Joined 2008-02-02
Active Window 2008 2008-02-02 → 2008-04-22
Hardware Specs Reported in Dispatches
My specs: · Benq P52eg · Sempron 3400 (32bit SSE2,SSE3) · ATI SB450, RX485 · ALC262 audio · ATI x1600 mobility 256MB
Archive Standing
#432 of 6,691 by Dispatches (18 notes) · #1,172 of 3,454 by Author Readership (9,602 reads across 2 dossiers) · #1,892 by Thread Reach (144,895 cumulative reads)
InfiniteMac ID
Member #539 · Joined 2008-02-02
Hardware & Kernel Topics
ATI Radeon (3) · AMD OSx86 (2) · NVIDIA GeForce (1)
Frequent Thread Collaborators
@Puttabong (4) @DoiX (3) @Taisto (3) @zephyroth (2) @roisoft (2) @quark @althon @subsonic @bhast2 @megaargon1 @WinLinMac01 @akireyev @McDead @1207FX

Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection

Distribution across 3 technical boards

Leopard 10.5
10 (56%)
10.X Core
7 (39%)
General
1 (6%)

Lead Dossiers Authored by @gng (2)

9,602 cumulative reads on threads started by @gng

Dossier Title & SummaryCollectionReadership
ATI mobility x1600 big problems
This is my first post on this forum so welcome to everybody. My ATI x1600 video card is problem which I can't solve by only reading this or insanelymac forum. After instalation like most I've got 1024x768 res but I've got problem when I…
10.X Core5,071 reads
2008-02-03 · 9 notes
AppleScript applets problem...
I have problem with AppleScript. When I write a script (no mather what) in editor it runs ok, but when I save it as program and run by click System close it immadietly with standart "report ignore relaunch" message. It's because of my bad…
Leopard 10.54,531 reads
2008-04-20 · 4 notes

Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (16)

Direct links into threads where @gng contributed solutions & commentary

Thread & Dispatch ExcerptCollectionDate & Reach
Leopard 10.5.2 AMD EFI (OOTB)
“hmm strange but after install I haven't got EFI (yes I checked boot mbr with efi). I will try to install it manually. This is last hope for my x1600 mobility.”
Leopard 10.52008-02-21
74,206 dossier reads
Cant see my HDD...
“Just simply copy ApplePS2Controller.kext form install DVD and do all stuff with permissions (chmod, chown)”
Leopard 10.52008-02-02
7,955 dossier reads
Cant see my HDD...
“I've got almost the same laptop. I think it's SB450 bridge. I've inject IOATAfamily.kext into DVD but now its says Still waiting for root device. I've installed it on external hdd, so whats the best way to copy it into my HDD? Back to your …”
Leopard 10.52008-02-02
7,955 dossier reads
10.5.2 dvd help
“Actually I'm only installed AppleAzalia.kext and it gave me sound only on internal speakers. But now I'm concentrated on graphic card which is very problematical and I cant get my native reolution.”
Leopard 10.52008-02-25
7,645 dossier reads
10.5.2 dvd help
“@ccfly-1000 I've got almost the same laptop (p52eg). I've got same problem when I run it for first time. To solve it boot into safe mode ("-x" flag) and then fill registration and next time should be ok”
Leopard 10.52008-02-21
7,645 dossier reads
ATI mobility x1600 big problems
“It looks like I've got bad luck. I tried OSX 10.4.8 by Jas and the same thing, screen blink and thats all. Is it possible that Phoenix gave me wrong edid? Anyone on this forum got this card workinkg?”
10.X Core2008-02-14
5,071 dossier reads
ATI mobility x1600 big problems
“I was thinking about it and maybe I should change bios in my graphic card? Or try some older osx (tiger ). What do you think about it?”
10.X Core2008-02-06
5,071 dossier reads
ATI mobility x1600 big problems
“Ok after install kexts i connect with VNC to see what is wrong, and then I realized that : (picture). Hmm why is not detect my interior monitor? I've put EDID (taken in windows XP by Phoenix) into ATIinject.kext. Any ideas? My edid: 00FFFFF…”
10.X Core2008-02-04
5,071 dossier reads
ATI mobility x1600 big problems
“I use all kext from this topic: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=80649&st=0&p=571627 Actually my audio card isn't work at all. What kext are you use for audio? Nobody knows how to change that resolution? I tried to edit com.…”
10.X Core2008-02-03
5,071 dossier reads
ATI mobility x1600 big problems
“I think I know what is the problem. I've made a small experiment. I put modified kexts with ATIinject and like it was before screen only blinks once, and system loads further. I see nothing but boot stripes but I've made screenshot, and the…”
10.X Core2008-02-03
5,071 dossier reads
ATI mobility x1600 big problems
“My x1600 mobility: device id: 0x71c5, vendor: 0x1002 small update again: rm -R /System/Library/Extensions/ATI* solved bad scrolling and moving.”
10.X Core2008-02-03
5,071 dossier reads
AppleScript applets problem...
“Can somebody check if it's running on your machine: Start Apple script editor Write beep and click play it should play warning sound Save it as a program and run Write here what happend”
Leopard 10.52008-04-21
4,531 dossier reads
ATI Mobility problem...
“Helo again! Like I've said in my post above I had problem with blue screen on login on Zephyroth 10.5.2, so I download Leo4all and give it a shot. And after putting all graphical kext and reboot I've seen QE and CE on right resolution for f…”
Leopard 10.52008-04-05
4,010 dossier reads
ATI Mobility problem...
“I've tried, but It boot into blue screen with mouse cursor. I've got ATINDRV, IONDRVSupport an ATIinject which give me native resolution (when I delete other ATI kexts), but only in 10.5.2, they don't work on 10.5.1 . What else can I try to…”
Leopard 10.52008-03-03
4,010 dossier reads
Member Nationalities
“Greatings also from Cracow Poland”
General2008-02-04
41,477 dossier reads
AppleScript applets problem...
“Thanks Puttabong. Your app works on my computer so it's something wrong with my editor.”
Leopard 10.52008-04-22
4,531 dossier reads