#330 by Dispatches #142 by Author Reads #1,001 by Thread Reach Member #38,784 AMD OSx86 NVIDIA GeForce EVGA / X58
@grahfex
InfiniteMac community contributor with 22 recorded dispatches, 3 lead technical dossiers (73,702 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 560,065 historical readers.
Dispatches
22
Ranked #330 of 6,691
Author Reads
73,702
Ranked #142 · 3 dossiers
Thread Reach
560,065
Ranked #1,001 in reach
Lead Dossiers
3
24,567 avg reads / dossier
Member Number
#38,784
Joined 2011-01-10
Active Window
2011–2012
2011-05-18 → 2012-12-19
Hardware Specs Reported in Dispatches
CPU: AMD Phenom X4 9350e · Mobo: Biostar A780L · Chipset 780G · Southbridge SB700 · GPU: Nvidia Geforce GT 240 1GB · 1 Kingston 30GB SSD · 2 Seagate Barracuda 1TB Sata Hard Drives · 4GB RAM
- Archive Standing
- #330 of 6,691 by Dispatches (22 notes) · #142 of 3,454 by Author Readership (73,702 reads across 3 dossiers) · #1,001 by Thread Reach (560,065 cumulative reads)
- InfiniteMac ID
- Member #38,784 · Joined 2011-01-10
- Hardware & Kernel Topics
- AMD OSx86 (7) · NVIDIA GeForce (7) · EVGA / X58 (3)
- Frequent Thread Collaborators
- @lanceomni (7) @gils (6) @jhusly (5) @The Connactic (3) @R:A:W:X86 @phuc25kt @m28ew @jackokk @justinster123 @davisin666 @MadMungo@iinet. @sulphide @felipeunix @delgadilloalex
Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection
Distribution across 2 technical boards
Lead Dossiers Authored by @grahfex (3)
73,702 cumulative reads on threads started by @grahfex
| Dossier Title & Summary | Collection | Readership |
|---|---|---|
| OS X 10.7.4 INDO on AMD FX 8150....SO CLOSE Ok..I've tried yet again to install OS X 10.7.4 INDO. Success! However..I am stuck at the same roadblock. I can boot into the system using busratio=18 cpu=1 npci=0x3000 PCIRootUID=1 -v any other combination of flags I can boot with too..… | Lion – Catalina | 45,319 reads 2012-09-27 · 19 notes |
| Amd fx 8150 Not too sure what I'm not doing right..searched over the internet for every possible answer. here are my specs ASUS Sabertooth 990FX Motherboard AMD FX 8-Core Processor 3.60Ghz 16GB DDR3 RAM AMD Performance Edition EVGA GeForce GTX 570 I… | Snow Leopard 10.6 | 22,299 reads 2012-09-05 · 9 notes |
| Snow Leopard Installed But Lags TERRIBLY Ok so I have OSX Installed using Hazard's distro. Everything seems to work fine after the install. It even boots up pretty fast. However, its showing considerable lag for whatever reason. Sometimes it even freezes up. I'm pretty sure I… | Snow Leopard 10.6 | 6,084 reads 2011-05-18 · 2 notes |
Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (19)
Direct links into threads where @grahfex contributed solutions & commentary
| Thread & Dispatch Excerpt | Collection | Date & Reach |
|---|---|---|
| 10.7.4 AMD Kernel “Ok..I've tried yet again to install OS X 10.7.4 INDO. Success! However..I am stuck at the same roadblock. I can boot into the system using busratio=18 cpu=1 npci=0x3000 PCIRootUID=1 -v any other combination of flags I can boot with too.. li…” | Lion – Catalina | 2012-09-27 486,363 dossier reads |
| 10.7.4 AMD Kernel “for your CG is GraphicsEnabler=No, it seems to me? and let one CG for the install. (GTX 570, for example) Not quite sure I understand you..but I will try. Basically what you are saying is just install SL with my GTX 570? I can take the othe…” | Lion – Catalina | 2012-09-25 486,363 dossier reads |
| 10.7.4 AMD Kernel “I've tried to install SL using iAtkos S3 V2. It installs but of course I get an instant reboot. I tried to install using OSX INDO 10.7.4. Towards the end of the installation I receive a Failed Install error. I AM able however to boot it up …” | Lion – Catalina | 2012-09-25 486,363 dossier reads |
| OS X 10.7.4 INDO on AMD FX 8150....SO CLOSE “Grahfex, Can I ask what you did to correct your initial issue? I booted into windows...I used macdrive to open up the Lion HDD created during the installation and i replaced the kernel used with the distro with R:A:W:X86's kernel i found he…” | Lion – Catalina | 2012-12-19 45,319 dossier reads |
| OS X 10.7.4 INDO on AMD FX 8150....SO CLOSE “Status Update: I am now able to install kexts and anything else. I used the updated Kernel found here in the forums! Ethernet is working but still working on sound and having a bit of a headache getting my Nvidia GTX 570 to work. Almost the…” | Lion – Catalina | 2012-12-08 45,319 dossier reads |
| OS X 10.7.4 INDO on AMD FX 8150....SO CLOSE “Grahfex, Please be more descriptive. For example: Clicking icons does nothing visually and no error message is provided. Icons bounce are begin to load but then stop and no error message is provided. Apps try to run but fail and an Apple Er…” | Lion – Catalina | 2012-11-25 45,319 dossier reads |
| OS X 10.7.4 INDO on AMD FX 8150....SO CLOSE “grahfex, Are you able to run any of the applications that come with your install? barely if any…” | Lion – Catalina | 2012-11-24 45,319 dossier reads |
| OS X 10.7.4 INDO on AMD FX 8150....SO CLOSE “Ok, so I've taken a break from installing and I've decided to come back to it. No change...I'm still unable to install anything. Installs just fine...I can get into desktop and everything. Just will not allow me to install any type of kext …” | Lion – Catalina | 2012-11-23 45,319 dossier reads |
| OS X 10.7.4 INDO on AMD FX 8150....SO CLOSE “try reinstalling again. This time only check the amd kernel and leave everything else by default. Then if it succeed, run multibeast and then install kext one at a time so you would know what work and what not. Ok ill give that a try and re…” | Lion – Catalina | 2012-10-08 45,319 dossier reads |
| OS X 10.7.4 INDO on AMD FX 8150....SO CLOSE “yeah...cant tell you right off hand what i chose..though.” | Lion – Catalina | 2012-10-06 45,319 dossier reads |
| OS X 10.7.4 INDO on AMD FX 8150....SO CLOSE “why dont you just try to install it in your system instead of using the vmware? I dont really know if running into vmware is just the same installing it. I would be able to share with you atleast my journey getting a lion stable at 10.7.4. …” | Lion – Catalina | 2012-10-04 45,319 dossier reads |
| OS X 10.7.4 INDO on AMD FX 8150....SO CLOSE “no luck..i can still boot into the system but for whatever reason i still cannot install ANYTHING. I think Im on the road to giving up.” | Lion – Catalina | 2012-10-03 45,319 dossier reads |
| OS X 10.7.4 INDO on AMD FX 8150....SO CLOSE “I will try using PCIRootUID=0 instead and see where it leads me. Hopefully it will make a difference. I will report back once I've tried it!” | Lion – Catalina | 2012-10-02 45,319 dossier reads |
| Amd fx 8150 “OK...so I reinstalled to choose a different kernel ( i never picked anything on the first install ) Everytime im near the end of the installation, i get the error..Failed To Install. Back to the thinking lab.. lol” | Snow Leopard 10.6 | 2012-09-20 22,299 dossier reads |
| Amd fx 8150 “Ok...so I have completed the install. Things to work on: Graphics Sound Wifi Boot Loader Switching to 64 Bit Extra Tweaks and Fixes Almost there! Also I used OSX INDO 10.7.4” | Snow Leopard 10.6 | 2012-09-20 22,299 dossier reads |
| Amd fx 8150 “You have to download and install PS2 kexts for your mouse/keybord to work. ah i see...ok so um. How would I do this before the actual install? is this something i need to do in VMWARE?” | Snow Leopard 10.6 | 2012-09-19 22,299 dossier reads |
| Amd fx 8150 “avec Modcd , by hazard, iatkos s3 v2 , code 1 : busratio=18 cpu=1 maxmem=4096 UsekernelCache=No GraphicsEnabler=Yes PCIRootUID=1 -v -f -x code 2 busratio=18 arch=i386 -force64 UsekernelCache=No GraphicsEnabler=Yes PCIRootUID=1 -v -f -x avec…” | Snow Leopard 10.6 | 2012-09-19 22,299 dossier reads |
| Amd fx 8150 “gils - I tried it with another distro. I used the mod cd and SL 10.6.6i by Hazard. go nothing but a blank screen after it attempted to load the install.” | Snow Leopard 10.6 | 2012-09-15 22,299 dossier reads |
| Snow Leopard Installed But Lags TERRIBLY “Don't bother to respond..after seeing that there were 48 views and no one seemed to be able to help, I had already worked on the problem myself. So now I have a fully working 10.6.7 on my AMD machine.” | Snow Leopard 10.6 | 2011-05-25 6,084 dossier reads |