Mac OS X on x86 Hardware 2008–2024 Technical Archive
Member #3,039 · 2008-10-26 → 2008-10-31
#662 by Dispatches #610 by Author Reads #3,801 by Thread Reach Member #3,039 AMD OSx86 Dell Inspiron / Latitude NVIDIA GeForce

@gsr805

InfiniteMac community contributor with 12 recorded dispatches, 3 lead technical dossiers (18,058 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 18,058 historical readers.

Dispatches 12 Ranked #662 of 6,691
Author Reads 18,058 Ranked #610 · 3 dossiers
Thread Reach 18,058 Ranked #3,801 in reach
Lead Dossiers 3 6,019 avg reads / dossier
Member Number #3,039 Joined 2008-10-26
Active Window 2008 2008-10-26 → 2008-10-31
Hardware Specs Reported in Dispatches
DELL Inspiron 531s · AMD Athlon 64 x2 duel core 5600+proccesor at 667mhz - 4dimms · 4GB ddr2 sdram · 640 GB serial ATA HD · nivida geforce 6150 le intergrated graphics gpu · intergrated 7.1 channel audio · 19 in 1 card reader w/bluethoot · USB keyboard and mouse *not a ps2 key or mouse . hmm I got Leo4allv3 on my Dell Inspiron 531.. ok so you need to take out 2 sticks of ram otherwise it will freeze. or boot with the flag maxmem=2046 ;) Their is a bug with the nforce sata driver that wont let you use more then 3GB of ram.
Archive Standing
#662 of 6,691 by Dispatches (12 notes) · #610 of 3,454 by Author Readership (18,058 reads across 3 dossiers) · #3,801 by Thread Reach (18,058 cumulative reads)
InfiniteMac ID
Member #3,039 · Joined 2008-10-26
Hardware & Kernel Topics
AMD OSx86 (2) · Dell Inspiron / Latitude (2) · NVIDIA GeForce (2) · AHCI / SATA (1)
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Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection

Distribution across 1 technical boards

Leopard 10.5
12 (100%)

Lead Dossiers Authored by @gsr805 (3)

18,058 cumulative reads on threads started by @gsr805

Dossier Title & SummaryCollectionReadership
Help installin osx on dell system
UPDATE IT WORKED . thank you (even though none of your guys method worked) thank you for all the hard work and time you guys toook to help me BUT my audio and network doesnt work . can some one give the drivers .? SYSTEM INFO: DELL…
Leopard 10.511,333 reads
2008-10-26 · 15 notes
cant play video on vlc
i cant play video on vlc media player : avi plays audio no video and lags the audio mkv crashes the app how do i fix this . is it because i have an AMD pc
Leopard 10.53,593 reads
2008-10-30 · 4 notes
vram problems
i keep gettin 0vram evertime i try 2 install fianl cut studio any way i can fix this?
Leopard 10.53,132 reads
2008-10-30 · 4 notes

Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (8)

Direct links into threads where @gsr805 contributed solutions & commentary

Thread & Dispatch ExcerptCollectionDate & Reach
Help installin osx on dell system
“IT WORKED even though none of your methods worked. i would like to thank you guys for all the help . BUT my audio and internet doesnt work:'( can some one tell me where i can get them .”
Leopard 10.52008-10-30
11,333 dossier reads
Help installin osx on dell system
“did not work leo 3 I'll try v4 cuz I can see that grey apple loading screen .”
Leopard 10.52008-10-28
11,333 dossier reads
Help installin osx on dell system
“with Leo4Allv3, after you install with the correctly customized install, does it allow you to boot to the Hard drive without the DVD in the drive? if so, during the boot countdown, enter the boot flag -f -s and this will take you to the sin…”
Leopard 10.52008-10-27
11,333 dossier reads
Help installin osx on dell system
“ok this time with leo v3 it installs perfectly , but when it restars and does the long text thing i get an error : unable to establish network connection : scuess ? : with leo v4.1 get restart error screen , tried to install without network…”
Leopard 10.52008-10-27
11,333 dossier reads
Help installin osx on dell system
“hmm I got Leo4allv3 on my Dell Inspiron 531.. ok so you need to take out 2 sticks of ram otherwise it will freeze. or boot with the flag maxmem=2046 Their is a bug with the nforce sata driver that wont let you use more then 3GB of ram. than…”
Leopard 10.52008-10-26
11,333 dossier reads
cant play video on vlc
“i have 1 ill try but the thing is my system is a mini or slim version and the card fits but i got 2 keep the lid open .”
Leopard 10.52008-10-31
3,593 dossier reads
vram problems
“Chipset Model: nivida geforce 6150 le intergrated graphics gpu Type: Display Bus: PCI VRAM (Total): 256 MB Vendor: NVIDIA (0x10de) Device ID: 0x03d0 Revision ID: 0x00a2 Displays: Display: Resolution: 1024 x 768 Depth: 32-bit Color Core Imag…”
Leopard 10.52008-10-31
3,132 dossier reads
Help installin osx on dell system
“thank you im going 2 try it . last question will my full 4 gb ram work or only 2”
Leopard 10.52008-10-26
11,333 dossier reads