#787 by Dispatches #1,558 by Author Reads #2,389 by Thread Reach Member #2,566 AMD OSx86 NVIDIA GeForce ALC889a / Audio
@handz
InfiniteMac community contributor with 10 recorded dispatches, 1 lead technical dossiers (6,917 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 83,156 historical readers.
Dispatches
10
Ranked #787 of 6,691
Author Reads
6,917
Ranked #1,558 · 1 dossiers
Thread Reach
83,156
Ranked #2,389 in reach
Lead Dossiers
1
6,917 avg reads / dossier
Member Number
#2,566
Joined 2008-09-19
Active Window
2009
2009-02-21 → 2009-04-16
- Archive Standing
- #787 of 6,691 by Dispatches (10 notes) · #1,558 of 3,454 by Author Readership (6,917 reads across 1 dossiers) · #2,389 by Thread Reach (83,156 cumulative reads)
- InfiniteMac ID
- Member #2,566 · Joined 2008-09-19
- Hardware & Kernel Topics
- AMD OSx86 (2) · NVIDIA GeForce (2) · ALC889a / Audio (1) · AHCI / SATA (1)
- Frequent Thread Collaborators
- @gipo (2) @CyCLoBoT (2) @erick2red (2) @nagu (2) @pαuℓzurrr. @naquaada @scififan68 @bhast2 @nfoav8or @VeryNice @maya77 @koelie @lateralusman @mcbeaven
Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection
Distribution across 2 technical boards
Lead Dossiers Authored by @handz (1)
6,917 cumulative reads on threads started by @handz
| Dossier Title & Summary | Collection | Readership |
|---|---|---|
| Nvidia 8600gt not working on iPC 10.5.6 I currently have Zephyroth's 10.5.2 working flawlessly on my AMD machine (nforce ata, nforce lan, nvinject v52, alc883). However, I have installed iPC 10.5.6 a few times and never have got the video to work (Nvidia 8600gt). I have tried… | Leopard 10.5 | 6,917 reads 2009-03-15 · 6 notes |
Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (9)
Direct links into threads where @handz contributed solutions & commentary
| Thread & Dispatch Excerpt | Collection | Date & Reach |
|---|---|---|
| Parallels 4, On AMD “Use Virtualbox or Vmware instead, both work for my AMD” | 10.X Core | 2009-02-21 28,485 dossier reads |
| I installed Chameleon and linux doesn't show up “Ya, just type "sudo grub", exclude the "su" altogether” | Leopard 10.5 | 2009-04-16 28,461 dossier reads |
| I installed Chameleon and linux doesn't show up “Just follow the instructions exactly and you will be up and running.” | Leopard 10.5 | 2009-04-16 28,461 dossier reads |
| I installed Chameleon and linux doesn't show up “1. Boot from a Live CD, like Ubuntu Live, Knoppix, Mepis, or similar. 2. Open a Terminal. Go SuperUser (that is, type "su"). Enter root passwords as necessary. 3. Type "grub" which makes a GRUB prompt appear. 4. Type "find /boot/grub/stage1…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2009-04-15 28,461 dossier reads |
| 7600GS 512MB PCI-E @ iPC 10.5.6 “1. Try to first remove all nvidia and geforce kext's from your machines System/Library/Extensions folder (restart). 2. Then use EFI studio to write your 7600 512mb to com.apple.boot.plist. 3. Finally, install the 9f23installer.pkg for the c…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2009-03-20 15,446 dossier reads |
| Nvidia 8600gt not working on iPC 10.5.6 “I tried EFI studio and I loaded the 8600gt 256 successfully. I rebooted and it worked great. However, after a second and third boot the system hangs and the display looks funny. Additionally, the mouse freezes and acts really weird. Any tho…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2009-03-15 6,917 dossier reads |
| LawlessPPC-10.5.4 “Solution: Boot using "-s" flag then type -> /sbin/mount -uw / passwd root <- Type any password you want touch /var/db/.AppleSetupDone reboot then when log in screen appears, username:root, Passwd: "whatever you set it as"” | Leopard 10.5 | 2009-04-02 3,847 dossier reads |
| Nvidia 8600gt not working on iPC 10.5.6 “That worked perfectly, thanks” | Leopard 10.5 | 2009-03-16 6,917 dossier reads |
| Nvidia 8600gt not working on iPC 10.5.6 “Cool, I will give that a try” | Leopard 10.5 | 2009-03-15 6,917 dossier reads |