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Member #39,828 · 2011-09-16 → 2011-12-12
#285 by Dispatches #1,533 by Author Reads #354 by Thread Reach Member #39,828 AMD OSx86 Voodoo / XNU Kernel AHCI / SATA

@hans88

InfiniteMac community contributor with 26 recorded dispatches, 1 lead technical dossiers (7,069 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 1,302,543 historical readers.

Dispatches 26 Ranked #285 of 6,691
Author Reads 7,069 Ranked #1,533 · 1 dossiers
Thread Reach 1,302,543 Ranked #354 in reach
Lead Dossiers 1 7,069 avg reads / dossier
Member Number #39,828 Joined 2011-01-27
Active Window 2011 2011-09-16 → 2011-12-12
Archive Standing
#285 of 6,691 by Dispatches (26 notes) · #1,533 of 3,454 by Author Readership (7,069 reads across 1 dossiers) · #354 by Thread Reach (1,302,543 cumulative reads)
InfiniteMac ID
Member #39,828 · Joined 2011-01-27
Interests
Dj-ing and Logic Pro
Hardware & Kernel Topics
AMD OSx86 (9) · Voodoo / XNU Kernel (2) · AHCI / SATA (2) · Chameleon / Boot-132 (2) · USB / EHCI (1) · ATI Radeon (1)
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Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection

Distribution across 3 technical boards

10.X Core
12 (46%)

Lead Dossiers Authored by @hans88 (1)

7,069 cumulative reads on threads started by @hans88

Dossier Title & SummaryCollectionReadership
Msi 790fx-gd70
Installing OS X Snow Leopard AMD MSI 790FX-GD70 MY SPECS: MSI 790FX-GD70 AMD PHENOM II X4 965 3.40 GHz ATI RADEON HD 5750 1GB GDDR5 6 GB RAM (1 - 2GB TWIN MOS, 1 - 4GB KINGSTON) A BOTTLE OF JACK DANIEL'S LOLL TUTORIAL OF OS X SNOW LEOPARD…
Snow Leopard 10.67,069 reads
2011-10-02 · 9 notes

Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (25)

Direct links into threads where @hans88 contributed solutions & commentary

Thread & Dispatch ExcerptCollectionDate & Reach
Lion with AMD
“Thanks for reply wastez...was just wondering if was worth to reinstall SL or to wait for the LION kernel. Looks like the apple team wanted to make something to f*** us up and hard to get it done...keep it up guys, I know its just a question…”
Lion – Catalina2011-09-16
1,075,710 dossier reads
Lion with AMD
“Wastez, AnV said that you will recompile the sources for the AMD kernel for LION...can you tell us if you're still on it? Thanks.”
Lion – Catalina2011-09-16
1,075,710 dossier reads
Legacy kernel 10.6.8 with custom dyld and new SSE3 emulator and VIA Nano cpu support
“Looks like it's getting ill! loll...There should be a way to get it working!”
10.X Core2011-12-08
165,733 dossier reads
Legacy kernel 10.6.8 with custom dyld and new SSE3 emulator and VIA Nano cpu support
“Wat do u mean by emulator, like a patcher? I rather think that its the same case like Quick Time and Safari, it should have been able to run as 32 bit app. If somebody could enable it to run as 32 bit, but I don't think so, as the program i…”
10.X Core2011-12-08
165,733 dossier reads
Legacy kernel 10.6.8 with custom dyld and new SSE3 emulator and VIA Nano cpu support
“I'm using phenom2 x4 where final cut pro x was not supposed to work, because of the SSSE3 instructions! I don't have a clue, but i got it working, without patching anything! I mean I could even load a movie in it! I messed up with some othe…”
10.X Core2011-12-08
165,733 dossier reads
Legacy kernel 10.6.8 with custom dyld and new SSE3 emulator and VIA Nano cpu support
“I'm using legacy_kernel on msi 790fx-gd70 with 8GB and everything works fine. Try to clean the kernel cache and delete any other kernel like legacy_kernel.old and mach_kernel and reinstall the nawcom's 10.6.8 legacy_kernel it should work.”
10.X Core2011-11-07
165,733 dossier reads
Legacy kernel 10.6.8 with custom dyld and new SSE3 emulator and VIA Nano cpu support
“but u did read the topic before u posted did ya ? because that would have made things a little clearer and the question would have answered all itself I know that this question should have been asked in the 10.7 forum, its just on a hurry t…”
10.X Core2011-09-21
165,733 dossier reads
Legacy kernel 10.6.8 with custom dyld and new SSE3 emulator and VIA Nano cpu support
“Looooots of work on getting it done... haven't isolated the problem yet... Thank you a lot guys and keep it up, I know there's lots of hard work ahead before getting it done...:). Also, looks like nawcom too is on it, but didn't really hear…”
10.X Core2011-09-21
165,733 dossier reads
Legacy kernel 10.6.8 with custom dyld and new SSE3 emulator and VIA Nano cpu support
“AnV heard that you were on the LION kernel for AMD...was just wondering if you were still on it, cause didn't hear you for a while?!”
10.X Core2011-09-20
165,733 dossier reads
My AMD rig simply will not work with OS X. Help please
“I have a IOUSBFAMILY FIX.pkg installer, which I think may resolve your problem. Can you suggest a way I can send it to you?”
10.X Core2011-11-27
15,691 dossier reads
My AMD rig simply will not work with OS X. Help please
“Of course you will need a new kernel as LION uses Darwin 11.0 whereas Snow Leopard uses up to 10.8. Im too AMD user, but can advise you to think forward to switch to INTEL in mid 2012 like me when DDR4 will be commercialised. As what I hear…”
10.X Core2011-11-27
15,691 dossier reads
My AMD rig simply will not work with OS X. Help please
“Concerning LION friend, I can advise you to give up for now, as no AMD kernel for LION has been created yet! If you do found one, do let me know as I'm keeping in touch everyday to look what about Nawcom's or AnV has done, and no legacy ker…”
10.X Core2011-11-27
15,691 dossier reads
Help request: AMD OSX
“Try using LegacyAppleIntelPIIXATA.kext it may help.”
Snow Leopard 10.62011-11-28
9,002 dossier reads
Help request: AMD OSX
“Check my thread and look if it helps you out: osx 86.co/f57/os-x-snow-leopard-on-msi-790fx-gd70-t7452/#post55572”
Snow Leopard 10.62011-10-02
9,002 dossier reads
Help request: AMD OSX
“If you're sure that your AHCI mode is enabled an there are no conflicts, then its your hard drive, may there are no PATA kexts on your versions of OS X DVDS'. Im working on a tutorial, just wait a little bit, you'll find you're answers or i…”
Snow Leopard 10.62011-10-02
9,002 dossier reads
Msi 790fx-gd70
“Anyway if he still cant find his way out he can still use the pre-patched dyld from anV its available on kexts.com and no need to use amd _insn_patcher as it is already included in the contents of root in nawcoms 10.7 kernel package under u…”
Snow Leopard 10.62011-10-26
7,069 dossier reads
Msi 790fx-gd70
“Nooo, I did met with this problem in the past, patching binaries with marvin's utility wont really help. I think that, the problem comes from the kernel's cache. What he should do is to clear the cache with apps like OnyX. Then unhide every…”
Snow Leopard 10.62011-10-26
7,069 dossier reads
Msi 790fx-gd70
“Ok, first I need to know how you set up OS X 10.6.7 on your PC. Did you followed my tutorial or you did it in your own way?”
Snow Leopard 10.62011-10-26
7,069 dossier reads
Some new toys
“May be they've kind of blacklisted AMD CPU resources adress?! Is that possible?”
Lion – Catalina2011-12-12
4,715 dossier reads
HELP:Updating to 10.6.8
“First download the 10.6.8 kernel from nawcom's, its available on kexts.com or 3rr0 rists.net/driver/legacy-kernel-for-os-x-10-6-8-darwin-10-8-0-by-nawcom.html as actually nawcom's blog is down. Find the AppleACPIPlatform.kext and IOPCIFamil…”
Snow Leopard 10.62011-11-06
4,483 dossier reads
Decoding tools for Mac OS X
“And by the way Andy, is something going on concerning AMD kernel for LION? Looks like nawcom is dead, lol .”
10.X Core2011-12-05
4,383 dossier reads
Msi 790fx-gd70
“Check my link: osx 86.co/f57/msi-790fx-gd70-t7452/”
Snow Leopard 10.62011-10-02
4,199 dossier reads
Resolution issue
“Try editing the chameleon which is in the system preferences and also check your display setting.”
Snow Leopard 10.62011-11-07
3,720 dossier reads
Resolution issue
“I still can't get it why it didn't worked by editing the boot.plist and why you used 1440x900x60 where "x60" should have have been "x32" as 32bit color is the maximum color depth 60bit color depth does not exists yet?! Instead you should ha…”
Snow Leopard 10.62011-11-07
3,720 dossier reads
Facetime works for a brief moment (10.6.8)
“Try adding PciRoot=0 in your boot.plist”
10.X Core2011-11-27
7,838 dossier reads