Mac OS X on x86 Hardware 2008–2024 Technical Archive
Member #27,614 · 2010-04-20 → 2010-07-24
#757 by Dispatches #1,055 by Thread Reach Member #27,614 AMD OSx86 DSDT NVIDIA GeForce

@JaS

InfiniteMac community contributor with 10 recorded dispatches, participating in discussions reaching 514,647 historical readers.

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Member Number #27,614 Joined 2010-04-20
Active Window 2010 2010-04-20 → 2010-07-24
Preserved Forum Signature & OSx86 Rig
MotherBoard: Asus P6T
CPU: Intel Core i7 920 2.67GHz Stepping: D0
RAM: 6.0GB Speed: 1.6 GHz Type: DDR3
Disk: 4.11TB
Display: ATI Radeon HD 5770 (PCIe x16) [1024MB/QE/Q2DE/QGL/CI/OCL]
Audio: Apple HDA
Network: AirPort ( AirForce one 54g )
OS: Mac OS X 10.6.4 (10F569)
Kernel: Darwin 10.4.0 Arch: 64-bit
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#757 of 6,691 by Dispatches (10 notes) · #1,055 by Thread Reach (514,647 cumulative reads)
InfiniteMac ID
Member #27,614 · Joined 2010-04-20
Hardware & Kernel Topics
AMD OSx86 (2) · DSDT (2) · NVIDIA GeForce (1) · ATI Radeon (1)
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Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection

Distribution across 4 technical boards

Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (9)

Direct links into threads where @JaS contributed solutions & commentary

Thread & Dispatch ExcerptCollectionDate & Reach
Intel GMA X4500HD
“Have you guys tried the new update for the MacBook Pro's it has drivers for intel HD gfx and the new kernel supports i5m and i7m cpus. you might want to give that a go I think just the kexts will not work as you will need the updated gl fra…”
10.X Core2010-04-20
266,730 dossier reads
10.6.2 Kernel - Pcj XNU Release
“I have an amd 64 Athlon system w/ 2GB ram.I am thinking about throwing it together, would have a nvidia 7300 LE pcie gfx card so I am thinking It would have decent support. I want to put it together to try and see how / if 64 bit is working…”
10.X Core2010-04-20
76,126 dossier reads
Windows 7 opinion
“Yeah it's worth trying, If you have the right hardware that is.I run it for gaming on my rig. Specs in my signature. I just change out my hd 4670 ( for os x ) and use my HD 5770.”
10.X Core2010-04-26
59,679 dossier reads
Snow Leopard AppleHDA for Conexant Cx20561 Beta Release
“if you make a script to unload and reload the driver on wake then I think that would be a temp solution.”
10.X Core2010-04-29
43,998 dossier reads
Slow Radeon HD 4650 SNOW LEOPARD
“well I would need to know a few things about your system setup, do you have an /extra folder ? also what bootloader are you using ? what outputs are on the card ?”
10.X Core2010-05-11
23,167 dossier reads
GMA950 1000H/1000HA 10.6.3 QE/CI issue
“idk if you have tried but I use a dsdt edit that allows loading of the gma kexts unpatched for some versions of the gma 950. just a heads up if you haven't tried it. If this is in a netbook or a laptop you can try using netbook installer to…”
10.X Core2010-04-20
16,651 dossier reads
BCM4318 (rev 02) not working on Snow Leopard
“Nice to see you here & thanks for your response. But well this does no longer realy matter to me, since one of the carriers droped the box with my Gigabyte/Intel rig, when I was moving to a new place, about a week ago. Since that I am back …”
Snow Leopard 10.62010-04-20
14,734 dossier reads
BCM4318 (rev 02) not working on Snow Leopard
“Well basically yes as I was still using some 350W ATX 2.0 one (20 Pin Mobo supply on 24 Pin board) - what must have been the main reason for my wifi card not to work. I just had that idea, when I was trying to set up the wifi on Linux witho…”
Snow Leopard 10.62010-04-20
14,734 dossier reads
viewing mkext on Snow
“hey its now located in /System/ Library/Caches/com.apple.kext.caches/Startup . Good luck and Enjoy”
Hardware & Dev2010-04-20
5,553 dossier reads