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Member #18,227 · 2009-11-15 → 2009-11-18
#1,420 by Dispatches #1,381 by Thread Reach Member #18,227 EVGA / X58 ATI Radeon Chameleon / Boot-132

@jomar111

InfiniteMac community contributor with 5 recorded dispatches, participating in discussions reaching 361,892 historical readers.

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Member Number #18,227 Joined 2009-11-15
Active Window 2009 2009-11-15 → 2009-11-18
Hardware Specs Reported in Dispatches
Mobo: MSI x58 Platinum SLI · Processor: Core i7 920 2.6ghz · RAM: 6 Gb A DATA 1333mhz · Optical Drive: removable USB DVDROM · HD1: Seagate 1.5Tb SATA · HD2: Hitachi 160Gb SATA (2.5") · Video Card: Visiontek Radeon HD 4890 OC 1Gb
Archive Standing
#1,420 of 6,691 by Dispatches (5 notes) · #1,381 by Thread Reach (361,892 cumulative reads)
InfiniteMac ID
Member #18,227 · Joined 2009-11-15
Hardware & Kernel Topics
EVGA / X58 (2) · ATI Radeon (2) · Chameleon / Boot-132 (1) · DSDT (1) · AMD OSx86 (1)
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Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection

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Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (5)

Direct links into threads where @jomar111 contributed solutions & commentary

Thread & Dispatch ExcerptCollectionDate & Reach
Retail MSI X58 Platinum SLI + Pictures 64 BIT
“Exactly thats what I was thinking to have as a fail-safe. Once I had my running install I would "dd" it to another partition. I was also wondering -since I just got this mobo recently- How does it run at 3.6 Ghz? Is it stable? Any suggestio…”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-11-18
361,892 dossier reads
Retail MSI X58 Platinum SLI + Pictures 64 BIT
“Well youl'll be happy to know that I got Mac OS Snow working on my MSI X58 Platinum board! Sweeeet! =^) You were probably telling yourself "Its gotta work", and it does! I installed it using your method, however, I modified it slightly. I u…”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-11-16
361,892 dossier reads
Retail MSI X58 Platinum SLI + Pictures 64 BIT
“I'll be working on it on my end and see where I go. The list also helps a lot and I will give it a go again. Thanx a bunch! =^)”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-11-16
361,892 dossier reads
Retail MSI X58 Platinum SLI + Pictures 64 BIT
“I installed iPC 10.5.6, this is what I get when I place flags: cpus=1 busratio=20 fsb=133 idehalt=0 -v -x -f”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-11-15
361,892 dossier reads
Retail MSI X58 Platinum SLI + Pictures 64 BIT
“I went to the Apple Store to buy 10.6 (not bad at $29!) and followed your tutorial. It's been about a week and a half since I got the same mobo and i7 but can't get Snow10.6 to boot up after the install. I've followed your instructions and …”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-11-15
361,892 dossier reads