Mac OS X on x86 Hardware 2008–2024 Technical Archive
Member #19,720 · 2009-12-07 → 2010-09-25
#627 by Dispatches #321 by Author Reads #1,330 by Thread Reach Member #19,720 AHCI / SATA ATI Radeon ALC889a / Audio

@Keagi

InfiniteMac community contributor with 12 recorded dispatches, 2 lead technical dossiers (33,669 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 398,960 historical readers.

Dispatches 12 Ranked #627 of 6,691
Author Reads 33,669 Ranked #321 · 2 dossiers
Thread Reach 398,960 Ranked #1,330 in reach
Lead Dossiers 2 16,834 avg reads / dossier
Member Number #19,720 Joined 2009-12-07
Active Window 2009–2010 2009-12-07 → 2010-09-25
Archive Standing
#627 of 6,691 by Dispatches (12 notes) · #321 of 3,454 by Author Readership (33,669 reads across 2 dossiers) · #1,330 by Thread Reach (398,960 cumulative reads)
InfiniteMac ID
Member #19,720 · Joined 2009-12-07
Hardware & Kernel Topics
AHCI / SATA (3) · ATI Radeon (2) · ALC889a / Audio (1) · Retail DVD / USB (1) · Chameleon / Boot-132 (1)
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Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection

Distribution across 2 technical boards

10.X Core
3 (25%)

Lead Dossiers Authored by @Keagi (2)

33,669 cumulative reads on threads started by @Keagi

Dossier Title & SummaryCollectionReadership
Dell Studio XPS 435MT retail install
Foreword I've tried using EmpireEFI as well as installing OS X from a USB CD drive, but was screwed over by the infamous "still waiting for root device" error, I'd imagine this is because of the 435MT model I have using Jmicron; though I…
Snow Leopard 10.627,793 reads
2009-12-17 · 14 notes
Radeon 4850 glitch after 10.6.2 update
I recently managed to get Snow Leopard installed via Prasys USB guide and myhack, however; when I update to 10.6.2 it seems to break my Radeon4850, in the sense that it changes all of the resolutions and seems to "cut off" areas of display…
Snow Leopard 10.65,876 reads
2009-12-15 · 3 notes

Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (10)

Direct links into threads where @Keagi contributed solutions & commentary

Thread & Dispatch ExcerptCollectionDate & Reach
The "Unofficial" Empire EFI Support Thread
“Are you running your drives in AHCI Mode? Instead of IDE. The bios has no AHCI options whatsoever I think it's prob. stuck in IDE.”
10.X Core2009-12-07
328,874 dossier reads
The "Unofficial" Empire EFI Support Thread
“I have a dell 435MT with 4850 Radeon card; I believe It probably has a Jmicron SATA inside of it because I get "Still waiting for root device" error; I've tried changing the ports around and still nothing :S Any reccomendation on what to do…”
10.X Core2009-12-07
328,874 dossier reads
Dell Studio XPS 435MT retail install
“I followed your guide loosely, but I have my machine up and running with myHack and the ATI working. I was wondering if you had any luck getting network access working, and dual monitors. Jason Network works fine for me, however I have a Be…”
Snow Leopard 10.62010-09-25
27,793 dossier reads
Dell Studio XPS 435MT retail install
“You should be typing in -x at the Chameleon bootloader screen, just type -x when you see the partition selector.”
Snow Leopard 10.62010-09-24
27,793 dossier reads
Dell Studio XPS 435MT retail install
“k exts.com/view/95-radeon_4850.html (4850 package) andddd k exts.com/view/6-evoenabler.kext.html Enabler Unfortunately I am not sure what I did with my 10.6 ATI kext, but there should be one there regardless when you install, just change th…”
Snow Leopard 10.62010-01-04
27,793 dossier reads
Dell Studio XPS 435MT retail install
“Sorry if this is a little confusing to read; I'll be making changes to it and so on as a I re-read and go along; right now I'm waiting on my Kexts to upload to Mediafire.. If anyone has any questions about it I'll do my best to anwser.”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-12-17
27,793 dossier reads
USB Wireless Adapter
“I use a Belkin Wireless G USB adapter which works perfectly w/ Ralink drivers”
10.X Core2009-12-17
10,502 dossier reads
Radeon 4850 glitch after 10.6.2 update
“I ended up fixing it earlier today by installing Netkas Leopard driver pack found on Kexts.com which let me get back into my desktop to edit the device ID in my ATI kext”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-12-16
5,876 dossier reads
Empire EFI and laptop
“Use the USB install method; CDs wouldn't work for me either.”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-12-19
5,700 dossier reads
hackintosh(Snow leopard) startup very slow
“Are all of your CPU cores enabled?”
Snow Leopard 10.62010-02-15
20,215 dossier reads