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Member #3,740 · 2008-12-17 → 2008-12-19
#1,296 by Dispatches #591 by Author Reads #3,258 by Thread Reach Member #3,740 AMD OSx86 NVIDIA GeForce

@Kip McSkipster

InfiniteMac community contributor with 6 recorded dispatches, 1 lead technical dossiers (18,585 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 32,179 historical readers.

Dispatches 6 Ranked #1,296 of 6,691
Author Reads 18,585 Ranked #591 · 1 dossiers
Thread Reach 32,179 Ranked #3,258 in reach
Lead Dossiers 1 18,585 avg reads / dossier
Member Number #3,740 Joined 2008-12-11
Active Window 2008 2008-12-17 → 2008-12-19
Preserved Forum Signature & OSx86 Rig
Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2HP
Phenom 9550
4GB RAM
320GB HD
7600GT
10.5.4
Archive Standing
#1,296 of 6,691 by Dispatches (6 notes) · #591 of 3,454 by Author Readership (18,585 reads across 1 dossiers) · #3,258 by Thread Reach (32,179 cumulative reads)
InfiniteMac ID
Member #3,740 · Joined 2008-12-11
Hardware & Kernel Topics
AMD OSx86 (1) · NVIDIA GeForce (1)
Frequent Thread Collaborators
@nfoav8or (2) @lanceomni (2) @MacAl @guzferreira @fman1234 @LawlessPPC @natewill18 @teflonrico

Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection

Distribution across 1 technical boards

Leopard 10.5
6 (100%)

Lead Dossiers Authored by @Kip McSkipster (1)

18,585 cumulative reads on threads started by @Kip McSkipster

Dossier Title & SummaryCollectionReadership
Enable Quartz Extreme on 7600GT
Trying to enable Quartz Extreme on my setup. Here are my specs: Phenom 9550 Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2HP 4GB RAM Geforce 7600GT Got OS X running using LawlessPPC 10.5.4. I went through a rigmarole to get the Geforce extensions running - not…
Leopard 10.518,585 reads
2008-12-17 · 9 notes

Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (5)

Direct links into threads where @Kip McSkipster contributed solutions & commentary

Thread & Dispatch ExcerptCollectionDate & Reach
Enable Quartz Extreme on 7600GT
“I'll look again. I forgot to restart using the flags, but I'll do that, too. But Quartz Extreme is enabled now, so I'm happy!”
Leopard 10.52008-12-17
18,585 dossier reads
Enable Quartz Extreme on 7600GT
“Hey, that worked! Thanks both of you for helping. lanceomni, I used your instructions, but there doesn't seem to be a Extensions.kextcache in the Library directory. Is that anything I should worry about?”
Leopard 10.52008-12-17
18,585 dossier reads
Enable Quartz Extreme on 7600GT
“Thanks for the quick response, nfoav8or. I am clueless re: EFI strings. Would you happen to have a link to a good starting point/introduction? Also, a PM with the Zephyroth link would be great!”
Leopard 10.52008-12-17
18,585 dossier reads
Impossible QE/CI - Geforce 6500 256Mb
“lanceomni's instructions worked perfectly for me, I had what sounds like the exact same problem, and now QE is enabled.”
Leopard 10.52008-12-19
7,594 dossier reads
LawlessPPC - 10.5.4 Root Device Problems
“I just completed an install with the same motherboard (btw, awesome disto, LawlessPPC!). I must've re-installed 6-10 times for various reasons, and I'm pretty sure at one point I experienced the "Waiting for root device" message. I believe …”
Leopard 10.52008-12-19
6,000 dossier reads