Mac OS X on x86 Hardware 2008–2024 Technical Archive
Member #5,847 · 2009-04-02 → 2010-04-02
#604 by Dispatches #188 by Author Reads #2,769 by Thread Reach Member #5,847 Dell Inspiron / Latitude Voodoo / XNU Kernel ALC889a / Audio

@krad54

InfiniteMac community contributor with 13 recorded dispatches, 4 lead technical dossiers (54,514 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 54,514 historical readers.

Dispatches 13 Ranked #604 of 6,691
Author Reads 54,514 Ranked #188 · 4 dossiers
Thread Reach 54,514 Ranked #2,769 in reach
Lead Dossiers 4 13,628 avg reads / dossier
Member Number #5,847 Joined 2009-04-02
Active Window 2009–2010 2009-04-02 → 2010-04-02
Preserved Forum Signature & OSx86 Rig
Computer Info

CPU: Intel Core Duo T5750 [1.3 Ghz]

Graphics Card: NVidia 8400gm

Sound Card: Sigmatel STAC 9228

Network Card: Broadcom 4315 (wireless)

Hard Drive: 250GB Toshiba Sata

Ram: 2GB 667Mhz
Archive Standing
#604 of 6,691 by Dispatches (13 notes) · #188 of 3,454 by Author Readership (54,514 reads across 4 dossiers) · #2,769 by Thread Reach (54,514 cumulative reads)
InfiniteMac ID
Member #5,847 · Joined 2009-04-02
Hardware & Kernel Topics
Dell Inspiron / Latitude (2) · Voodoo / XNU Kernel (1) · ALC889a / Audio (1) · NVIDIA GeForce (1)
Frequent Thread Collaborators
@Taisto (2) @lanceomni @erick2red @BeyondTech52 @Bettarg @andyvand @palz

Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection

Distribution across 2 technical boards

Leopard 10.5
7 (54%)
10.X Core
6 (46%)

Lead Dossiers Authored by @krad54 (4)

54,514 cumulative reads on threads started by @krad54

Dossier Title & SummaryCollectionReadership
Voodoo 9.5 Disk Check Kernel Panic
I just installed iPC OSx86(Finally works after like 10 tries), and I have one error(for now). Whenever I download something, I get to the end of the download, when it is saying checking disc, a Voodoo error window pops up. Any ideas? I'm…
Leopard 10.533,055 reads
2009-04-02 · 13 notes
Sigmatel C-Major Audio
I have a Sigmatel C-Major Audio sound card in my Dell E1505. I have searched for about 3-4 hours now and have found no way to get it to work. I ahve installed multiple kexts and have tried to used the Apple HDA Patcher (which I'm not quite…
10.X Core10,719 reads
2009-04-10 · 7 notes
Laptop Battery Meter
I installed iPC OSx86 and for some reason the os detects my laptop as being a desktop and does not show the battery meter, which is quite a nuisance. Do any of you guys have any ideas on how to fix this. On the install DVD I did install…
10.X Core6,016 reads
2009-04-26 · 4 notes
Dell M1330 iAtkos v7 Kernel Panic
Whenever I try to load the iAtkos v7 disk(so that I can install), I always get a kernel panic. I have tried other distros (iDeneb and iPC) and the same thing happens. I am not sure what I am doing wrong here. PC Specs: Dell XPS m1330 2gb…
Leopard 10.54,724 reads
2010-03-31 · 4 notes

Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (9)

Direct links into threads where @krad54 contributed solutions & commentary

Thread & Dispatch ExcerptCollectionDate & Reach
Voodoo 9.5 Disk Check Kernel Panic
“Sorry about the delay. Well, I tried to fix it,but some files weren't found and blah, blah,blah.. On the installation disk there's an option for that fix, which I shall use because I haven't put any of my data on the laptop yet. So thanks a…”
Leopard 10.52009-04-05
33,055 dossier reads
Voodoo 9.5 Disk Check Kernel Panic
“CPU: Intel Core Duo T2050 (1.3 GHZ) Graphics Card: Intel 82945GM Sound Card: Sigmatel STAC C-Major HD Audio Network Card: Broadcom 440x Hope thats enough. And yeah after seeing all the sigs I was going to put this info in my sig. Thx again”
Leopard 10.52009-04-02
33,055 dossier reads
Sigmatel C-Major Audio
“Well, the thing is, the only thing that shows up in the output devices window is HD Audio Device, I don't remember seeing any internal speaker option. I also installed this on my desktop and I had to change to the external speaker option, s…”
10.X Core2009-04-11
10,719 dossier reads
Sigmatel C-Major Audio
“Well, I still have a problem. The HD Audio Device shows up in sounds, but no sound is played. Any ideas?”
10.X Core2009-04-11
10,719 dossier reads
Sigmatel C-Major Audio
“Do you know where I could get an Azzalia Audio Kext. Also, just in case it doesn't work, how do I get the codec dump from Linux. I have a Live CD for Ubuntu, so would that work to get the dump?”
10.X Core2009-04-11
10,719 dossier reads
Laptop Battery Meter
“Sorry for the long post wait. I will try that. Also, anyone have solutions for my other problems. I also posted before about Sigmatel 9200. Has ANYONE gotten it to work?!”
10.X Core2009-05-03
6,016 dossier reads
Dell M1330 iAtkos v7 Kernel Panic
“When I booted in verbose I got the Ebios read error: error 0xbb Block 5890512 Sectors 65”
Leopard 10.52010-04-02
4,724 dossier reads
Dell M1330 iAtkos v7 Kernel Panic
“Come on...no one on this forum knows what the problem is?”
Leopard 10.52010-04-02
4,724 dossier reads
Voodoo 9.5 Disk Check Kernel Panic
“Well, heres the message, hope you can read it.”
Leopard 10.52009-04-02
33,055 dossier reads