#360 by Dispatches #266 by Author Reads #2,223 by Thread Reach Member #22,379 Retail DVD / USB AHCI / SATA NVIDIA GeForce
@l2ounak
InfiniteMac community contributor with 21 recorded dispatches, 7 lead technical dossiers (40,018 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 99,438 historical readers.
Dispatches
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Ranked #360 of 6,691
Author Reads
40,018
Ranked #266 · 7 dossiers
Thread Reach
99,438
Ranked #2,223 in reach
Lead Dossiers
7
5,717 avg reads / dossier
Member Number
#22,379
Joined 2010-01-19
Active Window
2010
2010-01-19 → 2010-04-19
Preserved Forum Signature & OSx86 Rig
HP Pavillion dv6500
AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual-Core Processor TK-53
Motherboard Manufacturer - Quanta, Model - 30CF
Chipset and Southbridge - NVIDIA nForce 560
BIOS: Brand - HP, Version - F.07, Date - 08/09/2007
Memory: 1024 MB DDR2
GPU - Standard VGA Graphics Adapter A1
AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual-Core Processor TK-53
Motherboard Manufacturer - Quanta, Model - 30CF
Chipset and Southbridge - NVIDIA nForce 560
BIOS: Brand - HP, Version - F.07, Date - 08/09/2007
Memory: 1024 MB DDR2
GPU - Standard VGA Graphics Adapter A1
- Archive Standing
- #360 of 6,691 by Dispatches (21 notes) · #266 of 3,454 by Author Readership (40,018 reads across 7 dossiers) · #2,223 by Thread Reach (99,438 cumulative reads)
- InfiniteMac ID
- Member #22,379 · Joined 2010-01-19
- Hardware & Kernel Topics
- Retail DVD / USB (12) · AHCI / SATA (7) · NVIDIA GeForce (5) · AMD OSx86 (4) · Chameleon / Boot-132 (2)
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Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection
Distribution across 2 technical boards
Lead Dossiers Authored by @l2ounak (7)
40,018 cumulative reads on threads started by @l2ounak
| Dossier Title & Summary | Collection | Readership |
|---|---|---|
| iATKOS v7 Conflict I just managed to get the ISO for iATKOS v7 and it seems to work fine! But when I reach Disk Utility, I dont see anything! I created a 30 partition for NTFS and FAT32 each, but still no luck! Then I tried installing it on my external HDD… | Leopard 10.5 | 17,467 reads 2010-01-19 · 20 notes |
| iPC 10.5.6 Drive cant be formatted :( Ive tried iATKOS v7, iDeneb 10.5.7, Kalyway 10.5.2 and Leo4all v4.1 but none of them detected my internal HDD! So i tried iPC 10.5.6 and It detects my hard drive. But when I go into Disk Utility and try to erase it, it says error! disk… | Leopard 10.5 | 5,072 reads 2010-01-22 · 2 notes |
| Cannot Format Internal HDD Ive tried almost every distro and only iPC and iDeneb recognize my internal hard drive! I successfully installed it onto my external drive but couldnt get the wifi working. But its no point for OSx to be on an external drive since i would… | Leopard 10.5 | 4,762 reads 2010-01-29 · 4 notes |
| Disk Utility Input/Output Error Help Ive tried almost every distro and only iPC and iDeneb recognize my internal hard drive! So when I try to format my drive or even partition it, it gives me an error "Input/Output Error" I also created partitions from Windows 7 (Created… | Leopard 10.5 | 3,938 reads 2010-04-19 · 1 notes |
| iDeneb v1.5.1 Booting Ok 2 things! My internal hard drive for some reason wasnt detected by Disk Utility and hence I decided to install the OSx on my external drive! The process went successful, but it doesnt boot from my drive even though I changed the boot… | Leopard 10.5 | 3,382 reads 2010-01-20 · 2 notes |
| Hard Drive cannot be formatted/partitioned/erased Ive tried installing Mac OSx on my HP Pavilion dv6607nr laptop and iPC 10.5.6 was the only distro that seemed to have recognized my internal hard drive! I tried it with iATKOS, iDeneb, Kalyway and Leo4all. Ok, so now, when I try to format… | Leopard 10.5 | 2,887 reads 2010-01-23 · 1 notes |
| OSx doesn't load from external HDD I successfully installed 10.5.6 using iPC on my external hard drive but I cant seem to get it to load automatically. I changed the boot order to usb hard drive as being first, but it still loads up windows 7, which is present on my laptop… | Leopard 10.5 | 2,510 reads 2010-02-07 · 1 notes |
Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (14)
Direct links into threads where @l2ounak contributed solutions & commentary
| Thread & Dispatch Excerpt | Collection | Date & Reach |
|---|---|---|
| Leo4allv4.1 AMD released “Besides other releases i've tried this release too but the same infamous error "Still waiting for the root device" appears, although it seems that the chipset is recognized. From what I read it seems i have a bad combination of hardware. I'…” | 10.X Core | 2010-01-20 42,911 dossier reads |
| Leo4allv4.1 AMD released “why isnt my internal hard drive not being detected in disk utility I see nothing there also, i cant change anything from the bios menu when i go into system menu by pressing f10 at startup screen. Ive been told that changing your drive from…” | 10.X Core | 2010-01-20 42,911 dossier reads |
| iATKOS v7 Conflict “Yes trying to install to your internal disk using the suggest old prepatched ISO that's using a different kernel is the only idea I have left. Just trying to boot your system stored on the external HD using the Kernel i mentioned won't work…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2010-01-20 17,467 dossier reads |
| iATKOS v7 Conflict “AHCI won't help you with using P-ATA/IDE drives. I had similiar trouble with using two IDE drives @ one cable on my old nForce 4 based desktop computer, but on a notebook you can't chance allmost anything about that. With using 9.4.0 StageX…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2010-01-20 17,467 dossier reads |
| iATKOS v7 Conflict “how could i change my drive from AHCI to Compatibility Mode! Because I read that doing so mite boot the OS from the HDD. I also read you do it by pressing F2 ---> BIOS --> Advance --> and select AHCI to Compatibility! But wen i press F2, i …” | Leopard 10.5 | 2010-01-20 17,467 dossier reads |
| iATKOS v7 Conflict “also regarding the partitioned drive, why isnt my drives from laptop being detected? I even used 'Partition Magic' to create partitions for an HFS+ drive but still no luck! If sum how my drives could be detected, den I could be sure that it…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2010-01-19 17,467 dossier reads |
| iATKOS v7 Conflict “Before you spend too much time on this I would check to see which graphics chipset you have. You may still be able to boot into OSX but if cant get your graphics chipset to support Quartz Extreme and Core Image Its not going to be a very go…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2010-01-19 17,467 dossier reads |
| iATKOS v7 Conflict “IDE vs SATA: We can help you but you have to also do some leg work yourself. Try google sata vs ide and look for a pictures until you find the answer UUID: Same as above this information is readily available via google. We are using this ID…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2010-01-19 17,467 dossier reads |
| iATKOS v7 Conflict “Now obviously having it installed on the external wasn't your first choice. If you still have that install on the drive you should be able to boot it. 1. Get the UUID for the install partition on your external. Boot the DVD and go into Disk…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2010-01-19 17,467 dossier reads |
| iATKOS v7 Conflict “What way is your HD connected? IDE or SATA? i think its IDE! What i did was i had an hard drive lying from my old comp, so i jus put it in an enclosure and connected 2 wires. Does that sound like IDE? Enclosure says USB 2.0” | Leopard 10.5 | 2010-01-19 17,467 dossier reads |
| iATKOS v7 Conflict “Welcome to InfiniteMac Community. Before you attempt to install OS X on non-Apple Hardware, I highly recommed you to get some detailed knowlegde about your hardware. The brand is allmost minor important, what you need to know are details li…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2010-01-19 17,467 dossier reads |
| IPC 10.5.6 Disk Erase failed: Input/output error “im having the same problem I really want to know what could be done to this input/output error! One thing i noticed though, in that hard drive info at the bottom, it says SMART Status - Not Supported! Is that the reason our drives cannot be…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2010-01-23 11,865 dossier reads |
| Cannot Format Internal HDD “Sounds like some kinda chipset incompatability , or controller incompatability for you hard drive, Is it an IDE interface or other 00010 how would you find out regarding whether it is IDE or other?” | Leopard 10.5 | 2010-01-30 4,762 dossier reads |
| iatkos v7 - installation running - SATA disk not showing “I finally got into the installation but only my IDE disk is showing in disk utility.. sata is no where to be seen. Anyone know what I can do? I;m on a HP Pavilion a6500f hey, im with HP pavilion dv6607 as well and it didnt show when I used …” | Leopard 10.5 | 2010-01-23 4,644 dossier reads |