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Member #806 · 2008-02-15 → 2008-02-23
#601 by Dispatches #723 by Author Reads #2,306 by Thread Reach Member #806 AHCI / SATA AMD OSx86 EVGA / X58

@lag0matic

InfiniteMac community contributor with 13 recorded dispatches, 2 lead technical dossiers (15,830 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 92,006 historical readers.

Dispatches 13 Ranked #601 of 6,691
Author Reads 15,830 Ranked #723 · 2 dossiers
Thread Reach 92,006 Ranked #2,306 in reach
Lead Dossiers 2 7,915 avg reads / dossier
Member Number #806 Joined 2008-02-15
Active Window 2008 2008-02-15 → 2008-02-23
Archive Standing
#601 of 6,691 by Dispatches (13 notes) · #723 of 3,454 by Author Readership (15,830 reads across 2 dossiers) · #2,306 by Thread Reach (92,006 cumulative reads)
InfiniteMac ID
Member #806 · Joined 2008-02-15
Hardware & Kernel Topics
AHCI / SATA (2) · AMD OSx86 (1) · EVGA / X58 (1) · Voodoo / XNU Kernel (1)
Frequent Thread Collaborators
@WinLinMac01 (4) @DoiX (3) @roisoft (3) @cgsheen (3) @Puttabong (2) @zephyroth (2) @palmpje (2) @eddie11c (2) @damnesiac (2) @crawle (2) @naquaada (2) @Ianxxx (2) @jshanh @bonkey

Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection

Distribution across 3 technical boards

Leopard 10.5
6 (46%)
10.X Core
3 (23%)

Lead Dossiers Authored by @lag0matic (2)

15,830 cumulative reads on threads started by @lag0matic

Dossier Title & SummaryCollectionReadership
Installed 10.5.2. Are the quicktime, Itunes, and Frontrow updates safe to install now
I've installed the 10.5.2 update into Zephy's 10.5.1, everything seems to be running just fine. Using EFI and the new kernel. So, am I safe to use software update to get the newest quicktime, frontrow and Itunes? Is there anything special…
Software & Kexts11,039 reads
2008-02-16 · 15 notes
M2N-SLI Delux and SATA DVD drive
## Thread has been moved, please do NOT post into the News Category again! Well, it seems the new version of the MeDevil nforce ATA is not compatable with SATA dvd drives at all. I had 10.5.1 running, and in an attempt to get the dvd drive…
10.X Core4,791 reads
2008-02-22 · 1 notes

Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (11)

Direct links into threads where @lag0matic contributed solutions & commentary

Thread & Dispatch ExcerptCollectionDate & Reach
Hardware Thread
“OS: Windows Vista 64Bit, OSX 10.5.1 (Zephy's image) CPU: AMD Athlon 64X2 6400+ (dual 3.2ghz cores) Memory: 4 Gig Corsair XMS DDR2 Motherboard: Asus M2N-SLI Deluxe (Nforce 560(i think) ) Video: Evga 8800GTS 320meg PCI-x HDD: 350 gig Segate S…”
10.X Core2008-02-16
46,836 dossier reads
10.5.2 Update for AMD only, eddie11c
“Last login: Fri Feb 15 16:06:40 on console lag0matics-acpi:~ lag0matic$ uname -a Darwin lag0matics-acpi.local 9.2.0 Darwin Kernel Version 9.2.0: Tue Feb 5 16:13:22 PST 2008; 9c31:xnu-1228.3.13~1/RELEASE_I386 i386 lag0matics-acpi:~ lag0matic…”
Leopard 10.52008-02-16
13,226 dossier reads
10.5.2 Update for AMD only, eddie11c
“Seemed to work fine here, however, I now show cores as 1.. odd.. used to show 2 cores.. but seem to respond snappy so who cares EDIT: Is it safe now to update quicktime, frontrow, itunes? sounds like the graphics updates causes more problem…”
Leopard 10.52008-02-16
13,226 dossier reads
10.5.2 Update for AMD only, eddie11c
“Seems to have helped a bit, Cg, gone from 6.8k/s to above 20k/s lol”
Leopard 10.52008-02-16
13,226 dossier reads
10.5.2 Update for AMD only, eddie11c
“Awsome, Putta. Thanks for the Info. Btw. Long time reader, first time really posting. so.. HAI EVERYBODY”
Leopard 10.52008-02-16
13,226 dossier reads
10.5.2 Update for AMD only, eddie11c
“Looks like Megaupload killed it already I go there and get "this file is temporarily unavaliable". Any chance of a host picking it up? My torrent is gonna take weeks.”
Leopard 10.52008-02-16
13,226 dossier reads
10.5.2 Update for AMD only, eddie11c
“This torrent is making me cry.. 6.8k/s .. terrible. And, it keep stopping, drops to 0.0.. and I have to restart it.. lol”
Leopard 10.52008-02-15
13,226 dossier reads
New Desktop & About This Mac Thread
“Here's mine! First time installing OSX on this PC”
Software & Kexts2008-02-15
12,930 dossier reads
Installed 10.5.2. Are the quicktime, Itunes, and Frontrow updates safe to install now
“Pardon my ignorance. I had read that forum, and several other forums about Marvin, but couldnt find any clear instructions on its use. However, I've decided that these updates are not as crucial as I once thought. Thanks for the help.”
Software & Kexts2008-02-16
11,039 dossier reads
Installed 10.5.2. Are the quicktime, Itunes, and Frontrow updates safe to install now
“Marvins utitily? I'm kinda new to OSX, i'm lucky to be running! lol.. can you tell me, is this part of the Zpehyroth disk? or something I should try to download? EDIT: Found the application.. but cant seem to find any documentation that's c…”
Software & Kexts2008-02-16
11,039 dossier reads
This site is getting quieter is this good
“Its quiet on my end because I gave up. 10.5.1 - Ran ok, detected hard drive as wrong size (no big deal) couldnt burn CD/DVD (sata DVD drive). 10.5.2 - Eddie11c update, ran OK, lost performance in 3d applications (20% drop in FPS in world of…”
10.X Core2008-02-23
3,184 dossier reads