#80 by Dispatches #288 by Author Reads #723 by Thread Reach Member #202 ATI Radeon AMD OSx86 Gigabyte G31M / P35
@laxattack
InfiniteMac community contributor with 87 recorded dispatches, 7 lead technical dossiers (36,617 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 825,722 historical readers.
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Ranked #288 · 7 dossiers
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Lead Dossiers
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5,231 avg reads / dossier
Member Number
#202
Joined 2008-01-17
Active Window
2008–2009
2008-01-25 → 2009-03-06
Preserved Forum Signature & OSx86 Rig
Current Rigs:
Main Hack:
Processor:Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale
Motherboard:Gigabyte EP35-DS3L
Ram: Gskill 4GB DDRII 800 PC2-6400
Video Card: Nvidia GeForce 8800GT 512MB
Running Retail OSX 10.5.6 PC-EFI V9
TV Hack:
Processor: AMD Athlon x2 3800+
Motherboard: MSI K9mm-V
Ram: 1GB DDR2 667
Video Card:ATI Radeon X1650 (AGP)
Running iDeneb 10.5.6 with Voodoo XNU 9.5.0 Kernel
Main Hack:
Processor:Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale
Motherboard:Gigabyte EP35-DS3L
Ram: Gskill 4GB DDRII 800 PC2-6400
Video Card: Nvidia GeForce 8800GT 512MB
Running Retail OSX 10.5.6 PC-EFI V9
TV Hack:
Processor: AMD Athlon x2 3800+
Motherboard: MSI K9mm-V
Ram: 1GB DDR2 667
Video Card:ATI Radeon X1650 (AGP)
Running iDeneb 10.5.6 with Voodoo XNU 9.5.0 Kernel
- Archive Standing
- #80 of 6,691 by Dispatches (87 notes) · #288 of 3,454 by Author Readership (36,617 reads across 7 dossiers) · #723 by Thread Reach (825,722 cumulative reads)
- InfiniteMac ID
- Member #202 · Joined 2008-01-17
- Hardware & Kernel Topics
- ATI Radeon (7) · AMD OSx86 (4) · Gigabyte G31M / P35 (1)
- Frequent Thread Collaborators
- @WinLinMac01 (15) @Puttabong (14) @roisoft (14) @zephyroth (10) @bhast2 (10) @DoiX (10) @naquaada (9) @Firewalk (7) @R0GUE (6) @Ianxxx (6) @creative_ (6) @rfuilrez (5) @eddie11c (5) @pαuℓzurrr. (4)
Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection
Distribution across 4 technical boards
Lead Dossiers Authored by @laxattack (7)
36,617 cumulative reads on threads started by @laxattack
| Dossier Title & Summary | Collection | Readership |
|---|---|---|
| Saphire ATI Radeon x1650 Pro (0x71c6) problems ok so i have finnaly got leopard to work the only part i cant get is my vid card to change resolution or have qe/ci enabled i have tried several options, Zeph's x1600 install package, MacLovin's x1600 (71c6) install package, Modbin's… | Leopard 10.5 | 10,943 reads 2008-02-26 · 42 notes |
| Upgrading ## Automatic notice to thread opener: If you post this kind of message into the News Category again, your Account will be disabled just wondering if anyone has used the rev 2 disk to upgrade from tiger at all | Leopard 10.5 | 7,494 reads 2008-01-26 · 3 notes |
| Anyone else had this problem with 10.5.2 with about 7 mins left i get a message saying "INSTALL FAILED. The Installer could not validate the contents of the 'JavaTools' package. Contact the software manufacturer for assistance" i can not figure out what it means anyone have an… | Leopard 10.5 | 5,719 reads 2008-02-19 · 30 notes |
| eddie11c's dvd does he have a website or anything? | 10.X Core | 4,335 reads 2008-03-14 · 5 notes |
| odd code when booting jnl: unknown-dev: flushing fs disk buffer returned 0x5 gets repeated over and over but leo boots i am just curious as to what it might be, granted i did install it on a VERY old 12gb bigfoot HDD. oh yes i did say a bigfoot drive | Leopard 10.5 | 2,964 reads 2008-02-04 · 2 notes |
| 64-bit anyone know how to tell if i am running leo in 64bit or 32bit running leo4all 10.5.2 with 9.2.2 kernel | Leopard 10.5 | 2,695 reads 2008-04-06 · 8 notes |
| login screen resolution does anyone know how to change the resolution of the log in screen? I would love for it to be 1680x1050 but for some reason its at 1360x768 | Leopard 10.5 | 2,467 reads 2008-03-16 · 10 notes |
Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (40)
Direct links into threads where @laxattack contributed solutions & commentary
| Thread & Dispatch Excerpt | Collection | Date & Reach |
|---|---|---|
| HCL OSx86 AMD 10.5.2 Revision 2 “CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 3800+ MB: MSI K9MM-V RAM: 2GB DDR2 667mhz HD 1: MDT MD1600JD-00HBB0 (Leopard) HD 2: Maxtor 6B200M0 (Tiger) DVD 1: SONY DVD RW DRU-810A DVD 2: TSSTcorpCD/DVDW SH-S182M Video: Sapphire ATI Radeon …” | 10.X Core | 2008-03-13 82,426 dossier reads |
| Leopard 10.5.2 AMD EFI (OOTB) “yay i figured it out using Unison from www.panic.com same people that make Candybar, best of all its Free!” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-02-17 74,206 dossier reads |
| Leopard 10.5.2 AMD EFI (OOTB) “you know in all my years of computing i have never used newsgroups how do i?” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-02-17 74,206 dossier reads |
| Leopard 10.5.2 AMD EFI (OOTB) “granted i want to try it on an empty HD first but once all goes well on that i will install over tiger” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-02-16 74,206 dossier reads |
| Leopard 10.5.2 AMD EFI (OOTB) “random question am i going to be able to upgrade from 10.4.10?” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-02-16 74,206 dossier reads |
| ATI Video Kexts “just to add a device id i have a Sapphire ATI Radeon x1650pro Vendor: ATI (0x1002) Device ID: 0x71c6” | Software & Kexts | 2008-01-27 65,728 dossier reads |
| Hardware Thread “Processor: AMD Athlon XP 3800+ MoBo: MSI K9MM-V Chipset: VIA K8m800 and VT8237R+ Ram: 2x 1gb ddr2 400mhz Video: Sapphire ATI Radeon x1650Pro 512mb (Qe/Ci working but detected as only 256mb) using Diabolik's Natit Kext package SATA HD1: Maxt…” | 10.X Core | 2008-01-27 46,836 dossier reads |
| Rev.2 Beta 2 Test Reports “it works fine on tiger but i would like to test on leo, but also cant get rev 1 to work so id like to test rev 2” | 10.X Core | 2008-01-25 36,277 dossier reads |
| Rev.2 Beta 2 Test Reports “nope that one is on my desktop sapphire ati x1650 pro” | 10.X Core | 2008-01-25 36,277 dossier reads |
| Rev.2 Beta 2 Test Reports “hey zeph i dont know if you have any testers with a compaq presario r3210 Laptop or not if you want specs plz let me know, also if you have anyone with a ati card with dev id of 0x71c6” | 10.X Core | 2008-01-25 36,277 dossier reads |
| Zephyroth Leopard AMD 10.5.2 Rev.2 Issue Discussion “i have run the graphics update from apple w/o patching just fine” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-03-15 35,425 dossier reads |
| Zephyroth Leopard AMD 10.5.2 Rev.2 Issue Discussion “have you installed the leo graphics update? btw it wont let me use the activity monitor says permissions are wrong and i have used repair permissions already to try and fix that” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-03-15 35,425 dossier reads |
| Zephyroth Leopard AMD 10.5.2 Rev.2 Issue Discussion “i got a question can someone send me a copy of their activity monitor app, because i messed mine up and i need to replace it. e-mail: [email protected]” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-03-14 35,425 dossier reads |
| Zephyroth Leopard AMD 10.5.2 Rev.2 Issue Discussion “[cite] kyrtid:I had problems booting with Rev 1 so I thought I would try Rev2. The problem is now I cannot even install. While processing FixGUID at the end of the installation I get an assertion failure NSInternalInconsistency in IFInstall…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-03-13 35,425 dossier reads |
| OSX Mini ITX HTPC “BTW instead of using XBMC try using Plex they are almost the same thing but plex is still being updated” | 10.X Core | 2009-03-06 35,158 dossier reads |
| mach_kernel 9.2.2 and 9.2.2 System.kext for AMD “after downloading patches and following guide above i am now running leopard on my AMD with time machine update and 9.2.2 kernel” | 10.X Core | 2008-04-02 29,851 dossier reads |
| New 10.5.2 Desktops “luigisitali anrestaurant.net/images/desktop.png though im having problems with internet cutting out and programs cutting out in leopard” | General | 2008-03-21 22,487 dossier reads |
| Intel motherboard Recommendation “i agree with roisoft the GA-P35-DS4 is the most compatable motherboard for osx on the market today. I plan on getting it in a month” | 10.X Core | 2008-04-09 19,101 dossier reads |
| What do our usernames symbolize “well mine is from, high school when i played lacrosse, lax is short for lacrosse, and attack is the position i played. granted now I dont even play anymore but the name has stuck” | General | 2008-04-24 14,759 dossier reads |
| Saphire ATI Radeon x1650 Pro (0x71c6) problems “no clue about chain booting errors you would have to ask someone else” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-04-09 10,943 dossier reads |
| Saphire ATI Radeon x1650 Pro (0x71c6) problems “good luck let me know what happens, and for future reference, i got this driver package from a guy named modbin over at insanely mac he has helped alot just pm him if we get another update and this doesnt work” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-04-08 10,943 dossier reads |
| Saphire ATI Radeon x1650 Pro (0x71c6) problems “www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/apple/application_updates/leopardgraphicsupdate10.html graphics update to check your device id go to about this mac, then more info, then click graphics/displays then look for Device ID should be in this forma…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-04-08 10,943 dossier reads |
| Saphire ATI Radeon x1650 Pro (0x71c6) problems “first of all did you do the graphics update? if you did i have linked an installer package for dev id 71c6 luigisitali anrestaurant.net/images/x165010.5.2deviceid0x71c6.pkg” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-04-07 10,943 dossier reads |
| Saphire ATI Radeon x1650 Pro (0x71c6) problems “thanks firewalk for the kexts but alas it didnt work for me, so for now i will just wait it out, and take a break from leopard” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-02-28 10,943 dossier reads |
| Saphire ATI Radeon x1650 Pro (0x71c6) problems “omg firewalk i would love you if you sent me the kexts, because i am a moron and realized im using 10.5.1 kexts and not 10.5.2 kexts so if you could E-mail: [email protected] @eddie11c: AGP” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-02-28 10,943 dossier reads |
| Saphire ATI Radeon x1650 Pro (0x71c6) problems “odd part is i have gotten to change rez, but then no qe/ci, i have tried the solution that firewalk had posted and got a result of a black screen. i even tried to copy and past my graphics kexts from my working tiger install over to leopard…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-02-27 10,943 dossier reads |
| How to get QE/CI on ATI x1650 Pro (0x71c6) “Trouble at injecting Kexts to iso <------all your info is right here” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-04-14 10,646 dossier reads |
| How to get QE/CI on ATI x1650 Pro (0x71c6) “YAY i now have qe/ci with my radeon x1650 dev id 71c6 in 10.5.2. remember install the leopard graphic update, then head over here http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=35733&st=0#entry254302 for an installer pack!” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-03-12 10,646 dossier reads |
| How to get QE/CI on ATI x1650 Pro (0x71c6) “you would need to add your dev ids into kexts and hexed in but they should” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-03-08 10,646 dossier reads |
| How to get QE/CI on ATI x1650 Pro (0x71c6) “i have been talking to modbin over at insanelymac and he had created a package for our cards for tiger and is now creating one for leo 10.5.2 since he has the same card dev id but with agp” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-03-07 10,646 dossier reads |
| How to get QE/CI on ATI x1650 Pro (0x71c6) “ok i think i may be on to something it seems that the atiradeonx1000.kext file or atindrv.kext file may be what is hindering me (i know everyone is thinking those are the drivers you need). i have to find out a way to get those to recognize…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-03-06 10,646 dossier reads |
| How to get QE/CI on ATI x1650 Pro (0x71c6) “talk to firewalk he has the same dev id as you and I with working qe/ci and rez change” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-02-28 10,646 dossier reads |
| ATI Radeon X1600Pro PCI-E (0x71c2) “go to apple and search for the leopard graphics update trust me” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-03-13 9,426 dossier reads |
| ATI Radeon X1600Pro PCI-E (0x71c2) “i would try to do the update first if you havnt then edit the radeonx1000 kext that it installs” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-03-13 9,426 dossier reads |
| ATI Radeon X1600Pro PCI-E (0x71c2) “first of all have you installed the leo graphics update? second are you using your kexts from 10.5.2?” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-03-13 9,426 dossier reads |
| Microsoft Wireles Comfort Edition 1.0A Keyboard “there ya go, sorry i meant to say go to microsoft before to get the drivers since we have the same keyboard” | 10.X Core | 2008-02-04 9,001 dossier reads |
| Microsoft Wireles Comfort Edition 1.0A Keyboard “hey firewalk i have that exact keyboard and i have gotten the media keys and every other extra key to work fine on this keyboard, just use the microsoft drivers for it, then you have to set up what u want those keys to go to, ie. mine is se…” | 10.X Core | 2008-01-31 9,001 dossier reads |
| Time Machine Update, any latest news in when the patch will come out for AMD users “im running the time machine patch granted im using the first leo4all for amd but it works fine, u just have to patch with marvins, there is a thread pertaining to it on the forums” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-04-08 8,331 dossier reads |
| Dual Boot of Vista and Leopard in same hd. “one question is this going to be on the same hard drive or 2 different ones? your best bet with booting with the vista boot loader is use easybcd, it is simple as can be to add an OS to the windows bootloader” | 10.X Core | 2008-04-13 6,344 dossier reads |
| How to get QE/CI on ATI x1800GTO (0x710a) “look into downloading the graphics update from apple then edit ur atiradeonx1000.kext like normal” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-03-13 6,162 dossier reads |