#299 by Dispatches #746 by Author Reads #2,244 by Thread Reach Member #545 AMD OSx86 NVIDIA GeForce Chameleon / Boot-132
@LohnenNicht
InfiniteMac community contributor with 25 recorded dispatches, 2 lead technical dossiers (15,150 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 98,624 historical readers.
Dispatches
25
Ranked #299 of 6,691
Author Reads
15,150
Ranked #746 · 2 dossiers
Thread Reach
98,624
Ranked #2,244 in reach
Lead Dossiers
2
7,575 avg reads / dossier
Member Number
#545
Joined 2008-02-02
Active Window
2008
2008-02-12 → 2008-02-16
Hardware Specs Reported in Dispatches
Motherboard: ASUS A8N32-SLi Deluxe · chipset: nForce4 SLI · CPU: Amd Athlon 64 x2 3600+ 2.0ghz · Ram: 1gb pc4200 DDR3 ram · Video: nVidia GeForce 7900 GS PCI-e x 2 (SLI) · Hard drive: 120gb 7200RPM IDE · Onboard Sound (ac97) · Marvell Yukon Ethernet (built-in)
Motherboard: Asus A8N32-SLI Deluxe · Chipset: nForce4 · CPU: AMD Athlon 64 x2 3600+ · RAM: 1gb · video: nVidia GeForce 7900gs PCI-e · Hard Drive: 80 GB Seagate Barracuda IDE 7200PRM
- Archive Standing
- #299 of 6,691 by Dispatches (25 notes) · #746 of 3,454 by Author Readership (15,150 reads across 2 dossiers) · #2,244 by Thread Reach (98,624 cumulative reads)
- InfiniteMac ID
- Member #545 · Joined 2008-02-02
- Hardware & Kernel Topics
- AMD OSx86 (8) · NVIDIA GeForce (4) · Chameleon / Boot-132 (2) · USB / EHCI (1) · AHCI / SATA (1) · Retail DVD / USB (1)
- Frequent Thread Collaborators
- @roisoft (4) @naquaada (2) @DoiX (2) @anilini (2) @Puttabong (2) @HCE (2) @damnesiac (2) @FUJICCO @megaargon1 @Cromwell @christurner @mr.mario @boognish @cgsheen
Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection
Distribution across 2 technical boards
Lead Dossiers Authored by @LohnenNicht (2)
15,150 cumulative reads on threads started by @LohnenNicht
| Dossier Title & Summary | Collection | Readership |
|---|---|---|
| A8N32-SLI Motherboard - LOGIN CRASHES Hello, I have successfuly installed Zeph's Rev 1 dvd on my AMD rig: Motherboard: Asus A8N32-SLI Deluxe Chipset: nForce4 CPU: AMD Athlon 64 x2 3600+ RAM: 1gb video: nVidia GeForce 7900gs PCI-e Hard Drive: 80 GB Seagate Barracuda IDE 7200PRM… | Leopard 10.5 | 9,009 reads 2008-02-13 · 4 notes |
| Leopard 10.5.1 AMD using iAtkos_v1.0i iso Clicky This guide isn't finished, but hopefully should help some of you get your amd motherboard runnig as the Zephyroth Rev. 1 DVD is a pain in the ass. It also includes instructions on how to dual boot your system with Leopard. Enjoy! | 10.X Core | 6,141 reads 2008-02-14 · 16 notes |
Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (21)
Direct links into threads where @LohnenNicht contributed solutions & commentary
| Thread & Dispatch Excerpt | Collection | Date & Reach |
|---|---|---|
| Beginners: Ask here first “I have a A8n32-sli deluxe motherboard. installation went well, removed geforce kexsts and was able to boot into "create your account" screen at initial hard drive boot. But it gets stuck there. So I tried to transfer my settings from my iMa…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-02-13 37,386 dossier reads |
| Zephyroth Leopard 10.5.1 AMD - Rev. 2 - Discussion Thread “Hello, I would like to sign on to be a beta tester. The first revision did not work on my system, so I want to see if this one will as my motherboard is or at least used to be fairly popular at the time of it's release. My setup: Motherboar…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-02-12 30,877 dossier reads |
| Boot stuck.A8n32SLI motherboard “ok, i wrote a thrown together guide for yo uguys. It's not finished yet but hopefully you can fill in the blanks yourself. here it is: [How To]Leopard 10.5.1 on ASUS A8N/A8n-SLi/a8n32-sli/Deluxe AMD motherboards!” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-02-14 10,338 dossier reads |
| Boot stuck.A8n32SLI motherboard “Ok, everything works so far, just have to edit the marvelyukon vendor id and hopefully it will speed things up. For now I'm using my Leopard install as of writing this with my firewire shared connection. Full 3d, front row works, itunes wor…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-02-14 10,338 dossier reads |
| Boot stuck.A8n32SLI motherboard “ok, I got it to install using iatkos, with AMD patch and then new kernel and other patched files. Was a hard run, and I had to do the single-user root passwd touch applesetupdone thing to get into the desktop, but it works now. I have not g…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-02-14 10,338 dossier reads |
| Boot stuck.A8n32SLI motherboard “ok. Tried the whole stupid external hard drive install thing. DID NOT WORK. I'm going to try the iATKOS.” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-02-14 10,338 dossier reads |
| Boot stuck.A8n32SLI motherboard “thanks roisoft. Yes, as I've explained earlier, I've installed zephyroth from DVD-ROM before, and I booted it from grub installed on my linux partition on the first hard drive. I could get the login screen and it would let me fill out my ac…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-02-14 10,338 dossier reads |
| Boot stuck.A8n32SLI motherboard “seems to be hanging on the "time remaining: calculating..." screen. I'll wait 30 minutes and if it doesn't look like the bar has moved at all then I'm giving up. EDIT: It's installing now… finally. Let's hope this time everything is cleared…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-02-13 10,338 dossier reads |
| Boot stuck.A8n32SLI motherboard “crap! Well this is going to be extremely slow then. Too bad this motherboard doesn't let you boot from firewire...” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-02-13 10,338 dossier reads |
| Boot stuck.A8n32SLI motherboard “[cite] roisoft:Do you have an external case? if yes, put your disk here and plug the case to the imac, open the disk utility and format the disk with 2 partitions (guid) restore the zephy iso to the second partition and install pc_efi from …” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-02-13 10,338 dossier reads |
| Boot stuck.A8n32SLI motherboard “ok, like I said, I tried to transfer my account info from my iMac (I'm using it to type this), and it stilld oesn't let me log in. I guess the best way to do this is to also put Tiger on it. Unfortunately, Uphuck and Tubgirl have both been …” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-02-13 10,338 dossier reads |
| Boot stuck.A8n32SLI motherboard “roisoft: sata to ide? What's that? Also, I want to know what your bootflag options are. Because I tried everytihng you just listed, and it still won't let me login.” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-02-13 10,338 dossier reads |
| Boot stuck.A8n32SLI motherboard “roisoft, maybe you can help us all out and give us your system specs, including your BIOS options and bootflag options.” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-02-13 10,338 dossier reads |
| Boot stuck.A8n32SLI motherboard “[cite] roisoft:LohnenNicht, to solve this problems, unplug the network cable or disable all the ethernet adapters in bios, you can enabled after the install , the same for firewire no. It doesn't work. Login still crashes.” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-02-13 10,338 dossier reads |
| Boot stuck.A8n32SLI motherboard “I have the same motherboard. make sure you have the latest bios. Your motherboard most likely has a 1205 revision. The latest is 1405. After I updated the BIOS, zephyroth's DVD booted and I was able to install. However, with his motherboard…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-02-13 10,338 dossier reads |
| Leopard 10.5.1 AMD using iAtkos_v1.0i iso “if the above doesn't work for you, try restoring the patched iATKOS iso to a partiion on your hard drive. I used an external hard drive to install iATKOS on my system. It should work then.” | 10.X Core | 2008-02-16 6,141 dossier reads |
| Leopard 10.5.1 AMD using iAtkos_v1.0i iso “ok, try to buirn the ISO without the PFFPATCH applied. If it works, then don't bother with the PPFPATCH. Just boot from that. However, you will still need to patch everything else.” | 10.X Core | 2008-02-15 6,141 dossier reads |
| Leopard 10.5.1 AMD using iAtkos_v1.0i iso “the iATKOS_v1.0i.iso is 2.44gb (2,621,407,232 bytes). Make sure you have the right one.” | 10.X Core | 2008-02-15 6,141 dossier reads |
| boot problem “I have login crashes. I can boot up to the login screen, and login, then right before the finder menus and icons load i'm kicked back out to the login screen again. Does anyone else have this problem?” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-02-13 4,873 dossier reads |
| Leopard 10.5.1 AMD using iAtkos_v1.0i iso “no, I used my iMac (10.5.2) to patch the file.” | 10.X Core | 2008-02-15 6,141 dossier reads |
| boot problem “i've tried that, 3 times already.” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-02-13 4,873 dossier reads |