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@Lotustar
InfiniteMac community contributor with 25 recorded dispatches, 6 lead technical dossiers (30,268 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 82,746 historical readers.
Dispatches
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Author Reads
30,268
Ranked #355 · 6 dossiers
Thread Reach
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Ranked #2,392 in reach
Lead Dossiers
6
5,045 avg reads / dossier
Member Number
#37,502
Joined 2010-12-11
Active Window
2010–2012
2010-12-11 → 2012-04-28
Hardware Specs Reported in Dispatches
I have the Athlon 64 x2 4800 on an mcp61 mobo with nforce430 chipset. Here is what I chose on install:
HP Pavillion a6030n · Amd athlon 64x2 4800 dual core · mcp61 mobo with nforce 430 chipset <------ Prob my problem · one sata harddrive · one IDE dvd/cd burner <----another prob · 2gig ram · nvidia 8400gs 512 pcie
- Archive Standing
- #300 of 6,691 by Dispatches (25 notes) · #355 of 3,454 by Author Readership (30,268 reads across 6 dossiers) · #2,392 by Thread Reach (82,746 cumulative reads)
- InfiniteMac ID
- Member #37,502 · Joined 2010-12-11
- Interests
- Music!!
- Hardware & Kernel Topics
- AMD OSx86 (9) · NVIDIA GeForce (8) · AHCI / SATA (4) · Retail DVD / USB (2) · ATI Radeon (1) · USB / EHCI (1)
- Frequent Thread Collaborators
- @dan7733 (3) @Ianxxx (3) @melime (3) @RaMDaY (3) @Imkantus (2) @crazyout (2) @maya77 @Fabiuzi @eshiku @kalmdave @colinthefox @milkweed7654 @ecotycoon @chris1224
Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection
Distribution across 3 technical boards
Lead Dossiers Authored by @Lotustar (6)
30,268 cumulative reads on threads started by @Lotustar
| Dossier Title & Summary | Collection | Readership |
|---|---|---|
| AMD and CPU power management I have an AMD Athlon 64 and was wondering if I really need appleintelcpupowermanagement.kext. I have searched all over and cannot find a definitive answer. It's installed on my system along with Nullcpupowermanagement.kext. As far as I can… | 10.X Core | 10,512 reads 2010-12-22 · 4 notes |
| Nvidia 8400GS Confusion I am running SL 10.6.2 with a Nvidia 8400GS PCIe 512 GPU and I can't figure out how to get it to stop saying "I can has model?" in System Profiler. I am using NvKush kext and the card actually works great I have full support in everything… | 10.X Core | 5,528 reads 2010-12-18 · 4 notes |
| ApplenforceATA problem. Help I hear this is the forum to use if you actually want help with a osx86 problem. So here it goes. I am running SL 10.6.2 (Hazard) and getting "ApplenforceATA found 0" units at boot. It's making my boot time like 2 and a half minutes. I get… | 10.X Core | 4,265 reads 2010-12-12 · 4 notes |
| Firefox, Vuze, VLC crashes w/AMD Ok, having random crashes with programs listed in the title. Running hazard 10.6.2 and used Marvin's AMD Utility right after install and after installing a new program such as vlc or firefox. I have watched whole movies in vlc without a… | 10.X Core | 3,467 reads 2010-12-15 · 2 notes |
| Dell Mini 10v trackpad keyboard usb I just got a Dell Mini 10v and I am running 10.6.7 but with a few minor problems i can't find the answer to. Ok so, everything installed without a prob but I am losing keyboard, trackpad and one USB port sometimes. Oh, and sometimes sound… | Snow Leopard 10.6 | 3,374 reads 2012-04-28 · 1 notes |
| Hi! Looking forward to checking out these forums. I'm hoping this place is better than a few others I have been on where there are like 100 views and no replies. So annoying. | General | 3,122 reads 2010-12-11 · 1 notes |
Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (19)
Direct links into threads where @Lotustar contributed solutions & commentary
| Thread & Dispatch Excerpt | Collection | Date & Reach |
|---|---|---|
| 10.6.0 Installation on X6 1090t “Thanks for your reply. I have a few questions for you, 1. what amd cpu do you have and 2. which kernel and kexts did you select in the installation of hazard I have the Athlon 64 x2 4800 on an mcp61 mobo with nforce430 chipset. Here is what…” | 10.X Core | 2010-12-13 13,394 dossier reads |
| 10.6.0 Installation on X6 1090t “Well, it all looks pretty good. The only thing I can see that might be a prob is GPU. I have a ATI radeon 2400 pro that is not supported at all by snow leopard. Ran great under Leopard though. Stay as vanilla as possible if you can. I also …” | 10.X Core | 2010-12-11 13,394 dossier reads |
| AMD and CPU power management “One more thing..I think you are right about there being another reason GUI does not load sometimes. And I think it has to do with USB. That USBEHCI error has given me problems with every distro I have tried. Under my usb in system profiler …” | 10.X Core | 2010-12-26 10,512 dossier reads |
| AMD and CPU power management “Thanks so much for your reply Imkantus! That was very informative and super helpful. I am running the Legacy kernel off of Hazard's SL distro. When I installed it I chose the very minimum to get it loaded and then added what I needed after …” | 10.X Core | 2010-12-26 10,512 dossier reads |
| Which board for AMD x6 1055t to run Snow Leopard “Yep. What kalmdave said. I have a hp pavillion with AMD 64x2 4800 on a mp61 board with nforce 430 chipset and it has been very difficult to get going. I also have the nvidia 4800gs like kalmdave and it rocks. My ATI 2400 pro hd will not wor…” | 10.X Core | 2010-12-11 7,818 dossier reads |
| Nvidia 8400GS Confusion “**UPDATE** Got it fixed using osx86tools. For anyone else having problems here is what I did: Open osx86tools Click "Add EFI Strings/Boot Flag" Choose GFX strings (top left) Choose custom geforce hex at very bottom of cards list For name in…” | 10.X Core | 2010-12-19 5,528 dossier reads |
| Nvidia 8400GS Confusion “I don't know about "I can has model", but snow leopard doesn't list quartz in system profiler. Maybe you can alter the model name in the info.plist inside nvkush.kext Tried it. There is nowhere to alter the "I can has model?" in the Nvkush …” | 10.X Core | 2010-12-18 5,528 dossier reads |
| Belkin N150 (Ralink 2870 chipset) not working “Try this? http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/lofiversion/index.php/t168984.html” | 10.X Core | 2010-12-12 5,464 dossier reads |
| Would these specs be compatible with Snow Leopard “I don't see why not. I would try Hazard's Snow Leopard distro first. I have an AMD Athlon 64 and it runs great.” | 10.X Core | 2011-01-01 4,600 dossier reads |
| Motherboard switch please “I have switched my motherboard and CPU and ram from a gigabyte ep35 ds4 to gigabyte x58 ud3r rev. 2.0 and i7 950 cpu with 6 gb ( triple channel 3 x 2 gb ) have leopard 10.5.8 installed ( or is snow better for my cpu ? ) and was working fine…” | 10.X Core | 2010-12-12 4,334 dossier reads |
| ApplenforceATA problem. Help “Any idea for a wake from sleep fix? It sleeps but doesn't wake.” | 10.X Core | 2010-12-12 4,265 dossier reads |
| ApplenforceATA problem. Help “try this rapid share.com/files/281901335/speedupsl_nforce.zip OMG! That worked! Dude, really, I have been looking everywhere, trying everything and hosing my system over and over trying to fix that. I never even heard of that kext you sugge…” | 10.X Core | 2010-12-12 4,265 dossier reads |
| help please evga MB 790i “Looks like your mobo will use an azalia audio kext. That's good because it is quite common. So just go here: k exts.com/cat/8-audio.html and look through the pages for an azalia audio kext for 10.6.4 or 10.6.5. For Ethernet go here: k exts.…” | 10.X Core | 2010-12-27 4,002 dossier reads |
| Tbi “wazzzup Imkantus! I just replied to another post of his on the same subject. Lol. Looks like he uses Azalia audio for his mobo. And nforcelan for ethernet. So i pointed him to kexts.com.” | 10.X Core | 2010-12-27 3,886 dossier reads |
| my first haskintosh overclocking -fun “Wow man I can't imagine trying this on a hackintosh. I know people do it and I'm sure there are times it's safe but stability seems to be the goal of most osx86 users. I have no idea if there is an easy way to do this but keep us posted as …” | 10.X Core | 2010-12-27 3,542 dossier reads |
| Firefox, Vuze, VLC crashes w/AMD “Nevermind. Patching cpuid in single user mode seemed to have worked. i have a VERY stable system now! Oh, and stopped using vlc. It was great in windows but is known to crash on even real macs. So I'm just using NicePlayer and Perian for Qu…” | 10.X Core | 2010-12-16 3,467 dossier reads |
| Wont recognize keyboard upon installation “Ditch the ps2 keyboard and just use google to find out everything else. Try to use nvidia GPU.” | 10.X Core | 2010-12-11 3,002 dossier reads |
| no leo on dell xps laptop “Can you give us a little more info in what you have tried? Did you try to install from disc or usb? what distro did you try (iatkos, kalyway, etc.)? I have a dell inspiron 1000 and I have tried every distro out there and cannot get it to in…” | 10.X Core | 2010-12-12 2,436 dossier reads |
| no leo on dell xps laptop “Yea you are probably right. Best of luck” | 10.X Core | 2010-12-13 2,436 dossier reads |