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Member #42 · 2008-01-06 → 2008-01-11
#1,250 by Dispatches #905 by Author Reads #2,384 by Thread Reach Member #42 AMD OSx86 NVIDIA GeForce AHCI / SATA

@MacNugget

InfiniteMac community contributor with 6 recorded dispatches, 2 lead technical dossiers (12,728 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 83,579 historical readers.

Dispatches 6 Ranked #1,250 of 6,691
Author Reads 12,728 Ranked #905 · 2 dossiers
Thread Reach 83,579 Ranked #2,384 in reach
Lead Dossiers 2 6,364 avg reads / dossier
Member Number #42 Joined 2008-01-06
Active Window 2008 2008-01-06 → 2008-01-11
Archive Standing
#1,250 of 6,691 by Dispatches (6 notes) · #905 of 3,454 by Author Readership (12,728 reads across 2 dossiers) · #2,384 by Thread Reach (83,579 cumulative reads)
InfiniteMac ID
Member #42 · Joined 2008-01-06
Hardware & Kernel Topics
AMD OSx86 (2) · NVIDIA GeForce (1) · AHCI / SATA (1) · Voodoo / XNU Kernel (1)
Frequent Thread Collaborators
@jshanh (3) @zephyroth (3) @roisoft (3) @Puttabong (2) @bonkey (2) @DoiX (2) @Raldo (2) @Snow (2) @LeeAMDMAC @Sergiales @snuffy58 @creative_ @naminator @Cromwell

Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection

Distribution across 3 technical boards

Leopard 10.5
4 (67%)
General
1 (17%)
10.X Core
1 (17%)

Lead Dossiers Authored by @MacNugget (2)

12,728 cumulative reads on threads started by @MacNugget

Dossier Title & SummaryCollectionReadership
EFI + GUID + VANILLA under AMD - possible
Is it possible to run Vanilla kernel under AMD? I have EFI v8 + GUID running. Boot ROM still says Hackintosh - is this normal? - great forum by the way.
Leopard 10.57,830 reads
2008-01-10 · 11 notes
HELP! XFX 8600GT 512MB (only 1 hair left on my head)
Could really use your help...I have only one strand of hair left (others I tore up in trying to get this card to work). I have tried Zephyroth's installer, Punk's installer both times tried without touching the info.plist and also by…
Leopard 10.54,898 reads
2008-01-11 · 5 notes

Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (4)

Direct links into threads where @MacNugget contributed solutions & commentary

Thread & Dispatch ExcerptCollectionDate & Reach
Welcome
“After a very long 4 weeks of struggle - I have got Zephyroth's Rev 1 Leopard purring on my AMD box. Here are the specs: AMD64 X2 4800+ | 4 GB RAM | GeForce 8300GS (using 512 MB VRAM) | Asus 20X sata ligtscribe DL/DVD+RW | 130GB IDE, 30GB ID…”
10.X Core2008-01-06
29,374 dossier reads
EFI + GUID + VANILLA under AMD - possible
“Thanks roisoft ! That clears up some confusion on my part. Going home early from work to install my new 8600GT 512MB card...hope it works with Dev ID and Vendor ID. I will post results later this evening EST.”
Leopard 10.52008-01-10
7,830 dossier reads
HELP! XFX 8600GT 512MB (only 1 hair left on my head)
“jshanh, Thanks for your reply. I had actually tried exactly what you tried several time with no avail. Unfortunately, I finally decided to send the card back and have been using my 8300GS @ 512 MB with full QE/CE. In fact I am wondering if …”
Leopard 10.52008-01-11
4,898 dossier reads
Member Nationalities
“I am from Boston, MA - HALO!”
General2008-01-06
41,477 dossier reads