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Member #12,426 · 2011-12-24 → 2012-07-04
#1,042 by Dispatches #147 by Thread Reach Member #12,426 AMD OSx86 ATI Radeon Chameleon / Boot-132

@MadMungo@iinet.

InfiniteMac community contributor with 7 recorded dispatches, participating in discussions reaching 1,762,342 historical readers.

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Member Number #12,426 Joined 2009-09-11
Active Window 2011–2012 2011-12-24 → 2012-07-04
Preserved Forum Signature & OSx86 Rig
System Specs
Bulldozer FX-8120
4GB DDR3 @1866
XFX 5970
Asus Crosshair IV Formula

Snow Leopard 10.6.8 & Lion Retail 10.7.4
Archive Standing
#1,042 of 6,691 by Dispatches (7 notes) · #147 by Thread Reach (1,762,342 cumulative reads)
InfiniteMac ID
Member #12,426 · Joined 2009-09-11
Hardware & Kernel Topics
AMD OSx86 (3) · ATI Radeon (1) · Chameleon / Boot-132 (1)
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Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection

Distribution across 2 technical boards

10.X Core
1 (14%)

Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (7)

Direct links into threads where @MadMungo@iinet. contributed solutions & commentary

Thread & Dispatch ExcerptCollectionDate & Reach
Lion with AMD
“Thankyou. Seems to have fixed the problem so far.”
Lion – Catalina2012-05-31
1,075,710 dossier reads
Lion with AMD
“I am getting I/O errors from my Harddrives under Lion. Just wondering what kexts ATI/AMD SATA people are using. All is working ok with Snow Leopard 10.6.8.”
Lion – Catalina2012-05-30
1,075,710 dossier reads
Lion with AMD
“A lot... because Atom can be done with a simple patch. The same can not be said for AMD. I tried many methods (and kernels) but I haven't got it to work with AMD yet. :-| Would bulldozer work with a similar patch? seeing as it has all the s…”
Lion – Catalina2011-12-24
1,075,710 dossier reads
10.7.4 AMD Kernel
“Hey R.A.W.X86 Tried your kernel after installing 10.7.4 combo update and have lost the ability to connect to my wireless network. Was working with the 10.7.3 kernels and 10.7.3 & lower. I have tried reinstalling 10.7.0 with your 10.7.4 kern…”
Lion – Catalina2012-05-20
486,363 dossier reads
Legacy kernel 10.6.8 with custom dyld and new SSE3 emulator and VIA Nano cpu support
“Bad news on the bulldozer front as well. If I try the standard Lion kernel, the machine just reboots as is expected, but it also happens with all the AMD Lion Kernels in this thread. Power on machine, select OSX and instant reboot. Actually…”
10.X Core2011-12-24
165,733 dossier reads
10.7.2 works but not 10.7.3 or 10.7.4
“So if I have this right you are running your cpu at 3GHz, if that is correct then you have the busratio number right. The one I showed is for the cpu @ default = 12.5 which is written as 125, confusing I know.”
Lion – Catalina2012-07-04
34,536 dossier reads
10.7.2 works but not 10.7.3 or 10.7.4
“you will need to add your busratio to the org.chameleon.Boot.plist file. If you are not overclocked you can try typing busratio=125 when chameleon starts and it should boot. If it dose then you add the busratio command as per this example K…”
Lion – Catalina2012-07-03
34,536 dossier reads