#711 by Dispatches #423 by Author Reads #2,416 by Thread Reach Member #171 AMD OSx86 AHCI / SATA Voodoo / XNU Kernel
@martin953
InfiniteMac community contributor with 11 recorded dispatches, 2 lead technical dossiers (26,696 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 79,962 historical readers.
Dispatches
11
Ranked #711 of 6,691
Author Reads
26,696
Ranked #423 · 2 dossiers
Thread Reach
79,962
Ranked #2,416 in reach
Lead Dossiers
2
13,348 avg reads / dossier
Member Number
#171
Joined 2008-01-16
Active Window
2008–2009
2008-01-18 → 2009-01-12
Hardware Specs Reported in Dispatches
Specs: · Athlon64 X2 4200+ · ASUS M2A-VM HDMI · RAM 2 GB · Video ATI Radeon HD2600XT 512Mb · SATA DVD-drive Pioneer DVR-212D · SATA HDD's 160Gb Maxtor + 500Gb Samsung · IDE HDD 80Gb WD · Network Realtek 8111 integrated · Sound ALC883
- Archive Standing
- #711 of 6,691 by Dispatches (11 notes) · #423 of 3,454 by Author Readership (26,696 reads across 2 dossiers) · #2,416 by Thread Reach (79,962 cumulative reads)
- InfiniteMac ID
- Member #171 · Joined 2008-01-16
- Hardware & Kernel Topics
- AMD OSx86 (3) · AHCI / SATA (3) · Voodoo / XNU Kernel (1) · ALC889a / Audio (1) · ATI Radeon (1)
- Frequent Thread Collaborators
- @Puttabong (2) @zephyroth (2) @bhast2 (2) @Firewalk (2) @zuz242 (2) @jshanh @bonkey @LeeAMDMAC @roisoft @Sergiales @snuffy58 @creative_ @naminator @Cromwell
Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection
Distribution across 3 technical boards
Lead Dossiers Authored by @martin953 (2)
26,696 cumulative reads on threads started by @martin953
| Dossier Title & Summary | Collection | Readership |
|---|---|---|
| setup SB600 Windows XP AHCI driver For those of as with AMD SB600 south bridge OSx86 is easier to setup, when SATA controller is in AHCI mode (the installer sees all SATA HDD's and you can partition and choose any as install location) But if you wanna dual boot with Windows… | 10.X Core | 16,964 reads 2008-03-28 · 13 notes |
| Let's start "AMD Owners for Proper Power Management" movement The VoodooPower.kext developed by superhai currently not working on AMD cpus. Developer does not have an AMD machine to test and no bug reports from users - so he is going to drop AMD support totally. So, it's all depend on us. If we take… | 10.X Core | 9,732 reads 2009-01-11 · 3 notes |
Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (9)
Direct links into threads where @martin953 contributed solutions & commentary
| Thread & Dispatch Excerpt | Collection | Date & Reach |
|---|---|---|
| Member Nationalities “Russia, Ufa - second in a row cert18 - hi there!” | General | 2008-01-26 41,477 dossier reads |
| setup SB600 Windows XP AHCI driver “In device manager under SCSI controller you must have AMD AHCI controller installed and your disk drives must be shown as SCSI devices AFAIK. If this true - then you have AHCI enabled. If you are having trouble with boot form install DVD - …” | 10.X Core | 2008-04-01 16,964 dossier reads |
| Let's start "AMD Owners for Proper Power Management" movement “The "VoodooPower" is an universal cpu power management system EXTENSION, developed by superhai and it has nothing to do with the XNU Voodoo kernel and it's dev team, except they may work together. Please, read carefully before accusing..” | 10.X Core | 2009-01-12 9,732 dossier reads |
| IS 690 G motherboard support? Zephyroth COME IN “Sorry for late answer - was working too much. The kext was from "http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=66399&hl=sb600" topic. It enables UDMA for IDE drives and automounts SATA NTFS volumes in readonly mode on boot.” | 10.X Core | 2008-01-26 5,689 dossier reads |
| IS 690 G motherboard support? Zephyroth COME IN “On my ASUS M2A-VM SB600 driver give me UDMA mode for my IDE hard drive. Without it hard drive performance was incredibly slow. So if you need UDMA - install driver.” | 10.X Core | 2008-01-18 5,689 dossier reads |
| How would you rate your overall experience with the latest 10.5.2 Rev.2 release “Comparing with Zephyroth 10.5.1 Rev.1 on my hardware I'll give rate of 2. 10.5.1 was very smooth to install, then add drivers and got almost fully working system. With 10.5.2 Rev.2 (and Rev.1 too) the installer doesn't recognize my IDE HDD,…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-03-21 4,020 dossier reads |
| Did I made anything wrong “If so, it's may be a problem with your hardware. Try to disable all unneeded devices in BIOS (LPT Game Midi COM etc.). Try to boot installer in safe mode too. As the last resort - try to install Zephyroth 10.5.1 Rev.1 - it works better with…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-03-30 2,080 dossier reads |
| Did I made anything wrong “Try to install without any drivers and add them later by booting in safe mode (-x) and installing them from DVD separately. Doing so, you will identify the problem driver and then you just have to search internet for alternative driver that…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-03-30 2,080 dossier reads |
| setup SB600 Windows XP AHCI driver “Can you identify what mode you have now?” | 10.X Core | 2008-03-29 16,964 dossier reads |