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Member #10,652 · 2009-08-27 → 2009-12-31
#385 by Dispatches #2,369 by Author Reads #880 by Thread Reach Member #10,652 NVIDIA GeForce ALC889a / Audio Retail DVD / USB

@mascal71

InfiniteMac community contributor with 19 recorded dispatches, 1 lead technical dossiers (4,113 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 667,860 historical readers.

Dispatches 19 Ranked #385 of 6,691
Author Reads 4,113 Ranked #2,369 · 1 dossiers
Thread Reach 667,860 Ranked #880 in reach
Lead Dossiers 1 4,113 avg reads / dossier
Member Number #10,652 Joined 2009-08-27
Active Window 2009 2009-08-27 → 2009-12-31
Preserved Forum Signature & OSx86 Rig
Acer 6935g & Snow leopard 10.6.1 64 bit

Core2Duo P8600 2,4Ghz | 4GB DDR3 1066 |
Nvidia 9600m GT 1GB QE+CI @ 1920x1080 Full HD
Broadcom 1490 Wifi (native airport)
Audio | Ethernet | Bluetooth | Webcam | eSATA II | BlueRay DVD drive
Archive Standing
#385 of 6,691 by Dispatches (19 notes) · #2,369 of 3,454 by Author Readership (4,113 reads across 1 dossiers) · #880 by Thread Reach (667,860 cumulative reads)
InfiniteMac ID
Member #10,652 · Joined 2009-08-27
Hardware & Kernel Topics
NVIDIA GeForce (3) · ALC889a / Audio (2) · Retail DVD / USB (2) · ATI Radeon (1) · DSDT (1)
Original vBulletin Buddy List (1)
@Gurruwiwi
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Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection

Distribution across 2 technical boards

10.X Core
10 (53%)

Lead Dossiers Authored by @mascal71 (1)

4,113 cumulative reads on threads started by @mascal71

Dossier Title & SummaryCollectionReadership
Aspire 6935G Wrong CPU Speed
I installed iDeneb 10.5.8 on my 6935g and everything works fine ... my only problem is the CPU and memory speed System information gives me 1,60 MHz instead 2,40 MHz and memory 1333 MHz instead 1066. Anybody knows how to fix it? Ciao!
10.X Core4,113 reads
2009-08-27 · 2 notes

Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (18)

Direct links into threads where @mascal71 contributed solutions & commentary

Thread & Dispatch ExcerptCollectionDate & Reach
4 n00bs with laptops! (-Specially crafted for Acer Gemstone 6935G-)
“Hey ... Happy new year! Anybody did update to 10.6.2 ?”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-12-31
363,459 dossier reads
4 n00bs with laptops! (-Specially crafted for Acer Gemstone 6935G-)
“ok ! I used gfxutil to get my vga hex string and I wrote it down in the com.apple.boot file. Now I have to modify NVDANV50HAL.kext and NVDAResman with the VGA vendorID & productID : how I can get them? PS: I dont have windows intalled on my…”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-10-02
363,459 dossier reads
4 n00bs with laptops! (-Specially crafted for Acer Gemstone 6935G-)
“i'm tring to understand something about the gfxutil metod ... plenty tuts around but also plenty confusion ! This w.e. I will try to do something. The sound is like in leopard : only 2 speakers no subwoofer. I didnt try the mic yet.”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-10-02
363,459 dossier reads
4 n00bs with laptops! (-Specially crafted for Acer Gemstone 6935G-)
“yes it's true the recharging calculation time doesnt seem to work in the right way … only % works fine here ... I used xBench for testing. iMAc has an old ATI 1600 128MB and the test gave me 210, only 80 with geforce ! yes, not DDR3 memory,…”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-10-01
363,459 dossier reads
4 n00bs with laptops! (-Specially crafted for Acer Gemstone 6935G-)
“Hi guyz ! I solved the problem with battery in the top bar stellarola.tum blr.com/post/165429070/prepare-yourself in this site u can find several 64 bit kests and using the voodoobattery i solved my problem”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-10-01
363,459 dossier reads
4 n00bs with laptops! (-Specially crafted for Acer Gemstone 6935G-)
“I noticed that my 9600gt 1Gb has some very very poor OpenGL performances : only 86,1 (using xbench) My ATI x1600 128 MB on my real iMAC gives me 210 !”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-09-30
363,459 dossier reads
4 n00bs with laptops! (-Specially crafted for Acer Gemstone 6935G-)
“U have to use for audio VoodooHDA kext and for integrated ethernet AttansicL1eEthernet kext that u can download from here media fire.com/?emn2dyizldo”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-09-30
363,459 dossier reads
4 n00bs with laptops! (-Specially crafted for Acer Gemstone 6935G-)
“yes exactly ! DON'T USE WD HD to istall Snow leopard ! I tried with a Seagate one and the installation worked great at the first times!”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-09-29
363,459 dossier reads
4 n00bs with laptops! (-Specially crafted for Acer Gemstone 6935G-)
“Great Guide ! Now I get my SL installation working... and it works in 64 bit Too! My only problem is the battery … I cant see the battery icon on the top bar!”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-09-28
363,459 dossier reads
(w/ photos) - 100% working Acer 6935g iAtkos v7 10.5.7 with nVidia 9600m GT
“Hi mates … finally I got it! I couldnt install SL because ... I used a F#(&$g WESTERN DIGITAL HD! I readed about it on the Gurruwiwi guide and I forgot it, so I tried many times in several ways to install SN and nothing ... I had to chnage …”
10.X Core2009-09-26
300,288 dossier reads
(w/ photos) - 100% working Acer 6935g iAtkos v7 10.5.7 with nVidia 9600m GT
“Hi mates, im come back after some very busy working days and now my priority is to install SL ! Somebody had troubles to install iDeneb distro, I had a fully working ideneb instalation in this way : First I changed my intel wireless card wi…”
10.X Core2009-09-08
300,288 dossier reads
(w/ photos) - 100% working Acer 6935g iAtkos v7 10.5.7 with nVidia 9600m GT
“so I have to make an ISO of my Retail snow leopard than put it on an USB pen and at last install snow from it ?”
10.X Core2009-09-01
300,288 dossier reads
(w/ photos) - 100% working Acer 6935g iAtkos v7 10.5.7 with nVidia 9600m GT
“oh oh oh the postman came this morning so I have 2 new Apple stickers... and snow ! I just installed snow on my iMac and it rocks (finder is incredible faster than before) ! I tried to install it on my hackintosh folowing this http://www.in…”
10.X Core2009-09-01
300,288 dossier reads
(w/ photos) - 100% working Acer 6935g iAtkos v7 10.5.7 with nVidia 9600m GT
“Great ! So did u use an USB 8Gb memory pen to install snow? For audio did u use the voodooHD at 64 Bit? Im using Cinema4d at 64 bit for rendering… and it works great ... I will be very happy to try it in a full 64 Bit S.O ... but the postma…”
10.X Core2009-08-30
300,288 dossier reads
(w/ photos) - 100% working Acer 6935g iAtkos v7 10.5.7 with nVidia 9600m GT
“yes the CPu seems to work at its real speed. This hackintosh is faster than my real iMac @ 2,133 in 3D renderings so I'm quite sure it's a case of wrong "about this Mac" reading. I'm still waiting for the postman ... I think that with this …”
10.X Core2009-08-29
300,288 dossier reads
(w/ photos) - 100% working Acer 6935g iAtkos v7 10.5.7 with nVidia 9600m GT
“hey tnx u mate! I used both your kexts ... it didnt fix the processor speed but now my hackintosh is faster than before to do everything ! Look in the boot rom version in the picture I attached ... it seems to be moded for the Acer laptops …”
10.X Core2009-08-29
300,288 dossier reads
(w/ photos) - 100% working Acer 6935g iAtkos v7 10.5.7 with nVidia 9600m GT
“why Did I buy the snow? Because I wanted the 2 Apple Stickers! No it's because I have some real Mac in Office and so ... iDeneb doesnt ask you to install dsdt.aml and anyway I tried to use the SMBIOS800 and the processor speed is right ... …”
10.X Core2009-08-28
300,288 dossier reads
(w/ photos) - 100% working Acer 6935g iAtkos v7 10.5.7 with nVidia 9600m GT
“Mine is the version with 1GB nvidia, display at 1920x1080 and blueray dvd . I used iDeneb 10.5.8 and everything worked fine from my first reboot. For sound I used voodooHDA kext and I solved the mic problem using a tiny USB one. My only pro…”
10.X Core2009-08-27
300,288 dossier reads