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Member #7,297 · 2009-06-02 → 2009-06-12
#1,348 by Dispatches #1,414 by Author Reads #4,735 by Thread Reach Member #7,297 AHCI / SATA Voodoo / XNU Kernel AMD OSx86

@miaballa99

InfiniteMac community contributor with 6 recorded dispatches, 2 lead technical dossiers (7,766 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 7,766 historical readers.

Dispatches 6 Ranked #1,348 of 6,691
Author Reads 7,766 Ranked #1,414 · 2 dossiers
Thread Reach 7,766 Ranked #4,735 in reach
Lead Dossiers 2 3,883 avg reads / dossier
Member Number #7,297 Joined 2009-06-02
Active Window 2009 2009-06-02 → 2009-06-12
Archive Standing
#1,348 of 6,691 by Dispatches (6 notes) · #1,414 of 3,454 by Author Readership (7,766 reads across 2 dossiers) · #4,735 by Thread Reach (7,766 cumulative reads)
InfiniteMac ID
Member #7,297 · Joined 2009-06-02
Hardware & Kernel Topics
AHCI / SATA (2) · Voodoo / XNU Kernel (1) · AMD OSx86 (1) · NVIDIA GeForce (1) · EVGA / X58 (1)
Frequent Thread Collaborators
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Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection

Distribution across 1 technical boards

Leopard 10.5
6 (100%)

Lead Dossiers Authored by @miaballa99 (2)

7,766 cumulative reads on threads started by @miaballa99

Dossier Title & SummaryCollectionReadership
Help with iPC 10.5.6 on Toshiba L25-119 Laptop "still waiting for root device"
im new to this stuff, ive been reading about patches and everything, but not sure how to patch something up. Ive downloaded this version, ipc_osx 10.5.6, and when im trying to install, it says " still waiting for root device"... am i…
Leopard 10.55,625 reads
2009-06-02 · 7 notes
Which OSX to recommend
Im thinking about installing mac os x on my pc. I have an intel e6600 with an evga nforce 680i motherboard, and 4 gigs of ram. Which would be the best option for me? Thanks for any help!
Leopard 10.52,141 reads
2009-06-12 · 1 notes

Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (4)

Direct links into threads where @miaballa99 contributed solutions & commentary

Thread & Dispatch ExcerptCollectionDate & Reach
Help with iPC 10.5.6 on Toshiba L25-119 Laptop "still waiting for root device"
“Well, i have 2 sata hard drives, but i couldn't boot the pc, always said... " still waiting for root device", so i installed an old IDE HD, removed the 2 satas and i got the installation rollin, but after it restarted the same still waiting…”
Leopard 10.52009-06-04
5,625 dossier reads
Help with iPC 10.5.6 on Toshiba L25-119 Laptop "still waiting for root device"
“Newer nForce chipsets got lots of troubles with the SATA & IDE controllers because driver support is very poor. Are you installing from/to IDE or SATA? Assuming its SATA you can get around most problems using SATA AHCI mode if available. If…”
Leopard 10.52009-06-03
5,625 dossier reads
Help with iPC 10.5.6 on Toshiba L25-119 Laptop "still waiting for root device"
“i have a custom built nfore 680i motherboard with an intel e6600, nvidia 7600 gfx card. finally got the installation process to run, but after i restarted, the same problem, still waiting for root device.. Did i pick the wrong drivers? or i…”
Leopard 10.52009-06-03
5,625 dossier reads
Help with iPC 10.5.6 on Toshiba L25-119 Laptop "still waiting for root device"
“could anyone help me out? ive downloaded different versions of leopard and they all give me the same error”
Leopard 10.52009-06-03
5,625 dossier reads