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Member #6,037 · 2009-04-11 → 2009-04-15
#764 by Dispatches #73 by Author Reads #1,619 by Thread Reach Member #6,037 NVIDIA GeForce Retail DVD / USB ALC889a / Audio

@mitchellkza

InfiniteMac community contributor with 10 recorded dispatches, 2 lead technical dossiers (143,922 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 265,480 historical readers.

Dispatches 10 Ranked #764 of 6,691
Author Reads 143,922 Ranked #73 · 2 dossiers
Thread Reach 265,480 Ranked #1,619 in reach
Lead Dossiers 2 71,961 avg reads / dossier
Member Number #6,037 Joined 2009-04-11
Active Window 2009 2009-04-11 → 2009-04-15
Hardware Specs Reported in Dispatches
Intel DX58SO Motherboard (Latest Bios 3504) · Intel Core i7 965 XE · 4 x 2GB Kingston DDR3-1333 (1.5v) · Intel SATA2 Hard Drive · Samsung Sata DVD Drive · GEForce 9800GT Video Card · NEC 30" LCD (IPS) - LCD3090wqxi My system: iATKOS 5i (10.5.5), Intel Core i7
Archive Standing
#764 of 6,691 by Dispatches (10 notes) · #73 of 3,454 by Author Readership (143,922 reads across 2 dossiers) · #1,619 by Thread Reach (265,480 cumulative reads)
InfiniteMac ID
Member #6,037 · Joined 2009-04-11
Hardware & Kernel Topics
NVIDIA GeForce (3) · Retail DVD / USB (3) · ALC889a / Audio (2) · Chameleon / Boot-132 (1) · AHCI / SATA (1)
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Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection

Distribution across 2 technical boards

Leopard 10.5
7 (70%)
10.X Core
3 (30%)

Lead Dossiers Authored by @mitchellkza (2)

143,922 cumulative reads on threads started by @mitchellkza

Dossier Title & SummaryCollectionReadership
NEW VoodooHDA Intel High Definition Audio Driver
This was first posted at Uphuck forum by Pere. i tried this last night and my Intel High Definition Audio worked immediately after installing the kext and removing the AppleAzaliaAudio.kext, I did not even need to reboot my HAC after…
10.X Core138,288 reads
2009-04-13 · 22 notes
Try Nvidia NATIT for Higher End Video Cards
I have done over 30 installs with various combinations on my Intel i7 DX58SO motherboard with a GEForce 9800 GT (1GB) video card and documented my results each time. On only 4 of those installs did I get a stable working system but often…
Leopard 10.55,634 reads
2009-04-13 · 2 notes

Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (8)

Direct links into threads where @mitchellkza contributed solutions & commentary

Thread & Dispatch ExcerptCollectionDate & Reach
Which OSx86 distro for Intel Core i7
“I have had great results with iATKOS 5i (10.5.5) The Core i7 is recognised as a true 4 core processor if you turn off HyperThreading in the bios. When you turn on Hypethreading, OSX reports o processors, 7 cores (actually 8 because they cou…”
Leopard 10.52009-04-13
50,285 dossier reads
OSx86 Installations Fail (distro/kext advice needed, as well)
“I cannot speak for the IPC distro as I have not tried it but I have had excellent results with iATKOS 5i (10.5.5) using the FASSL Kernel (Genuine Intel Hardware). Whatever distro you choose you need to make sure you get a good clean copy of…”
Leopard 10.52009-04-13
22,352 dossier reads
Intel Core i7 - OSx86 supported
“I have the Intel DX58SO Motherboard and after many trials and errors I got sound working. Read here for more info. Hope it helps you. Use KextHelper to install the kexts from that post.”
10.X Core2009-04-11
19,904 dossier reads
Time Machine (The backup volume could not be found).
“The way I solved this "volume could not be found error" is the following: I use a seagate external drive 150GB (SEA_DISC) for my time machine backups. I originally formatted the original partition on that drive to be Mac OS Extended (Journa…”
Leopard 10.52009-04-13
11,071 dossier reads
iATKOS i5 on Dell E510
“You fail to mention what kernel you installed. Try a different kernel, I have had great results with the FASSL 9.5.0 kernel.”
Leopard 10.52009-04-13
6,884 dossier reads
with iATKOS 5i customization on laptop...here are system specs
“Only 5 installs : I did approx 30 with different options each time to find the perfect combination It's important to document your installs , document each and every step and then makes notes of the results each time. This was the only way …”
Leopard 10.52009-04-13
5,623 dossier reads
Random kernel panics on Intel platform
“I have had excellent results with iATKOS 5i (10.5.5), using FASSL Kernel. Perhaps try some of my install options, see this thread.”
Leopard 10.52009-04-13
5,439 dossier reads
NEW VoodooHDA Intel High Definition Audio Driver
“Here you go, attached to this post now”
10.X Core2009-04-15
138,288 dossier reads