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Member #8,377 · 2009-07-22 → 2009-10-24
#1,555 by Dispatches #1,033 by Author Reads #4,337 by Thread Reach Member #8,377 📍 Vancouver, WA Retail DVD / USB Chameleon / Boot-132 Gigabyte G31M / P35

@mrskitch

InfiniteMac community contributor with 5 recorded dispatches, 2 lead technical dossiers (11,028 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 11,028 historical readers.

Dispatches 5 Ranked #1,555 of 6,691
Author Reads 11,028 Ranked #1,033 · 2 dossiers
Thread Reach 11,028 Ranked #4,337 in reach
Lead Dossiers 2 5,514 avg reads / dossier
Member Number #8,377 Joined 2009-07-13
Active Window 2009 2009-07-22 → 2009-10-24
Preserved Forum Signature & OSx86 Rig
OS: Windows 7 RC / OS X 10.5.7 / OS X 10.6 (:D)
Board
: Gigabyte EP45-UD3R
CPU: Intel Q6600
Video: MSI N9600GT OC 512MB
RAM: Corsair 2x2GB DDR2 800
Power: Corsair CMPSU-450VX
Archive Standing
#1,555 of 6,691 by Dispatches (5 notes) · #1,033 of 3,454 by Author Readership (11,028 reads across 2 dossiers) · #4,337 by Thread Reach (11,028 cumulative reads)
InfiniteMac ID
Member #8,377 · Joined 2009-07-13
Location
Vancouver, WA
Hardware & Kernel Topics
Retail DVD / USB (3) · Chameleon / Boot-132 (2) · Gigabyte G31M / P35 (1)
Frequent Thread Collaborators
@thorazine74 (3) @Sweaty @Dies @srs5694 @Taisto @muchlife

Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection

Distribution across 1 technical boards

10.X Core
5 (100%)

Lead Dossiers Authored by @mrskitch (2)

11,028 cumulative reads on threads started by @mrskitch

Dossier Title & SummaryCollectionReadership
Partition hosed...
Hey y'all- I've got a particular situation that has rendered my hackintosh unable to boot into either os (windows 7/OS 10.6.1). Essentially, I used gParted to move Snow Leopard up in "Free Space" territory to stretch it out for more room…
10.X Core5,585 reads
2009-10-22 · 7 notes
EP45-UD3R "About This Mac" CPU
I just realized that my mac side to my PC is only picking up 1 of 4 CPU's on my Q6600. Essentially my "about this mac" shows a "2.4GHz unknown." Under more info it only lists the number of cores as 2. This also shows in my iStat as it…
10.X Core5,443 reads
2009-07-22 · 4 notes

Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (3)

Direct links into threads where @mrskitch contributed solutions & commentary

Thread & Dispatch ExcerptCollectionDate & Reach
Partition hosed...
“I think you cant live resize partitions in a hybrid gpt/mbr drive without getting into troubles with anything but disk utility. Try using gptsync as suggested or maybe gpt fdisk to resync the tables. Thanks, I gave that a shot and it didn't…”
10.X Core2009-10-24
5,585 dossier reads
Partition hosed...
“Well, the boot132 let me back into Snow Leo, which is good. However my options are extremely limited to what I can do on the hard drive. Essentially, disk utility can see my drive, but I can't do anything to them. Resize/partition--just abo…”
10.X Core2009-10-24
5,585 dossier reads
EP45-UD3R "About This Mac" CPU
“Well, I edited both boot.plist's, the one in /extra and the systemconfig one. It seems like the rig is quicker now, but I'm still only getting 2 cores found in system profiler. I actually added a kernel flag cpus=4. Is system profiler just …”
10.X Core2009-07-22
5,443 dossier reads