Mac OS X on x86 Hardware 2008–2024 Technical Archive
Member #31,685 · 2010-07-20 → 2010-07-31
#1,028 by Dispatches #778 by Author Reads #4,030 by Thread Reach Member #31,685 📍 West Yorkshire AMD OSx86 NVIDIA GeForce ATI Radeon

@MTI

InfiniteMac community contributor with 8 recorded dispatches, 2 lead technical dossiers (14,720 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 14,720 historical readers.

Dispatches 8 Ranked #1,028 of 6,691
Author Reads 14,720 Ranked #778 · 2 dossiers
Thread Reach 14,720 Ranked #4,030 in reach
Lead Dossiers 2 7,360 avg reads / dossier
Member Number #31,685 Joined 2010-07-20
Active Window 2010 2010-07-20 → 2010-07-31
Hardware Specs Reported in Dispatches
GA-M720-US3 · AMD Phenom 9850 X4 · 4GB corsair xms · Nvidia inno 3D 9800GT · 2x sata 500GB HDD · IDE DVD RW
Archive Standing
#1,028 of 6,691 by Dispatches (8 notes) · #778 of 3,454 by Author Readership (14,720 reads across 2 dossiers) · #4,030 by Thread Reach (14,720 cumulative reads)
InfiniteMac ID
Member #31,685 · Joined 2010-07-20
Location
West Yorkshire
Interests
Anything Electrical/Electronic!!
Website
m t-i.co.uk
Hardware & Kernel Topics
AMD OSx86 (4) · NVIDIA GeForce (2) · ATI Radeon (1)
Frequent Thread Collaborators
@cynargo (3) @Spaz

Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection

Distribution across 2 technical boards

10.X Core
2 (25%)

Lead Dossiers Authored by @MTI (2)

14,720 cumulative reads on threads started by @MTI

Dossier Title & SummaryCollectionReadership
10.6.4 on AMD- Possible
Im a newbie so please give me a little time if i dont get my questions correct first time around. Firstly, im running SL 10.6. I have tried several SL on my AMD system and only two were successful in booting. One being my current SL 10.6…
Snow Leopard 10.68,836 reads
2010-07-20 · 9 notes
Radeon 4850 almost working but cursor issue
new to the forums and to mac os x. Massive thanks to all who helped me get 10.6.4 running the other week! I have now upgraded my GPU from a nvidia 9800GT to a radeon 4850. Nice card but many says has issues i see with os x. Anyway, i…
10.X Core5,884 reads
2010-07-31 · 2 notes

Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (6)

Direct links into threads where @MTI contributed solutions & commentary

Thread & Dispatch ExcerptCollectionDate & Reach
10.6.4 on AMD- Possible
“#1. Just use the Maxxuss Patcher GUI instead of AMD Patcher, it's the easiest way and everything should be OK. Sorry, i meant the maxxuss patcher. I downloaded and opened the interface which was fine. I then tried several ways to get the tx…”
Snow Leopard 10.62010-07-21
8,836 dossier reads
10.6.4 on AMD- Possible
“oh, just another quickie...my pc tried to search for new software after update and reboot. Is this normal and just down to the reboot? i cancelled anyway is this dangerous? cheers”
Snow Leopard 10.62010-07-20
8,836 dossier reads
10.6.4 on AMD- Possible
“Well, the update has installed and it booted fine! im now showing 10.6.4 in "about this mac"! Massive thanks! Just a few quickies - the txt file will not work with the amd patcher? i have installed patcher and opened it, then when i try to …”
Snow Leopard 10.62010-07-20
8,836 dossier reads
10.6.4 on AMD- Possible
“Wicked! Thank you so much for all your detailed efforts cynargo! ill give it a try and report back shortly. Its along the lines of what i had read before but obviously the patches are kernal choices are most important. Trial and error. Than…”
Snow Leopard 10.62010-07-20
8,836 dossier reads
10.6.4 on AMD- Possible
“GA-M720-US3 AMD Phenom 9850 X4 4GB corsair xms Nvidia inno 3D 9800GT 2x sata 500GB HDD IDE DVD RW”
Snow Leopard 10.62010-07-20
8,836 dossier reads
Radeon 4850 almost working but cursor issue
“A good old reboot did the job the second time round! im currently using the dvi out on the GPU and a dvi to vga convertor for monitor until i upgrade if this helps anyone. cheers, martin”
10.X Core2010-07-31
5,884 dossier reads