Mac OS X on x86 Hardware 2008–2024 Technical Archive
InfiniteMac OSx86 › Contributors › @nerdyperdy
Member #12,422 · 2009-09-11 → 2010-08-01
#886 by Dispatches #654 by Author Reads #2,341 by Thread Reach Member #12,422 NVIDIA GeForce Voodoo / XNU Kernel AHCI / SATA

@nerdyperdy

InfiniteMac community contributor with 9 recorded dispatches, 3 lead technical dossiers (17,136 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 89,346 historical readers.

Dispatches 9 Ranked #886 of 6,691
Author Reads 17,136 Ranked #654 · 3 dossiers
Thread Reach 89,346 Ranked #2,341 in reach
Lead Dossiers 3 5,712 avg reads / dossier
Member Number #12,422 Joined 2009-09-11
Active Window 2009–2010 2009-09-11 → 2010-08-01
Archive Standing
#886 of 6,691 by Dispatches (9 notes) · #654 of 3,454 by Author Readership (17,136 reads across 3 dossiers) · #2,341 by Thread Reach (89,346 cumulative reads)
InfiniteMac ID
Member #12,422 · Joined 2009-09-11
Hardware & Kernel Topics
NVIDIA GeForce (2) · Voodoo / XNU Kernel (2) · AHCI / SATA (2) · ALC889a / Audio (1) · Gigabyte G31M / P35 (1) · Chameleon / Boot-132 (1)
Frequent Thread Collaborators
@00010 (2) @Voyn1x @Kabyl @Ali C. @thorazine74 @pitashen @allandee @wuzzle @DemoNMorph @gudlldvil @cmdshft @TheTony @dagar882002 @SalG

Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection

Distribution across 3 technical boards

Leopard 10.5
6 (67%)
10.X Core
2 (22%)
Releases & News
1 (11%)

Lead Dossiers Authored by @nerdyperdy (3)

17,136 cumulative reads on threads started by @nerdyperdy

Dossier Title & SummaryCollectionReadership
Updating Kalyway on HP workstation xw8200(full specs inside)
First off I would like to say hello.I am nerdyperdy and like this site very much and am glad I found it.Second..I am trying to install an update to get me to at least 10.5.6 and even 10.6. Hp Workstation xw8200: Motherboard -HP model…
Leopard 10.510,779 reads
2009-09-11 · 1 notes
Sony Vaio VGN-CR420E help
grettings and salutations good people..I have a Sony laptop and am trying to install Leopard..Snow Leopard would be ideal but maybe not doable. The specs I know of are the processor and the memory. Its a Core 2 Duo with 3 gigs ddr-2..I…
10.X Core3,585 reads
2009-10-11 · 2 notes
(Gateway)Will not boot.. :(..Please read
Grettings and salutations. I have a Gateway computer(specs below) that I have been trying to install OS X on for about 2 weeks know. I have tried iDeneb,iAtkos,Kalyway,a SL distro and iPC(unable to find Leo4All) and they all laugh at…
Leopard 10.52,772 reads
2010-04-26 · 1 notes

Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (6)

Direct links into threads where @nerdyperdy contributed solutions & commentary

Thread & Dispatch ExcerptCollectionDate & Reach
Psystar licenses Darwin Universal Boot Loader to third parties, chaos ensues
“I bet Apple will sue the craap out of them, but as long as they don't INSTALL Mac on em, theres really not alot Apple can do..Right? ~Nerd”
Releases & News2009-10-11
39,407 dossier reads
frustratingly close Toshiba hackintosh
“I don't know if this is fixed or not, but the realtek kext works for me...you don't get the network icon but I can connect and surf thru the realtex crab icon thingy. fixing to try the voodoo hda now.”
10.X Core2010-08-01
10,659 dossier reads
DELL XPS M1710 - broadcom NetXtreme 57XX
“I'm getting the 1710 sometime this week and was wandering what you used to install. I have several distro's and experience in installing and configuring and don't mind the terminal. Think you could help me out? ~Nerd Also.. I have a Broadco…”
Leopard 10.52010-05-31
9,316 dossier reads
Install Kalyway 10.5.2
“GA-MA770T-UD3P (REV 1.0) Chipset AMD770 & SB710 Install Method: XxX 10.5.6 BIOS Version: F4 Audio: Realtek ALC888, used appleHDApatcher LAN: Realtek RTL8111, (Work out of the box) SATA & IDE: SATA Works, Choose AHCI Mode in Bios before inst…”
Leopard 10.52010-04-26
6,534 dossier reads
Install Kalyway 10.5.2
“With that setup, you could probably run SL..Ill do some searching and post back. ~Nerd”
Leopard 10.52010-04-26
6,534 dossier reads
iPC OSx86 10.5.6 Configuration Help
“osx 86.net/f5/gateway-will-not-boot-please-read-t6040/ My thread about the same chipset I have iPC and have tried so many other distros and have had no success. I will take nfoav8or suggestion and just try the kernel without anything else. …”
Leopard 10.52010-04-26
6,294 dossier reads