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Member #2,769 · 2008-10-08 → 2009-08-23
#388 by Dispatches #99 by Author Reads #1,525 by Thread Reach Member #2,769 📍 Green Bay,WI AMD OSx86 Voodoo / XNU Kernel ALC889a / Audio

@nicholasblock

InfiniteMac community contributor with 19 recorded dispatches, 5 lead technical dossiers (106,547 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 276,636 historical readers.

Dispatches 19 Ranked #388 of 6,691
Author Reads 106,547 Ranked #99 · 5 dossiers
Thread Reach 276,636 Ranked #1,525 in reach
Lead Dossiers 5 21,309 avg reads / dossier
Member Number #2,769 Joined 2008-10-08
Active Window 2008–2009 2008-10-08 → 2009-08-23
Hardware Specs Reported in Dispatches
AMD Phenom IIx4 940 · Asus M3A79-T deluxe · 3x sata drives 1 ide cd drive · ddr2 1066 4 gigs ram Here are my specs: · iDeneb V1.3 10.5.5 · AMD athlon X2 4400+ SSE3 · Gigabyte ga-ma78gm-s2h rev 1.1 (fully working) · 2 seagate 500 gig sata hdd's · 2x2 gigs corsair ddr2 ram · 8800gts EVGA · 2 lite-on ide dvd burners
Archive Standing
#388 of 6,691 by Dispatches (19 notes) · #99 of 3,454 by Author Readership (106,547 reads across 5 dossiers) · #1,525 by Thread Reach (276,636 cumulative reads)
InfiniteMac ID
Member #2,769 · Joined 2008-10-08
Location
Green Bay,WI
Hardware & Kernel Topics
AMD OSx86 (6) · Voodoo / XNU Kernel (3) · ALC889a / Audio (1) · Chameleon / Boot-132 (1) · Retail DVD / USB (1) · EVGA / X58 (1)
Frequent Thread Collaborators
@nfoav8or (5) @nexusmac (3) @naquaada (3) @cgsheen (3) @Ali C. (2) @FirstHackTosh (2) @milanca (2) @Voyn1x (2) @R0GUE (2) @mcfuzzle @markolo25 @NakouslyJabko @Puttabong @bullys1974

Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection

Distribution across 3 technical boards

Leopard 10.5
13 (68%)
10.X Core
5 (26%)

Lead Dossiers Authored by @nicholasblock (5)

106,547 cumulative reads on threads started by @nicholasblock

Dossier Title & SummaryCollectionReadership
780G Chipset (SB700) fully working support
This will work on 780G chipsets with the SB700 Southbridge This took me along time to get up and running and figure out. First and foremost I would like to thank SenVa for the actuall SB700.kexts He posted the correct files i just had to…
10.X Core76,971 reads
2008-10-08 · 10 notes
Restart Problem
Anytime i go to restart everything shutsdown but my pc stays on and it dont restart i can shutdown no problem im using voodoo beta2 kernel and i know its not that its a problem with ideneb cause kalyway worked fine with voodoo if anyone…
Leopard 10.516,031 reads
2008-11-03 · 11 notes
Can anyone look at this log and
O.K. So I have been involved since the kalyway 10.5.2 days and have not been on since. A lot has changed since then. I have finally got my semi-retail up and running and am getting a few errors that I don't understand. If anyone…
Leopard 10.55,670 reads
2009-08-23 · 3 notes
Java update
Is there any way to patch the java update or can it even be installed on an amd machine and also does anyone know why asu or amd patcher cant patch the itunes update i always get an error that it could'nt complete cause it exited with 0…
Leopard 10.53,939 reads
2008-10-29 · 8 notes
HELP Problem with rosetta
Ok i've searched all over the forums and i found very little that even talks about this. anytime i try to use an application that uses rosetta i get the faded screen that tells me i need to restart or the whole system freezes before it can…
Leopard 10.53,936 reads
2008-10-27 · 4 notes

Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (14)

Direct links into threads where @nicholasblock contributed solutions & commentary

Thread & Dispatch ExcerptCollectionDate & Reach
fix Rosetta (Crashing PPC Applications)
“when i first ran the cmd to see if roseta was installed my whole pc shut down so i did what he wrote in the thread after i did a test to see if it worked and this is what i got no such file or directory”
10.X Core2008-10-08
75,917 dossier reads
sb700 Sucks
“hey i got some kexts for sb700 so far it works on kalyway 10.5.2 and also ideneb v1.3 look for my guide the genius bar here if u got questions pm me and if u live in the us and cant get it going i could send u one of my cds they work great”
Leopard 10.52008-10-16
47,163 dossier reads
XxX x86 10.5.5 Leo Install Disc Beta1 is been released for testing
“@WinLinMac01 Yes there are seventeen of them word on the street is they are password protected and the password is test i'd love to tell ya more if i could ever finish downloading im at 84%”
10.X Core2008-11-01
28,868 dossier reads
XxX x86 10.5.5 Leo Install Disc Beta1 is been released for testing
“Man this really sux im stuck at 77.4% and it only took a half hour to get there no im not getting anything”
10.X Core2008-10-31
28,868 dossier reads
XxX x86 10.5.5 Leo Install Disc Beta1 is been released for testing
“I would love to test [email protected] [email protected]”
10.X Core2008-10-30
28,868 dossier reads
Restart Problem
“How do i get rid of the taruga patch? Do i need to restore my original AppleHDA.kext? Thank u guys for all your help so far”
Leopard 10.52008-11-05
16,031 dossier reads
Restart Problem
“here is my log around the time i restarted like i said my moniter powers down hard drives etc.. but it never restarts Nov 3 20:52:51 206-40-123-202 kernel[0]: CODE SIGNING: cs_invalid_page: p=1356[update_dyld_shar] clearing CS_VALID Nov 3 2…”
Leopard 10.52008-11-04
16,031 dossier reads
OSx86 on Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H
“I got the same board and went through hell to get it working kalyway 10.5.2 works really well but since u got a phenom u should use lawless but u got the 780g chipset thats not supported i put together some kexts that will work perfect full…”
Leopard 10.52008-10-14
14,978 dossier reads
Java update
“Nope it has not worked since the very first boot i never had the problem with kalyway or leo or anything for that matter it must just be an ideneb thing i'd like to patch my own disc but cant figure out how to package my own kexts cause i g…”
Leopard 10.52008-11-01
3,939 dossier reads
Java update
“Ok i believe u just wanted to point that out do u know what would cause ideneb 10.5.5 to not be able to restart? shut down works fine but no restart”
Leopard 10.52008-10-31
3,939 dossier reads
Java update
“Yeah but if u look in the new releases theres a post to a patched itunes for amd”
Leopard 10.52008-10-31
3,939 dossier reads
HELP Problem with rosetta
“yeah i am using the new kernel i found the problem theres a post on here that tells u how to get it working but its written wrong and that was my problem in the other post u have to enable hidden files to get to the usr folder so all works …”
Leopard 10.52008-10-27
3,936 dossier reads
Apple releases Security Update 2008-007
“Worked great no need to patch. Update straight from apple!”
Releases & News2008-10-11
3,163 dossier reads
Restart Problem
“Same thing i have no idea whats causing it”
Leopard 10.52008-11-04
16,031 dossier reads