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Member #600 · 2008-02-04 → 2008-02-18
#924 by Dispatches #1,917 by Author Reads #4,232 by Thread Reach Member #600

@nighteye

InfiniteMac community contributor with 9 recorded dispatches, 1 lead technical dossiers (5,319 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 12,234 historical readers.

Dispatches 9 Ranked #924 of 6,691
Author Reads 5,319 Ranked #1,917 · 1 dossiers
Thread Reach 12,234 Ranked #4,232 in reach
Lead Dossiers 1 5,319 avg reads / dossier
Member Number #600 Joined 2008-02-04
Active Window 2008 2008-02-04 → 2008-02-18
Archive Standing
#924 of 6,691 by Dispatches (9 notes) · #1,917 of 3,454 by Author Readership (5,319 reads across 1 dossiers) · #4,232 by Thread Reach (12,234 cumulative reads)
InfiniteMac ID
Member #600 · Joined 2008-02-04
Frequent Thread Collaborators
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Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection

Distribution across 2 technical boards

Leopard 10.5
8 (89%)
10.X Core
1 (11%)

Lead Dossiers Authored by @nighteye (1)

5,319 cumulative reads on threads started by @nighteye

Dossier Title & SummaryCollectionReadership
Leopard doesn't find my HD on my Acer laptop
Have tried to install Zephyroth's Leopard 10.5.1 ISO on my Acer 5112 Wlmi which has the ATI Xpress 1150 chipset, not sure what SATA southbridge it is using, I thought it was the SB600, but I am not 100% sure. I downloaded the SB600SATA…
Leopard 10.55,319 reads
2008-02-04 · 14 notes

Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (6)

Direct links into threads where @nighteye contributed solutions & commentary

Thread & Dispatch ExcerptCollectionDate & Reach
Leopard doesn't find my HD on my Acer laptop
“Yeah I want to try it and not wait for the next release, but I don't know which KEXT I need to inject and where I can find it? Anyone?”
Leopard 10.52008-02-15
5,319 dossier reads
Leopard doesn't find my HD on my Acer laptop
“Ok so Everest tells me I have the SB450 southbridge on my system and the ATI RS482/RS485/RX482 northbridge. What do I need to inject to my Leopard DVD to make it find my SATA harddrive so that I can install the OS? ,”
Leopard 10.52008-02-13
5,319 dossier reads
Leopard doesn't find my HD on my Acer laptop
“Ah cool, will look into that and get back later with some chipset info. I really want to get OSX up and running on my laptop.”
Leopard 10.52008-02-05
5,319 dossier reads
Leopard doesn't find my HD on my Acer laptop
“Yeah well, the manual sucks and so does Acer so I am clueless. Anyone know where I can info on that chipset?”
Leopard 10.52008-02-05
5,319 dossier reads
SATA HDD Experience
“I think that's the Acer recovery data for operating system, it's a hidden partition but should not interfere with your installation of Mac OS X.”
10.X Core2008-02-09
3,619 dossier reads
Can't start installation of Leopard 10.5.1
“Maybe it found something wrong with your harddrive identified as no 3 in your system, s3 could be paritition 3 on it? Just guessing here, but the error is weird. Try disconnecting all your harddrives except the ones you are trying to instal…”
Leopard 10.52008-02-05
3,296 dossier reads