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@nunrg2009
InfiniteMac community contributor with 28 recorded dispatches, 5 lead technical dossiers (30,848 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 1,050,189 historical readers.
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Lead Dossiers
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#4,915
Joined 2009-02-16
Active Window
2009
2009-02-16 → 2009-05-11
Hardware Specs Reported in Dispatches
My Hardware: · Gigabyte GA-965P-S3 (Intel ich8) · Pentium 4e 3.01ghz 800mhz FSB · 400gb SATA HD (startup disk) · 100gb PATA HD · PATA DVD DL Burner · SATA DVD DL Burner · Nvidia 8600GT
To fix the problem I installed voodoo =) · I installed voodoo when I installed iPC. I was running quicktime 7.6 with Leo4all and the netkas kernel with no issues. · I have a gigabyte ga-965p-s3 with a pentium 4, geforce 8600gt. I am using different video drivers though
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- #263 of 6,691 by Dispatches (28 notes) · #346 of 3,454 by Author Readership (30,848 reads across 5 dossiers) · #482 by Thread Reach (1,050,189 cumulative reads)
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- Member #4,915 · Joined 2009-02-16
- Location
- Hatin, Ohellno
- Hardware & Kernel Topics
- NVIDIA GeForce (5) · AHCI / SATA (3) · ALC889a / Audio (2) · Chameleon / Boot-132 (2) · Retail DVD / USB (2) · Voodoo / XNU Kernel (2)
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Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection
Distribution across 2 technical boards
Lead Dossiers Authored by @nunrg2009 (5)
30,848 cumulative reads on threads started by @nunrg2009
| Dossier Title & Summary | Collection | Readership |
|---|---|---|
| Updated iTunes and Quicktime... Big problems I am now running iPC. I updated to iTunes 8.1 and new quicktime. Now when I run them, my computer is unusable it's so slow. The mouse arrow will move a bit, then the system hangs and then it pops back up in another spot. I didn't have this… | 10.X Core | 9,841 reads 2009-03-27 · 7 notes |
| Where are the kexts on the iPC disk Maybe I'm stupid but where on the iPC disc are the kexts? I just don't want to wait on the install disk for drivers. Can't I just install individual kexts off the disk? I can't find them.. anyone know the paths or are they un-accessible? | 10.X Core | 7,450 reads 2009-03-31 · 7 notes |
| Can't play games - Display cuts out after res change I've been running leo4allv3 10.5.2 since it came out (I know it's old). I have a GeForce 8600. I'm currently using nvkush but I have tried them all. Video works perfect with all of them but no matter which one I use, when I change the… | Leopard 10.5 | 6,992 reads 2009-02-16 · 13 notes |
| finding a compatible pci sound card for audio production I've noticed some people on here are doing audio production with their hack macs... I've been using reason for years but recently I've been doing some stuff with ableton and reason in rewire slave mode. I'm also running trilogy and absynth… | 10.X Core | 3,752 reads 2009-05-11 · 2 notes |
| My 1 gig ram sticks only read 512mb I've noticed that my ram only shows up as 512mb in each slot under the memory description in the system profiler when it should be 1gb, even though the hardware overview and everything else still reads correctly. I just installed the… | 10.X Core | 2,813 reads 2009-04-20 · 1 notes |
Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (23)
Direct links into threads where @nunrg2009 contributed solutions & commentary
| Thread & Dispatch Excerpt | Collection | Date & Reach |
|---|---|---|
| iPC OSx86 Leopard 10.5.6 Intel AMD SSE2 SSE3 “Just wondering if anyone else has had this problem... Install gets all the way to the end and then says the install failed because my hard drive can't be mounted as startup disk. Then I go to utilities/ startup and choose the disk, reboot a…” | 10.X Core | 2009-03-25 965,272 dossier reads |
| iPC OSx86 Leopard 10.5.6 Intel AMD SSE2 SSE3 “Can you try the PATA hd in a usb external case? I've installed onto a PATA hdd in my old laptop ok, must be the controller on your mobo. External usb drives should be ok, as I've installed a few times onto them ok. I'll try that but I had l…” | 10.X Core | 2009-03-19 965,272 dossier reads |
| iPC OSx86 Leopard 10.5.6 Intel AMD SSE2 SSE3 “mkay.. so I have tried to install 3 iPC disks that I have "acquired"... I get an error at the very end of the install either saying that the install disk is corrupted or that my hard drive cannot be set as the startup disk and that I should…” | 10.X Core | 2009-03-18 965,272 dossier reads |
| alc883 kexts “I ended up using a external usb soundcard i had to save trouble. I didn't have the problems you did but I used the azalia driver for my alc883 because I was blind that day and didn't notice the alc883 driver on the disk and it worked fine (…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2009-04-01 20,696 dossier reads |
| Stumped During Retail Leopard OS X on PC “I'm sure there is a way to do it by using a linux boot disk but it was slightly overwhelming so I read about it and never tried it” | Leopard 10.5 | 2009-05-11 19,271 dossier reads |
| Stumped During Retail Leopard OS X on PC “i have been burning on the lowest possible speed that i can whether it be 3x or 4x but either one i use i get the same error. i don't know about trying another burn because i have way too many DVD+R and DVD-DL coasters sitting around my roo…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2009-04-25 19,271 dossier reads |
| Stumped During Retail Leopard OS X on PC “and my memory stick is too small for the operation that i need it for so not i will be accepting any and all alternative methods to the installation. HELP! dude, I had all kinds of trouble getting a disk to work. ipc ppf5 disc gave me simil…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2009-04-22 19,271 dossier reads |
| Stumped During Retail Leopard OS X on PC “i thought that sounded weird cause i know about jumpers and desktops but never notebooks...i would only crack it open as a last resort since i have done it before...i also added my southbridge to the specs above...i can't believe i left tha…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2009-04-20 19,271 dossier reads |
| Updated iTunes and Quicktime... Big problems “Okay.. figured it out. When I did the install, I only used the latest MacBook Pro video driver package. Afterward I did the leopard graphics update 1.0 and EFI Studio strings. Before I used NVinject, NVkush and the EFI Studio strings. Don't…” | 10.X Core | 2009-03-29 9,841 dossier reads |
| Updated iTunes and Quicktime... Big problems “Hmm I had a problem like that when I updated my quicktime and itunes as well. What are your system specs? Do you have voodoo installed? To fix the problem I installed voodoo =) I installed voodoo when I installed iPC. I was running quicktim…” | 10.X Core | 2009-03-29 9,841 dossier reads |
| No IDE/ATA drive, but only SATA “I have the same problem. I have a dual boot system so I booted into winblows and copied the packages I needed to a thumbdrive, but when I open them in Mac, they are EMPTY! Could someone please send me the jMicron package? I had a FULLY work…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2009-04-19 9,061 dossier reads |
| No IDE/ATA drive, but only SATA “I installed the jMicron driver off the ipc disk and it fixed it. Did you try EFI studio for your geforce 8300? I used it with the leopard graphics update 1.0” | Leopard 10.5 | 2009-03-29 9,061 dossier reads |
| No IDE/ATA drive, but only SATA “My specs: Board: M3N78-EM (Nforce 7 series) Kernel: Voodoo 9.5.0 I have a working installation. I boot into SATA drive, but my IDE-DVD is not detected. I have tried nforceata kext and jmicron kext from this page: code.goo gle.com/p/darwin-a…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2009-03-27 9,061 dossier reads |
| Where are the kexts on the iPC disk “There are no kexts on the install DVD. The DVD loads drivers from a .mkext file. This is to save space on the DVD. Oh, and I'm using the ALC883 Drivers but if I install the azalia also will that cause problems? I want to see which ones work…” | 10.X Core | 2009-04-01 7,450 dossier reads |
| Where are the kexts on the iPC disk “There are no kexts on the install DVD. The DVD loads drivers from a .mkext file. This is to save space on the DVD. That sucks but I get why... who wants to spend the loot on dual layer dvd's? or some people don't have burners for them” | 10.X Core | 2009-04-01 7,450 dossier reads |
| Can't play games - Display cuts out after res change “Hey, I had the same problem. Do you have 2 ports where you can plug your monitor cord into on your video card? If you do then try the other port. Good Luck! thanks man, that fixed it. did you happen to notice it slow down just a hair?” | Leopard 10.5 | 2009-03-01 6,992 dossier reads |
| Can't play games - Display cuts out after res change “All video will work great with just efi strings. Hmm.. I tried just the efi strings on a fresh install with no drivers. The video was just as slow as it was without drivers. Maybe I'm doing it wrong? I selected my video card and then wrote …” | Leopard 10.5 | 2009-02-20 6,992 dossier reads |
| Can't play games - Display cuts out after res change “Hey, I had the same problem. Do you have 2 ports where you can plug your monitor cord into on your video card? If you do then try the other port. Good Luck! I do but the other is a dvi.. The one I use is a vga. When I tried the adapter I go…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2009-02-20 6,992 dossier reads |
| Can't play games - Display cuts out after res change “Did you delete all the old drivers before doing EFI Studio? Will the video work with just the efi strings or do I still need other drivers?” | Leopard 10.5 | 2009-02-19 6,992 dossier reads |
| Can't play games - Display cuts out after res change “Okay, well EFI studio solved my problem with the video ram being wrong but it's still doing the same thing:(” | Leopard 10.5 | 2009-02-18 6,992 dossier reads |
| Can't play games - Display cuts out after res change “Ya, works just like it should in windows. Thanks, I will look into the EFI strings. I'll have to educate myself because I'm not sure what those are yet” | Leopard 10.5 | 2009-02-18 6,992 dossier reads |
| Can't play games - Display cuts out after res change “I can change the resolution and the refresh rate but when the monitor clicks (haha, I have a crt) the screen turns blue. I have to reboot and then my resolution/refresh rate are what I set them to” | Leopard 10.5 | 2009-02-17 6,992 dossier reads |
| Twitchy Leopard on AMD-Normal “Got 2x 512MB in dual-channel because it runs faster this way (supposedly). Ah yes, I have an old 40 gig drive and it's 3/4 full with music and a few videos. The majority of my heavyweight files (movies, tv, etc.) are on a second IDE drive t…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2009-04-20 5,041 dossier reads |