#542 by Dispatches #901 by Author Reads #4,188 by Thread Reach Member #411 NVIDIA GeForce AMD OSx86
@paul_b
InfiniteMac community contributor with 15 recorded dispatches, 3 lead technical dossiers (12,819 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 12,819 historical readers.
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Author Reads
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Ranked #901 · 3 dossiers
Thread Reach
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Ranked #4,188 in reach
Lead Dossiers
3
4,273 avg reads / dossier
Member Number
#411
Joined 2008-01-26
Active Window
2008
2008-01-26 → 2008-01-31
- Archive Standing
- #542 of 6,691 by Dispatches (15 notes) · #901 of 3,454 by Author Readership (12,819 reads across 3 dossiers) · #4,188 by Thread Reach (12,819 cumulative reads)
- InfiniteMac ID
- Member #411 · Joined 2008-01-26
- Hardware & Kernel Topics
- NVIDIA GeForce (4) · AMD OSx86 (2)
- Frequent Thread Collaborators
- @Huppat @zephyroth @roisoft @nfoav8or @frying_fish @Puttabong
Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection
Distribution across 1 technical boards
Lead Dossiers Authored by @paul_b (3)
12,819 cumulative reads on threads started by @paul_b
| Dossier Title & Summary | Collection | Readership |
|---|---|---|
| installed OK but will not boot I have installed but it doesnt boot. I think its probably my hardware. I have processor : AMD Athlon 64 3200+ (MMX (+), 3DNow! (+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, x86-64) northbridge: NVIDIA nForce4 rev. A3 southbridge : NVIDIA nForce4 MCP rev. A3… | Leopard 10.5 | 6,219 reads 2008-01-26 · 16 notes |
| graphics card issues I have installed the nvinject 0.1.3 and the graphic animation is poor. I have checked the settings in 'about this mac' and all looks well. But the performance is rubbish. Please help! | Leopard 10.5 | 3,383 reads 2008-01-31 · 6 notes |
| wireless crashes OS I have a netgear WPN311 PCI card which has a atheros AR5004G chipset. Following the thread below I simply added the vendor and device id 0x168c:0013 in the /IO80211Family.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AirPortAtheros5424.kext/Contents/Info.plist… | Leopard 10.5 | 3,217 reads 2008-01-31 · 1 notes |
Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (12)
Direct links into threads where @paul_b contributed solutions & commentary
| Thread & Dispatch Excerpt | Collection | Date & Reach |
|---|---|---|
| installed OK but will not boot “Managed to get a dump of dmesg. I have attached system.txt. Please help! It does look like AppleNForceATA found 0 units but previously it found units. Dont understand this! Also I notice that Matching service count = 2 repeats a number of t…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-01-27 6,219 dossier reads |
| installed OK but will not boot “I havent mentioned that I already have installed mac os 10.4.8 installed on another partition. When I fixed this, I downloaded the AppleNForceATA(it looks like from medievil) package from the internet. I unpacked it and it just worked : ) I…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-01-27 6,219 dossier reads |
| installed OK but will not boot “Thanks for that nfoav8or. I havent seen people putting kexts on the desktop before! I think I understand what you are doing but not sure why? I think I have done what you mentioned in the link. What build was this on? Was it Zephyroth Leopa…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-01-27 6,219 dossier reads |
| installed OK but will not boot “Does it log the output to a file when it boots? That would be useful : )))))” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-01-27 6,219 dossier reads |
| installed OK but will not boot “Still isnt working! [cite] roisoft:kextcache -a i386 -e This didnt work for me. Complained about the architecture I have moved all the GeForce kext from the Extensions dir. That didnt make a difference. : ( What does it mean when it display…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-01-27 6,219 dossier reads |
| installed OK but will not boot “Cheers for that roisoft : ) That file I mentioned earlier. It wasnt anything like applendes. I was NVDAResma.kext! What is this file Just put it back in the extensions dir and falls over like it did previously. Anyway I am still getting: Di…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-01-27 6,219 dossier reads |
| installed OK but will not boot “Thanks for replying zephyroth. I moved a kext from the Extensions directory which appeared to causing the problem. Cant remember the what it was exactly something like applendes … I dont know I cant remember. Anyway it seems to have got a b…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-01-27 6,219 dossier reads |
| installed OK but will not boot “Just put the AppleNForceATA.kext in the Extensions dir and it still doesnt work! Seems like it failing at this point.” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-01-26 6,219 dossier reads |
| installed OK but will not boot “Tried taking a picture and I think I may have broke my phone : ( Not the best day I have had! Been trying to get something from the log files but can see anything relevant. Can you suggest.” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-01-26 6,219 dossier reads |
| graphics card issues “Hope you can help GeForce 6500: Chipset Model: GeForce 6500 Type: Display Bus: PCIe PCIe Lane Width: x16 VRAM (Total): 256 MB Vendor: NVIDIA (0x10de) Device ID: 0x0160 Revision ID: 0x00a1 ROM Revision: NVinject 0.1.3 Displays: Display: Reso…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-01-31 3,383 dossier reads |
| installed OK but will not boot “Can nobody help me out with this then?” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-01-29 6,219 dossier reads |
| graphics card issues “Where do I get those from?” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-01-31 3,383 dossier reads |