Mac OS X on x86 Hardware 2008–2024 Technical Archive
Member #5,092 · 2009-02-24 → 2009-12-21
#871 by Dispatches #1,091 by Author Reads #1,705 by Thread Reach Member #5,092 📍 Italy AMD OSx86 NVIDIA GeForce AHCI / SATA

@Phi

InfiniteMac community contributor with 9 recorded dispatches, 1 lead technical dossiers (10,459 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 217,584 historical readers.

Dispatches 9 Ranked #871 of 6,691
Author Reads 10,459 Ranked #1,091 · 1 dossiers
Thread Reach 217,584 Ranked #1,705 in reach
Lead Dossiers 1 10,459 avg reads / dossier
Member Number #5,092 Joined 2009-02-24
Active Window 2009 2009-02-24 → 2009-12-21
Archive Standing
#871 of 6,691 by Dispatches (9 notes) · #1,091 of 3,454 by Author Readership (10,459 reads across 1 dossiers) · #1,705 by Thread Reach (217,584 cumulative reads)
InfiniteMac ID
Member #5,092 · Joined 2009-02-24
Location
Italy
Hardware & Kernel Topics
AMD OSx86 (3) · NVIDIA GeForce (2) · AHCI / SATA (2) · Retail DVD / USB (1)
Frequent Thread Collaborators
@nfoav8or (4) @LawlessPPC (2) @naquaada @m82a1 @diskeeper @Puttabong @R0GUE @nami @lungkao @bhast2 @zaubara @YamatoHD @BigBadBen @synmoo

Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection

Distribution across 2 technical boards

Leopard 10.5
5 (56%)
10.X Core
4 (44%)

Lead Dossiers Authored by @Phi (1)

10,459 cumulative reads on threads started by @Phi

Dossier Title & SummaryCollectionReadership
OS X86 on Acer Aspire 5520
Hi, I'm new to OS X86 and need some support, but first i'll tell my experiences if they can help others with this laptop. First problem when I tried to install was that installers would not see my internal HD, no way for Kalyway, Ideneb or…
Leopard 10.510,459 reads
2009-03-03 · 1 notes

Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (8)

Direct links into threads where @Phi contributed solutions & commentary

Thread & Dispatch ExcerptCollectionDate & Reach
LawlessPPC Phenom & AMD 10.5.4 Beta Release Discussion
“Hello every1 and greetings from Italy! I'm getting this image now as I've had pbms so far with kalyway-ideneb-leo4all (no HD detected at install) so nowhere to install at disk utility screen. My hardware report is attached, any hint as to w…”
Leopard 10.52009-03-09
91,699 dossier reads
Stuck On Apple Loading Screen (After Install) - "Mac framework..." (-v cpus=1)
“Probably a bit late to reply but just been playing with this machine now. Install OK with Leo4All 4.1 (10.5.4), network connection worked ootb, display resolution is native 1024x768 without kext loaded, quartz GL supported. Issues: not able…”
Leopard 10.52009-12-21
59,190 dossier reads
MCP68 (Nforce 630a) Serial ATA
“Well in my acer aspire 5520 the internal HD or DVD-CD drive is not detected either, they are SATA. I installed thru kalyway on external usb drive, install ok, boot ok (23 sec!) but still no HD or DVD-CD drive. My chipset is mcp67, my hardwa…”
Leopard 10.52009-03-06
16,410 dossier reads
Acer Aspire 5520
“Well I have updates about AcerAspire 5520! The SATA problems remains so I chose to install in external USB HD. I used kalyway dvd installer, with minimal specs for install (kernel sleep, smbios default by netkas, amd patch) and bingo! (Y) I…”
10.X Core2009-03-06
14,195 dossier reads
Acer Aspire 5520
“Hello, I have your same acer model 5520. No pbm for booting at all, it takes a while but it goes on. At start-up I press F8 and then I type -v -x, all goes well:) However It stops further ahead for me... when I have to choose where to insta…”
10.X Core2009-02-24
14,195 dossier reads
Acer Aspire 5100
“have you posted your hardware report? It will help people help you, a generic request is difficult to follow up. You can use Everest to get a detailed pc hardware report, attach this to your post. I have acer aspire 5520 and i was able to i…”
10.X Core2009-03-06
10,760 dossier reads
Acer (Aspire 4520) Laptop, compatibility
“Hello, I have an AcerAspire 5520, details are much similar to U2Desire: Processor & chipset AMD Turion™ 64 X2 dual-core mobile technology NVIDIA nForce® 630M chipset Memory DDR2 memory 2GB HDD S-ATA hard disc drive Graphics NVIDIA GeForce® …”
10.X Core2009-02-24
8,537 dossier reads
Okay so I have a about Extensions.mkext
“Hi lanceomni, sorry to bother you about this but do you think the nForceLAN.kext you used could work for my LAN board? Please see my hardware report attached for your reply, greetings from Italy!”
Leopard 10.52009-03-06
6,334 dossier reads