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Member #6,896 · 2010-05-21 → 2020-02-20
#133 by Dispatches #23 by Author Reads #43 by Thread Reach Member #6,896 📍 New york Chameleon / Boot-132 Retail DVD / USB ALC889a / Audio

@pippox0

InfiniteMac community contributor with 54 recorded dispatches, 9 lead technical dossiers (753,461 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 2,673,048 historical readers.

Dispatches 54 Ranked #133 of 6,691
Author Reads 753,461 Ranked #23 · 9 dossiers
Thread Reach 2,673,048 Ranked #43 in reach
Lead Dossiers 9 83,718 avg reads / dossier
Member Number #6,896 Joined 2009-05-18
Active Window 2010–2020 2010-05-21 → 2020-02-20
Preserved Forum Signature & OSx86 Rig
iMac: Mac OSX Leopard 10.5.6 (iDeneb v1.4) - CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E4400 @ 2.0Ghz - MB: ECS P4M890T-M2 - RAM: 2Gb DDR2 800Mhz - Ethernet: RTL8139 - Audio: Realtek ALC662 - Video: nVidia Geforce 7300 512Mb - HDD: 320Gb SATA2 - DVD-RW: SONY DVD RW AW-G170A
Archive Standing
#133 of 6,691 by Dispatches (54 notes) · #23 of 3,454 by Author Readership (753,461 reads across 9 dossiers) · #43 by Thread Reach (2,673,048 cumulative reads)
InfiniteMac ID
Member #6,896 · Joined 2009-05-18
Location
New york
Interests
iMac , computing
Hardware & Kernel Topics
Chameleon / Boot-132 (10) · Retail DVD / USB (9) · ALC889a / Audio (7) · Voodoo / XNU Kernel (5) · AHCI / SATA (4) · NVIDIA GeForce (4)
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Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection

Distribution across 4 technical boards

10.X Core
10 (19%)
Leopard 10.5
5 (9%)

Lead Dossiers Authored by @pippox0 (9)

753,461 cumulative reads on threads started by @pippox0

Dossier Title & SummaryCollectionReadership
How Install OSX Lion on PC
How Install OSX Lion on PC What we need: a) an Intel Core2 Duo computer ( mine Optiplex 760) b) an USB pen (8 Gb is fine ) c) an Hackintosh running Mac Os X to create Lion.dmg and USB Pen. Start Mac Os X Leo /Snow Leo 0. Create OSX Lion…
Lion – Catalina438,535 reads
2011-07-21 · 110 notes
How to Install OSX Mountain Lion on PC
How Install OSX Mountain Lion 10.8 on PC What we need: a) an Intel Core2 Duo/i3/i5/i7 computer ( mine Optiplex 760) b) an USB pen (8 Gb is fine ) c) an Hackintosh running Mac Os X to create MLion.dmg and USB Pen. Start Mac Os X Leo /Snow…
Lion – Catalina107,178 reads
2012-08-01 · 12 notes
Montain Lion OS X 10.8
Apple will release on summer next OS X : Montain Lion 10.8 www.apple.com/macosx/mountain-lion/ For now, only Developers can get a Preview beta PippoX0
Lion – Catalina62,076 reads
2012-02-16 · 14 notes
How to make a OSX booting USB from windows
How to make a OSX booting USB from windows Best choice ... You can burn bootable ISO to DVD and boot it from DVD drive ( even USB DVD drive connected to a netbook). On the other hand ... There are also four Tools for windows ( searched on…
10.X Core58,360 reads
2011-10-25 · 1 notes
Lion on desktop Dell Optiplex 760
i installed Mac OS X Lion 10.7 Developer Preview 2 on my Dell Optiplex 760 Specs kernel: mach_kernel 10.7 Cpu: Intel Core2 Duo CPU E8400 @ 3.00GHz Ram : 2 Gb 800 Mhz Chipset: Intel Q43 Express w/ ICH10D Video: Intel GMA 4500 (works oob…
Lion – Catalina37,298 reads
2011-05-23 · 12 notes
Install Mac OS X Leopard on P4M890T-M2
i make a guide to install Leopard on P4M890T-M2 for those who have my same HW (See my sign for HW ) What we need : - iDeneb DVD 1.4 - Leopard 10.5.6 - some Kext -> see later - Windows Xp installed and running So begin: 0) From windows…
Leopard 10.516,389 reads
2011-10-25 · 5 notes
El Capitan OSX 10.11
New OSX is Out ! Come on - Let us to install it on our Hackintosh ! www.apple.com/osx/?cid=wwa-it-kwg-mac
10.X Core13,859 reads
2015-11-07 · 1 notes
iATKOS L1 Lion 10.7.1
iATKOS releases iATKOS L1 Lion 10.7.1 iatkos.blog spot.com/2011/09/download-iatkos-l1-d.html Which it can be the easiest way to install OSX Lion Give a try ... PippoX0
Lion – Catalina11,294 reads
2011-10-11 · 4 notes
Enable AirDrop on Lion with Ethernet and Wifi
I have found this usefull Tip&Trick on the Net You can enable AirDrop with Ethernet and enable AirDrop support also on unsupported Macs running OS X Lion 10.7 by using the following defaults write command in the Terminal: defaults write…
Lion – Catalina8,472 reads
2011-09-21 · 1 notes

Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (40)

Direct links into threads where @pippox0 contributed solutions & commentary

Thread & Dispatch ExcerptCollectionDate & Reach
Lion with AMD
“It's time to give a try to install OSX Lion on my old AMD PC ... :->”
Lion – Catalina2012-04-27
1,075,710 dossier reads
Lion with AMD
“Ok u have an AMD Athlon X2 cpu, so u have to wait until amd kernel patch for Osx Lion will be released. When it will be, u could do the magic … Osx lion beside Win7. If u don't want wait ... Install Snow Leopard + amd kernel patched for 10.…”
Lion – Catalina2011-09-18
1,075,710 dossier reads
Lion with AMD
“Nawcom releases an Atom Lion Kernel and is working on AMD legacy kernel right now ... blog.naw com.com/ Great Job”
Lion – Catalina2011-09-13
1,075,710 dossier reads
Catalina 10.15
“Yeah, I know ... i also spent a lot of time on hackintosh ...”
Lion – Catalina2020-02-20
648,930 dossier reads
How Install OSX Lion on PC
“i have Optiplex 760 too and i have 1280x1024 resolution, no QE/CI . Until Now there is no solution for graphic card intel GMA 4500.:( When i will find a working Kext (64bit ) almost which enables changing resolution , i will post it here ..…”
Lion – Catalina2011-12-02
438,535 dossier reads
How Install OSX Lion on PC
“This guide is for installing Osx lion on hd ( intel core2 duo or superior ) . First we have to prepare a usb booting installation pen , then we install on pc.”
Lion – Catalina2011-11-25
438,535 dossier reads
How Install OSX Lion on PC
“Sure even better ... You can prepare your usb pen for optiplex 760 on Imac”
Lion – Catalina2011-10-31
438,535 dossier reads
How Install OSX Lion on PC
“I get as far as choosing language: English, and then get an installation error. The install log shows Dyld Error Message: Symbol not found: _OSProductManagerProductCookiefileName Referenced from: /Volumes/VOLUME/* /Mac OS X Installer .app/C…”
Lion – Catalina2011-10-28
438,535 dossier reads
How Install OSX Lion on PC
“I used kextwizard to try to fix permissions on the USB stick after doing all steps but it hangs showing that. The timeout error appears minutes after "nothing to load" . Is it because of file permissions or not? Hi, YES you have to repair p…”
Lion – Catalina2011-07-29
438,535 dossier reads
How Install OSX Lion on PC
“some answers to your questions : 1. YES - You can copy DMG/USB to a internal/external partition on HD, place Chameleon and EXTRA_Lion on it and run Lion Installation from it . (it was my first OSX Lion installation attempt ) 2. smbios.plist…”
Lion – Catalina2011-07-26
438,535 dossier reads
How Install OSX Lion on PC
“i already re-install the PC-EFI 10.6, Chameleon, Extra_Lion to my usb disk but still the same problem. Hi, Ok, try this: use a newer version of Chameleon - 2.0 - RC5 - r947 download on k exts.com/ Tthis should resolve your error : Boot0: GP…”
Lion – Catalina2011-07-22
438,535 dossier reads
How Install OSX Lion on PC
“Something is gone wrong in making bootable USb … The steps i follow exactly are Use PC-EFI 10.6 to initialize boot flag on USB Use Chameleon to create Bootable menu on USB Use Extra_Lion package to create extra folder on USB ... Verify that…”
Lion – Catalina2011-07-22
438,535 dossier reads
How to Install OSX Mountain Lion on PC
“I tried all possible way to install Mountain Lion on my "Intel D975XBX2". Unfortunately not a single installation process help me to install properly. My Processor is Core 2 Quad 2.4Ghz and memory 4GB, Graphics card GeForce 8400 GS 512MB wi…”
Lion – Catalina2012-08-21
107,178 dossier reads
How to Install OSX Mountain Lion on PC
“For Mmacsrthebomb : To set AHCI in Optiplex 760 Bios , use F2 to get bios setting , then go to Drives -> Sata Operation -> AHCI … That's All dude ... PippoX0”
Lion – Catalina2012-08-21
107,178 dossier reads
How to Install OSX Mountain Lion on PC
“Thanks for the nice tutorial. Can I adopt the same procedure to install Mountain Lion in Intel D975XBX2 with Core 2 Quad 4GB RAM? Please advice me. Donald. Sure ... remember to set Sata AHCI Pippox0”
Lion – Catalina2012-08-09
107,178 dossier reads
Lion on desktop Dell Optiplex 760
“Processors work ok. Qe/ci doesn't work with gma x4500 video card. If needed you can change video card with someone working …”
Lion – Catalina2012-03-03
37,298 dossier reads
Lion on desktop Dell Optiplex 760
“PippoX0, I saw on http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.php/HCL_10.7.0/Desktops#Optiplex_760 that you had an edited DSDT for the Optiplex 760. I have audio working (partly) and LAN, but haven't tested sleep yet, in 10.7.1. Can you post th…”
Lion – Catalina2011-09-21
37,298 dossier reads
Lion on desktop Dell Optiplex 760
“i updated right now my Optiplex 760 Hackintosh to retail final version of OSX LION 10.7 ( 11A511) and it runs as well like before ... BTW i install over my previous version and after reboot i found all the same stuff ( Desktop , data and ap…”
Lion – Catalina2011-07-21
37,298 dossier reads
How to Update from 10.6.8 To Lion ?,
“So it's like a fresh install ! Format the partition? The answer is -> NO you don't need to format HD/create a partition if you want to keep Data, Apps, and documents. Just Install over ... Anyway if you prefere to make a fresh install , you…”
Lion – Catalina2011-07-22
34,345 dossier reads
How to Update from 10.6.8 To Lion ?,
“Lion Gm is lion retail, so ... No problem ... Upgrade can be done successfully installing over the mac osx snow leo. You must use a Chameleon which can read snow leo and lion ( from 2.0-RC5-r752 and higher). The kexts are hardware specific,…”
Lion – Catalina2011-07-22
34,345 dossier reads
How to Update from 10.6.8 To Lion ?,
“the OSX Lion is out ... on July 20th I can confirm you can upgrade Snow Leopard from 10.6.6-10.6.8 version to 10.7 easily ... Steps 1) Download OSX Lion 10.7 (11A511 = retail version) find it on the net … 2) Unpack installESD.dmg -> there a…”
Lion – Catalina2011-07-21
34,345 dossier reads
Help! QE/CI not working on X4500 GMA chip.
“If you want you can delete them, but it's the same because the unused kexts are not loaded during boot. I'm thinking that there isn't yet a real solution for intel x4500 graphics card. No QE or CI at this time ...”
Snow Leopard 10.62011-11-16
33,138 dossier reads
Help! QE/CI not working on X4500 GMA chip.
“Search on www.kexts.com a kext for intel gma 4500 with Qe/CI. It could be what you are looking for ... Try it and tell here if you resolve your issue”
Snow Leopard 10.62011-10-31
33,138 dossier reads
Lion won't start correctly...:/
“Sure .. At this point i recommend you to start again with a new install, format hfs+ jounaled and install over newly formatted guid usb pen. Sometime is better to reinstall than find out what causes the problem .. If osx system is broken ..…”
Lion – Catalina2011-10-26
30,453 dossier reads
Lion won't start correctly...:/
“try to hardware switch on ATi Mobility Radeon 5730. From Leopard try to repair permission on osx lion hdd. remove any unused kexts from /extra and /S/L/E. try boot osx lion again PippoX0”
Lion – Catalina2011-10-25
30,453 dossier reads
Lion won't start correctly...:/
“don't worry ... you can reach the result of Install Lion on your Pc.. I made many many tries before i get Lion or Snow Leopard or Leopard running on my PCs.. Try this, boot with these parameters -x -v npci=0x2000 busratio=17 Tell us if you …”
Lion – Catalina2011-10-18
30,453 dossier reads
Lion won't start correctly...:/
“Try this Delete AudioAUUC.Kext from /S/L/E ( it gives you KP ) on OSX Lion USB Pen Boot Snow Leopard verify Disk/repair permission on OSX Lion USB Pen Boot OSX Lion with -v -x , (don't use arch=i386 because 64bit is better ...)”
Lion – Catalina2011-10-11
30,453 dossier reads
Lion won't start correctly...:/
“Try a Chameleon 2.0 RC5 more newer like this one Chameleon 2.0 RC5 r1400 k exts.com/view/1690-chameleon_2.0__rc5_r1400_full_option_official.html Let me know if you resolve your problem ... PippoX0”
Lion – Catalina2011-10-07
30,453 dossier reads
Installation iatkos v 1.0i...bootable USB
“To make a OSX booting USB from windows Best choice ... You can burn bootable ISO to DVD and boot it from DVD drive ( even USB DVD drive connected to your netbook). On the other hand ... There are also four Tools for windows ( searched on go…”
Leopard 10.52011-10-25
23,976 dossier reads
Installation iatkos v 1.0i...bootable USB
“You must have another mac/hackintosh pc with os x. You must use disk utility to flash iso on usb. Then install chameleon bootloader on usb That's it”
Leopard 10.52011-10-22
23,976 dossier reads
Install Mac OS X Leopard on P4M890T-M2
“Try to substitute the Kernel for fix Kp. Use iDeneb Dvd , deselect iDeneb System pack , and select Kernel 9.2.0 . Pippox0”
Leopard 10.52011-11-06
16,389 dossier reads
Install Mac OS X Leopard on P4M890T-M2
“for KP try to verify/repair permissions on OSX HDD with Disk Utility. For ATI X1900 - you must use NATIT.kext for Leopard : it enables QE/CI for X1900”
Leopard 10.52011-11-02
16,389 dossier reads
For Mac Lion 10.7.1 pc install
“welcome to this Forum and welcome into OSX world ... From your Video/pics there is nothing i can guess to help you First of All you have to Set BIOs to the more usefull settings to install OSX. Set SATA to AHCI Set Virtualization to TRUE Yo…”
10.X Core2011-10-25
12,854 dossier reads
Geforce 8400M GT (128 mb) and Q/E
“Try NVenabler.kext if you're using 32bit kernel or NVenabler64.kext If you're using 64bit kernel. Don't forget to disable the graphic enabler. Set No or delete this opition. If this not work try to use GFXstring from OSX86 tools or EFIstudi…”
10.X Core2011-05-06
8,727 dossier reads
Geforce 8400M GT (128 mb) and Q/E
“i update my Sony Vaio Fz21M to Mac Os X Snow Leopard 10.6.6 using the combo update. Now i have external display with full resolution and QE/CI enable, but not internal display. I think the problem is NVDA50HAL.kext, because if i delete it f…”
10.X Core2011-04-11
8,727 dossier reads
to install OSX86 On An P4M890T-M
“if you want to install Leopard you need these Kexts and follows these steps: 1) Install iDeneb DVD with these options: - Kernel Voodoo 9.5.0 - Chipset Via/sis/marvell - NvDarwin 512Mb - video per GeForce 7300 -> only if you have my same Vid…”
Snow Leopard 10.62011-10-25
8,019 dossier reads
to install OSX86 On An P4M890T-M
“i could zip these Kext for you, but these are for Leopard only ... and i supposed that you are trying to install Snow leopard So i would do better, right now i'm walking to upgrade my old Pc P4M890T-M2 to Snow Leopard or OSx Lion ... if i w…”
Snow Leopard 10.62011-10-24
8,019 dossier reads
to install OSX86 On An P4M890T-M
“i installed iDeneb Leopard 10.5.6 on my Mobo P4M890T-M2. This Mb is very bit complicate to boot , but here what i done ... Install OSX as usual selecting your HW Install finish Boot OSx and get same error "Mac framework ... stop" So Fix it …”
Snow Leopard 10.62011-10-18
8,019 dossier reads
Suggestion: Snow Lepoard OSx86 for VirtualBox
“I read that support officianly only Mac Os X server guest because of Apple license restrictions.”
10.X Core2010-05-21
6,974 dossier reads
Would be nice with a OSx86 version for VirtualBox
“hi, i tried to use iWorks on VirtualBox , but it doesn't work correctly . No slides on Keynotes only write screen. I think that it is bacause these isn't a Kext for video emulation on Vb. Any Suggestions ? PippoX0”
10.X Core2010-05-21
4,537 dossier reads