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Member #14,114 · 2009-10-09 → 2010-06-11
#760 by Dispatches #1,371 by Author Reads #1,351 by Thread Reach Member #14,114 Chameleon / Boot-132 Voodoo / XNU Kernel ALC889a / Audio

@pitashen

InfiniteMac community contributor with 10 recorded dispatches, 1 lead technical dossiers (8,109 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 382,120 historical readers.

Dispatches 10 Ranked #760 of 6,691
Author Reads 8,109 Ranked #1,371 · 1 dossiers
Thread Reach 382,120 Ranked #1,351 in reach
Lead Dossiers 1 8,109 avg reads / dossier
Member Number #14,114 Joined 2009-09-25
Active Window 2009–2010 2009-10-09 → 2010-06-11
Preserved Forum Signature & OSx86 Rig
Leo4All V3 10.5.2 + 10.5.8 Apple Update
GA-EP45-UD3R
Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 3.6 GHz
Crucial 8 GB 1018 MHz DDR2 SDRAM
EVGA GTX275 896MB
Archive Standing
#760 of 6,691 by Dispatches (10 notes) · #1,371 of 3,454 by Author Readership (8,109 reads across 1 dossiers) · #1,351 by Thread Reach (382,120 cumulative reads)
InfiniteMac ID
Member #14,114 · Joined 2009-09-25
Hardware & Kernel Topics
Chameleon / Boot-132 (2) · Voodoo / XNU Kernel (1) · ALC889a / Audio (1)
Frequent Thread Collaborators
@Ianxxx (4) @thorazine74 (3) @aryajuanda (2) @pαuℓzurrr. (2) @Kabyl (2) @LawlessPPC @eMatoS @zypheruk @jedapm81 @Gurqn @ep3hatch03 @williamsmith @andyvand @Taisto

Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection

Distribution across 2 technical boards

10.X Core
8 (80%)
Releases & News
2 (20%)

Lead Dossiers Authored by @pitashen (1)

8,109 cumulative reads on threads started by @pitashen

Dossier Title & SummaryCollectionReadership
System Profiler Help
I need a little help. I am currently running intel platform using Chameleon 2 RC3. I use smbios.plist to set up values in system profiler. All is fine except the Processor Name missing. Could someone provide some guidance ? P.S. I don't…
10.X Core8,109 reads
2009-10-10 · 4 notes

Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (9)

Direct links into threads where @pitashen contributed solutions & commentary

Thread & Dispatch ExcerptCollectionDate & Reach
Cleaned Up Chameleon With Extra's
“I am still on 10.5.8 and is too lazy / no time to update chameleon or 10.6... but wow, the bootloader is just getting better and better.”
Releases & News2010-02-21
117,008 dossier reads
AnV XNU 9.8.0 V1.6
“Since there will probably be no more kernel update for leopard, I decided to give this mod kernel a shot since it is supposed to be more optimized than the stock kernel. What I did was I backed up the stock kernel and copied over the AnV ke…”
10.X Core2009-10-10
95,354 dossier reads
Rebel EFI from Psystar
“Netkas has varified that RebelEFI uses a good portion of Boot-123 (which is free).. MEH... not something to be surprised with but those who consider spending money for it. Please think it through twice. http://netkas.org/?p=310”
10.X Core2009-11-08
79,816 dossier reads
Psystar licenses Darwin Universal Boot Loader to third parties, chaos ensues
“They are just having fun messing with Apple, while they still can”
Releases & News2009-10-09
39,407 dossier reads
System Profiler Help
“Can't remember who modded it so I can't give them credit but this one identifies quads and newer core2duo's I think this method is the same mentioned by thorazine74. Although not the ideal solution, but at least it is working now. Ok, so he…”
10.X Core2009-10-10
8,109 dossier reads
Install Mac OS X
“You'll have to figure out the sound chip model somehow. Or live with it”
10.X Core2009-10-15
7,269 dossier reads
Install Mac OS X
“VoodooHDA is probably ur best bet if you don't know whats the sound chip is. Its usually a chip by chip basis thing if you want the near full functionality (i.e. multi-channel out, mic in).”
10.X Core2009-10-10
7,269 dossier reads
Alc88x voodoohda patched nodes version v2.5.6
“thanks for the great work!”
10.X Core2010-06-11
35,157 dossier reads
Install Mac OS X
“whats the sound chip model?”
10.X Core2009-10-10
7,269 dossier reads