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Member #6,502 · 2009-10-14 → 2010-01-02
#348 by Dispatches #47 by Author Reads #796 by Thread Reach Member #6,502 AMD OSx86 DSDT NVIDIA GeForce

@prasys

InfiniteMac community contributor with 21 recorded dispatches, 2 lead technical dossiers (334,822 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 770,095 historical readers.

Dispatches 21 Ranked #348 of 6,691
Author Reads 334,822 Ranked #47 · 2 dossiers
Thread Reach 770,095 Ranked #796 in reach
Lead Dossiers 2 167,411 avg reads / dossier
Member Number #6,502 Joined 2009-05-05
Active Window 2009–2010 2009-10-14 → 2010-01-02
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#348 of 6,691 by Dispatches (21 notes) · #47 of 3,454 by Author Readership (334,822 reads across 2 dossiers) · #796 by Thread Reach (770,095 cumulative reads)
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Member #6,502 · Joined 2009-05-05
Hardware & Kernel Topics
AMD OSx86 (6) · DSDT (5) · NVIDIA GeForce (3) · Chameleon / Boot-132 (3) · AHCI / SATA (2) · Retail DVD / USB (2)
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Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection

Distribution across 1 technical boards

10.X Core
21 (100%)

Lead Dossiers Authored by @prasys (2)

334,822 cumulative reads on threads started by @prasys

Dossier Title & SummaryCollectionReadership
The "Unofficial" Empire EFI Support Thread
I thought of making this forum a bit cleaner by starting official Empire EFI Support Thread. since the other forum decided to do censorship (hooray for the Great Wall of Censorship) . I've decided to come here and start a support thread.…
10.X Core328,874 reads
2009-11-30 · 110 notes
patched iStat/iStat Pro for HackBooks (battery)
Ive managed to fix the problem on why iStat Pro and iStat Nano would not work on HackBooks is that on Intel Macs , it checks for SMC controller to get information about battery. Our SMC data is not being populated for battery and not to…
10.X Core5,948 reads
2009-12-14 · 2 notes

Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (19)

Direct links into threads where @prasys contributed solutions & commentary

Thread & Dispatch ExcerptCollectionDate & Reach
The "Unofficial" Empire EFI Support Thread
“Yes @skew , type USBFix=y in Chameleon boot or add that to your USBplist. If you are not sure how to do this there is a how to somewhere in this forum @MNG , great @aatkco , umm i'll look into it , install without additional fonts , etc”
10.X Core2009-12-14
328,874 dossier reads
The "Unofficial" Empire EFI Support Thread
“i burned empire efi and snow leopard retail dvd and started installing but i got install failed , i tried again and i got the same message : I am installing into a usb hdd ( it's an internal hdd and connected with ide to usb connecter ) , a…”
10.X Core2009-12-10
328,874 dossier reads
The "Unofficial" Empire EFI Support Thread
“ok, this is the 3rd time I've had to bother you. I still can not get more than 1gb of ram and 1 core of my Q6600 working. Because I can only boot with empire efi cd, or if I take the com.apple.boot.plist from the cd. I tried removing the bo…”
10.X Core2009-12-07
328,874 dossier reads
The "Unofficial" Empire EFI Support Thread
“Sure i can do that. How do I dump my video bios? Take a look at NVEnabler thread over at projectosx. Give that a go , remove efi strings and let me know if NVEnabler does the trick for you. If it does then we would have a chance of getting …”
10.X Core2009-12-06
328,874 dossier reads
The "Unofficial" Empire EFI Support Thread
“FATAL ERROR: JavaScript garbage collection failed because... amd athlon 62 x2 mobility ati sb700 if someone can help Installer Log: rapid share.com/files/314652826/Installer_Log_30-Nov-2009.rar.html I really need someone with AMD to test me…”
10.X Core2009-12-05
328,874 dossier reads
The "Unofficial" Empire EFI Support Thread
“i have successfully installed snow leopard with Empire EFI 1.01. Boots with the Empire disc in the drive no problem. I can not get it to boot with myhack, however. i have tried selecting and deselecting items in the setup program to no avai…”
10.X Core2009-12-03
328,874 dossier reads
The "Unofficial" Empire EFI Support Thread
“Hi, I have just bought an i7/P55 intel system, it will be shipped on friday. Is it possible to use Empire EFI on such system, for what I understood it goes only on X58 platforms. Is it right? Tnx Yes , it works with i7/P55 . There is a spec…”
10.X Core2009-12-02
328,874 dossier reads
The "Unofficial" Empire EFI Support Thread
“@ jmacie - you'll have to follow netkas' guide and get his bootloader. I can't be much help as I don't know much of how these 4xxx series card do work exactly. @ monsteroyd - try version 1.01 instead @ InteliMacPro - I'll try to see if i ca…”
10.X Core2009-12-01
328,874 dossier reads
SSE2/SSE3 - 32/64 Bit Kernel for Snow Leopard by qoopz
“I've mentioned To run QuickTime X , right click , get info and select run in 32-bit. You'll need SSSE3 to run QuickTime X on 64-bit and some applications wouldn't just work right on 64-bit cause they are looking for SSSE3 instructions. Its …”
10.X Core2009-10-27
194,515 dossier reads
SSE2/SSE3 - 32/64 Bit Kernel for Snow Leopard by qoopz
“The diffs can be obtained directly from me or qoopz from IRC. Plus I just want to add a couple of things 1. the 64-bit is flaky for AMD users - just dont try it. It will not boot or may not boot at all. If you are using 64-bit AMD64 with SS…”
10.X Core2009-10-14
194,515 dossier reads
Empire EFI, now with AMD support
“@gorg , then you should start coding things up. A lot of things changed in Snow Leopard kernel. Again , it would be best to wait for xnu team or someone who is knowledgeable enough. Currently , AMD support is pretty weak . I am guessing slo…”
10.X Core2009-12-02
83,044 dossier reads
Empire EFI, now with AMD support
“@ Prasys, i tried the AMD version of the DVD, but it gives a error about the SuperNForceATA kext... I think something went wrong when making the Preboot.dmg? Could you give me your variant of your nForceATA. That one has been compiled from …”
10.X Core2009-11-30
83,044 dossier reads
Empire EFI, now with AMD support
“Nope it doesn't do on the fly op-patching. Nawcom made a bit of modification to few of the kexts and the way how it boots. You'll be still needing Marvin's patcher after installing it !”
10.X Core2009-11-30
83,044 dossier reads
Empire EFI, now with AMD support
“Beats me , but I plan to open up an official thread here !”
10.X Core2009-11-30
83,044 dossier reads
Empire EFI, now with AMD support
“Believe it or not , its entirely Chameleon with netkas' PC_EFI 10.4/10.5. I don't use closed source stuff. I'll be writing a guide later on how to make your own boot-132 disc for your motherboard and stuff If you want the easy way out , giv…”
10.X Core2009-11-04
83,044 dossier reads
10.6.2 Kernel - Pcj XNU Release
“This kernel will not fix issues with SSSE3 such as QuickTime in 64-bit and such. So again we will be needing a working SSSE3 emulator if we want to get AMDs and Intel (pre Core series) to boot properly into 64-bit kernelspace This kernel is…”
10.X Core2010-01-02
76,126 dossier reads
10.2.0 Kernel for AMD/P4
“This kernel is working fine on my PC Intel P4 630 3GHz HT, however -force64 has no effects on my SL 10.6.2 Whether I use -force64 or not, I still get a 32-bit SL: Nghias-Mac-mini:~ nghia$ uname -a Darwin Nghias-Mac-mini.local 10.2.0 Darwin …”
10.X Core2009-11-29
36,569 dossier reads
Proplem with Empire EFI
“Sorry to hear that My work is being ripped and its being put on torrent sites without the read me. Making it hard Here are the tips 1. Its installed , OSX can't bless the drive. Its normal , its not a real mac 2. If empire EFI does not see …”
10.X Core2009-12-14
27,484 dossier reads
VoodooTSCSync for Snow Leopard
“spalek83 , post your dsdt.dsl It seems to be more of CPU alias issue or timing issue or hit up on IRC @ #snowleopard @ irc.osx86.hu and look for apoc. He made a special kernel with timing issue fixed. You should contact him if you want to t…”
10.X Core2009-12-10
17,535 dossier reads