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Member #10,790 · 2009-08-28 → 2009-09-01
#1,268 by Dispatches #2,013 by Author Reads #2,743 by Thread Reach Member #10,790 ASUS P5K / P5Q Retail DVD / USB DSDT

@prettyby7

InfiniteMac community contributor with 6 recorded dispatches, 1 lead technical dossiers (4,954 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 56,967 historical readers.

Dispatches 6 Ranked #1,268 of 6,691
Author Reads 4,954 Ranked #2,013 · 1 dossiers
Thread Reach 56,967 Ranked #2,743 in reach
Lead Dossiers 1 4,954 avg reads / dossier
Member Number #10,790 Joined 2009-08-28
Active Window 2009 2009-08-28 → 2009-09-01
Hardware Specs Reported in Dispatches
My Rig: · Mobo: Asus P5K Pro Leo 10.5.7 Vanilla
Archive Standing
#1,268 of 6,691 by Dispatches (6 notes) · #2,013 of 3,454 by Author Readership (4,954 reads across 1 dossiers) · #2,743 by Thread Reach (56,967 cumulative reads)
InfiniteMac ID
Member #10,790 · Joined 2009-08-28
Hardware & Kernel Topics
ASUS P5K / P5Q (3) · Retail DVD / USB (2) · DSDT (1)
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Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection

Distribution across 1 technical boards

Lead Dossiers Authored by @prettyby7 (1)

4,954 cumulative reads on threads started by @prettyby7

Dossier Title & SummaryCollectionReadership
P5K Pro or P5 Mobo
Just got my 10.6 retail. I have a running 10.5.7 and read several posts and somewhat apprehensive. I would like to upgrade it but with all the kexts that are out there and other posts referring to replacing boot files, UUID copying, etc. I…
Snow Leopard 10.64,954 reads
2009-08-28 · 1 notes

Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (5)

Direct links into threads where @prettyby7 contributed solutions & commentary

Thread & Dispatch ExcerptCollectionDate & Reach
How to Install OS X 10.6 (10A432) on P5 series mobo.
“svitale75, Followed your guide and I encounter KP as well. Pic attached I noticed that when I replaced the "boot" file on the root of my "os" drive there wasn't a "boot" file to replace so I just copied that blue one to the root without rep…”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-09-01
52,013 dossier reads
How to Install OS X 10.6 (10A432) on P5 series mobo.
“i followed that guide too and all i got was a kernel panic. like I said, less is more... i was amazed on how little mods and almost no files are needed to get the P5 series working perfectly with OS X, especially SL. give it a try...the par…”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-09-01
52,013 dossier reads
How to Install OS X 10.6 (10A432) on P5 series mobo.
“i followed that guide too and all i got was a kernel panic. like I said, less is more... i was amazed on how little mods and almost no files are needed to get the P5 series working perfectly with OS X, especially SL. give it a try...the par…”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-08-31
52,013 dossier reads
How to Install OS X 10.6 (10A432) on P5 series mobo.
“Other guide I'm referring to: Snow Leopard Retail (10A432) on P5K-E Wifi A/P -64 bit mode This guide I followed and got kernel panic with "Mac OS Version Not Yet Set" and then uptime in nanoseconds and it just sits there.”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-08-31
52,013 dossier reads
How to Install OS X 10.6 (10A432) on P5 series mobo.
“svitale75 how big do you make the 2 partitions "install" and "os"? I assume OS has to be bigger if your going to run SL as your main OS. Other guides talk about DSDT.aml being edited and also editing the com.apple.boot file and smbios.plist…”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-08-31
52,013 dossier reads