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Member #6,863 · 2009-05-18 → 2011-05-02
#325 by Dispatches #289 by Author Reads #42 by Thread Reach Member #6,863 AMD OSx86 Retail DVD / USB AHCI / SATA

@ptesone

InfiniteMac community contributor with 23 recorded dispatches, 8 lead technical dossiers (36,567 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 2,718,270 historical readers.

Dispatches 22 Ranked #325 of 6,691
Author Reads 36,567 Ranked #289 · 8 dossiers
Thread Reach 2,718,270 Ranked #42 in reach
Lead Dossiers 8 4,571 avg reads / dossier
Member Number #6,863 Joined 2009-05-18
Active Window 2009–2011 2009-05-18 → 2011-05-02
Archive Standing
#325 of 6,691 by Dispatches (22 notes) · #289 of 3,454 by Author Readership (36,567 reads across 8 dossiers) · #42 by Thread Reach (2,718,270 cumulative reads)
InfiniteMac ID
Member #6,863 · Joined 2009-05-18
Hardware & Kernel Topics
AMD OSx86 (11) · Retail DVD / USB (5) · AHCI / SATA (5) · Voodoo / XNU Kernel (3) · NVIDIA GeForce (3) · Dell Inspiron / Latitude (1)
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Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection

Distribution across 4 technical boards

Leopard 10.5
7 (32%)
10.X Core
6 (27%)
General
1 (5%)

Lead Dossiers Authored by @ptesone (8)

36,567 cumulative reads on threads started by @ptesone

Dossier Title & SummaryCollectionReadership
adobe flash hack for Snow Leopard
removed due to being outdated
Snow Leopard 10.65,774 reads
2009-10-27 · 3 notes
Ditching Leo for Tiger
I'm tired of updating my leopards and trying to get this to work and that driver to install- I just want a good solid working computer, which seems like I haven't had that since the days of my first hackintosh using Tiger 10.4.11 on my…
10.X Core5,162 reads
2009-09-23 · 9 notes
hackintosh tutorial video, AMD Phenom retail install from USB
the following page has been disconnected or is no longer in service
Snow Leopard 10.64,891 reads
2011-03-24 · 1 notes
Snow Leopard is Sweet
I'm really surprised, to say the least, it runs better than Tiger and Leopard ever did! -and- on an AMD no less. . .Thanx to all the people who wrote drivers, patched kernels and posted their stuff, YOU ALL ROCK!
Snow Leopard 10.64,721 reads
2009-10-08 · 3 notes
nForce 750a audio driver
InsanelyMac is down, that's where I originally found this driver: Realtek ALC1200 (AppleAzaliaAudio) Driver I've installed it before so I know it works, I think it was a modified driver tho. . . in windows my VEN & DEV is 10ec 0888 & 10de…
Leopard 10.54,669 reads
2009-05-18 · 1 notes
Install Snow Leopard 10.6 on AMD PC Hackintosh
go here: i hackintosh.com/2009/09/install-snow-leopard-106-on-amd-pc-hackintosh/ update to 10.6.4 here: osx 86.co/f36/10-4-0-xnu-kernel-for-intel-amd-t6268/ works great!
Snow Leopard 10.64,384 reads
2010-09-28 · 1 notes
KP's while ripping DVD's. . .Weird
Ok, I didn't know exactly where to post this because my install is kind of a combination of retail install then patched with kext's; I did an install of retail leopard 10.5.6 following a snow leopard tutorial, and updated to 10.5.8.…
Leopard 10.53,794 reads
2009-09-19 · 2 notes
Snow Leopard - my 1st issue. . .
I just installed Snow Leopard this morning and everything's running great EXCEPT my hard drives keep unmounting themselves. . .I have two SATA's using AHCI and when I'm in Final Cut, my video hard drive will unmount and I have to reboot. .…
10.X Core3,172 reads
2009-10-06 · 1 notes

Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (12)

Direct links into threads where @ptesone contributed solutions & commentary

Thread & Dispatch ExcerptCollectionDate & Reach
DELL D620/630/830 kext pack
“Nice work! Hey, do u think they would work on my Dell D620? Looks like pretty much the same HW. . .”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-09-19
895,283 dossier reads
Snow Leopard 10A432 Install
“Worked like a charm, thanx ! I had to use a retail DVD of Snow Leopard tho, my previous attempts (using other SL downloads) were causing KP's on first boot every time. . . Also, do you think it is stable enough to run as main OS, I mean is …”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-10-05
694,068 dossier reads
Possible solutions for "Still waiting for root device"
“I bought a new XFX nForce 750a SLI motherboard with a 64 bit Phenom Quad Core only to find Still Waiting for root on just about every DVD I had. . . I had to use my wife's computer to install iPC Leopard 10.5.6 on my IDE Maxtor then add my …”
Leopard 10.52009-05-18
538,220 dossier reads
Update 10.6.4 Safety
“I did a fresh install (retail .mpkg way from ihackintosh.com) of snow leopard 10.6 and then installed MacOSXUpdCombo10.6.4.dmg update and it KP'd during "writing receipts" and I thought all was lost. . . I then rebooted once which then rebo…”
Snow Leopard 10.62010-08-24
45,436 dossier reads
10.4.0 XNU Kernel for INTEL/AMD by qoopz/nawcom/AnV/BlackKnight/mucha
“It's beautiful man, thanx for all the hard work!”
10.X Core2010-09-28
38,991 dossier reads
XFX Mobo w/ Phenom Crash
“I'm using the exact same setup, XFX nForce 750a with AMD Phenom I had to put my IDE DVD drive as master and then I could boot fine with some distros like iAtkos 10.5.7 and some others I forget. . . The drivers you want to use are listed in …”
Leopard 10.52009-09-26
13,731 dossier reads
XFX Mobo w/ Phenom Crash
“I'm using an XFX nForce 750a with Phenom Quad and I had to install it on my wife's machine, add my IDE DEV's numbers, cos all's I would get was still waiting for root device. . . Once I did that, it was a breeze. Using iPC 10.5.6 and instal…”
Leopard 10.52009-05-18
13,731 dossier reads
Suggestions for a Noob
“I have a XFX nforce 750a sli with AMD phenom and GeForce 7300 GS, running iPC 10.5.6 on IDE works great but I'm going to try iatkos 10.5.7 on a SATA next, will post results”
10.X Core2009-08-03
8,035 dossier reads
insanely forum downtime
“I need an audio driver for my new MB NOW ! ! ! and they're down. . .”
General2009-05-18
7,980 dossier reads
Snow Leopard on AMD Sempron 3000+
“Anyone know if it is possible? I have an intel hackintosh. But what all do I have to do with AMD? I've seen kernels that look like they work OOB, but then I've also seen stuff with all this patching. What do I need to know about AMD? Yes si…”
Snow Leopard 10.62011-05-02
5,825 dossier reads
Ditching Leo for Tiger
“That's just it. I DID upgrade, to a quad core Phenom AMD with 4 gigs of ram, and you know what? Leopard IS better than tiger! I don't know what I was thinking. . .sorry about this post”
10.X Core2009-09-23
5,162 dossier reads
What Software is best for AMD computers
“I've used iPC and iAtkos 7 for my AMD. Currently I'm using retail Leopard 10.5.6 updated to 10.5.8 and Snow Leopard 10.6, which I just installed this morning. . .”
Leopard 10.52009-10-06
3,815 dossier reads