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Member #2,359 · 2008-07-21 → 2008-07-23
#403 by Dispatches #1,532 by Author Reads #4,867 by Thread Reach Member #2,359 AMD OSx86 Chameleon / Boot-132

@RealRitzcracker

InfiniteMac community contributor with 19 recorded dispatches, 1 lead technical dossiers (7,077 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 7,077 historical readers.

Dispatches 19 Ranked #403 of 6,691
Author Reads 7,077 Ranked #1,532 · 1 dossiers
Thread Reach 7,077 Ranked #4,867 in reach
Lead Dossiers 1 7,077 avg reads / dossier
Member Number #2,359 Joined 2008-07-21
Active Window 2008 2008-07-21 → 2008-07-23
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#403 of 6,691 by Dispatches (19 notes) · #1,532 of 3,454 by Author Readership (7,077 reads across 1 dossiers) · #4,867 by Thread Reach (7,077 cumulative reads)
InfiniteMac ID
Member #2,359 · Joined 2008-07-21
Hardware & Kernel Topics
AMD OSx86 (4) · Chameleon / Boot-132 (1)
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Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection

Distribution across 1 technical boards

Leopard 10.5
19 (100%)

Lead Dossiers Authored by @RealRitzcracker (1)

7,077 cumulative reads on threads started by @RealRitzcracker

Dossier Title & SummaryCollectionReadership
Lots of Problems with EFI Rev and AMD
I'm using Leopard-10.5.2-AMD-EFI-Rev2 It boots but now I'm a screen that is gray with a darker gray apple logo. I've been on this screen forever like 30 minutes. I've already had problems with EBIOS read error: Device Timeout I reburned…
Leopard 10.57,077 reads
2008-07-21 · 32 notes

Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (17)

Direct links into threads where @RealRitzcracker contributed solutions & commentary

Thread & Dispatch ExcerptCollectionDate & Reach
Lots of Problems with EFI Rev and AMD
“Yeah, I just downloaded Leo4All have to go buy some DVD's I used them all burning EFI REV2 cause it took me like 40 copies to get it perfect ahah.”
Leopard 10.52008-07-23
7,077 dossier reads
Lots of Problems with EFI Rev and AMD
“Ok Triple Checked. My CPU is SSE3! My Chipset is SiS 760GX”
Leopard 10.52008-07-23
7,077 dossier reads
Lots of Problems with EFI Rev and AMD
“I don't remember seeing SilconeImage3132? Whats it under Third Party Drivers Then what? Are you postive thats the chipset I'm suposed to include?”
Leopard 10.52008-07-23
7,077 dossier reads
Lots of Problems with EFI Rev and AMD
“Its SiS M760GX Chipset Acer Aspire 5003WLMi Notebook AMD Turion 64 ML-32 1.8GHz 2Gigs Ram Acer InviLink Wi-Fi IEEE 802.11b/g Fast Ethernet IEEE 802.3u”
Leopard 10.52008-07-23
7,077 dossier reads
Lots of Problems with EFI Rev and AMD
“In Diag mode everything loads fine it seems like its done but then Waiting for root device Just repeats.”
Leopard 10.52008-07-22
7,077 dossier reads
Lots of Problems with EFI Rev and AMD
“It says waiting for root device. Waiting for root device Waiting for root device Waiting for root device”
Leopard 10.52008-07-22
7,077 dossier reads
Lots of Problems with EFI Rev and AMD
“[cite] LawlessPPC:if its just sat there with a flashing cursor the hardrive is not bootable. Which you may need to install a bootloader or make the partition active or both. No Flashing Cursor [cite] nfoav8or:When you installed on your lapt…”
Leopard 10.52008-07-22
7,077 dossier reads
Lots of Problems with EFI Rev and AMD
“Should I have installed them GUID? I'm pretty sure MBR is right? I partioned/formated the drive to extended journaled. Then options for MBR. Then under customization I choose MBR Bootloader.”
Leopard 10.52008-07-22
7,077 dossier reads
Lots of Problems with EFI Rev and AMD
“Ok I installed it sucessfully I think at least thats what the installer said. When I reboot my laptop I see the leopard boot loader. But then it gets stuck on that grap logo screen again. So did the diagnostic mode and it just keeps repeati…”
Leopard 10.52008-07-22
7,077 dossier reads
Lots of Problems with EFI Rev and AMD
“Now I'm Scared. I actually got Leopard to install. It said Mac Os X Sucessfully installed restarting. So my computer restarted and now nothing loads. Just sites at a black screen forever.”
Leopard 10.52008-07-22
7,077 dossier reads
Lots of Problems with EFI Rev and AMD
“Ok So I tried in my Desktop and it worked. But it won't work in my laptop. I burned the disk with my laptop. They are both Acers and part of the Aspire series. They both are running Vista. Both have AMD cpu's. But the disk just stops on tha…”
Leopard 10.52008-07-22
7,077 dossier reads
Lots of Problems with EFI Rev and AMD
“Just tried in my Desktop and it worked! So now I'm uber confused.”
Leopard 10.52008-07-22
7,077 dossier reads
Lots of Problems with EFI Rev and AMD
“I've searched and it says to reburn the media? Is that right? I've burnt 20 copies so far. 10 DVD+RW - 5 different programs 5 DVD-R - 5 different programs 5 NEW DVD+R DL - 5 different programs So I'm not positive about this reburn solution.…”
Leopard 10.52008-07-22
7,077 dossier reads
Lots of Problems with EFI Rev and AMD
“It was looking like it was working. But then it kept repeating this error. SAM multimeida READ o WRITE Failed Sense Key 0X03 ASC 0X11 ASCQ 0X05”
Leopard 10.52008-07-22
7,077 dossier reads
Lots of Problems with EFI Rev and AMD
“Thanks for the reply. Trying it right now! Thanks Again For Your Support. Been Trying this for 2 days now.”
Leopard 10.52008-07-21
7,077 dossier reads
Lots of Problems with EFI Rev and AMD
“No screen like that on my computer. I haven't installed it yet. I'm trying to install it.”
Leopard 10.52008-07-21
7,077 dossier reads
Lots of Problems with EFI Rev and AMD
“How do I fix that?”
Leopard 10.52008-07-23
7,077 dossier reads