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Member #10,658 · 2009-08-27 → 2009-09-03
#512 by Dispatches #739 by Thread Reach Member #10,658 ASUS P5K / P5Q DSDT Retail DVD / USB

@Renira

InfiniteMac community contributor with 15 recorded dispatches, participating in discussions reaching 808,277 historical readers.

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Member Number #10,658 Joined 2009-08-27
Active Window 2009 2009-08-27 → 2009-09-03
Preserved Forum Signature & OSx86 Rig
Intel Q6600 @ 3,2 ghz
2x2GB 1066mhz DDR2 Mushkin RAM
Asus P5K Green (P35 Chipset)
Nvidia Geforce 8800GT 512MB

Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.8 Retail Install
Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10.6.0 Retail Install
Archive Standing
#512 of 6,691 by Dispatches (15 notes) · #739 by Thread Reach (808,277 cumulative reads)
InfiniteMac ID
Member #10,658 · Joined 2009-08-27
Hardware & Kernel Topics
ASUS P5K / P5Q (2) · DSDT (1) · Retail DVD / USB (1) · Chameleon / Boot-132 (1)
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Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection

Distribution across 1 technical boards

Snow Leopard 10.6
15 (100%)

Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (15)

Direct links into threads where @Renira contributed solutions & commentary

Thread & Dispatch ExcerptCollectionDate & Reach
Snow Leopard Retail (10A432) on P5K-E Wifi A/P -64 bit mode
“yes, it works with 2GB (one RAM-Module) 1066mhz Ram, too. But with 2x2GB it won´t boot… the Memory is ok ! i don´t use any IDE-Port, just S-ATA (1x DVD-Drive, 2x HDD)”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-09-03
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Snow Leopard Retail (10A432) on P5K-E Wifi A/P -64 bit mode
“But i have one Question left Yesterday, I bought me 2x2GB 1066mhz DDR2 Ram for my Asus P5K Green... I have done the install with 2x1GB 800mhz Rams ... With one 1066mhz Modul Leopard 10.5.8 and Snow Leopard boots very fast. With 2 Ram Module…”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-09-03
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Snow Leopard Retail (10A432) on P5K-E Wifi A/P -64 bit mode
“Jihaaaaa, its working ! Just done it like Cee has said… I just add the IOATAFamily.kext added by lancelotu and boot with -x -v Got the Welcome Movie and used kextutility, then it boots without any command! Thanks for all your help ! Now ins…”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-09-03
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Snow Leopard Retail (10A432) on P5K-E Wifi A/P -64 bit mode
“no, just reinstalled it, as in your guide, replaced the IATAFamily... then entered, after booting in Snow Leopard this commands: sudo chown -R root:wheel /Volumes/YourSnowVolume/System/Library/Extensions/* sudo chmod -R 755 /Volumes/YourSno…”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-08-31
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Snow Leopard Retail (10A432) on P5K-E Wifi A/P -64 bit mode
“funny that this guide works for lancelotu . For me its not working…”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-08-31
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Snow Leopard Retail (10A432) on P5K-E Wifi A/P -64 bit mode
“sudo works ! But ends in a "waiting for boot devise"-error Now no chance to boot with "-v -f". Need to reinstall SL its making me crazy !”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-08-30
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Snow Leopard Retail (10A432) on P5K-E Wifi A/P -64 bit mode
“Typed in your commands: Snow Leo boots great with -v -f, without KP”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-08-30
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Snow Leopard Retail (10A432) on P5K-E Wifi A/P -64 bit mode
“hej Good News ! I´m writting this Post from Snow Leopard on my internal HDD ! I mixed your tipps: - Installed the newest Chameleon - replaced "boot" again - Insert the new IOATAFamily.kext When this is done, it boots very stable and fast wi…”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-08-29
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Snow Leopard Retail (10A432) on P5K-E Wifi A/P -64 bit mode
“i just entered the command you told me, boot and hit -f -v and this screen appears: Tomorrow morning i will try your other guide with install it from the working snow leopard External HDD ! But i can´t see the Drives from the internal Hardd…”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-08-28
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Snow Leopard Retail (10A432) on P5K-E Wifi A/P -64 bit mode
“hehe, right in my last post are all the Steps i have done ! Can you see any Mistakes ?! Any solution on my terminalproblem ?!”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-08-28
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Snow Leopard Retail (10A432) on P5K-E Wifi A/P -64 bit mode
“hehe, after about 1000 installs i can do it blind I will do a new one and will post it here… Here my Way: 1. Booting in working 10.5.8 on the first HDD (S-ATA) 2. Go into Disk Utility, and format the second HDD (S-ATA) als GUID (sry for ger…”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-08-28
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Snow Leopard Retail (10A432) on P5K-E Wifi A/P -64 bit mode
“@walterav sorry for my bad information ! i know what you mean… now i get the 0000000000000002 code! all BIOS Settings are ok and the same as you told me ! Leopard 10.5.8 works great with this BIOS Settings and the SL on the USB-Drive, too.”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-08-28
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Snow Leopard Retail (10A432) on P5K-E Wifi A/P -64 bit mode
“At first, thanks for your great guide ! I managed to make SL running on my 2,5" External HDD ! Sound, Graphics, W-Lan-LAN, All Cores ... all works ! Now i tried the same steps with my internal 3,5" S-ata drive, i boots (bootloader works...)…”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-08-27
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Snow Leopard Retail (10A432) on P5K-E Wifi A/P -64 bit mode
“@CEE how do you do the install ?”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-09-01
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Snow Leopard Retail (10A432) on P5K-E Wifi A/P -64 bit mode
“error by using kextutility 2.3.2”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-08-29
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