#191 by Dispatches #439 by Author Reads #1,173 by Thread Reach Member #43 ATI Radeon AMD OSx86 AHCI / SATA
@rfuilrez
InfiniteMac community contributor with 38 recorded dispatches, 2 lead technical dossiers (25,806 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 468,505 historical readers.
Dispatches
38
Ranked #191 of 6,691
Author Reads
25,806
Ranked #439 · 2 dossiers
Thread Reach
468,505
Ranked #1,173 in reach
Lead Dossiers
2
12,903 avg reads / dossier
Member Number
#43
Joined 2008-01-06
Active Window
2008
2008-01-06 → 2008-09-03
Hardware Specs Reported in Dispatches
Zephyroth OS X 10.5.1 AMD Rev. 1 · Asus A8N5X mainboard. · Athlon 64 X2 4200+ (Socket 939) · 2gb Corsair DDR400 RAM · 2 x 120gb WD SATA-II Drives · 1 x 80gb Laptop 5400 RPM Drive · Lite-On Dual Layer DVD-RW · ATI x1600 Pro QE/CI Working · Using GUID and EFIv8
<img src="" /> · Zeph 10.5.1 · Asus A8N5K Mainboard (nForce 4) · Athlon 64 X2 4200+ (939) · 2GB DDR400 (Corsair) · ATi x1600 Pro 512mb (only 256mb detected) QE/CI working · 2 WD 120gb Sata II drives · 1 Hitachi 80gb 2.5" laptop drive
- Archive Standing
- #191 of 6,691 by Dispatches (38 notes) · #439 of 3,454 by Author Readership (25,806 reads across 2 dossiers) · #1,173 by Thread Reach (468,505 cumulative reads)
- InfiniteMac ID
- Member #43 · Joined 2008-01-06
- Hardware & Kernel Topics
- ATI Radeon (10) · AMD OSx86 (6) · AHCI / SATA (3) · NVIDIA GeForce (2) · Retail DVD / USB (1)
- Frequent Thread Collaborators
- @naquaada (11) @Puttabong (9) @roisoft (9) @zephyroth (9) @Ianxxx (8) @DoiX (7) @WinLinMac01 (7) @crawle (6) @xan (5) @Firewalk (5) @eddie11c (4) @bhast2 (4) @cgsheen (4) @laxattack (4)
Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection
Distribution across 4 technical boards
Lead Dossiers Authored by @rfuilrez (2)
25,806 cumulative reads on threads started by @rfuilrez
| Dossier Title & Summary | Collection | Readership |
|---|---|---|
| Black Menus ATI x1600 So I finally got around to installing 10.5.2. Everything works pretty well out of the box except my x1600 card. I chose the drivers during install. Booted up to a 1024x768 screen. Replaced the kexts with the ones I was using in 10.5.1.… | 10.X Core | 17,470 reads 2008-02-25 · 4 notes |
| USB Printer I've had the install of Leopard up and running for a few days now, working out splendidly. However, tonight I bought a new USB printer and it's giving me trouble. If the printer is plugged in WHILE I boot, I get a Kernel panic, and it… | Leopard 10.5 | 8,336 reads 2008-01-08 · 4 notes |
Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (36)
Direct links into threads where @rfuilrez contributed solutions & commentary
| Thread & Dispatch Excerpt | Collection | Date & Reach |
|---|---|---|
| XBench Scores “So these are my results from my 10.5.1 install: Zeph 10.5.1 Asus A8N5K Mainboard (nForce 4) Athlon 64 X2 4200+ (939) 2GB DDR400 (Corsair) ATi x1600 Pro 512mb (only 256mb detected) QE/CI working 2 WD 120gb Sata II drives 1 Hitachi 80gb 2.5" …” | 10.X Core | 2008-03-28 104,353 dossier reads |
| XBench Scores “Zephyroth OS X 10.5.1 AMD Rev. 1 Asus A8N5X mainboard. Athlon 64 X2 4200+ (Socket 939) 2gb Corsair DDR400 RAM 2 x 120gb WD SATA-II Drives 1 x 80gb Laptop 5400 RPM Drive Lite-On Dual Layer DVD-RW ATI x1600 Pro QE/CI Working Using GUID and EF…” | 10.X Core | 2008-02-09 104,353 dossier reads |
| Bootloader with 2 HDDs “When my PC boots up it says "Press DEL for setup menu. Press F8 for Boot Menu" I just hit F8, and pick my Leopard drive. It works out well for me. My Win XP x64 drive is set as default for boot (for the old lady), and when I want to use it,…” | 10.X Core | 2008-02-10 44,101 dossier reads |
| Desktop Thread “tiny url.com/3yzfa4 Just finished editing the About this Mac strings window. Figured I'd throw it up.” | Software & Kexts | 2008-01-20 37,712 dossier reads |
| Desktop Thread “Broke it trying to get my wireless working. USB kext errors on me.” | Software & Kexts | 2008-01-06 37,712 dossier reads |
| Rev.2 Beta 2 Test Reports “Well, everyone else is doing it so… AMD Athlon64 X2 4200+ (Socket 939) Asus A8N5X Mainboard ATI x1600 Pro 512mb 2GB Corsair DDR400 Can I beta too?” | 10.X Core | 2008-01-27 36,277 dossier reads |
| Rev.2 Beta 2 Test Reports “@ naquaada As far as I know, you HAVE to use GUID to use EFI.” | 10.X Core | 2008-01-25 36,277 dossier reads |
| Zephyroth Leopard AMD 10.5.2 Rev.2 Issue Discussion “Yeah there seems to be a problem with the GUID package. If you enable the installer log (From the installer GUI:: Windows >> Installer Log) you see it fails as it tries to install that package. Easiest way to fix that, is don't check the GU…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-03-16 35,425 dossier reads |
| Zephyroth Leopard AMD 10.5.2 Rev.2 Issue Discussion “[cite] laxattack:have you installed the leo graphics update? btw it wont let me use the activity monitor says permissions are wrong and i have used repair permissions already to try and fix that I have not installed the Graphics Update. I d…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-03-15 35,425 dossier reads |
| Zephyroth Leopard AMD 10.5.2 Rev.2 Issue Discussion “So I have my 10.5.2 Rev 2 running. x1600 kext is still broken after install (1024x768 screen WITH QE/CI). Installed Maclovin's x1600 for 0x71C2 DevID got me 1440x900 resolution (19" WS monitor), but now I don't have QE/CI. Forcedeth detects…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-03-15 35,425 dossier reads |
| 10.5.2 Update First Impressions “The foundation of OS X is open source. Darwin BSD. You can even download it off Apple's servers... somewhere. Aqua (the Window Manager) and alot of the libraries that make a Mac work the way it does is Proprietary. And that's all the stuff …” | 10.X Core | 2008-02-15 21,943 dossier reads |
| Black Menus ATI x1600 “Can I install the Graphcis update through the software updater? Will I need to use Marvin's Utility afterwards? Otherwise, any suggestions as to why the x1600 Kexts included on the DVD don't work?” | 10.X Core | 2008-02-25 17,470 dossier reads |
| New Desktop & About This Mac Thread “The "System" and "Stuff" icons came from the Black version of This Icontainer The "Leopard" icon is the default internal drive icon from "Float" that comes with Candybar. I haxed on the apple with Photoshop. Png file is Here And the TimeMac…” | Software & Kexts | 2008-02-17 12,930 dossier reads |
| New Desktop & About This Mac Thread “Hmmm. I have QE / CI working, and it does nothing - Desktop - About this Mac.” | Software & Kexts | 2008-02-16 12,930 dossier reads |
| Saphire ATI Radeon x1650 Pro (0x71c6) problems “[cite] zephyroth:Buy a NVidia ? ... Ok it's a bad joke ... Ain't that the truth. Had a Radeon x1600 Pro (0x71C2). Spent a large amount of time trying to get it to work. QE/CI with no Res Change / Mouse Tearing. Res Change with no QE/CI. QE/…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-04-08 10,943 dossier reads |
| How to get QE/CI on ATI x1650 Pro (0x71c6) “Firewalk, think this .kext will work on a PCIe X1600 Pro 512mb? The kexts that came with Zeph's 10.5.2 get me QE/CI, but no resolution changing, and plenty of mouse tearing. I had some kexts for 10.5.1 that worked real nice. QE/CI, full res…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-03-08 10,646 dossier reads |
| ATI Radeon X1600Pro PCI-E (0x71c2) “I had the same problem on my x1600 Pro. Messed around with it for days and days. Fixed it by buying a 8600GTS. It just worked. Needed a new Video Card anyhow, but it's good to see when I throw it in a different PC, there is a way to get it …” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-03-22 9,426 dossier reads |
| USB Printer “Update: So I managed to get my hands on another USB cable, and all is well. Not sure why the other cable was causing the problem though. It worked fine if I plugged it in After OSX had booted up. And WinXPx64 had no problems with it. Strang…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-01-08 8,336 dossier reads |
| USB Printer “It's the only one that I have at the moment, so I haven't had a chance. However, if there was a short in the cable, it would make sense that the printer wouldn't function at all, no? I forgot to mention, Windows XP x64 Professional boots ju…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-01-08 8,336 dossier reads |
| Network support on OSx86 “Ohhhh. I thought you meant original as in the original release. Which kexts would i need to use? What are the names if you don't mind.” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-01-21 8,023 dossier reads |
| Network support on OSx86 “I sent Zeph a PM on the insanelymacs forum about the nForce4 lan freezing issue. Him and I both have the same Mainboard. He said he had the onboard lan working with EFI v8 and the kexts from Rev. 1. I installed EFI and reinstalled leopard, …” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-01-20 8,023 dossier reads |
| 10.5.3 installed! Any comment about it... “I dunno. I'm having really mixed feelings. My system feels really slow and not responsive at all. Mostly the internet., but everything I do seems quite a bit slower than before. I installed over a fresh Zeph 10.5.2 Rev2 install. Booted into…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-06-08 7,801 dossier reads |
| working PCI WiFI cards “I have a Netgear wg311T. Works pretty good. Just need to use the tiger IO802.11 kext and edit in the dev. id. http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=40317&start=0&p=472341&#entry472341 Directions to get it working.” | 10.X Core | 2008-06-22 5,886 dossier reads |
| irc program “I didn't like Colloquy when I used it. I find X-Chat Aqua to be much nicer. Prolly because I used it in Linux, and then Windows for years. For some real fun, could try Bitch X” | Software & Kexts | 2008-03-28 5,276 dossier reads |
| Random Freezing “[cite] naquaada:Hm, I'm wondering why people have problems with the nForce driver. Try to set it to in extended Options to manual settings, speed 100/100 Full duplex. I just tried this, and so far no freezes. Have a current uptime of 15mins…” | 10.X Core | 2008-01-20 4,878 dossier reads |
| VMware Fusion and Zephyroth's Leopard “[cite] zephyroth:That's not really true, I'm able to use Ubuntu 64 bits without any problems. Yeah, I use VMWare to boot my XP x64 partition (Recognized as a Boot Camp Partition) some times.” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-04-20 4,790 dossier reads |
| Infinite Mac IRC “I tried both Colloquy and Linkinus, but I must say, neither have the usability that X-Chat Aqua has. Though, I guess using something for 5 years will keep ya hooked on it. Haha.” | General | 2008-09-03 4,634 dossier reads |
| Can't install? CS2 or Dreamweaver “Then I'm not sure. However, I would still recommend getting CS3, as I said CS2 is written for PPC. You'll see a good performance improvement.” | 10.X Core | 2008-02-16 4,404 dossier reads |
| Can't install? CS2 or Dreamweaver “Check the Bay for CS3. CS2 will run like crap because it was made for Power PC (PPC) and will run through Rosetta. CS3 was written for x86 and will run good I think that might also be the reason you get the error. Not sure.” | 10.X Core | 2008-02-16 4,404 dossier reads |
| Leopard Zephiroth AMD install EFI8 GUID Screen prob, Cursor then black screen “http://osx86.wikidot.com/how-to-s#toc5 It's a known issue. The installer doesn't install the GUID bootloader correctly.” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-03-10 3,503 dossier reads |
| iMovie quitting unexpectedly “Haha me too. I made a DVD or 2 with iDVD but thats about it. Really all I wanted was iPhoto to organize my pictures (have about 5000).” | Software & Kexts | 2008-01-24 2,929 dossier reads |
| iMovie quitting unexpectedly “Just don't install all the updates. The Security Update and Quicktime update are no-no's. Most of the rest is ok I believe. (Don't take my word on that though) Anyhow, updating iMovie through the updater worked for me. Didn't need to patch …” | Software & Kexts | 2008-01-23 2,929 dossier reads |
| iMovie quitting unexpectedly “Run the apple updater, and update iMovie. iLife '08 I presume? I had the same problem until I updated it. Now it works perfectly.” | Software & Kexts | 2008-01-22 2,929 dossier reads |
| Nforce4 RAID “It doesn't work. MeDevil's kext doesn't support RAID yet. You can create a software RAID with the Disk Utility, but it won't be bootable. Though you can boot from an alternate disk, and set the root drive to your raid with bootflags. http:/…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-06-18 2,440 dossier reads |
| 'About this Mac' Graphics “Firewalk - tiny url.com/2k3uyj” | Software & Kexts | 2008-02-01 53,545 dossier reads |
| Average Age “Just turned 21 Jan 27th.” | General | 2008-02-05 10,834 dossier reads |