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Member #18,057 · 2009-11-13 → 2009-12-10
#1,644 by Dispatches #645 by Thread Reach Member #18,057 Dell Inspiron / Latitude ALC889a / Audio Voodoo / XNU Kernel

@sad_nomad

InfiniteMac community contributor with 4 recorded dispatches, participating in discussions reaching 895,283 historical readers.

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Member Number #18,057 Joined 2009-11-13
Active Window 2009 2009-11-13 → 2009-12-10
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#1,644 of 6,691 by Dispatches (4 notes) · #645 by Thread Reach (895,283 cumulative reads)
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Member #18,057 · Joined 2009-11-13
Hardware & Kernel Topics
Dell Inspiron / Latitude (2) · ALC889a / Audio (1) · Voodoo / XNU Kernel (1) · NVIDIA GeForce (1)
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Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (4)

Direct links into threads where @sad_nomad contributed solutions & commentary

Thread & Dispatch ExcerptCollectionDate & Reach
DELL D620/630/830 kext pack
“plug external monitor, start the laptop, press F8 at the darwin bootloader, switch to external monitor (fn-F8), use -v switch, when text mode finishes - switch back to internal screen.”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-12-10
895,283 dossier reads
DELL D620/630/830 kext pack
“it worked perfectly! thank a lot blacklabelsktr2! Not sure if this would work (it should work in 32bit mode for sure), but try fixing the sound this way. Download one of the original packs: Old X3100 pack: box .net/shared/5dxqfrx5oz <-this …”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-11-13
895,283 dossier reads
DELL D620/630/830 kext pack
“I have D630 with intel video. I installed 10.6 and the kext pack. If I boot in 64 bit mode, sound is ok, but video resolution is only 1024x768. in 32 bit video is good, but no sound. What am I doing wrong? thanks!”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-11-13
895,283 dossier reads
DELL D620/630/830 kext pack
“I have D630, running 10.6. how safe is to update the laptop to 10.6.2? any advice ? thanks!”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-12-10
895,283 dossier reads