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Member #21,968 · 2010-01-13 → 2010-01-19
#1,369 by Dispatches #152 by Thread Reach Member #21,968 Retail DVD / USB Gigabyte G31M / P35 DSDT

@sapam

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Member Number #21,968 Joined 2010-01-13
Active Window 2010 2010-01-13 → 2010-01-19
Preserved Forum Signature & OSx86 Rig
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Gigabyte G31M-ES2L Rev 1.1 F8 Bios
4 GB RAM
Asus 8600gt 512mb video
Asus WL138g V2 wireless NIC
Intel e4500 (2.2 ghz) Core 2 Duo
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#1,369 of 6,691 by Dispatches (5 notes) · #152 by Thread Reach (1,754,315 cumulative reads)
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Member #21,968 · Joined 2010-01-13
Hardware & Kernel Topics
Retail DVD / USB (2) · Gigabyte G31M / P35 (1) · DSDT (1)
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Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (5)

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Retail Snow Leopard DVD install for G31M-ES2L
“I've been following the guide meticulously for the rig in my signature, but every time I patch my dsdt file and reboot, I get a black screen after the first boot banner. This happens whether I make my own (compiled without errors after remo…”
Snow Leopard 10.62010-01-19
1,741,402 dossier reads
Retail Snow Leopard DVD install for G31M-ES2L
“I have the same board and everything worked fine, what leopard system did you make the USB stick on? Thanks barrsurf and lflashl. I tried a new USB stick, but that didn't seem to make a difference. But then lflashl's comment got me to look …”
Snow Leopard 10.62010-01-14
1,741,402 dossier reads
Retail Snow Leopard DVD install for G31M-ES2L
“Like posts #233 and #449, I've followed the guide to create the bootable USB stick, but mine won't boot. It hangs at "Verifying DMI pool data …" (I have tried the fix described in #451, but that didn't work for me.) I'm using a Rev 1.1 G31M…”
Snow Leopard 10.62010-01-13
1,741,402 dossier reads
G31M-E2SL retail w/ Lifehacker (no hacking requireD) guide... no terminal work
“I've been switching between this and the sk1nhd33t method trying to get a working SL install for my rig (see signature). This install gives me working video with QE/CI and LAN (with a PCI card). But updating to 10.6.2 kills the install and …”
Snow Leopard 10.62010-01-19
12,913 dossier reads
G31M-E2SL retail w/ Lifehacker (no hacking requireD) guide... no terminal work
“Thanks for posting this "guide." After some trial and error, I got a SL install working on my rig (see signature below). But even though I have a rev 1.1 board, the LAN port is not working. Is there a specific fix for this, or should I just…”
Snow Leopard 10.62010-01-14
12,913 dossier reads