Mac OS X on x86 Hardware 2008–2024 Technical Archive
Member #7,710 · 2009-06-20 → 2009-07-09
#1,181 by Dispatches #692 by Author Reads #365 by Thread Reach Member #7,710 ATI Radeon AMD OSx86

@scowl

InfiniteMac community contributor with 6 recorded dispatches, 3 lead technical dossiers (16,316 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 1,255,615 historical readers.

Dispatches 6 Ranked #1,181 of 6,691
Author Reads 16,316 Ranked #692 · 3 dossiers
Thread Reach 1,255,615 Ranked #365 in reach
Lead Dossiers 3 5,439 avg reads / dossier
Member Number #7,710 Joined 2009-06-20
Active Window 2009 2009-06-20 → 2009-07-09
Preserved Forum Signature & OSx86 Rig
Motherboard: Asus M2N-E SLI ( Voodoo 9.5 Kernel )
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 x2 5200+
Graphics: Gigabyte ATI Radeon X800 XL
Sound: AC97
Distribution: iPC OSx86 10.5.6 Final
Archive Standing
#1,181 of 6,691 by Dispatches (6 notes) · #692 of 3,454 by Author Readership (16,316 reads across 3 dossiers) · #365 by Thread Reach (1,255,615 cumulative reads)
InfiniteMac ID
Member #7,710 · Joined 2009-06-20
Hardware & Kernel Topics
ATI Radeon (3) · AMD OSx86 (2)
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Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection

Distribution across 2 technical boards

10.X Core
4 (67%)
Leopard 10.5
2 (33%)

Lead Dossiers Authored by @scowl (3)

16,316 cumulative reads on threads started by @scowl

Dossier Title & SummaryCollectionReadership
Just wondering how stable OSX would be for my system
So I've done the research and I'll be needing to download the iPC OSx86 10.5.6 PPF5 Final release since it works with my motherboard. I'll be wanting to use OSX for internet browsing, downloading, movies & music. I'd also like to customize…
Leopard 10.56,371 reads
2009-06-20 · 3 notes
Anyone successfully install a Microsoft Lifecam VX-6000
I've installed the Sonix driver but that's only letting my mic work. I don't know what else to try. I saw on another mac forum a guy talking about editing a plist but he didn't really go into much detail about it. Any ideas?
10.X Core5,921 reads
2009-06-27 · 2 notes
Can I manually restore using Time Machine backups
I tried to do it via the install disc but it doesn't find any of the backups. I had stopped the Time Machine backup one night and I think by doing that it has caused problems. Anyways, all of the backup files are there, and I need to do a…
Leopard 10.54,024 reads
2009-07-09 · 1 notes

Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (3)

Direct links into threads where @scowl contributed solutions & commentary

Thread & Dispatch ExcerptCollectionDate & Reach
iPC OSx86 Leopard 10.5.6 Intel AMD SSE2 SSE3
“Ahh sorry about the no info. My motherboard is an MSI K8N Neo4, processor is an AMD 64 x2 5500+ and my graphics card is the Gigabyte Radeon X800 XL. I did reinstall OSX with the Radeon in it and it has been working just fine. Even got my Mi…”
10.X Core2009-06-28
965,272 dossier reads
iPC OSx86 Leopard 10.5.6 Intel AMD SSE2 SSE3
“I'm actually kind of surprised installation went so smoothly. Had to enter in my resolution (1680x1050x32) during boot up but that's okay. Now on to some issues. When I move windows arounds, it'll start ghosting until I click on the bottom …”
10.X Core2009-06-25
965,272 dossier reads
iPC X-DL 10.5.6 Release
“Which driver do I select if I'm using a Gigabyte X800XL (Radeon)”
10.X Core2009-06-25
274,027 dossier reads