Mac OS X on x86 Hardware 2008–2024 Technical Archive
Member #506 · 2008-01-31 → 2008-02-03
#1,010 by Dispatches #2,233 by Author Reads #3,459 by Thread Reach Member #506 AMD OSx86 NVIDIA GeForce

@sda

InfiniteMac community contributor with 8 recorded dispatches, 1 lead technical dossiers (4,413 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 26,976 historical readers.

Dispatches 8 Ranked #1,010 of 6,691
Author Reads 4,413 Ranked #2,233 · 1 dossiers
Thread Reach 26,976 Ranked #3,459 in reach
Lead Dossiers 1 4,413 avg reads / dossier
Member Number #506 Joined 2008-01-31
Active Window 2008 2008-01-31 → 2008-02-03
Hardware Specs Reported in Dispatches
CPU: Athlon 64 3700+ (SSE3 supported) · Chip: VIA K8T800Pro + VT8237 · HD: 2 IDE, 1 SATA · OS: Mac_OS_X_Leopard_10.5.1_for_AMD_SSE2_SSE3_(32bits) (Rev1 I guess), installed on IDE Disk, /dev/disk2s3
Archive Standing
#1,010 of 6,691 by Dispatches (8 notes) · #2,233 of 3,454 by Author Readership (4,413 reads across 1 dossiers) · #3,459 by Thread Reach (26,976 cumulative reads)
InfiniteMac ID
Member #506 · Joined 2008-01-31
Hardware & Kernel Topics
AMD OSx86 (1) · NVIDIA GeForce (1)
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Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection

Distribution across 1 technical boards

Leopard 10.5
8 (100%)

Lead Dossiers Authored by @sda (1)

4,413 cumulative reads on threads started by @sda

Dossier Title & SummaryCollectionReadership
Asus A8V-Deluxe issue
Here's full mobo specs: http://www.asus.com/products.aspx?modelmenu=2&model=238&l1=3&l2=15&l3=0 CPU: Athlon 64 3700+ (SSE3 supported) Chip: VIA K8T800Pro + VT8237 HD: 2 IDE, 1 SATA OS: Mac_OS_X_Leopard_10.5.1_for_AMD_SSE2_SSE3_(32bits)…
Leopard 10.54,413 reads
2008-01-31 · 7 notes

Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (7)

Direct links into threads where @sda contributed solutions & commentary

Thread & Dispatch ExcerptCollectionDate & Reach
No QE/CI on my GeForce 6600GT AGP
“imo - may be AGPGart.kext 2.2 (joblo) could improve things? (works for me on Tiger).”
Leopard 10.52008-02-01
7,955 dossier reads
DVD Player not working
“well, IMHO: you need to understand the reason of failure. try to install tinkertool (freeware) and set to receive crash reports on app failure. there at least will be a kind of useful info, or look through the system logs ( /Applications/Ut…”
Leopard 10.52008-02-01
5,772 dossier reads
Asus A8V-Deluxe issue
“Ok. I erased /System/Library/Extensions* and copied it from DVD (at least dvd boots in gui all the way). Still no boot in GUI for setup completion. Have anyone a clue for the reason of such behaviour? I can pastebin required system logs. P.…”
Leopard 10.52008-02-01
4,413 dossier reads
Asus A8V-Deluxe issue
“I wrote already that removal of Ge* & NV* have no impact on boot freeze. But ok, I even delete IONetworkingFamily to be exactly sure that there's nothing rolling on. It just doesn't help. imo - the reason is not there... The following also …”
Leopard 10.52008-01-31
4,413 dossier reads
Asus A8V-Deluxe issue
“I guess I make one . There was an options for 8x NV, but I left them unchecked. Or should I remove all NV-ATI kexts as well? I have 6800gt AGP and it's now run in Tiger with CI/QE/Q2DE .”
Leopard 10.52008-01-31
4,413 dossier reads
EFI v8 on Rev 1 with mbr
“imo - the simplest way is to get geekbench2 and run the tests. if they didn't show you that you own 'Hackintosh' - then efi is fine, otherwise read guidelines one more time”
Leopard 10.52008-02-03
4,324 dossier reads
Installed 13 times FINE, but cant boot into Leopard after
“imo: downgrade to 10.4.10 tg?”
Leopard 10.52008-02-03
4,512 dossier reads