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Member #90,025,647 · 2011-07-21 → 2012-07-03
#369 by Dispatches #2,675 by Author Reads #417 by Thread Reach Member #90,025,647 AMD OSx86 NVIDIA GeForce Chameleon / Boot-132

@Seby

InfiniteMac community contributor with 20 recorded dispatches, 1 lead technical dossiers (3,558 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 1,089,224 historical readers.

Dispatches 20 Ranked #369 of 6,691
Author Reads 3,558 Ranked #2,675 · 1 dossiers
Thread Reach 1,089,224 Ranked #417 in reach
Lead Dossiers 1 3,558 avg reads / dossier
Member Number #90,025,647 Joined 2011-07-21
Active Window 2011–2012 2011-07-21 → 2012-07-03
Hardware Specs Reported in Dispatches
Motherboard: Nvidia MCP65M AMD Hammer · Graphic Card: Nvidia GeForce 8400M GS 256mb · Ram: 3 GB I would like to buy a new notebook, probably a HP or Asus with Intel core i7 or i5.
Archive Standing
#369 of 6,691 by Dispatches (20 notes) · #2,675 of 3,454 by Author Readership (3,558 reads across 1 dossiers) · #417 by Thread Reach (1,089,224 cumulative reads)
InfiniteMac ID
Member #90,025,647 · Joined 2011-07-21
Hardware & Kernel Topics
AMD OSx86 (11) · NVIDIA GeForce (3) · Chameleon / Boot-132 (1) · DSDT (1)
Frequent Thread Collaborators
@francesco (3) @Unrealized (2) @andyvand (2) @nightf4ll (2) @pαuℓzurrr. (2) @gedna (2) @ran (2) @corrado891 @xXrkidXx @scififan68 @LinearBurn @wastez @akimoa @friken

Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection

Distribution across 2 technical boards

Lead Dossiers Authored by @Seby (1)

3,558 cumulative reads on threads started by @Seby

Dossier Title & SummaryCollectionReadership
New notebook
I would like to buy a new notebook, probably a HP or Asus with Intel core i7 or i5. Which is the best configuration/model for installing Lion on it? My doubts are only about graphic card since I don't know which model (Amd or nvidia) is…
Lion – Catalina3,558 reads
2012-07-03 · 1 notes

Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (19)

Direct links into threads where @Seby contributed solutions & commentary

Thread & Dispatch ExcerptCollectionDate & Reach
Lion with AMD
“boot niresh dvd with cpus=1 busratio=11 -legacy "Kernel Cache"=amd Graphicsenabler=yes PCIRootUID=0 -v and I received " still waiting for root device. Any help? I have amd turion x2 Try adding idlehalt=0 as boot flag”
Lion – Catalina2012-04-11
1,075,710 dossier reads
Lion with AMD
“ASUS F3K with Athlon X2 (TK57). Trying boot from Niresh-12495-Lion-10.7.3-V2 dvd. Starting to boot with "Kernel Cache"=\amd arch=i386 and reboot after ~5-10 line appear at screen. DSDT=0 and DropSSDT=Yes recommended in guide do not help. An…”
Lion – Catalina2012-04-07
1,075,710 dossier reads
Lion with AMD
“Always instant reboot Other solutions? Here is my cpu-z”
Lion – Catalina2012-04-06
1,075,710 dossier reads
Lion with AMD
“Did you realize a way to get it working? I'm on Amd Turion 64 x2”
Lion – Catalina2012-04-06
1,075,710 dossier reads
Lion with AMD
“Tried on VirtualBox and it boots. Just tried with real hardware, instant reboot:(”
Lion – Catalina2012-04-06
1,075,710 dossier reads
Lion with AMD
“i have tried that, when you type those lines, i only get "cant find amd" or something and insta reboot i doubt it is perfectly working like he stated, You must write "Kernel Cache"=\amd arch=i386 -v at boot”
Lion – Catalina2012-04-06
1,075,710 dossier reads
Lion with AMD
“I'm not even sure if it would boot the dvd.. Do you have Amd Turion 64 X2 on your Dell?”
Lion – Catalina2012-04-04
1,075,710 dossier reads
Lion with AMD
“I'm asking if my system is compatible with the kernel released”
Lion – Catalina2012-04-02
1,075,710 dossier reads
Lion with AMD
“Guys do you think my system will work on Lion? Motherboard: Nvidia MCP65M AMD Hammer Graphic Card: Nvidia GeForce 8400M GS 256mb Ram: 3 GB”
Lion – Catalina2012-03-28
1,075,710 dossier reads
Lion with AMD
“Yep, it has something to do with the network adapter.. Now we can use the App Store to download totally useless apps and delete them -.- OK, some of them are good Well, maybe nawcom will make it one day.. or maybe Andy will fix the kernel w…”
Lion – Catalina2011-09-07
1,075,710 dossier reads
Lion with AMD
“Guys, do you think my pc will run Lion? Amd Turion 64x2 Nvidia 8400m gs 256mb”
Lion – Catalina2011-08-25
1,075,710 dossier reads
Lion with AMD
“Allready on it... I'm currently adapting the source patches of my latest kernel for Lion. Work is progressing well... Keep you guys posted when the final build is made... NOTE: Lion will require a 64bit CPU... Thanks! Good luck”
Lion – Catalina2011-08-24
1,075,710 dossier reads
Lion with AMD
“That's the problem.. we need patched kernel first”
Lion – Catalina2011-08-09
1,075,710 dossier reads
Lion with AMD
“Sources are out www.opensource.apple.com/release/mac-os-x-107/ Waiting for patched kernel.. hoping this will released soon”
Lion – Catalina2011-07-21
1,075,710 dossier reads
how I boot turion x2 with the two cores enableds
“@ Francesco I'm on your same cpu, amd turion x2. Please can you tell me how did you get working snow leo? Did you follow any guide?”
Snow Leopard 10.62012-04-07
9,956 dossier reads
Lion with AMD
“@Unrealized I'll try iAtkos and let you know”
Lion – Catalina2012-04-07
1,075,710 dossier reads
Lion with AMD
“I'm using Chameleon from Niresh's dvd”
Lion – Catalina2012-04-06
1,075,710 dossier reads
Lion with AMD
“Anyone with Amd Turion 64 X2 tl-64 got it working?”
Lion – Catalina2012-04-03
1,075,710 dossier reads
Lion with AMD
“Anyone is working on it?”
Lion – Catalina2011-07-25
1,075,710 dossier reads