#232 by Dispatches #101 by Author Reads #1,645 by Thread Reach Member #832 AMD OSx86 Voodoo / XNU Kernel ATI Radeon
@Shadow3k
InfiniteMac community contributor with 32 recorded dispatches, 6 lead technical dossiers (105,915 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 245,969 historical readers.
Dispatches
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Author Reads
105,915
Ranked #101 · 6 dossiers
Thread Reach
245,969
Ranked #1,645 in reach
Lead Dossiers
6
17,652 avg reads / dossier
Member Number
#832
Joined 2008-02-16
Active Window
2008–2010
2008-03-11 → 2010-01-03
Preserved Forum Signature & OSx86 Rig
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Zephyroths OSX 10.5.1 distro upgraded to ... 10.5.6 :D, Voodoo kernel... downgraded to 10.5.4 to get USB working again! (with help of iPC distributive)
AMD Phenom X4 9500, MSI K9A2 CF,AMD® 790X (SB600), 4GB DDR2, ATI HD3850
Disable TLB fix Phenom 9x00 TLB fix disabler →
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Compaq Mini 311c, Windows XP SP3 :D and Snow Leopard 10.6.2 http://myhpmini.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=3302 ↗
Zephyroths OSX 10.5.1 distro upgraded to ... 10.5.6 :D, Voodoo kernel... downgraded to 10.5.4 to get USB working again! (with help of iPC distributive)
AMD Phenom X4 9500, MSI K9A2 CF,AMD® 790X (SB600), 4GB DDR2, ATI HD3850
Disable TLB fix Phenom 9x00 TLB fix disabler →
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Compaq Mini 311c, Windows XP SP3 :D and Snow Leopard 10.6.2 http://myhpmini.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=3302 ↗
- Archive Standing
- #232 of 6,691 by Dispatches (32 notes) · #101 of 3,454 by Author Readership (105,915 reads across 6 dossiers) · #1,645 by Thread Reach (245,969 cumulative reads)
- InfiniteMac ID
- Member #832 · Joined 2008-02-16
- Hardware & Kernel Topics
- AMD OSx86 (13) · Voodoo / XNU Kernel (6) · ATI Radeon (4) · ALC889a / Audio (1) · Retail DVD / USB (1) · NVIDIA GeForce (1)
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Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection
Distribution across 4 technical boards
Lead Dossiers Authored by @Shadow3k (6)
105,915 cumulative reads on threads started by @Shadow3k
| Dossier Title & Summary | Collection | Readership |
|---|---|---|
| How to install Mac OS X Leopard on Spider platform (AMD Phenom) 1. Install Zeph's OS X 10.5.1 (there is no instant reboot problem with this install DVD on Phenom) 1.1. If you have "waiting for root device" message on boot, you need to add chipsets ext to install DVD, this is can been done easy with… | Leopard 10.5 | 29,050 reads 2008-04-17 · 81 notes |
| Empire EFI 4 AMD with SB600 I have decided to install a retail version of Snow Leopard by using EmpireEFI (thanks to prasys for this package). But when i tryed to use it, i faced "waitng for boot device" problem, because my motherboard chipset wasn't supported. So i… | 10.X Core | 27,955 reads 2009-12-18 · 7 notes |
| Phenom 9x00 TLB fix disabler If you cant disable TLB fix in BIOS there is another way to do it - modify kernel and disable TLB fix on start up. If you dont know what TLB is here is copy&paste from wikipedia: "Translation Lookaside Buffer (TLB) Error in Original… | 10.X Core | 21,758 reads 2009-03-05 · 5 notes |
| 10.5.6 TM Fix & USB fix After updating to 10.5.6 i have faced some problems, Time machine was broken and attachment USB drive cause lost of keyboard and mouse. I spend some time searching for solutions and would like to share links to solutions thats worked. Time… | Leopard 10.5 | 12,886 reads 2009-01-31 · 5 notes |
| Phenom II perfomance under OSX Core i7 shows nice xbench score http://netkas.org/?p=79 Does anyone have a Phenom II processor score to compare? | General | 10,664 reads 2009-02-04 · 2 notes |
| Snow Leopard on Mini 311 without wiping hard drive (XP+OSX) I have posted a guide on myhpmini forums, here is link http://myhpmini.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=3302&p=21267#p21267 | 10.X Core | 3,602 reads 2010-01-03 · 1 notes |
Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (26)
Direct links into threads where @Shadow3k contributed solutions & commentary
| Thread & Dispatch Excerpt | Collection | Date & Reach |
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| How to install Mac OS X Leopard on Spider platform (AMD Phenom) “Updated successfully to 10.5.5. Testing Voodoo kernel <- No problem! Works like a charm!” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-10-17 29,050 dossier reads |
| How to install Mac OS X Leopard on Spider platform (AMD Phenom) “[cite] venomq:i have an external usb hard drive... but the problem is that i cant come to the osx instalation desktop where i can pick one hdd to install it to. in bios i deactivated all stuff i dont need to boot osx but i cant get pass the…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-05-30 29,050 dossier reads |
| How to install Mac OS X Leopard on Spider platform (AMD Phenom) “[cite] venomq:i dont wonna open the pc box becouse it is brand new from aldi supermarket and i get 3 years guarranty Buy an external USB harddrive and install to it.” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-05-30 29,050 dossier reads |
| How to install Mac OS X Leopard on Spider platform (AMD Phenom) “venomq: i dont know how to alter the install dvd to get sata to work You need to add chipsets ext to Zephs 10.5.1 install DVD, this is can been done easy with Transmac under Windows. Just download chipsets kext, copy it to Extensions folder…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-05-30 29,050 dossier reads |
| How to install Mac OS X Leopard on Spider platform (AMD Phenom) “[cite] javcarbe: My other quesion, how i make to dont see the text is coming when is startup the mac, you can change kind of windows with the logo flying and the down bar running, Thank you for your pacient, and sorry for my english. JAviER…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-05-13 29,050 dossier reads |
| How to install Mac OS X Leopard on Spider platform (AMD Phenom) “[cite] jmattos:One more thing. Can you post some information about how you set your BIOS? High Perfomance defaults are OK.” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-05-10 29,050 dossier reads |
| How to install Mac OS X Leopard on Spider platform (AMD Phenom) “Use kext helper to install kexts. Link che etha.net/Kext_Helper/Software.html Audio ALC888 kext - google: alc888audio.mpkg Video Hd3650 kext - u can find pkg for it in #radeonhd on irc.osx86.hu Chipset (HDD) kext - google: SB600_SATA_ATA” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-05-10 29,050 dossier reads |
| How to install Mac OS X Leopard on Spider platform (AMD Phenom) “All other distribution have instant reboot issue on Phenom as far as i know. Some EFi compability problem. Have tested Zephs 10.5.2, Leo4All v1, v2. Just one distro doesnt not have this issue and it is Zephs 10.5.1. So if can boot from your…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-05-10 29,050 dossier reads |
| How to install Mac OS X Leopard on Spider platform (AMD Phenom) “[cite] javcarbe:s i dont know what i need to do. JAviER Just follow the instructions from the first post, please.” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-05-07 29,050 dossier reads |
| How to install Mac OS X Leopard on Spider platform (AMD Phenom) “[cite] maclinux:Shadow3k: Any reason for partitioning the hdd into two partitions? Could I do it with one partition using up all the hdd? No special reason! But you can back up you install to second partition using Time Machine.” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-04-26 29,050 dossier reads |
| How to install Mac OS X Leopard on Spider platform (AMD Phenom) “I guess you have some harddrive / harddrives setup / bios problems. Update bios. Disable RAID. Disconnect all drives. Connect only one HDD (master) and one CDROM (slave). Install (MBR partition scheme, 2 partitions (install to first, name i…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-04-23 29,050 dossier reads |
| Empire EFI 4 AMD with SB600 “OpenCL is only supported by the following graphics cards: NVIDIA Geforce 8600M GT, GeForce 8800 GT, GeForce 8800 GTS, Geforce 9400M, GeForce 9600M GT, GeForce GT 120, GeForce GT 130, ATI Radeon 4850, Radeon 4870. May be black screen can be …” | 10.X Core | 2009-12-20 27,955 dossier reads |
| Phenom 9x00 TLB fix disabler “Just download to / , boot up with mach_kernel.tlb and benchmark. Patch is placed in place where it runs on each available core. No difference X4 or X3. I have a Phenom X3 8400 I am using one on Windows which I use using in conjunction with …” | 10.X Core | 2010-01-03 21,758 dossier reads |
| Phenom 9x00 TLB fix disabler “"Translation Lookaside Buffer (TLB) Error in Original Phenoms Before Phenom's release, a flaw was discovered in the translation lookaside buffer that could cause a system lock-up in rare circumstances. Phenom processors up to and including …” | 10.X Core | 2009-03-06 21,758 dossier reads |
| Zephyroth Uploading 10.5.2 Revision 2 (Latest Release), Discuss Here “Im sorry but where is part001? I see only "Leopard-10.5.2-AMD-EFI.part001.rar" yEnc, but it is uploaded by Ponchorancho. 8| Downoaded it, extracted and MD5 is OK! = c460e58614b2074969983b03dbca00d7 Thanks, zephyroth! Going to test it on Phe…” | 10.X Core | 2008-03-11 20,157 dossier reads |
| 10.5.6 TM Fix & USB fix “So here is log from USB prober, anyone knows how to fix that? 30.714 [3] IOUSBHIDDriver(AppleHIDKeyboard)[0x5601900]::InterruptReadHandler error (0xe000404f) reading interrupt pipe 30.725 [3] IOUSBHIDDriver(AppleHIDKeyboard)[0x55b5200]::Int…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2009-02-08 12,886 dossier reads |
| 10.5.6 TM Fix & USB fix “@Shadow3k, We have motherboards with the same 790X/Sb600 chipset. Actually i never had any USB problems, if it's not chipset related maybe its something with motherboard or the installation. Problem partialy solved by reconnecting each devi…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2009-02-03 12,886 dossier reads |
| Phenom II perfomance under OSX “AMD Phenom II x4 940 (3GHz) http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=155312&st=0&p=1099946&# those are not looking good and scores are unstable, but best score is told around 240, which is nice. (Core i7 on images from netkas pa…” | General | 2009-03-11 10,664 dossier reads |
| Install and Upgrade issues on AMD Phenom PC “Install Voodoo kernel & update using apple update. But be ready to: - safe boot - recover voodoo kernel - reinstall you hardware drivers p.s. with every update you get new problems to solve . Sometimes they are imposibile to solve. Be ready…” | 10.X Core | 2009-06-08 9,444 dossier reads |
| IMPORTANT: fix instant reboot on boot on AMD “Did not fix instant reboot issue on Spider platform (Phenom)” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-03-26 8,980 dossier reads |
| Installation Problems “How to install on Phenom you really must read this” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-04-17 5,315 dossier reads |
| 4GB RAM with AMD “No problem here. Leopard 10.5.6, Voodoo kernel , AMD Phenom 9500, K9A2 CF, 4GB DDR2 800.” | Leopard 10.5 | 2009-01-13 3,882 dossier reads |
| 'About this Mac' Graphics “Fixed and updated:” | Software & Kexts | 2009-02-13 53,545 dossier reads |
| 'About this Mac' Graphics “LOL, some extra mhz!” | Software & Kexts | 2009-01-31 53,545 dossier reads |
| Zephyroth Leopard AMD 10.5.2 Rev.2 Issue Discussion “Instant reboot on startup of installation dvd.” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-03-12 35,425 dossier reads |
| USB drivers for SB600 “What you mean by voodoo ehci?” | 10.X Core | 2009-09-20 3,306 dossier reads |