#489 by Dispatches #1,035 by Author Reads #1,847 by Thread Reach Member #1,403 AMD OSx86 ATI Radeon Retail DVD / USB
@Simba
InfiniteMac community contributor with 16 recorded dispatches, 2 lead technical dossiers (11,009 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 163,974 historical readers.
Dispatches
16
Ranked #489 of 6,691
Author Reads
11,009
Ranked #1,035 · 2 dossiers
Thread Reach
163,974
Ranked #1,847 in reach
Lead Dossiers
2
5,504 avg reads / dossier
Member Number
#1,403
Joined 2008-02-21
Active Window
2008
2008-02-21 → 2008-07-01
Hardware Specs Reported in Dispatches
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 x2 4800+ @ 2.5GHz · MB: MSI K9A2 CF-F · RAM: 4Gb Corsair (DDR2 667) @ 800MHz · North Bridge: ATi/AMD 780 · South Bridge: ATi SB600 · DVD Drive: LiteOn DVDRW SHM-165P6S (IDE) · HDD: Samsung Spinpoint T166 320GB (SATA-II)
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 4800+ · GFX: ATi Radeon HD3870 (Powercolor) · RAM: Kingston, 1Gb · MB: MSI K9A2 CF, Chipsets: AMD 790X and ATi SB600 · HDD: 120Gb (IDE) Western Digital
- Archive Standing
- #489 of 6,691 by Dispatches (16 notes) · #1,035 of 3,454 by Author Readership (11,009 reads across 2 dossiers) · #1,847 by Thread Reach (163,974 cumulative reads)
- InfiniteMac ID
- Member #1,403 · Joined 2008-02-21
- Hardware & Kernel Topics
- AMD OSx86 (4) · ATI Radeon (3) · Retail DVD / USB (2) · NVIDIA GeForce (1)
- Frequent Thread Collaborators
- @bhast2 (4) @WinLinMac01 (3) @pαuℓzurrr. (3) @Puttabong (3) @nfoav8or (3) @Shadow3k (2) @Ianxxx (2) @naquaada (2) @R0GUE (2) @LawlessPPC (2) @pmcnano (2) @mus1 @farcaller @walter225
Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection
Distribution across 2 technical boards
Lead Dossiers Authored by @Simba (2)
11,009 cumulative reads on threads started by @Simba
| Dossier Title & Summary | Collection | Readership |
|---|---|---|
| Install never finishes! (10.5.2 Rev.1) I tried to install 10.5.2 earlier today, but I got into problems straight away.. The problem is that the install takes HOURS, and then when theres about 6-3 minutes left, the "freeze-bug" appears.. So I tried the same method as with… | Leopard 10.5 | 6,540 reads 2008-02-22 · 13 notes |
| with my 10.5.2 Installation OK so I've got a couple of questions, all concerning the installation of the newly released 10.5.2 Rev.1.. Just a couple of days after Christmas, I bought myself a few new parts for my aging desktop computer. The "new" computer consists… | Leopard 10.5 | 4,469 reads 2008-02-21 · 4 notes |
Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (13)
Direct links into threads where @Simba contributed solutions & commentary
| Thread & Dispatch Excerpt | Collection | Date & Reach |
|---|---|---|
| Zephyroth Leopard AMD 10.5.2 Rev.2 Issue Discussion “Ok so now I've got more problems than with rev.1 Got the "Still waiting for root device" error on startup of DVD.. I have the SB600 chipset, and a 120Gb IDE HDD.. Help please!” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-03-14 35,425 dossier reads |
| 10.5.4 is out (Works on AMD, use ASU) “Updated to 10.5.4 with ASU (also updated to the newest kernel; 9.4.0), everything working properly (except sleep) for me” | 10.X Core | 2008-07-01 33,256 dossier reads |
| Kalyway 10.5.2 DVD Intel_Amd (sse2/sse3) EFI V8 RELEASED “Is there proper support for the ATi SB600 chipset in this release? I have had major issues with the Zephyroth release being SuperSloooooooooow..” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-04-10 29,604 dossier reads |
| How to install Mac OS X Leopard on Spider platform (AMD Phenom) “Lawless: Well, that's the DVD I'm currently using; the 10.5.2 Rev.2. Yeah, I've also figured out that something is a little weird... But I managed to solve my problem: I reconnected my old IDE Seagate 120GB HDD and installed OS X on it, spe…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-06-28 29,050 dossier reads |
| How to install Mac OS X Leopard on Spider platform (AMD Phenom) “Ok, but after trying -f method I still can't see my HDD in Disk Utility.. Will probably have to install via USB HD/USB->SATA adapter. Thanks for your help m8! It's been really helpfull!” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-06-27 29,050 dossier reads |
| How to install Mac OS X Leopard on Spider platform (AMD Phenom) “Well, but if the SB600 kext doesn't have SATA-II support? Will it work inside OSX anyway? Anyhow, thanks for your reply m8!” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-06-27 29,050 dossier reads |
| How to install Mac OS X Leopard on Spider platform (AMD Phenom) “Lawless, I have the very same MB model as you do! I can't boot OS X Install with the regular Zephyroth 10.5.2 disk ("Still waiting for root device"-error), but when I manually edited the install disk with the SB600 kexts, the dvd managed to…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-06-26 29,050 dossier reads |
| New modbin kernel for AMD 10.5.4 “Well, all I can say is good work Modbin! This kernel + 10.5.4 works perfectly for me (Only thing not working on my Hac is the sleep function..) @ Milanca: Use the very smart search function on this page! Tip: Search for "about this mac"!” | 10.X Core | 2008-07-01 25,630 dossier reads |
| Install never finishes! (10.5.2 Rev.1) “[cite] 20db:Hi! I have solution for this problem. I read abuot that maybe 1month ago. Simply and accurate. Boot your Leopard with -s (single mode) when system start properly and coursor flashing type: type: /sbin/fsck -fy (hit enter) /sbin/…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-02-25 6,540 dossier reads |
| Install never finishes! (10.5.2 Rev.1) “Well, now there's 3 of us having the (almost) exact problem.. Does anyone know how to fix this issue?” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-02-25 6,540 dossier reads |
| Install never finishes! (10.5.2 Rev.1) “[cite] blingblong:I'm having the same problem. The furthest ive got the installer to go is at 2 mins left a screen comes up saying osx cannot be installed and a list of shutdown options. The last line on the installer log at this point says…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-02-23 6,540 dossier reads |
| with my 10.5.2 Installation “Thx for your reply, Firewalk! By the way, do you also have an IDE drive instead of a SATA? That might be the problem for me.. Anyways, I'll try this out tomorrow” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-02-22 4,469 dossier reads |
| How to install Mac OS X Leopard on Spider platform (AMD Phenom) “Oh, ok thanks lawless! I'll try that and post my results later on” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-06-28 29,050 dossier reads |