Mac OS X on x86 Hardware 2008–2024 Technical Archive
Member #4,178 · 2009-01-08 → 2009-03-19
#1,584 by Dispatches #1,542 by Author Reads #4,876 by Thread Reach Member #4,178 NVIDIA GeForce AHCI / SATA

@Skydog

InfiniteMac community contributor with 5 recorded dispatches, 2 lead technical dossiers (7,016 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 7,016 historical readers.

Dispatches 5 Ranked #1,584 of 6,691
Author Reads 7,016 Ranked #1,542 · 2 dossiers
Thread Reach 7,016 Ranked #4,876 in reach
Lead Dossiers 2 3,508 avg reads / dossier
Member Number #4,178 Joined 2009-01-08
Active Window 2009 2009-01-08 → 2009-03-19
Archive Standing
#1,584 of 6,691 by Dispatches (5 notes) · #1,542 of 3,454 by Author Readership (7,016 reads across 2 dossiers) · #4,876 by Thread Reach (7,016 cumulative reads)
InfiniteMac ID
Member #4,178 · Joined 2009-01-08
Hardware & Kernel Topics
NVIDIA GeForce (2) · AHCI / SATA (1)
Frequent Thread Collaborators
@lanceomni @Voyn1x @erick2red

Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection

Distribution across 1 technical boards

Leopard 10.5
5 (100%)

Lead Dossiers Authored by @Skydog (2)

7,016 cumulative reads on threads started by @Skydog

Dossier Title & SummaryCollectionReadership
Problems with Darwin
I've been able to go as far as actually starting the installation. When the installation reached about 8% everything froze... It refused to go any further. When I tried to restart and try installing it from the DVD again, it wouldn't go…
Leopard 10.54,702 reads
2009-01-08 · 7 notes
Leopard dies after graphics change
My Kalyway Hackintosh worked just fine with my old 7600GT, but my 7600GT died because of... playing fallout 3. Anyway: I had to buy a new graphics card, and it's a GeForce 9800GTX+. But... Guess what. Leopard refuses to boot. It stays in…
Leopard 10.52,314 reads
2009-03-19 · 2 notes

Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (3)

Direct links into threads where @Skydog contributed solutions & commentary

Thread & Dispatch ExcerptCollectionDate & Reach
Problems with Darwin
“I tried three times with 2 different DVD's. Always stops at 8%. It's possible that the download was broken... my friend supplied me with a distro of Kalyway he used himself so I'll try that now. EDIT: Writin this edit from Leo. So... yep. A…”
Leopard 10.52009-01-09
4,702 dossier reads
Problems with Darwin
“Believe me, you can't burn it any slower. With my DVD's it won't go below 4x, so I recored at 4x using DVD Decrypter. Any suggestions as to what software I should use? And should we fail to do anything about the problem... should I consider…”
Leopard 10.52009-01-09
4,702 dossier reads
Problems with Darwin
“The drive is... a Samsung SpinPoint from 2001. . It has a nice history too... it served like... 3 computers already. Damn these things go forward so fast. Back then I'd never would've imagined that we'd be riding 1TB machines in... 8 years?…”
Leopard 10.52009-01-09
4,702 dossier reads