#518 by Dispatches #65 by Author Reads #1,395 by Thread Reach Member #6,245 DSDT EVGA / X58 NVIDIA GeForce
@snifferpro
InfiniteMac community contributor with 15 recorded dispatches, 7 lead technical dossiers (204,550 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 355,664 historical readers.
Dispatches
15
Ranked #518 of 6,691
Author Reads
204,550
Ranked #65 · 7 dossiers
Thread Reach
355,664
Ranked #1,395 in reach
Lead Dossiers
7
29,221 avg reads / dossier
Member Number
#6,245
Joined 2009-04-21
Active Window
2009–2010
2009-04-21 → 2010-09-19
Preserved Forum Signature & OSx86 Rig
ASUS P5Q3 Deluxe WIFI@N
Intel core 2 E8500
8gb Gskill dddr3 memory
EVGA 9800GT Graphics card
2 SATA II 500gb hard drives
1 Samsung SATA DVD drives
Mac OS X 10.6.1, Win Vista 64bit, Win 7 64 bit RC
Ubuntu Linux
Intel core 2 E8500
8gb Gskill dddr3 memory
EVGA 9800GT Graphics card
2 SATA II 500gb hard drives
1 Samsung SATA DVD drives
Mac OS X 10.6.1, Win Vista 64bit, Win 7 64 bit RC
Ubuntu Linux
- Archive Standing
- #518 of 6,691 by Dispatches (15 notes) · #65 of 3,454 by Author Readership (204,550 reads across 7 dossiers) · #1,395 by Thread Reach (355,664 cumulative reads)
- InfiniteMac ID
- Member #6,245 · Joined 2009-04-21
- Hardware & Kernel Topics
- DSDT (2) · EVGA / X58 (1) · NVIDIA GeForce (1) · Chameleon / Boot-132 (1)
- Frequent Thread Collaborators
- @flip360 (3) @DocShadow (3) @naquaada (3) @cmdshft (2) @xXrkidXx (2) @milanca (2) @R0GUE @Puttabong @NebKiwi @dpollard55 @Ali C. @Aydinz @Wayang-NT @xandizitxu
Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection
Distribution across 4 technical boards
Lead Dossiers Authored by @snifferpro (7)
204,550 cumulative reads on threads started by @snifferpro
| Dossier Title & Summary | Collection | Readership |
|---|---|---|
| SMBIOS.plist Reading several threads on installing SL on Intel machine and have seen many references to smbios.plist and editing same. In my current Leopard 10.5.8 system on Asus motherboard I can't find an smbios.plist file. 1. Where is the… | Snow Leopard 10.6 | 62,729 reads 2009-09-07 · 5 notes |
| Ipc 10.5.6 to 10.5.7 First, what is the difference between the 10.5.7 update and the 10.5.7 Combo update? Has anyone done the update yet and has it worked? Any issues | 10.X Core | 59,648 reads 2009-05-15 · 15 notes |
| Dsdt I'm getting ready to install Snow Leopard on a new drive on a P5Q3 Deluxe and I see a lot of posts here that say you have to modify your DSDT. When I installed Leopard 10.5.6 I do not remember modifying any DSDT file and I have… | Snow Leopard 10.6 | 45,660 reads 2009-09-01 · 6 notes |
| Marvell Yukon 88e8001 Anyone have a kext or fix to get Marvewll Yukon 88e8001 ethernet adapter working? | Snow Leopard 10.6 | 21,683 reads 2009-09-12 · 1 notes |
| Time Machine - Unable to use When I start TM and select an attached SATA II hard drive as the backup device I get the following message: "Time Machine could not be configured The built in network interface could not be found" This is confusing to me as I don't… | Leopard 10.5 | 5,648 reads 2009-04-25 · 3 notes |
| WiFi only works with -f flag I have ipc distro installed and working with one exception. If I boot normally, my WIFI does not work. If I use the -f switch after f8 Wifi works fine. I'm guessing that a kext for the Ralink wifi is not loading on a normal start but is… | Leopard 10.5 | 5,399 reads 2009-04-21 · 10 notes |
| P5nsli Anyone install SL on P5NSLI? A friend has tried to do an install to his P5NSLI but can't even get to the install screen of mac. Either his mouse/keyboard lock up or he kernal panics before even getting to the install screen. I suspect he… | Snow Leopard 10.6 | 3,783 reads 2010-09-19 · 1 notes |
Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (8)
Direct links into threads where @snifferpro contributed solutions & commentary
| Thread & Dispatch Excerpt | Collection | Date & Reach |
|---|---|---|
| Mac OS X 10.5.7 Released “i have succsefully updated my iPC 10.5.6 to 10.5.7 following the netkas method (the simple one). all i had to do is patch my sound again and that was it. System seems a little more responsive. Can you point me to that method? Thanks” | Releases & News | 2009-05-17 99,651 dossier reads |
| SMBIOS.plist “Thanks cilio. That clears it up for me a bit. I have some sample smbios.plits I can edit for my use. That goes in the /Extra/ folder - correct?” | Snow Leopard 10.6 | 2009-09-07 62,729 dossier reads |
| Ipc 10.5.6 to 10.5.7 “Successfully updated to 10.5.7 on IPC. Used part of netkas instructions and did not have to textedit any files. Just did the while command and ran update. 2 boots and done.” | 10.X Core | 2009-05-17 59,648 dossier reads |
| Dsdt “Thanks for the replies. I think I understand a little better now what DSDT is all about. Since I didn't require a dsdt file when installing Leopard I am going to try and install Snow Leopard without it again. If it works, great! If not I wi…” | Snow Leopard 10.6 | 2009-09-02 45,660 dossier reads |
| ACPI_SMC_PLatformplugin “After install getting following halt at boot of SL (see attached image). Any ides or help appreciated.” | Snow Leopard 10.6 | 2009-09-07 40,713 dossier reads |
| with SL on Asus P5Q Deluxe “Try this link http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=180954 I used this guide to install to my Asus P5Q3 Deluxe Wifi@n using the bootcd method.” | 10.X Core | 2009-10-06 5,910 dossier reads |
| WiFi only works with -f flag “I finally got my wifi to work without the use of the -f flag. Solution was as follows: Reinstall ipc 10.5.6. Selected only Nvidia Geforce 9800GTX NVInject only for my 9800GT Selected Marvel Yukon 88E8056 for onboard network Installed Ralink…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2009-04-25 5,399 dossier reads |
| Kernel panic “It's probably the wrong boot file in the root of the drive. Get a boot file from Chameleon RC3” | Snow Leopard 10.6 | 2009-09-12 4,840 dossier reads |