Mac OS X on x86 Hardware 2008–2024 Technical Archive
Member #28,585 · 2010-05-11 → 2011-01-10
#398 by Dispatches #191 by Author Reads #2,783 by Thread Reach Member #28,585 ATI Radeon DSDT Retail DVD / USB

@spark*

InfiniteMac community contributor with 19 recorded dispatches, 7 lead technical dossiers (53,944 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 53,944 historical readers.

Dispatches 19 Ranked #398 of 6,691
Author Reads 53,944 Ranked #191 · 7 dossiers
Thread Reach 53,944 Ranked #2,783 in reach
Lead Dossiers 7 7,706 avg reads / dossier
Member Number #28,585 Joined 2010-05-11
Active Window 2010–2011 2010-05-11 → 2011-01-10
Hardware Specs Reported in Dispatches
My machine is a AcerPower F6 with a Core 2 Duo E6??? (Works with vanilla kernel) · It has a ATI Radeon Xpress 200 chipset (ATA,etc) My harddrive is IDE. Ga-g33m-ds2r · Intel core2duo · Ati 4670
Archive Standing
#398 of 6,691 by Dispatches (19 notes) · #191 of 3,454 by Author Readership (53,944 reads across 7 dossiers) · #2,783 by Thread Reach (53,944 cumulative reads)
InfiniteMac ID
Member #28,585 · Joined 2010-05-11
Hardware & Kernel Topics
ATI Radeon (4) · DSDT (3) · Retail DVD / USB (2) · Chameleon / Boot-132 (1) · Voodoo / XNU Kernel (1)
Frequent Thread Collaborators
@Imkantus (3) @JaS @MonkeyDLuffy @Geek93 @MBOSS @karamatks @OBriener @aliihsan83 @khoatran2008 @snakeo2 @mogily77

Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection

Distribution across 1 technical boards

10.X Core
19 (100%)

Lead Dossiers Authored by @spark* (7)

53,944 cumulative reads on threads started by @spark*

Dossier Title & SummaryCollectionReadership
Slow Radeon HD 4650 SNOW LEOPARD
I have installed the Hazard Client Server SL distro, and added my dev id (0x9498) to RadeonX200.KEXT and ATI4600CONTROLLER.kext. I have 1600x1200, through DVI2VGA. However, i occasionally get a small line across the screen like a Artefact…
10.X Core23,167 reads
2010-05-11 · 23 notes
XFX Radeon HD 4650 512mb Snow Leopard 10.6.4 Black Screen
I have installed snow leopard vanilla and updated to 10.6.4. At first I followed one of the guides on here to use the 10.6.2 kexts but i got a garbled screen. So i extracted the kexts from the snow leopard update pkg and replaced them. I…
10.X Core6,287 reads
2010-09-19 · 8 notes
Help Needed. Snow Leopard wont Boot
I have decided to try snow leopard again but I cannot get it to boot. I have a USB formatted with the snow leopard retail dvd, that is plugged into my computer. I am also using a USB dvd rom drive for IBoot. I have tried IBoot,…
10.X Core5,751 reads
2010-09-18 · 2 notes
Iatkos s3 10.6.6 intelcpupowermanagement timed out
I have just updated my iatkos to 10.6.6 and I am stuck with this error on safe boot and normal. Any ideas why this is happening? My pc specs are: Ga-g33m-ds2r Intel core2duo Ati 4670
10.X Core5,620 reads
2011-01-10 · 1 notes
Fixing up my dsdt for Retail snow leopard.
Ive installed retail snow leopard (10.6.3) and i cant get my dsdt to compile. It fails with 8 errrors: ./dsdt_fixed.txt 3711: If (BELL) Error 4095 - ^ syntax error, unexpected PARSEOP_IF ./dsdt_fixed.txt 4285: If (STHP) Error 4095 - ^…
10.X Core5,077 reads
2010-05-20 · 1 notes
ATI 4650 10.6.4 Kernel Panics
I have installed 10.6.4 and updated to the latest updates (including snow leopard graphics update) I then added my dev ids. When i boot normally I get a X2000.kext kernel panic, and when i boot in safe boot the computer freezes after DSMOS…
10.X Core4,049 reads
2010-09-23 · 3 notes
HDMI output on Saphire 4670 512? (DVI>HDMI or HDMI Port)
I have just recently got a saphire ati 4670 which is working very well unlike my 4650. However I can not get HDMI output. I can get output via dvi with a cable plugged into the vga port. So at the moment to get dvi i have to: [VGA] [HDMI]…
10.X Core3,993 reads
2010-09-24 · 1 notes

Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (11)

Direct links into threads where @spark* contributed solutions & commentary

Thread & Dispatch ExcerptCollectionDate & Reach
Slow Radeon HD 4650 SNOW LEOPARD
“the root directory is / basically your hard drive Also a .kext is a directory. So if you open it up with nano then it will be empty. Try cd instead of nano”
10.X Core2011-01-08
23,167 dossier reads
Slow Radeon HD 4650 SNOW LEOPARD
“Ty. Lol so quick. I was just about to download some from netkas. I will try them and say if they work. EDIT: Thanks! Its fully working now”
10.X Core2010-05-17
23,167 dossier reads
Slow Radeon HD 4650 SNOW LEOPARD
“Damn! Lol I updated to 10.6.3 and only backed up ATIRadeon4600Controller (or whatever it is called) and the ATIX200 one. So i get corrupted graphics and can only boot into safe mode. How do i get the kexts from the install dvd?”
10.X Core2010-05-17
23,167 dossier reads
Slow Radeon HD 4650 SNOW LEOPARD
“Thanks, I am going to redo the installer. I am going to try the suggestion made by Imkantus, as that seems right. @MonkeyDLuffy I am not using a dsdt. @Imkantus Thanks for that, i am going to try that AsereBLN booter. ) EDIT: I couldnt get …”
10.X Core2010-05-16
23,167 dossier reads
Slow Radeon HD 4650 SNOW LEOPARD
“Thanks for the Reply, i have a DVI, S-Video and a VGA port on the card. It is the Blaknight kernel running on a Core 2 Duo 1.?ghz E6300. 1.5gb ram. It is a AcerPower F6 Motherboard. I am using Chameleon RC4 with an extra folder however no d…”
10.X Core2010-05-11
23,167 dossier reads
XFX Radeon HD 4650 512mb Snow Leopard 10.6.4 Black Screen
“I see the problem now. I am actually using the 10.6.2 one. Do you have the 10.6.4 one? Or should i update the snow leopard graphics? If i do do i then need to re add the device ids?”
10.X Core2010-09-20
6,287 dossier reads
XFX Radeon HD 4650 512mb Snow Leopard 10.6.4 Black Screen
“I have just booted back into safe mode and I get full resolution and quartzGL. , spark*”
10.X Core2010-09-20
6,287 dossier reads
XFX Radeon HD 4650 512mb Snow Leopard 10.6.4 Black Screen
“Right, i have done that. (AsereBLN Bootloader) but I have restarted to a flashing blue screen?”
10.X Core2010-09-20
6,287 dossier reads
Help Needed. Snow Leopard wont Boot
“Booted with EmpireEFI Legacy with the following params: -x -v -f arch=i386 cpus=1 -x32 platform=X86PC Using a SATA HDD with the Snow Leopard image restored to it. So its now: CD ROM - IDE SATA HDD 1 - Destination SATA HDD 2 - Storage SATA H…”
10.X Core2010-09-18
5,751 dossier reads
XFX Radeon HD 4650 512mb Snow Leopard 10.6.4 Black Screen
“Thanks I will try that tommorow.”
10.X Core2010-09-20
6,287 dossier reads
ATI 4650 10.6.4 Kernel Panics
“No that does not solve the problem”
10.X Core2010-09-24
4,049 dossier reads