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Member #7,952 · 2009-06-27 → 2009-09-02
#453 by Dispatches #102 by Author Reads #1,462 by Thread Reach Member #7,952 Retail DVD / USB Dell Inspiron / Latitude NVIDIA GeForce

@spiritonline

InfiniteMac community contributor with 17 recorded dispatches, 5 lead technical dossiers (104,051 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 322,736 historical readers.

Dispatches 17 Ranked #453 of 6,691
Author Reads 104,051 Ranked #102 · 5 dossiers
Thread Reach 322,736 Ranked #1,462 in reach
Lead Dossiers 5 20,810 avg reads / dossier
Member Number #7,952 Joined 2009-06-27
Active Window 2009 2009-06-27 → 2009-09-02
Archive Standing
#453 of 6,691 by Dispatches (17 notes) · #102 of 3,454 by Author Readership (104,051 reads across 5 dossiers) · #1,462 by Thread Reach (322,736 cumulative reads)
InfiniteMac ID
Member #7,952 · Joined 2009-06-27
Hardware & Kernel Topics
Retail DVD / USB (4) · Dell Inspiron / Latitude (2) · NVIDIA GeForce (1) · Voodoo / XNU Kernel (1) · Chameleon / Boot-132 (1)
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Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection

Distribution across 2 technical boards

10.X Core
12 (71%)
Leopard 10.5
5 (29%)

Lead Dossiers Authored by @spiritonline (5)

104,051 cumulative reads on threads started by @spiritonline

Dossier Title & SummaryCollectionReadership
my install won't shutdown/restart
i've got a working vanilla install which I'm really happy with. However the system doesn't want to shutdown or reboot. I've tried to install OpenHalt with kext helper but no luck on that... any suggestions ?
10.X Core76,309 reads
2009-09-02 · 1 notes
|-Request-| dell XPS M1730 tutorial (paid)
I've got an dell XPS M1730 running windows 7, but I would really like to run leopard (preferbly snow.) I've search high and low and all I can find is compatibility isues with all distributions. What I'm looking for is a tutorial that will…
10.X Core11,128 reads
2009-06-27 · 17 notes
voodoo kernal panic
I've just downloaded, burned and tried iPC 1.5.6 ppf6 However I got a voodoo kernal panic at boot up.:'( I really do not know what I can do about it.. If anyone can help me out I would be forever great full thanks a ton in advance, Jason.…
Leopard 10.58,866 reads
2009-07-09 · 6 notes
loading circle keeps spinning forever ( attempt of a retail install)
i've just downloaded and burned OSX leopard 1.5.6 and burned the de-compressed dmg to a dual layer DVD. 1. popped in 132 boot disc (this one: media fire.com/?uwd9dtttjfk) 2. popped in the leo DVD which booted got to the white screen with…
Leopard 10.53,982 reads
2009-07-10 · 2 notes
Chameleon 2.0 does not work..? (for me)
after a couple of days,long hours and pulling my hair, pretty much going insane I finally managed to install OSX 1.5.6 (retail) on my DELL XPS M1730 *hurray* Now I'm attempting to get chameleon to work so I can dual boot it with my windows…
Leopard 10.53,766 reads
2009-07-11 · 5 notes

Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (12)

Direct links into threads where @spiritonline contributed solutions & commentary

Thread & Dispatch ExcerptCollectionDate & Reach
HOWTO install Retail Leopard on Intel, near retail on AMD. Inclusive of Chameleon 2.0
“HI maya, thanks for your answer but I do not have OSX running yet. Only got windows to work with for now... I de-compressed the dmg and burned it on windows on a dual layer. I've enterd in the 123boot disk and then the leo dvd it boots fine…”
10.X Core2009-07-10
218,685 dossier reads
HOWTO install Retail Leopard on Intel, near retail on AMD. Inclusive of Chameleon 2.0
“I was wondering, I downloaded the a retail version of mac osx 1.5.6 but should I burn it as dmg or iso ?”
10.X Core2009-07-10
218,685 dossier reads
|-Request-| dell XPS M1730 tutorial (paid)
“I've deleted the RAID as well, il try to install with just the speed step Regarding audio and wifi, i know that the latest iPC has support for them. It doesn't work to install from that DVD but mabey there's a way to extract the "drivers" f…”
10.X Core2009-07-10
11,128 dossier reads
|-Request-| dell XPS M1730 tutorial (paid)
“Could you please tell me if you made any progress and what things you checked on the costumize tab ? I'm attempting my install all day but it isn't going so well. Thanks a ton in advance !”
10.X Core2009-07-09
11,128 dossier reads
|-Request-| dell XPS M1730 tutorial (paid)
“That post is putting my hopes up ! However... If I do not have an internet connection nor sound it is pretty much useless to me. I really need those things to work. Please post any progress you made, and how you've done it ! Thanks a ton!”
10.X Core2009-07-08
11,128 dossier reads
|-Request-| dell XPS M1730 tutorial (paid)
“under device manager it says its array... @maxweb, nope, not yet. Just follow this threat and mabeye it will lead somewhere. Please keep me updated on your iAtkos 4i”
10.X Core2009-07-07
11,128 dossier reads
|-Request-| dell XPS M1730 tutorial (paid)
“I do not mind making a new partition for the mac OSX... ? Is it really such an advantage to have it on a external HD ? (Plus can I use the main HD for storage when the mac OS is on the external HD ?)”
10.X Core2009-06-29
11,128 dossier reads
|-Request-| dell XPS M1730 tutorial (paid)
“Thanks for the warm welcome ! I respect your point of view but I see it as fair since I would pay for this kinda of service in a store as well. Ghe ghe thanks for the compliments on the specs. Altough it's outdated to the top systems alread…”
10.X Core2009-06-28
11,128 dossier reads
|-Request-| dell XPS M1730 tutorial (paid)
“thanks for your reply ! a thing I hear now, I didn't knew that yet. Would you know if it's there's a distribution compatible with my system and if there are any guides for it ? thanks again !”
10.X Core2009-06-27
11,128 dossier reads
voodoo kernal panic
“however for me it never worked if anyone has any clues I really like to hear them. Thanks a ton !”
Leopard 10.52009-07-09
8,866 dossier reads
Chameleon 2.0 does not work..? (for me)
“Thanks a ton, that worked just fine ! However can I now still create a bootscreen that asks me te select the OS with nice icons ? (i've seen it like that on youtube)”
Leopard 10.52009-07-13
3,766 dossier reads
|-Request-| dell XPS M1730 tutorial (paid)
“hmmm that sucks big time... Would anyone know a way ?”
10.X Core2009-07-04
11,128 dossier reads