Mac OS X on x86 Hardware 2008–2024 Technical Archive
Member #21,212 · 2010-01-01 → 2012-12-03
#247 by Dispatches #216 by Author Reads #1,012 by Thread Reach Member #21,212 📍 Bucharest,Romania,EU. AMD OSx86 Chameleon / Boot-132 Voodoo / XNU Kernel

@stanca

InfiniteMac community contributor with 30 recorded dispatches, 3 lead technical dossiers (46,970 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 542,691 historical readers.

Dispatches 30 Ranked #247 of 6,691
Author Reads 46,970 Ranked #216 · 3 dossiers
Thread Reach 542,691 Ranked #1,012 in reach
Lead Dossiers 3 15,657 avg reads / dossier
Member Number #21,212 Joined 2009-12-31
Active Window 2010–2012 2010-01-01 → 2012-12-03
Preserved Forum Signature & OSx86 Rig
System specs: Desktop PC,
Nvidia GeForce 210,1GB,GDDR3,PCI-E 16x gpu,
6GB Ram(4x2GB),DDR3,1333mhz,
Ubuntu 12.10 x86_64/Windows 8 Pro x64/Mountain Lion 10.8.2,
Intel Core i3 3.1Ghz, cpu,
Gigabyte H61MA-D3V motherboard.
Archive Standing
#247 of 6,691 by Dispatches (30 notes) · #216 of 3,454 by Author Readership (46,970 reads across 3 dossiers) · #1,012 by Thread Reach (542,691 cumulative reads)
InfiniteMac ID
Member #21,212 · Joined 2009-12-31
Location
Bucharest,Romania,EU.
Interests
Computers,OS's,IT,history,geography,etc.
Hardware & Kernel Topics
AMD OSx86 (7) · Chameleon / Boot-132 (4) · Voodoo / XNU Kernel (3) · NVIDIA GeForce (3) · Retail DVD / USB (2)
Frequent Thread Collaborators
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Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection

Distribution across 8 technical boards

Lead Dossiers Authored by @stanca (3)

46,970 cumulative reads on threads started by @stanca

Dossier Title & SummaryCollectionReadership
I can't boot any Mountain Lion installer
I followed any known guide and option for installing or upgrade to Mountain Lion 10.8 or 10.8.2 ,usb or dvd install too,hackintosh or retail,but everytime I boot from them after the boot loader,chimera,clover or chameleon,it restarts…
Lion – Catalina23,783 reads
2012-12-03 · 2 notes
MAC OS X 10.7.5 on ASROCK H61M-VS from Niresh
I have successfully installed Niresh's MAC OS X 10.7.3 Lion for any pc/Amd,the dvd.iso installer on my desktop pc system from the first.No any boot flags options needed.Everything worked from the first and successfully updated to 10.7.5…
Lion – Catalina16,044 reads
2012-12-03 · 1 notes
Screen/Desktop recorder
Any suggestion for the best screen recorder in Mac between these ones or other ones?:iShowU,HD and HD Pro,Screenflow,Screenium,Jig from TechSmith,etc... And of course to not kill the system,resourceless most?
Software & Kexts7,143 reads
2010-01-17 · 3 notes

Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (26)

Direct links into threads where @stanca contributed solutions & commentary

Thread & Dispatch ExcerptCollectionDate & Reach
AMD Patcher 0.31 available to download
“It hangs up with every boot flags the same(-v mach_kernel.voodoo;mach_kernel.voodoo -v;etc...),anyway I tried and reinstalled for 3 times today,now I stay out of 10.5.8 combo updates for a while,I had enough for a day.Maybe someone with a s…”
10.X Core2010-01-04
230,773 dossier reads
AMD Patcher 0.31 available to download
“It didn't work either.No kernel panic,after boot flag with -v -x it hangs only to: "warning:skipping personalities in blacklisted kext com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X."”
10.X Core2010-01-04
230,773 dossier reads
AMD Patcher 0.31 available to download
“Doesn't work for my system too:AMD Sempron 2600,amd athlon 3000 64 single core 2.0Ghz cpu,K8M800 motherboard,2Gb RAM DDR 400Mgz,Nvidia GeForce FX 5500 256mb AGPX8 gpu.When I patch the 10.5.8 combo upgrade the system refuses to boot anymore,…”
10.X Core2010-01-01
230,773 dossier reads
Desktop Thread
“I'm not home yet in front of my PC.I used some older posts from other forums.”
Software & Kexts2010-01-02
37,712 dossier reads
Desktop Thread
“Here's mine too,just fresh installed:;):) forumubun tusoftware.info/download/file.php?id=8388&mode=view forumubun tusoftware.info/download/file.php?id=8519&mode=view”
Software & Kexts2010-01-01
37,712 dossier reads
Whats The Best Graphics Card For Snow Leopard
“My old Nvidia GeForce FX 5500 works perfectly with nvinject for 256mb.Even in Linux Nvidia has the best support yet,for old video cards also.”
Snow Leopard 10.62010-01-06
32,105 dossier reads
List of Snow Leopard distributions
“Thank you very much.Glad to know there's a Mac SL for Amd systems too.:) I wonder if Hazard's would run on my old system?:-/”
10.X Core2010-01-16
29,668 dossier reads
How good is your computer
“Installed and running full successfully Zephyroth's Mac OS X 10.5.2 Rev2 for AMD systems on my old AMD Sempron 2600 system from the first shot.Incredibly how everything's working perfectly:graphics,sound,network(pppoe service),apps's update…”
Hardware & Dev2010-01-01
18,474 dossier reads
Secţiunea oficiala pentru Români
“Chiar ca nu suntem inca prea multi pana acum. Apropos,frumos blog si site.Tine-o tot asa. Salutari din Bucuresti,Romania!”
International2010-01-03
14,626 dossier reads
Help! Triple Boot Xp Ubunt OSX? {Nex To OSx}
“^_^So far I tried with Grub2 and Grub-legacy(0.97) from Ubuntu to boot Mac too in all the possible and impossible ways and still nothing.Purely and simply I can't multiboot on my old system,I just can't have them all together. It's for the …”
Leopard 10.52010-01-31
13,308 dossier reads
Help! Triple Boot Xp Ubunt OSX? {Nex To OSx}
“Installed chameleon v2.0 RC1 but no Ubuntu in the boot menu.Chameleon RC3 and Netkas' PC-EFI don't work on my system.I didn't try yet chameleon v2.0-RC4.Maybe the last one can see the Grub2 and ext4 filesystem now.:(”
Leopard 10.52010-01-04
13,308 dossier reads
Help! Triple Boot Xp Ubunt OSX? {Nex To OSx}
“So,I have to install chameleon bootloader in my Mac version who doesn't have it by default?”
Leopard 10.52010-01-01
13,308 dossier reads
Help! Triple Boot Xp Ubunt OSX? {Nex To OSx}
“I have the same problem with the new Grub2 and I can't triplee boot WinXP,Ubuntu and Zephyroth's Mac 10.5.2 Rev2 for AMD.The grub2 added the Mac's menuentry but when I try to boot it it gives me just kernel panics whatever I try to do.I tri…”
Leopard 10.52010-01-01
13,308 dossier reads
Triple Boot Win7, Ubuntu 9.10 iATKOS
“The best and the most certain is to install Grub2(Linux) last then you can add the Mac's entry later in boot/grub/grub.cfg file through etc/grub/custom.It was the only way for me to triple boot successfully.”
Leopard 10.52010-02-25
12,994 dossier reads
Triple Boot Win7, Ubuntu 9.10 iATKOS
“You should may boot in Windows from chameleon bootloader,I can.Anyway I'm using Ubuntu's Grub2 to triple boot Windows+Ubuntu+Mac Leopard.;)”
Leopard 10.52010-02-21
12,994 dossier reads
update zephyroth leopard 10.5.2
“I couldn't manage too the system update so far,no matter what I tried.”
Software & Kexts2010-01-17
12,581 dossier reads
How to get Safari 4.0.4 + iTunes Store without 10.5.8
“What files do I need to extract from the Safari package?I'm interested too.”
10.X Core2010-02-06
12,071 dossier reads
Snow Leopard by Hazard Problem
“I have it too with my new pc desktop system:Intel Celeron dual-core 2.5Ghz cpu,ASrock motherboard,Nvidia Geforce 8400 GS 256-512Mb turbocache' PCI-E,2GB DDR2 RAM 800Mhz;with all SL versions. All 10.5 Leopard flavours are booting but hanging…”
Snow Leopard 10.62010-05-15
11,158 dossier reads
Happy New Year
“Sorry for delay too,I'm very new to this forum. Happy New Year to all of you! I just hope that 2010 will be a better year to all of us.;)(Y)”
General2010-01-03
11,080 dossier reads
help for a noob
“I just know that Zephyroth's Mac OS X 10.5.2 for AMD EFI-REV2 is the best for Amd systems.It works perfectly for me from the beginning.But looking to your system configuration,newer and more powerfull than mine,you could try the new Mac OS …”
Leopard 10.52010-02-06
8,206 dossier reads
never installed os x on non apple hardware
“You're trying to install a retail Mac Snow Leopard or a Hackintosh for the AMD systems?”
10.X Core2010-04-06
3,513 dossier reads
AMD Patcher 0.31 available to download
“OK,thanks.I'll try that too.:)”
10.X Core2010-01-02
230,773 dossier reads
What mouse are you using with your (Hack)Mac
“Ordinary cheap wired usb optical LG.”
Hardware & Dev2010-01-05
47,452 dossier reads
How to get Safari 4.0.4 + iTunes Store without 10.5.8
“Well,I'll try to stay away of this.;)”
10.X Core2010-02-09
12,071 dossier reads
Snow Leopard by Hazard Problem
“Same thing here too. -/”
Snow Leopard 10.62010-05-16
11,158 dossier reads
Screen/Desktop recorder
“Thank you for your recommendation.I hope I'll make a screencast with my Mac soon.:)”
Software & Kexts2010-01-30
7,143 dossier reads