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@StealthMode
InfiniteMac community contributor with 66 recorded dispatches, 5 lead technical dossiers (29,632 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 445,231 historical readers.
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#772
Joined 2008-02-14
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2008–2009
2008-02-15 → 2009-02-25
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- #112 of 6,691 by Dispatches (66 notes) · #366 of 3,454 by Author Readership (29,632 reads across 5 dossiers) · #1,217 by Thread Reach (445,231 cumulative reads)
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- Member #772 · Joined 2008-02-14
- Hardware & Kernel Topics
- NVIDIA GeForce (16) · AMD OSx86 (15) · EVGA / X58 (3) · AHCI / SATA (2) · Retail DVD / USB (1)
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Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection
Distribution across 4 technical boards
Lead Dossiers Authored by @StealthMode (5)
29,632 cumulative reads on threads started by @StealthMode
| Dossier Title & Summary | Collection | Readership |
|---|---|---|
| Slow jerky mouse movement with HD munching Usually when there is a lot of harddrive thrashing my mouse movement gets glitchy as heck and jumpy. ie. when Transmission is checking a file or something. I am using Zephs 10.5.2 v1 install and the new speedstep 9.2.0 kernel. AMD Opteron… | Leopard 10.5 | 16,179 reads 2008-03-15 · 2 notes |
| DVD Player.app crashes upon load, QE/CI is working; 10.5.2 Here is what was in console after it crashed. Any ideas? I am running Zephyroths 10.5.2 install, latest NVinject and Apple Graphics updates. QE/CI is also working. AMD Opteron 165 DFI nForce4 Ultra-D 2gb G.Skill nVidia 6800GS (Q/E, C/I in… | Leopard 10.5 | 3,876 reads 2008-02-21 · 2 notes |
| How do I restore from a TimeMachine backup if I can't boot into the OS? (kernel panic) UPDATE I am running 10.5.2 Zephyroth install, everything was working till I deleted the wrong files… and had to hit the reset switch...Now I have a kernel panic an can't boot.. Here is what I am talking about.. AMD Opteron 165 DFI nForce4 Ultra-D… | Leopard 10.5 | 3,690 reads 2008-02-22 · 9 notes |
| Can only boot -x after update install Well I just finished reinstalling Zeph's 10.5.2 Rev2 and I installed the updates, but I think I might have clicked all of them. Now every time I boot it gets to the boot loader and reboots unless I boot into safe mode (-x). Which files do… | Leopard 10.5 | 3,111 reads 2008-05-07 · 4 notes |
| iChat is unusable iChat in Zeph 10.5.2 Rev.2 is pretty much unusable except for seeing who is online. I can't message anyone, and when I go to Preferences/Messages the chat bubbles are missing and everything is just not working. I double click on a contact… | Leopard 10.5 | 2,776 reads 2008-06-06 · 8 notes |
Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (40)
Direct links into threads where @StealthMode contributed solutions & commentary
| Thread & Dispatch Excerpt | Collection | Date & Reach |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Dual Core Timing Issue AKA Mouse Bug “I think it fixed my mouse lag when transferring large files across hd's and such. I only used the notsc flag so far. Does this mean I might actually be able to start using Leo full time?! Edit: maybe not... Might have to add the other kerne…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-06-25 134,652 dossier reads |
| AMD Dual Core Timing Issue AKA Mouse Bug “I get the 1080 error in Zephs after awhile, iChat crahses a lot. Leo4Allv3 seems pretty stable app wise, but the mouse bug is worse I think. I have a Buffalo WLI-12 wireless nic (broadcom chipset), I did not install the forcedeath kext for …” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-06-23 134,652 dossier reads |
| AMD Dual Core Timing Issue AKA Mouse Bug “With idlehalt=0 and cpus=1 I am still having the mouse stuttering bug, more so when Transmission is checking data on an existing torrent. Large file transfers seem to be smoother though.. Still, the mouse movement still stutters. This is in…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-06-23 134,652 dossier reads |
| AMD Dual Core Timing Issue AKA Mouse Bug “It has to be, before I upgraded my A64 3200+ to my Opteron 165 x2 I didn't have this problem.” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-06-20 134,652 dossier reads |
| AMD Dual Core Timing Issue AKA Mouse Bug “I only notice the mouse stutter bug when I am transferring large files, across HD's for instance. Otherwise everything works great. Is it something to do with the ata/sata drivers?” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-06-05 134,652 dossier reads |
| AMD Dual Core Timing Issue AKA Mouse Bug “Wow, this derailed fast LOL I think I was under some influence when I wrote that” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-03-17 134,652 dossier reads |
| AMD Dual Core Timing Issue AKA Mouse Bug “I too am having this issue, I was referred to this thread after I posted my own. Anyway I seem to recall having a problem where my Tiger install would lock up periodically, I was overclocked at the time (stable in XP) so I put it back to st…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-03-17 134,652 dossier reads |
| Leopard 10.5.2 AMD EFI (OOTB) “Ok, got my 6800GS fully working. I installed the latest NVinject, then I proceeded to install Zephs Universal NVidia Installer, clicked only the new kexts, not the NVinject in the installer (note - I installed the latest NVinject already vi…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-02-19 74,206 dossier reads |
| Leopard 10.5.2 AMD EFI (OOTB) “I was using the 9.2.0 kernel with the MBR EFI BootLoader. My problem now is I installed the Gaphics update and applied the patcher but I still get that black reboot your computer screen when i try to boot into Leo…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-02-19 74,206 dossier reads |
| Leopard 10.5.2 AMD EFI (OOTB) “Ok,I got it working finally! MBR EFI, 9.2.0 kernel, all drivers installed for my system except the new updated nvidia kext package (wouldn't let me boot with it) Now I need to get my video card working… 6800GS” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-02-19 74,206 dossier reads |
| Leopard 10.5.2 AMD EFI (OOTB) “Ok, so I was watching the logs as I am installing (MBR EFI) and it it says Unable to copy package source file /system/installation/packages/bootloader/fixmbr.pkg/contents/archive.bom to destination etc...” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-02-19 74,206 dossier reads |
| Leopard 10.5.2 AMD EFI (OOTB) “[cite] zephyroth:You MUST check BOTH NVIDIA KEXT AND NVINJECT Every time I installed with the new Nvidia kexts and nVinject I got a black HUD before I could finish booting saying to restart in 3 languages... I am confused..” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-02-19 74,206 dossier reads |
| Leopard 10.5.2 AMD EFI (OOTB) “[cite] WinLinMac01:Hi everyone, installation went fine, and I was able to boot into the operating system with the DVD left in. However, upon taking the DVD out, I restarted and I was unable to boot back into the operating system. I tried se…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-02-18 74,206 dossier reads |
| Leopard 10.5.2 AMD EFI (OOTB) “I installed with the MBR EFI boot loader with the new kernel, NVInject, the new video update, and my sound driver. Now when I boot up, I get half way through and a black HUD come over the screen and tells me to reboot, this will go on indef…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-02-18 74,206 dossier reads |
| Leopard 10.5.2 AMD EFI (OOTB) “Hmmm, not sure what to tell you man, I'm sure someone has an idea though. Sorry.” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-02-18 74,206 dossier reads |
| Leopard 10.5.2 AMD EFI (OOTB) “Are you using MBR or GUID? I had a similar problem with GUID, MBR on the other hand is booting, but now I get half way through and I get a black window telling me to restart the computer…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-02-18 74,206 dossier reads |
| Leopard 10.5.2 AMD EFI (OOTB) “http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=22844 < how to set your partition active.” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-02-18 74,206 dossier reads |
| Leopard 10.5.2 AMD EFI (OOTB) “Just curious, I can't boot using GUID and the GUID EFI boot loader, I originally had a b0 error, so I made the partition active, rebooted with no b0 error, but instead it does nothing. Does GUID not work or is it just my system? AMD Opteron…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-02-18 74,206 dossier reads |
| Leopard 10.5.2 AMD EFI (OOTB) “If this was Bestbuy we'd all look retarded…tents and all” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-02-16 74,206 dossier reads |
| Leopard 10.5.2 AMD EFI (OOTB) “Zeph said it will be uploaded to newsgroups first, then torrents.” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-02-16 74,206 dossier reads |
| Zephyroth Leopard AMD 10.5.2 Rev.2 Issue Discussion “I still get the blinking curser.. I remember last time I had this problem I had to keep reinstalling until I got it right... It never seems to work reinstalling the boot loader manually for me, I don't know why. I go into disk utility, my L…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-05-06 35,425 dossier reads |
| Zephyroth Leopard AMD 10.5.2 Rev.2 Issue Discussion “I get a failed install on Rev2 if I install the GUID bootloader… I can't use MBR because I have a Test Install on a separate partiton, my disk is GUID so if I reformat in MBR I lose everything. Any ideas?” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-05-06 35,425 dossier reads |
| mach_kernel 9.2.2 and 9.2.2 System.kext for AMD “I can't seem to get past Firewire Full Secure Mode when I use modbinkernel, so far sleepkernel works the best, though I can't seem to reboot, it gets where the screen turns off and then it just hangs, so I have to hit the reset button every…” | 10.X Core | 2008-04-27 29,851 dossier reads |
| Kalyway 10.5.2 DVD Intel_Amd (sse2/sse3) EFI V8 RELEASED “Got it working! Apparently all I needed was good nights sleep and I got it all sorted. Couple problems though, Restart doesn't work all the way (using the SleepKernel) I get to where the screen blacks out right before the BIOS screen pops u…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-04-26 29,604 dossier reads |
| Kalyway 10.5.2 DVD Intel_Amd (sse2/sse3) EFI V8 RELEASED “I install just fine, but I can't seem to boot at all. So far I get a kernel panic with speedtestkernel, modbinkernel doesn't seem to work, and the sleepkernel has IOATA Error that keeps popping up. Either way I am having problems getting in…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-04-25 29,604 dossier reads |
| 10.5.2 Update First Impressions “[cite] damnesiac:Hmm my guess is you tried to install the 9.2.0 kernel without efi? Not exactly. This was before there was a proper AMD update only. Oh well, I wanted to reinstall with Rev2 anyway.” | 10.X Core | 2008-02-16 21,943 dossier reads |
| 10.5.2 Update First Impressions “I attempted to install the 10.5.2 update, but my comp locked up half way through and now everything is fubbered up... So I think I'll just wait till Zeph's release. I was able to get everything up an running perfect with your last image, so…” | 10.X Core | 2008-02-15 21,943 dossier reads |
| Testers for EFI Partition Tool needed... “I'm interested in testing. I've been doing this the manual way for quite some time, but I would love to test this out.” | 10.X Core | 2009-02-25 19,614 dossier reads |
| Sleep on AMD - report your experience “[cite] crawle:Thanks StealthMode and p-J for your reports, but can you please post your system's specs? WinLinMac, what about your system, does sleep work? AMD Opteron 165 DFI nForce4 Ultra-D 2gb G.Skill nVidia 6800GS (Q/E, C/I in Tiger and…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-05-04 10,079 dossier reads |
| Sleep on AMD - report your experience “I am running S1 with option # 3 and it seems to be working quite well now. Everything is still functional when it wakes up. Sweet!” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-05-03 10,079 dossier reads |
| Mouse Movement Bug (Fix or Solution) “[cite] s23osx:Kalyway version has given me no issues with this anymore, been running all weekend without a hitch. Farewell mouse bug, take your twitching with you! Seriously? I think I still have it... Which kernel are you using?” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-04-26 9,963 dossier reads |
| Working 10.5.2(with update) + Leo Graph Update + nvinject “I'll add mine as well. After a lot of trial and error (about 15 reinstalls and two days of labor) I finally have a fully functional install. AMD Opteron 165 Dual Core DFI Ultra-D (nForce4 Ultra, ACL97 Audio, nForce LAN, Marvel LAN) 2x1gb G.…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-02-21 9,156 dossier reads |
| infra red adapter “I just ordered one of these. RF>IR cgi.eb ay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=380006687355&ssPageName=MERC_VIC_ReBay_Pr4_PcY_BIN_Stores_IT&refitem=380002720644&itemcount=4&refwidgetloc=closed_view_item&usedrule1=CategoryProximity&refwidge…” | 10.X Core | 2008-03-15 8,051 dossier reads |
| Good News 10.5.3 Apple Insider* “I wonder if that memory leak has anything to do with the mouse movement bug. Sure would be nice if that was fixed by this update.” | General | 2008-04-26 8,041 dossier reads |
| Beta 2 of Voodoo XNU 9.5 Kernel now available “This is impressive. The mouse timing bug was my biggest complaint with Leo on my AMD x2 Opteron, course now I have an Intel rig so it isn't an issue. Course when I put together a secondary rig with my old AMD parts this will make it a hellu…” | Releases & News | 2008-10-20 7,293 dossier reads |
| Leo4Allv3 Installed - Impressions “AMD Opteron 165 DFI nForce4 Ultra-D 2gb G.Skill nVidia 8800GT OC (Q/E, C/I in Tiger and Leo) 120gb SATA (Leo) 250GB SATA (XP) 250GB SATA (TimeMachine) 500GB SATA (Files) Buffalo Wireless NIC (Broadcom)” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-06-17 6,750 dossier reads |
| Leo4Allv3 Installed - Impressions “Already there Still does it. Sleep only seems to work with S1 too.” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-06-16 6,750 dossier reads |
| Leo4Allv3 Installed - Impressions “Cool, wish I could get mine to work 100%... Everything else seems to work except my mouse stutters when I am transferring files and the reboot problem.” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-06-15 6,750 dossier reads |
| Leo4Allv3 Installed - Impressions “Do you have any reboot issues? For some reason I can't restart all the way, I get to where the screen goes blank, but then it hangs, and I have to hit the reset button. I am using AppleACPIplatform 1.2.1, then I installed the one from Zeph …” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-06-14 6,750 dossier reads |
| Graphics Update 1.0 “Ok, got my 6800GS fully working. I installed the latest NVinject, then I proceeded to install Zephs Universal NVidia Installer, clicked only the new kexts, not the NVinject in the installer (note - I installed the latest NVinject already vi…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-02-19 6,350 dossier reads |