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Member #3,386 · 2009-05-17 → 2011-04-04
#331 by Dispatches #1,160 by Author Reads #1,182 by Thread Reach Member #3,386 DSDT NVIDIA GeForce Retail DVD / USB

@STLVNUB

InfiniteMac community contributor with 22 recorded dispatches, 1 lead technical dossiers (9,672 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 459,676 historical readers.

Dispatches 22 Ranked #331 of 6,691
Author Reads 9,672 Ranked #1,160 · 1 dossiers
Thread Reach 459,676 Ranked #1,182 in reach
Lead Dossiers 1 9,672 avg reads / dossier
Member Number #3,386 Joined 2008-11-15
Active Window 2009–2011 2009-05-17 → 2011-04-04
Preserved Forum Signature & OSx86 Rig
GigaByte EP45T-UD3R V1.1 E8200@stock 4GB DDR3 1600 2x500GB/1x1.5TB HD
Zotac 9800 GT ECO 1GB
Snow Leopard 10.6.4
Archive Standing
#331 of 6,691 by Dispatches (22 notes) · #1,160 of 3,454 by Author Readership (9,672 reads across 1 dossiers) · #1,182 by Thread Reach (459,676 cumulative reads)
InfiniteMac ID
Member #3,386 · Joined 2008-11-15
Hardware & Kernel Topics
DSDT (5) · NVIDIA GeForce (3) · Retail DVD / USB (2) · Voodoo / XNU Kernel (1) · AMD OSx86 (1) · ATI Radeon (1)
Frequent Thread Collaborators
@RetroRen (5) @andyvand (4) @dotpage (3) @daulex (3) @Imkantus (3) @Atomic Flip (3) @jacoweb (2) @SaCleoCheater (2) @Aydinz (2) @nfoav8or (2) @milanca (2) @Taisto (2) @MonkeyDLuffy (2) @OS_Ninja

Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection

Distribution across 3 technical boards

10.X Core
16 (73%)

Lead Dossiers Authored by @STLVNUB (1)

9,672 cumulative reads on threads started by @STLVNUB

Dossier Title & SummaryCollectionReadership
IHBootMaker BootMaker For Snow/Leopard
Thought this may come in handy to some people having troubles installing Snow Leopard, particularly with the dreaded 'Install Failed' error. Will also make the install Bootable. New Updated Package-redownload it.…
10.X Core9,672 reads
2009-09-29 · 8 notes

Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (21)

Direct links into threads where @STLVNUB contributed solutions & commentary

Thread & Dispatch ExcerptCollectionDate & Reach
New DUET based EFI Bootloader
“Why not "RELEASE" your code so everyone can use it?”
10.X Core2011-04-04
140,344 dossier reads
New DUET based EFI Bootloader
“Mine tries to boot DVD errors out (no dvd in drive) then appears to lock up. Haven't tried with DVD.More info would be great.”
10.X Core2010-08-01
140,344 dossier reads
New DUET based EFI Bootloader
“Will try that.The readme DOESN'T say to put the efi folder onto USB, Where did you get Efivar.bin from ?”
10.X Core2010-07-31
140,344 dossier reads
New DUET based EFI Bootloader
“The bit that doesn't make sense is the files. What do you do/where do they go on the USB stick.”
10.X Core2010-07-31
140,344 dossier reads
New Distro Prepatched Snow Leopard DVD
“There is one DISTRO making the rounds called SnowOSX3.6 that was made by my INSTAHAckintosh. NOT what INSTAHAckintosh was designed it for! I TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO DISTANCE MYSELF FROM IT. To make matters worse, they didn't even take my "…”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-12-14
70,902 dossier reads
PC EFI V10 now released with Snow Leopard support
“I find it easier to to lipo out the 32bit version, no flags needed just boots in 32bit mode.”
Releases & News2009-07-06
59,370 dossier reads
XBench Results
“My score e8200 overclocked to 3.2 Results 215.64 System Info Xbench Version 1.3 System Version 10.5.7 (9J61) Physical RAM 4096 MB Model MacPro5,1 Drive Type WDC WD5000AAKS-00A7B0 CPU Test 216.44 GCD Loop 375.90 19.81 Mops/sec Floating Point…”
10.X Core2009-05-18
45,246 dossier reads
List of Snow Leopard distributions
“Nothing as great as vanilla install... I second that!”
10.X Core2010-02-13
29,668 dossier reads
nVidia 9800 GT 512mb issues
“I used ACPI Patcher to generate video dsdt for 9800gt 1gig. Dsdt patching is ALL that is required to get it to work. This made it work 100% in Snow Leopard and also Leopard. No problems so far.”
10.X Core2009-08-01
26,958 dossier reads
INSTAHackintosh OS X DVD Builder Released
“Anybody has a valid link to Packagemaker 2.1? Packagemaker is actually in the download, Look in the Tools Folder. This is from version 1 upwards. Current Version is 1.5 and a HUGE improvement on the ALPHA version.”
Releases & News2009-05-17
20,105 dossier reads
Did anyone have any luck with a P35C-DS3R
“nice mate, I've never edited the dsdt.aml file, do you simply do it with a basic text editor? and do I simply change the name of the card? Your one says 9800 gt, do I simply rename it to 8600 gt, does the amount of ram built into the card m…”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-08-25
17,786 dossier reads
Did anyone have any luck with a P35C-DS3R
“Working 100% here. edit: SAVE YOUR DOUGH Try this Sound/Video/RTC_Fix etc.Extension.mkext included. Just need to edit dsdt.aml and change 9800 gt to YOUR card. YOU WILL work 100%”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-08-25
17,786 dossier reads
PC EFI 10.5 AnV Style with major updates to the ACPI Patcher
“Very Nice! Any chance to update v4 with said code?”
10.X Core2009-12-28
16,880 dossier reads
Just some thoughts about the project InfiniteMac...
“Yeah, thats the trouble with most of these forums, they turn into CASH COWS.”
10.X Core2011-04-03
11,150 dossier reads
IHBootMaker BootMaker For Snow/Leopard
“Yes, I tried modbin test 7 kernel. Actually a few bug fixes where needed When the buglist gets to 5 I will upload NEW package if you follow these fixes it should work. BUG FIX:No 1 edit IHBootMaker.sh in Contents/Resources/Scripts Folder. g…”
10.X Core2009-10-01
9,672 dossier reads
IHBootMaker BootMaker For Snow/Leopard
“I've created boot package following the instructions, but upon booting the USB disk I got KP. No matter what options/kexts I choose I get KP, but I will not be trying any more because I'm able to install SL using other methods. I do get KP …”
10.X Core2009-09-30
9,672 dossier reads
Snow Leopard problems to login
“Unless someone has found a solution Snow Leopard does not appear to work correctly with ATI cards on Hacked Systems yet. I haven't read a single report of success with an ATI card. If you have access to an Nvidia card I would try that. Does…”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-07-26
6,300 dossier reads
How to bypass /Extra from Loading
“Put A Leopard Compatible /Extra On Your Leopard Partiton.”
10.X Core2009-09-21
5,295 dossier reads
New DUET based EFI Bootloader
“ok will try. thanks”
10.X Core2010-07-31
140,344 dossier reads
New DUET based EFI Bootloader
“More info in general is needed.”
10.X Core2010-07-28
140,344 dossier reads
IHBootMaker BootMaker For Snow/Leopard
“updated package check post 1”
10.X Core2009-09-30
9,672 dossier reads