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Member #785 · 2008-02-19 → 2008-02-28
#1,305 by Dispatches #2,192 by Author Reads #3,571 by Thread Reach Member #785 AMD OSx86 NVIDIA GeForce Retail DVD / USB

@sweebez

InfiniteMac community contributor with 6 recorded dispatches, 1 lead technical dossiers (4,492 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 23,448 historical readers.

Dispatches 6 Ranked #1,305 of 6,691
Author Reads 4,492 Ranked #2,192 · 1 dossiers
Thread Reach 23,448 Ranked #3,571 in reach
Lead Dossiers 1 4,492 avg reads / dossier
Member Number #785 Joined 2008-02-15
Active Window 2008 2008-02-19 → 2008-02-28
Hardware Specs Reported in Dispatches
AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ (2 GHz) · NVidia Geforce 6600 GT · 1 GB DDR SDRAM · 60 gb IDE Master HDD · DVD IDE Drive
Archive Standing
#1,305 of 6,691 by Dispatches (6 notes) · #2,192 of 3,454 by Author Readership (4,492 reads across 1 dossiers) · #3,571 by Thread Reach (23,448 cumulative reads)
InfiniteMac ID
Member #785 · Joined 2008-02-15
Hardware & Kernel Topics
AMD OSx86 (1) · NVIDIA GeForce (1) · Retail DVD / USB (1)
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Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection

Distribution across 1 technical boards

Leopard 10.5
6 (100%)

Lead Dossiers Authored by @sweebez (1)

4,492 cumulative reads on threads started by @sweebez

Dossier Title & SummaryCollectionReadership
Two Hard Drive Issues? (You only need to solve one...)
Hey, I threw the new release into my computer and low and behold... not much happens. I have two IDE hard drives to try, a quantum fireball cx 20gb, and a Maxtor D740X-6L 20gb. I usually run an xp on a SATA drive, which i always unplug…
Leopard 10.54,492 reads
2008-02-21 · 5 notes

Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (5)

Direct links into threads where @sweebez contributed solutions & commentary

Thread & Dispatch ExcerptCollectionDate & Reach
"Still waiting for root device" Cant launch installer
“How would i go about disabling the SATA ports? I use a SATA drive to boot XP and an IDE drive to boot OSX. Will disabling the SATA ports essentially disable my XP drive? Is there a way around that?”
Leopard 10.52008-02-19
18,956 dossier reads
"Still waiting for root device" Cant launch installer
“geoc ities.com/sweebezhtml/cpuz.htm I'm trying to use an internal IDE quantum fireball cx 20gb hard drive What am i looking for kext wise?”
Leopard 10.52008-02-19
18,956 dossier reads
"Still waiting for root device" Cant launch installer
“Hey, I'm having the same problem! I boot it up with f8 and get this picture: I boot it up in -v mode and i get the "Still waiting for root device" error. AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ (2 GHz) NVidia Geforce 6600 GT 1 GB DDR SDRAM 60 gb IDE Master …”
Leopard 10.52008-02-19
18,956 dossier reads
Two Hard Drive Issues? (You only need to solve one...)
“well i've been messing with this stupid computer for days now, and I disabled my sata port and everything... I've given up on using the Quantum Fireball drive, as it was pretty old, and am using the Maxtor D740X-6L 20gb exclusivly. Alright,…”
Leopard 10.52008-02-28
4,492 dossier reads
Two Hard Drive Issues? (You only need to solve one...)
“I'd absolutely love to do both of those things for you, but I havent the slightest idea how to do the first, and if by disabled you mean 'are there any other disks plugged in to your computer' then no, there are not. I'll do absolutely anyt…”
Leopard 10.52008-02-21
4,492 dossier reads