#2,319 by Dispatches #3,838 by Thread Reach Member #20,850 ALC889a / Audio AMD OSx86 Retail DVD / USB
@themacmeister
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2010-01-05 → 2010-02-21
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EDIT: Phenom users need to use kernel switches at startup to fix serious issues. Google should help you here too. There are two must-have flags to get your Phenom working correctly (cannot remember them sorry - I have an Athlon64X2)
I ended up using anv_kernel, which allowed me to boot, but for some unknown reason, my Core2Duo became a Core2Solo, and I was only using one core :-(
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| Thread & Dispatch Excerpt | Collection | Date & Reach |
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| Tearing my hair out with an install “I got it working (32bit only) on my E7200 using iPortable_Snow 10.6.2. It was not an easy task, it was completely trial and error, and many kernels just DID NOT WORK with my Intel processor at all (?) I ended up using anv_kernel, which allo…” | Snow Leopard 10.6 | 2010-02-21 9,055 dossier reads |
| Tearing my hair out with an install “You will need to reinstall Chameleon2 BEFORE doing anything below. Latest version in dpkg form. EDIT: Phenom users need to use kernel switches at startup to fix serious issues. Google should help you here too. There are two must-have flags …” | Snow Leopard 10.6 | 2010-02-19 9,055 dossier reads |
| Volume Icon “Thanks for the help - I am using 10.5.8 from a legit Delta Upgrade from Apple on an AMD Athlon64X2 6000 box (3.0GHz). Your instructions got my volume icon back, and working, but Apple's Audio & Midi Utility crashes on launch. I am launching…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2010-01-05 8,397 dossier reads |