#90 by Dispatches #277 by Author Reads #404 by Thread Reach Member #1,334 Retail DVD / USB AHCI / SATA AMD OSx86
@ToroLoco
InfiniteMac community contributor with 78 recorded dispatches, 6 lead technical dossiers (38,289 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 1,116,710 historical readers.
Dispatches
78
Ranked #90 of 6,691
Author Reads
38,289
Ranked #277 · 6 dossiers
Thread Reach
1,116,710
Ranked #404 in reach
Lead Dossiers
6
6,382 avg reads / dossier
Member Number
#1,334
Joined 2008-02-19
Active Window
2008–2009
2008-03-30 → 2009-09-16
Hardware Specs Reported in Dispatches
CPU: AMD64 3200+ · MB: MSI NEO PLATINUM (nForce 3) · Ram: 3x512Mb DDR · VGA: ATI x1650 Pro 256Mb AGP · Audio: OnBoard (AC97) · Lan: OnBoard (Forcedeth) · HD: WD 200Gb Sata · Dvd - RW: Nec
- Archive Standing
- #90 of 6,691 by Dispatches (78 notes) · #277 of 3,454 by Author Readership (38,289 reads across 6 dossiers) · #404 by Thread Reach (1,116,710 cumulative reads)
- InfiniteMac ID
- Member #1,334 · Joined 2008-02-19
- Website
- e camping.gr/portal
- Hardware & Kernel Topics
- Retail DVD / USB (5) · AHCI / SATA (3) · AMD OSx86 (3) · ATI Radeon (2) · Voodoo / XNU Kernel (1) · ASUS P5K / P5Q (1)
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- @zephyroth
- Frequent Thread Collaborators
- @WinLinMac01 (13) @Puttabong (11) @bhast2 (10) @R0GUE (9) @naquaada (9) @aryajuanda (7) @DoiX (7) @pαuℓzurrr. (6) @Voyn1x (6) @Taisto (5) @roisoft (5) @Ianxxx (5) @lemn (4) @zephyroth (4)
Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection
Distribution across 5 technical boards
Lead Dossiers Authored by @ToroLoco (6)
38,289 cumulative reads on threads started by @ToroLoco
| Dossier Title & Summary | Collection | Readership |
|---|---|---|
| Parallels on AMD I have tried to install Parallels to my AMD Leopard but it gives me an error message that my componends are not compatible. I believe it's due to the AMD CPU. Has anyone managed to install it on AMD? | Leopard 10.5 | 12,911 reads 2008-09-05 · 4 notes |
| ALC850 & Digital Optical Out Well I have a A8N-SLI Premium motherboard and I have successfully installed the Zephyroth 10.5.2 Rev.2 months now and it's perfectly working with all the drivers from the install. No need to touch anything. I have it updated to 10.5.5 with… | 10.X Core | 9,715 reads 2008-10-06 · 7 notes |
| Dual Boot of Vista and Leopard in same hd. I am trying a long time now to have a dual booting system with Vista and Leopard. I have already installed Vista and I have installed later Leopard. Until now I haven't succeed to enable dual booting on my system and even Ihaven't succeed… | 10.X Core | 6,344 reads 2008-04-13 · 22 notes |
| nForce3 kext problem I have successfully installed 10.5.2 rev.2 Leopard, but I have changed the AppleVIAATA.kext and AppleNForceATA.kext with the ones from Tiger and during the install I choose the VIA chipset and not the nForce as it is my M/B (nForce3).… | Leopard 10.5 | 3,702 reads 2008-04-19 · 1 notes |
| Mail.app import messages I have imported my mails from Windows Mail to Mail.app, but I have them on an imported folder and I can't move them to my inbox. I have tried to move the mbox files to the folder of my mail with finder but didn't worked. Do you have any… | Software & Kexts | 2,900 reads 2008-06-08 · 6 notes |
| Time machine on partition disk I want to enable time machine but I want to keep my backups on the partition of my 1st disk. But it only accepts my extrenal USB disk. Is this my only option or I can enable time machine to the partition as well? | Leopard 10.5 | 2,717 reads 2008-06-05 · 8 notes |
Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (40)
Direct links into threads where @ToroLoco contributed solutions & commentary
| Thread & Dispatch Excerpt | Collection | Date & Reach |
|---|---|---|
| Snow Leopard 10A432 Install “buy Apple snow leopard in apple store n restore to an empty partition... lol… better yet to buy a real Mac… :s” | Snow Leopard 10.6 | 2009-09-16 694,068 dossier reads |
| Snow Leopard 10A432 Install “do you have anything that you need on the drive you want to install snow onto? if not, it might be easier for you to just repartition the drive again with diskutil, and create uuid partitions. This is what I am tying to avoid, because I hav…” | Snow Leopard 10.6 | 2009-09-16 694,068 dossier reads |
| Snow Leopard 10A432 Install “Hmm, how about going through the 10.5 install again and creating GUID partition table ? It has some advantages over MBR ( check Wiki ) and it would save You some problems with 10.6. Well, You might consider that i guess =) Anyway, if You ca…” | Snow Leopard 10.6 | 2009-09-16 694,068 dossier reads |
| Snow Leopard 10A432 Install “why do you want to restore the image to a hd? do you have 2 disks, one with leopard and another one where you want to install snow? if so, you don't need to restore the image, you can just mount the dmg image and follow exactly the steps fr…” | Snow Leopard 10.6 | 2009-09-16 694,068 dossier reads |
| Snow Leopard 10A432 Install “well even if I convert the cdr image with disk utility I can't scan the image in order to restore it to the HD. When the image is not mounted I get the "invalid argument" error and when it is mounted I get the "Resource temporarily unavaila…” | Snow Leopard 10.6 | 2009-09-15 694,068 dossier reads |
| Snow Leopard 10A432 Install “have u try to restore it without convert it to dmg? Yes and it returns the same errors.” | Snow Leopard 10.6 | 2009-09-15 694,068 dossier reads |
| Snow Leopard 10A432 Install “What's the error that it's giving ? Maybe You have to Verify the image ? But when I try to scan the image is that I get the errors. The errors that I have are mentioned on my initial message. "Unable to scan "imagename.dmg". (Invalid Argume…” | Snow Leopard 10.6 | 2009-09-15 694,068 dossier reads |
| Snow Leopard 10A432 Install “you can restore the installer to a partition in your usb drive or hdd and change the osinstall.mpkg for mbr hdd.. so you will need 2 empty partition 1 for installer and 1 for snow I have that ready, but I can't restore the image to the empt…” | Snow Leopard 10.6 | 2009-09-15 694,068 dossier reads |
| Snow Leopard 10A432 Install “Actually I have downloaded the image in .cdr format and I have convert it to dmg with DMGConverter with read/write permissions. I will try to convert with disk utility to Iso as you write and I will post back.” | Snow Leopard 10.6 | 2009-09-15 694,068 dossier reads |
| Snow Leopard 10A432 Install “The image can be mounted and the installer starts, but it returns the message that I can't install to that drive or something similar. How can I change the OSInstall.mpkg and perform the install, is there any other way?” | Snow Leopard 10.6 | 2009-09-15 694,068 dossier reads |
| Snow Leopard 10A432 Install “I am trying to follow your guide, but I have the below problem. I can't restore the image that I have downloaded. Whenever I try to scan the image for restore I get one of the following messages: Unable to scan "imagename.dmg". (Invalid Arg…” | Snow Leopard 10.6 | 2009-09-14 694,068 dossier reads |
| HCL OSx86 AMD 10.5.2 Revision 2 “CPU: AMD64 3200+ MB: MSI NEO PLATINUM (nForce 3) Ram: 3x512Mb DDR VGA: ATI x1650 Pro 256Mb AGP Audio: OnBoard (AC97) Lan: OnBoard (Forcedeth) HD: WD 200Gb Sata Dvd - RW: Nec Everything worked perfect, but I had to change the ApplenForceATA.…” | 10.X Core | 2008-04-07 82,426 dossier reads |
| 'About this Mac' Graphics “I used the photo that Rogue made and put it in the Apple logo in order to look more formal.” | Software & Kexts | 2008-06-09 53,545 dossier reads |
| Zephyroth Leopard AMD 10.5.2 Rev.2 Issue Discussion “[cite] Puttabong:Regarding your second question: This happens due to the lack of a bootloader, which is easily solved by manually installing it. One information is needed to do this, though - Did you format your drive as MBR (Master Boot Re…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-04-06 35,425 dossier reads |
| Zephyroth Leopard AMD 10.5.2 Rev.2 Issue Discussion “In order to open Disk Utility, do I have to get to the installer again? Is there anywhere within Leopard?” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-04-06 35,425 dossier reads |
| Zephyroth Leopard AMD 10.5.2 Rev.2 Issue Discussion “[cite] roisoft:Try with the tiger version of the nforce or appleviaata. Hi roisft I managed to install Leopard with the kext from Tiger that you post. Actually I am writting from the Leo now. 1. I have a few more questions now. I have in th…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-04-06 35,425 dossier reads |
| Zephyroth Leopard AMD 10.5.2 Rev.2 Issue Discussion “I have removed the AppleNforceATA.kext and then burned the image again, but now then the apple logo appear it starts to load something and then it appears a stop sign over the apple and stops every process. I have tried to search on insanel…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-04-01 35,425 dossier reads |
| Zephyroth Leopard AMD 10.5.2 Rev.2 Issue Discussion “[cite] Ianxxx: A lot of people seem to have problems with nforce3 boards! You could check that your device ids are included in the kext file How can I check this?” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-03-31 35,425 dossier reads |
| Zephyroth Leopard AMD 10.5.2 Rev.2 Issue Discussion “[cite] Ianxxx: I think you're gonna have problems Have you tried both releases? Yes, I have tried both (10.5.2 and 10.5.2 Rev.2) Since i have seen that there is support for Nforce2/3/4 why I should have problems?” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-03-31 35,425 dossier reads |
| Zephyroth Leopard AMD 10.5.2 Rev.2 Issue Discussion “[cite] Ianxxx: is that an nforce3 mobo? Yes it is nforce3.” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-03-31 35,425 dossier reads |
| Zephyroth Leopard AMD 10.5.2 Rev.2 Issue Discussion “Well I have burn it to DVD+R but again the same. I used -v and the results you can see them on the attached picture. Is there any "cure"?” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-03-31 35,425 dossier reads |
| Zephyroth Leopard AMD 10.5.2 Rev.2 Issue Discussion “I have tried both Zephyroth dists and both of them start from dvd but when the Apple Logo appears the background goes grey and a windows appears that writes that I should restart the pc in various languages. What is wrong? I burn the ISO on…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-03-30 35,425 dossier reads |
| What's your average boot up time “Well I have noticed that my booting time increase a lot lately. It takes at least the double time than initial did. Now it takes about 2min while at the beginning it was less than a minute. Since it is the same hardware, do you have any ide…” | 10.X Core | 2008-09-05 31,845 dossier reads |
| mach_kernel 9.2.2 and 9.2.2 System.kext for AMD “Will you post the working kexts? [cite] zephyroth:I managed to fix the sleep function by putting ACPI to "S0" mode in BIOS.” | 10.X Core | 2008-04-29 29,851 dossier reads |
| mach_kernel 9.2.2 and 9.2.2 System.kext for AMD “[cite] WinLinMac01:Try sleep kernel or modkernel included in Kalways or Leo4all's release. How I will find it, since I have problem with the sleep function I wanted to change the sleep kernel. I have Leo4allv3 is it in there?” | 10.X Core | 2008-04-29 29,851 dossier reads |
| mach_kernel 9.2.2 and 9.2.2 System.kext for AMD “[cite] WinLinMac01:Do this (my method): Download the new kernel and system.kext Use kext-installer first to install the new system kext. Then, copy the mach_922 to your desktop and rename that to mach_kernel Install kernel-installer by PCWi…” | 10.X Core | 2008-04-28 29,851 dossier reads |
| mach_kernel 9.2.2 and 9.2.2 System.kext for AMD “Well With the kext helper and the pcwiz the update couldn't be done, even if everything seams to work correct. I have tried once again updating manual but I have kernel panic on the restart.” | 10.X Core | 2008-04-26 29,851 dossier reads |
| mach_kernel 9.2.2 and 9.2.2 System.kext for AMD “How can I check if I have installed correctly the new kernel?” | 10.X Core | 2008-04-23 29,851 dossier reads |
| What do our usernames symbolize “Well mine comes from my sign Taurus, which in spanish is Toro and when I was in Barcelona they used to call me Crazy Greek so I combine it with Loco...” | General | 2008-04-29 14,759 dossier reads |
| CrossOver & CrossOver Games - Experiences “I have tested Guitar Pro 5.2 and it fully works. I want to try Age Of Empires Gold and Rise Of Nations but I think they will work.” | General | 2008-06-02 11,758 dossier reads |
| iLife '08 “Based on my last update garageband and iPhoto where the only with patched cpuid's for iDVD and iMovie there where no pcuid's found to patch.” | Software & Kexts | 2008-05-20 11,135 dossier reads |
| iLife '08 “I agree with WinLinMac01, try to download the iLife updates with Zephyroths ASU 0.3 and you don't have to do the extra patching with Marvin.” | Software & Kexts | 2008-05-19 11,135 dossier reads |
| iLife '08 “[cite] naquaada:iMovie '08 crashes on all tested systems, Zephyroth 10.5.1 RC2, 10.5.2 RC1 and Kalway 10.5.2. It starts and then quits unexpectedly. On mine it doesn't even start. When I launch it shut's down immediately.” | Software & Kexts | 2008-04-26 11,135 dossier reads |
| iLife '08 “I have installed iLife08, all the apps when launched after a while they close and appears a message that I should send report to Apple, to ingore it or relaunch it. I have tested iPhoto and when it closes when I try to import pictures, Gara…” | Software & Kexts | 2008-04-23 11,135 dossier reads |
| Saphire ATI Radeon x1650 Pro (0x71c6) problems “By the way the card is almost fully supported, since I cann't enable the video out that I send the signal to my TV.” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-04-09 10,943 dossier reads |
| Saphire ATI Radeon x1650 Pro (0x71c6) problems “well lexattack you are great. it is exactly what I was looking for and worked like a charm. Now I have full support of my card. off topic: Do you know anything about the "Chain Booting Error" that I get?” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-04-08 10,943 dossier reads |
| Saphire ATI Radeon x1650 Pro (0x71c6) problems “[cite] laxattack:www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/apple/application_updates/leopardgraphicsupdate10.html graphics update to check your device id go to about this mac, then more info, then click graphics/displays then look for Device ID should…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-04-08 10,943 dossier reads |
| Saphire ATI Radeon x1650 Pro (0x71c6) problems “[cite] laxattack:first of all did you do the graphics update? if you did i have linked an installer package for dev id 71c6 luigisitali anrestaurant.net/images/x165010.5.2deviceid0x71c6.pkg How Do I the graphic update? and then how do I see…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-04-07 10,943 dossier reads |
| Saphire ATI Radeon x1650 Pro (0x71c6) problems “Well I have seen this thread which describes my problem as well. I have the saphire Ati x1650Pro AGP. I don't face any problem with the appearence but I can't change the resolution and I can't use the external monitor. How can I find a work…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-04-07 10,943 dossier reads |
| Firefox 3.0 rc3 public release “I also have Firefox 3 beta's as my default browser for both Vista and Mac OS X and beta 5 works perfect, faster browsing and full compatibility.” | Software & Kexts | 2008-05-19 10,940 dossier reads |