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Member #16,611 · 2009-10-26 → 2009-11-25
#961 by Dispatches #1,566 by Author Reads #1,406 by Thread Reach Member #16,611 📍 somewhere in asia AMD OSx86 Voodoo / XNU Kernel Retail DVD / USB

@val88chan

InfiniteMac community contributor with 8 recorded dispatches, 1 lead technical dossiers (6,880 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 344,443 historical readers.

Dispatches 8 Ranked #961 of 6,691
Author Reads 6,880 Ranked #1,566 · 1 dossiers
Thread Reach 344,443 Ranked #1,406 in reach
Lead Dossiers 1 6,880 avg reads / dossier
Member Number #16,611 Joined 2009-10-26
Active Window 2009 2009-10-26 → 2009-11-25
Hardware Specs Reported in Dispatches
this is my rig · AMD Phenom X3 8650 · Gigabyte MA780G DS3H AMD 780G SB700 · 6GB RAM DDR2 800 Mhz · Maxtor 250 GB 7200rpm AHCI Mode · dual boot Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.6 from XXX PC Universal disc using voodoo 9.5 and Vista 64 bit using chameleon 1
Archive Standing
#961 of 6,691 by Dispatches (8 notes) · #1,566 of 3,454 by Author Readership (6,880 reads across 1 dossiers) · #1,406 by Thread Reach (344,443 cumulative reads)
InfiniteMac ID
Member #16,611 · Joined 2009-10-26
Location
somewhere in asia
Interests
automation and 2D Design
Hardware & Kernel Topics
AMD OSx86 (7) · Voodoo / XNU Kernel (6) · Retail DVD / USB (4) · Chameleon / Boot-132 (2) · AHCI / SATA (2) · NVIDIA GeForce (1)
Frequent Thread Collaborators
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Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection

Distribution across 1 technical boards

10.X Core
8 (100%)

Lead Dossiers Authored by @val88chan (1)

6,880 cumulative reads on threads started by @val88chan

Dossier Title & SummaryCollectionReadership
10.5.8 or 10.6
hello im a newbie here,this is my first post and im a new hackintosher. i never use mac before after i installing hackintosh in my rig. thats completely installed succesfully without standby mode this is my rig AMD Phenom X3 8650 Gigabyte…
10.X Core6,880 reads
2009-10-26 · 10 notes

Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (7)

Direct links into threads where @val88chan contributed solutions & commentary

Thread & Dispatch ExcerptCollectionDate & Reach
SSE2/SSE3 - 32/64 Bit Kernel for Snow Leopard by qoopz
“still waiting 64 bit mode kernel for AMD user with built in cpuid ^_^”
10.X Core2009-11-23
194,515 dossier reads
Snow Leopard xnu kernel test patch
“i have an AMD machine running SL in 32 bit mode with this metode : Snow Leopard 10A432 Install , will try to compile it tonight... hope i can help creating 64 bit XNU kernel.. waiting for this kernel so much…hope somebody would create it fo…”
10.X Core2009-11-25
106,479 dossier reads
10.2.0 Kernel for AMD/P4
“This kernel works for me with Marvin's AMD patch cupid. Thanks guys! is it support 64 bit mode for amd user in SL without on the fly cpuid?”
10.X Core2009-11-21
36,569 dossier reads
10.5.8 or 10.6
“No Snow Leopard Retail installation, using a Boot CD, is not possible on AMD. We are missing a 10.x Kernel that provides the CPUID patching feature, as the Voodoo Kernel did for Leopard... What you can do is to install Snow Leopard from wit…”
10.X Core2009-11-01
6,880 dossier reads
10.5.8 or 10.6
“You need to back-up your Kernel Binary - located in /mach_kernel to ensure your system will still work after doing the update, as you need a) a Kernel that doesn't check for your CPU & b) the Voodoo Kernel to patch the CPUIDs to make OS X w…”
10.X Core2009-10-30
6,880 dossier reads
10.5.8 or 10.6
“You need to back-up your Kernel Binary - located in /mach_kernel to ensure your system will still work after doing the update, as you need a) a Kernel that doesn't check for your CPU & b) the Voodoo Kernel to patch the CPUIDs to make OS X w…”
10.X Core2009-10-30
6,880 dossier reads
10.5.8 or 10.6
“To make you're system more secure/compatible with software it's most of the times best to update to the latest version. So if possible you should check if you can make Snow Leopard 10.6.1 work on you're system. Or at least try to update to …”
10.X Core2009-10-27
6,880 dossier reads