#323 by Dispatches #528 by Author Reads #2,608 by Thread Reach Member #2,298 📍 Finland NVIDIA GeForce AMD OSx86 ATI Radeon
@Winters
InfiniteMac community contributor with 23 recorded dispatches, 4 lead technical dossiers (21,711 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 67,127 historical readers.
Dispatches
23
Ranked #323 of 6,691
Author Reads
21,711
Ranked #528 · 4 dossiers
Thread Reach
67,127
Ranked #2,608 in reach
Lead Dossiers
4
5,428 avg reads / dossier
Member Number
#2,298
Joined 2008-07-07
Active Window
2008
2008-07-11 → 2008-12-01
Preserved Forum Signature & OSx86 Rig
AMD Athlon X2 64 3800 || Asus M2NPV-VM || 1.5 GB 667 MHz DDR2 || 40 GB WDC WD400JB || Samsung CD/DVDW SH-S182D || Asus GeForce 7200 GS 256MB -- Zephyroth 10.5.2 Rev 2 Updated to OS X 10.5.5
- Archive Standing
- #323 of 6,691 by Dispatches (23 notes) · #528 of 3,454 by Author Readership (21,711 reads across 4 dossiers) · #2,608 by Thread Reach (67,127 cumulative reads)
- InfiniteMac ID
- Member #2,298 · Joined 2008-07-07
- Location
- Finland
- Hardware & Kernel Topics
- NVIDIA GeForce (6) · AMD OSx86 (4) · ATI Radeon (1) · Retail DVD / USB (1) · AHCI / SATA (1)
- Frequent Thread Collaborators
- @nfoav8or (6) @adil2003 (5) @Voyn1x (3) @demigod (3) @Puttabong (2) @DoiX (2) @naquaada (2) @jshanh @bonkey @LeeAMDMAC @zephyroth @roisoft @Sergiales @snuffy58
Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection
Distribution across 2 technical boards
Lead Dossiers Authored by @Winters (4)
21,711 cumulative reads on threads started by @Winters
| Dossier Title & Summary | Collection | Readership |
|---|---|---|
| OSX86 on HP 6715s After successfully implementing Mac OSX on my AMD desktop, I would like to move on to my laptop. This was a cheap HP that I recently bought and I was wondering if someone out there has managed to successfully get it to run OSX. The basics… | Leopard 10.5 | 7,090 reads 2008-10-13 · 11 notes |
| Updating from 10.5.2 to 10.5.5 video problems Just installed and updated my Zephyroth 10.5.2 to 10.5.5. I had a bit of a problem when it restarted since there was no video output and the screen went to sleep mode. I restarted it second time with -v option and it was ok. Now when… | Leopard 10.5 | 6,569 reads 2008-10-20 · 14 notes |
| Device IDs list of Nvidia's graphics cards I got this list from Nvidia website and it shows device ID's for their graphics cards. It may not be complete but it has quite a few devices..It dates from June 2008. I hope it helps someone out there that doesn't know how to check their… | Leopard 10.5 | 4,304 reads 2008-07-15 · 5 notes |
| Zephyroth's 10.5.2 - System freezes when downloading I just installed Zepythroth's 10.5.2 rev 2 and it was all going well! Until, I started a download (Adium, if I remember right) the system froze and the "press power button to restart" message is displayed. Apart from that, so far, it's… | Leopard 10.5 | 3,748 reads 2008-07-12 · 11 notes |
Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (19)
Direct links into threads where @Winters contributed solutions & commentary
| Thread & Dispatch Excerpt | Collection | Date & Reach |
|---|---|---|
| Member Nationalities “Olá! I'm from Madeira, Portugal but living in Finland!” | General | 2008-07-11 41,477 dossier reads |
| OSX86 on HP 6715s “No worries! I will keep ur situation in mind.. if i come across something that might help, I will let u know!” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-10-14 7,090 dossier reads |
| OSX86 on HP 6715s “Yeah! Finland is quite a nice country to live..even for someone like me that is used to be a bit warmer climates! I have a couple of German friends as well..from Berlin.Nice people. I even studied German for one year but it was a long time …” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-10-14 7,090 dossier reads |
| OSX86 on HP 6715s “The most issue, i think, a bios. AMD Sempron 3800 has a SSE2, SSE3 and AMD Turion CPUs too! and well, you have chance to get it run! Just try it! I have a new bios and i can not get it backwards! I dont know how i get it backwards! OK, Good…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-10-14 7,090 dossier reads |
| OSX86 on HP 6715s “i have too HP 6715s, but with AMD Turion TL-58. Well, no way to install osx86, i try any osx86, are existed! After Bios upgrade, it says ACPI problem! Bloody hell! Well..It was cheap lappie, so can't expect much! Thanks for ur reply adil200…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-10-14 7,090 dossier reads |
| OSX86 on HP 6715s “Indeed! I also wanted to start here a thread for whoever out there has this laptop and was thinking about OSX. I'll try to keep a record of my testing here..” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-10-14 7,090 dossier reads |
| Updating from 10.5.2 to 10.5.5 video problems “i have the exact problem as yours..winters there is a delay of nearly 2 min.i tried a fresh install of 10.5.2 Zeps Rev.1 and updated through ASU 0.5 to 10.5.5.i got QE/CI worked..but still delay/sleep persist. Guys is there any solution.i h…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-12-01 6,569 dossier reads |
| Updating from 10.5.2 to 10.5.5 video problems “Thanks for all the suggestions! I spent some time last night working on the problem and I tried your tips. I managed to get QE/CI back by changing the Nvinject ktext to Nvinject.kext.old and installing Nvkush... reboot and it worked. The de…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-10-25 6,569 dossier reads |
| Updating from 10.5.2 to 10.5.5 video problems “I will have a look at EFI string then. At least it is something to keep my mind away from exams!” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-10-22 6,569 dossier reads |
| Updating from 10.5.2 to 10.5.5 video problems “Hei there! Thanks for your tips. I did as you said but no deal. I even used the nvinject installer and fixed the permissions with disk utility but nope..I have been reading around and it seems that not even the newest version of Nvinject is…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-10-22 6,569 dossier reads |
| Updating from 10.5.2 to 10.5.5 video problems “When updating a Hacintosh, sometimes the video and audio "fixes" get "undone" or rather, revert back to their original state before the issue was fixed. You should restart using -x to enter safe mode so the video kernel extensions aren't lo…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-10-21 6,569 dossier reads |
| Device IDs list of Nvidia's graphics cards “The device id should be edited on the "IOPCIMatch" key. Like in this example IOPCIMatch 0x014010de You can take a look at this thread here .I don't know if it applies to your 8800 GT but it shows how to edit the kexts.” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-07-17 4,304 dossier reads |
| Java update “Java and iTunes update work without patching for me as well..go for it!” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-11-01 3,939 dossier reads |
| Zephyroth's 10.5.2 - System freezes when downloading “You have quite a nickname I guess so..I guess I'll try a Realtek network card. Thank you all for your help! I appreciate it!” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-07-12 3,748 dossier reads |
| Zephyroth's 10.5.2 - System freezes when downloading “I usually dont have to mess about with the connection. This is a network and I get my connection from there..” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-07-12 3,748 dossier reads |
| Zephyroth's 10.5.2 - System freezes when downloading “Because I'm not that comfortable with the terminal, I used ktext helper to install it. Still didnt work. Then I formatted the entire disk again and install os x again (practise makes perfect) so I went straight with forcedeth -v. This time …” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-07-12 3,748 dossier reads |
| Zephyroth's 10.5.2 - System freezes when downloading “ooook..spoke too soon! Was downloading Firefox and down it went..tsss.tsss” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-07-12 3,748 dossier reads |
| Zephyroth's 10.5.2 - System freezes when downloading “Ok..I found the driver and installed it.. seems to be holding on so far! To test it I'm having some fun with the software update app. It already screwed quickplayer! but this installation is just for fun..I'll try and post some coherent fee…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-07-12 3,748 dossier reads |
| Zephyroth's 10.5.2 - System freezes when downloading “Yap. I'm using forcedeth driver. I guess that should be the prob. I have used in Tiger but never had that situation occurring. Any link where I can get it?” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-07-12 3,748 dossier reads |