Mac OS X on x86 Hardware 2008–2024 Technical Archive
Member #303 · 2008-01-23 → 2008-07-13
#84 by Dispatches #147 by Author Reads #1,267 by Thread Reach Member #303 AMD OSx86 AHCI / SATA ALC889a / Audio

@xan

InfiniteMac community contributor with 85 recorded dispatches, 7 lead technical dossiers (71,075 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 425,930 historical readers.

Dispatches 85 Ranked #84 of 6,691
Author Reads 71,075 Ranked #147 · 7 dossiers
Thread Reach 425,930 Ranked #1,267 in reach
Lead Dossiers 7 10,154 avg reads / dossier
Member Number #303 Joined 2008-01-21
Active Window 2008 2008-01-23 → 2008-07-13
Archive Standing
#84 of 6,691 by Dispatches (85 notes) · #147 of 3,454 by Author Readership (71,075 reads across 7 dossiers) · #1,267 by Thread Reach (425,930 cumulative reads)
InfiniteMac ID
Member #303 · Joined 2008-01-21
Hardware & Kernel Topics
AMD OSx86 (8) · AHCI / SATA (2) · ALC889a / Audio (1)
Frequent Thread Collaborators
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Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection

Distribution across 4 technical boards

Leopard 10.5
55 (65%)
10.X Core
23 (27%)
General
3 (4%)

Lead Dossiers Authored by @xan (7)

71,075 cumulative reads on threads started by @xan

Dossier Title & SummaryCollectionReadership
Bootloader with 2 HDDs
im running this system 1 HDD - LEO AMD Rev1 with GUID & EFI 2 HDD - Windows XP standard Bootloader now i need a method how to boot from one of this loader the other system. Cause its very complicated to boot everytime in bios and change…
10.X Core44,101 reads
2008-02-04 · 15 notes
blinking cursor - no efi? or why i cant boot
i installed my rev1 amd version dvd to a internal sata connected through sb600 chip from ati. i tried it already with mbr and now i'm on guid. after reboot the system shows a blinking cursor and do nothing. i can access my system only from…
Leopard 10.56,236 reads
2008-01-30 · 28 notes
Unstable as Hell! 1052 isnt not really reliable
just another screen of death with the different languages to restart the machine! i even can not copy a clone from the install-partition to a NTFS/FAT32 or something else. not with CCC or superduper. in my eyes its the problem of managing…
Leopard 10.55,330 reads
2008-02-26 · 25 notes
ATI sb600 in rev1 but not in rev2 ? SB200, SB400, SB600
i have a more or less stable 1052 rev1. now i backed up all the installation with TimeMachine and now i wanted to install 1052 rev2. but now, this disc cant find my sata hdd. i have a sb600 motherboard. is the driver gone? what happened…
Leopard 10.54,826 reads
2008-03-22 · 8 notes
10.5.2 who knows something about it
i dont know nothing about 10.5.2. is this a desktop release? a update or what? is there already a release? will this be in the new rev2? a lot of questions but no answers please brighten me up
10.X Core3,770 reads
2008-01-31 · 11 notes
still error 35 and other issues
Message to Thread Starter: Please do not post into the news category again. Your Thread has been moved. hi all, i got still the error 35, look here, i tried a lot of ionetworkfamily replaces but its still here. the system is quiet stable,…
Leopard 10.53,742 reads
2008-03-02 · 6 notes
we need a #AMD-Leopard irc channel
or do we have already an irc platform and i dont know nothing about it?
10.X Core3,070 reads
2008-01-30 · 6 notes

Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (40)

Direct links into threads where @xan contributed solutions & commentary

Thread & Dispatch ExcerptCollectionDate & Reach
'About this Mac' Graphics
“roisoft, i did this, but this change only some windows. is there a way to apply a theme or something like that?”
Software & Kexts2008-02-08
53,545 dossier reads
'About this Mac' Graphics
“roisoft, how did you apply such a dark skin?! thats what im searching all the time! and how could u change the cpu infos?”
Software & Kexts2008-02-07
53,545 dossier reads
Bootloader with 2 HDDs
“@ damnesiac: this site cant help me. i have guid and efi ! not mbr. so chain0 cant find the right partition to boot. or xp loader dont find it. @ rfuilrez: i know your way, but my board cant boot via f8, i have to press del - 5 clicks for s…”
10.X Core2008-02-10
44,101 dossier reads
Bootloader with 2 HDDs
“tried but i get a chain error is this because i use GUID & EFI on my leo sys? can chain0 boot guid & efi?”
10.X Core2008-02-08
44,101 dossier reads
Bootloader with 2 HDDs
“# damnesiac easybcd dont want to start on a XP machine. so i cant use it # crawle so easy? so where does this chain0 lying on my leo system?! i have to copy it on C: and i add "C:/chain0=Leopard" to the boot.ini ? so easy?”
10.X Core2008-02-08
44,101 dossier reads
Rev.2 Beta 2 Test Reports
“please dont drop AMD, your release was the only one that works for me. amd user 4 life and your rev1 was really good. make the rev2 :] or just drop us the current status”
10.X Core2008-01-23
36,277 dossier reads
10.5.2 Update First Impressions
“my impression about 1052 - shit. rev1 by zeph was running nice and i dit the update by macgirls tutorial and the update was running. but suddenly i get the error to reboot the machine with the different languages. hehe - and thats it. dead …”
10.X Core2008-02-13
21,943 dossier reads
690v/sb600 chipset
“which device? the controller or the Drive? i'm not very familiar with device adding/editing. can u give me a step by step and i will post my results here?”
10.X Core2008-05-13
20,847 dossier reads
690v/sb600 chipset
“@ eddie11c first i couldnt install because of the "still waiting for root..." than WinLinMac01 posted me the sb600 ppf patch. after applying the ppf patch i could easily install on my SATA HDD. The best installation out of the box i've ever…”
10.X Core2008-05-13
20,847 dossier reads
690v/sb600 chipset
“sys profiler and others cant see the drive. its strange, i installed everything that was needed during the installation. some told me to reinstall IOATAFamily.kext, i tried some of them but nothing helped. maybe eddie can answer i'm really …”
10.X Core2008-05-13
20,847 dossier reads
690v/sb600 chipset
“WinLinMac01 - u posted the SB600 PPF for leo4allv3... with this ppf i could easily install but i cant see my DVD Drive after the installation. any ideas?”
10.X Core2008-05-12
20,847 dossier reads
Leo4Allv3 released, Tell us what you think
“a LG IDE Drive. nothing special. i think its because of the sb600 ppf patch. can u upload me the original IOATAFamily.kext from the leo4allv3? maybe it will work with this kext as a reinstall”
Leopard 10.52008-05-08
17,655 dossier reads
Leo4Allv3 released, Tell us what you think
“cant see my DVD drive, an IDE drive get this error from my when i try to burn”
Leopard 10.52008-05-07
17,655 dossier reads
Leo4Allv3 released, Tell us what you think
“thats a good thought eddie, no more betas, we all can wait till final”
Leopard 10.52008-04-26
17,655 dossier reads
Leo4Allv3 released, Tell us what you think
“y no one react on my problem with the missing DVD writer? please i need help.”
Leopard 10.52008-04-26
17,655 dossier reads
Leo4Allv3 released, Tell us what you think
“need help with the damn DVD writer. mac cant see it, but i installed leopard with this DVD writer. nothing changed. need help please.”
Leopard 10.52008-04-25
17,655 dossier reads
Leo4Allv3 released, Tell us what you think
“i need help again, i have a problem again: leo cant see my IDE LG DVD Writer... i installed with this drive and now i cant use my writer. f12 is not working either. need help but never the less: best release”
Leopard 10.52008-04-24
17,655 dossier reads
Leo4Allv3 released, Tell us what you think
“for all: to fix black menus you have to install the Graphics Update 1.0 manually after the Leo4Allv3 install and before u restart u have to make a marvins patcher package. after reboot u have to execute the patcher via singel user (-s). eve…”
Leopard 10.52008-04-24
17,655 dossier reads
Leo4Allv3 released, Tell us what you think
“thnx WinLinMac! it works! great. and thnx to eddie! big work! but! (there is always a but) i have black menues with my x1900xt ati card. for the first time i have such a issue. i need help, cause i cant work with this issue”
Leopard 10.52008-04-23
17,655 dossier reads
Leo4Allv3 released, Tell us what you think
“thnx WinLinMac, im burning right now. will test the disc immediately”
Leopard 10.52008-04-23
17,655 dossier reads
Leo4Allv3 released, Tell us what you think
“i also have the still waiting for root device error. eddie is it possible that u dont have support for the ATI SB600 chipset? kaly1052 and zeph leov2 can boot into this chipset and see my satas. it would be nice if there would be a ppf for …”
Leopard 10.52008-04-23
17,655 dossier reads
blinking cursor - no efi? or why i cant boot
“need rev2 asap to many problems playing around with rev1 ! ! ! zeph go for it! (maybe someone give a more or less date-tipp when it will be released? or the status what u all working on or plan to release with rev2)”
Leopard 10.52008-01-30
6,236 dossier reads
blinking cursor - no efi? or why i cant boot
“so the guy made a mistake with disk and rdisk ? forum.osx86 scene.com/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=2520 on line: ./startupfile…”
Leopard 10.52008-01-30
6,236 dossier reads
blinking cursor - no efi? or why i cant boot
“Puttabong, any comments to my previous post, the difference between the 2 guides?”
Leopard 10.52008-01-30
6,236 dossier reads
blinking cursor - no efi? or why i cant boot
“Puttabong's step by step for GUID+EFI boot with the dvd open a terminal and type diskutil list diskutil unmount /dev/diskXsY cd /volumes/"YourVolumeNameHere"/pc_efi_v80 umount -f /dev/diskXsY ./startupfiletool /dev/rdiskXsY ./boot_v8 dd if=…”
Leopard 10.52008-01-30
6,236 dossier reads
blinking cursor - no efi? or why i cant boot
“is it normal, that after GUID installation that i have 2 partitions on the hdd? 1 200MB EFI partition 2 40GB Leopard partition ?”
Leopard 10.52008-01-30
6,236 dossier reads
blinking cursor - no efi? or why i cant boot
“now i will install leo with GUID - then i will do the first step by step for GUID+efi”
Leopard 10.52008-01-30
6,236 dossier reads
blinking cursor - no efi? or why i cant boot
“i have sata! no master / slave anymore. everything should be master as i did the step by step, my leopard was the disk1s1 i have also a 2 other satas. the other one is disk0 and disk2”
Leopard 10.52008-01-30
6,236 dossier reads
blinking cursor - no efi? or why i cant boot
“5 -> mount -uw / mount -t hfs /dev/diskXsX /Volumes device busy skipped step 5 and rebootet after everything now i have "still waiting for root device"”
Leopard 10.52008-01-30
6,236 dossier reads
blinking cursor - no efi? or why i cant boot
“i will try the MBR fix now, before i reinstall to GUID again. just to know if its work. BUT: MBR without EFI... hmmm EFI is a must in the MAC world or isnt it? for smooth internet updates etc. or am i wrong? (AFAIK i installed MBR WITH efi …”
Leopard 10.52008-01-30
6,236 dossier reads
blinking cursor - no efi? or why i cant boot
“my hdd is a sata and there is no master/slave anymore”
Leopard 10.52008-01-30
6,236 dossier reads
blinking cursor - no efi? or why i cant boot
“what is better? make the system on GUID or MBR? a lot of say that MBR is less pain in config / install. is that right? as i said, some of the commands with fdisk don't work with guid system.”
Leopard 10.52008-01-30
6,236 dossier reads
blinking cursor - no efi? or why i cant boot
“[cite] Puttabong:you have to boot DVD install routine to access terminal and diskutil! no -s or something like this! This is how to fix booting for GUID + EFI! <----- not working with guid! fdisk said that it cant finde MBR bla bla... so i …”
Leopard 10.52008-01-30
6,236 dossier reads
blinking cursor - no efi? or why i cant boot
“which point would help me? cant see a booting fix”
Leopard 10.52008-01-30
6,236 dossier reads
blinking cursor - no efi? or why i cant boot
“my sb600 drivers are injected in the iso! they installs fine so i can see and use the sata at installation. but AFTER installation i cant boot without the DVD and rd=… command and as i said, mbr is not working either on the sata. same probl…”
Leopard 10.52008-01-30
6,236 dossier reads
Still waiting for root device...
“is your hdd a master?! this is very important. and yes, satas have master options too! not via jumper but via bios”
Leopard 10.52008-02-06
5,806 dossier reads
about the Kernel 9.2.0
“open your activitymonitor , there should be 2 cpus . if not there is something wrong. if it shows correct its just a mistake in the sysprofiler, i get the same issue. dont know how to fix it visual”
Leopard 10.52008-03-01
5,571 dossier reads
Unstable as Hell! 1052 isnt not really reliable
“thnx, think i fixed it with the phantom device, what is the better way: phantom or file change? both workarounds? roisoft: is this the same posted by u like above? just an installer? "roisoft - People with time machine problems, try with th…”
Leopard 10.52008-02-27
5,330 dossier reads
Unstable as Hell! 1052 isnt not really reliable
“yep, dont know y but my finder crashes right away if i change read-write permission, there comes the spin and finder is gone”
Leopard 10.52008-02-27
5,330 dossier reads
Unstable as Hell! 1052 isnt not really reliable
“gipo didnt know that this is possible?! and i only want to make a dmg of my system. thats it. but it keeps freezing and is unstable. @ zeph: close this thread when all problems have been fixed, cause otherwise it wouldnt be helpfull for oth…”
Leopard 10.52008-02-27
5,330 dossier reads