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Member #15,858 · 2009-10-16 → 2010-08-05
#449 by Dispatches #284 by Author Reads #720 by Thread Reach Member #15,858 AMD OSx86 Retail DVD / USB NVIDIA GeForce

@XCalvin

InfiniteMac community contributor with 17 recorded dispatches, 9 lead technical dossiers (37,362 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 831,606 historical readers.

Dispatches 17 Ranked #449 of 6,691
Author Reads 37,362 Ranked #284 · 9 dossiers
Thread Reach 831,606 Ranked #720 in reach
Lead Dossiers 9 4,151 avg reads / dossier
Member Number #15,858 Joined 2009-10-16
Active Window 2009–2010 2009-10-16 → 2010-08-05
Preserved Forum Signature & OSx86 Rig
HP Pavilion Slimline - s5202uk
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
2xAMD Athlon™ II X2 215 Processor (2.7Ghz
1x3.00gb Ram
NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE nForce 430
Dedicated graphics memory 256 MB
20inch LCD Flatpanel HP 2009v
With 1600x900 resolution
Archive Standing
#449 of 6,691 by Dispatches (17 notes) · #284 of 3,454 by Author Readership (37,362 reads across 9 dossiers) · #720 by Thread Reach (831,606 cumulative reads)
InfiniteMac ID
Member #15,858 · Joined 2009-10-16
Hardware & Kernel Topics
AMD OSx86 (5) · Retail DVD / USB (3) · NVIDIA GeForce (2) · Gigabyte G31M / P35 (1)
Frequent Thread Collaborators
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Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection

Distribution across 4 technical boards

10.X Core
6 (35%)
Leopard 10.5
1 (6%)

Lead Dossiers Authored by @XCalvin (9)

37,362 cumulative reads on threads started by @XCalvin

Dossier Title & SummaryCollectionReadership
Thinking Of Getting A Magic Mouse For My Hackmac
should i get the magic mouse or just get a normal mouse?
Hardware & Dev6,931 reads
2009-12-03 · 4 notes
AMD vs Intel
What is best for osx AMD or Intel? i know its probably intel because its in the genuine macs, but AMD is cheaper. im going to get a new pc here is the link: co met.co.uk/shopcomet/product/581984/HP-S5202UK-M Would i be better of getting…
10.X Core6,164 reads
2009-12-03 · 7 notes
cheap and good graphics card
whats the cheapest and best graphics card you can get thats fully compatible with osx86
10.X Core5,900 reads
2010-08-05 · 5 notes
retail on my amd
will i be able to install retail snow leopard on my computer. info in the sig
Snow Leopard 10.63,804 reads
2010-07-22 · 6 notes
Need Help!!!
im new i was wondering if there is a distro or somthing that will work on the laptop im getting because i dont want to start wasting loads of dvds Processor Type: Intel Pentium Processor T4200 Processor Speed: 2GHz, 667MHz, 1 MB Cache…
Leopard 10.53,796 reads
2009-10-16 · 2 notes
Everything is perfect.... Except
i finally installed snow leopard on my amd system except my graphics is not working cant find any driver and stuck with 1024x768 what i need is 1600x900 can i make this work. i had found this post on the internet: do NOT install any nvidia…
Snow Leopard 10.63,102 reads
2010-08-04 · 2 notes
I have messed up... :(
i install a universal nvidia driver it installed then said to log off so i did that then i could not log back in it came up with a blue screen and it had the cursor then it suddenly went back to login so i restarted and now the same thing…
Snow Leopard 10.62,910 reads
2010-07-28 · 4 notes
Why Isnt There or Is There A Website That Supports AMD OSX Only
i was wondering why most websites for osx86 only seem to give support for Intel and just a little for AMD. Is there a website that specializes in osx on AMD Only?
10.X Core2,461 reads
2009-12-03 · 2 notes
Internet Help please
i installed snow leopard on my amd and on snow leo i have no internet connection it doesn't detect it i have tried efi studio and it did not detect it
Snow Leopard 10.62,294 reads
2010-07-24 · 2 notes

Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (8)

Direct links into threads where @XCalvin contributed solutions & commentary

Thread & Dispatch ExcerptCollectionDate & Reach
Snow Leopard 10.6.1-10.6.2 Intel AMD made by Hazard
“is it possible to get my graphics card working should i use nv enabler or something else”
10.X Core2010-07-28
459,566 dossier reads
The "Unofficial" Empire EFI Support Thread
“i already have retail snow leopard and the amd empire efi. when i choose install osx its goes to the loading screen and just keeps loading i left it on all night and it was the same. how can i fix this?”
10.X Core2010-07-20
328,874 dossier reads
Can OS X Snow Leopard be installed in my machine
“I want to know whether "OS X Snow Leopard" can be installed using patched kernel in my machine which has an old Pentium D 820 proccessor . Can I use 64bit mode as my CPU is of x86-64 architechture ? System Spec. GA-G31M-ES2L(Mobo) Intel Pen…”
10.X Core2010-07-30
5,804 dossier reads
retail on my amd
“i booted with -v and it came up with disk1s2: I/O error will i have to get a new disK? also it works fine in vmplayer”
Snow Leopard 10.62010-07-23
3,804 dossier reads
retail on my amd
“i booted with -v and it came up with disk1s2: I/O error will i have to get a new disK?”
Snow Leopard 10.62010-07-23
3,804 dossier reads
retail on my amd
“any idea how i could do it should i use empire efi or somthing else?”
Snow Leopard 10.62010-07-23
3,804 dossier reads
I have messed up... :(
“try booting with -x (safe mode) i just tried it and i still cant login, should i reinstall?”
Snow Leopard 10.62010-07-29
2,910 dossier reads
I have messed up... :(
“if i dont get help soon im gonna have to reinstall for the 3rd”
Snow Leopard 10.62010-07-29
2,910 dossier reads