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Member #8,613 · 2009-08-02 → 2009-11-16
#423 by Dispatches #258 by Author Reads #1,279 by Thread Reach Member #8,613 Retail DVD / USB ATI Radeon Voodoo / XNU Kernel

@xlucian

InfiniteMac community contributor with 18 recorded dispatches, 7 lead technical dossiers (41,251 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 417,472 historical readers.

Dispatches 18 Ranked #423 of 6,691
Author Reads 41,251 Ranked #258 · 7 dossiers
Thread Reach 417,472 Ranked #1,279 in reach
Lead Dossiers 7 5,893 avg reads / dossier
Member Number #8,613 Joined 2009-07-18
Active Window 2009 2009-08-02 → 2009-11-16
Archive Standing
#423 of 6,691 by Dispatches (18 notes) · #258 of 3,454 by Author Readership (41,251 reads across 7 dossiers) · #1,279 by Thread Reach (417,472 cumulative reads)
InfiniteMac ID
Member #8,613 · Joined 2009-07-18
Hardware & Kernel Topics
Retail DVD / USB (12) · ATI Radeon (9) · Voodoo / XNU Kernel (5) · Chameleon / Boot-132 (1)
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Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection

Distribution across 3 technical boards

10.X Core
10 (56%)
Leopard 10.5
1 (6%)

Lead Dossiers Authored by @xlucian (7)

41,251 cumulative reads on threads started by @xlucian

Dossier Title & SummaryCollectionReadership
will not pass "deadmanCheck" soft reset chip
this is my rig: Processor: Intel Pentium D 805 2.66GHz ovk@3GHz Motherboard: Asus P5LD2 REV 1.0 Memory: 4G DDR2 667MHz Corsair XMS2(ram is @800MHz but a can't run at 800MHz cause of my CPU) Graphic card: Sapphire HD4870 1G DDR5 Display:…
Snow Leopard 10.612,773 reads
2009-11-05 · 1 notes
it won't let me install on MBR...
i have snow leo 10A380 (still downloading the final version) i'm trying to install it but it won't let me install on MBR, i've modified the OSInstall.mpkg and also downloaded it but it still asks for GUID. what can i do? i also have a…
Snow Leopard 10.66,419 reads
2009-09-01 · 5 notes
How can I know if my CPU or mobo can use vanilla kernel
hy can some one tell me what part of hardware establish if Mac OS X can be used with vanilla kernel on a PC? i have a working retail Leopard updated to 10.5.8 , using voodoo 9.8.0 kernel. when i first installed leo on my PC was when iAtkos…
Snow Leopard 10.66,254 reads
2009-10-16 · 4 notes
Your Geekbench results. Mac VS Win
Post you results. MY rig: Processor: Intel Pentium D 805 2.66GHz ovk@3GHz Motherboard: Asus P5LD2 REV 1.0 Memory: 4G DDR2 667MHz Corsair XMS2(ram is @800MHz but a can't run at 800MHz cause of my CPU) Graphic card: Asus ATI Radeon X1600 PRO…
10.X Core4,322 reads
2009-08-21 · 1 notes
Sapphire HD4870 1G DDR5
this is how i got my new hd graphic card fully working...qe/ci enabled. i've done a retail Leopard install 10.5.5 (using voodoo kernel) and after install i couldn't get rezolution change or qe/ci and in system profile my card was shown…
Leopard 10.54,234 reads
2009-10-31 · 1 notes
kernel panic
First of all this is my PC config on witch I've tested iAtkos v1i, v4.1i, v5i, v7: Processor: Intel Pentium D 805 2.66GHz ovk@3GHz Motherboard: Asus P5LD2 REV 1.0 Memory: 4G DDR2 667MHz Corsair XMS2(ram is @800MHz but a can't run at 800MHz…
10.X Core4,185 reads
2009-08-08 · 2 notes
Paralells Desktop 5 on Leopard
up until now i ran win xp under paralells 3 and i thought to give a try to paralells 5. i had some errors when installing it but i managed to bypass that. first error was the virtualisation check when installing...done that second was…
10.X Core3,064 reads
2009-11-16 · 1 notes

Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (10)

Direct links into threads where @xlucian contributed solutions & commentary

Thread & Dispatch ExcerptCollectionDate & Reach
10.5.8 is out
“perfect update...only x1600 kext to reinstall...in system profiler at hardware overview now it shows also hardware uidd :lots of numbers”
10.X Core2009-08-08
265,008 dossier reads
Hardware Thread
“Processor: Intel Pentium D 805 2.66GHz ovk@3GHz Motherboard: Asus P5LD2 REV 1.0 Memory: 4G DDR2 667MHz Corsair XMS2(ram is @800MHz but a can't run at 800MHz cause of my CPU) Graphic card: Asus ATI Radeon X1600 PRO Silent 256Mb Display: Sams…”
10.X Core2009-08-21
46,836 dossier reads
XBench Results
“Results 105.88 System Info Xbench Version 1.3 System Version 10.5.7 (9J61) Physical RAM 4096 MB Model iMac8,1 Drive Type Hitachi HDP725050GLA360 Hitachi HDP725050GLA360 CPU Test 75.15 GCD Loop 90.80 4.79 Mops/sec Floating Point Basic 77.64 …”
10.X Core2009-08-06
45,246 dossier reads
VIdeo Choppy after enabling QE/CI
“plex has its own dvd player. try it.i have also win 7 x64 and with plex videos runs as good aas on win”
10.X Core2009-08-02
7,333 dossier reads
VIdeo Choppy after enabling QE/CI
“i have an ati x1600 pro silent and managed to install a retail leo and after enabling QE/CI video worked like sht…the best solution is to use PLEX media center for Mac OS X…now i run smooth divx and [email protected] 't try yet 1080p. on iatk…”
10.X Core2009-08-02
7,333 dossier reads
it won't let me install on MBR...
“now i have the final retail copy...and have the same problem...won't let me install on MBR...any ideas...anyone?”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-09-05
6,419 dossier reads
it won't let me install on MBR...
“i've installed it once on an 6=8G usb flash drive from leo but it gave me the no packages erros when trying to repair permissions with disk utility. i'm trying now to install from another usb flash drive to not have this erros and to test a…”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-09-01
6,419 dossier reads
Multiboot on same drive
“if you have Chameleon installed on the snow partition, use Diskpart in windows. if you don't no how... PS: i have dual boot on same hdd , diff partitions with win7 and leo...but chameleon is installed on an usb stick with the needed extra f…”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-10-08
4,897 dossier reads
kernel panic
“fixed...installed parallels 3 and xp is flying. does anyone know how to add ram for video...it won't let be give xp more the 64mb”
10.X Core2009-08-18
4,185 dossier reads
When installing osx Leopard i am given nowhere to install it to?.
“post your pc config”
10.X Core2009-08-08
6,901 dossier reads