#48 by Dispatches #170 by Author Reads #30 by Thread Reach Member #121 📍 Germany AMD OSx86 AHCI / SATA Voodoo / XNU Kernel
@zuz242
InfiniteMac community contributor with 164 recorded dispatches, 10 lead technical dossiers (60,416 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 3,291,552 historical readers.
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Author Reads
60,416
Ranked #170 · 10 dossiers
Thread Reach
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Lead Dossiers
10
6,042 avg reads / dossier
Member Number
#121
Joined 2008-01-13
Active Window
2008–2011
2008-01-15 → 2011-02-14
Preserved Forum Signature & OSx86 Rig
Leopard 10.6.5 | Core i3 | Gigabyte H55M-USB3 | ATI 5770 | Coolermaster Cosmos
- Archive Standing
- #48 of 6,691 by Dispatches (161 notes) · #170 of 3,454 by Author Readership (60,416 reads across 10 dossiers) · #30 by Thread Reach (3,291,552 cumulative reads)
- InfiniteMac ID
- Member #121 · Joined 2008-01-13
- Location
- Germany
- Hardware & Kernel Topics
- AMD OSx86 (24) · AHCI / SATA (18) · Voodoo / XNU Kernel (13) · NVIDIA GeForce (10) · Retail DVD / USB (9) · Chameleon / Boot-132 (7)
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- @Puttabong
- Frequent Thread Collaborators
- @Puttabong (30) @WinLinMac01 (24) @nfoav8or (23) @R0GUE (20) @naquaada (19) @bhast2 (17) @roisoft (16) @Taisto (15) @milanca (14) @Voyn1x (14) @DoiX (13) @pαuℓzurrr. (12) @zephyroth (12) @Aydinz (11)
Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection
Distribution across 6 technical boards
Lead Dossiers Authored by @zuz242 (10)
60,416 cumulative reads on threads started by @zuz242
| Dossier Title & Summary | Collection | Readership |
|---|---|---|
| New Leo4all released The counter on leo 4all.com/ finally reached zero and reads: "Its finally here!" but thats all the news i could find about it. Nothing new on the site, nothing on the two big download sources, nothing on the osx platforms .. Did i miss… | 10.X Core | 13,480 reads 2009-03-01 · 7 notes |
| Logitech QuickCam E3500 (working) - FAIL under 10.6 I just want to report that i got lucky with buying a rather cheap Logitech QickCam E3500. I did search before and did not fing any infos about this QuickCam, even not on macam. But it is working OTB in OSX, skype and ichat. There is no… | 10.X Core | 11,776 reads 2008-12-31 · 8 notes |
| insanely forum downtime is it just me or does the "other" site experience problems right now? | General | 7,980 reads 2009-05-17 · 9 notes |
| changed hardware - HD 3870 not running as i had a perfect running system, i had to "upgrade" my graphics my former gforce 8600gt ran "out of the box", my new ati hd 3870 doesn´t.. i tried installing (on an eternal hdd this time) both zeph 10.5.2 and leo4all with ati 3780… | 10.X Core | 6,889 reads 2008-06-04 · 5 notes |
| cloning fails, wrong startup volume at first i installed leo on an external usb drive. then i copied the patition internal with acronis. now i got this problem: i cant boot the external install. i can choose the hd via bios boot menue, darwin bootloader starts but loads into… | Leopard 10.5 | 3,942 reads 2008-02-03 · 2 notes |
| FREE "CrossOver Mac Pro" today (28.10.2008) CrossOver Serial Number Sign Up We are giving away all of our software for free on Tuesday, October 28th, 2008. This is a fully working, fully supported copy of either CrossOver Mac Professional, or CrossOver Linux Professional. No hooks,… | Software & Kexts | 3,901 reads 2008-10-28 · 2 notes |
| Changing user access rights causes the Finder to crash - German.pkg my system is running smooth except this issue: if i want to access the infos of a file/ dir and try to switch the user access rights, finder crashes / closes. so there is no way (except shell maybe) to alter file infos. any ideas what is… | Leopard 10.5 | 3,470 reads 2008-12-28 · 5 notes |
| GAMES - whats fun to play on a hack´ as most new hackintosh user come from a windows background we are all a bunch of spoiled gamers so i wonder what games to play on osx? i mean native, as one can always dualboot back to win.. the overall choice is rather small, in quantity… | Software & Kexts | 3,229 reads 2008-04-11 · 8 notes |
| gathering info about EFI for wiki as i´m fairly new to osx (10.4.8 on vmware a while ago, now 10.5.1 zep r1 native). i´m doing a lot of browsing forums and sites. as i came across the EFi, i wondered how much this concerns me as an AMD user. now i compiled some info and… | Leopard 10.5 | 3,186 reads 2008-01-31 · 6 notes |
| automout shares / dont show mounted ntfs as i am runing osx on a guid hd parallel to two mbr ntfs harddisks i wonder if there is a way to ex- / include certain partitions to be shown in osx. for example, i dont need my xp / vista system partitions to show up on the desktop and… | Leopard 10.5 | 2,563 reads 2008-04-07 · 6 notes |
Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (40)
Direct links into threads where @zuz242 contributed solutions & commentary
| Thread & Dispatch Excerpt | Collection | Date & Reach |
|---|---|---|
| iPC OSx86 Leopard 10.5.6 Intel AMD SSE2 SSE3 “hooray for PPF3 i hope the sb600 support is full this time.. because i have a leo4all install and my hack boots so slow due to "iokitwaitquiet issue" i had this as well, but i the issue got solved there: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.p…” | 10.X Core | 2009-01-17 965,272 dossier reads |
| iPC OSx86 Leopard 10.5.6 Intel AMD SSE2 SSE3 “i am on my way with this distro. install went fine so far.(sb600, ppf2) but it hangs halfway in the gui, blue background and mouse pointer, but no further. only thing working is booting with -x. one thing i might try is installing without g…” | 10.X Core | 2008-12-27 965,272 dossier reads |
| How Can I burn The MAC OS X distro to USB flash memory “Im glad some of you have made it that far! As for me, I am unable to boot from the flash drive, it gives me EBIOS read error, as if its reading from a bad disk. I have used the recovery from a ISO and installed chameleon onto it, all with n…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2009-02-24 232,072 dossier reads |
| How Can I burn The MAC OS X distro to USB flash memory “i added a bit of info about installing from flash to the wiki under howto” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-12-28 232,072 dossier reads |
| Coming Soon: iPC OSx86 Intel AMD SSE2 SSE3 (10.5.5) “i had a silmiliar Mobo, M2N-SLI and had no luck to get the Nforce network card working. Several "forcedeth" drivers did not work. So i advise you to do as i did: get a cheap pci network card (5-10€) and you are set. there are several people…” | 10.X Core | 2008-10-14 127,513 dossier reads |
| Dual boot Windows and OS X from different Hard Drives “if osx and win reside on different drives, one simply choose bootdrive with bios (f12 for me). so no editing any bootfiles neccessary” | 10.X Core | 2009-02-15 125,261 dossier reads |
| XBench Scores “strange, your images (tiff) dont show in my firefox? ! [cite] bushd:My Results on Leo 10.5.2 CPU: X2 4600+ GPU: NVidia 7300GS RAM: 2GB DDR2 SATA Samsung HDD 160GB Als Vergleich mein Apple MacBook (C2D 2GHz - GMA950)” | 10.X Core | 2008-03-10 104,353 dossier reads |
| XBench Scores “new results... after updating to 10.5.2, my score improved slightly, esp. with graphics 10.5.1 vs. 5.2 overall 116 125 cpu 108 111 thread 190 179 mem 160 161 quartz 196 239 opengl 118 141 ui 297 382 disk 44 46 im running efi mbr, install is…” | 10.X Core | 2008-02-18 104,353 dossier reads |
| XBench Scores “efi info, guide and links http://osx86.wikidot.com/misc-information” | 10.X Core | 2008-02-14 104,353 dossier reads |
| XBench Scores “similiar to Rogue amd x2 6000 asus m2n-sli (nforce 560-sli) gforce 8600GT” | 10.X Core | 2008-02-11 104,353 dossier reads |
| Mac OS X 10.5.7 Released “Why you are patching update package on AMD if you are using Voodoo kernel? It should work with Voodoo with no patching. right now im trying this on a clone install EDIT: did not work that easy. but i would have been sureprised if it would .…” | Releases & News | 2009-05-14 99,651 dossier reads |
| LawlessPPC Phenom & AMD 10.5.4 Beta Release Discussion “You were right. Activity monitor is showing 3 cores. Another question. Can i run Mac OS update like to install 10.5.5 via the Software Update? or that will mess up my current install? As Taisto said, it depends on your machine. amd needs pa…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2009-02-24 91,699 dossier reads |
| LawlessPPC Phenom & AMD 10.5.4 Beta Release Discussion “..., Asus m2n-e, … In system preferences > Network, It says the Cable Unplugged, The cable for Ethernet is not plugged in. ( yes I'm 100% certain the cable is plugged in, as I'm able to browse in the other os without issues ) ... The networ…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-12-11 91,699 dossier reads |
| LawlessPPC Phenom & AMD 10.5.4 Beta Release Discussion “All running fine after: ATI3870: DVD drivers did not work, removed kexts and installed lastexiles drivers. IDE HHD / SB600 chipset: This is the only distro allowing me to boot with my sb600 setup. But after installing the gfx driver, my hdd…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-10-05 91,699 dossier reads |
| How do I Make A Bootable OSX Image “where can i find the mach_kernel file so that i can make a copy of it before i upgrade to 10.5.6. i double click on the osx partition and i get 4 folders(applications,users, system and library). where do i go from there? THANX the kernel fi…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2009-06-08 84,656 dossier reads |
| kalyway 10.5.2 to 10.5.6 direct comboupdate “For anyone who hasn't been blessed with the aforementioned "update package" and has Kalyway 10.5.2 on an AMD... 1. Get the Voodoo kernel and install it using OSX86Tools or a similar utility 2. Get a copy of Disabler.kext and install it usin…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2009-02-24 84,517 dossier reads |
| HCL OSx86 AMD 10.5.2 Revision 2 “CPU: AMD64 X2 6000+ @ 3Ghz Per Core (SSE3/Socket AM2) MB: Asus M2N-SLI SLI (nForce 560 MCP) Ram: 3Gb DDR2-800 Graphics: nVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS 256MB - dual monitor DVI Audio: Onboard Sound (AZ kext) Lan: RTL PCI (didn´t bother with another…” | 10.X Core | 2008-04-07 82,426 dossier reads |
| 10.5.6 Released “i´m still on 10.5.5. all tries updating my lawless amd system failed so far on way or another. using ipc gives me 10.5.6. but without ci/qe. resolution and dual-screen works. i tried all drivers for my HD3870, even the ones formerly working…” | 10.X Core | 2009-03-06 80,667 dossier reads |
| 10.5.6 Released “I did just that, and it works perfectly fine for me. i still get (since the upgrade to 10.5.5) my amd cpu listed as core 2 duo in about this mac, but this really is a non- issue. this is a "feature" of the vodoo kernel to increase compatibi…” | 10.X Core | 2008-12-19 80,667 dossier reads |
| Leopard 10.5.2 AMD EFI (OOTB) “these files (28+29) were just missing the first hours, now everything is fine if unraring didn´t produce any errors, the iso should be ok. problems with boot or install may still occur, of course. check the wiki” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-02-18 74,206 dossier reads |
| Leopard 10.5.2 AMD EFI (OOTB) “[cite] zuz242:im on astinews trial, downloading with newsbin (win) and parts 28 and 29 are still incomplete. others seem to get them complete now, but refreshing (even restarting newsbin) still shows them as incomplete the .par files are in…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-02-18 74,206 dossier reads |
| Leopard 10.5.2 AMD EFI (OOTB) “im on astinews trial, downloading with newsbin (win) and parts 28 and 29 are still incomplete. others seem to get them complete now, but refreshing (even restarting newsbin) still shows them as incomplete the .par files are incomplete as we…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-02-17 74,206 dossier reads |
| Installing OSX on and AMD Athlon machine “do you have a spare usb disk? (even a 8gb+ usb stick should do) in this case you could test-install on the external disk. if u got problems with sata, install on usb should still work. and with a running system (external) you have an advant…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-12-28 52,947 dossier reads |
| What mouse are you using with your (Hack)Mac “Logitech MX400, .. me too. logitech mx400 laser and a microsoft laser 6000 before. as i use both vista and osx, these mice have nie driver support for both systems. i like to map a programm switching function like exposee or flip3d on the 4…” | Hardware & Dev | 2009-06-01 47,452 dossier reads |
| Hardware Thread “OS X: Leopard 10.5.1 zeph r1, XP pro, Vista (not used, really) Board: Asus M2N-SLI (nForce 560-SLI) CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ Graphic: GeForce 8600 GT 256MB DVI Dualscreen Lan: cheap RTL card Sound: onboard HD: several, installed on PATA …” | 10.X Core | 2008-02-01 46,836 dossier reads |
| XBench Results “we had the same thread a ago XBench Scores for now i will post the old results but add the current ones later i think it was the same config as in my sig but with a gforce 8600gt gfx card, running osx 10.5.2 overall 125 cpu 111 thread 179 m…” | 10.X Core | 2008-12-31 45,246 dossier reads |
| Desktop Thread “[cite] crawle:Hey guys, how can I get something like CPU load and Network Up- and Downspeed upon my bar? (where the watch is etc.) I saw it on many desktop pictures ... -crawle [cite] Puttabong:raging menace.com/software/menumeters/ i dont …” | Software & Kexts | 2008-04-04 37,712 dossier reads |
| Zephyroth Leopard AMD 10.5.2 Rev.2 Issue Discussion “i had the same problem with using guid on 10.5.2 r2. i solved it finally by installing first without bootloader and adding it later manually: http://osx86.wikidot.com/how-to-s#toc5 forum.osx86 scene.com/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=2520 i needed se…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-05-07 35,425 dossier reads |
| Zephyroth Leopard AMD 10.5.2 Rev.2 Issue Discussion “i know, but both wikis share mostly the same content (info i entered in zephs was copied to eddies) but with minor differences. i dont mind sharing info but this is not very efficient having it fragmented or duplicate. it would be better ha…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-04-25 35,425 dossier reads |
| Zephyroth Leopard AMD 10.5.2 Rev.2 Issue Discussion “[cite] Devil In Disguise:is http://osx86.wikidot.com/ the wiki for Zephyroth Leopard AMD 10.5.2 Rev.2 as well? yup and there is osx86leo4all.wik idot.com/ for eddies leo4all if you ask me, it is nonesense to have two almost identical wikis …” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-04-25 35,425 dossier reads |
| Zephyroth Leopard AMD 10.5.2 Rev.2 Issue Discussion “connecting to smb shares requires a fix, as it is broken in R2. something about aliases, fixed most easily by eddie11c (i forgot the thread)” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-04-03 35,425 dossier reads |
| Zephyroth Leopard AMD 10.5.2 Rev.2 Issue Discussion “i tried this, but to no avail. second unmout did nothing and the las line "./standalone..." does not seem to be correct. wouldn´t "startuptool" be right? havn´t tried: http://osx86.wikidot.com/how-to-s#toc5 jet, is similiar to your solution…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-03-16 35,425 dossier reads |
| Zephyroth Leopard AMD 10.5.2 Rev.2 Issue Discussion “same error here. installing with guid fails, mbr works. (didnt try guid before) maybe this helps? http://osx86.wikidot.com/how-to-s#toc5 [cite] Shealock:[cite] CyCLoBoT:I tried to install the latest version (10.5.2 rev.2) but right at then …” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-03-16 35,425 dossier reads |
| Zephyroth Leopard 10.5.1 AMD - Rev. 2 - Discussion Thread “did you try the other solutions mentioned in the wiki? for me setting the resolution very low worked.. [cite] mr.mario:hello I am sorry for my English I have HP (Pavilion dv6240eu) and I can`t format disc so I installed on disc USB maxtor 2…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-02-01 30,877 dossier reads |
| How to modify/change the 'About This Mac' dialog “i just added this info to wiki. i hope u dont mind http://osx86.wikidot.com/how-to-s#toc12” | Software & Kexts | 2008-03-08 29,876 dossier reads |
| "Waiting for Boot Device with UUID..." Please “Hmm, it sounds like you've tried most things. You could always try bypassing the dvd completely by burning the image to a usb flash drive: How Can I burn The MAC OS X distro to USB flash memory Good luck, remember it's all worth it in the e…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2009-04-26 28,742 dossier reads |
| 10.5.1 Rev.2 or 10.5.2 Rev.1 or 10.5.2 Rev.2 / Clarification “one reason i don´t mind waiting till the weekend is: enough spare time as my girl is away skiing ;)) she just doesn´t understand the thrill... as for zeph: thumbs up, take your time (weekend would be nice, but i can wait till x-mas 8P )” | 10.X Core | 2008-02-14 26,950 dossier reads |
| Mac Pro Case “Though it is not a real mac-pro case, i´m really satisfied with my coolermaster cosmos case. I certainly has a style befitting a mac pro, i recon” | 10.X Core | 2009-04-26 25,584 dossier reads |
| Prevent a partition from mounting at boot “From Leopard on you need to use vifs to create and edit /etc/fstab, or at least you should] Well, nice tutorial but it took me a while to get vifs to do what i wanted. I had no idea of the commands used in the vi(fs) editor. Google helped B…” | 10.X Core | 2008-10-17 21,567 dossier reads |
| Zephyroth Uploading 10.5.2 Revision 2 (Latest Release), Discuss Here “par files are an addition to the split rar archive. one can use them for recovery if one rar is corrupt. if all rar work, no par are needed.” | 10.X Core | 2008-03-11 20,157 dossier reads |