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Member #1,657 · 2008-03-12 → 2009-05-21
#561 by Dispatches #1,809 by Thread Reach Member #1,657 📍 Berlin, Germany AMD OSx86 Voodoo / XNU Kernel Chameleon / Boot-132

@alphabeta23

InfiniteMac community contributor with 14 recorded dispatches, participating in discussions reaching 176,374 historical readers.

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Member Number #1,657 Joined 2008-03-09
Active Window 2008–2009 2008-03-12 → 2009-05-21
Archive Standing
#561 of 6,691 by Dispatches (14 notes) · #1,809 by Thread Reach (176,374 cumulative reads)
InfiniteMac ID
Member #1,657 · Joined 2008-03-09
InsanelyMac Profile
@alphabeta23 (Member #5,668) ↗
Location
Berlin, Germany (back in ~2009)
Hardware & Kernel Topics
AMD OSx86 (2) · Voodoo / XNU Kernel (2) · Chameleon / Boot-132 (1) · NVIDIA GeForce (1) · AHCI / SATA (1)
Frequent Thread Collaborators
@naquaada (3) @bhast2 (3) @Puttabong (3) @DoiX (3) @zephyroth (2) @LawlessPPC (2) @nfoav8or (2) @Adrian (2) @WinLinMac01 (2) @mercurysquad @bns2000 @steffx @maya77 @Aydinz

Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection

Distribution across 4 technical boards

10.X Core
7 (50%)
Leopard 10.5
5 (36%)
General
1 (7%)

Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (13)

Direct links into threads where @alphabeta23 contributed solutions & commentary

Thread & Dispatch ExcerptCollectionDate & Reach
Voodoo Kernel - Release candidate is out now
“The new kernel works great! I don't know if the speed has increased but the system feels much more snappier (AMD Athlon 64 3200, 10.5.5). Thanks to developers for their great work and of course to Zephyroth! Many greetings from Berlin and a…”
10.X Core2008-11-30
41,736 dossier reads
10.5.4 is out (Works on AMD, use ASU)
“updated with ASU installed new modbin kernel + system.kext Yes - success! Thanks again to Zephyroth's great ASU”
10.X Core2008-07-01
33,256 dossier reads
Firewire Anyone
“before getting a new card, try a new firewire-cable...I had the same issue with my camcorder. A good-quality cable was the solution!”
10.X Core2008-03-26
18,306 dossier reads
Firewire Anyone
“I bought this card last week: am zn.to/1AfbBuB worked OOTB (Zephyroth 10.5.2 rev. 1)”
10.X Core2008-03-25
18,306 dossier reads
iatkos 5i not booting after update to 10.5.6
“My update attemp to 10.5.6 went wrong too. I could restore my system with the installation dvd using my timemachine backup. After reinstalling chameleon bootloader everything is working like before. Good luck!”
Leopard 10.52009-01-10
17,676 dossier reads
Msi nx 6600 td256e - qe | ci
“Mhh - I don't have such a kext in my /System/Library/Extensions/ folder...”
10.X Core2009-05-21
9,913 dossier reads
Msi nx 6600 td256e - qe | ci
“Yes, of course - if you can explain me where to find the info.plist for the Corevidia.kext! NVIDIA GeForce 6600: Chipsatz-Modell: NVIDIA GeForce 6600 Typ: Monitor Bus: PCIe PCIe-Lane-Breite: x16 VRAM (gesamt): 256 MB Hersteller: NVIDIA (0x1…”
10.X Core2009-05-21
9,913 dossier reads
Msi nx 6600 td256e - qe | ci
“Have you tried NVDarwin? I have the same card and EFI strings didn't work since 10.5.4 or .5 for me. With NVDarwin Quartz Extreme and Core Image are supported. Good luck!”
10.X Core2009-05-20
9,913 dossier reads
AC'97 (No sound after exiting audio applications), Can't seem to decipher why.
“I had exactly the same problem as WinLinMac01. Actually the ALC850 is working fine with the AC97 driver (as far I remember I did choose the driver while installation) but from time to time the sound gets lost. I hadnt the patience to examin…”
Leopard 10.52008-05-09
6,204 dossier reads
AC'97 (No sound after exiting audio applications), Can't seem to decipher why.
“I had the same issue with mine (ALC 850) - the solution did cost about 10 Euros: German Amazon Store: SPEED-LINK UltraPortable Audio Card This little thing is working out of the box!”
Leopard 10.52008-05-09
6,204 dossier reads
Jumpy mouse / timing issue.
“OK - I reinstalled the voodoo kernel 9.5 and now the symptoms are gone. Very strange...”
Leopard 10.52009-01-27
4,577 dossier reads
Jumpy mouse / timing issue.
“Same issue here - jumpy mouse and scratchy music when copying large files. I have an MSI nforce4 board but i'm running Leopard from an IDE harddisk. I customized my install iPC 10.5.6 with the following things: 9.5 Voodoo Kernel Legacy Time…”
Leopard 10.52009-01-27
4,577 dossier reads
GAMES - whats fun to play on a hack´
“I'm loving Quake 3 and Unreal Tournament 2004! Both are running smoothly on my AMD-Mac.”
Software & Kexts2008-04-11
3,229 dossier reads

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