Mac OS X on x86 Hardware 2008–2024 Technical Archive
Member #82 · 2008-01-12 → 2008-03-20
#389 by Dispatches #1,651 by Thread Reach Member #82 AMD OSx86 AHCI / SATA NVIDIA GeForce

@erei33

InfiniteMac community contributor with 19 recorded dispatches, participating in discussions reaching 242,624 historical readers.

Dispatches 19 Ranked #389 of 6,691
Author Reads 0 0 lead dossiers
Thread Reach 242,624 Ranked #1,651 in reach
Lead Dossiers 0 Community contributor
Member Number #82 Joined 2008-01-11
Active Window 2008 2008-01-12 → 2008-03-20
Hardware Specs Reported in Dispatches
Motherboard: Asus A8N32-SLI Deluxe · Processor: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200 · RAM: 2 GB PC3200 RAM · Video Card: 512MB ATI 3870
Archive Standing
#389 of 6,691 by Dispatches (19 notes) · #1,651 by Thread Reach (242,624 cumulative reads)
InfiniteMac ID
Member #82 · Joined 2008-01-11
Hardware & Kernel Topics
AMD OSx86 (5) · AHCI / SATA (2) · NVIDIA GeForce (1)
Frequent Thread Collaborators
@zephyroth (5) @WinLinMac01 (5) @roisoft (5) @DoiX (4) @bhast2 (3) @Puttabong (3) @megaargon1 (3) @1207FX (3) @braindead803 (3) @subsonic (2) @eard (2) @xlslx (2) @blood_brother (2) @naquaada (2)

Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection

Distribution across 2 technical boards

Leopard 10.5
16 (84%)
10.X Core
3 (16%)

Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (19)

Direct links into threads where @erei33 contributed solutions & commentary

Thread & Dispatch ExcerptCollectionDate & Reach
Leopard 10.5.2 AMD EFI (OOTB)
“I was able to get LAN working at normal speeds by disabling 1394 (firewire) in my BIOS. This may help anyone experiencing similiar issues.”
Leopard 10.52008-03-05
74,206 dossier reads
Leopard 10.5.2 AMD EFI (OOTB)
“I got GUID working using this method: Remember: on a GUID install, Leopard is installed to partition 2, patition 1 is for the GUID. So, on a computer with one hardrive and one install, you want to use rdisk0s2. 1 - Insert the DVD. 2 - Press…”
Leopard 10.52008-03-04
74,206 dossier reads
Leopard 10.5.2 AMD EFI (OOTB)
“@WinLinMac01: for your GUID problem, have you actually read the forums? There is a new update (patch) floating around that will address this problem. If you are not interested, consider MBR instead. Do you mean: osx.kb ot.de/comments.p…”
Leopard 10.52008-03-02
74,206 dossier reads
Leopard 10.5.2 AMD EFI (OOTB)
“First, thanks a lot Zephyroth for putting together this release Motherboard: Asus A8N32-SLI Deluxe Processor: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200 RAM: 2 GB PC3200 RAM Video Card: 512MB ATI 3870 I tried to install with GUID, but I would get b0 error. Then…”
Leopard 10.52008-03-02
74,206 dossier reads
Rev.2 Beta 2 Test Reports
“I know you don't want a ton of people asking to beta this, but I have an ATI 3870. I can test the new drivers to see if they work. Specs are: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ Asus A8N32-SLI Deluxe 2 GB RAM 230 GB 7200 RPM SATA HD ATI 3870 w/ 512 MB M…”
10.X Core2008-01-25
36,277 dossier reads
Zephyroth Leopard 10.5.1 AMD - Rev. 2 - Discussion Thread
“Zephyroth, once you get the Rev2 beta working better I can test how it works with ATI 3870s. Specs are: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ Asus A8N32-SLI Deluxe 2 GB RAM 230 GB 7200 RPM HD ATI 3870 w/ 512 MB Memory”
Leopard 10.52008-01-16
30,877 dossier reads
Zephyroth Leopard 10.5.1 AMD - Rev. 2 - Discussion Thread
“Zephyroth, thank you for including ATI 38XX support in revision 2. I have not been able to test your release because I experienced the bootloader issue. When you release revision 2, I will let you know how everything works (including my 387…”
Leopard 10.52008-01-12
30,877 dossier reads
10.5.1 Rev.2 or 10.5.2 Rev.1 or 10.5.2 Rev.2 / Clarification
“@DoiX: Fesob, you are right "Zephyroth's AMD Leopard REV2" Woot! Do any of you guys have a general ETA? I'm so excited =D”
10.X Core2008-02-13
26,950 dossier reads
Internet Lagging
“I had the same issue. What I did to solve this was to toggle 1394 (firewire) in the bios and reboot. This fixed forcedeth and enabled appleyukon.kext to detect my marvell yukon adapter.”
Leopard 10.52008-03-11
9,610 dossier reads
Hang at Blue screen
“I have this issue, but because of leo graphics update.”
Leopard 10.52008-03-06
7,004 dossier reads
Software Update
“Thanks for the zip, I replaced everything but things still aren't working. I'm getting a kernel panic after about 10 seconds. I'll run the patcher and get back to you guys.”
Leopard 10.52008-03-20
6,293 dossier reads
Software Update
“I don't have my old system.kext, Is there anything I can do?”
Leopard 10.52008-03-20
6,293 dossier reads
Software Update
“Can you replace the old kernel and system.kext after the reboot? My install is broke from that update =(”
Leopard 10.52008-03-20
6,293 dossier reads
Blue Screen - 10.5.2 DVD
“Hurua, I'm having the same issue. No matter what kext I use, if it has working qe/ci I get the blue screen =( Someone on IRC told me that I need to use an older AppleSMBIOS.kext, I tried and its not working. I like using mac.nubs applesmbio…”
Leopard 10.52008-03-06
3,979 dossier reads
Blue Screen - 10.5.2 DVD
“I'm getting this issue as well (leo graphics update+ natit installed).”
Leopard 10.52008-03-05
3,979 dossier reads
Graphics issues
“Disable firewire (1394) in the BIOS and install forcedeth to get ethernet working. For graphics use nvinject or whatever you'd like.”
Leopard 10.52008-03-09
3,728 dossier reads
A8N32-SLI, 7300GT 512mb Install Lessons Learned
“I found that LAN (Nforce with forcedeth) was very slow until I disabled 1394 (firewire) in the BIOS.”
Leopard 10.52008-03-06
3,719 dossier reads
Natit, again ? yes
“Doesn't work for me, I'm getting the blue screen with cursor of death after installing =( I'll try the driver included in Zephyroth's PPF patch.”
Leopard 10.52008-03-05
2,638 dossier reads
Great News! 10.5.2 Released! 341Mb Total Size, Time For Rev. 2
“Yay! I hope Zephyroth R2 is out soon =D”
10.X Core2008-02-12
37,343 dossier reads

Choose your language