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Member #499 · 2008-03-01 → 2008-03-10
#460 by Dispatches #1,983 by Thread Reach Member #499 AMD OSx86 NVIDIA GeForce

@iccthedral

InfiniteMac community contributor with 17 recorded dispatches, participating in discussions reaching 126,996 historical readers.

Dispatches 17 Ranked #460 of 6,691
Author Reads 0 0 lead dossiers
Thread Reach 126,996 Ranked #1,983 in reach
Lead Dossiers 0 Community contributor
Member Number #499 Joined 2008-01-30
Active Window 2008 2008-03-01 → 2008-03-10
Hardware Specs Reported in Dispatches
Zephyroth 10.5.1 + eddie11c update + LeoGraphics update · EFI-PC GUID · AMD Athlon 64 x2 5000+ · 2 GB 667Mhz DDR2 Memory · 500Gb WD SATA drive · ATI 2400HD graphics · Realtek 883 Audio
Archive Standing
#460 of 6,691 by Dispatches (17 notes) · #1,983 by Thread Reach (126,996 cumulative reads)
InfiniteMac ID
Member #499 · Joined 2008-01-30
Hardware & Kernel Topics
AMD OSx86 (1) · NVIDIA GeForce (1)
Frequent Thread Collaborators
@Ianxxx (3) @roisoft (2) @crawle (2) @Puttabong @R0GUE @rfuilrez @timdsmith72 @damnesiac @zuz242 @eddie11c @xan @agrafuese @megaargon1 @iero

Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection

Distribution across 3 technical boards

Leopard 10.5
11 (65%)
10.X Core
5 (29%)

Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (15)

Direct links into threads where @iccthedral contributed solutions & commentary

Thread & Dispatch ExcerptCollectionDate & Reach
XBench Scores
“@Puttabong You are using HFS+ for your filesystem right?”
10.X Core2008-03-10
104,353 dossier reads
XBench Scores
“Thanks for sharing that Putta. Here is mine: Your Random Uncached Write tests scores for 4K blocks are considerably higher than mine, which is making the difference in the results, apart from having a Maxtor HDD (we have the same 7200 RPM a…”
10.X Core2008-03-10
104,353 dossier reads
XBench Scores
“@eddie11c and Puttabong Guys. how did you all get such high disk test scores of (87 & 115), both of you are using Maxtor HDD (is that it?) Which NForceATA driver are you guys using?”
10.X Core2008-03-10
104,353 dossier reads
XBench Scores
“System details: Zephyroth 10.5.1 + eddie11c update + LeoGraphics update EFI-PC GUID AMD Athlon 64 x2 5000+ 2 GB 667Mhz DDR2 Memory 500Gb WD SATA drive ATI 2400HD graphics Realtek 883 Audio My xbench score increased a whopping ~20 points whe…”
10.X Core2008-03-10
104,353 dossier reads
can't play games (i.e. WoW)
“haha, and here I am mastering typing with two fingers!”
Leopard 10.52008-03-05
12,189 dossier reads
can't play games (i.e. WoW)
“If it found any files to patch it should say in the window, and if it did: 1. Boot in single user mode (-s) 2. Mount the root FS in r/w mode (mount -uw /) 3. Goto the folder containing the patcher 4. Run the patcher 5. exit or reboot”
Leopard 10.52008-03-05
12,189 dossier reads
can't play games (i.e. WoW)
“Did you already try running Marvin on your /System/Library/Frameworks folder as lanxx suggested?”
Leopard 10.52008-03-05
12,189 dossier reads
can't play games (i.e. WoW)
“Bummer! Also, try running this command in terminal: /usr/libexec/oah/translate if your Rosetta is fine it should run, and give its usage details: Usage: /usr/libexec/oah/translate [-argv0 ] [-b] [-z ] Options: -argv0 Override argv[0] for su…”
Leopard 10.52008-03-05
12,189 dossier reads
can't play games (i.e. WoW)
“I thought as much, cause the WoW application is intel-native. Have you tried launching any other games? Unreal? Doom 3? I encountered the same problem you are having now, until I copied the Rosetta distribution from an unpatched intel-mac.”
Leopard 10.52008-03-05
12,189 dossier reads
can't play games (i.e. WoW)
“Try this: 1. Download this file: rapid share.com/files/96033590/oah.zip.html 2. As root, move /usr/libexec/oah directory somewhere safe for backup 3. unzip the downloaded file into /usr/libexec/ 4. Run WOW and cross your fingers If you pref…”
Leopard 10.52008-03-05
12,189 dossier reads
can't play games (i.e. WoW)
“If you are having trouble launching PPC (Universal binaries) based games, you will need an unpatched (untouched by Marvin's cpuid/decrypt patcher) version of Rosetta.”
Leopard 10.52008-03-05
12,189 dossier reads
Front Row quits after watching a trailer.
“i had that exact same problem, and here is what i did to fix it: go to #leoamd on irc grab the iTunes/Ilife fix (this will also fix the iTunes coverflow problem if you are experiencing it) install it ? enjoy! btw don't run the Marvin's cpui…”
Software & Kexts2008-03-01
7,931 dossier reads
Unable to load Gui after install
“btw, it would also help if you could post ALL of the output you get while booting in -v (maybe a camera shot?)”
Leopard 10.52008-03-03
2,523 dossier reads
Unable to load Gui after install
“Try removing all nvidia kexts in single user mode (boot with -s, mount -uw /) NV* Ge* etc in your /System/Library/Extensions folder”
Leopard 10.52008-03-03
2,523 dossier reads
can't play games (i.e. WoW)
“lanxxx beat me to it”
Leopard 10.52008-03-05
12,189 dossier reads

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