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Good to hear someone has it. · My FX-4100 is on it's way and my Phenom II just been put for sale on eBay. :D
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| Thread & Dispatch Excerpt | Collection | Date & Reach |
|---|---|---|
| Lion with AMD “Hi. I registered on this forum just to reply on this topic. I've got Lion 10.7.2 running on AMD. 32-bit only though... I installed it to another partition from my Snow Leopard, replaced the kernel, added kexts and replaced the Finder.app wi…” | Lion – Catalina | 2012-07-04 1,075,710 dossier reads |
| Lion with AMD “Snow Leopard is 10.6.x and Lion is 10.7.x I believe you can't update from one main version to another unless you reinstall over it, and if you don't erase the partition it should keep your files.” | Lion – Catalina | 2012-06-12 1,075,710 dossier reads |
| Lion with AMD “i installed lion on an external hd via macbook, replaced the kernel with "bronzovkAnVoodoo_0_9_26", i was able to successfully boot into lion desktop with command "-legacy -v arch=i386 npic=0x3000" but the finder seems to be not working, i …” | Lion – Catalina | 2012-06-11 1,075,710 dossier reads |
| Lion with AMD “Ok, an update... On 32-bit OS X Lion I have installed everything I have on my OS X Snow Leopard except 2 things (well, 3...) Adobe Photoshop CS4 (Installer starts but quits at the beginning.. 64-bits?) Final Cut Pro X (64-bits) Xcode 4.3.2 …” | Lion – Catalina | 2012-06-09 1,075,710 dossier reads |
| Lion with AMD “How can I find out what is hammering my harddrive? I checked "ps aux" and all seems normal. I can "df" a few times in a minute and see my free space go down. I have installed 10.7.4 twice but had to restore to 10.7.3.. I did CCC'd it onto a…” | Lion – Catalina | 2012-06-07 1,075,710 dossier reads |
| Lion with AMD “I don't recall whether or not I had to do it again after the Combo Update, but I'd say it'd be worth a shot haha The apps not launching and copy/paste function was all related to xpchelper for me. I had a 2nd one I hadn't uchg'd... Problem …” | Lion – Catalina | 2012-06-07 1,075,710 dossier reads |
| Lion with AMD “You probably haven't patched xpchelper. If you read back through the thread you'll find instructions. Unless you already did that and it's something else entirely lol I remember something about the zz folder, flag nouchg? Do I have to do it…” | Lion – Catalina | 2012-06-07 1,075,710 dossier reads |
| Lion with AMD “Is anybody else experiencing constant HD activity? Not sure if it's writing but all that activity is not good/safe for SSD Also, after a few minutes if I try to run certain apps they stay bouncing on the dock and never open. (apps like Soft…” | Lion – Catalina | 2012-06-06 1,075,710 dossier reads |
| Lion with AMD “This is my first post. I would like to work Lion in my laptop to test Xcode4 for iOS. This is my objective. Then I tried to virtualize with VirtualBox and VMWare to work Lion but I coudn't it. This is my CPU: First of all, is it possible? I…” | Lion – Catalina | 2012-06-05 1,075,710 dossier reads |
| Lion with AMD “I left OS X Lion running for a day, when I tried to run certain apps they would just hang (icon bouncing) like Software Update, and other tasks, like copying an app to Applications folder from a DMG, etc etc.. Wondering if it's Finder.app c…” | Lion – Catalina | 2012-06-05 1,075,710 dossier reads |
| Lion with AMD “remove SleepEnabler,F718x,IT87x,PC8739x and W836x.kext out of Extra and S / L / E That's the first thing I checked, I wouldn't have asked if it was that obvious.. I figured it out, they are in SuperIOFamily.kext but I haven't found SleepEna…” | Lion – Catalina | 2012-06-05 1,075,710 dossier reads |
| Lion with AMD “How can I disable these from boot? SleepEnabler F718x IT87x PC8739x W836x” | Lion – Catalina | 2012-06-04 1,075,710 dossier reads |
| Lion with AMD “I am now going to revert back to 10.7.2 and install 10.7.3 combo update and test that one to see if I get same results as 10.7.4 The ComboUpdate pkg does not run, the only way to upgrade is via Software Update?! It doesn't let me pick any d…” | Lion – Catalina | 2012-06-03 1,075,710 dossier reads |
| Lion with AMD “EDIT: I updated to 10.7.4 using raw's latest kernel. The HD light would not stop blinking so I booted back to OS X 10.6.8, too much HD activity ain't good for SSD…Is there any way of turning off Indexing? To disable Spotlight indexing on Li…” | Lion – Catalina | 2012-06-03 1,075,710 dossier reads |
| Lion with AMD “I have the exact same specs as you. I have a perfect 32bit Lion 10.7.2 working. Installed using iAtkos L2,Chimera 1.9 bootloader. Kernel Flags -legacy -v arch=i386 npci=0x3000 GraphicsEnabler=Yes Try those same kernel flags and see if it wo…” | Lion – Catalina | 2012-06-03 1,075,710 dossier reads |
| Lion with AMD “Ok, let me get this straight... Those of you running non Bulldozer CPU's have it working but 32-bit? (no Finder app?)” | Lion – Catalina | 2012-05-29 1,075,710 dossier reads |
| Lion with AMD “hard ware.fr/articles/682-1/architecture-amd-k10.html zik mao.net/2011/10/amd-nouvelle-architecture-k15-bulldozer.html http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Micro_Devices le Phenom 2 x2 x3 x4 x6 = k10 That means Yes, it will work or No, it …” | Lion – Catalina | 2012-05-27 1,075,710 dossier reads |
| Lion with AMD “great kernel on 10.7.4 works great on my phenom 9650 x4 better proformance than snow leo. anv kernel ( no Offence anv) just wondering dont know how much trouble it is but… do you think you can make a 10.6.8 kernel for us (me) anv kernel doe…” | Lion – Catalina | 2012-05-27 1,075,710 dossier reads |
| Lion with AMD “Well I am into this since the early days of Leopard and this wasn't not usual in the beginning. The source code of the ToH Kernel patch was made public end of May 2008. More than half a year after the beginning of it's development. It has p…” | Lion – Catalina | 2012-05-26 1,075,710 dossier reads |
| Lion with AMD “Step 1: Xcode 4.2 for SL Step 2: Then to upgrade iOS 5.1 download this and install image but DO NOT install it: Then do these steps in terminal (if root, remove leading sudo):” | Lion – Catalina | 2012-03-15 1,075,710 dossier reads |
| Lion with AMD “I got Xcode 4.2 on SL 10.6.8 so I stop the Lion pursuit on my AMD” | Lion – Catalina | 2012-03-08 1,075,710 dossier reads |
| Lion with AMD “here is the link: osx 86.co/f57/amd-and-legacy-t7263/ But i also used the search to find it. Just entered this keywords: amd patch Awesome! You guys rock! Thanks! I can now enjoy my 8GBs! Still haven't tried it cuz I'm @ work but I can't wa…” | Lion – Catalina | 2011-09-16 1,075,710 dossier reads |
| Lion with AMD “Patch your AMD Binaries and add -force64 to your kernelflags inside your boot plist :-d Ok, I know the -force64 part, but "Patch AMD Binaries" I don't know how to do...got a link?” | Lion – Catalina | 2011-09-16 1,075,710 dossier reads |
| Lion with AMD “akimoa how are you using 8gb? are you running in 64 bit on the AMD? mine doesn't seem to work. using legacy kernel v8” | Lion – Catalina | 2011-09-14 1,075,710 dossier reads |
| Lion with AMD “Awesome news! I actually have an ATOM processor on my CarPC, maybe I'll run OS X Lion on it! LOL” | Lion – Catalina | 2011-09-13 1,075,710 dossier reads |
| Lion with AMD “CompUSA / Tiger Direct has 16gig for $90 I split it with a buddy of mine, I got 8gb and he got 8gb each paid $40some..” | Lion – Catalina | 2011-09-08 1,075,710 dossier reads |
| Lion with AMD “To be honest, I've always been an Intel fan, this was the first AMD processor I bought, and because of the price. i series processors are overpriced IMHO. But I broke down and bought an i3 540 for $105 and a $30 mobo (eVGA P55V) on NewEgg..…” | Lion – Catalina | 2011-09-07 1,075,710 dossier reads |
| Lion with AMD “The link was for me, I was saying that the main reason I wanted to upgrade was because I couldn't find Xcode 4 (im using 10.6.8) so he was being nice and giving me a link where to get Xcode from. (Thank you) But...it's torrent links. Every …” | Lion – Catalina | 2011-09-07 1,075,710 dossier reads |
| Lion with AMD “If you cant login into App Store, try adding this to com.apple.boot.plist, or org.chameleon.boot.plist.. whatever u use EthernetBuiltIn Yes Thanks but I can login, it just doesn't let me register the voucher. And when I try to buy it it say…” | Lion – Catalina | 2011-09-07 1,075,710 dossier reads |
| Lion with AMD “My only reason now to switching to Lion is Xcode 4.1.1 I can't download an older one, not available, does anybody know where to get it? I am currently running 10.6.8 with a looped .mp4 (not bad, got used to it and just because im running GT…” | Lion – Catalina | 2011-09-05 1,075,710 dossier reads |
| Lion with AMD “im asuming u on 10.6.8 AMD with nawcoms latest kernel ...if thats the case go back a few kernels like to 10.6.6 or 10.6.5 to avoid the freezes and when u do that be shure also go back in ACPI Kexts otherwise older kernel won't boot ..the fr…” | Lion – Catalina | 2011-08-31 1,075,710 dossier reads |
| Lion with AMD “Desperate on this as well. I upgraded to a GeForce GTS 450 from on-board GeForce 8200 (no QE/CI) had to use Opera for Youtube LOL Problem in 10.6.8 is my system freezes! I am actually running a QuickTime video on the background just to get …” | Lion – Catalina | 2011-08-28 1,075,710 dossier reads |
| Lion with AMD “Subscribed! I have OS X 10.6.8 on AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 6000+ (on an XFX NForce 750a motherboard) and would like 10.7.x!” | Lion – Catalina | 2011-08-25 1,075,710 dossier reads |
| List of NVIDIA GPUs supported in Snow Leopard 10.6.1 “I have a Quadro NVS 285 listed, what exactly do I need to do in order for this to work? I had to use Natit in order to get iATKOS S3 v2 installed and running. I then upgraded to 10.6.8 combo using Legacy Kernel 10.8 and Evil twins kexts.. N…” | 10.X Core | 2011-08-25 508,489 dossier reads |
| 10.7.4 AMD Kernel “I believe only Bulldozer & above AMD CPU's have 64-bit support. Lack of SSSE3 on older AMD CPU's?” | Lion – Catalina | 2012-06-07 486,363 dossier reads |
| 10.7.4 AMD Kernel “I downloaded both kernerls from first post, which one is the latest one? v0.9.26 or v3_rev_b?” | Lion – Catalina | 2012-06-06 486,363 dossier reads |
| Installing Snow Leopard on ThinkPad X61 “I had issues with bluetooth so what I did was rename AppleHPET.kext to .old (in case of KP) and modified IOBluetoothFamily.kext then the Broadcom's 8448 to 8464 (0x2100 to 0x2110)” | Snow Leopard 10.6 | 2012-03-08 410,328 dossier reads |
| BCM5754/M,BCM5755/M,BCM5787/M,BCM5906/M NIC driver for 10.6 (32/64) “Congratulations! Great job! Works perfect! Off topic: I am using a DELL 390 (with this nic and a Quadro NVS 285 do you happen to have any info/link for Quadro NVS 285? It's all I need for a smoothly running hackintosh with DELL 390 and OS X…” | 10.X Core | 2011-08-25 273,637 dossier reads |
| NV GT540 optimus “Have you tried to download drivers from NVidia website for 10.6.8? I thought Lion came with drivers that worked? http://www.nvidia.com/object/quadro-macosx-256.02.25f01-driver.html” | Lion – Catalina | 2011-08-31 8,174 dossier reads |