#370 by Dispatches #1,046 by Thread Reach Member #927 AMD OSx86 NVIDIA GeForce Voodoo / XNU Kernel
@Reinekis
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Joined 2008-02-18
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2008-02-22 → 2011-01-28
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My Specs: · MoBo: MSI K8N Neo4-FI/Platinum (MS-7125) · Chipset: nForce4-Ultra · CPU: AMD Athlon 64, 2000 MHz (10 x 200) 3200+, Venice S939 · Graphic card: nVIDIA GeForce 6600 PCI-E (Asus EN6600) · HDD: Western Digital RE WD2500YS HDD 250GB, SATA II, 16MB · DVD: HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-4167B
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- #370 of 6,691 by Dispatches (20 notes) · #1,046 by Thread Reach (521,817 cumulative reads)
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- Member #927 · Joined 2008-02-18
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- @Reinekis (Member #166,886) ↗
- Hardware & Kernel Topics
- AMD OSx86 (7) · NVIDIA GeForce (3) · Voodoo / XNU Kernel (2) · Chameleon / Boot-132 (1)
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Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (20)
Direct links into threads where @Reinekis contributed solutions & commentary
| Thread & Dispatch Excerpt | Collection | Date & Reach |
|---|---|---|
| SSE2/SSE3 - 32/64 Bit Kernel for Snow Leopard by qoopz “My system: AMD Athlon 64, 2000 MHz 3200+ MSI K8N Neo4-FI/Paltinum nVIDIA nForce4 Ultra, AMD Hammer NVIDIA GeForce 6600 (256 MB) Booting with -force64 indeed makes system work in 64 bits. Activity Monitor shows all programs working in 64 bit…” | 10.X Core | 2009-10-13 194,515 dossier reads |
| 10.6.6 legacy kernel for INTEL/AMD 32+64bit ready to download “Same here on AMD computer. 10.6.5 worked very well. With 10.6.6 I have misc issues like: Crashing ShoveBox when trying to paste text into it: com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[175] ([0x0-0x1b01b].com.wonderwarp.shovebox[257]) Job appears to hav…” | 10.X Core | 2011-01-28 109,368 dossier reads |
| 10.6.6 legacy kernel for INTEL/AMD 32+64bit ready to download “I tried the kernel a few days but my system doesn´t work really good with it. Can anyone upload the original libsystem.b.dylib because i´ve just a patched one? Would be really cool if you can solve the issues… Thx for your hard work… Same h…” | 10.X Core | 2011-01-28 109,368 dossier reads |
| 10.5.6 Released “Okay so lets see if I got this correct...I need the 9.5.0 or 9.6.0 kernel so I can install 10.6.5. But to install one of the kernels I need to install A EFI bootloader like Chameleon. ummm errr right? Well, I have Zephyroth Leopard (it was …” | 10.X Core | 2009-01-18 80,667 dossier reads |
| 10.5.6 Released “I've wrote earlier about my unsuccessful preparation for 10.5.6 installation. I've tried once more So what I've actually did is installed Woodoo Kernel, downloaded 10.5.6 pkg from apple site and installed it. That's it. My system prior inst…” | 10.X Core | 2009-01-12 80,667 dossier reads |
| 10.5.6 Released “I restored my GUID boot loader reinstalling Zephyroth Leopard on my testing partition. It fixed the boot problem for my PC” | 10.X Core | 2008-12-18 80,667 dossier reads |
| 10.5.6 Released “My preparation to 10.5.6 was unsuccessful. I have an AMD PC with Zephyroth Leopard 10.5.2 (initial) and GUID boot loader from same installation disk. Over time I've updated PC successfully with updates patched by bhast2 to 10.5.5 (Kernel 10…” | 10.X Core | 2008-12-17 80,667 dossier reads |
| Leopard 10.5.2 AMD EFI (OOTB) “My motherboard: MSI K8N Neo4-FI/Platinum (MS-7125) Chipset: nVIDIA nForce4 Ultra, AMD Hammer” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-02-27 74,206 dossier reads |
| Leopard 10.5.2 AMD EFI (OOTB) “I have Realteck ALC850 soundcard with AC97 drivers. I have no problems at all with sound. When installing Leopard I only have chosen AC97 drivers from the list. That's all. I have the only problem so far. Every time I restart/start Leopard …” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-02-27 74,206 dossier reads |
| Leopard 10.5.2 AMD EFI (OOTB) “What do you mean install from BIOS? After you enter and then exit BIOS, PC restarts - this is how functions the system. This is normal.” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-02-24 74,206 dossier reads |
| Leopard 10.5.2 AMD EFI (OOTB) “My Leopard runs on SATA2 HDD drive, so actually this shouldn't be a problem. Try to google on "waiting for root device"” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-02-24 74,206 dossier reads |
| Leopard 10.5.2 AMD EFI (OOTB) “Finally after some struggle with booting (my fault) and after applying widely known lines of code for GUID boot Leopard works without any problem. Everything works so far except printer, since it is not connected via USB. I can simply copy …” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-02-24 74,206 dossier reads |
| Leopard 10.5.2 AMD EFI (OOTB) “@p-J: The "AppleNForceATA: phy connection failed" 'error' is probably because there isn't anything plugged into a sata port, anyway, someone managed to fix the still waiting for root device error? ~p-J Hmm, brand new SATA II hdd is plu…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-02-22 74,206 dossier reads |
| Leopard 10.5.2 AMD EFI (OOTB) “Trying to install and seems like booting starting ok, however I'm getting several lines with "AppleNForceATA: phy connection failed" and suddenly my HDD (SATA2) stops working. Seems like it is trying to boot from DVD anyway and I get "SAM M…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-02-22 74,206 dossier reads |
| What's your average boot up time “It takes 55 seconds from "Press any key..." to full system boot” | 10.X Core | 2008-04-11 31,845 dossier reads |
| iMovie crashes when I try to play a movie “From Wikipedia: "By using the CPUID opcode, software can determine processor type and the presence of features..." What exactly Marvin's Utility does? After I install updates/software Marvin's utility checks if CPUIDs of new installs/update…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-02-27 12,869 dossier reads |
| iMovie crashes when I try to play a movie “Can anyone please tell me how do you use Marvin's utility. I've read the instructions, however it didn't become any clear. You install updates (Quicktime, iTunes), then run Marvin's utility (second option), then put needed files to root dir…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-02-27 12,869 dossier reads |
| osx86 as good as the 'real thing' “Well Zephyroth Leopard is more stable, more responsive and more quick than Win XP on my AMD computer. Soon it is going to be a year when I use it as my main OS. I had several kernel panics at the begining related to LAN intergrated in mothe…” | 10.X Core | 2008-12-02 7,610 dossier reads |
| Software Update “Theres is a new security update through Software Update. Is it safe to install? I'm afraid as hell to break the system as it works flawlessly now :))” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-03-21 6,293 dossier reads |
| Possible issue “I had the same issue from time to time (Need to restart your computer). So I just unplugged cable from onboard LAN and plugged it into some ethernet card that was always in my computer. The issue didn't repeat. I didn't change anything in B…” | Leopard 10.5 | 2008-03-28 4,444 dossier reads |