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Member #90,042,164 · 2012-04-07 → 2013-01-07
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@xmaniak100

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Member Number #90,042,164 Joined 2012-04-07
Active Window 2012–2013 2012-04-07 → 2013-01-07
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MOBO: ASUS M5A99X EVO R1.0
CPU: AMD FX 6100 6 Core Proccesor 3.30GHZ
GPU: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 7770 GHZ
RAM: 8GB DDR3
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit
Mac OS X Snow Leopard(without CI/QE
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#174 of 6,691 by Dispatches (40 notes) · #416 by Thread Reach (1,092,542 cumulative reads)
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Member #90,042,164 · Joined 2012-04-07
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@xmaniak100 (Member #856,378) ↗
Location
Prešov, Slovakia (back in ~2013)
Interests
PCs, Java, PHP
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AMD OSx86 (12) · Chameleon / Boot-132 (3) · ALC889a / Audio (2) · NVIDIA GeForce (2) · Retail DVD / USB (2) · DSDT (1)
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Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (40)

Direct links into threads where @xmaniak100 contributed solutions & commentary

Thread & Dispatch ExcerptCollectionDate & Reach
Lion with AMD
“You mean the one that's supposed to be for 48XX? Yep that one I also came across an extract of the driver from mountain lion...cant install it now so I cant try but I hope somebody will... osx 86.net/view/3480-ati_7000_kext.html OK guys I h…”
Lion – Catalina2013-01-07
1,075,710 dossier reads
Lion with AMD
“I know that OS X has native support, but all I can get is a garbled black and white screen that flickers a bit when I move the mouse. OK then... I have 5770 and exotic works for me...have you tried that?”
Lion – Catalina2012-11-07
1,075,710 dossier reads
Lion with AMD
“I'm here, but I've all but given up at trying to get my ATI Radeon HD 5670 working with Lion. check this out http://arstechnica.com/apple/2011/03/mac-os-x-may-natively-support-pc-radeon-graphics-cards/”
Lion – Catalina2012-10-31
1,075,710 dossier reads
Lion with AMD
“OK guys sry i have a lot of posts after each other but theres nobody here... so i have been working on so called x project for 1 mounth which is a project that could load up an os x 10.7 install cd... My custom install dvd has 10 GB as it i…”
Lion – Catalina2012-10-27
1,075,710 dossier reads
Lion with AMD
“My software update says I'm up to date but I'm on 10.7.2...? OKAY i found why this happens...its probably a JavaScrypt error since I cannot install ANYTHING thx to failure while evaluating js... Could somebody pls upload their installer for…”
Lion – Catalina2012-10-27
1,075,710 dossier reads
Lion with AMD
“What does it mean when my Mac Lion operating system boots up only when I shut off computer incorrectly, than I turn computer back on and then it boots up fine. I'm guessing that means I'm not using the right command or something. <plist… Im…”
Lion – Catalina2012-10-26
1,075,710 dossier reads
Lion with AMD
“OK guys im back after a looooong time and i wanna ask before updating my hacintosh 10.6.8 to 10.7 again whether i can run Parallels 7 with it...since it is 32bit capable but installation checks for 64 which is easily bypassed by arch=i386 -…”
Lion – Catalina2012-10-26
1,075,710 dossier reads
Lion with AMD
“So I rushed ahead and did the process again and just realized that something is wrong yet again. For whatever reason my bootloader stays the older version even after I delete the Snow Leopard partition. It makes 0 sense to me and I installe…”
Lion – Catalina2012-09-20
1,075,710 dossier reads
Lion with AMD
“I don't know whats going on, because DBAN did not fix the problem. With 3 harddrives in my computer it is not allowing me to install Snow Leopard anymore. Instead I get a weird error now saying Cmos failed 3 times or something saying that. …”
Lion – Catalina2012-09-20
1,075,710 dossier reads
Lion with AMD
“My neighbor let me borrow his sata harddrive. Will this process be easier and work with 3 harddrives? 1 harddrive with Windows 7, the other with Snow Leopard and the other with Lion. Something is not getting along with Snow Leopard now, it …”
Lion – Catalina2012-09-20
1,075,710 dossier reads
Lion with AMD
“I refuse to let this screw up again, I erased and started over again. I just reinstalled Snow Leopard. Now are there any Kexts from my Snow Leopard side that I am going to want to put in my Lion Harddrive and would I use a tool to do that a…”
Lion – Catalina2012-09-20
1,075,710 dossier reads
Lion with AMD
“So, I've installed it perfectly with mach kernel and Chameleon Wizard but the command -legacy -v arch=i386 npci=0x3000 does not boot it for me. I need a different command. Specs: Amd Phenom II x4 965 3.4ghz Gtx 570 Asus M4A79XTDO EVO Mother…”
Lion – Catalina2012-09-19
1,075,710 dossier reads
Lion with AMD
“This is the problem I'm having. I know if I had 3 harddrives which I don't, I could easily just delete Snow Leopard. Ou... I dont want to mess something up so create a timemashine backup... but i would delete the partition with SL and if i …”
Lion – Catalina2012-09-19
1,075,710 dossier reads
Lion with AMD
“Ham4ever, i would try the following: http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=113288 xmaniak100, you can try the kx drivers with your Audigy. The worst thing that can happen is that the drivers don't work. Is your SSD broken? Vm…”
Lion – Catalina2012-09-19
1,075,710 dossier reads
Lion with AMD
“Alright, now I'm going to need all the exact files I need to get Amd Phenon IIx4 965 3.4ghz to work. Also, does partitioning the same Snow Leopard Harddrive I have to put lion on the other Partition work or will that cause problems? Well i …”
Lion – Catalina2012-09-18
1,075,710 dossier reads
Lion with AMD
“Godofwar, try these tutorials for Lion: http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=278181 (I got it to work using this one) hack-my mac.fr/index.php/...fx-buldo#28896 (this is very good also) Back up your Snow Leo before trying an…”
Lion – Catalina2012-09-18
1,075,710 dossier reads
Lion with AMD
“If you're talking about the EMU10K chip (Soundblaster Live! 5.1), i think this could help, xmaniak100; worked like a charm for my SB (supports various Soundblaster models): kxproject.lugo soft.com/down.php Ill check it out as soon as ill ge…”
Lion – Catalina2012-09-14
1,075,710 dossier reads
Lion with AMD
“Let me thank you for the information ALC 892 chipset on Intel CM (win7), I try to understand why the CM AMD does not. on my old Asus P8P67mpro ALC 892 audio working fine with patched AppleHDA. I apply exactly the same method my Asus M5A97pr…”
Lion – Catalina2012-09-14
1,075,710 dossier reads
Lion with AMD
“Ok guys. I am getting buldozer CPU is several days/weeks and i would like to ask... what exactly SSSE3/2/whatever does... And also... when i will have bulldozer and 64bit will work, everythings is gonna be as great as if i had intel? And al…”
Lion – Catalina2012-08-20
1,075,710 dossier reads
Lion with AMD
“It is about SSSE3 not SSE3 support. Only the following CPU are capable (SSSE3 + 64-Bit extensions): • Lion Vanilla-Kernel compatible Intel • AMD Bulldozer • AMD Bobcat (mobile APUs / embedded CPUs, most likely graphics won't work) • VIA Nan…”
Lion – Catalina2012-07-02
1,075,710 dossier reads
Lion with AMD
“I haven't yet read through all of the 100 pages lol. But has anyone managed to get this installed and running on a VM? I am 100% sure it is possible AAAAnd wastez...is it possible to boot 64 bit if you have SSE3 supported but you dont have …”
Lion – Catalina2012-07-02
1,075,710 dossier reads
Lion with AMD
“What I am trying to do is, edit UUID line of iMac with Lion runnning that I have. I also notice Apple checks for the autheticity of Lion when setting up for the first time when wireless is connected and if your Apple ID has no record of pur…”
Lion – Catalina2012-05-14
1,075,710 dossier reads
Lion with AMD
“Update Many people seem to have problems with iCloud – I know this thanks to the Google search statistics. Searches for setup and login issues are climbing steadily. Maybe it is time for me to start digging. A little deeper this time. Maybe…”
Lion – Catalina2012-05-14
1,075,710 dossier reads
Lion with AMD
“Now there's ONE issue that I have NOT had LOL I thought I had just about all of 'em too... Do you mean exiting fullscreen mode? Or exiting the app while IN fullscreen mode? He means exiting fullscreen mode...happened to me as well but i thi…”
Lion – Catalina2012-05-14
1,075,710 dossier reads
Lion with AMD
“Guys...I was installing next using next utility and... Repair Permissions for "/System/Library/Extensions/VoodooTSCSyncAMD.kext" ... Done. -- Total processed: 8 files (1 kexts) for 0 sec. Updating system caches MAC OS X "Lion"… will that up…”
Lion – Catalina2012-05-13
1,075,710 dossier reads
Lion with AMD
“so guys i see xpchelper is solved...are there any other problems that make me impossible to have normal hackintosh?if not HUUUUGEEEEE thx to bronzvooka or how is he called for kernel and jeaton2012 for his wiseness love you two guys...also …”
Lion – Catalina2012-05-12
1,075,710 dossier reads
Lion with AMD
“Will Partitioning work with this mac? I'm use BCDEASY on windows 7. So if I partition my snow leopard side with Lion amd will it work out good? Yes partitioning works good For finder u need the one for lion DP2 if you search you can find it…”
Lion – Catalina2012-04-08
1,075,710 dossier reads
Lion with AMD
“Any news on the kernel? Seems like they have stopped all development on applelife.ru Looks like AMD hackintoshes are nearly dead i dont think that even nawcom is making legacy kernels anymore sad thing actually :'(:'(:'(:'( Anybody tested t…”
Lion – Catalina2012-04-08
1,075,710 dossier reads
Lion with AMD
“Is -legacy really 32bit? Becuz as you could see in video i posted before it detects all 16Gb of RAM... How can it?”
Lion – Catalina2012-04-08
1,075,710 dossier reads
Lion with AMD
“use the one for AM2 socket think its the first one... it cannot boot installation media since inst. media is 10.7.0... u need to use OSInstall.mpkg method and it instant reboots cause you need to use -legacy and if you do then I need to kno…”
Lion – Catalina2012-04-07
1,075,710 dossier reads
Lion with AMD
“What if we get a DP2 xpchelper and we replace it? Great idea why quotes arent working for me? -_- not that new dwash... im already using it... what trouble exactly do you have?and are you using one for AM2 CPU socket or AM3 And whats full C…”
Lion – Catalina2012-04-07
1,075,710 dossier reads
Lion with AMD
“I think it's closely related to xpchelper. UM i think its not cause first xpc crash happens like 30 secs after that(i can see it when im in verbose) but anyway i fixed it by downloading newer kernel... AND i ran into one more problem… insta…”
Lion – Catalina2012-04-07
1,075,710 dossier reads
Lion with AMD
“Can I just ask...what is xpchelper in fact doin? because if it crashes all the time and everything "works" it isnt doin much... is it some kind of application panics handler? thats why they start after 20 minutes and they just dont respond?”
Lion – Catalina2012-04-07
1,075,710 dossier reads
Lion with AMD
“i ran into more problems recently and was hoping that u can help me... 1. =Sometimes when i boot it is stuck on spinning apple logo and when i am in verbose it hangs after DSMOS arrives so i think it just could get into GUI... (if i wait a …”
Lion – Catalina2012-04-07
1,075,710 dossier reads
Lion with AMD
“And also guys just wandering...can you somehow patch appstore cause it always show that u need 64bit intel CPU...”
Lion – Catalina2012-04-07
1,075,710 dossier reads
Lion with AMD
“OK guys i restarted and there was no hang at login login was even faster now BUT can somebody confirm that when u restart OS X is not able to quit finder? because it stops there always on my PC”
Lion – Catalina2012-04-07
1,075,710 dossier reads
Lion with AMD
“IS there any fix for that annoying bug that after 5 minutes apple apps wont start?”
Lion – Catalina2012-04-07
1,075,710 dossier reads
Lion with AMD
“OK guys i have been into nireshes install and i can confirm that "Kernel Cache"=\amd is very smart cause it autodetects your model and takes the right Kernel. But of course booting hangs after loading boot device and osinstall.mpkg is not i…”
Lion – Catalina2012-04-07
1,075,710 dossier reads
What is the difference between Snow Leopard Retail vs Hazard vs iATKOS
“well it depends... retail is original (vannila) so you will need to find bootCD or so and Hazard and iAtkos are distros...they got everything on the fly you just have to select in installation what you want...for me i prefer retail”
Snow Leopard 10.62012-04-07
10,889 dossier reads
CPU Halted: it is now safe to turn off your computer
“I am having problems installing iatkos s3 v2 In verbose mode, at one point at setup boot, it says CPU halted: it is now safe to turn off your computer Than some identifier idk what it is( tried to get a picture but it was blurry) Than power…”
Snow Leopard 10.62012-04-07
5,943 dossier reads

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