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[verdant]

rawdog805, on Dec 19 2010, 09:58 PM, said:

Yeah I think I'm stuck...  I have tried everything to get the wireless adapter to work, and the Video Card..  Nothing seems to be working right now.  Every time I attempt to install a Video driver and restart the computer, it gets stuck at the white and gray apple screen with the spinning cog stopping after about 3 minutes..  I must have installed and reinstalled about 20 times now.. It sucks because I feel like im so close to finally getting the thing to work.. but its not happening..  


Also I have been trying to install the OSx on my Acer Aspire Desktop, and I have everything working on the Desktop but I can not get it to connect to the internet...  I have put in the settings manually and I get 3 green lights but the last two lights (Internet and Server) are still red and say Failed under them

As I said before OS X does not support the 6100 integrated GPU so there is no video driver you can/should install..........hence your booting problems after installing a video driver.......

[rawdog805]

verdant, on Dec 19 2010, 05:23 PM, said:

As I said before OS X does not support the 6100 integrated GPU so there is no video driver you can/should install..........hence your booting problems after installing a video driver.......

Yeah I know but I saw a few reports on the net that people have at least gotten it to where they can select a different resolution..

Also any tips on the internet connection for the desktop??

[Hagar]

This topic is of absolutely no use to anyone other than rawdog805, and covers nothing that isn't already on the site, so basically amounts to "noise" or clutter a.k.a. junk posting. If verdant doesn't regret replying to this topic yet, then I question his sanity, even if his patience is to be admired.

For suture reference, such topics are a BAD THING. they may help 1 person, but they increase the difficulty for those who come after by making it harder to find decent knowledge amongst the noise.

Helping 1 whilst hampering many is not useful, however well-meaning.

[rawdog805]

Hagar, on Dec 19 2010, 05:54 PM, said:

This topic is of absolutely no use to anyone other than rawdog805, and covers nothing that isn't already on the site, so basically amounts to "noise" or clutter a.k.a. junk posting. If verdant doesn't regret replying to this topic yet, then I question his sanity, even if his patience is to be admired.

For suture reference, such topics are a BAD THING. they may help 1 person, but they increase the difficulty for those who come after by making it harder to find decent knowledge amongst the noise.

Helping 1 whilst hampering many is not useful, however well-meaning.

Wow.. thats pretty harsh...  But as I have already said thank you to Verdant for all of the help.  I will no longer post in this topic for help, since it is obviously pissing some folks in these forums off..

I thought the purpose of creating a post was so that you could get help on something that had an effect on you and what you are trying to get help with??  I have been researching and looking around the net for the past 6 days trying to get this thing to work, so to say that everything is on the site is not true..

But once again Thank you Verdant for the help, I will gracefully bow out...

[verdant]

Hagar, on Dec 19 2010, 10:54 PM, said:

This topic is of absolutely no use to anyone other than rawdog805, and covers nothing that isn't already on the site, so basically amounts to "noise" or clutter a.k.a. junk posting. If verdant doesn't regret replying to this topic yet, then I question his sanity, even if his patience is to be admired.

For suture reference, such topics are a BAD THING. they may help 1 person, but they increase the difficulty for those who come after by making it harder to find decent knowledge amongst the noise.

Helping 1 whilst hampering many is not useful, however well-meaning.

I have looked through my posts in this thread and the advice given is applicable to any newbie with a AMD CPU nForce 410/430 MCP & GeForce Go 6100 chipset MOBO with a Realtek ALC262 audio chipset..........and those also wanting to use a Ralink RT73 chipset USB WiFi dongle..........so if rawdog805 changes the topic title/details to reflect the above details, then all this useful information is in one place........rather than being dispersed within threads and individual posts within threads across the site.......information is either helpful or it is not.....its helpfulness is not diminished by repetition......the only difference being whether the repeated helpful information is dispersed all over the site or is concentrated in threads based on different hardware combinations and/or hardware component-specific software threads........

How can I regret helping someone successfully install, use and enjoy OS X on x86 (and hopefully at some point buy a real Mac, or Retail OS X Install DVD at least.....), including rawdog805, who like other newbies, has clearly found it difficult to find the required "gems" of knowledge hidden within the site because to find those "gems" starts with knowing what error messages mean and what questions need asking.....?

rawdog805 I hope that I have helped you sufficiently to set you on your way but it is obvious that Hagar wants this thread to stop..........

[rawdog805]

Verdant you helped me tremendously and I am truly grateful to you for doing so..



Also I am now one step closer to having this thing fully working..  Needless to say I am extremely excited.. Now I only have to get the Wifi Working on my Laptop, and Ethernet working on my Desktop..

The GEFORCE GO 6100 is now working that to the information posted at http://www.developer...ce-go-6100.html


How To setup driver in OS X for nVidia GeForce Go 6100

1. Download MacVidia 1.0.81

2. Backup all file and folder /System/Library/Extensions Geforce*.kext and NV*.kext

3.  Setup MacVidia, by NOT RESTART

4. launch terminal, go /System/Library/Extensions

5. Write: sudo mkdir NVBack ↵

6. Write: sudo mv ./NV*.plugin ./NVBack ↵

7. Write: sudo mv ./NV*.bundle ./NVBack ↵

8. Reboot and change screen resolution

[verdant]

rawdog805, on Dec 20 2010, 01:24 PM, said:

Verdant you helped me tremendously and I am truly grateful to you for doing so..

Also I am now one step closer to having this thing fully working..  Needless to say I am extremely excited.. Now I only have to get the Wifi Working on my Laptop, and Ethernet working on my Desktop..

The GEFORCE GO 6100 is now working that to the information posted at http://www.developer...ce-go-6100.html


How To setup driver in OS X for nVidia GeForce Go 6100

1. Download MacVidia 1.0.81

2. Backup all file and folder /System/Library/Extensions Geforce*.kext and NV*.kext

3.  Setup MacVidia, by NOT RESTART

4. launch terminal, go /System/Library/Extensions

5. Write: sudo mkdir NVBack ↵

6. Write: sudo mv ./NV*.plugin ./NVBack ↵

7. Write: sudo mv ./NV*.bundle ./NVBack ↵

8. Reboot and change screen resolution

As always, glad to help.........

That is very helpful information for GeForce 6100/6150 GO owners.........   

For Ethernet on your Desktop PM me if you cannot get it working.........

[rawdog805]

verdant, on Dec 20 2010, 01:09 PM, said:

<br />As always, glad to help......... <img src="style_emoticons/default/smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="smile.gif" /> <br /><br />That is very helpful information for GeForce 6100/6150 GO owners......... <img src="style_emoticons/default/thumbsup_anim.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="thumbsup_anim.gif" />  <br /><br />For Ethernet on your Desktop PM me if you cannot get it working......... <img src="style_emoticons/default/wink.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="wink.gif" /><br />

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I am extremely happy to report that I have now gotten the ONBOARD LAN/Ethernet working on both my desktop and laptop.. As they are both NFORCE 430 LAN's.. Still trying to get the Ralink wireless to work for the laptop though..  Below is the method that I used to get the NFORCE 430 to work..

Network
This looks like a lot, but really you just chown it to root, chmod it to 755, turn off debugging in Info.plist, copy it to /System/Library/Extensions, clear your kextcache, and reboot.
1. Download Colonel's forcedeth-nockd.kext to your Dekstop.
2. Open Terminal from Applications/Utilities and type the following:
o cd ~/Desktop
o sudo chown -R root:wheel forcedeth-nockd.kext/
o sudo chmod -R 755 forcedeth-nockd.kext/
o sudo /Applications/TextEdit.app/Contents/MacOS/TextEdit forcedeth-nockd.kext/Contents/Info.plist
3. Look for: <key>Debug</key> and then change <true /> (directly below the Debug line) to <false />
4. File -> Save | File -> Quit
5. Go back to Terminal and type: sudo kextload -v forcedeth-nockd.kext/
6. Open System Preferences and choose Network. It should detect your network card and obtain an IP
7. Browse the web to make sure your connection is working
8. Finally, install the kext and clear your kextcache by opening Terminal and typing:
o sudo cp -R forcedeth-nockd.kext /System/Library/Extensions
o sudo kextcache -k /System/Library/Extensions
9. Reboot
Note: If you have any problems use: sudo kextunload forcedeth-nockd.kext/

[verdant]

rawdog805, on Dec 21 2010, 08:03 AM, said:

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I am extremely happy to report that I have now gotten the ONBOARD LAN/Ethernet working on both my desktop and laptop.. As they are both NFORCE 430 LAN's.. Still trying to get the Ralink wireless to work for the laptop though..  Below is the method that I used to get the NFORCE 430 to work..

Network
This looks like a lot, but really you just chown it to root, chmod it to 755, turn off debugging in Info.plist, copy it to /System/Library/Extensions, clear your kextcache, and reboot.
1. Download Colonel's forcedeth-nockd.kext to your Dekstop.
2. Open Terminal from Applications/Utilities and type the following:
o cd ~/Desktop
o sudo chown -R root:wheel forcedeth-nockd.kext/
o sudo chmod -R 755 forcedeth-nockd.kext/
o sudo /Applications/TextEdit.app/Contents/MacOS/TextEdit forcedeth-nockd.kext/Contents/Info.plist
3. Look for: <key>Debug</key> and then change <true /> (directly below the Debug line) to <false />
4. File -> Save | File -> Quit
5. Go back to Terminal and type: sudo kextload -v forcedeth-nockd.kext/
6. Open System Preferences and choose Network. It should detect your network card and obtain an IP
7. Browse the web to make sure your connection is working
8. Finally, install the kext and clear your kextcache by opening Terminal and typing:
o sudo cp -R forcedeth-nockd.kext /System/Library/Extensions
o sudo kextcache -k /System/Library/Extensions
9. Reboot
Note: If you have any problems use: sudo kextunload forcedeth-nockd.kext/

That is good news for you...........

It would be helpful to others to include a link to Colonel's forcedeth-nockd.kext if you can..............

As for the Ralink driver, it appears that the Tiger 10.4.8 driver is what works......

[rawdog805]

verdant, on Dec 21 2010, 06:15 AM, said:

<br />That is good news for you........... <img src="style_emoticons/default/smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="smile.gif" /> <br /><br /> It would be helpful to others to include a link to Colonel's forcedeth-nockd.kext if you can..............<br /><br />As for the Ralink driver, it appears that the Tiger 10.4.8 driver is what works......<br />

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So how would I get that 10.4.8 driver for the Ralink Wireless??  Would I just have to install 10.4.8..

Also on my Desktop I am having a hell of a time getting QE/IC to enable, the is a PNY 9800 GT DDR3 any idea what I have to do to get that enabled..  I have searched the internet and have not found a working solution or one that I know how to implement..

[rawdog805]

OK...  Finally got my Ralink WIFI to recognize and see my WIFI network, by using the program in This thread...  

But my only problem with this is that it only sees my card when I boot up using the -f command, which is not really much of a problem, but when I use the -f command I sometimes don't have keyboard functionality.. any help with that would be appreciated..

[verdant]

rawdog805, on Dec 22 2010, 10:32 PM, said:

OK...  Finally got my Ralink WIFI to recognize and see my WIFI network, by using the program in This thread...  

But my only problem with this is that it only sees my card when I boot up using the -f command, which is not really much of a problem, but when I use the -f command I sometimes don't have keyboard functionality.. any help with that would be appreciated..

What has happened with your nForce 430 LAN Ethernet......in eno's nForceLAN thread you said forcedeth is not working but here you said it does?

Re your Wifi, the new kext(s) hare probably not cached (or cached properly) in Extensions.mkext, so in Terminal type:

sudo chown -R root:wheel /System/Library/Extensions/
 sudo chmod -R 755 /System/Library/Extensions/
 sudo touch /System/Library/Extensions/
 sudo  kextcache -v 1 -t -m /System/Library/Caches/com.apple.kext.caches/Startup/Extensions.mkext  /System/Library/Extensions/

Reboot with  -v -f and then use Disk Utility to repair OS X permissions............

For your PNY 9800 GT DDR, have you tried the three methods summarised in my nForce RETAIL INSTALL GUIDE for Snow Leopard   here........

[rawdog805]

Well the problem with the Colonel's forcedeth-nockd.kext is that it gives me Kernel panics whenver trying to download files..  So I did a complete reinstall and then downloaded eno's newest pkg file, and this time instead of double clicking the file and installing it as if it were a regular program I simply extracted the kext file from inside the pkg file and installed it and it now works for my Nforce LAN 430 with no kernel panics..

I will try your methods for the NVIDIA 9800GT when I get home in a few hours, as well as the method you posted for my Laptops wireless..


EDIT - Desktop is now fully functional with QE showing as supported, using NVKush, but for some reason it doesnt show the name of the card it just says "I Can Has Model?"

[rawdog805]

verdant, on Dec 22 2010, 06:04 PM, said:

sudo chown -R root:wheel /System/Library/Extensions/
sudo chmod -R 755 /System/Library/Extensions/
sudo touch /System/Library/Extensions/
sudo  kextcache -v 1 -t -m /System/Library/Caches/com.apple.kext.caches/Startup/Extensions.mkext  /System/Library/Extensions/

Reboot with -v -f and then use Disk Utility to repair OS X permissions............

I put the first three lines in with no problem and then tried to put in the last line and got the following error..

kectcache: resolving dependencies for kernel extensions with validation and authentication failures

can't create /System/Library/Caches/com.apple.kext.caches/Startup/Extensions.mkext.BP9y - No Such file or directory

[verdant]

rawdog805, on Dec 23 2010, 12:03 PM, said:

I put the first three lines in with no problem and then tried to put in the last line and got the following error..

kectcache: resolving dependencies for kernel extensions with validation and authentication failures

can't create /System/Library/Caches/com.apple.kext.caches/Startup/Extensions.mkext.BP9y - No Such file or directory

Manually remove files in /System/Library/Caches/com.apple.kext.caches/Startup/ and then re-run

sudo  kextcache -v 1 -t -m /System/Library/Caches/com.apple.kext.caches/Startup/Extensions.mkext  /System/Library/Extensions/

[rawdog805]

verdant, on Dec 23 2010, 12:56 PM, said:

Manually remove files in /System/Library/Caches/com.apple.kext.caches/Startup/ and then re-run

sudo  kextcache -v 1 -t -m /System/Library/Caches/com.apple.kext.caches/Startup/Extensions.mkext  /System/Library/Extensions/

THere is no Startup folder inside of the com.apple.kext.caches folder..  There is only one file inside there and its called kernelcache..

The extensions.mkext is located in the /System/Library/ folder on my setup..

[verdant]

rawdog805, on Dec 23 2010, 06:20 PM, said:

THere is no Startup folder inside of the com.apple.kext.caches folder..  There is only one file inside there and its called kernelcache..

The extensions.mkext is located in the /System/Library/ folder on my setup..

Do....oh!
Very sorry my mistake........I forgot that you are running Leopard and not Snow Leopard!

For Leopard, just doing

sudo touch /System/Library/Extensions/

should be sufficient to re-create the Extensions.mkext file.......

[rawdog805]

verdant, on Dec 23 2010, 01:34 PM, said:

Do....oh!
Very sorry my mistake........I forgot that you are running Leopard and not Snow Leopard!

For Leopard, just doing

sudo touch /System/Library/Extensions/

should be sufficient to re-create the Extensions.mkext file.......

I ran only the above command, and then did a reboot...  But sadly the wireless still doesnt work unless I boot using -F..

[verdant]

rawdog805, on Dec 23 2010, 07:00 PM, said:

I ran only the above command, and then did a reboot...  But sadly the wireless still doesnt work unless I boot using -F..

Do you mean -F or -f ......please confirm as '-f '  forces all kexts in /S/L/E/ to be loaded and to bypass Extensions.mkext, and then re-create Extensions.mkext, whereas '-F ' forces apple.com.Boot.plist to be ignored at bootup......

[rawdog805]

verdant, on Dec 23 2010, 02:19 PM, said:

Do you mean -F or -f ......please confirm as '-f ' forces all kexts in /S/L/E/ to be loaded and to bypass Extensions.mkext, and then re-create Extensions.mkext, whereas '-F ' forces apple.com.Boot.plist to be ignored at bootup......

oh sorry its -f that I put in..



Also I am trying to figure out a way to dual boot Windows 7 and OSX on my desktop using 2 different internal hard drives..  I have been searching but cant really find any information on this..  I tried EasyBCD but for some reason it doesnt see my MAC Drive..