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In Topic: Can't seem to run in 64-bit or get to recognise full 8GB RAM
04 June 2012 - 06:11 AM
sam2nd, on 03 June 2012 - 09:12 PM, said:
Thank you for your replies.
I have now updated to 10.6.8 and used Marvins AMD utility which has enabled the use of the full 8gb of RAM and also (looking at activity monitor) I am running 64bit applications. I can now boot via Chameleon loader without any tags.
In OSX however, when I go to launch Chrome or iTunes I get the "Quit unexpectedly error".. 32bit applications I believe, so I'm going to try the AMD_INSN_PATCHER again and will post my results back. Could just be the need for another boot flag though?
EDIT: Good news! It worked. I can now boot without any flags. My boot originally hang but after restarting and adding -v flag I discovered the graphics enabler was causing it when injecting my ATI card (separate GPU for dual monitor).. I just removed it from my build (wont miss it) and it's all good.
There is always one thing though, no? Just launched a sound file to discover my sound is choppy again! VooDooHDA gives choppy sound unless moving the mouse. Originally fixed this by setting the sample rate in Utilities/Audio MIDI setup to 44100.0HZ and enabling SSE2 in VooDooHDA options. Doesn't do it this time. Bring on the search.
EDIT: Sorted it. I had to reinstall VoodooHDA and reboot with -f and then it reset to original sample rate (not 44100.0Hz), so I changed it - enabled SSE2 again - and I'm all sorted. Dare I say it?
Why did I choose an AMD CPU
I have now updated to 10.6.8 and used Marvins AMD utility which has enabled the use of the full 8gb of RAM and also (looking at activity monitor) I am running 64bit applications. I can now boot via Chameleon loader without any tags.
In OSX however, when I go to launch Chrome or iTunes I get the "Quit unexpectedly error".. 32bit applications I believe, so I'm going to try the AMD_INSN_PATCHER again and will post my results back. Could just be the need for another boot flag though?
EDIT: Good news! It worked. I can now boot without any flags. My boot originally hang but after restarting and adding -v flag I discovered the graphics enabler was causing it when injecting my ATI card (separate GPU for dual monitor).. I just removed it from my build (wont miss it) and it's all good.
There is always one thing though, no? Just launched a sound file to discover my sound is choppy again! VooDooHDA gives choppy sound unless moving the mouse. Originally fixed this by setting the sample rate in Utilities/Audio MIDI setup to 44100.0HZ and enabling SSE2 in VooDooHDA options. Doesn't do it this time. Bring on the search.
EDIT: Sorted it. I had to reinstall VoodooHDA and reboot with -f and then it reset to original sample rate (not 44100.0Hz), so I changed it - enabled SSE2 again - and I'm all sorted. Dare I say it?
Why did I choose an AMD CPU
LOL nothing really wrong with the processor choice, it just makes the challenge of adding OSX a bit more difficult.
I will attempt to use Marvin's AMD utility to utilize all 8GB of RAM on my system, as I have to modify the bootloader anyway since I can't get it to load without the Nawcom CD again.
Not sure why you have the issues with the sound card as I only had problems when I had 10.6.5 on the system...My sound is okay...
In reference to the 32-bit applications yeah that happens due to the 64-bit option added via Marvin's AMD or -force64 at boot
In Topic: Can't seem to run in 64-bit or get to recognise full 8GB RAM
03 June 2012 - 08:17 PM
eep357, on 03 June 2012 - 06:13 PM, said:
Try arch=i386 -v only and see if all ram shows up.
The most amount of RAM was able to boot up with was 4GB while booting under -force64 arch=i386 maxmem=4096. Anything over that caused a kernel panic.