rhyguy Posted December 18, 2008 Share Posted December 18, 2008 After updating,my CPU Frequency (in about this mac) is displayed at 4ghz, when it is actually 3ghz My system Profiler Hardware section says "There was an error getting this information" My screensavers just crash Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/141630-1056-system-profiler-cpu-frequency-and-screensaver-problems/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
maroder Posted December 18, 2008 Share Posted December 18, 2008 After updating,my CPU Frequency (in about this mac) is displayed at 4ghz, when it is actually 3ghz My system Profiler Hardware section says "There was an error getting this information" My screensavers just crash Had the same issue. Used LS8v14-Install pack and now everything works again. Only use the Kexts you really need! http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?s=&...st&p=928470 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/141630-1056-system-profiler-cpu-frequency-and-screensaver-problems/#findComment-1004203 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhyguy Posted December 18, 2008 Author Share Posted December 18, 2008 Which problems did that fix for you? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/141630-1056-system-profiler-cpu-frequency-and-screensaver-problems/#findComment-1004280 Share on other sites More sharing options...
maroder Posted December 18, 2008 Share Posted December 18, 2008 My System Profiler was showing weird error messages in the sections Hardware and in Memory: "There was an error getting this information". I however didn't have the issue with "About this Mac" showing 4GHz. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/141630-1056-system-profiler-cpu-frequency-and-screensaver-problems/#findComment-1004291 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhyguy Posted December 19, 2008 Author Share Posted December 19, 2008 Well, i tried that script, but it didnt affect my problems i also tried changing to ahci to see if my ide drivers were the problem, but they werent Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/141630-1056-system-profiler-cpu-frequency-and-screensaver-problems/#findComment-1005276 Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinkou Posted December 19, 2008 Share Posted December 19, 2008 After updating,my CPU Frequency (in about this mac) is displayed at 4ghz, when it is actually 3ghz My system Profiler Hardware section says "There was an error getting this information" My screensavers just crash You need to install Netkas's patched AppleSMBIOS.kext http://netkas.org/?p=58 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/141630-1056-system-profiler-cpu-frequency-and-screensaver-problems/#findComment-1005428 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhyguy Posted December 19, 2008 Author Share Posted December 19, 2008 Thanks, after installing anv patched smbios and changing the version info, my system profiler and about this mac work correctly and now, i can use all the normal screensavers except for arabesque, shell and rss visualiser and i can not use my timemachine rss screensaver Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/141630-1056-system-profiler-cpu-frequency-and-screensaver-problems/#findComment-1005484 Share on other sites More sharing options...
onurkeles Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 i have the exact same problem :S Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/141630-1056-system-profiler-cpu-frequency-and-screensaver-problems/#findComment-1037682 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhyguy Posted January 12, 2009 Author Share Posted January 12, 2009 I fixed the screensavers issue by updating my safari 4 beta to the december 29 version Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/141630-1056-system-profiler-cpu-frequency-and-screensaver-problems/#findComment-1037876 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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