sendblink23 Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 I currently have no idea if there is a fix already out there.. so I'm writing this topic thread just incase there isn't one yet... Well as most or all AMD users know we can't yet run full 64bit on our beloved Snow yes we can boot into x64 with: -force64 but all 32bit apps Crash instantly, and well only 64bit apps work on that mode So we are forced to boot as 32bits only using *maxmem=4096 if we have over 4gb of ram I honestly hate Windows(I'm planing on fully killing it soon)... I mostly Reside now more on OSX and well I'm a designer... CS5 is now out what's my big issue I use constantly After Effects & Premier Pro *well on CS5* those apps will only install on 64bit Snow & not on 32bit I do have CS4 installed.. but If I want CS5... I prefer to save disk space and DUMP CS4 edition But as you can see.. i cannot install After Effects or Premier Pro CS5 because I can only run the installer in 32bits mode & I can't run it on 64bits(already tested -force64, the CS5 installer will not load).... I mean like this if you run the Installer if we booted in 32bits mode - You won't have the options to install either of them "After Effects & Premier Pro" - they only appear for installing if you booted in 64bits. So... can anyone already help out on us AMD users to fix this 64bit issue we have, the flaw of not being able to run 32bit apps. I've already ran Marvin's app & other patching tools they do not fix the 64bit issue(32bits apps still crash instantly on 64bit mode). Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/217208-we-need-a-64bit-fix-for-amd-on-snow/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
sendblink23 Posted May 4, 2010 Author Share Posted May 4, 2010 BEEP... Everybody who reads this thread can probably forget about my issue.... for some reason my hard drive started spinning its disk really fast just a bit ago, decided to shut down computer, gave it about 30minutes to relax & powered up again... well it seems some how it died my computer will not recognize the hard drive. Already tried changing through all SATA ports & even changing the cables for other spare ones I had.. so buuu it died my hard drive where i had OSX installed. I guess I'll just wait to buy a new hard drive soon & re-install again. Its sad I've been having Snow for a couple of months working very nice on my rig on that hd. But anyways I would still want encourage any developers to help out for fixing the AMD issue for other people.. pretty sure ton's are out there who do want it fully working... 32/64 full support. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/217208-we-need-a-64bit-fix-for-amd-on-snow/#findComment-1461191 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmjjensen Posted May 17, 2010 Share Posted May 17, 2010 I have an AMD Phenom and I've had no issues with 10.6.2. How do I test to see if I'm running in 32-bit or 64-bit mode? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/217208-we-need-a-64bit-fix-for-amd-on-snow/#findComment-1470355 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdnz01 Posted May 17, 2010 Share Posted May 17, 2010 I have an AMD Phenom and I've had no issues with 10.6.2. How do I test to see if I'm running in 32-bit or 64-bit mode? Open System Profiler and click "Software". It should say if it's running 64 or 32 bit mode. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/217208-we-need-a-64bit-fix-for-amd-on-snow/#findComment-1470371 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmjjensen Posted May 18, 2010 Share Posted May 18, 2010 Oh this is disappointing. I checked and it's running 32-bit ...even tried all the switches on boot: arch=x86_64 -force64 -x64 ...nothing. I do see the line appear something like "64 bit enabled" during boot up however once in SL nothing has changed. What's the problem here? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/217208-we-need-a-64bit-fix-for-amd-on-snow/#findComment-1471170 Share on other sites More sharing options...
xjasx Posted May 18, 2010 Share Posted May 18, 2010 only kernel and kernel extensions is running in 32-bit mode Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/217208-we-need-a-64bit-fix-for-amd-on-snow/#findComment-1471186 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdnz01 Posted May 19, 2010 Share Posted May 19, 2010 only kernel and kernel extensions is running in 32-bit mode Which means in it's running in 32-bit mode. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/217208-we-need-a-64bit-fix-for-amd-on-snow/#findComment-1471436 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmjjensen Posted May 19, 2010 Share Posted May 19, 2010 From what I understood if the processor supported SSE3 than 64-bit should work regardless of the architecture (AMD vs Intel). I'm able to use Adobe CS5 but I have some crashes, mainly with Flash CS5 and I'm not sure what exactly the problem is. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/217208-we-need-a-64bit-fix-for-amd-on-snow/#findComment-1471461 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdnz01 Posted May 19, 2010 Share Posted May 19, 2010 The drivers also have to be written to use in a 64 bit enviroment. Architecture normally doesn't matter for an OS, but Mac OS is specifically written for use on Intel systems. There are some tricks like replacing the kernel with a patched one to make it work, but you might end up having similar problems like you have now. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/217208-we-need-a-64bit-fix-for-amd-on-snow/#findComment-1471463 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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