Ludvig M Posted February 2, 2008 Share Posted February 2, 2008 Hey, I have installed JaS 10.4.8 Mac OS X disk. Installation went fine, and it was no problem to boot. But when I'm in Mac OS X and leave the computer for like 5 minutes or longer, it freezes. If i try to launch Safari, it just jumps up and down, and then the little colour circle shows up and just spinning and spinning. And after that i have to reboot OS X. Do anyone know how to solve the problem or got some tip that could solve the problem? Sorry for my bad english. //Caapz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dasepsilon Posted February 2, 2008 Share Posted February 2, 2008 you should be long enough around to know that noone will answer except you post some information about your hardware. luckily you posted some screenshot, and the magic is just to add boot with "cpus=1"-- second core is not supported with amd, dont ask me why i hope anyone who knows why will read this and post at least where to look.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludvig M Posted February 3, 2008 Author Share Posted February 3, 2008 Sorry, forgot to post my speccs. Anyway, problem solved, the only thing i did was to uncheck "Set hard disk(s) to sleep when possible"(dont remember exactly what it was called). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dasepsilon Posted February 3, 2008 Share Posted February 3, 2008 ah, ok then this is a different problem than mine.. nonetheless, so you have both cores running? because i do not have (as many? others here) the second core running-- can you do me a favor and tell me how your fsb&multiplier is? thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludvig M Posted February 3, 2008 Author Share Posted February 3, 2008 Ye, I think i have both cores running. How do i see what fsb & multiplier I have? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dasepsilon Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 you can check in "utilies/activity monitor" if both cores are running. two graphs=two cores. if i can trust the pdf manual for your mainboard (see p.28) you can check it in the bios, the "advanced" tab. so is your system completely stable now? e.g. if you move a big file (say a 4gb iso) around? aah, besides, do you have osx insalled on sata? because with my computer it was just sata that was instable thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludvig M Posted February 4, 2008 Author Share Posted February 4, 2008 I have install OS X on an IDE disk. I will try to move a 4GB iso file. Here's a screenshot of my Activity Monitor: Link Edit: When I tried to move a big iso file, it failed. So my system is nearly completely stable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dasepsilon Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 so you mean moving a iso file crashed your system? if so, you should give "cpus=1" a try. that fixed it for me, but for the (high) price of having only one core working. mmmh, i really wonder if anyone has an amdx2+sata with two working cores?.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludvig M Posted February 4, 2008 Author Share Posted February 4, 2008 Yep, it chrashed my system, but I dont really care. I don't move files at all, and my system is, overall, working very good. What system are you running and what are your hardware? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dasepsilon Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 are you sure that your system will crash only when moving big files? with my system (x2 4400, 2gb, msi k9vgm-v, 7600gs, 500gb s-ata, lg s-ata dvd, tried tiger 10.4.8, 9, 10, 11 and leo 10.5.1 now) it was crashing every one and then, usually within 1-2 hours. not nice, you cannot really work with it. as said i was unable to track down what exactly to do to get it stable. also i was unable to get anyone explicetly telling me that amdx2 can work stably with sata and two cores enabled Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludvig M Posted February 5, 2008 Author Share Posted February 5, 2008 So you can't move files at all? I can of course move small files, like photos and music. Maybe even movies in .avi format. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dasepsilon Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 no its more like in stresssituations where osx crashes. i am just now trying cpus=2 again and it is stable up to the point where i say start up photoshop, lightroom at the same time while i just remember, hey, i need to copy these 1gb from my memorycard to my harddisk. and, just to make sure, i sometimes have that feeling that even 2-3 seconds of stress crashes the system. and i find that very distressing. btw, can you look up your multiplier for me? thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludvig M Posted February 5, 2008 Author Share Posted February 5, 2008 Im looking in bios right now and it says "Processor Maximum Multiplier: x15.0 3000 MHz". Btw: Do you know if it possible to run Front Row on hackintosh? If so, how? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dasepsilon Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 the multiplier informations should be two lines below the "maxium" line, according to the manual it should read "processor multiplier". can you re-lookup, please? frontrow does run, if your hackintosh-dvd doesnt have it, you can find the frontrow package floating around (i think i am not entitled to post any links..) i didnt really used it, but i think it works fine as on a real mac. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludvig M Posted February 6, 2008 Author Share Posted February 6, 2008 I checked again, and two lines below "Maximum" line it says "Multiplier: Auto". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dasepsilon Posted February 6, 2008 Share Posted February 6, 2008 well, thanks. it doesnt matter anyway, because i've decided not to buy a new mainboard, until an proper am2+ one is available. till then i'll stick with my cannot-change-multiplier-mainboard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludvig M Posted February 7, 2008 Author Share Posted February 7, 2008 Ok dasepsilon. I need help with one last question, it has nothing to do with topic, but anyway. How can i change "About This Mac"? Now it says "Processor: 3.01 GHz Athlon". I want to change that to "3.01 GHz AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+" or something like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dasepsilon Posted February 8, 2008 Share Posted February 8, 2008 oh, dont ask me. my one tells me Unknown, but hell, i dont care, i need cpus=2 and not some information i already have but search for it, with google, ive found tutorials here and there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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