Recent content by MontanaMac

I should have mentioned that those were the first things I did. Thanks though. Also, there's plenty of space left on the main SSD (45G), and my machine wasn't infected by that Java virus from a few weeks ago. I think I've thought to check all the obvious things, but I may have overlooked...

Hey troubleshooters, I have an ASUS Sandy Bridge machine I have been running for over a year, updating all along the way to 10.7.3 It's got a nice CPU, 16G RAM, a decent video card, and has been been running flawlessly, and even better and faster than my newer iMac. All of the sudden...

The only help I can offer is that I did not do anything special to get it working for me. I use an ASUS BT dongle, and my Apple BT Keyboard, TrackPad, and Microsoft BT mouse all work fine. They worked well in 10.6.7 as well as the newly updated 10.6.8. As I have noted in another thread, my...

I tried it with the 10.6.8 update, and did have success. However, I too was limited to 1024x768. That was unacceptable, especially when compared to the 1920x1080 I am used to with my graphics card. I am not sure why the graphics are so limited? I confess I do not know the native specs of...

I have an Apple BT Trackpad, Apple BT Keyboard, and Microsoft BT mouse. For bluetooth, I am using an AZiO BTD-V201 USB dongle. Every time I boot the machine, I have to go through setting up a new bluetooth device for my keyboard. It is never discovered. Both the mouse and trackpad are...

Sorry, I skipped some of the specifics. Yes, I did choose Chimera v1.4.1, Realtek Ethernet 2.0.6, tonmacx86 Remixed theme, MSR Tools, and ShowAllFiles. The thing now I am considering is trying the on-board Intel HD Graphics. I don't really have a need for the horsepower of the 6870 graphics...

This is so sweet. Thanks for all the work that helped this update go smoothly for me. Now I have native Sandy Bridge support, sound that works without antipop, and for the first time, my memory is reported as '1333 MHz DDR3'! I let the system download and install the update. Got the KP at...

The processing power on many of these discreet GPUs seems ridiculous to me. Gamers need that, and I believe if you really use something like Final Cut Pro it is beneficial too. But beyond that, who really does need more power than the Intel HD2000/3000? You don't need that for Photoshop...

From all I've read here, that's your problem. Intel integrated graphics do not work yet. There are several choices for video cards that you can install which will work (read some other success stories here). I too have on-board graphics, and hope to use it one of these days, but for now I use...

Answered my own question.. sorry. Although I imagine I'm not the only one who will have this problem, as the drive is pretty popular. I don't know if the issue is particular to this make and model of Blu Ray drive, or if this occurs for many other models. The drive is a Pioneer BDR-206 As...

Has anyone had experience with an optical drive (this case a Blu Ray) working just fine after boot, then at some point becoming inaccessible? I got a pretty stable build with the ASUS EVO, i7 2600k, Radeon 6870, 16G DDR3, and every SATA slot filled. A 2Tb HDD takes SATA1, a Pioneer BD on...

That seemed too obvious to actually state, but yes, I have checked the /Extra/smbios.plist and /System/Library/CoreServices/SystemVersion.plist files several times to make sure they have the proper values as specified in the instructions, and rebooted several times. Actually, things are running...

Yep, I'm just a lurker, and really new to all this. Still, I know my way around Linux, Solaris, and have used Mac OSX for a couple years, but I am still stuck on what seems like it should be easy! I got everything running well up to the 10.6.6 update, and followed all the directions to use the...