stefh Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 Sorry if I am in the wrong thread, but I was wondering how I can edit the Model Name and Model Identifier at Hardware Overview. It now says Model Name: Mac and Model Identifier: P35C-DS3R (my MOBO) I would like to have it Mac Pro as I have my system in an original G5 case... Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurenai Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 i like this. worked out great on my vostro 1500 w/ c2d t8100. ironically, i had just installed leo4all v3 on it (great release btw. only thing i had to do afterwards was nvinstaller41, and this), and the default "about this mac" showed 1.2ghz for the cpu. installed this, and it's back to showing 2.1 as it's supposed to! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
braveskunk Posted April 28, 2008 Share Posted April 28, 2008 thanks! works, great, been irritated by this unknown processor in about this mac. thanks again:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
estebanrao Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 working over here man Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilou Posted April 30, 2008 Share Posted April 30, 2008 Oooookaayy Thanks anyway I will say that again. I got that this program recognizes your cpu (what MacOsX on PC has troubles to do), but what I don't understand is the consequences : does it only recognize it or does it makes your all MacOsX recognizes it so that it may apply the appropriate changes by itself ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pablovbas Posted April 30, 2008 Share Posted April 30, 2008 Working excellent here Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperNet33 Posted April 30, 2008 Share Posted April 30, 2008 If I get a Q6600 cpu am I going to have to need this or will about this Mac find it already Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baudouin Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 Sorry if I am in the wrong thread, but I was wondering how I can edit the Model Name and Model Identifier at Hardware Overview. It now says Model Name: Mac and Model Identifier: P35C-DS3R (my MOBO)I would like to have it Mac Pro as I have my system in an original G5 case... Thanks check this out : Starting at the reply 11, aqua-mac gave me the way to do it ; http://aquamac.proboards106.com/index.cgi?...=469&page=1 Starting from the reply 11, I am explaining here what I did to change "About this Mac" and the "System Profiler":http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=93600 Now you have : Model Name: Mac and Model Identifier: P35C-DS3R What do you want to keep and what do you want to change into Mac Pro ? You can do it in Terminal too : http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?sho...system+profiler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
braveskunk Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 OooookaayyThanks anyway I will say that again. I got that this program recognizes your cpu (what MacOsX on PC has troubles to do), but what I don't understand is the consequences : does it only recognize it or does it makes your all MacOsX recognizes it so that it may apply the appropriate changes by itself ? hey, this will read down name& speed from its microde and nothing more. in my case when i open the about this mac it shows the stock frequency but if i open hardware profiler it reports the real-overclocked speed- as you can see in on the picture below. so what that program does is read the data and shows it about this mac window, nothing more:) sorry for missunderstanding Gilou:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperNet33 Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 So no one knows if I get a Q6600 will it work right away on About This Mac or will I have to use this program? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opes Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 Thx, works gr8 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
braveskunk Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 So no one knows if I get a Q6600 will it work right away on About This Mac or will I have to use this program? not sure, really, but on kalyway i think it should be ok, using this patch isn't something big and risky, dont worry, just get the q6600 and you will know:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frauhottelmann Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 Works perfect here! iATKOS + Kalyway's 10.5.2 Update + Vanilla Kernel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macshiba Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 I have an E2160 @ 1.80GHz Stock. I've overclocked it to 2.63Ghz. But, in About This Mac and System Profiler it both reads as 2.40Ghz. I'm trying to do legit benchmarking, but my system is reporting as 2.40GHz instead of 2.63Ghz. Any way to fix that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zhimama Posted May 3, 2008 Share Posted May 3, 2008 This one is really cool. thanks,mate. I 've got Kalyway10.5.2 DVD fully working now, It tested my Processor to Intel Core 2 Quad CPU Q6700 2.66GHz ( which is correct.^^ ) Thanks again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eye1 Posted May 4, 2008 Share Posted May 4, 2008 What app did you use to get the Apple graphic? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dong Posted June 2, 2008 Share Posted June 2, 2008 exellent, solved me this old problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~pcwiz Posted June 2, 2008 Share Posted June 2, 2008 So no one knows if I get a Q6600 will it work right away on About This Mac or will I have to use this program? Q6600 shows as 2.4Ghz Unknown by default, you have to use the program to get it to set right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misael78 Posted June 2, 2008 Share Posted June 2, 2008 i'm new in to this. i'd worked perfectly. many thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elokito Posted June 6, 2008 Share Posted June 6, 2008 shows correct speed on my pentium d @ 3.75ghz, still reads my ram as ddr 400 instead ddr2 667 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~pcwiz Posted June 6, 2008 Share Posted June 6, 2008 Also, to anyone that can't get it to work using this (meaning it doesn't work at all, no changes), it may be due to a modified AboutThisMac.strings file. I've attached a default AboutThisMac.strings file as a txt. Place the aboutthismac.txt file on the Desktop and run these commands from Terminal: sudo -s [enter password] mv ~/Desktop/aboutthismac.txt ~/Desktop/AboutThisMac.strings cp -R ~/Desktop/AboutThisMac.strings /System/Library/CoreServices/loginwindow.app/Contents/Resources/ Then try the installer again. I didn't use this installer exactly, but I separately ran the script independently and it worked, after I restored AboutThisMac.strings to defaults using the above method. aboutthismac.txt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSCXP2005 Posted June 7, 2008 Share Posted June 7, 2008 Hello to all, I have iATKOS 2.0i installed and would like to customize the "About this mac" dialog box. I would like to get rid of the iATKOS logo so it looks like a real mac, can somebody tell me how you do that? Thank you for your time NSCXP2005 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~pcwiz Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 Use either Zephyroth's About this Mac Modifier or the About this Mac Modifier built into OSX86Tools to change the image Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackandblue Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 worked great for me too thanks! pentium d 940 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OG_LOC_08 Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 Worked great for me. Shows Core 2 Quad Q6600 Like it is supposed to Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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