Tag Archives: macbook

EFI mode boot on Macbook3,1 with Debian

Posted on November 16, 2012 by diegoe

After my last post I got curious about booting the Macbook in EFI mode. Because, well, why not? So I googled for a while and found this blog post which served as a great reference and comment on two other. … Continue reading →

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Enabling SATA AHCI on a Linux Macbook3,1

Posted on October 14, 2012 by diegoe

I have a Macbook3,1 with the following SATA controller: 00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801HM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 03) This chip can work either in AHCI or IDE mode. Even though (in numbers) AHCI and IDE should … Continue reading →

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High pitch noise with built-in microphone in the MacBook

Posted on March 26, 2012 by diegoe

For a time now I had gave up on finding out what was the problem with a mysterious high-pitch constant noise in any sound recording in the macbook. Today, I solved the mystery: It was my USB mouse. So, here … Continue reading →

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