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TH3L4UGH1NGM4N
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Sad to see Apple go with only ati cards as much as I'm an ati fan I need nvidia for the CUDA support that adobe has recently implemented into their latest Create Suite. I admire apple going ati but the lack of CUDA would keep me away from an iMac or Mac Pro because they would have to render without the mercury engine which is specific to CUDA supported cards only.

 

It's the reason why I'm leaning to getting a gtx 4xx card once all the quirks are worked out.

 

It's a good thing you have that MBP still.

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how can i find out what version of smbios im running ? and if im not running macPro4,1 how do i change it ?

 

Looking at your /Extra/smbios.plist which controls the Mac Model identification if using it will show you this information also looking in the About This Mac -> More Info -> Hardware tells you as well. Changing is as simply as installing a different smbios.plist or editing the current one with the changed settings.

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Looking at your /Extra/smbios.plist which controls the Mac Model identification if using it will show you this information also looking in the About This Mac -> More Info -> Hardware tells you as well. Changing is as simply as installing a different smbios.plist or editing the current one with the changed settings.

 

i used RC5 r635 which i guess does not install a smbios.plist, in my hardware tab my 460 shows up with 1024 in memory as it should, the model idenitifier is MacPro3,1. i used tonyosx86 nivida drivers, is 17fps for Open gl in cinebench nornal for a PNY460gtx and q8200 @ 2.33 quadcore ?

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Well, it does work. A bit.

Getting into boot, but hanging at a blue screen, and flashing my desktop.

It's not allowing me to login at this time, i only see the blue screen with the black mouse.

 

Running 10.6.4. Not updated yet due to a missing kext for the wireless USB stick (sweex LW053 wireless LAN usb adapter).

 

If i boot into safe mode, i can login and do all the other stuff.

Almost there!

 

I think it's a kext problem for the GTX460, and i did find this: http://www.ofzenandcomputing.com/zanswers/719.

But that is for a MAC and not for a hackintosh.

 

Any word of advice?

 

Thanks in advance!

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Well, it does work. A bit.

Getting into boot, but hanging at a blue screen, and flashing my desktop.

It's not allowing me to login at this time, i only see the blue screen with the black mouse.

 

Running 10.6.4. Not updated yet due to a missing kext for the wireless USB stick (sweex LW053 wireless LAN usb adapter).

 

If i boot into safe mode, i can login and do all the other stuff.

Almost there!

 

I think it's a kext problem for the GTX460.

 

Any word of advice?

 

Thanks in advance!

 

update to 10.6.5 and re-do the steps!!

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DaveVegas
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Hi all,

 

I just managed to get my GTX 480 working on my Asus P6T SE. For everyone who has trouble with Fermi cards and Asus P6T SE = I provided a fermi package for you.

 

IF you have an Asus P6T SE and a Core i7 920 this is good for you.

 

Bootloader, Kexts, Nvidia Update (From Tonymac)

 

With this your brand new fermi card should work on a Asus P6T SE.

 

Cheers

Dave

 

Download Asus P6T SE Fermi Package: http://linksave.in/6499121784d1b346eac28f

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My notebook is clevo W870CU ：I7 920QM 8GB RAM ，I install a smbios.plist and the model idenitifier is MacbookPro7,1。I used GTX285M （G92，128SP 1GB DDR3 =9800GT），all works fine except sleep。But now I changed to GTX460M（192SP 192bit 1.5GB GDDR5 =GTS450），and installed 10.6.5 and tonyosx86 nivida drivers，

I can set the right 1920X1080,but the CINEBENCH GPU is only 4.5,and KP sometimes,how can I fix it?mod the AppleGraphicsPowermanagement.kext?

thanks

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My notebook is clevo W870CU ：I7 920QM 8GB RAM ，I install a smbios.plist and the model idenitifier is MacbookPro7,1。I used GTX285M （G92，128SP 1GB DDR3 =9800GT），all works fine except sleep。But now I changed to GTX460M（192SP 192bit 1.5GB GDDR5 =GTS450），and installed 10.6.5 and tonyosx86 nivida drivers，

I can set the right 1920X1080,but the CINEBENCH GPU is only 4.5,and KP sometimes,how can I fix it?mod the AppleGraphicsPowermanagement.kext?

thanks

 

If you correctly modify AGPowermanegement, use kext utilty for repair permisions.

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another method.

 

i patched Chameleon 2.0RC5-r635 (trunk 630) for GrapchicsEnabler GT 430 and GTX 580,

add GT430 and GTX580 video size setteing code to mem_detect().

 

Chamelen 2.0RC5-r635 patched GeForce GT430 and GTX580

 

1. install nVIDIA official driver (QUADRO MAC OS X DRIVER RELEASE 256).

 

2. extract boot file, and install boot to /

 

3. edit com.apple.Boot.plist

 

example.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>Kernel</key>
<string>mach_kernel</string>
<key>Kernel Flags</key>
<string>GraphicsEnabler=yes VBIOS=yes arch=x86_64</string>
<key>Timeout</key>
<string>5</string>
</dict>
</plist>

 

not worked for GTX580 — black screen :P

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howto (follow the links if you don't know what i mean):

1. install or update to 10.6.5 (if you're updating from 10.6.4, do not reboot after the update completed! instead, continue with this howto)

2. grab fermi package 2010/11/21 from here (mirrors are welcome):

3. install bootloader located in bootloader/ (if you don't have 'fdisk440', use normal 'fdisk' for now; you already should have installed chameleon before this)

4. add this to your boot plist if you haven't done so already:

		<key>GraphicsEnabler</key>
	<string>Yes</string>

5. copy all kexts from kexts/ to /System/Library/Extensions (replace old ones)

6. this only applies if you installed the previous fermi package (2010/08/03) or messed with your opengl/opencl frameworks: copy all frameworks from frameworks/ to /System/Library/Frameworks (replace old ones)

7. clear caches and reboot, or reboot and ignore caches on boot-up

I am new to the OSX86 scene so can someone please explain what to do from the 3rd to 7th points for the "howto" part. Thanks

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mwparrish
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I hate to be a nag about this...

 

but does anyone have any information regarding full 5xx series support?

 

the lack of QE/CI is a huge issue... CUDA drivers work fine though. The lack of OpenGL/Video for all 5xx series cards is a bit perplexing.

 

I realize the 5xx uses the GF110 core which is obviously modified from the both the GF100s and GF104s. However, they're still Fermi so I would imagine that functionally, the drivers would work as evidenced by the proper loading and function of the NVGF100Hal.kext for my 580.

 

The problem appears to be GeForce.kext as once you remove it from S/L/E the system boots with full resolution.

 

Anything beyond this is a mystery though...

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Don't upgrade (10.6.6) yet... it broke my setup with gtx 470. now i'm only getting 1024x768 instead of 1920x1080 as usual.

I tried running kext helper and rebooting. any suggestions?

 

*edit - adding more info*

I was running 10.6.5 with nvidia driver.

after upgrade I do not have QE/CI anymore and only display option is 1024x768

 

 

**solved**

solved by installing tonymac's tweaked driver

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Don't upgrade (10.6.6) yet... it broke my setup with gtx 470. now i'm only getting 1024x768 instead of 1920x1080 as usual.

I tried running kext helper and rebooting. any suggestions?

 

install tonymac nvidia update manually(show package content and install all).It's work for me

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jijiji
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Set your machine to a Mac Pro model and reinstall the original nvidia quadro drivers.

Quadro drivers

My setup

 

Hardware Overview:

 

Model Name: Mac Pro

Model Identifier: MacPro4,1

Processor Name: Quad-Core Intel Xeon

Processor Speed: 2.70 GHz

Number Of Processors: 1

Total Number Of Cores: 4

L2 Cache (per core): 256 KB

L3 Cache: 8 MB

Memory: 12 GB

Processor Interconnect Speed: 4.8 GT/s

Boot ROM Version: MP31.00C1.B00

SMC Version (system): 1.30f3

Serial Number (system): SECRETNUMBER

Hardware UUID: 78C0D1E4-2FFB-51B6-99A1-FAB88B98828A

 

 

GeForce GTX 470:

 

Chipset Model: GeForce GTX 470

Type: GPU

Bus: PCIe

Slot: Slot-1

PCIe Lane Width: x16

VRAM (Total): 1280 MB

Vendor: NVIDIA (0x10de)

Device ID: 0x06cd

Revision ID: 0x00a3

ROM Revision: 70.00.21.00.70

Displays:

Display:

Resolution: 1024 x 768

Pixel Depth: 32-Bit Color (ARGB8888)

Main Display: Yes

Mirror: Off

Online: Yes

Display Connector:

 

 

I am currently downloading tonymacx86-nvidia driver to test out. I already tried reinstalling official nvidia through .pkg but still stuck on 1024x768.

I just tried tonymac's [url=&quot;http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/&quot;]#####[/url]'s bootloader to no avail... will report back after trying the tweaked driver

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Hello i have gainward gtx 460, after upgrading to 10.6.6 i have the same problem, i start my video card but how to test QE/CI works or not??

Same problem here with GTX 460 with GraphicsEnabler = yes (using ANVAL 5.0.9) or even editing DSDT with GeForce config. :angry2:

 

___________________

 

EDIT: SOLVED!!!

 

Just reinstall with the packages directly.

 

  1. Run Nvidia Driver
  2. When window open right click NVIDA Retail Mac Driver and choose: Show Package
  3. Inside Packages folder run the 3 PKG files (Display Driver.pkg, OpenGL Driver.pkg and Video Driver.pkg)

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Ok, I'm happy to report that tonymac's tweaked nvidia driver worked for me on 10.6.6 (installed manually)

*note* I've also used [url=&quot;http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/&quot;]#####[/url] to install chameleon (don't know if this is required but I thought I should report to be more complete)

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