ATI Mobility X1600, X1700 and others

[gng]

@shaybc it looks like you have big experience with x1600 mobility so mybe you can help me.

I've installed AMD Leopard from zephyroth. Right after I've got 1024x768 resolution and cant't work on that driver because even scrolling not work well. So first I tried to make ATIinject.kext and copy it with ATINDRV.kext and then when I load system and there is black background with white stripes it stops, screen only blinks and system loads further but nothing is change on the screen? Then tried yours solution and the same situation. Have you got something like this? I'm not thinking now about QE/CE but only basic driver which wille allow me to work on mac. Any suggestions?

 

Regards

[i.am.flo]

Hello!

 

I really read all threads of ATI Mobility X1600 and I tried a lot methods to get my ATI Mobility X1600 graphics card fully running, but nothing works. I am really desperate and so I need your help.

 

I have the ASUS Z92Ja laptop (It has the same specs like the Asus A6ja!): Core Duo 1.83 T2400, Mobility X1600 (256, 512 hypermem), 15,4" 1280x800, ...

OSX86: OSX86 10.4.9 - kernel: Darwin 8.9.1

 

I found out my EDID (with Phoenix); [DeviceID: 0x71C5]:

00FFFFFF FFFFFF00 367F0000 00000000 00000103 01281E00 F2000000 00000000 00000021 08003140 45406140 00000000 00000000 0000EA1A 00805020 10301520 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 000000EB

 

1. Is it a correct EDID? I don't think so, because there are too many zeros (0), but maybe it is right.

 

2. I really didn't find out: How can I convert my EDID (in the ATIinject.kext/Contents/Info.plist; LVDS,EDID) into something like:

 

AP///////wAOFLETAAAAAAcQAQOAIRV4Co4tnVVQjycg
UFQAAAABAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEB6hoAgFAgDTAYIBMA
S88QAAAZAAAADwAgICAgICAgICBuBQ8AAAAA/gBDUFQK
ICAgICAgICAgAAAA/gBDTEFBMTU0V0EwNUEgAMA=

 

Sheriffbounce and others always did that job, but I couldn't do it. Or does it the Editor? Is it Binary to Hex or something like that?

 

3. The new Apple Plist Editor is called Pref Setter 1.2.2 now. Is that right? --> Pref Setter 1.2.2 on Apple's website

 

I tried many, many times different ATINDRV.kext; IONDRVSupport.kext, NatitX1600, ATIinject.kext; but nothing works. The display always switched off (the backlight) and the Login Window Manager didn't start...

Finally I want to to try it with the kexts from the first post (author TheMaxx32000), but now I want to do it more correctly and with your help.

[Jeva Hose]

Okay now I have made my FireGL V5200 work perfectly under Leopard.

This is how I do:

1. Edit the ATIRadonX1000.kext 's info.plist, add the model number x71C41002 into the PCIMatch list

2. Edit the EDID info in the ATIinject.kext download form this thread, then put it in the exenstion folder.

this is my Thinkpad T60p's EDID (1400x1050):

00FFFFFF FFFFFF00 30AE2240 00000000 000F0103 801D1578 EA2D0597 57518A27 23505421 08008180 01010101 01010101 01010101 0101302A 7820511A 10403070 13001ED6 10000019 25237820 511A1040 30701300 1ED61000 00190000 000F0090 43329043 280F0100 4CA35034 000000FE 004C544E 31343150 342D4C30 320A0019

 

3. change the permission and owner.

4. reboot, all now perfect.

 

I did exactly this on my T60p and now I have display resolution changing AND VMWare Fusion finally works! Weee! I had QE/CI enabled just by editting the 10.5.1 ATIRadeonX1000.kext 's Info.plist, but apparently that was not enough support. Thanks for the info!

[Schism]

okay for everybody here are my used kexts...

u only have to enter ur EDID into the info.plist in the ATIinject.kext with Apples Plist Editor (from Genius bar)

 

repair permissions

chown and chmod ATIinject.kext (u should know how 2 do this )

reboot and enjoy full res, QE/CI...

only one issue is left: as soon as you close the lid and reopen the image is garbage and u have to reboot the machine...

 

cheers

sheriff

 

It works on an Acer Travelmate 8204Wmli with ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 (71c5).

 

Thanks!

[darkdevil85]

hi guys!

 

first of all big thanks to all the people that make this a reality!

 

i have a ati mobility x1600 (id 0x71c5) on my acer aspire 5673 notebook. i have successfully obtained the EDID with Phoenix,here it is:

 

EDID BYTES:

0x 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 0A 0B 0C 0D 0E 0F

------------------------------------------------

00 | 00 FF FF FF FF FF FF 00 06 AF 74 21 00 00 00 00

10 | 01 0F 01 03 80 21 15 78 0A 1C F5 97 58 50 8E 27

20 | 27 50 54 00 00 00 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01

30 | 01 01 01 01 01 01 C7 1B 00 A0 50 20 17 30 30 20

40 | 36 00 4B CF 10 00 00 18 00 00 00 0F 00 00 00 00

50 | 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 20 00 00 00 FE 00 41

60 | 55 4F 0A 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 00 00 00 FE

70 | 00 42 31 35 34 45 57 30 32 20 56 31 20 0A 00 AA

 

Since i am a newbye,please be patient.

Please someone can help me to make the relative file? (ATIinject.kext)

 

Also the chown and chmod are not very clear onestly,someone can explain exactly step by step what to do?

 

Many thanks again

[MelaMarcia]

Hi M. Troni

 

I really need your help!

 

I have a toshiba Satellite A100 -168 with you same video card x1600 mobility and cannot manage a way to make it work! I have leopard ( kalyway). I saw your attachement but cannot download it!

 

Can you palease give me more detailed instructions on how to do it and please send me those files?

 

That would be great!

 

Ciao

 

 

 

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSS Writing this from my hackintosh, finaly in full glory WORKING @ 1240!!!!\ on my

Toshiba A100-683

ATI Radeon Mobility X1600

 

 

There seemed to be a few probs with kexts around but I finally found a Toshiba A100 kext (see attachment) Atiinject.kext that probably had the correct deviceID. Then, using kext install helper (that ez prog to install kexts) I MANAGED TO GET IT RIGHT!!!!!! YOHOOOO

 

Now for some music production on my brand new mac!

 

Just a last question because there's always more:

 

When I leave my hack on for more than 10 mins or so without doing anything the screen goes black (probably power save mode) HOWEVER when I move my mouse or tap a key the screen flickers back real quick before going off again AND DOESNT COME BACK!!!!! This means I have to turn the machine of by hard reboot and go back into osx to continue my work.....

 

any fixes for that??? maybe I just missed a stupid setting in display power saver settings or something?? Please note that in native when I didn't have the 1240 working yet the screen never went off in OSX!

 

thanks so much all of you, righteye, JaS, etc. etc. you guys make it happen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

M. Troni

[the v0id]

Guys can't I edit plist in windows?

 

It opens perfectly in text editor!

Does this affect the file?

[Jason R.]

Okay now I have made my FireGL V5200 work perfectly under Leopard.

This is how I do:

1. Edit the ATIRadonX1000.kext 's info.plist, add the model number x71C41002 into the PCIMatch list

2. Edit the EDID info in the ATIinject.kext download form this thread, then put it in the exenstion folder.

this is my Thinkpad T60p's EDID (1400x1050):

00FFFFFF FFFFFF00 30AE2240 00000000 000F0103 801D1578 EA2D0597 57518A27 23505421 08008180 01010101 01010101 01010101 0101302A 7820511A 10403070 13001ED6 10000019 25237820 511A1040 30701300 1ED61000 00190000 000F0090 43329043 280F0100 4CA35034 000000FE 004C544E 31343150 342D4C30 320A0019

 

3. change the permission and owner.

4. reboot, all now perfect.

 

Does this method provide external monitor support?

[Serphi]

On a Toshiba A100-768 or something (a100 series I'm sure), device ID 71c5. I just get a blank screen. I can control the screen via VNC, choose resolutions too. I've tried native 1280x800 but no go. 800x600 and 1024x768 won't work anymore either.. QE / CI were already working before I tried, but still do..

 

Any help please? I'm really close lol..

[torpie13]

Hi Folks,

 

 

I've got an Asus F3JP laptop, with an ATI x1700 graphic (1680*1050) 71d5.

I've Installed this drivers with ATIinjetc.kext everything works perfectly (Hardware acceleration, full resolution 1680*1050, no mouse tears...).

 

Then I noticed a little problem: the ATIinjetc caused instability at boot time and only at boot time !!!

Sometime the GUI boot OK, then the next time the GUI boot's into a black or a white screnn (Freeze).

 

I looked at loaded extentions: sometimes AtiInject is loaded sometimes not.

 

So, I(ve got some question to the experts :

- Did you face the same weired instability from ATIInjetc ? if so, then, do you have a solution for this ?

- Why can't we use an unified driver for our x1700 ( I mean whtever EDID, the same way as for x1900 or HD2600) ?

 

 

Thanx alot for ure answers.

 

BTW I'm using iAktos 10.5.1

[Ákos Maróy]

I read through this long forum post, and I'm at a bit of a loss at what to do exactly.

 

I have an ATI FireGL V5200 (like the X1600) in an IBM ThinkPad. I installed Kalyway's MacOS 10.5.1, which at first opens up fine using the VESA driver. As soon as I install the Natit package, the machine turns to a stale black screen during boot. I tried various Natit packages and plist files, but the result is the same.

 

BTW, having just deleted the Natit.kext directory from /System/Libraries/Extensions makes the installation not boot anymore (hangs during boot).

 

What am I doing wrong here?

[fingerr]

I read through this long forum post, and I'm at a bit of a loss at what to do exactly.

 

I have an ATI FireGL V5200 (like the X1600) in an IBM ThinkPad. I installed Kalyway's MacOS 10.5.1, which at first opens up fine using the VESA driver. As soon as I install the Natit package, the machine turns to a stale black screen during boot. I tried various Natit packages and plist files, but the result is the same.

 

BTW, having just deleted the Natit.kext directory from /System/Libraries/Extensions makes the installation not boot anymore (hangs during boot).

 

What am I doing wrong here?

Hi,

 

for all with bloody X1600 71c5 chip:

 

get your EDID info from phoenix or linux Xorg log, put it in Natit, replace ATINDRV and IONDRVSupport kexts with ones from 10.4.5 (use package from this post http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?sho...t&p=276293)

 

Sometimes it may happen that after booting into graphics mode screen may hang (or it shows some rubbish) and then you have to reset your PC. It can happen more than one time, so sometimes I clear kextcache booting into '-s' mode and reboot.

No solution for this issue so far.

Good luck!

 

Regards,

Mariusz

[Taisto]

Can anybody help me with Mobility Radeon X1600 ? I CANT get it working with all those methods.

 

That`s my EDID : LINK

That`s my ID : 0x71c5

That`s my result... : LINK

 

I know it`s maybe too much to ask but.....could anybody prepare right kexts for me ? Maybe i`m doing something wrong cause i still can`t get it working

[fingerr]

Can anybody help me with Mobility Radeon X1600 ? I CANT get it working with all those methods.

 

That`s my EDID : LINK

That`s my ID : 0x71c5

That`s my result... : LINK

 

I know it`s maybe too much to ask but.....could anybody prepare right kexts for me ? Maybe i`m doing something wrong cause i still can`t get it working

 

Try to download other Titan/Natit/ATIinject and put your EDID.

Do not hexedit any kext, just replace ATINDRV and IONDRVSupport kext with ones from 10.4.5.

 

--------- EDIT -----------

Ok, I've modified my ATIinject with your EDID, please try it.

 

 

p.s.

I can remeber I got something like you, but can't really remeber what was the couse

 

Regards,

Mariusz.

Archive.zip

Edited February 27, 2008 by Mariusz

[lebidou]

Hello,

I'm currently trying to get my Mobility X1900 to work and I'm close to sucsess!

I can change resolution, I have QE/CI enabled, but my screen looks like this:

 

I don't know why it does it. Does someone know?

 

I attached the ATIinject.kext I use.

 

Thanks for your help.

[fallouttt]

Hi, I have Asus F3JP notebook (Ati mobility x1700) and iATKOS v1.02i (Leopard 10.5.1)

 

My EDID: http://www.sendspace.com/file/0z1o9q

My ID: 71D5

 

Can anybody help me please??? :censored2:

[gng]

@fallouttt try to look in this topic. Some people have the same laptop as yours.

 

Guys I need your help for last time. I haven't got more ideas whats the deal. Issue looks like this:

 

I've got almost exactly the same laptop as Taisto. The difference is only in processor. Even the same EDID and bios version on card.

He's got everything working Native resolution with QE/CI. But when I've tried kext from him (ATIinject, IONDRVSupport, ATINDRV, ATIRadeonX1000*) It boot only to blue screen with mouse cursor and artifacts. I found other ATIinject, IONDRVSupport, ATINDRV which gave me native resolution without artifacts, but when I put ATIRadeonX1000* again blue screen with mouse. We use the same 10.5.2 version by Zephyroth without LGU. What other kext I can try from him? Any ideas why is that?

[gng]

Here's my system log if it helps:

 

Mar  5 15:31:36 gng kextd[250]: a link/load error occured for kernel extension /System/Library/Extensions/ATIRadeonX1000.kext
Mar  5 15:32:00 gng kextd[259]: a link/load error occured for kernel extension /System/Library/Extensions/ATIRadeonX1000.kext
Mar  6 01:08:01 gng kernel[0]: ATIRadeon::wait_for_rb_space: Overflowed block waiting for FIFO space.   Have 2, need 5. RBBM_STATUS 0x9001c100
Mar  6 01:08:22 gng kernel[0]: ATIRadeon::wait_for_rb_space: Overflowed block waiting for FIFO space.   Have 2, need 5. RBBM_STATUS 0x9001c100
Mar 10 09:58:22 gng kernel[0]: ATIRadeon::wait_for_rb_space: Overflowed block waiting for FIFO space.   Have 0, need 5. RBBM_STATUS 0x90010140
Mar 10 09:58:44 gng kernel[0]: ATIRadeon::wait_for_rb_space: Overflowed block waiting for FIFO space.   Have 0, need 5. RBBM_STATUS 0x90010140
Mar 10 09:59:06 gng kernel[0]: ATIRadeon::wait_for_rb_space: Overflowed block waiting for FIFO space.   Have 0, need 5. RBBM_STATUS 0x90010140
Mar 10 09:59:28 gng kernel[0]: ATIRadeon::wait_for_rb_space: Overflowed block waiting for FIFO space.   Have 0, need 5. RBBM_STATUS 0x90010140
Mar 10 09:59:51 gng kernel[0]: ATIRadeon::wait_for_rb_space: Overflowed block waiting for FIFO space.   Have 0, need 5. RBBM_STATUS 0x90010140

[Gerjan]

for the guys with the ASUS issue (4-splitted) could you please try to delete the info.plist from atiinject.kext and rename the info2.plist to info.plist(of course with your EDID entered there too)????

u should have DVI-D out, i don't know if this is really supported by our solution... only have VGA out as secondary and this is working perfectly...

 

cheers

sheriff

 

Thx mate! This did the trick (My screen was splitted in half). After injecting the ATIinject.kext with kext helpen I did this too:

 

1. Terminal: sudo diskutil repairpermissions /

2. Terminal: sudo chown -R root:wheel ATIinject.kext

3. Terminal: sudo chmod -R 755 ATIinject.kext

4. Terminal: cd /System/Library

5. Terminal: sudo rm -rf Extensions.mkext Extensions.kextcache

 

I Think clearing the cache helped too..

[nandor]

Hello All,

 

I love the fact that everyone's helping out making drivers etc.

However the big amount of options really confuses me, I can't properly find out what to do. I have searched for a long while, but have not even found a simple instruction for the EDID editing yet.

 

I have got a Asus A6J notebook (Ati mobility x1600) and used iATKOS v1.02i (Leopard 10.5.1)

My EDID: http://rafb.net/p/xDaije63.html

 

I got the EDID, what are my next steps ?

 

How can I install a proper driver for my videocard (I hope that this solves a few mouse jerks, and that I can change my resolution from 1024x786 to 1280x768 OR 1280x800).

 

I hope someone is so kind to help me out, even if it's just a few pointers.

 

Thanks

[nosfeh]

I also have Asus a6ja laptop.

i read through the whole thread and noticed that there are plenty people with the same problem as I have,

when the kexts for ati are loaded, the backlight of the screen stays off. External display is working fine though.

 

Hasn't anyone found any answer to this or am I stuck to 1024x768 resolution?

 

 

 

nosfe

[iFerd]

ehm... about Ati Mobility Radeon X1300...? nothing to say?

[raul7]

Hi,

 

for all with bloody X1600 71c5 chip:

 

get your EDID info from phoenix or linux Xorg log, put it in Natit, replace ATINDRV and IONDRVSupport kexts with ones from 10.4.5 (use package from this post http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?sho...t&p=276293)

 

Sometimes it may happen that after booting into graphics mode screen may hang (or it shows some rubbish) and then you have to reset your PC. It can happen more than one time, so sometimes I clear kextcache booting into '-s' mode and reboot.

No solution for this issue so far.

Good luck!

 

Regards,

Mariusz

Hi,

can you please explain abit more? i just started using mac and am totally lost, i have Mobilityt X1600 0x71C5 ,

really could use your help, i followed every method and all i see is pink screen with a blue line in the middle

[felixtherat]

YESSSSSS! Gna ha ha ha ha haaaarrrgh!

Finally a working solution for an Asus F3JA w/ ATI Radeon Mobility X1600, thanks to Alexxxx, a user over in the Italian Insanely Mac forum: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=40655

 

Translation from google translate:

Asus f3ja x1600 mobility works with atiinject!

download the attached file, put two files contained inside the package in library / system / extensions / wipe out two usual file library / system / extensions.xxxx repaired permissions from utily disc and manually repaired permits atiinject ...

linko this topic from wikipedia to download the file!

I hope can be useful to someone ...

For noobs (like me) : he means /System/Library/Extensions. So instructions in full (so easy)

 

* Go to alex's post and download the zip (or use the one I cheekily copied and attached to this post)

* If one or both files already exist at the location, do:

sudo rm -rf /System/Library/Extensions/ATINDRV.kext

sudo rm -rf /System/Library/Extensions/ATIinject.kext

* Then do:

(cd to the "x1600 f3ja" folder with the new kexts)

sudo mv *.kext /System/Library/Extensions/

sudo chmod -R 755 /System/Library/Extensions/ATIinject.kext

sudo chown -R root:wheel /System/Library/Extensions/ATIinject.kext

sudo chmod -R 755 /System/Library/Extensions/ATINDRV.kext

sudo chown -R root:wheel /System/Library/Extensions/ATINDRV.kext

sudo touch /System/Library/Extensions

* Then go and repair disk permissions with the disk utility anyway, reboot, and jump about the room very happy

 

BTW greetings everyone, enormous gratitude to all of you for your hard work in making my life better ... Now I run LAMP-based server-side code AND Adobe products on the same machine without VM. Plus, Macs rock. And so do you

x1600_f3ja.zip

[cube-m]

YESSSSSS! Gna ha ha ha ha haaaarrrgh!

Finally a working solution for an Asus F3JA w/ ATI Radeon Mobility X1600, thanks to Alexxxx, a user over in the Italian Insanely Mac forum: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=40655

 

Translation from google translate:

 

For noobs (like me) : he means /System/Library/Extensions. So instructions in full (so easy)

 

* Go to alex's post and download the zip (or use the one I cheekily copied and attached to this post)

* If one or both files already exist at the location, do:

sudo rm -rf /System/Library/Extensions/ATINDRV.kext

sudo rm -rf /System/Library/Extensions/ATIinject.kext

* Then do:

(cd to the "x1600 f3ja" folder with the new kexts)

sudo mv *.kext /System/Library/Extensions/

sudo chmod -R 755 /System/Library/Extensions/ATIinject.kext

sudo chown -R root:wheel /System/Library/Extensions/ATIinject.kext

sudo chmod -R 755 /System/Library/Extensions/ATINDRV.kext

sudo chown -R root:wheel /System/Library/Extensions/ATINDRV.kext

sudo touch /System/Library/Extensions

* Then go and repair disk permissions with the disk utility anyway, reboot, and jump about the room very happy

 

BTW greetings everyone, enormous gratitude to all of you for your hard work in making my life better ... Now I run LAMP-based server-side code AND Adobe products on the same machine without VM. Plus, Macs rock. And so do you

 

I have a Hasee (chinese) laptop with an aftermarket Mobility X1600XT. Installed OS X with Kalyway 10.5.2, CI/QE worked out of the box, but no resolution options.

 

 

I'm happy to report that I got all my display's resolution options to display with the quoted patch. However, I had to edit the ATIinject info.plist file and replace the device and vendor IDs with my own.

 

Hope this information helps someone.