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can you post a brief how-to guide for this driver for all newbies like me??? I`ve waited for that driver for so long and now I`m so excited, but cant install it on my own :(

 

P.S Well, i kinda installed it (actually copied the kexts in the extensions folder, but I get white screen after booting in mac os (I see the initial screen with the apple logo, after that it flickers a few times, and the white screen settles after that) How can I solve this?

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what else do we need? atix2000 or sth else? please let me know.

Chipset Model: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3470

Type: Display

Bus: PCIe

PCIe Lane Width: x16

VRAM (Total): 256 MB

Vendor: ATI (0x1002)

Device ID: 0x95c4

Revision ID: 0x0000

ROM Revision: 113-B1480A-236

EFI Driver Version: 01.00.236

Displays:

Display:

Resolution: 1024 x 768

Depth: 32-bit Color

Core Image: Software

Main Display: Yes

Mirror: Off

Online: Yes

Quartz Extreme: Not Supported

QuartzGL: Supported

Display Connector:

 

It seems that my Natit.kext loaded, but still cannot change resolution.

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A couple of people have emailed me, asking for a "Tutorial". I really didn't

see the need as, it's pretty simple, but here are the steps.

 

I have an ATI 3450 Radeon HD (95c5). I could only get 1600x1200 resolution

on a 24" monitor that is capable of 1920x1200, and it drove me crazy!

It looks so much cleaner in 1920 vs 1600, though Quartz Extreme is not supported

 

1.) Goto Applications/Utilities/SystemProfiler

Click on "Graphics/Displays"

Make sure the device ID is 95c5

 

2.) Download this file and extract.

http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?act...st&id=36622

 

3.) All of the Kexts in the file need to be installed. The easy way is to get

"OSx86 Tools Utility", and click on "Install Kexts".

 

LegacyATIRadeonX2000.kext and Natit.kext

 

4.) Edit the file

 

/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist

 

and make these changes:

 

<key>Kernel Flags</key>

<string>"Graphics Mode"=1920x1200x32</string>

 

5.) Reboot, and your all set.

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Hi cmid and all ;)

 

I am really interested in how you got this HD 3450 card working as a lot of post's are saying its not possible and I may need to look at buying another graphics card.

 

I have iDeneb V1.3 10.5.5 leopard

 

I have tried running -x -v.. although it keeps rebooting whilst loading and I cant catch anything it is failing on.

 

What do I need to select in the intial setup as additional to install? (customize)??

 

At the end of the day I just want to get this working. All I want to do is really run logic 8 pro :P

 

My system is as follows:

AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ (2.30ghz)

ASUS M2V Motherboard with VIAK8T890/VT8237A chipset

ASUS EAH3450 (ATI HD3450 chipset)

 

Any help is greatly appreciated

 

Thanks - Daz

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Hi guys,

I have a Radeon HD 3470 Card. Is there any chance that this method will work for me also? I have struggled for a long time until I got my LAN and Audio working. The only thing that I need is the Video working...

Please, if anybody knows something about this, tell me

Thanks in advance

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I just tried and installed the LegacyATIRadeonX2000.kext and Natit.kext on my HD 3470

I was also able to change the resolution as described, but unfortunately the best I could get is 1152x864 :)

 

Hi Martin,

 

Is it a mobility one ?

thx

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Beside that i understand ist better to get any res / no QE/CI displayed as nothing, i didnt would say, as thread tite tells : 3450 works !

It works limited if no QE/CI and/or OpenGL apps may get problems !

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Beside that i understand ist better to get any res / no QE/CI displayed as nothing, i didnt would say, as thread tite tells : 3450 works !

It works limited if no QE/CI and/or OpenGL apps may get problems !

 

Agree with you Mitch_de

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I've just installed this on my studio 1537, with a mobility HD3450 (0x95c4 I believe). after adding the vga line (1920x1200x32)to com.apple.boot.plist and rebooting, system profiler shows it as this:

Chipset Model: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3470
Type: Display
Bus: PCIe
PCIe Lane Width: x16
VRAM (Total): 256 MB
Vendor: ATI (0x1002)
Device ID: 0x95c4
Revision ID: 0x0000
ROM Revision: 113-B1480A-236
EFI Driver Version: 01.00.236
Displays:
Display:
Resolution: 1600x1200
Depth: 32-bit Color
Core Image: Software
Main Display: Yes
Mirror: Off
Online: Yes
Quartz Extreme: Not Supported
Display Connector:

 

Before installing the kexts and changing the plist, it was:

Type: Display
Bus: PCIe
PCIe Lane Width: x16
VRAM (Total): 256 MB
Vendor: ATI (0x1002)
Kernel Extension Info: No Kext Loaded
Displays:
Display:
Resolution: 1024 x 768
Depth: 32-bit Color
Core Image: Software
Main Display: Yes
Mirror: Off
Online: Yes
Quartz Extreme: Not Supported

 

I'm still not getting 1920x1200, which for now would be more than enough to satisfy me with the hd3450 situation. Is this possible?

 

Hopefully the SP info can help the devs :wallbash: (I'm more than willing to post any other information, just tell me what)

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I've just installed this on my studio 1537, with a mobility HD3450 (0x95c4 I believe). after adding the vga line (1920x1200x32)to com.apple.boot.plist and rebooting, system profiler shows it as this:
Chipset Model: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3470
Type: Display
Bus: PCIe
PCIe Lane Width: x16
VRAM (Total): 256 MB
Vendor: ATI (0x1002)
Device ID: 0x95c4
Revision ID: 0x0000
ROM Revision: 113-B1480A-236
EFI Driver Version: 01.00.236
Displays:
Display:
Resolution: 1600x1200
Depth: 32-bit Color
Core Image: Software
Main Display: Yes
Mirror: Off
Online: Yes
Quartz Extreme: Not Supported
Display Connector:

 

Before installing the kexts and changing the plist, it was:

Type: Display
Bus: PCIe
PCIe Lane Width: x16
VRAM (Total): 256 MB
Vendor: ATI (0x1002)
Kernel Extension Info: No Kext Loaded
Displays:
Display:
Resolution: 1024 x 768
Depth: 32-bit Color
Core Image: Software
Main Display: Yes
Mirror: Off
Online: Yes
Quartz Extreme: Not Supported

 

I'm still not getting 1920x1200, which for now would be more than enough to satisfy me with the hd3450 situation. Is this possible?

 

Hopefully the SP info can help the devs :) (I'm more than willing to post any other information, just tell me what)

 

The kext is only showing what you are telling it to. this is not really a working driver for mobility cards at this point, you were able to change resolution using the boot.plist method becasue you upgraded your LCD when you ordered your system.

 

There is a new update coming out soon.... that will have more graphic driver info and at that point I am hoping myself or LastExile can come up with something.

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I cannot wait anymore, so I decided to buy a cheap card on ebay. I think of something like GF 7300GS. But I still hope the drivers for 34xx will be out soon ...

A question to the people who said that they need to get their resolution - what is the point of it, when it is not possible to even run Blender or watch videos on youtube?

 

just don't see why I'm getting 1600x1200 instead of 1920x1200, when i'm passing 1920 to com.apple.boot.plist?

You are really lucky that you got 1600x1200 :P My monitor is 1680x1050 and when I set this parameters I only get 1400x1050 which is a totally non-standard resolution and 1/6-th of my screen is out of the visible range... Even if i adjust the position settings of my monitor I am still not able to see the whole screen :wacko:

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I followed the instructions from the original poster and I cannot get my card to work.

 

I have a ATI 3450 (ASUS EAH3450) on a DVI connection to a single monitor. After I load the kexts and reboot, I get to an empty light blue screen and the machine just freezes.

 

Any clues on how to solve this one ?

 

My boot up log is here :

Dec 19 00:26:04 localhost kernel[0]: Natit: Starting.
Dec 19 00:26:04 localhost kernel[0]: device-id: 0x95C5
Dec 19 00:26:04 localhost kernel[0]: Natit: Found device
Dec 19 00:26:05 localhost kernel[0]: Natit: Found device name
Dec 19 00:26:05 localhost kernel[0]: Natit: Setting ATY,PlatformInfo=
Dec 19 00:26:05 localhost kernel[0]: Natit: Setting ATY,EFICompileDate=Dec 18 2007
Dec 19 00:26:05 localhost kernel[0]: Natit: Setting ATY,EFIEnabledMode=
Dec 19 00:26:06 localhost kernel[0]: Natit: Setting ATY,Copyright=Copyright AMD Inc. All Rights Reserved. 2005-2008
Dec 19 00:26:06 localhost DirectoryService[36]: Launched version 5.5 (v514.23)
Dec 19 00:26:06 localhost kernel[0]: Natit: Setting @0,display-connect-flags=
Dec 19 00:26:06 localhost kernel[0]: Natit: Setting ATY,EFIHWInitStatus=
Dec 19 00:26:06 localhost kernel[0]: Natit: Setting ATY,IOSpaceOffset=
Dec 19 00:26:06 localhost socketfilterfw[42]: _CFGetHostUUIDString: unable to determine UUID for host. Error: 35
Dec 19 00:26:07 localhost kernel[0]: Natit: Setting ATY,MCLK=
Dec 19 00:26:06 localhost DirectoryService[36]: Improper shutdown detected
Dec 19 00:26:08 localhost kernel[0]: Natit: Setting ATY,Rom#=113-B1480A-236
Dec 19 00:26:08 localhost kernel[0]: Natit: Setting @0,ATY,EFIDisplay=TMDSA
Dec 19 00:26:08 localhost kernel[0]: Natit: Setting ATY,EFIDriverType=
Dec 19 00:26:08 localhost kernel[0]: Natit: Setting model=ATI Radeon HD 3450
Dec 19 00:26:08 localhost kernel[0]: Natit: Setting MVAD=
Dec 19 00:26:08 localhost kernel[0]: Natit: Setting @0,device_type=display
Dec 19 00:26:08 localhost kernel[0]: Natit: Setting @1,display-type=NONE
Dec 19 00:26:08 localhost kernel[0]: Natit: Setting AAPL01,blackscreen-preferences=
Dec 19 00:26:08 localhost /System/Library/CoreServices/loginwindow.app/Contents/MacOS/loginwindow[27]: Login Window Application Started
Dec 19 00:26:08 localhost kernel[0]: Natit: Setting AAPL00,blackscreen-preferences=
Dec 19 00:26:08 localhost kernel[0]: Natit: Setting AAPL,backlight-control=
Dec 19 00:26:08 localhost kernel[0]: Natit: Setting ATY,RegisterSpaceOffset=
Dec 19 00:26:08 localhost kernel[0]: Natit: Setting @0,display-type=LCD
Dec 19 00:26:08 localhost kernel[0]: Natit: Setting name=ATY,MegalodonParent
Dec 19 00:26:08 localhost kernel[0]: Natit: Setting AAPL,aux-power-connected=
Dec 19 00:26:08 localhost kernel[0]: Natit: Setting ATY,FrameBufferOffset=
Dec 19 00:26:08 localhost kernel[0]: Natit: Setting ATY,MemVendorID=
Dec 19 00:26:08 localhost kernel[0]: Natit: Setting ATY,MemRevisionID=
Dec 19 00:26:08 localhost kernel[0]: Natit: Setting @1,connector-type=
Dec 19 00:26:08 localhost kernel[0]: Natit: Setting ATY,EFIOrientation=
Dec 19 00:26:08 localhost kernel[0]: Natit: Setting @1,VRAM,memsize=
Dec 19 00:26:08 localhost kernel[0]: Natit: Setting AAPL,EMC-Display-List=
Dec 19 00:26:08 localhost kernel[0]: Natit: Setting ATY,MRT=
Dec 19 00:26:08 localhost kernel[0]: Natit: Setting @0,compatible=ATY,Megalodon
Dec 19 00:26:08 localhost kernel[0]: Natit: Setting ATY,RefCLK=
Dec 19 00:26:08 localhost kernel[0]: Natit: Setting @1,name=ATY,Megalodon
Dec 19 00:26:08 localhost kernel[0]: Natit: Setting AAPL01,Coherency=
Dec 19 00:26:08 localhost kernel[0]: Natit: Setting ATY,SCLK=
Dec 19 00:26:08 localhost kernel[0]: Natit: Setting @0,AAPL,boot-display=
Dec 19 00:26:08 localhost kernel[0]: Natit: Setting @0,name=ATY,Megalodon
Dec 19 00:26:08 localhost kernel[0]: Natit: Setting @1,compatible=ATY,Megalodon
Dec 19 00:26:08 localhost kernel[0]: Natit: Setting ATY,Card#=109-B148xx-00
Dec 19 00:26:08 localhost kernel[0]: Natit: Setting ATY,HWGPIO=
Dec 19 00:26:08 localhost kernel[0]: Natit: Setting ATY,PCIConfigSpace=
Dec 19 00:26:08 localhost kernel[0]: Natit: Setting @0,connector-type=
Dec 19 00:26:08 localhost kernel[0]: Natit: Setting @1,device_type=display
Dec 19 00:26:08 localhost kernel[0]: Natit: Setting ATY,EFIVersionBios=113-B14801-023
Dec 19 00:26:08 localhost kernel[0]: Natit: Setting ATY,EFIVersion=
Dec 19 00:26:08 localhost kernel[0]: Natit: Setting device_type=ATY,MegalodonParent
Dec 19 00:26:08 localhost kernel[0]: Natit: Setting @0,VRAM,memsize=
Dec 19 00:26:08 localhost kernel[0]: Natit: Setting ATY,VendorID=
Dec 19 00:26:08 localhost kernel[0]: dsmos: Initializing...
Dec 19 00:26:08 localhost kernel[0]: dsmos: Hook and decryption contexts set!
Dec 19 00:26:08 localhost kernel[0]: 2.0.44 m168efe17
Dec 19 00:26:08 localhost kernel[0]: dsmos: Starting...
Dec 19 00:26:10 localhost kernel[0]: 2.0.44 m168efe17
Dec 19 00:26:13 localhost mds[25]: (/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V1/Stores/DFD937B9-EDF8-4B69-A866-D8DE8652D230)(Error) IndexCI in ContentIndexOpenBulk:Unclean shutdown of /.Spotlight-V100/Store-V1/Stores/DFD937B9-EDF8-4B69-A866-D8DE8652D230/live.1.; needs recovery
Dec 19 00:26:13 localhost /usr/sbin/ocspd[61]: starting
Dec 19 00:26:14 localhost kextd[9]: writing kernel link data to /var/run/mach.sym
Dec 19 00:26:16 localhost mDNSResponder[26]: WARNING: sandbox_init error Could not set Mach lookup policy for service com.apple.bsd.dirhelper err=1100Could not set Mach lookup policy for service com.apple.distributed_notifications.2 err=1100Could not set Mach lookup policy for service com.apple.ocspd err=1100Could not set Mach lookup policy for service com.apple.mDNSResponderHelper err=1100Could not set Mach lookup policy for service com.apple.SecurityServer err=1100Could not set Mach lookup policy for service com.apple.SystemConfiguration.configd er
Dec 19 00:26:51 zhao-chens-macpro31 mdworker[66]: (Error) SyncInfo: Boot-cache avoidance timed out!

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I've already taken mine apart and I seem to think that I can't replace the graphics card (at least not easily...)

I would be content with like an 8600GS or the like. Does anyone know if the Studio 1537 has an MXM graphics card or if it's integrated?

 

I did read in a specific dell forum the card is integrated, it is not confirmed, but it looked like a serious post (from a moderator)... ;)

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