Got QE and CI on 8500GT running (10.5.6), with the EFIStudio Options

[mondial]

After several attemts I still got my nvidia running... how?

1.) rebooted with -s option
2.) mount -uw /
3.) changed to Extensions : cd System/Library/Extensions
4.) deleted all Geforce and Nvidia-, NVinject-, NVDarwin-, NVKush- etc. kexts & caches
by: rm -r Ge*.* && rm -r NV*.* && rm -r ../Extensions.mkext
5.) rebooted & logged in with standarddisplay (no additional drivers!!!)
6.) installed 9f23installer with efistudio : http://scottdangel.com/blog/?page_id=20
7.) before rebooting opened efiStudio and chose my nvidia card with the right memory.
8.) saved it in the com.apple.Boot.plist.
9.) rebooted and crossed my fingers!!!
10.) BINGO!!! see my System-Profiler/Grafik-Monitore:

nVidia GeForce 8500 GT:

Chipsatz-Modell: nVidia GeForce 8500 GT
Typ: Monitor
Bus: PCIe
PCIe-Lane-Breite: x16
VRAM (gesamt): 256 MB
Hersteller: NVIDIA (0x10de)
Geräte-ID: 0x0421
Versions-ID: 0x00a1
ROM-Version: nVidia GeForce 8500 GT OpenGL Engine [EFI]
Monitore:
xxxxxxxxxxx:
Auflösung: 1680 x 1050 @ 60 Hz
Farbtiefe: 32-Bit Farbe
Core Image: Hardware-unterstützt
Hauptmonitor: Ja
Synchronisierung: Aus
Eingeschaltet: Ja
Quartz Extreme: Unterstützt
Rotation: Unterstützt
QuartzGL: Unterstützt



greetings
a happy and deep impressed Mondi

[hascosx]

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working with all os hakintosh leopard

[Petit_Lapin]

Hi I have the same gfx card but I have problem getting my system to boot with pcefi v9 how are you booting your system? what dist are you running? When I use the same procedure and use the bootloader from CD (or chameleon 1.0.11) I only get a black screen and have to clean up my Boot.plist

[h4music]

you're the man, thanx a lot mate.....

my XFX Geforce 7600 GS works fine with your method using EFI Studio...



Asus P5W DH Deluxe
Intel Core 2 duo E6600 2.4GHz running at 3.0 GHz
4 GB Corsair DDR2 667mhz RAM
320GB,500 GB, 1TB
UAD-1 PCI card
TC Electronic Konnekt 24D firewire sound card..

[lateralusman]

Don't know if it'll work on a 8800GT but can't hurt to try! I need fraking QE/CI!

[christophski]

I cant seem to get this working on my 8500 GT 512mb, can somebody give a guide thats in baby steps for a newbie in distress on how to do this

I'll be extremely gratefull as i have just purchased a retail copy of logic studio 8 for £270 and im unable to use it untill i get QE enabled

[deven_suicidal]

QE/CI works but some application crashed while using efistudio
eg. photoshop cs4 and screenflow
any help?

[sweetbrett]

i tried using this to get QE/CI working with my 7950gt, but EFI studio doesn't have the 7950gt in the list. I picked the 7900gt 512mb thinking it might be close, but when i rebooted i got left at a blue screen (i think the blue screen may be due to the 10.5.5 drivers, not the efi string tho).

edit: found a 7950gt efi string, but i still can't bood with these drivers

CODE

b20200000100000001000000a60200001000000002010c00d041030a000000000101060000010101
60000007fff04000e0000004e00560050004d0000002000000001000000000000000000000000000
0000000000000000000000000024000000400030002c00630061006e002d0068006f0074002d0070
06c0075006700000004000000220000004100410050004c002c0067007200610079002d007000610
67006500000008000000010000001c0000006400650076006900630065005f007400790070006500
0000f0000004e5644412c506172656e740e0000006e0061006d00650000000b000000646973706c6
7922000000400030002c006400650076006900630065005f00740079007000650000000b00000064
973706c6179100000006d006f00640065006c000000130000004765466f726365203739353020475
22000000400031002c006400650076006900630065005f00740079007000650000000b0000006469
3706c617920000000400031002c0063006f006d00700061007400690062006c00650000000e00000
4e5644412c4e564d616314000000400030002c006e0061006d0065000000120000004e5644412c44
973706c61792d4114000000400031002c006e0061006d0065000000120000004e5644412c4469737
6c61792d421200000049004f004e0061006d00650000000b000000646973706c6179200000004000
0002c0063006f006d00700061007400690062006c00650000000e0000004e5644412c4e564d61632
000000400031002c00630061006e002d0068006f0074002d0070006c007500670000000400000010
000004e00560043004100500000001800000004000000000003000c00000000000007000000001e0
000072006f006d002d007200650076006900730069006f006e0000000e0000004746582d53545249
e47

[De Sad]

Hi there any information about geforce 7950gt ,cause i try to work that damn video card on a friend hackintosh without succes(i saw the screen but no qe/ci and quartz extrem gered :/ so i can't run some mac apps :as logic,or final cut with it :/)

Any help welcome

[uukk]

I'm in the same trouble about a GF 7950GT AGP.....

Hi there any information about geforce 7950gt ,cause i try to work that damn video card on a friend hackintosh without succes(i saw the screen but no qe/ci and quartz extrem gered :/ so i can't run some mac apps :as logic,or final cut with it :/)

Any help welcome

[cormorano]

After several attemts I still got my nvidia running... how?

1.) rebooted with -s option
2.) mount -uw /
3.) changed to Extensions : cd System/Library/Extensions
4.) deleted all Geforce and Nvidia-, NVinject-, NVDarwin-, NVKush- etc. kexts & caches
by: rm -r Ge*.* && rm -r NV*.* && rm -r ../Extensions.mkext
5.) rebooted & logged in with standarddisplay (no additional drivers!!!)
6.) installed 9f23installer with efistudio : http://scottdangel.com/blog/?page_id=20
7.) before rebooting opened efiStudio and chose my nvidia card with the right memory.
8.) saved it in the com.apple.Boot.plist.
9.) rebooted and crossed my fingers!!!
10.) BINGO!!! see my System-Profiler/Grafik-Monitore:

nVidia GeForce 8500 GT:

Chipsatz-Modell: nVidia GeForce 8500 GT
Typ: Monitor
Bus: PCIe
PCIe-Lane-Breite: x16
VRAM (gesamt): 256 MB
Hersteller: NVIDIA (0x10de)
Geräte-ID: 0x0421
Versions-ID: 0x00a1
ROM-Version: nVidia GeForce 8500 GT OpenGL Engine [EFI]
Monitore:
xxxxxxxxxxx:
Auflösung: 1680 x 1050 @ 60 Hz
Farbtiefe: 32-Bit Farbe
Core Image: Hardware-unterstützt
Hauptmonitor: Ja
Synchronisierung: Aus
Eingeschaltet: Ja
Quartz Extreme: Unterstützt
Rotation: Unterstützt
QuartzGL: Unterstützt



greetings
a happy and deep impressed Mondi

I tried the procedure you've described ... but nothing ..... no hardware acceleration enabled!


help !!!!

Bye

[marcusatl]

After several attemts I still got my nvidia running... how?

1.) rebooted with -s option
2.) mount -uw /
3.) changed to Extensions : cd System/Library/Extensions
4.) deleted all Geforce and Nvidia-, NVinject-, NVDarwin-, NVKush- etc. kexts & caches
by: rm -r Ge*.* && rm -r NV*.* && rm -r ../Extensions.mkext
5.) rebooted & logged in with standarddisplay (no additional drivers!!!)
6.) installed 9f23installer with efistudio : http://scottdangel.com/blog/?page_id=20
7.) before rebooting opened efiStudio and chose my nvidia card with the right memory.
8.) saved it in the com.apple.Boot.plist.
9.) rebooted and crossed my fingers!!!
10.) BINGO!!! see my System-Profiler/Grafik-Monitore:

nVidia GeForce 8500 GT:

Chipsatz-Modell: nVidia GeForce 8500 GT
Typ: Monitor
Bus: PCIe
PCIe-Lane-Breite: x16
VRAM (gesamt): 256 MB
Hersteller: NVIDIA (0x10de)
Geräte-ID: 0x0421
Versions-ID: 0x00a1
ROM-Version: nVidia GeForce 8500 GT OpenGL Engine [EFI]
Monitore:
xxxxxxxxxxx:
Auflösung: 1680 x 1050 @ 60 Hz
Farbtiefe: 32-Bit Farbe
Core Image: Hardware-unterstützt
Hauptmonitor: Ja
Synchronisierung: Aus
Eingeschaltet: Ja
Quartz Extreme: Unterstützt
Rotation: Unterstützt
QuartzGL: Unterstützt



greetings
a happy and deep impressed Mondi

LOOK NO FURTHER PEOPLE.... I HAVE TRIED TO GET QE / CI ON MY 7300GT FOR A WEEK ALMOST NON-STOP! THIS IS THE FIX! I deleted all the video kexts from the extensions from finder, rebooted with the default driver, install the 9f23, rebooted, and then got a black screen with my mouse pointer and nothing else... then I cursed the Mac name (forgive me Mac gods), i rebooted again in safe mode, used efi studio to add the efi strings for my card, and rebooted again, and they HOLY {censored} qe/ci is working!!!!!

I just want to say that I am pleased that there are so many more intelligent people than me working on these things... because I was ready to go back to windo...... actually i would never go back to that other operating system. But thanks mondial, you have saved me endless hours of cursing.

[burnz78]

thought i'd share my experience as well.
installed IPC 10.5.6 on my AMD 4200+, TA690G mobo with 7300GT card.
started with NVinject 0.2.1 drivers, no QE/CI.
uninstalled that, used EFI Studio to install strings for my 7300GT. again, no QE/CI.

finally, i removed EFI strings, and decided to try NVdarwin 1.2.5.
wala! QE/CI enabled, and i'm able to use Plex now!

[mondial]

thought i'd share my experience as well.
installed IPC 10.5.6 on my AMD 4200+, TA690G mobo with 7300GT card.
started with NVinject 0.2.1 drivers, no QE/CI.
uninstalled that, used EFI Studio to install strings for my 7300GT. again, no QE/CI.

finally, i removed EFI strings, and decided to try NVdarwin 1.2.5.
wala! QE/CI enabled, and i'm able to use Plex now!

that's right burnz!
After trying the iPC version, I chose also the nvdarwin drivers!
And it works fine for the 8500GT:

NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT:

Chipsatz-Modell: NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT
Typ: Monitor
Bus: PCIe
PCIe-Lane-Breite: x16
VRAM (gesamt): 256 MB
Hersteller: NVIDIA (0x10de)
Geräte-ID: 0x0421
Versions-ID: 0x00a1
ROM-Version: NVdarwin 1.2.5
Monitore:
xxxxxxxxx:
Auflösung: 1600 x 1200 @ 60 Hz
Farbtiefe: 32-Bit Farbe
Core Image: Hardware-unterstützt
Hauptmonitor: Ja
Synchronisierung: Aus
Eingeschaltet: Ja
Quartz Extreme: Unterstützt
Rotation: Unterstützt
QuartzGL: Unterstützt
Monitoranschluss:
Status: Kein Monitor angeschlossen

[RAWIRON]

Allright, people.
I've tried everything with my ASUS 8500GT 256 Mb with iDeneb 10.5.5 (10.5.6 doesn't work for my Marvell ethernet somehow) - 9f23, NVDarwin, NVinject, NVkush.
My goal is to get it running on my 1080p TV via DVI-HDMI connection (without sound of course )
NVinject and NVkush worked fine when plugging via VGA at 1280x1024, but when installing iDeneb with DVI connected, the system works allright before I create my account at 1920x1080 and click Next - I have bluescreen and locked up. Safe mode doesn't help, after I reboot I get the 1920x1080 desktop and able to move mouse around it, but can't click a thing - everything seems unresponsive.
9f23 was even stranger - after following the advice in this thread I got 1920x1080 background with some small strange artifacts and was able to see the mouse for 2-3 secs.
NVDarwin at first detected my card as 1024 Mb 8500GT, but when I forced it to install 256 Mb drivers (256.mpkg) only - it showed 256 Mb version in System Profiler, but still i got 1024x768 only and no QE/CI.
Anybody can advise what can be happening?

[phukt4rd]

After several attemts I still got my nvidia running... how?

1.) rebooted with -s option
2.) mount -uw /
3.) changed to Extensions : cd System/Library/Extensions
4.) deleted all Geforce and Nvidia-, NVinject-, NVDarwin-, NVKush- etc. kexts & caches
by: rm -r Ge*.* && rm -r NV*.* && rm -r ../Extensions.mkext
5.) rebooted & logged in with standarddisplay (no additional drivers!!!)
6.) installed 9f23installer with efistudio : http://scottdangel.com/blog/?page_id=20
7.) before rebooting opened efiStudio and chose my nvidia card with the right memory.
8.) saved it in the com.apple.Boot.plist.
9.) rebooted and crossed my fingers!!!
10.) BINGO!!! see my System-Profiler/Grafik-Monitore:

Thanks mondial!
Followed these instructions and got the QE/CI working on my 8500GT 512MB on iAtkos 10.5.5 - finally.
Some differences tho,
1) I backed up my old geforce kexts instead of deleting them.
2) after 1st reboot I had black screen, so I booted back into single-user mode and replaced the kexts
3) rebooted and had QE/CI and all resolutions. BUT, trying to change res resulted in blank blue screen. WTF?!?
4) after some dicking around it occured to me to move the connection from the VGA to DVI connector on the video card.
5) Moved cnxn to DVI output on 8500. rebooted. SCHWING!
Final config: Ge* kexts installed. 9f23installer executed. EFIStudio applied 8500GT hex string. CONNECTION=DVI

I think this would work without the kexts in place, but wanted to get this posted so hopefully, others might benefit from my "error" of using the VGA connector instead of DVI on the video card.

[laylobrown]

Thanks mondial!
Followed these instructions and got the QE/CI working on my 8500GT 512MB on iAtkos 10.5.5 - finally.
Some differences tho,
1) I backed up my old geforce kexts instead of deleting them.
2) after 1st reboot I had black screen, so I booted back into single-user mode and replaced the kexts
3) rebooted and had QE/CI and all resolutions. BUT, trying to change res resulted in blank blue screen. WTF?!?
4) after some dicking around it occured to me to move the connection from the VGA to DVI connector on the video card.
5) Moved cnxn to DVI output on 8500. rebooted. SCHWING!
Final config: Ge* kexts installed. 9f23installer executed. EFIStudio applied 8500GT hex string. CONNECTION=DVI

I think this would work without the kexts in place, but wanted to get this posted so hopefully, others might benefit from my "error" of using the VGA connector instead of DVI on the video card.

I think that is my problem (number 5) I'll have to get a dvi to vga adapter. When I change the resolution it blanks out and wont come back.

[Zeroboards00]

After several attemts I still got my nvidia running... how?

1.) rebooted with -s option
2.) mount -uw /
3.) changed to Extensions : cd System/Library/Extensions
4.) deleted all Geforce and Nvidia-, NVinject-, NVDarwin-, NVKush- etc. kexts & caches
by: rm -r Ge*.* && rm -r NV*.* && rm -r ../Extensions.mkext
5.) rebooted & logged in with standarddisplay (no additional drivers!!!)
6.) installed 9f23installer with efistudio : http://scottdangel.com/blog/?page_id=20
7.) before rebooting opened efiStudio and chose my nvidia card with the right memory.
8.) saved it in the com.apple.Boot.plist.
9.) rebooted and crossed my fingers!!!
10.) BINGO!!! see my System-Profiler/Grafik-Monitore:

nVidia GeForce 8500 GT:

Chipsatz-Modell: nVidia GeForce 8500 GT
Typ: Monitor
Bus: PCIe
PCIe-Lane-Breite: x16
VRAM (gesamt): 256 MB
Hersteller: NVIDIA (0x10de)
Geräte-ID: 0x0421
Versions-ID: 0x00a1
ROM-Version: nVidia GeForce 8500 GT OpenGL Engine [EFI]
Monitore:
xxxxxxxxxxx:
Auflösung: 1680 x 1050 @ 60 Hz
Farbtiefe: 32-Bit Farbe
Core Image: Hardware-unterstützt
Hauptmonitor: Ja
Synchronisierung: Aus
Eingeschaltet: Ja
Quartz Extreme: Unterstützt
Rotation: Unterstützt
QuartzGL: Unterstützt

greetings
a happy and deep impressed Mondi

Worked Perfect for me!

installed Leopard with iPC_OSx86_10_5_6_Universal_PPF5_Final, with no video drivers... followed your instructions above except for deleting the old kexts

system specs:
AMD X2 4200
DFI LanParty nF4 SLI-DR
EVGA 8600 GT 256

[venuziano]

didnt work with a GeForce 8400M GT thanks anyway ... still having problem with the internal display

[Jre]

Hi.

I Have a 7300GT.

I installed the Nv darvin 1.2.5
and then rebooted... Did not fix the Quartz Extreme problem.

But then i deleted Nvkush.kext from /extra/Extensions
i guess thats the one Chamelon EFI emulation uses.
the rebooted again......SUCCESSS!!!!!!!!!!!

/ Jre