arikstress Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 REVISED!!! Hello Guys! I'm so happy and relieved that apparently i found a way to make my NVIDIA Graphics Cards works "OOB" I testing it using "Zotac NVIDIA 8400 GS 512 MB DDR3" I already testing in Snow Leopard 10.6.8 , and also Lion 10.7 - 10.7.2 Below version i didn't test it yet. preparation : 1.Retail Snow Leopard 10.6.x (bought from apple) 2.Official Combo Update 10.6.8 v.1.1 3.[url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] , or another boot loader 4.[url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] note : you can find [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] and [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] from here 5.Nvidia update QUADRO MAC OS X DRIVER RELEASE 256 which u can direct download it here *TESTED* optional and need to be tested: i still didn't try it, but if your card support NVIDIA CUDA 4 FOR MAC DEV RELEASE, direct download it in here .You may post if you testing it and works, share with your friends and colleagues. So sorry i was giving wrong url, because i'm confuse, i already try usa nvidia sites and uk nvidia sites, apparently the best support is at uk sites. Steps: 1.Install Snow Leopard 2.SL 10.6.8 Official Combo Update 10.6.8 v.1.1 you may test it first by reboot, is your card known ? or ... go to step 3 3.Do not reboot, let it finish until he told you to restart, let it be and install [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url]. i like [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] 4.0.x because i can boot snow leopard also lion , you may try another such as chameleon latest version . 4.Reboot , and voila... my Graphics card running without injecting, without EFI, without dsdt , and natively working!!! and of course, ALL PORT ARE WORKING including HDMI, you may try dual monitor to try it. i already tried and all working great. i was trying with injecting method, nvenabler, etc. but i never has like this smoothness. oh well better use original driver than using modified or hacked driver. less hack is better to make stability of the system. want to know fun fact? based on : nvidia link Supported Type for this driver is : GeForce 300M series: GT 330M, GT 320M GeForce 200 series: GTX 285 for MAC GeForce 100 series: GT 120 GeForce 9M series: 9400M GeForce 8 series: 8800 GT GeForce 8M series: 8800M GTS, 8800M GS Quadro series: 4000 for Mac Quadro FX series: FX 5600, FX 4800 for MAC If you had run perfectly on Snow Leopard 10.6.8 , then you shouldn't be problem upgrading and running LION 10.7 - 10.7.2 after you installed this official driver on your system. i personally testing it, without install and with installing this drive it feels so different. After upgrading to Lion, yup it will not work, but hey, you can see Apple Logo on start up after booting just like when your card working in QE. It will still detect your card name and id, but main dependencies kext will not loading. Why? Because Lion driver is newest, and Don't worry, you just have to do this after your upgrade , even only upgrading from 10.7 - 10.7.1 , or so on. *Copy your /System/Library/Extensions/NVDANV*Hal.kext into your desktop *Install it again with Kext Utility for Lion, and reboot. to make sure, boot and choose verbose mode ( -v ) and if you see NVDANV*Hal Loaded and Registered , voila, congratulations... you will have no trouble now and can use it freely without afraid being freeze wait wait, there's another bonus... you will make it work on 32Bit or 64Bit Yup... my 8400GS is not listed. but yeah it's working. i think another card also supported, especially nvidia released at 2011 Come on Guys, testing and report it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rp13gd Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 Must be the GraphicsEnabler=Yes in boot.plist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TUFF Stough Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 Just to confirm he doesn't have GraphicEnabler listed in his org.chameleon.Boot.plist. I haven't yet try this method since my rig is already Lionized. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arikstress Posted November 12, 2011 Author Share Posted November 12, 2011 Hi Guys, sorry for late replying. apparently i have to apologize first because i was wrong put url inside tutorial, i was put url to download = http://us.download.nvidia.com/Mac/Quadro_C....01.00f03v5.dmg --> wrong revision = http://uk.download.nvidia.com/Mac/Quadro_C...6.02.25f1v1.dmg --> correct GE= it depends , if you can try without GE, just run it, but if you can't , set it to yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stepd Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 hi guys, i have a nvidia 9600gt, it worked with graphicsenabler=yer but i was not able to set 1680x1050 res. the monitor turns to blue... (SL 10.6.8) installing QUADRO MAC OS X DRIVER RELEASE 256 above not resolve the issue, but... i tried with CUDA 4.0.31 driver for MAC http://www.nvidia.it/object/macosx-cuda-4....-driver-it.html and it just works! i can change resolution with no more blue screen issue! don't know why but works! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d-track Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 can anyone confirm the above method working for GT 520? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gringo Vermelho Posted November 29, 2011 Share Posted November 29, 2011 i was not able to set 1680x1050 res. the monitor turns to blue The standard fix for "I get a blue screen when changing resolution" is to use the other display output. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugo_bee Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 why 460m gtx is never supported and there's no solutions at all? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cl06 Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 can anyone confirm the above method working for GT 520? Heloo my friend. Could you fix CE/QI with other resolution on GT520? On wiki osx86 says that work OOB with graphics enabler=yes but does not work for me. Could you?? thanks man!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gringo Vermelho Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 Try booting with GraphicsEnabler=y PciRoot=1 -v If PciRoot=1 makes it work, set it permanently in org.Chameleon.Boot.plist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FecsoMAC Posted February 5, 2012 Share Posted February 5, 2012 hi! I have Quadro 4000 for mac under OSX 10.7.3. I can't install Retail_256-1.02.25f1v1.dmg under Lion. Only the DVI port is working, the DP is not! Somebody have any idea? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gringo Vermelho Posted February 5, 2012 Share Posted February 5, 2012 Quadro 4000 for Mac should just work on Lion without installing anything. The problem here is that you're not using it on a Mac. GraphicsEnabler or whatever injection method you're using is not picking up on the DP. Try dumping the BIOS (using GPU-Z on Windows for example), place it in /extra and load it with Chameleon. See boothelp.txt for proper syntax and more information. The drivers you are trying to install are for Snow Leopard and are older than the ones that ship with Lion. There is no downloadable nvidia driver available for Lion. /EDIT march 2012 - there is now - nvidia released new drivers for 10.7.3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FecsoMAC Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 Hi Gringo! I have saved my EEPROM file from PNY Q4000MAC. 70.00.44.00.00 I tried to add it in org.chameleon.Boot.plist: <key>UseNvidiaROM</key> <string>Yes</string> <key>VideoROM</key> <string>/Extra/NvidiaQuadro4000MAC.ROM</string> <key>VBIOS</key> <string>Yes</string> If I boot up, than I see "unable to load rom file...", and OSX wasn't start. What is wrong, any idea? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gringo Vermelho Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 Yeah that's not how it works. Read boothelp.text for information on how to name the ROM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FecsoMAC Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 Hi! I have found in system preferences/chameleon. I hold mouse over the "Use NvidiaROM" and "VBIOS", and I saw the method. <key>UseNvidiaROM</key> <string>/Extra/0x10de_0x06dd.rom</string> <key>VBIOS<</key> <string>/Extra/0x10de_0x06dd.rom</string> Nothing Happened. Need I use them together? Need I use something more? (My only problem, I can not use DP port. I have QE/CE) Thx. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gringo Vermelho Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 No, that's completely wrong. It's 10de_06dd.rom, without the 0x. You have one too many UseNvidiaROM y VBIOS y Just place the ROM in /Extra and name it correctly, that's all, you're not supposed to set the path to it or include its name in any strings. Just like it says in the instructions. Who would have thought. Read up on display-cfg and NVCAP. When using GraphicsEnabler, both can be injected via or.chameleon.Boot.plist and helps the drivers to determine which types of ports your card has, which one is the primary etc. Sorry I can't be more specific. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuXb Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 here'e the US link of the drivers for Snow Leopard 10.6.8, for those of us that don't speak british English .. ^^ http://www.nvidia.co...f01-driver.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gringo Vermelho Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 Just keep in mind that those are for Snow Leopard 10.6.8. Don't attempt to install them on Lion. The Lion Nvidia drivers are newer and already have support for Fermi architecture Nvidia cards, including the 5xx series which are not supported on Snow Leopard with any driver. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oSxFr33k Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 @arikstress, Or whoever knows for sure which one of these cards it 100% compatible with OSX 10.7.3 with the driver you linked to. http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Order=BESTMATCH&N=-1&isNodeId=1&Description=Zotac+NVIDIA+8400+GS&x=0&y=0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FecsoMAC Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 Hi! I tried EFI string, I think this is the good way. I used the old OSX86Tools. Only thing what I don't know, what is the string of display port? <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd"> <plist version="1.0"> <dict> <key>Boot Graphics</key> <string>Yes</string> <key>EthernetBuiltIn</key> <string>Yes</string> <key>GraphicsEnabler</key> <string>no</string> <key>Kernel</key> <string>mach_kernel</string> <key>Kernel Flags</key> <string>npci=0x2000</string> <key>Theme</key> <string>Apple Default</string> <key>Timeout</key> <string>2</string> <key>device-properties</key> <string>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</string> <key>PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1,0x0)/Pci(0x0,0x0)</key> <dict> <key>@0,compatible</key> <string>NVDA,NVMac</string> <key>@0,device_type</key> <string>display</string> <key>@0,name</key> <string>NVDA,Display-A</string> <key>@1,compatible</key> <string>NVDA,NVMac</string> <key>@1,device_type</key> <string>display</string> <key>@1,name</key> <string>NVDA,Display-B</string> <key>NVCAP</key> <data> BAAAAAAAAwAMAAAAAAAABwAAAAA= </data> <key>NVPM</key> <data> AQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA== </data> <key>VRAM,totalsize</key> <string>0x80000000</string> <key>device_type</key> <string>NVDA,Parent</string> <key>model</key> <string>Quadro 4000 MAC</string> <key>name</key> <string>display</string> <key>rom-revision</key> <string>Quadro 4000 MAC OpenGL Engine [EFI]</string> </dict> </dict> </plist> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FecsoMAC Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 I installed on other HDD Snow Leopard 10.6.8 and Nvidia Retail_256.02.25f1v1.dmg. Now I see 2 display output, but only the DVI is working. Why can I see more output? I tried with GraphicsEnabler and EFI. I think the problem is I have MAC version of the card, and the Chameleon GraphicsEnabler recognize my card as PC version!? I think I can solve it with EFI string, but I don't how... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gringo Vermelho Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 Like I said already, investigate display-cfg and NVCAP. Those control display type and order. Look for more information in the NVEnabler release thread over at the ProjectOSX forums. Also, you can delete this from your boot.plist, it doesn't do anything: PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1,0x0)/Pci(0x0,0x0) @0,compatible NVDA,NVMac @0,device_type display @0,name NVDA,Display-A @1,compatible NVDA,NVMac @1,device_type display @1,name NVDA,Display-B NVCAP BAAAAAAAAwAMAAAAAAAABwAAAAA= NVPM AQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA== VRAM,totalsize 0x80000000 device_type NVDA,Parent model Quadro 4000 MAC name display rom-revision Quadro 4000 MAC OpenGL Engine [EFI] That up there is your device properties string before you converted it to hex. Only the device-properties string is being parsed, what I quoted here does not do anything at all, it's safe to delete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FecsoMAC Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 hi! I have solved the problem: :angel_not: http://www.projectosx.com/forum/index.php?s=&showtopic=370&view=findpost&p=16987 Thx, for all helps! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gringo Vermelho Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 Why don't you try it and see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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