Universal GeForce Driver package Options

[Prawker]

Hello All,

I've made for you a universal installer for all GeForce cards*

The package installs a copy of all the GeForce, NV, and Titan kexts. All of them include all of the most common Device ID's. So if you're having trouble changing your resolution, or you want to get Core Image and Quartz Extreme working, this package might do the trick for you!

Please keep in mind that I have not tested this on every single GeForce card. But it SHOULD work on most modern cards, which include cards in the 5xxx through 7xxx range. If you have anything older, then this may or may not work. And if you have an 8xxx card, this will NOT work. Also, this may or may not work if your card has 512MB of RAM. You display might work the first time you reboot, but not the second time. If you have a 512 card, and want to try this out then be my guest


If you use this package, please report any success or failure so I can update this thread and get a list of supported/unsupported cards going.

This is the first time I've ever made a package and released it, so I cannot guarantee that this will work on your system, and/or that it will install correctly on your system. I've installed this on two different computers so far and it worked like a charm on both. So if you think you are tech savy, be sure to keep an eye on the installer log and let me know of any bugs you spot.

Download the package here


Working Cards:
7600 GT PCI-E
7300 LE PCI-E
5500
7950GT (Sometimes hangs at black screen, but a reboot will fix that.)
6800XT
Go53xx




*All modern GeForce cards, I.E. 5 series through 7 series. 8 Series cards are not supported.

Mirrors:
http://www.a4o.nl/dump/GeForce.pkg.zip
http://www.bearpc.info/GeForce.pkg.zip

This post has been edited by Prawker: Oct 24 2007, 06:01 PM

Reason for edit: Added mirrors

[sensimeon]

trying it on my fxf7950gt 512 meg, ill let yo know

[max33]

Works for me...
MSI 7600 GT PCI-E...

[sensimeon]

omg i love you so much.

flashed my rom a few times,
tried some ktexts
found your installer

and my 512 is fully supported.

before it recgonized my card name as nivida not generic,
but ill change that manually using aquamac method.


gigabyte 965-ds3p
wd 500gig
fxf gforce 7950gt
dual core 6400 @2.13

[Darth Toplicius]

Works for me...
MSI 7600 GT PCI-E...

Same here, Gigabyte 7600 GT PCI-E...

[sensimeon]

omg i love you so much.

flashed my rom a few times,
tried some ktexts
found your installer

and my 512 is fully supported.

before it recgonized my card name as nivida not generic,
but ill change that manually using aquamac method.
gigabyte 965-ds3p
wd 500gig
fxf gforce 7950gt
dual core 6400 @2.13
[img=http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/4428/proofrp1.th.jpg]

Grrrr!
Woke up this morning after thinking i had fixed it, but i reboot to black screen after rebooting the second time.

any suggestions

[Prawker]

Hmm, not to sure this will work on 512MB cards then...i find it strange that it worked on your first reboot though...

Well if you can get into single user mode (-s) or if you can access your drive from windows with MacDrive, then copy the backup files (/GeForceBackups) to your extensions folder and repair permissions, that should get your install booting again.

[sensimeon]

yah i just booted into vista

and deleted

system/library/extensions/nvdaresman

and reboot and im back to 1024x768
and my card is recgonized as generic 512 meg card...


im going to try the natit .01 and .02
then titan
then i have no idea...

shouldnt i be able to open the gforce package and just add my device id/number
because the universal just loads them all at once

when i hit -v on boot i can see the it say "okay cross your fingers"
and some of them it says fail
so i know the universal is loading too many
and maybe after 2 -3 restarts it looses the info?

ive noticed it works for exactly 2-3 reboots then i get a black screen...

ill let you guys know if anything comes up, but please,
if you know which ktext works do let me know!

[Prawker]

try adding your devID to the NV40 kext and see if that works

[ridgeline]

Well, all I can say is this driver package is great for me. I am using it on a GeForce Go 7200 on a DV6200CTO Lappy.

It is about time I am able to get the video working properly.
Current res. 1270x800

Thank you

[jhnez]

when do you tink 8x00 wil be available? i like osx but i would realy like to use my both monitors on my geforce 8800gts

[mluu510]

i hope someone would make this compatible with geforce 8 cards. thanks in advance.

[Prawker]

I choose not to install the nv40 option with jas 10.4.8 as I would get the black screen after install and grey apple spinning logo.

Now that I have flashed my rom and my card is recgonized as 512, should i go back and perhaps install the nv40ktext and do the steps you stated above. Or should i edit the gforce ktext which seems to be in the s/l/e folder...

here's my display info if anyone is feeling so kindly to mod their nv40 and email to me...

Type: Display
Bus: PCIe
VRAM (Total): 512 MB
Vendor: NVIDIA (0x10de)
Device ID: 0x0295
Revision ID: 0x00a1
Displays:
Display:
Resolution: 1280 x 1024
Depth: 32-bit Color
Core Image: Not Supported
Main Display: Yes
Mirror: Off
Online: Yes
Quartz Extreme: Not Supported

oh, and at this point, installing mac on this ds3p is just like installin windows on my compaq

This package installs the nv40 kext. Just put your DevID in there and give it a shot. Let me know if you think of anything else

[sensimeon]

This package installs the nv40 kext. Just put your DevID in there and give it a shot. Let me know if you think of anything else

ahh nice prawker.
let me make sure im doing these steps right..

installed the driver, restarted and woo woo it works.

now to add my id..

i find my way to systems/library/extensions/nvdanv40hal.kext--->show contents

now in Contents

i copy info.plist to the desktop and open with text edit

im pretty sure i put it:

<key>NVidiaRM</key>
<dict>
<key>CFBundleIdentifier</key>
<string>com.apple.nvidia.nv40hal</string>
<key>IOClass</key>
<string>NVDANV40HAL</string>
<key>IOMatchCategory</key>
<string>IOService</string>
<key>IOPCIMatch</key>
<string>0x004010de&amp;0xfff0ffff 0x00f010de&amp;0xfff0ffff 0x022010de&amp;0xfff0ffff 0x014010de&amp;0xfff0ffff 0x016010de&amp;0xfff0ffff 0x009010de&amp;0xfff0ffff 0x01d010de&amp;0xfff0ffff 0x039010de&amp;0xfff0ffff 0x029010de&amp;0xfff0ffff 0x02e010de&amp;0xfff0ffff 0x032610de&amp;0xfff0ffff 0x016710de&amp;0xfff0ffff 0x016110de&amp;0xfff0ffff 0x039110de&amp;0xfff0ffff 0x032210de&amp;0xfff0fff 0x032210de 0x039210de 0x004110de 0x039110de 0x016710de 0x00c310de 0x01df10de 0x004510de 0x00F610de 0x032610de 0x02e010de 0x014010de 0x02e110de 0x004010de&amp;0xfff0ffff 0x00f010de&amp;0xfff0ffff 0x022010de&amp;0xfff0ffff 0x014010de&amp;0xfff0ffff 0x016010de&amp;0xfff0ffff 0x009010de&amp;0xfff0ffff 0x01d010de&amp;0xfff0ffff 0x039010de&amp;0xfff0ffff 0x029010de&amp;0xfff0ffff</string>
<key>IOProbeScore</key>
<integer>60000</integer>
<key>IOProviderClass</key>
<string>IOPCIDevice</string>
</dict>


my two questions are these:

how do i write out vendor + device id?

(v)0x10de + (d)0x0295=0x029510de


And, should i take out all those other ids since they are no longer needed?

im pretty sure it is as i see "0x029010de"
and that means it just needs to replaced?

ugh, i feel so newb. this is the last step and i'll have my mac working perfectly.
get ready for a "how to make a frankie on a ds3p board"

ps. whats your xbench score?

[Prawker]

CODE

<key>NVidiaRM</key>
<dict>
<key>CFBundleIdentifier</key>
<string>com.apple.nvidia.nv40hal</string>
<key>IOClass</key>
<string>NVDANV40HAL</string>
<key>IOMatchCategory</key>
<string>IOService</string>
<key>IOPCIMatch</key>
<string>0x004010de&amp;0xfff0ffff 0x00f010de&amp;0xfff0ffff 0x022010de&amp;0xfff0ffff 0x014010de&amp;0xfff0ffff 0x016010de&amp;0xfff0ffff 0x009010de&amp;0xfff0ffff 0x01d010de&amp;0xfff0ffff 0x039010de&amp;0xfff0ffff 0x029010de&amp;0xfff0ffff 0x02e010de&amp;0xfff0ffff 0x032610de&amp;0xfff0ffff 0x016710de&amp;0xfff0ffff 0x016110de&amp;0xfff0ffff 0x039110de&amp;0xfff0ffff 0x032210de&amp;0xfff0fff 0x032210de 0x039210de 0x004110de 0x039110de 0x016710de 0x00c310de 0x01df10de 0x004510de 0x00F610de 0x032610de 0x02e010de 0x014010de 0x02e110de 0x004010de&amp;0xfff0ffff 0x00f010de&amp;0xfff0ffff 0x022010de&amp;0xfff0ffff 0x014010de&amp;0xfff0ffff 0x016010de&amp;0xfff0ffff 0x009010de&amp;0xfff0ffff 0x01d010de&amp;0xfff0ffff 0x039010de&amp;0xfff0ffff 0x029010de&amp;0xfff0ffff 0x029510de</string>
<key>IOProbeScore</key>
<integer>60000</integer>
<key>IOProviderClPS xbenass</key>
<string>IOPCIDevice</string>
</dict>

^^^ That should do it. Just paste it over the current contents of info.plist and save.
PS, xbench score is 86.38... nothing special

[wangii]

It works great on my 7300le PCIe.
Thanks a lot!

[djnevs]

I am trying to install this package for my FX GO5350..
But the installer says:
You cannot continue. There is nothing to install.

Help?


edit:
Some info about my card:

CODE

Unknown Mobile Card!:

  Chipset Model:    Unknown Mobile Card!
  Type:    Display
  Bus:    PCI
  VRAM (Total):    128 MB
  Vendor:    NVIDIA (0x10de)
  Device ID:    0x032c
  Revision ID:    0x00a1
  Kernel Extension Info:    No Kext Loaded
  Displays:
Display:
  Resolution:    1024 x 768
  Depth:    32-bit Color
  Core Image:    Not Supported
  Main Display:    Yes
  Mirror:    Off
  Online:    Yes
  Quartz Extreme:    Not Supported

[sensimeon]

ahhh ha!

So far so good really...
Since im booting between hard drives and vista/osx just by using bios boot options,
i sometimes get a black screen on the first boot if i switch between the two.
but after that it fires up and everything seems to hold steady...

If you come across any fixes before me for the 512cards do let me know.

Thanks again!

If anyone has a nvidia fxf7950gt, hit me up and ill send you the edited version for it.

[Prawker]

ahhh ha!

So far so good really...
Since im booting between hard drives and vista/osx just by using bios boot options,
i sometimes get a black screen on the first boot if i switch between the two.
but after that it fires up and everything seems to hold steady...

If you come across any fixes before me for the 512cards do let me know.

Thanks again!

If anyone has a nvidia fxf7950gt, hit me up and ill send you the edited version for it.

I kinda have the same problem, only its my my video card. but when ever i'm in windows and i REBOOT into OS X it kernel panics, so instead of hitting restart in windows, I have to shut the PC down first, then turn it back on and boot into OS X, no clue why, but its no big deal

[my1stmacisaHACK]

will it work for 5200 cards