I have a soluton for those who entered device id into Info.plist, and than OS booting but blank screen.

I had to patch the ATIRadeon9700 binary image, because there was a check in the code for specific device ids.
So it is not enough to put device id into the Info.plist we also need slight mod to the driver code.

Screenshots

**** EDIT ****
I have summarized the reports here for those who do not want to read the whole thread.

The patch is here: http://www.load.to/?d=Ji8ppJBezM
Alternate location: http://www.yourfilelink.com/get.php?fid=91429

The patch is for enabling QE and CI (and of course OpenGL) on ATI PCIe cards.
It works on 10.4.3 - 10.4.6.
Some mouse artifacts may appear, Mousepose fixes this problem. I did not try it yet.
It is not confirmed but i strongly beleave it will work only for PCIe cards.
The screen resolution and the refresh rate will not be selectable with this patch. (Use the good old method...)
Do not use VMWARE to determine device id. If you are under Windows use ATITool to get correct device id (always use the first device if you have dual display adapter)

The working cards (plese send device id if possible!!!)

+5b63 Sappire Radeon x550
+5e4b AsusEAX700 Pro 256mb / and of cource my MSI X700 Pro 128MB
+???? x800gt
+???? x300 mobility
+???? x700 mobility
+5653 x700 mobility
+???? GigabyteX800XL ViVo
+???? x740
+5460ATI Radeon x300 Mobility
+3150 ATI mobility Radeon x600
+???? X300 on Thinkpad T43
+???? ATI Radeon x800
+554f ATI X800 PCIe 128M
+554b ATI X800GT

The non working cards:

-5A62 ATI x200 integrated graphics (no R300 chipset)
-5d52 x850xt
-5d52 ???
-5E4B X740 (this sould work, please retry)
-5a61 x200 (reported by gregknac, thanks!)

Cheers!

Features people miss:
- resolution change
- secondary VGA output
- refresh rate change
- mouse artifact

well done. care to share the 'secret'?

koverg!

you and i have pretty much the EXACT same setup. i have the p5wd2 premium and the pentium d 820. a few questions for you...have you gotten your onboard audio working? what version of os x are you running? i just got the disc for 10.4.4 and installed...i am currently trying to get audio and onboard ethernet working, so any help you can give would be fantastic!

thanks!

Could you please tell how to patch or give patched kext thx

I'd appreciate a detailed answer to this as I suspect that ihis technique would enable users of x800s and other "problem" ATI cards to fix their issues as well. TIA!

Nice Job Koverg!!! It's always nice to brag about one's success!!! Well done....

BTW, your name is fully visible in the screencapture......

Are you planning on sharing your hard work?


P.S. You should setup a PayPal account, I'm sure donations would poor in if you help with other ATI models....
I know I would pay to get the 9200 on my laptop to work.....

haha, I'd probably throw in a few dollars to get 1680x1050 support from my mobility 9200 card

Well done! can you share the kext and the exact instructions to install please?

It might be DMCA deleted, if he posted the Kext, but I don't know about the instructions.

He can't probably post the kext but he could upload it to demoniod, TPB, etc...

that right there is a HINT major! whip out your hex editors or whatever works for you.

this seems like a good thread for ideas to be exchanged on the subject. i'm putting in my x800, gonna find that device id etc. and work from there.

Good idea, I will try that as well.

I am working on it...

if using HexEdit.app, open the binary and then go to File/Disassmble PPC Code. "thanks to Jas"

and who knows, koverg might just check this thread after he does those pesky RL things! it's only been a day.

I did the mod in my favourite HEX editor, and used otool (in XCode) and HT (at SourceForge) to disassemble the kext.
I do not want to violate the forum rules so I will not post patched binaries, anyway there are many different device id out there and my path works with only one specific ID.
I am going to create a genaral patcher that I hope will work on 10.4.3 and 10.4.4 with any X300-X8xx ATI PCIE cards.

NOTE: the resolution still can't be modified in Preferences, and the are the usual mouse artifacts. There are solutions to these issues. Search the forum.

Best regards,

Gabor


I had audio in 10.4.3 (Azalia.kext), but still no luck in 10.4.4.

inspiring thanks.

That would be awesome!!

Hope to work and on agp cards - I have a X800 GTO on agp and I am waiting for this mirracle for 2 monts now !
AAA, Tank-you in advance koverg - if you are unable to make the patch, maybe you will post some kext on demonoid ???

this patch works with mobility 9200?

This is great news!! Well done in getting it to work with your X700,

I myself have an X800GT PCI-E card which i'm hoping to put to good use soon, with your help!

I look forward on your progerss...Good Luck!

koverg, do you think you could put the patched binaries on a free web host, you are alowed to do this

Yes, but that will be OK for you if you have X700 Pro with the same device ID you see on my screenshot.

well no i have an x850xt with a device id of ox5d521002 could you please make a patched kext that can work for it, i have been wanting it for many months and i would really apriciate it.

thank you

Jccool

my info:

ATI Mobility Radeon x700 128Mb

Vendor: ATI (0x1002)
Device ID: 0x5653

hope it helps you roll them all into one patch/kext!
good luck, and thanks in advance for sharing what you accomplished!

BTW: My ATI is showing no kext loaded, and is running in VESA3 1400x1050 only but my xbench graphic scores seem much higher than your screenshot? see attachment.

my info:

ATI Mobility Radeon 9200 64Mb

Vendor: ATI (0x1002)
Device ID: 0x4c66
Revision ID: 0x0001


Thx!!!

This is the info of my ATI X800 256mb
Hope this will help!
Keep up the good work!!!


Type: VGA-Compatible Controller
Bus: PCIe
Slot: J6C1
VRAM (Total): 256 MB
Vendor: ATI (0x1002)
Device ID: 0x5549
Revision ID: 0x0000
Kernel Extension Info: No Kext Loaded
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

I need some help.
Would someone with non working ATI PCIe card try the following command:
ioreg -b -x -l | grep pci1002,

On my machine the output is:
| | | | | "compatible" = <"pci1462,78a","pci1002,5e4b","pciclass,030000">
| | | | "compatible" = <"pci1462,78b","pci1002,5e6b","pciclass,038000">

I am looking for a method to determine the ATI device ID in the command line. If this doesnt work any ideas?

Regards,

Gabor

ioreg -b -x -l | grep pci1002

| | | | | "compatible" = <"pci174b,601","pci1002,556b","pciclass,038000
| | | | "compatible" = <"pci174b,600","pci1002,554b","pciclass,030000

edited! look again! different with addition of comma

ioreg -b -x -l | grep pci1002,

| | | | | "compatible" = <"pci174b,601","pci1002,556b","pciclass,0380$
| | | | "compatible" = <"pci174b,600","pci1002,554b","pciclass,0300$

| | | | "compatible" = <"pcie11,860","pci1002,4c66","pciclass,03000$

Thanks. According to this site (http://pci-ids.ucw.cz/iii/?i=1002:sub=1) than you should have an Radeon R250 Lf [FireGL 9000].

I am afraid of my patch will help only for PCIe cards. I think that the 9700 kext supports R300 and compatible chipsets only.

my card is a Ati Mobility Radeon 9200

if we had your patched binary, would it be possible to replace the information you added, with our own "device id"? might be more involved than that, but it would be something for us hands on impatient types to do.

Hehe, I was going to check for this next time I get OSx86 setup... I just got my computer going again after a HDD crash, then a PSU crash. I was just thinking of checking the binary for a devid, neat to know it works.

Sorry for the delay, I am not an experienced OSX user and developer (yet). You can download my patcher
here.

NOTE that you have to manually enter the device id in the command line. It should work on X700 and X800, I am not sure for other cards. Please send your experiences to this topic.

It should work on 10.4.3 but I only tried on 10.4.4.

Good luck,

Gabor

p.s.: I included a compiled binmay replacer, which I have downloaded from http://lilith.tec-man.com/binmay/ in source.

thanks for your great help!

testing now.

with patched kext on 9600se QE&CI support but still ropey tearing and max 1280 1024

thanks for your efforts

I have an x300 mobile 0x5460 and... i patched it and changed the info.pl, and it's still not loading, tried both in 10.4.4 and 10.4.3...

same here with x700 mobility (0x5653)

but nice try!

I have an X740 with same device id as yours 0x5E4B, patched the kext and edited the info.pl. System won't boot, moving mouse pointer but no display??

don't work on Ati Mobility 9200

Tested with a Sapphire Radeon x550 and work OK!!!
thanks!!


Pantalla:

Tipo: Controlador compatible con VGA
Bus: PCIe
VRAM (total): 256 MB
Fabricante: ATI (0x1002)
ID del dispositivo: 0x5b63
ID de la revisión: 0x0000
Pantallas:
Pantalla:
Resolución: 1024 x 768
Profundidad: Color de 32 bits
Core Image: Compatible
Pantalla principal: Sí
Duplicado: Desactivado
En línea: Sí
Quartz Extreme: Compatible

sorry!!! my maquiOS is spanish

1- Follow Koverg README
2- For edit /System/Library/Extensions/ATIRadeon9700.kext/Contents/Info.plist use:
In a Terminal
sudo nano -w /System/Library/Extensions/ATIRadeon9700.kext/Contents/Info.plist
then Ctrl + O to save the changes AND Ctrl + X to Exit
3- Remove kextcache
sudo rm /System/Library/Extensions.kextcache
kextcache -k /System/Library/Extensions
4- put your desire Res at "com.apple.Boot.plist" is not posible select at System Preferences
5- Repair disk permissions with Disk Utility
6- Finally reboot

I have some mouse arteffacs with my PS2 Mouse. Trying fix it now !!!

Now I´m Play "Hidden Dragon, cruching Tiger" DVD at full display very well

That is !!

sorry my english
Bye

PD: Thanks!! Koverg for your big effort

Anyone with success with X800GTO cards?

Does this work with X800XL PCI-E card? cuz if it does I'm sure getting one

Is it a PCIe card or AGP?


Thanks for testing it. I will include your instruction in the next release.

this is a great thread!



Has anyone been able to get a PCI express mobility laptop ATI card to work?

(X300 or X600?)

thanks!

Same here. I remember someone found a solution in this forum, but right now I cannot find.
I remember he used an XCode tool to disable one acceleration.

It's PCIe.

This driver is for R300 chipsets and above. Yours is below. May be you should try the ATIRadeon.kext. Put your device id into Info.plist and try it.

Nearly worked for my x700 mobility (ID: 5653)

-v outputs no errors but I just get a blank screen after loginwindow loads
I could kextload it sucessfully on -x but still, no QE/CI in this mode. Seems to be errors in mobility cards. Maybe because of hypermemory modes? I still have a bios for my laptop that disables it so I could try...

Any other suggestions?

Success

AsusEAX700 Pro 256mb
Artifacts visible when using dashboard/safari, but disapear when i move the active window, so no problems

Your a saviour koverg, (saved me splashing out for x1600)

Thanks

Btw, it would work for any device id, as long as you find the string in the binary, i am really supprised nobody saw this work around before, a very similar method was posted by a user hex editing his Broadcom binary.

Very well done

ps. Users looking for a good Hexeditor capable of hex editing the kext binaries head on over to

http://hexedit.sourceforge.net

this is a small app, but you'll need Stuffit to extract it

Type: VGA-Compatible Controller
Bus: PCIe
Slot: PCIEX16
VRAM (Total): 256 MB
Vendor: ATI (0x1002)
Device ID: 0x5e4b
Revision ID: 0x0000
Displays:
Display:
Resolution: 1024 x 768
Depth: 32-bit Color
Core Image: Supported
Main Display: Yes
Mirror: Off
Online: Yes
Quartz Extreme: Supported