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nanoware

Apr 6 2008, 05:32 PM

So went through hell the past 2 years trying to install Mac OS on my rig. Ever since Tiger i been trying. So i got my hands on Leo4All release and it finally worked!!! So after some screwing around with some kext's i got a higher resolution than 1024 x 768 . im at 1680 x 1050 now. But no quartz extreme. Im under the impression QE is like the Areo 3D (of windows vista) for macs.

so i edited NVDANV10Hal.kext, NVDANV20Hal.kext, NVDANV30Hal.kext, NVDANV40Hal.kext, NVDANV50Hal.kext, NVinject.kext, NVDAResman.kext to list 0x029010de as my device id. and i rebooted and it worked. now im at the higher res but no qe or ci.

Dell XPS 600
Intel® Pentium® D Extreme Edit. CPU 3.46GHz
Socket 775 LGA
MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, EM64T
NVIDIA nForce4 SLI Intel Edition rev. A3
NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GTX

this is a sample from the nvinjext kext

QUOTE

<?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>CFBundleDevelopmentRegion</key>
<string>English</string>
<key>CFBundleExecutable</key>
<string>NVinject</string>
<key>CFBundleGetInfoString</key>
<string>NVinject 0.2.1, Copyright 2007 nvinject.free.fr</string>
<key>CFBundleIdentifier</key>
<string>com.nvinject</string>
<key>CFBundleInfoDictionaryVersion</key>
<string>6.0</string>
<key>CFBundleName</key>
<string>NVinject</string>
<key>CFBundlePackageType</key>
<string>KEXT</string>
<key>CFBundleSignature</key>
<string>????</string>
<key>CFBundleVersion</key>
<string>0.2.1</string>
<key>IOKitPersonalities</key>
<dict>
<key>NVinject</key>
<dict>
<key>CFBundleIdentifier</key>
<string>com.nvinject</string>
<key>IOClass</key>
<string>com_nvinject</string>
<key>IOMatchCategory</key>
<string>IOFramebuffer</string>
<key>IONameMatch</key>
<string>display</string>
<key>IOPCIMatch</key>
<string>0x000010de&0x0000ffff</string>
<key>IOProbeScore</key>
<integer>60000</integer>
<key>IOProviderClass</key>
<string>IOPCIDevice</string>
<key>entriesToAdd</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>
<data>
AAAAIA==
</data>
<key>device_type</key>
<string>NVDA,Parent</string>
<key>model</key>
<string>Graphics by NVIDIA</string>
<key>name</key>
<string>display</string>
<key>rom-revision</key>
<string>NVinject 0.2.1</string>
</dict>
</dict>
</dict>
<key>OSBundleLibraries</key>
<dict>
<key>com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily</key>
<string>1.0.0b1</string>
<key>com.apple.kernel.iokit</key>
<string>6.0</string>
</dict>
<key>OSBundleRequired</key>
<string>Safe Boot</string>
</dict>
</plist>

so anyone got an idea what im doing wrong? im loving leopard but its sluggish.... i really wanted to edit videos in final cut studio 2, but i dont know mang....

any help would be greatly appreciated...
-tony

eddie11c

Apr 6 2008, 06:09 PM

Your Device ID only needs to be in 3 files for you. NVDAResman, Geforce and NVDANV40Hal. Remove your ID from those other ones and it will work. Be sure you have NVinject installed also.

nanoware

Apr 6 2008, 06:23 PM

QUOTE (eddie11c @ Apr 6 2008, 01:09 PM)

Your Device ID only needs to be in 3 files for you. NVDAResman, Geforce and NVDANV40Hal. Remove your ID from those other ones and it will work. Be sure you have NVinject installed also.

ok cool , i remove the kext completely or just the device id from the files. if from the files, what do i put to replace them? do i just leave it blank?

kajou

Apr 6 2008, 11:30 PM

dont think it works,im trying also long time.
whit the latest nvinject now whe can get resolution, but quartz not.
you have to flash your card,but its riski s otake care. i know they cost lot of money, mine was 5 80 euro so i didnt flash it.
but if you can get it to work whitout, flashing post it here. it would be cool to get this card working.

eddie11c

Apr 7 2008, 02:12 AM

Just remove and leave it blank in the others, if it fails to load try a different version of NVinject. I could only get my 7800GTX working properly with version 0.2.0.

Ronyx69

Oct 29 2009, 10:15 PM

Hi, i have Nvidia GeForce 7900 GTX and Quartz Extreme is NOT supported. However the resolution is working, so is the display calibrating.

I see that this card is very rare for hackintoshers, but someone could help?
I did put my 0x029010de in GeForce, NVDAResman and NVDANV40Hal kexts, but still nothing.
I really want to enable Quartz Extreme.

Could someone point us to the right direction?

vilpostus

Oct 29 2009, 11:06 PM

First of all try inserting an EFI string. Then, if no success, try CoreVidia or ATI_init.

Ronyx69

Oct 30 2009, 01:43 AM

I already have tried the EFI String - that does nothing and i just tested CoreVidia and ATI_init and that did not change anything.

Culprit

Nov 17 2009, 05:33 AM

QUOTE (Ronyx69 @ Oct 29 2009, 05:43 PM)

I already have tried the EFI String - that does nothing and i just tested CoreVidia and ATI_init and that did not change anything.

also remove "&0x0000ffff"

Before - "<key>IOPCIMatch</key>
<string>0x000010de&0x0000ffff</string>"

After - "<key>IOPCIMatch</key>
<string>0x000010de</string>"

Make sure your string matches your device id. Mine for my Geforce Go 7950GTX was "0x029710de"

Also you need to try different kext if one does not work properly. Also I would completly remove the unecessary kext as I did. I only use nvdaresman, nvinject, and nvdanv40hal kexts.

muhammadbeig

Nov 18 2009, 03:29 AM

Dude, my 7300GT 512mb is working using only the 40HAL, NVDAResman and NVKush, modified by help of diabolik's website.

I dont think have all these HALs will work, didn't work for me.

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