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[VoRTeX15O]

RAAA!

If anyone is looking for a great setup my rig is now complete and working perfectly! No TEARING! NO ARTIFACTS! Tested in OpenGL window apps and DVD Player etc. Fully Stable. I finally got the patch working by just applying it myself using a hex editor. I am using the 10.4.4 version of the ATIRadeon9700.kext file. I have Sapphire Radeon X800 PCIe 256mb. This is non-pro edition. Note I am running the full resolution of my monitor via the com.apple.boot.plist option file. Device ID is 554F Vendor ID is 1002 of course.
Grab a HexEditor from http://www.macupdate...fo.php/id/17562
If you want to apply the patch yourself open your HEX editor and search for 3D 60 5B 00 00 in the 10.4.4 kext file. This simply means the file at /System/Library/Extensions/ATIRadeon9700.kext. (Note however it should work on any version of the .kext 10.4.3-5 so don't fret if you don't have the 10.4.4 one!
Be advised that this string occurs in two places. Once you find the two places that this string occurs, replace them with 3D YY XX 00 00 with XX being the first two digits of your Device ID and YY being the second.
So for setup it was as follows: 3D 60 5B 00 00 became 3D 4F 55 00 00.
Now go into the Info.plist file inside your ATIRadeon9700.kext folder and find the 0x5B601002 line and change it with your device ID like this.
For example: 0x5B601002 became 0x554F1002 for my setup. Note that if your card has a different Vendor ID you need to change the 1002 to your Vendor ID as well!
I forgot that you need to now make sure are your permissions are correct! Quickly do a:
chmod -R 755 /system/library/extensions
chown -R root:wheel /system/library/extensions
Now reload your kernel extensions cache
kextcache -k /system/library/extensions
Now try a manual load of your driver before the reboot:
kextload /system/library/extensions/ATIRadeon9700.kext

Reboot and pray to the gods!
Good luck and everyone keep up the hard work! If anyone wants to know my setup incase you need a 100% working rig. Here goes:

Pentium D 820 2.8Ghz
Gigabyte I945P-Pro Motherboard
Sapphire Radeon X800 PCIe 256mb
3Com 3C905B-TX NIC
NEC ND-3540A DVD Burner
And of course the onboard ICH7 Intel SATA
Now if you were able to reboot and wish to change your resolution do the following!
Goto /library/preferences/systemconfiguration/com.apple.boot.plist
right before the closing line, add the following two lines to look similar to the other lines in the file
<key>Graphics Mode</key>
<string>WidthxHeightxColourDepth</string>
So if my setup was 1280x1024 at 32bit colour, I would add:
<string>1280x1024x32</string>

Hope this helps everyone; If anyone sees anything else that is incomplete let me know.
Thanks!

*UPDATE: THIS PATCH ONLY WORKS FOR 10.4.3 / CLICK HERE FOR SOLUTION TO 10.4.4 - 4.8

I GOT IT WORKING UNDER 10.4.3 81111g ! THANKS GRIFFSTA!!! I finally got Quartz Extreme and CoreImage support! Watching DVDs and running OpenGL games are now possible with this edit. My qtz base screensavers works and I can do RSS screensavers, things are snappier and smooth on graphics. Launching the widget now shows the aqua effect. No changeable resolution yet though but who cares just use "Graphics Mode"="1600x1200x32". wooHoo on this ATIFireGL V3200. GRIFFSTA U ON FIYA!

For those still trying to enable support with ATIFireGL V3200 or any other card Vxxxx card, the ATIRadeon9700.kext does all of it as noted elsewhere I forgot, but my card id under the Info.plist in the kext isn't listed - so I had to replace 0x5B601002 with mine 0x31541002.

HexEdit binary in MacOS folder: Editing the Info.plist file previously only tells the ATIRadeon9700.kext to look for my card but it has no binary check on how to do so. Open ATIRadeon9700 with HexEdit. The devID for ATI V3200 is 3154 like Griffsta noted: in my case, XX = 54 and YY = 31 so I used the same address as Griffsta at 3D 60 5B 00 00 replaced it with 3D 31 54 00 00 where values are 3D YY XX 00 00 . MAKE SURE TO BACKUP ORIGINAL incase things go wrong.

After applying the edit, rebooted and system messege displayed driver wasn't installed correctly aka file permission problem, so I ran /Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility.app and repaired my boot drive's file permissions and voila!!! rebooted - no error messeges - QE + CI support!

*note: this driver edit was orignally instructed to be used on 10.4.4 but still works on 10.4.3/very negligible artifact around mouse cursor from time to time after driver edit but it goes away.*
Always on fiya Griffsta and Maxxuss!

Interesting how this concept works. Sometimes editing plist doesn't work means binary edit is required - for some cards it's vice verse without binary edit.

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[hdavy2002]

I GOT IT WORKING UNDER 10.4.3 81111g ! THANKS GRIFFSTA!!! I finally got Quartz Extreme and CoreImage support! Watching DVDs is now possible with this edit. My qtz base screensavers works and I can do RSS screensavers, things are snappier and smooth on graphics. Launching the widget now shows the aqua effect. No changeable resolution yet though but who cares just use "Graphics Mode"="1600x1200x32". wooHoo on this ATIFireGL V3200. GRIFFSTA U ON FIYA!

For those still trying to enable support with ATIFireGL V3200 or any other card Vxxxx card, the ATIRadeon9700.kext does all of it as noted elsewhere I forgot, but my card id under the Info.plist in the kext isn't listed - so I had to replace 0x5B601002 with mine 0x31541002.

HexEdit binary in MacOS folder: Editing the Info.plist file previously only tells the ATIRadeon9700.kext to look for my card but it has no binary check on how to do so. Open ATIRadeon9700 with HexEdit. The devID for ATI V3200 is 3154 like Griffsta noted: in my case, XX = 54 and YY = 31 so I used the same address as Griffsta at 3D 60 5B 00 00 replaced it with 3D 31 54 00 00 where values are 3D YY XX 00 00 . MAKE SURE TO BACKUP ORIGINAL incase things go wrong.

After applying the edit, rebooted and system messege displayed driver wasn't installed correctly aka file permission problem, so I ran /Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility.app and repaired my boot drive's file permissions and voila!!! rebooted - no error messeges - QE + CI support!

*note: this driver edit was orignally instructed to be used on 10.4.4 but still works on 10.4.3/very negligible artifact around mouse cursor from time to time after driver edit but it goes away.*
Always on fiya Griffsta and Maxxuss!

Interesting how this concept works. Sometimes editing plist doesn't work means binary edit is required. I'm off to seeing if I can get my CompUSA WLAN USB dongle to work since it's got a similar chip as the DWL-122g.

I tried to open with the software mentioned. how do i open that, it would not allow me to open the kext , it says "cannot get to the file"

[ZildjianKX]

Has anyone with this edit successfully gotten 1400x1050 to work on a screen?

[hdavy2002]

Doing as u said, it gave me this message at the end.

humphrey-davys-computer:~ root# /System/Library/Extensions/ATIRadeon9700.kext/Contents
bash: /System/Library/Extensions/ATIRadeon9700.kext/Contents: is a directory
humphrey-davys-computer:~ root# cd /System/Library/Extensions/ATIRadeon9700.kext/Contents
humphrey-davys-computer:/System/Library/Extensions/ATIRadeon9700.kext/Contents root# ls
Info.plist MacOS PkgInfo version.plist
humphrey-davys-computer:/System/Library/Extensions/ATIRadeon9700.kext/Contents root# nano Info.plist
humphrey-davys-computer:/System/Library/Extensions/ATIRadeon9700.kext/Contents root# chmod -R 755 /system/library/extensions
humphrey-davys-computer:/System/Library/Extensions/ATIRadeon9700.kext/Contents root# chown -R root:wheel /system/library/extensions
humphrey-davys-computer:/System/Library/Extensions/ATIRadeon9700.kext/Contents root# kextcache -k /system/library/extensions
humphrey-davys-computer:/System/Library/Extensions/ATIRadeon9700.kext/Contents root# kextload /system/library/extensions/ATIRadeon9700.kext
kextload: cached repository path doesn't match that of repository
kextload: error using cache for /System/Library/Extensions; using repository itself
kextload: /system/library/extensions/ATIRadeon9700.kext loaded successfully
humphrey-davys-computer:/System/Library/Extensions/ATIRadeon9700.kext/Contents root#

[arthurson]

i tried the method you post, and did it for ati mobility 9200
using hex to mod 9700 kext will make the machine can't boot up successfully.
so i use -x to safe mood and use the orginal kext
and i tried to convert 8500 kext
yet some may find there is no 3D 60 5B 00 00 inside there
as ati 0x5B60 do not fit this kext
so i tried these instead and find it in the kext
4C51,6C51,664C,6649,6059,6159,635C,6749,6259,6359
and replace 615C
of course each times i just replace one figures
sometimes it works and sometimes it didn't
that"it works" means the system actully load kext during booting
yet it didn't mean anyting
as no QE nor IC works
and more worse is that whatever using opengl, the system will crash.
it shows i may do something wrong and not enough.

1 is kext loaded and 2 do not
wrong memory and pci detected.

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[VoRTeX15O]

arthurson have you checked this link:

http://forum.osx86pr...opic=10415&st=0

it's where I got my info. Have you checked for another version of kexts?

Another post I saw somewhere noted that all ATI Vxxxx cards require editing ATIRadeon9700.kext . Griffsta's card is a Sapphire Radeon X800 PCIe, my V3200 PCIe is similar to X600 and I am not sure about the others, which shows how the X series Radeons and V series FireGL series are close. I edited the driver spotting somewhere on OSx86 that this should work with ATI's FireGL V Series which ship with some laptops.

FireGL V3100, FireGL V3200, FireGL V5100, FireGL V5000 and FireGL V7100
http://www.ati.com/p.../fireglvseries/
http://www.ati.com/p...cts/mobile.html

[VoRTeX15O]

Doing as u said, it gave me this message at the end.

humphrey-davys-computer:~ root# /System/Library/Extensions/ATIRadeon9700.kext/Contents
bash: /System/Library/Extensions/ATIRadeon9700.kext/Contents: is a directory
humphrey-davys-computer:~ root# cd /System/Library/Extensions/ATIRadeon9700.kext/Contents
humphrey-davys-computer:/System/Library/Extensions/ATIRadeon9700.kext/Contents root# ls
Info.plist MacOS PkgInfo version.plist
humphrey-davys-computer:/System/Library/Extensions/ATIRadeon9700.kext/Contents root# nano Info.plist
humphrey-davys-computer:/System/Library/Extensions/ATIRadeon9700.kext/Contents root# chmod -R 755 /system/library/extensions
humphrey-davys-computer:/System/Library/Extensions/ATIRadeon9700.kext/Contents root# chown -R root:wheel /system/library/extensions
humphrey-davys-computer:/System/Library/Extensions/ATIRadeon9700.kext/Contents root# kextcache -k /system/library/extensions
humphrey-davys-computer:/System/Library/Extensions/ATIRadeon9700.kext/Contents root# kextload /system/library/extensions/ATIRadeon9700.kext
kextload: cached repository path doesn't match that of repository
kextload: error using cache for /System/Library/Extensions; using repository itself
kextload: /system/library/extensions/ATIRadeon9700.kext loaded successfully
humphrey-davys-computer:/System/Library/Extensions/ATIRadeon9700.kext/Contents root#

The best thing to do is go to the Terminal and su to root

1) 'cd' to /System/Library/Extensions and do a 'cp -rf' to copy to a backup location where you can back up your original ATIRadeon9700.kext .

2) Then do this again except this time 'cp -rf' a copy to your working desktop.

3) 'cd' to your working desktop where your ATIRadeon9700.kext is and 'mv' to rename it to just ATIRadeon9700 w/o the .kext at the end. Now it's a folder.

4) do a 'chmod -R 777 ATIRadeon9700'

5) now you can access and edit the files and after done editing, rename using 'mv' ATIRadeon9700 back to ATIRadeon9700.kext

6) 'mv' to move the edited kext back into your Extensions folder where it's suppose to be over the original copy assuming you've backed up the original somewhere

7) 'rm' to delete Extensions.mkext and Extensions.kextcache

8) run /Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility.app and repair your OSx86 drive's permissions and reboot

[hdavy2002]

Can you explain this please (This simply means the file at /System/Library/Extensions/ATIRadeon9700.kext.)

When I use the hex editor. I enter striaght into the kext and i see contents, then Info.plist and a macos directory inside that there is a file called Appleradeon9700 or something like. Please tell me what exactly i edit in ATIRadeon9700.kext. The Kext itself or the stuff inside it.

[stelriah]

is this the only card that has been made to support widescreen?

[VoRTeX15O]

Can you explain this please (This simply means the file at /System/Library/Extensions/ATIRadeon9700.kext.)

When I use the hex editor. I enter striaght into the kext and i see contents, then Info.plist and a macos directory inside that there is a file called Appleradeon9700 or something like. Please tell me what exactly i edit in ATIRadeon9700.kext. The Kext itself or the stuff inside it.

You hex ATIRadeon9700/Contents/MacOS/ATIRadeon9700

[helios]

Can this work for Radeon 7500 Mobility also?

[VoRTeX15O]

Can this work for Radeon 7500 Mobility also?

I don't know, but it's worth a try. It's a start since you have the card. Now all you gotta do is try it for all of us Please post results.

[fearomoon]

I don't know, but it's worth a try. It's a start since you have the card. Now all you gotta do is try it for all of us Please post results.

do i have to use 9700 kext file for use with 7500, too?

[stelriah]

are there any AGP cards that support widescreen?

[Louis]

do i have to use 9700 kext file for use with 7500, too?

It's probably in 8500 kext ......look for your device ID # in it.....

Also if your card is recognized as PCI in X86 but is AGP, this hint wont work until you get the card loaded/recognized as an AGP card!!!!

[mactogo]

I'd like to try this to work for the Radeon 7500, however I believe that I'll have to do the patching on the ATIRadeon.kext, what string should I be searching for in hex editor? HELP!!! It seems a lot people are finally getting their cards to work, its about time lowly 7500 users get some break too!

[VoRTeX15O]

I'd like to try this to work for the Radeon 7500, however I believe that I'll have to do the patching on the ATIRadeon.kext, what string should I be searching for in hex editor? HELP!!! It seems a lot people are finally getting their cards to work, its about time lowly 7500 users get some break too!

Hi, I've just installed 10.4.4 -> 10.4.5 and it took me some time to get internet working. I had to copy over IONetworkingFamily.kext from 10.4.3 and IOATAFamily.kext so I could mount my external USB drive. Even with the edit I've used with 10.4.3, I still have no OpenGL. When I replace all the ATI kexts from 10.4.3 to 10.4.5 system, I get a black screen. I really don't see a point in upgrading >10.4.3. I'll reconsider once 10.5 releases.

for ATI 7500 you might want to look at this if haven't already:

http://forum.osx86pr...pic=11134&st=20


*EDIT: I tried to run xbench on this 10.4.5 and it crashed when it tried to bench my OpenGL. Man am I going back 10.4.3*

[prince100]

I GOT IT WORKING UNDER 10.4.3 81111g ! THANKS GRIFFSTA!!! I finally got Quartz Extreme and CoreImage support! Watching DVDs and running OpenGL games are now possible with this edit. My qtz base screensavers works and I can do RSS screensavers, things are snappier and smooth on graphics. Launching the widget now shows the aqua effect. No changeable resolution yet though but who cares just use "Graphics Mode"="1600x1200x32". wooHoo on this ATIFireGL V3200. GRIFFSTA U ON FIYA!

For those still trying to enable support with ATIFireGL V3200 or any other card Vxxxx card, the ATIRadeon9700.kext does all of it as noted elsewhere I forgot, but my card id under the Info.plist in the kext isn't listed - so I had to replace 0x5B601002 with mine 0x31541002.

HexEdit binary in MacOS folder: Editing the Info.plist file previously only tells the ATIRadeon9700.kext to look for my card but it has no binary check on how to do so. Open ATIRadeon9700 with HexEdit. The devID for ATI V3200 is 3154 like Griffsta noted: in my case, XX = 54 and YY = 31 so I used the same address as Griffsta at 3D 60 5B 00 00 replaced it with 3D 31 54 00 00 where values are 3D YY XX 00 00 . MAKE SURE TO BACKUP ORIGINAL incase things go wrong.

After applying the edit, rebooted and system messege displayed driver wasn't installed correctly aka file permission problem, so I ran /Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility.app and repaired my boot drive's file permissions and voila!!! rebooted - no error messeges - QE + CI support!

*note: this driver edit was orignally instructed to be used on 10.4.4 but still works on 10.4.3/very negligible artifact around mouse cursor from time to time after driver edit but it goes away.*
Always on fiya Griffsta and Maxxuss!

Interesting how this concept works. Sometimes editing plist doesn't work means binary edit is required. I'm off to seeing if I can get my CompUSA WLAN USB dongle to work since it's got a similar chip as the DWL-122g.

Hi, VoRTeX15O

Thanks for the post and I got my CI QE working on my T43p with 1400*1050 resolution.
I have the same ID 3154 too. But should the hack be 3d 54 31 00 00 according to the YYXX rule?
It should be because I got it working only with the "3d 54 31 00 00" replacement.

However, I got severe artifact when I grasp a window and move. Looks like old day television without signal. When I change to "system graphics", it's gone. Did I miss something else? Can anybody make me even happier without the artifact? Thanks.

[enroh]

It's probably in 8500 kext ......look for your device ID # in it.....

Also if your card is recognized as PCI in X86 but is AGP, this hint wont work until you get the card loaded/recognized as an AGP card!!!!

and how do I do that? -- I have been driving myself mad trying to get 1280x1024x32 on 10.4.3 x11111g

-- I have an ATI AIW 9600 Pro AGP that had the correct device/vendor IDs loaded ad I have full CI and QE running but no matter what I do I cannot get it to run as AGP to get to 1280x1024x32 which is the only thing really stopping me from using OSX fulltime.

I would really love some help and not points to other posts as I have read these forums too many times to count to see if I missed a steo etc. or not. The fact I am running as well as I am right now is because I read the forums - but everyone who seems to ask these days always gets the read here, or look here or something - its doubly hard too bec. some fixes are for 10.4.1 and some for 10.4.3, and others still at 10.4.4 and 10.4.5...

[39thRonin]

and how do I do that? -- I have been driving myself mad trying to get 1280x1024x32 on 10.4.3 x11111g

-- I have an ATI AIW 9600 Pro AGP that had the correct device/vendor IDs loaded ad I have full CI and QE running but no matter what I do I cannot get it to run as AGP to get to 1280x1024x32 which is the only thing really stopping me from using OSX fulltime.

I would really love some help and not points to other posts as I have read these forums too many times to count to see if I missed a steo etc. or not. The fact I am running as well as I am right now is because I read the forums - but everyone who seems to ask these days always gets the read here, or look here or something - its doubly hard too bec. some fixes are for 10.4.1 and some for 10.4.3, and others still at 10.4.4 and 10.4.5...

Have you tried to enter the graphics mode switch at the boot prompt? Does it work for you? If so, search on editing the com.apple.Boot.plist file for making it permanent...