EGOvoruhk Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 About the GX2: Does it only work on nVida boards with 2 x16 PCIe slots? I've got a GA-P35-DS4 (Intel based) which has 2 x16 slots (For Crossfire). Will it work on that? If so, how did you get it working with these new drivers? I'll be doing this on a fresh Boot-132 install. Thanks aqua-mac Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadcrash1 Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 aqua-mac is there any way for qe support for the 9700m gts yet lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foyaeman Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 Bump? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aqua-mac Posted October 21, 2008 Author Share Posted October 21, 2008 Roadcrash1, What is your device id? Egovoruhk, The only successes I have come across so far are with nvidia chipsets or X48 chipsets with 9800 GX2. If the board is a X48, the card will only work in the second PCIe slot. I have no personal experience of the nvidia chipsets but one of the users here (azamic) has. It has been reported so far that P35/38 will not work. Have a look here: http://aquamac.proboards106.com/index.cgi?...&thread=569 You will need to get the PCI addresses from windows. I have included my GX2 plist for GFX Strings below. foyaeman, Your card should work. Is this on a fresh install. What are the details of your install? 9800_GX2_GFX_Strings.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foyaeman Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 foyaeman, Your card should work. Is this on a fresh install. What are the details of your install? Yes, it is a fresh install. iDeneb 10.5.5 no video drivers, Conextant HD Smart Audio 221, Intel SSE3 Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aqua-mac Posted October 21, 2008 Author Share Posted October 21, 2008 I have to go to work now, will be back later. aquamac. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foyaeman Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 I have to go to work now, will be back later. aquamac. I have to go to bed, hopefully I'll be up by the time you're off work Thanks, Foy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macgirl Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 I have to go to work now, will be back later. aquamac. Forget work, there are more important things... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foyaeman Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 Great news! I was able to get QE/CI, Res change, and all the other good stuff on my 9800m GTS with iDeneb 10.5.5! 1. Install new kext's using Aqua-Macs' installer 2. Install NVDarwin, custom install, select your amount of vRam, restart, and voila! Should work with 9600m as well! Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexlyc Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 I was hoping that the GX2 would work on 1st slot... but I am getting use to it being in the 2nd slot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadcrash1 Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 0x062A for my device id Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrysaor Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 Anyone got the new OpenGL.framework (1.5.8) yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vassalle Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 Thanks a lot for this driver! It is working like a charm with my EVGA GeForce 9600 GT Here's what I had to do to make it work: I installed iDeneb 10.5.5 without any video drivers (i.e. not picking any video drivers options) at this point it wouldnt even boot in Normal Mode, only in safe mode... I downloaded your driver, installed it... repaired permissions, rebooted, now I could boot in normal mode, but I would get a really funky result when I tried to move windows etc.. and still couldnt change resolution... I generated an EFI string following the instructions of this post: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?s=&...st&p=937393 (Using OSx86tools) Repaired permissions, rebooted... and bam... fully working! With QE/CI, TV Out is working, everything is looking smooth! OMG it worked! was so close in selling my 9600gt for a supported card. Thanks everyone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aqua-mac Posted October 21, 2008 Author Share Posted October 21, 2008 Roadcrash1, I have updated the drivers to v2, they now include your card at the beginning of this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadcrash1 Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 Roadcrash1, I have updated the drivers to v2, they now include your card at the beginning of this thread. Aqua-Mac you are the man lol i just got home from school so i'll test a little later on and post feedback Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rio678 Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 Anyone got the 9400GT working?, doesn't work with mine Dev ID:0x0641 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aqua-mac Posted October 21, 2008 Author Share Posted October 21, 2008 Rio 678, Did you use GFX Strings? Do you have 10.5.5? Your card is included in the driver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satyr Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 Done. Thank you all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadcrash1 Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 Aqua-Mac i made a gfx efi string with osx86tools and it didn't work this is what it says nVida GeForce 9700m GTS: Chipset Model: nVida GeForce 9700m GTS Type: Display Bus: PCIe PCIe Lane Width: x16 VRAM (Total): 512 MB Vendor: NVIDIA (0x10de) Device ID: 0x062a Revision ID: 0x00a1 ROM Revision: nVida GeForce 9700m GTS OpenGL Engine [EFI] Displays: Display: Resolution: 1440 x 900 Depth: 32-bit Color Core Image: Software Main Display: Yes Mirror: Off Online: Yes Quartz Extreme: Not Supported QuartzGL: Supported Display Connector: Status: No display connected info taken from lspci 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation Unknown device [10de:062a] (rev a1) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rio678 Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 Yep i did, then it refused to boot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aqua-mac Posted October 21, 2008 Author Share Posted October 21, 2008 Rio, If it refused to boot, what exactly happened. It is most likely you did something slightly wrong when making the strings. roadcrash, Is that a fresh install? Try deleting "Extensions.mkext" in your System/Library folder then re-boot with -f. You could also try inputing your device id into GeForce.kext and using the permissions repair script here Don't give up, I think this should work, you may want to try a fresh install, but with no video drivers. Get up to 10.5.5 then install the kexts. What is the PCI address of your motherboard? Macgirl, If only!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rio678 Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 whoo hoooo!! it works !!! I did your installer first, then NVdarwin with 512mb option, and hey presto, QE/CI and my native resolution okay it says unknown card, but it works, i have been trying for weeks now Thank you very much 1.tiff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadcrash1 Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 i tired deleting extensions.mkext and booting with -f that didn't work how would i go about adding my device id my to geforce.kext Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aqua-mac Posted October 21, 2008 Author Share Posted October 21, 2008 Rio678, Excellent! That means it was the strings that were wrong! Roadcrash, Have a look here, this will install the GeForce.kext & NVDAResman.kext with your device id in: http://rapidshare.com/files/156283877/nVid..._Extra.zip.html A word of warning, this can only be used with the card shown above. If you want to overwrite, just re-apply the original kexts at the beginning of the post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadcrash1 Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 currently it isn't even with the new kexts installed could this be the problem during startup boot on the Darwin/x86 boot v5.0.132 screen it says VESA v3.0 14MB(NVIDIA) ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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