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Installing OS 10.5.6 with ATi HD 3650 512 MB PCIe


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I am currently trying to get Mac OS 10.5.6 installed on a new system. Everything works great except for the video which is giving me kernel panics with every driver installation that I try. I'm using the iPC 10.5.6 installation DVD. I have spent a large amount of time reading on the internet about getting this working, but I haven't been able to make headway. Hopefully the wizards here can show me the ways of the OSX86 guru.

 

I have tried using the included Natit driver, the ATi 3600 series driver, and the seperate 3650 driver from Netkas. Issues are either a scrambled screen or almost immediate kernal panic. I would like to use the 3650 Netkas driver installation package if possible, but if there's a better way to get this working I would welcome it with open arms. I love learing new things like this, so the more input the better!

 

The closest I've come to seeing it working is being in safe mode (because of panics) and system profiler telling me that I have a 3650 with 256 MB of RAM and no QE/CI support.

 

Here's my system:

 

AMD Athlon X2 6000

Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2HP

4GB PC2-6400 DDR2 RAM (800 MHz)

Sapphire HD 3650 512 MB DDR2

Obligatory SATA HDD and DVD burner

 

Thanks everyone!

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I am having the same problem .. I am using iDenebv1.4 10.5.6 on AMD Machine and MSI ATI HD 3650 512MB ... system boots shows the apple logo, when about to enter to logon screen .. shows blue screen and LCD turns off. Any solutions folks

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I got this resolved on my ASUS 3650 PCIe 512mb fanless:

 

1. step, remove all existing graphics drivers. Follow instructions below:

 

http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=82408

 

2. Install this driver:

 

http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php...t&p=1082352

 

3. Connect your LCD to the secondary out of your card. If you use the primary, the screen will remain black or checkpatterned after booting. Somehow the driver mixes up primary and secondary.

 

Works great so far (CI and QE working). Remaining issues:

 

(1) No sleeping of screen (after screensaver). Screen freezes but does not turn off.

 

(2) Can't get it to display anything via DVI-HDMI-connector on my LCD TV. It recognizes the TV correctly (Sony and resolution), but the screen remains black.

 

Please pm me if you manage to resolve one of these remaining issues.

 

Hope this helps.

 

Dave

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I got this resolved on my ASUS 3650 PCIe 512mb fanless:

 

1. step, remove all existing graphics drivers. Follow instructions below:

 

http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=82408

 

2. Install this driver:

 

http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php...t&p=1082352

 

3. Connect your LCD to the secondary out of your card. If you use the primary, the screen will remain black or checkpatterned after booting. Somehow the driver mixes up primary and secondary.

 

Works great so far (CI and QE working). Remaining issues:

 

(1) No sleeping of screen (after screensaver). Screen freezes but does not turn off.

 

(2) Can't get it to display anything via DVI-HDMI-connector on my LCD TV. It recognizes the TV correctly (Sony and resolution), but the screen remains black.

 

Please pm me if you manage to resolve one of these remaining issues.

 

Hope this helps.

 

Dave

 

Works perfectly! Retail install 10.5.6 Updated to 10.5.7

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Hey Citizenplain, I'd be interested in hearing if you ever sorted out your issue with the magic eye poster. I have the same MB and vid card (sapphire, but still, same card) and am having the exact same issue)

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hey everyone..!!

 

i got ati 3650 256mb with grafics at 1680x1050 and quartz extreme enabled

if you guys need any help PM me and i will tell you how to do it and give you the installation packages aswell 2 keep

its dead simple...

 

 

 

i have the ATI Radeon Sapphire HD3650 512MB too.

i have a retail 10.5.6 installation on a Gigabyte GA-G31M-S2L.

 

i tried the pkg installers from ATI Radeon HD pkg installers for 10.5.6 but none seem to work.

 

all i got was something resembling a magic-eye poster :P

post-2993-1236850125_thumb.jpg

 

mac wizards, help please... :|

 

 

have you still got the problem

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hey everyone..!!

 

i got ati 3650 256mb with grafics at 1680x1050 and quartz extreme enabled

if you guys need any help PM me and i will tell you how to do it and give you the installation packages aswell 2 keep

its dead simple...

 

 

 

 

 

 

have you still got the problem

 

i do have that problem but i force the pc to skip it

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i do have that problem but i force the pc to skip it

 

Maybe you can first boot with -v -x if scrambled graphics show at startup..

 

Then install this:

 

ATI x2000 source version 53410 plus natit for HD3650.pkg

 

Worked perfect for me, 3650 256Mb ATI

 

//K

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