Working Kext for Sapphire 4830, ASUS EAH4830 under 10.5.8

[williamcsk]

Updated on 8-8-2009

Kexts work under 10.5.8.

After update(Please refer to proper instructions for updating), you may need to enter single user mode to remove all ATI kext.

 

Instructions for removing original ATI kexts in single user mode:

1. Start up with -s string

2. sudo -s

3. mount -wu /

4. cd /System/Library/Extensions

5. rm -r ATI*

6. rm -r Natit*

 

Updated on 21-7-2009

After playing a little bit more, some more things to note.

1. For DVI/VGA/HDMI 4830 Sapphire card

1.1 Both VGA and DVI port working individually with QE and CI support. But VGA Port do not support wide screen resolution, even using "Granphics Mode" string during boot.

1.2 It is not working for DVI2VGA adapter with this DVI/VGA/HDMI card.

1.3 Once the DVI is working, the VGA port will not work until restart. Therefore, Dual Screen probably won't work.

1.4 Both 800SP and 640SP version work exactly the same.

2. For DVI/S-VIDEO/DVI 4830 Sapphire card

2.1 Working for both DVI port individually. (Reported by joeblowm)

 

Updated on 19-7-2009

Turn out maybe it is better to remove those old drivers before installing new ones.

Instructions for removing all ATI Drivers:

1. Open Terminal

2. sudo -s

3. enter your password

4. cd /System/Library/Extensions

5. rm -r ATI*

6. rm -r Natit*

 

If you use PC_EFI V9 or chameleon, you may also need to delete ATI kext from /Extra/Extensions folder.

7. cd /Extra/Extensions

8. rm -r ATI*

9. rm -r Natit*

 

Updated on 18-7-2009

1. New download location added.

2. Kexts also work for ASUS EAH4830 (reported by Xikita).

 

Original posted on 12-7-2009

Hi all,

I just got this Sapphire 4830 recently and suffered from makeing it work under OSX. I downloaded a lot of files and no luck for all of them.

Since this card got only 1 DVI, so, the dvi2vga hack won't work for it too.

After playing arround all those files, install, remove the install again, suddenly, it works!!!!

What I have done is like this I believe ( I forgot how exactly I make it, maybe figure it out later).

 

1. Install 7_radeon_hd_48x0_drivers.pkg from "A Simple guide for 4830.....".

2. Install netkas Patched framebuffers for 48x0 and 3870x2.

3. Install Enabler_for_Nvidia_and_multiple_ATI_cards.pkg from Simple Guide.

4. Install accel pack from another post in this forum, not the one in Simple Guide.(Sorry, I forget which post)

5. Reinstall 7_radeon_hd_48x0_drivers.pkg again.(Don't use Kext Helper to install those files in the pkg, just install using the pkg file. I think this is the part that I do right)

6. Install Natit.kext from 64bit's mod using Kext helper.

 

It's now working with QE/CI, and only the DVI is plugged in.

 

Attached is the link for the files finally I got. Hope it works for every one.

 

http://www.box.net/shared/huzxkdjsxc

 

P.S. May someone using the dvi2vga hack try these files? In order to see do they work without that trick, thanks.

[Xikita]

it may be this that the asus is good eah4830-brings for?

[Xikita]

working my asus 4830

 

thanks

[Andras Kenez]

working my asus 4830

 

thanks

 

 

Thanks

 

Working my sapphire 4830 (with 800 shaders - like 4850)

[joeblowm]

P.S. May someone using the dvi2vga hack try these files? In order to see do they work without that trick, thanks.

Indeed, working much better than the previous hack-up I was using with the DVI in either port and nothing anywhere else (sapphire 4830 512 with dvi-svid-dvi), I'd presume I could probably even use multiple monitors now - I also no longer see waves rolling across my screen very faintly like I did with the old ones I was using before now and notice text seems somewhat clearer.

 

Thanks for sharing your find williamcsk

[tk0]

awesome stuff... this is the closest ive gotten to getting mines (sapphire 4830 hd 512mb dvi-svideo-dvi) ... its show total VRAM (Total):512mb but still no Quartz Extreme

 

any ideas?

 

[justdohnut]

Followed the instructions exactly, got an out of frequency error. also tried just installing your files, same deal. I have the same card, Sapphire HD 4830 VGA/HDMI/DVI, but I'm connecting to a VGA monitor, so maybe your method works just for DVI monitors? I tested it on an HDTV as well, just to make sure, I tried both HDMI and DVI and still didn't work. anyone have any ideas how I can solve the out of frequency message?

 

I have to say though, great work, this is the closest I've gotten I think.. all other methods have gotten me the infamous black screen with weird lines.

 

thanks!

[williamcsk]

awesome stuff... this is the closest ive gotten to getting mines (sapphire 4830 hd 512mb dvi-svideo-dvi) ... its show total VRAM (Total):512mb but still no Quartz Extreme

 

any ideas?

 

According some posts in other forums that QuartzGL should not be loaded under Leopard. You can try to delete all ati drivers before installing those I provided.

Hope this help.

 

Instructions for removing all ATI Drivers:

1. Open Terminal

2. sudo -s

3. enter your password

4. cd /System/Library/Extensions

5. rm -r ATI*

6. rm -r Natit*

 

If you use chameleon, you may also need to delete ATI kext from /Extra/Extensions folder.

7. cd /Extra/Extensions

8. rm -r ATI*

9. rm -r Natit*

[williamcsk]

Followed the instructions exactly, got an out of frequency error. also tried just installing your files, same deal. I have the same card, Sapphire HD 4830 VGA/HDMI/DVI, but I'm connecting to a VGA monitor, so maybe your method works just for DVI monitors? I tested it on an HDTV as well, just to make sure, I tried both HDMI and DVI and still didn't work. anyone have any ideas how I can solve the out of frequency message?

 

I have to say though, great work, this is the closest I've gotten I think.. all other methods have gotten me the infamous black screen with weird lines.

 

thanks!

I have just tried my card with only VGA cable. It could not detect the best resolution for my monitor, but it works fully also, just need to manually select the appropriate resolution and frequency.

Maybe you could try removing those old drivers first and then try install again.

 

Hope this help.

[tk0]

According some posts in other forums that QuartzGL should not be loaded under Leopard. You can try to delete all ati drivers before installing those I provided.

Hope this help.

 

Instructions for removing all ATI Drivers:

1. Open Terminal

2. sudo -s

3. enter your password

4. cd /System/Library/Extensions

5. rm -r ATI*

6. rm -r Natit*

 

If you use chameleon, you may also need to delete ATI kext from /Extra/Extensions folder.

7. cd /Extra/Extensions

8. rm -r ATI*

9. rm -r Natit*

 

ok first off, does it truly matter if my monitor is hooked up via dvi-vga since this monitor only has vga? and my card is dual dvi. but i followed your instructions, tried the monitor on either dvi.. and both would produce a blue screen with half artifacts on the screen. but restored my extensions and came back but this time around my monitor was detected but still no QE...

[MrSTiMPy]

Hi, have you tried for DVI/VGA/HDMI 4830 Sapphire card if resolution change is available? For instance, running an application that tries changing the resolution. I have been using the non-reference cards kexts by Netkas and even asked him but he had no solution for that.

 

Please try a game that uses windows emulation by some wine port and see if it crashes.

 

Cheers!

[MrSTiMPy]

Hi, have you tried for DVI/VGA/HDMI 4830 Sapphire card if resolution change is available? For instance, running an application that tries changing the resolution. I have been using the non-reference cards kexts by Netkas and even asked him but he had no solution for that.

 

Please try a game that uses windows emulation by some wine port and see if it crashes.

 

Cheers!

 

@williamcsk: I can only say: THANK YOU!!! and sorry if I doubted if this worked on my previous post.

 

Success story with Sapphire HD4830 VGA+HDMI+DVI, proper display on System Profiler, resolution changes working: tried Half-Life 2 and UltrastarDeluxe that would crash my system with the previous kexts.

 

Once again THANK YOU!!! I can go to sleep with a big smile on my face tonite

[IceNio]

It's working but not quite. The card is Sapphire HD4830 GDDR3 (DVI-SVIDEO-DVI) , i'm using a dvi2vga connector , cause my monitor is VGA. The problem is that I don't have my main monitor's resolution - 1680x1050 I do have all kinds of , but not this one. Strange isn't it ? any help on that , i am trying all kinds of methods and still the same... going to try the last method from the "simple thread" that's update lately and will tell you how it went.

 

edit- and no QE.

[MrSTiMPy]

It's working but not quite. The card is Sapphire HD4830 GDDR3 (DVI-SVIDEO-DVI) , i'm using a dvi2vga connector , cause my monitor is VGA. The problem is that I don't have my main monitor's resolution - 1680x1050 I do have all kinds of , but not this one. Strange isn't it ? any help on that , i am trying all kinds of methods and still the same... going to try the last method from the "simple thread" that's update lately and will tell you how it went.

 

edit- and no QE.

 

@IceNio:

 

Man you should try the original files from Netkas, I believe they are prepared for DVI-SVid-DVI check out his site, I don´t think I can link to it, but PM me and I will tell you which post I got mine working first.

 

Cheers!

[justdohnut]

Hmm, I tried it again, with the new instructions and still run into the same "Out of Frequency" problem. I tried a widescreen monitor, a non-widescreen monitor, an HDTV, DVI, HDMI, and VGA outputs, and still nothing.

 

I read on another topic, something about openGL framework.. did you ever update that? I don't think I ever messed with that, but maybe it's the reason I can't get mine to work?

 

Also, I updated to 10.5.7, did you as well or are you running a different version?

 

Thanks again for all your help

[IceNio]

i'm runing 10.5.6 still , i want to figure out the video card first , i'll update later.

[williamcsk]

Hmm, I tried it again, with the new instructions and still run into the same "Out of Frequency" problem. I tried a widescreen monitor, a non-widescreen monitor, an HDTV, DVI, HDMI, and VGA outputs, and still nothing.

 

I read on another topic, something about openGL framework.. did you ever update that? I don't think I ever messed with that, but maybe it's the reason I can't get mine to work?

 

Also, I updated to 10.5.7, did you as well or are you running a different version?

 

Thanks again for all your help

 

I am on retail 10.5.7. P5QL-E, E8500, Saphhire 4830.

 

I think you can turn off QuartzGL by OSX86tools or like these:

1. Open Terminal

2. sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.windowserver QuartzGLEnabled -boolean NO

3. enter your password

4. Restart or log out to see if it's unloaded.

 

I didn't update those files these days. Still figuring out its working behaviour.

[williamcsk]

It's working but not quite. The card is Sapphire HD4830 GDDR3 (DVI-SVIDEO-DVI) , i'm using a dvi2vga connector , cause my monitor is VGA. The problem is that I don't have my main monitor's resolution - 1680x1050 I do have all kinds of , but not this one. Strange isn't it ? any help on that , i am trying all kinds of methods and still the same... going to try the last method from the "simple thread" that's update lately and will tell you how it went.

 

edit- and no QE.

I think it do not support widescreen resolution under VGA. But I still got QE and CI.

[tk0]

ok does it matter if running 10.5.4? only thing missing is the QE/CI

[williamcsk]

ok does it matter if running 10.5.4? only thing missing is the QE/CI

I think it has to be at least 10.5.6, since those kext first found in 10.5.7 update and people tested them on 10.5.6.

What installation are you using? I think it is quite safe now to update to 10.5.7 since there's a lot of pkg for different version of installation.

 

Hope these helps.

[IceNio]

I can't get the QE / CI working dunno why , i did exactly the same as above. are you using some other files ? I'm getting 1680x1050 res now cause I bought a dvi-dvi cable and it's ok

only i think the edges of the fonts look a lil raw .. it's kinda annoying i'll try some other methods and write to let you know what happened.

 

edit- got everything working with the following :

 

used 64bit's method :

1.drivers

2.his natit via Kext Helper

3.accel files

 

4.(that's a point FROM ME - 1st DVI - dvi-svideo dongle put in the slot closer to the MB , and on the other DVIport - DVI-DVI cable to the monitor) - that way i got full QE , CI GL support it doesn't say my monitor is connected , but WHO CARES !?!?

 

Thank You all for all of your hard work , making these things possible , the only thing I haven't tried yet is netkas' method it might be working without the dvi-svideo dongle , but i'll leave it for later.

 

Thanks again and good luck !

 

p.s. forgot - iPC 10.5.6 updated to 10.5.7 , got it working on the 10.5.7 with the DVI-DVI cable. !

[williamcsk]

I can't get the QE / CI working dunno why , i did exactly the same as above. are you using some other files ? I'm getting 1680x1050 res now cause I bought a dvi-dvi cable and it's ok

only i think the edges of the fonts look a lil raw .. it's kinda annoying i'll try some other methods and write to let you know what happened.

 

At first I also don't have QE/CI after I install 64bit's modded Natit.kext. The card is regonized but not supported by QE/CI.

Then I try some other accel files (i.e. those plugin in my zip file) and it works finally.

I think the problem is some old drivers left over in you system.

You can try to clean out all those ATI*.kext and Natit.kext from Extensions first.

Also, remember to clean out those in Extra folders

Then finally, when you boot up, use -v -f to rebuild the driver cache.

Turn out when I was replying you already get your card working. good for you.

[tk0]

I think it has to be at least 10.5.6, since those kext first found in 10.5.7 update and people tested them on 10.5.6.

What installation are you using? I think it is quite safe now to update to 10.5.7 since there's a lot of pkg for different version of installation.

 

Hope these helps.

 

well im using iATKOS 4a, the only one that seemed to work Darwin bootloader since MBR, using a IDE Drive and HDD running AMD Quad 9950 Black Edition on a ASRock A780GXE/128M mobo

 

I tried to use iDeneb Combo Upgrade KIT 10.5.7 and when i did that, after reboot only had a black screen tried various switches and nothing. *sighs*

 

I should be getting a SATA drive, i already have a SATA hdd, but when i do IDE Drive+SATA hdd = boot device error..

 

any information would help greatly.. thanks again

 

**update**

 

got my hands on a sata drive... and found a distro that worked (iDENEB 10.5.6) and followed as stated by williamcsk and BAM!!!! QE/CI works with a dvi-vga connector on the outer port and worked on a dvi only hook up as well... whooohoooo!!! thanks so much for your work, {censored} for every ones hard work...

[spellbmx]

where is this "accel pack"? cant find it

[williamcsk]

where is this "accel pack"? cant find it

You no need to download accel pack, I include all those files in the zip provided.