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[halsaman]

halsaman, on Aug 26 2009, 07:52 PM, said:

Gigabyte Radeon 4850 GV-R485MC-1GI works here with this evoenabler and 10.5.8 atindrv in /S/L/E. I also had to enter the dev-id in ATI4800Controller.
Dual dvi works, qe/ci appears to be working, yet not shown in system profiler. Sleep doesn't work, but it may be unrelated to video card.

p35-ds3p, 10a432.

update:
This is the only method that is working for me. I tried adding my card model's gfx string to com.apple.Boot.plist using this method, but it has no effect.

Sleep works, but wake doesn't... screen becomes fuzzy. Does someone have a workaround?

[suttar]

zet120, on Aug 30 2009, 08:22 AM, said:

Works 64bit...  

Edit Info.plist - ATI4800Controller.kext

..…..……
<key>IOPCIMatch</key>
<string>0x94421002 0x944a1002</string>
..…..…………………..


add EVOenabler.kext Clik



P.S.

source: click

zet120,
This is a good news.
I'm trying to enable QE/QI, but not succeed, yet.
What else do yo have AT*.kexts in S/L/E besides ATI4800Controller.kext, EVOenabler.kext?

Thanks.

[scorcho]

Should update with some new info -

For whatever reason it seems as if evoenabler did some funky things with my card's powermanagement. The fan was running at odd speeds, cycled off and on way too much and emitted an odd whine - none of which occurs under Windows 7 or 10.5.8. The card was also benchmarking very slowly when compared to Leopard.

So instead of using evoenabler to fix the jittery screen, I edited the card's bios to keep every memory timing at 993 and deleted evoenabler from S/L/E - http://www.insanelym...p...2228&st=700

After rebooting everything works better than before - no more erratic fan speeds and my benchmarks are consistent with what it was under 10.5.8. EFI + default SL ATI drivers + ATINDRV.kext +ATIRNDRV.kext in S/L/E. You DO NOT need to add your device ID for the 4850 if you're using the previously posted EFI string.

[berlindude]

I experience strange behavior, I get 1680x1050 resulution but my screen bounces all the time, not like in 10.5, it turns from normal to blue, to grey, to normal again. very strange, I did not had any problems In 10.5. Which files kext files from ATI were exactly deleted  from S/L/E? What do you have in your E/E folder?
Thanks!
BerlinDude

[Sabr]

Interesting... Using EVOenabler, ATINDRV, and ATIRNDRV I can now boot without the need for the DVI => VGA adapter in the second port.

[berlindude]

Sabr, on Aug 31 2009, 07:13 PM, said:

Interesting... Using EVOenabler, ATINDRV, and ATIRNDRV I can now boot without the need for the DVI => VGA adapter in the second port.

me too, but I do hve the jumpy screen sas discribed above in my last post...

[newnekton1]

Could you post the 4870 fgx efi string for SL please too.
And using a bootloader on a USB stick, where should aty_init be located?
Thanks Netkas for all your hard work too.

[Sabr]

berlindude, on Aug 31 2009, 10:07 PM, said:

me too, but I do hve the jumpy screen sas discribed above in my last post...

Well that's weird. I had my DVI => VGA adapter in when I first booted, but was experiencing screen halts every 2 - 3 seconds. I took it out and swapped the port the monitor was in and now I don't have any issues at all... Maybe you should try the other port for your monitor?

[rsilves]

I am trying to install SL in my current Leopard hackintosh.
I have a Sapphire Ati HD 4870 1GB with dual displays.

My current kexting for video in Leopard makes the 4870 go slower than a 4850 I had previously.
4850 showed 230 for QuartzGraphics and 230 for OpenGL. (Leopard)
4870 shows 210 for QuartzGraphics and 150 for OpenGL. (Leopard)

I have a problem in my install and can only boot in safe mode.
I just added ATY_Init.kext and my safe mode works in dual display, can change resolutions.. good..
BUT:
4870 shows 210 for QuartzGraphics and 88 for OpenGL. (Snow Leopard)

Will this improve? Any idea? Is this normal for safe boot?
Thanks,
Rodrigo

[idsynk]

XBench is useless...

Try OpenGlideViewer

[rsilves]

idsynk, on Sep 1 2009, 06:14 AM, said:

XBench is useless...

Try OpenGlideViewer

Color rendered a complex clip in 32 seconds with HD4850 and with the 4870 it takes 43 second.
GLview gives
1.1 - 3135
1.2 - 3138
1.3 - 3112
1.4 - 3073
1.5 - 3079
2.0 - 3014
2.1 - 123
1680x1050 x32 @60hz (while in dual display with 1600x1200).

Will check in SL in a minute.

EDIT
SL:
1.1 - 14
1.2 - 15
1.3 - 12
1.4 - 12
1.5 - 13
2.0 - 10
2.1 - 12
(1680x1050 32b @60hz). (-x -v -x32, ATY_Init.kext).

Thanks,
Rodrigo

[teshxx]

Hey can you please give step my step instructions as you what kext u guys used ??
i have 4850

i tried couple thing on this thread, but i keep gettin black white gibberish...

if you could tell me what to delete, what kext to use it would be great...

thank you

rsilves, on Sep 1 2009, 12:33 PM, said:

Color rendered a complex clip in 32 seconds with HD4850 and with the 4870 it takes 43 second.
GLview gives
1.1 - 3135
1.2 - 3138
1.3 - 3112
1.4 - 3073
1.5 - 3079
2.0 - 3014
2.1 - 123
1680x1050 x32 @60hz (while in dual display with 1600x1200).

Will check in SL in a minute.

EDIT
SL:
1.1 - 14
1.2 - 15
1.3 - 12
1.4 - 12
1.5 - 13
2.0 - 10
2.1 - 12
(1680x1050 32b @60hz). (-x -v -x32, ATY_Init.kext).

Thanks,
Rodrigo

[mustiCas]

What files exactly have to be in S/L/E (or anywhere else) regarding to 4850?
Could someone post his/her working with instructions what to modify?

Im on x64, cant get it working.

[Sabr]

mustiCas, on Sep 1 2009, 11:56 PM, said:

What files exactly have to be in S/L/E (or anywhere else) regarding to 4850?
Could someone post his/her working with instructions what to modify?

Im on x64, cant get it working.

Ok - here's what I'm using. Forget what I said about ATINDRV/ATIRNDRV, I don't need them.

Keep all the default SL ATI kexts in /System/Library/Extensions. Put your dev/vend ID's in the ATI4800Controller.kext plist. Put EVOenabler in the /Extra/Extensions. Rebuild both of your Extensions.mkext's (you can use Kext utility if you're not a Terminal geek).

Reboot and it should be working.

[avian]

berlindude, on Sep 1 2009, 07:07 AM, said:

me too, but I do hve the jumpy screen sas discribed above in my last post...

I had a similar problem with a 4870.  Fixed it by using evoenabler, but deleting most the plist within evoenabler and replacing it with the one in aty_init (including the binary dump portion, which im pretty sure is what fixed it).

evoenabler was not only jumpy, but when I used X-Plane it caused the pc to crash within minutes.  evoenabler with aty_init plist info seemed to fix everything.  Without the bin_image portion I would get a scrambled screen, same as with only an efi string on its own.

on a related note - is it possible to take the bin image within aty_init and use it to flash my 4870?  I'm guessing if that was done successfully all I'd need then is an efi string?

[mustiCas]

Sabr, on Sep 2 2009, 04:31 AM, said:

Ok - here's what I'm using. Forget what I said about ATINDRV/ATIRNDRV, I don't need them.

Keep all the default SL ATI kexts in /System/Library/Extensions. Put your dev/vend ID's in the ATI4800Controller.kext plist. Put EVOenabler in the /Extra/Extensions. Rebuild both of your Extensions.mkext's (you can use Kext utility if you're not a Terminal geek).

Reboot and it should be working.

The problem is, I deleted all ATI involved kexts as stated in the beginning of this thread. Do you know whichones are needed or should I do a fresh install?

TY

[Sabr]

mustiCas, on Sep 2 2009, 08:33 AM, said:

The problem is, I deleted all ATI involved kexts as stated in the beginning of this thread. Do you know whichones are needed or should I do a fresh install?

TY

Use Pacifist to to extract them from the install DVD. Don't forget to set correct permissions / rebuild mkexts though!

[Dagor]

Sabr, on Aug 31 2009, 08:13 PM, said:

Interesting... Using EVOenabler, ATINDRV, and ATIRNDRV I can now boot without the need for the DVI => VGA adapter in the second port.

Ok, after some tries thist works now. Both DVI Outputs do their job - Buuuat: No CI/QE at all.
How did you fix that?

I have EVOenabler and put in my devid, that is all there is for now. Because the system was also also loading the ATIX2000.kext, I moved that out of the way.... why does it need that? Is it needed for OpenGL?
That would be sucky...

EDIT: If I put those kexts back in, then the system appears to be full of bugs: It kinda resets to the blue screen when I use anything that trigger CI/QE effects. Does anybody else have this behaviour? What did you put into your DSDT files?

[moskivirit]

EVOenabler is only for those cards which need to inject some stuff that is too big to do it thru plist or dsdt.

it is set for my ati 4890, but you can look in aty_init's plist and copy your info in the "entries to add" section of EVOenabler's plist.

[mustiCas]

Awsxedc, on Sep 2 2009, 03:32 PM, said:

Do not edit ATI4800Controller
Delete evoenabler

Use string:

<key>device-properties</key>
<string>be0300000100000001000000b20300001500000002010c00d041030a01000000010106000001
0101060000007fff0400240000004100540059002c00450046004900560065007200730069006f00
6
e0042000000120000003131332d4237373130312d3031322a0000004100540059002c00450046004
9
004f007200690065006e0074006100740069006f006e00000005000000011c000000640065007600
6
900630065005f0074007900700065000000140000004154592c4d6f746d6f74506172656e7422000
0
004100540059002c00450046004900560065007200730069006f006e0000000d00000030312e3030
2
e3331381e0000004100540059002c004400650076006900630065004900440000000600000042942
2
000000400030002c006400650076006900630065005f00740079007000650000000b000000646973
7
06c6179100000006d006f00640065006c0000001600000041544920526164656f6e2048442034383
5
3022000000400031002c006400650076006900630065005f00740079007000650000000b00000064
6
973706c6179280000004100540059002c00450046004900440072006900760065007200540079007
0
00650000000500000002160000004100540059002c0052006f006d0023000000120000003131332d
4
237373130432d313736160000004100540059002c004d0043004c004b00000008000000702e11002
0
000000400031002c0063006f006d00700061007400690062006c00650000000e0000004154592c4d
6
f746d6f7414000000400030002c006e0061006d00650000000e0000004154592c4d6f746d6f74180
0
00004100540059002c00430061007200640023000000110000003130392d4237373130312d30302c
0
000004100540059002c004500460049004800570049006e006900740053007400610074007500730
0
0000170000003c30303030303030302030303030303030303e14000000400031002c006e0061006d
0
0650000000e0000004154592c4d6f746d6f74160000004100540059002c00530043004c004b00000
0
0800000028db0b0020000000400030002c0063006f006d00700061007400690062006c0065000000
0
e0000004154592c4d6f746d6f742a0000004100540059002c0045004600490045006e00610062006
c
00650064004d006f006400650000000500000002240000004100540059002c004500460049005600
6
5007200730069006f006e0045000000120000003131332d4237373130412d3331381e00000041005
4
0059002c00560065006e0064006f007200490044000000060000000210</string>

Sleep now work

Your method didnt work for me - gave me artifacts. Going to try Sapr way.
Btw - how can I get my device ID? I have Sapphire 512mb, 2xDVI