itnahz Posted March 14, 2009 Share Posted March 14, 2009 hello all, i've been reading through this topic for the last 48 hours and still cannot get my card to work fully 100% I have an XFX 9400 GT 1gb. on 10.5.6 ideneb basically, the only way i can get the card to work is by REMOVING NVDAResman.kext . Without this file i can boot successfully BUT i cannot change the resolution nor do any other resolution options show up. When i boot with this file, the system loads but i get the black screen after apple logo. i have tried swapping the display A and B as i use DVI not VGA but still no luck. I figure this NVDAResman file is linked to the RESolution in some way so i'm looking for another solution to the black screen problem. Thanks to anyone who can help duufy I'm also using 9400GT on DVI with iDeneb 10.5.6, the only solution I found to make my card work was to reinstall iDeneb and on the video driver option I selected all the NVInject kext (don't select anything else just NVInject if you do it won't boot up... ) then after the installation was done I booted up with -v -f on darwin and voila everything works.. LOL Only problem is that my video chipset still says "Graphics by NVIDIA" QE/CI/Quartz GL all working Graphics are now "bearable" Graphics by NVIDIA: Chipset Model: Graphics by NVIDIA Type: Display Bus: PCIe PCIe Lane Width: x16 VRAM (Total): 1024 MB Vendor: NVIDIA (0x10de) Device ID: 0x0641 Revision ID: 0x00a1 ROM Revision: NVinject 0.2.1 Displays: 1900WS: Resolution: 1440 x 900 @ 75 Hz Depth: 32-bit Color Core Image: Hardware Accelerated Main Display: Yes Mirror: Off Online: Yes Quartz Extreme: Supported Rotation: Supported QuartzGL: Supported Display Connector: Status: No display connected XBENCH RESULTS: Quartz Graphics Test 139.45 Line 142.23 9.47 Klines/sec [50%alpha] Rectangle 138.23 41.27 Krects/sec [50%alpha] Circle 242.48 19.77 Kcircles/sec [50%alpha] Bezier 65.43 1.65 Kbeziers/sec [50%alpha] Text 457.93 28.65 Kchars/sec [50%alpha] OpenGL Graphics Test 122.31 Spinning Squares 122.31 155.16 frames/sec Hope that works for you. I think xbench results are still low.. Hmmmm... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
braveskunk Posted March 15, 2009 Share Posted March 15, 2009 System Info Xbench Version 1.3 System Version 10.5.6 (9G55) Physical RAM 2048 MB Model MacBookPro4,1 Drive Type Maxtor 6Y120M0 Maxtor 6Y120M0 Quartz Graphics Test 196.73 Line 151.58 10.09 Klines/sec [50% alpha] Rectangle 208.04 62.11 Krects/sec [50% alpha] Circle 172.15 14.03 Kcircles/sec [50% alpha] Bezier 162.69 4.10 Kbeziers/sec [50% alpha] Text 486.25 30.42 Kchars/sec OpenGL Graphics Test 140.43 Spinning Squares 140.43 178.14 frames/sec thath's mine with fully working gainward 9400gt 1gb memory. BTW, anyone know how to change macbook pro to macpro or imac or something in system profiler since my computer is a destkop? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leorossi Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 could you tell me how you got QE working plz And when i get back from my grandmoters in 2 hours i will work on the kext's for you and i will send them to you to try Hi all i've tried the link on first page, without success. I have a Point of View DVI-VGA 1Gb 9400GT Board. After installing kext I have to manually remove NVDAResman.kext because I get an "OUT OF RANGE" message from mi monitor. I cannot get QE/CI working, and on "About this mac" it recognizes only 512Mb of VRAM. My dev-id is 0641, any help will be very appreciated (I spent last few days on getting this damned board working correctly...) Thanks all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itnahz Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 System Info Xbench Version 1.3 System Version 10.5.6 (9G55) Physical RAM 2048 MB Model MacBookPro4,1 Drive Type Maxtor 6Y120M0 Maxtor 6Y120M0 Quartz Graphics Test 196.73 Line 151.58 10.09 Klines/sec [50% alpha] Rectangle 208.04 62.11 Krects/sec [50% alpha] Circle 172.15 14.03 Kcircles/sec [50% alpha] Bezier 162.69 4.10 Kbeziers/sec [50% alpha] Text 486.25 30.42 Kchars/sec OpenGL Graphics Test 140.43 Spinning Squares 140.43 178.14 frames/sec thath's mine with fully working gainward 9400gt 1gb memory. BTW, anyone know how to change macbook pro to macpro or imac or something in system profiler since my computer is a destkop? how did you get your 9400gt fully working? mine works (i think) but gives me weak results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
braveskunk Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 are mine good enough? call of duty 4-mac native runs smooth enough to play with "optimized" settings. i have an efi string, nvcap set and NVDANV50Hal.kext and NVDAResman.kext and thats all. i too think i should run a bit faster however, but still maybe it's just my wishes, the thing is, it's a low end card these are my results with quartz2d enabled: Quartz Graphics Test 147.41 Line 157.15 10.46 Klines/sec [50% alpha] Rectangle 133.98 40.00 Krects/sec [50% alpha] Circle 216.05 17.61 Kcircles/sec [50% alpha] Bezier 75.80 1.91 Kbeziers/sec [50% alpha] Text 440.32 27.54 Kchars/sec OpenGL Graphics Test 141.41 Spinning Squares 141.41 179.39 frames/sec User Interface Test 234.89 Elements 234.89 1.08 Krefresh/sec it seems that enabling quartzGL(2d) slows down the opengl in tests(since it renders everything, even the xbench itself) but in real world GUI is more snappy. still any thoughts about changing the model name? any smbios would do the trick? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snail3 Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 I've got my 9400 GT fully working with CI/QE now thanks to tips from Fireofanor, Taz, and most importantly Aqua-Mac who's created an installer with the latest Apple nVidia driver release that updates drivers for the new cards/GPUs. That is the key. Short guide on how I did it: 1) Download and install Aqua-Mac's nVidia driver installer. Don't think you need to remove exisiting nVidia kexts. Don't reboot yet, though installer will ask you to. http://rapidshare.com/files/155562098/NVID...rivers.zip.html 2) Remove NVinject,kext and NVkush.kext if you have them installed. 3) Create EFI/GFX string in com.apple.Boot.plist as suggested in previous posts. I find the easiest way to do this is via OSX86Tools. a. Use Add EFI Strings/Boot Flag on main menu. Select GFX strings option. b. Scroll to bottom of list, select Custom nVidia GeForce. c. For name model enter "NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT". d. Select the amount of memory on your card. e. Select the display output that matches your card. For my PNY Verto, it's dual DVI-I ports. f. The plist info and hex string for your card will pop up. Select and copy the hex string for safety, but use the "Import String to Boot Editor" option. Click Apply Change on the next screen that pops up, no need to add other flags or strings. 4) Use repair disk permissions and clear kext cache on OSX86Tools main menu or do this any way you like. 5) Check the /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist file for safety sake using terminal and nano or vi just to make sure the string was inserted properly. If not, use the version you copied to the clipboard and add the "device-properties" key and value manually. (Sudo to edit file.) 6) Reboot and enjoy the results! No mods to driver kexts with device ids or anything else is required. Thanks a lot for sanssome's guide, I followed the guide and got it working without any trouble. The only thing is though my card is VGA+DVI configuration, I had to choose 2 DVI-I in OSX86Tool, otherwise it doesn't work. There are 2 options in OSX86 Tool, 1) VGA+DVI or 2) DVI+VGA, maybe I chose the wrong one, but didn't brother trying another option once I got it working. I connect my monitor through DVI btw. you guys rocks! this fourm rocks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whocaresdude Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 Any one got this card? MSI 9400GT? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16814127412 Will this work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snail3 Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 Any one got this card? MSI 9400GT? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16814127412 Will this work? I asked the similar question before (#90 post on this thread), but in the end on one can really answer for you until you try yourself. So try it and see how it goes or just stick with the card that someone got it working in the earlier posts. I took the risk and my Sparkle 9400GT 512MB worked flawlessly, guess I got lucky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whocaresdude Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 I asked the similar question before (#90 post on this thread), but in the end on one can really answer for you until you try yourself. So try it and see how it goes or just stick with the card that someone got it working in the earlier posts. I took the risk and my Sparkle 9400GT 512MB worked flawlessly, guess I got lucky What method did you use? Custom EFI String? ----- Has anyone tried "Macbook Pro Latest Drivers" in iPC to get 9400GT working? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keskes Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 hello, i have the same video card. nvidia 9400 Gt 1gb conected by dvi. i try change mi id and don't have results. when i restart on white screen it's frezer. i don't know what it's wrong on me. on wiki osx86 i see my graphic card run add EFI with osx85 tool. i try but don't work. i made a custom efi, put name, size and dvi/dvi. export, reset permisions and restart but white screen frezer. i don't know what i make wrong. how i can change my id? i try install without change because i have the same id, but nothing happens. i can't undestand. i try follow the steps sansome say but nothing good happens. what can i do? any idea please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snail3 Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 What method did you use? Custom EFI String? ----- Has anyone tried "Macbook Pro Latest Drivers" in iPC to get 9400GT working? yep EFI string, following the guide in #31 of this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whocaresdude Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 yep EFI string, following the guide in #31 of this thread. Did you follow Step 1 or skip it? 1) Download and install Aqua-Mac's nVidia driver installer. Don't think you need to remove exisiting nVidia kexts. Don't reboot yet, though installer will ask you to. http://rapidshare.com/files/155562098/NVID...rivers.zip.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
braveskunk Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 i confirm that above tutorial works good, but i lost ability to power off computer after shutting down... any ideas how to fix it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snail3 Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 Did you follow Step 1 or skip it? yes I followed step 1. So there are main 2 steps in described in #30 1) install 9000 series driver v2 2) install custom EFI string via OSX86Tools Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whocaresdude Posted March 27, 2009 Share Posted March 27, 2009 Got it fully working. All Supported. --- Do the scores look REASONABLE? (MSI 9400GT MD512 Low profile) (QUARTZ GL Disabled) (Enabling it made worse!) NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT: Chipset Model: NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT Type: Display Bus: PCIe PCIe Lane Width: x16 VRAM (Total): 512 MB Vendor: NVIDIA (0x10de) Device ID: 0x0641 Revision ID: 0x00a1 ROM Revision: NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT OpenGL Engine [EFI] Displays: SyncMaster: Resolution: 1680 x 1050 @ 60 Hz Depth: 32-bit Color Core Image: Hardware Accelerated Main Display: Yes Mirror: Off Online: Yes Quartz Extreme: Supported Rotation: Supported QuartzGL: Supported Display Connector: Status: No display connected Results 153.69 System Info Xbench Version 1.3 System Version 10.5.6 (9G55) Physical RAM 2048 MB Model KJ269AAR-ABA s3407c Drive Type ST3500620AS ST3500620AS Quartz Graphics Test 159.72 Line 142.12 9.46 Klines/sec [50% alpha] Rectangle 188.37 56.24 Krects/sec [50% alpha] Circle 159.25 12.98 Kcircles/sec [50% alpha] Bezier 146.14 3.69 Kbeziers/sec [50% alpha] Text 171.31 10.72 Kchars/sec OpenGL Graphics Test 123.24 Spinning Squares 123.24 156.34 frames/sec User Interface Test 194.38 Elements 194.38 892.12 refresh/sec Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maruchan Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 oh and also if you download xxx_Leopard_10.5.6 it has a nvinject driver included in it that will work with 9400 GT's without having to edit kext's What are the exact packages I need to select when installing XxX to get the 9400 GT working? I have an ASUS EN9400GT but when I install the package given earlier in the thread, it just freezes before launching the Login window. I'm using DVI and don't have a VGA cable to test out if VGA works, but swapping A/B doesn't work, just freezes still. My DevID is 0x064110de. I'm pulling my hair out over this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whocaresdude Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 What are the exact packages I need to select when installing XxX to get the 9400 GT working? I have an ASUS EN9400GT but when I install the package given earlier in the thread, it just freezes before launching the Login window. I'm using DVI and don't have a VGA cable to test out if VGA works, but swapping A/B doesn't work, just freezes still. My DevID is 0x064110de. I'm pulling my hair out over this You mean black screen? If so, try various settings during EFI string: DVI/VGA or DVI/DVI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maruchan Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 Yes, sometimes it's a black screen. Usually what happens is one of two things, depending on which combo of Kexts and Drivers/EFI I'm using: 1.) The Apple screen/verbose console text sits, continuing to load until eventually the screen flashes black for a split second and whatever image was on the screen prior to the black flash stays frozen. It doesn't sound as if Leopard is continuing to load. OR... 2.) The system seems to load, but again hits that black flash, and then the picture that was previously on the screen comes back for a second, then the screen goes black. I'm not positive, but it SOUNDS like the system might be loading fine in the background, there's just no picture on screen. Again, I have no VGA cable to test out the VGA connection, but I've tried the NVCAP that is given to my by dumping the BIOS using NiBiTor/NVFlash and using NVCAP Maker 1.4 in addition to trying the NVCAP for DVI/DVI in osx86Tools. This is my exact card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16814121292 I'm using XxX Final. I'm thinking about grabbing XxX Final v2 since it seems to have more nVidia drivers, but I didn't see the 9400 listed when I looked at the screengrab of included patches, which is why I asked for the exact settings. Could anyone help? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VultUx Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 Yes, sometimes it's a black screen. Usually what happens is one of two things, depending on which combo of Kexts and Drivers/EFI I'm using: 1.) The Apple screen/verbose console text sits, continuing to load until eventually the screen flashes black for a split second and whatever image was on the screen prior to the black flash stays frozen. It doesn't sound as if Leopard is continuing to load. OR... 2.) The system seems to load, but again hits that black flash, and then the picture that was previously on the screen comes back for a second, then the screen goes black. I'm not positive, but it SOUNDS like the system might be loading fine in the background, there's just no picture on screen. Again, I have no VGA cable to test out the VGA connection, but I've tried the NVCAP that is given to my by dumping the BIOS using NiBiTor/NVFlash and using NVCAP Maker 1.4 in addition to trying the NVCAP for DVI/DVI in osx86Tools. This is my exact card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16814121292 I'm using XxX Final. I'm thinking about grabbing XxX Final v2 since it seems to have more nVidia drivers, but I didn't see the 9400 listed when I looked at the screengrab of included patches, which is why I asked for the exact settings. Could anyone help? You could try without any video driver fresh install (works perfect for me) just put EFI string with uInstall (choose CUSTOM in graphic cards) and for me works if I choose VGA+DVI other combinations I have black screen too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stanza33 Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 10.5.6 update works fine with me Asus EN9400GT no drivers needed, just add the hex to boot.plist reboot with -f 9400GT: Chipset Model: 9400GT Type: Display Bus: PCIe PCIe Lane Width: x16 VRAM (Total): 512 MB Vendor: NVIDIA (0x10de) Device ID: 0x0641 Revision ID: 0x00a1 ROM Revision: 9400GT OpenGL Engine [EFI] Displays: GDM-5410: Resolution: 1280 x 1024 @ 85 Hz Depth: 32-bit Color Core Image: Hardware Accelerated Main Display: Yes Mirror: Off Online: Yes Quartz Extreme: Supported Rotation: Supported Display Connector: Status: No display connected Results 210.55 System Info Xbench Version 1.3 System Version 10.5.6 (9G55) Physical RAM 6144 MB Model MacPro3,1 Drive Type WDC WD10EAVS-00D7B1 CPU Test 171.84 GCD Loop 278.63 14.69 Mops/sec Floating Point Basic 162.64 3.86 Gflop/sec vecLib FFT 107.71 3.55 Gflop/sec Floating Point Library 234.98 40.92 Mops/sec Thread Test 783.24 Computation 846.50 17.15 Mops/sec, 4 threads Lock Contention 728.77 31.35 Mlocks/sec, 4 threads Memory Test 355.76 System 318.98 Allocate 274.32 1.01 Malloc/sec Fill 353.54 17189.74 MB/sec Copy 341.17 7046.77 MB/sec Stream 402.14 Copy 434.95 8983.78 MB/sec Scale 383.10 7914.71 MB/sec Add 416.36 8869.40 MB/sec Triad 379.40 8116.37 MB/sec Quartz Graphics Test 284.06 Line 229.41 15.27 Klines/sec [50% alpha] Rectangle 297.81 88.91 Krects/sec [50% alpha] Circle 243.19 19.82 Kcircles/sec [50% alpha] Bezier 227.14 5.73 Kbeziers/sec [50% alpha] Text 729.62 45.64 Kchars/sec OpenGL Graphics Test 218.21 Spinning Squares 218.21 276.81 frames/sec User Interface Test 474.48 Elements 474.48 2.18 Krefresh/sec Disk Test 76.16 Sequential 116.06 Uncached Write 87.85 53.94 MB/sec [4K blocks] Uncached Write 149.46 84.57 MB/sec [256K blocks] Uncached Read 92.48 27.06 MB/sec [4K blocks] Uncached Read 179.28 90.10 MB/sec [256K blocks] Random 56.68 Uncached Write 22.56 2.39 MB/sec [4K blocks] Uncached Write 149.96 48.01 MB/sec [256K blocks] Uncached Read 78.72 0.56 MB/sec [4K blocks] Uncached Read 145.47 26.99 MB/sec [256K blocks] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XpcmacfanX Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 Got it fully working. All Supported. whocaresdude, Which driver did you use if you dont mind I'm asking "again" ? There are several drivers/links from this thread, so I'm a little confused of what/which one to use? And what your EFI string looks like? I've the same MSI Geforce 9400 GT 512MB Low Profile is on the way, I'll get here tomorrow. Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maruchan Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 @ Stanza33: Could you please post your hex string along with which distro you are using? Does your Asus 9400 GT have VGA/HDMI/DVI? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stanza33 Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 @ Stanza33: Could you please post your hex string along with which distro you are using? Does your Asus 9400 GT have VGA/HDMI/DVI? Will do, at work at moment........card has triple output DVI + HDMI and VGA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
braveskunk Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 Will do, at work at moment........card has triple output DVI + HDMI and VGA these are mine strings, i have gainward 9400gt silent 1b dvi,vga,hdmi: 6c0200000100000001000000600200000d00000002010c00d041030a000000000101060000010101 60000007fff04000e0000004e00560050004d0000002000000001000000000000000000000000000 00000000000000000000000000220000005600520041004d002c0074006f00740061006c00730069 07a006500000008000000000000401c0000006400650076006900630065005f00740079007000650 00000f0000004e5644412c506172656e740e0000006e0061006d00650000000b000000646973706c 17922000000400030002c006400650076006900630065005f00740079007000650000000b0000006 6973706c617922000000400031002c006400650076006900630065005f0074007900700065000000 b000000646973706c6179100000006d006f00640065006c0000001a0000006e56696469612047654 6f726365203934303020475420000000400031002c0063006f006d00700061007400690062006c00 50000000e0000004e5644412c4e564d616314000000400030002c006e0061006d006500000012000 004e5644412c446973706c61792d4114000000400031002c006e0061006d0065000000120000004e 644412c446973706c61792d4220000000400030002c0063006f006d00700061007400690062006c0 650000000e0000004e5644412c4e564d6163100000004e0056004300410050000000180000000400 000000003000400000000000007000000001e00000072006f006d002d00720065007600690073006 006f006e0000002e0000006e5669646961204765466f7263652039343030204754204f70656e474c 0456e67696e65205b4546495d i tried stock vanilla kext and they worked, tried kexts from this thread- works great too, but in both cases i don't have shutdown... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whocaresdude Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 whocaresdude, Which driver did you use if you dont mind I'm asking "again" ? There are several drivers/links from this thread, so I'm a little confused of what/which one to use? And what your EFI string looks like? I've the same MSI Geforce 9400 GT 512MB Low Profile is on the way, I'll get here tomorrow. Thanks in advance. I used http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php...mp;#entry936418 v2. For EFI string, I could post it, but I really suggest you to try it yourself, so that you gain the experience in EFI STUDIO. I used "nVidia GeForce 9400 GT" and DVI/VGA. (First, install drivers, but donot restart ) Reply to this post when it works Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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