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10 easy steps to enable resolution change / refresh rate / QE / CI / OpenCL / OpenGL on your HD 4650 Device Id 0x9498 1002 under 10.6.2

 

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1. Remove the ATIRadeonX2000 and ATI4600Controller kexts and replace them with these

 

2. Use Kext Helper to install them

 

3. Then install pfix, Thx Conti :)

 

4. When its done, open terminal.app and at the prompt type in

 

sudo pfix

 

5. Select the root of your OS X partition.

 

6. Wait for it to complete.

 

7. Next type in

 

nano /Extra/com.apple.Boot.plist

 

Note: If you do not have an /Extra folder then your boot plist is located in

 

/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist

 

 

8. Add this key and string to your com.apple.Boot.plist if it's not already in there

 

	<key>GraphicsEnabler</key>
<string>y</string>

 

9. Now type in

 

Ctrl+x
y

 

10. Now hit enter.

 

Thats it your done, reboot and enjoy :)

 

JaS

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is this method working for mobility 4650 ?

 

No it wont sory. It's only for the device id listed.

 

hello,

 

thanks for this tutorial, but is this method secure?

 

If by secure you mean will it work, then yes. As long as you follow the instructions ;)

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Does it matter if the card has HDMI or not ?

I ask because i read that ATI 48xx cards with DVI+HDMI insted of Dual DVI only make much more problems to get working .

Thanks

 

There are other solutions for the 48xx series, i.e you dvi to the display then attach a DVI2VGA dongle to the second port. If you only have DVI + HDMI try the dvi to the display and then a HDMI2DVI Dongle, this advice comes from netkas.

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well i followed above instruction and it didnt work for me..

 

 

Chipset Model: ATI Radeon 4600 Series

Type: GPU

Bus: PCIe

Slot: Slot-1

PCIe Lane Width: x16

VRAM (Total): 256 MB

Vendor: ATI (0x1002)

Device ID: 0x9498

Revision ID: 0x0000

ROM Revision: 113-B7710C-176

EFI Driver Version: 01.00.318

Displays:

Display:

Resolution: 1024 x 768

Pixel Depth: 32-Bit Color (ARGB8888)

Main Display: Yes

Mirror: Off

Online: Yes

Display Connector:

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Great post. Thank you, I was going crazy with getting my card working right. This did the trick. I am going to write a short guide on my install and will link to your article (and give you kudos). Much appreciated!

 

*plus, confirmed QE/CI working!!! Woohoo!

 

One question though, when you get a black screen due to problems with the kext, what can you do? restarting with the -x flag could not get to boot.

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Hey i get a kernel panic when i add the kexts

 

My Specs:

 

Acer Aspire M3201

 

AMD Phenom X3 8650 2.3 GHz with ATI Radeon HD 4650

 

Distro Snow Leopard 10.6.1-10.6.2 Intel AMD made by Hazard with Mobdin Kernel. :)

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Same here. Works with the VGA port but not DVI... ugh. Can anyone help with allowing the 4650 work with the DVI?

 

Thank you JaS.

It works!

From VGA port.

 

10.6.2 by Hazard

Chameleon RC4 + PC-EFI 10.5

Sapphire ATI 4650 512Mb

 

Can I do something to make it work from DVI?

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Hello!

 

I've apply these kext to my 10.6.3 and finaly it loads normaly not in safe mode.

But strange in my About This Mac -> Graphics/Displays still not valid 4650 record:

 

Type: GPU

Bus: PCIe

PCIe Lane Width: x16

VRAM (Total): 256 MB

Vendor: ATI (0x1002)

Device ID: 0x9442

Revision ID: 0x0000

Kernel Extension Info: No Kext Loaded

Displays:

Display:

Resolution: 1280 x 1024

Pixel Depth: 32-Bit Color (ARGB8888)

Main Display: Yes

Mirror: Off

Online: Yes

 

And I had tried to use kextutil on those two kext and got such results:

 

 

bash-3.2# kextutil /System/Library/Extensions/ATIRadeonX2000.kext

Warnings:

The booter does not recognize symbolic links; confirm these files/directories aren't needed for startup:

/System/Library/Extensions/ATIRadeonX2000.kext/Contents/CodeDirectory

/System/Library/Extensions/ATIRadeonX2000.kext/Contents/CodeRequirements

/System/Library/Extensions/ATIRadeonX2000.kext/Contents/CodeResources

/System/Library/Extensions/ATIRadeonX2000.kext/Contents/CodeSignature

 

bash-3.2# kextutil /System/Library/Extensions/ATI4600Controller.kext

/System/Library/Extensions/ATI4600Controller.kext - no compatible dependency found for com.apple.kext.ATISupport.

/System/Library/Extensions/ATI4600Controller.kext - no compatible dependency found for com.apple.kext.ATISupport.

/System/Library/Extensions/ATI4600Controller.kext - no compatible dependency found for com.apple.kext.ATISupport.

/System/Library/Extensions/ATI4600Controller.kext has problems:

Warnings:

The booter does not recognize symbolic links; confirm these files/directories aren't needed for startup:

/System/Library/Extensions/ATI4600Controller.kext/Contents/CodeDirectory

/System/Library/Extensions/ATI4600Controller.kext/Contents/CodeRequirements

/System/Library/Extensions/ATI4600Controller.kext/Contents/CodeResources

/System/Library/Extensions/ATI4600Controller.kext/Contents/CodeSignature

 

Dependency Resolution Failures:

Only incompatible kexts found for these libraries:

com.apple.kext.ATISupport

 

 

Maybe I should install some more kexts to full support 4650 in my system? I use Chameleon 2.0 RC4_V3 and boot file from Netkas (http://files.netkas.org/10.6.2/boot.bz2).

 

Thank you.

Sorry about my broken english.

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10 easy steps to enable resolution change / refresh rate / QE / CI / OpenCL / OpenGL on your HD 4650 Device Id 0x9498 1002 under 10.6.2

 

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1. Remove the ATIRadeonX2000 and ATI4600Controller kexts and replace them with these

 

2. Use Kext Helper to install them

 

3. Then install pfix, Thx Conti :)

 

4. When its done, open terminal.app and at the prompt type in

 

sudo pfix

 

5. Select the root of your OS X partition.

 

6. Wait for it to complete.

 

7. Next type in

 

nano /Extra/com.apple.Boot.plist

 

Note: If you do not have an /Extra folder then your boot plist is located in

 

/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist

 

 

8. Add this key and string to your com.apple.Boot.plist if it's not already in there

 

	<key>GraphicsEnabler</key>
 <string>y</string>

 

9. Now type in

 

Ctrl+x
y

 

10. Now hit enter.

 

Thats it your done, reboot and enjoy :)

 

JaS

 

I have got all the resolutions by using RadeonHD.kext. I just want to enable QE/CI for my ATI HD Radeon 4570. will this method work for my card or this is only specific for 4650?

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I have been trying for a couple of weeks now to get my Sapphire Radeon HD4650 to work, but I've been having quite a bit of trouble. I now have it working through DVI, but I need to use a DVI to VGA adapter, otherwise I just get a black screen. I have quite of few resolutions to choose from, instead of the stock VESA 1024x768. Is there any way to know if QE/CI is working, since it does not say whether it is activated or not is system profiler.

 

Has anybody managed to get this card working through the DVI output without the need of an DVI to VGA adapter?

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first off thanks for the tut dude ;)

 

i tryed to use ur tut but got a panic after reboot i can only boot with -x -v -x32 now, im not saying that its an error on ur part :(

 

Panics: cpu 0 and backtrace

 

anyway im back in SL and its showing up as:

 

ATI Radeon HD 4890

 

Chipset Model: ATI Radeon HD 4890

Type: GPU

Bus: PCIe

Slot: Slot-1

PCIe Lane Width: x16

VRAM (Total): 256 MB

Vendor: ATI (0x1002)

Device ID: 0x9498

Revision ID: 0x0000

ROM Revision: 113-B7710C-176

EFI Driver Version: 01.00.318

Displays:

Display:

Resolution: 1024 x 768

Pixel Depth: 32-Bit Color (ARGB8888)

Main Display: Yes

Mirror: Off

Online: Yes

Display Connector:

 

im a noob at this so if anyone can help please!

 

 

 

HIS Radeon hd4650 512

p5q pro

q9550 quad 2.83

hazard 10.6.2

 

thanks in advance!

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Mate,

 

Even i get same things my card is ATI 4650 1g card tried many ways but not success.. so i switched back to Leoaprd with my old card ati 2400 .. till today no solution ...

 

 

 

first off thanks for the tut dude :unsure:

 

i tryed to use ur tut but got a panic after reboot i can only boot with -x -v -x32 now, im not saying that its an error on ur part ;)

 

Panics: cpu 0 and backtrace

 

anyway im back in SL and its showing up as:

 

ATI Radeon HD 4890

 

Chipset Model: ATI Radeon HD 4890

Type: GPU

Bus: PCIe

Slot: Slot-1

PCIe Lane Width: x16

VRAM (Total): 256 MB

Vendor: ATI (0x1002)

Device ID: 0x9498

Revision ID: 0x0000

ROM Revision: 113-B7710C-176

EFI Driver Version: 01.00.318

Displays:

Display:

Resolution: 1024 x 768

Pixel Depth: 32-Bit Color (ARGB8888)

Main Display: Yes

Mirror: Off

Online: Yes

Display Connector:

 

im a noob at this so if anyone can help please!

 

 

 

HIS Radeon hd4650 512

p5q pro

q9550 quad 2.83

hazard 10.6.2

 

thanks in advance!

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Mate,

 

Even i get same things my card is ATI 4650 1g card tried many ways but not success.. so i switched back to Leoaprd with my old card ati 2400 .. till today no solution ...

 

ok iv now got my HIS HD4650 512 working with QE and full res but im only able to get mirror mode rather then dual

its just not showing in my system at all??

 

iv used Hazards 10.6.2 install with Graphics=yes and netkas 46xx kexts

another thing i cant get 64bit to work, its still in 32bit mode?

 

all i need now is dual to be working and ill he a very happy bunny indeed!

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Is there any news about the HD4650 with 10.6.3? :wacko:

So, I've been busy getting my Radeon HD 4650 512MB (Club3D) to work in 10.6.3 and I think it works fine now.

 

First off, I'm using PC EFI 10.5 with GraphicsEnabler=Yes, I don't think my card works with PC EFI 10.6. I am also using a VGA monitor, I don't know if DVI works.

 

Added my device ID (0x94981002) to ATIRadeonX2000.kext from 10.6.3, replaced the following 10.6.3 kexts with those from 10.6.2:

 

- ATI4600Controller.kext (already had my device ID)

- ATIFramebuffer.kext

- ATISupport.kext

 

Ran pfix and rebooted. Res Change/QE/CI works, played UT2004 for a while and I had no problems with that.

 

Maybe this can help someone. :)

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