shenor Posted September 9, 2010 Share Posted September 9, 2010 Nvidia release new driver for gtx 285 and quadro.But I couldn't install. http://www.nvidia.com/object/quadro-macosx...a23-driver.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayang-NT Posted September 11, 2010 Share Posted September 11, 2010 me to .... appear this message when running the newer installer ( 256.00.05a23 ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DariosF Posted September 11, 2010 Share Posted September 11, 2010 me to .... appear this message when running the newer installer ( 256.00.05a23 ) i've put in my smbios.plist mac pro 5,1 and i'm able to install this package, but after, when i reboot, my screen is full of artifacts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayang-NT Posted September 11, 2010 Share Posted September 11, 2010 i've put in my smbios.plist mac pro 5,1 and i'm able to install this package, but after, when i reboot, my screen is full of artifacts. I can use the new driver in Snow Leopard 10.6.5 64bit using Pacifist and extract the Package then run them manually (there are Display Driver.pkg, Open GL.pkg and Video Driver.pkg) …. repair permission and restart …. but the same methode can't run in my Snow Leopard Server 10.6.4 64bit …. the system can't reach desktop…just blue screen ….. I think this new driver only for 10.6.5 and newer …. or i miss something … Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gringo Vermelho Posted September 12, 2010 Share Posted September 12, 2010 when i reboot, my screen is full of artifacts. Do you mean like this (My main monitor and my SDTV looked like this after installing the drivers): Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DariosF Posted September 12, 2010 Share Posted September 12, 2010 Do you mean like this (My main monitor and my SDTV looked like this after installing the drivers): yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gringo Vermelho Posted September 12, 2010 Share Posted September 12, 2010 I installed the drivers by editing the .dist file in text edit, my video card is a 9800 GTX+, device ID 0612. Rebooted and it looked like that. Everything seemed to work though. I could boot from my 10.6.3 install DVD and delete the drivers from Terminal. Then I rebooted with GraphicsEnabler=n, installed the 19.5.9f02 drivers and all is back to normal. I'm running vanilla 10.6.4, as far as I know I don't have anything interfering with graphics except the injection of course. If anybody knows how to get the drivers to work without everything looking like gigantic scary 70's quilt patchwork please share. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirasir Posted September 12, 2010 Share Posted September 12, 2010 A new option NVCLASS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gringo Vermelho Posted September 12, 2010 Share Posted September 12, 2010 What, where? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirasir Posted September 12, 2010 Share Posted September 12, 2010 What, where? on 10.6.5 works without problems. Do not rush. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syn909 Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 Do you mean like this (My main monitor and my SDTV looked like this after installing the drivers): I also experienced the same problem! Fix was to reinstall 10.6 Graphics update: http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1083 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gringo Vermelho Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 on 10.6.5 works without problems. Thanks but that doesn't help - several people have these drivers working fine on 10.6.4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shijan Posted September 15, 2010 Share Posted September 15, 2010 install new drivers on 10.6.4 and have the same atari style issue on quadro fx 3700 (chameleon rc5, FakeSMC, card with gfx strings) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syn909 Posted September 15, 2010 Share Posted September 15, 2010 install new drivers on 10.6.4 and have the same atari style issue on quadro fx 3700 (chameleon rc5, FakeSMC, card with gfx strings) Fix is to reinstall this update: http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1083 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaymz60 Posted September 15, 2010 Share Posted September 15, 2010 I have the drivers working with 10.5 beta and video id added to apple graphic power management kext faster open gl in Xbench. posted in graphic update first should of put here . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imk Posted September 17, 2010 Share Posted September 17, 2010 Which driver is actually newer? 19.5.9f02 is GPU driver version 1.6.18.18, while 256.00.05a23 is version 1.3.4.0. The numbers don't quite match up at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayang-NT Posted September 17, 2010 Share Posted September 17, 2010 Which driver is actually newer? 19.5.9f02 is GPU driver version 1.6.18.18, while 256.00.05a23 is version 1.3.4.0. The numbers don't quite match up at all. here's mine in Server 10.6.4 64bits and here's in SL 10.6.5 64bits dunno why nVidia use the lower numbers while kexts version are newer than 19.5.9f02 ..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayang-NT Posted September 24, 2010 Share Posted September 24, 2010 Thanks but that doesn't help - several people have these drivers working fine on 10.6.4. can't use this driver in my Snow Leo / Snow Leo Server 10.6.4 .... just brought color blocks all over screen .... I just run the packages inside and the new driver fit in my Snow Leopard Server 10.6.5 build 10H542 in 64bits mode ..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gringo Vermelho Posted September 24, 2010 Share Posted September 24, 2010 Well it seemed that way from reading the thread. Anyway why would nvidia release a set of drivers that only work on 10.6.5, which has not been released yet? That doesn't make sense. EDIT Well I guess it would work on 10.6.4 on a real MacPro5,1 (or whatever the required model is for installing the drivers without modifying them). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tasskado Posted September 25, 2010 Share Posted September 25, 2010 any issues how to install nvidia drivers on 10.6.4 without getting pixuel hell on desktop? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexandros7 Posted September 27, 2010 Share Posted September 27, 2010 so it is not safe to install latest 256 nvidia driver? I have 9800gt thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shijan Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 as you see - it is not not safe on 10.6.4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imk Posted October 5, 2010 Share Posted October 5, 2010 I could not successfully get 256.00.05a23 working in 10.6.4. After installation I rebooted and it started with the blocky display you see in other screenshots in this thread. Someone had mentioned reinstalling the Snow Leopard Graphics Update after installation of the newer video drivers, so I tried that and had even less success. Now when I boot, as soon as it goes to display the login window, the computer simply restarts. I've since put 19.5.9f02 back on and all is well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
savestheday Posted October 10, 2010 Share Posted October 10, 2010 So I ran these on my box with the GTX 260 in it. First reboot, it was fine. Launched Left 4 Dead 2 and all kinds of artifacts. On subsequent reboots, I can't get it to boot. Getting the error: Using PCI-Root UID Value: 1 This is with Chameleon RC5 (latest build). If I roll back to PC EFI 10.6 I'm able to get past that but the desktop is black. I can VNC to it from my other hack. How do I remove these drivers and roll back to vanilla drivers? Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gringo Vermelho Posted October 13, 2010 Share Posted October 13, 2010 If you got stuck in Legoland mode with the new drivers, do what I did: http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php...t&p=1547074 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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