Olda Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 Hi guys, as you can see on the picture, my mobility radeon is fully supported in 10.6.6(QE/CI). 1. Install 10.6.6 - do not reboot 2. Install chameleon bootlooder 3. Replace the boot file 4. Create the Extra folder 5. Use ati rom into the Extra folder 6. Use com.apple.Boot.plist into the Extra folder Restart the computer and your graphics acceleration should be working. Ati framebuffer in boot file was changed to Nomascus - fb for mobility cards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fb2003 Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 Hi Olda, This is very good news, I also have a laptop with the 5870 mobility in it... been dying to get it to work. What resolution do you get? Does your laptop screen display correctly? Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pavol.tomik Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 Hi guys, as you can see on the picture, my mobility radeon is fully supported in 10.6.6(QE/CI). 1. Install 10.6.6 - do not reboot 2. Install chameleon bootlooder 3. Replace the boot file 4. Create the Extra folder 5. Use ati rom into the Extra folder 6. Use com.apple.Boot.plist into the Extra folder Restart the computer and your graphics acceleration should be working. Ati framebuffer in boot file was changed to Nomascus - fb for mobility cards. Hi, great news!!! Can you be please more specific in this? Can you tell us exactly which files you use (ati rom, repalce boot file?, what is in your com.apple.boot.list)? Thank you PT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olda Posted March 2, 2011 Author Share Posted March 2, 2011 Hi Olda, This is very good news, I also have a laptop with the 5870 mobility in it... been dying to get it to work. What resolution do you get? Does your laptop screen display correctly? Cheers Hi, the resolution which I am using is 1920x1080, everythink is working correctly without problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redspike Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 Congrats on getting your 5870 working. Hopefully this is just the beginning of ati mobility's being used properly in OSX. Pavol I think the ati rom he is on about is a dump of his video card, which you can get using Dong's code from his now defunct framebuffer project on google project. Also when he talks about replacing the boot file I believe this is to do with the experimenting that is going on with respect to changing the framebuffer for ATI cards. Have a look in the graphics section of the hardware pages for more info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pavol.tomik Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 Hi Olda, can you please post your boot file please. I have Asus G73jh with Ati Mobility Radeon HD5870 (1600x900). I tried about 5 boot files with no luck. All I got is spinning wheel or only 1024x768. So I want to try your boot file with my Radeon. Thank you PT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olda Posted March 3, 2011 Author Share Posted March 3, 2011 Congrats on getting your 5870 working. Hopefully this is just the beginning of ati mobility's being used properly in OSX. Pavol I think the ati rom he is on about is a dump of his video card, which you can get using Dong's code from his now defunct framebuffer project on google project. Also when he talks about replacing the boot file I believe this is to do with the experimenting that is going on with respect to changing the framebuffer for ATI cards. Have a look in the graphics section of the hardware pages for more info. Hi guys, download the files from link below. http://www.mediafire.com/?qpev3oov7icafk3 There is modified boot file - the framebuffer for mobility card was changed to right one(Nomascus). Also, there is atirom for mobility hd5870, device ID 68a0. Follow the instruction above and your card will be working. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olda Posted March 3, 2011 Author Share Posted March 3, 2011 Hi Olda,can you please post your boot file please. I have Asus G73jh with Ati Mobility Radeon HD5870 (1600x900). I tried about 5 boot files with no luck. All I got is spinning wheel or only 1024x768. So I want to try your boot file with my Radeon. Thank you PT This boot file is correct one boot.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pavol.tomik Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 Hi Olda, thank you. I will try it and let you know. P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pavol.tomik Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 Hi all, I need to inform you that "Olda" is my GOD from NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can confirm that this is WORKING!!!!! for ATI MOBILITY RADEON HD5870 on my Asus G73jh. Full resolution with QE/CI Olda thank you very very very much Regards Pavol Tomik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olda Posted March 3, 2011 Author Share Posted March 3, 2011 Hi all, I need to inform you that "Olda" is my GOD from NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can confirm that this is WORKING!!!!! for ATI MOBILITY RADEON HD5870 on my Asus G73jh. Full resolution with QE/CI Olda thank you very very very much Regards Pavol Tomik Není zač Pavol, rádo se stalo. Myslím,že mi rozumíš v mateřském jazyce. Olda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtremekite Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 I can confirm also, works on ASUS G73JH, full resolution with hardware acceleration, thanx. Wroks both internal display and external HDMI, just VGA doesn't work here. Thank so much again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olda Posted March 3, 2011 Author Share Posted March 3, 2011 I can confirm also, works on ASUS G73JH, full resolution with hardware acceleration, thanx. Wroks both internal display and external HDMI, just VGA doesn't work here. Thank so much again. Thanks both guys for confirmation. So the method is working on MSI GX660 and Asus G73JH. I think that will be working also for another series of HD5xxx - need to use the correct atirom file. Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fb2003 Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 Olda is our Hero This is insanely good news ! I normally follow fool proof tutorials for my desktop installs Who is up for a quick step by step tutorial for this 5870 mobility laptop install? eg. Can i use [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] for this laptop OSX install? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pavol.tomik Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 Olda, jasna vec, ze rozumiem Si u mna ale proste borec P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cre8r Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 Great news! Gonna try this method with Mobility 5850 on my MSI GX640. Also i think that this topic's place is at ATI forum, quite a few people are trying to get their laptop cards working and they may not be aware of your success. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cre8r Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 Confirming that Mobility 5850 card works with internal display on my laptop (MSI GX640) with native resolution and QE/CI. Haven't tested VGA and HDMI ports though. Great job, Olda! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohmehgawd Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 should I try this on my mobility 4670? Maybe I do need another framebuffer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leo90 Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 I'll hope it will usefull also for mob 4570 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hjs89 Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 I'll hope it will usefull also for mob 4570 Look here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredzed Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 anyone have success on other ATI Mobility 5xxx cards with this method? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atlee Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 5650m i'm using 10.7 kexts, I can only get full resolution, still haven't chosen the right FB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruddy Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 Thanks both guys for confirmation. So the method is working on MSI GX660 and Asus G73JH. I think that will be working also for another series of HD5xxx - need to use the correct atirom file.Good luck! Olda are you using the MSI GX660? is it the MSI GX660-260US? Im shopping for a laptop and had my eyes on this one... thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
checcco Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 Hi guys, download the files from link below. http://www.mediafire.com/?qpev3oov7icafk3 There is modified boot file - the framebuffer for mobility card was changed to right one(Nomascus). Also, there is atirom for mobility hd5870, device ID 68a0. Follow the instruction above and your card will be working. Is this boot specific to 5870 or can it be used with other mobility too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fb2003 Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 Hi guys, as you can see on the picture, my mobility radeon is fully supported in 10.6.6(QE/CI). 1. Install 10.6.6 - do not reboot 2. Install chameleon bootlooder 3. Replace the boot file 4. Create the Extra folder 5. Use ati rom into the Extra folder 6. Use com.apple.Boot.plist into the Extra folder Restart the computer and your graphics acceleration should be working. Ati framebuffer in boot file was changed to Nomascus - fb for mobility cards. I have a Clevo W870CU laptop with i7 / Intel PM55 chipset / HD 5870 mobility card I did exactly what Olda written above. (I used the boot file form last post) But after restart my laptop doesnt boot anymore. Does the Extra folder need to contain more files than only the ati rom + com.apple.Boot.plist. For instance there is also a Extensions.mkext file in olda's zip file, which I haven't copied in. Should I install more kexts...? Like FakeSMC etc. ? Please help me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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