10.6.8 + GTX480 + GT220

[rsilves]

Hi. I'm trying to get my system to work right with 10.6.8

 

P5W DH Deluxe + Q6600 + 8GB RAM

EVGA GTX480 1.5GB

EVGA GT220 1GB

 

I am able to run both cards on 10.6.5 with an EFI string I created following these instructions and some from here.

CUDA and OpenCL work.

 

10.6.8 boots with both cards separately with no problem. When I plug both (I needed to add AppleACPIPlatform.kext + IOPCIFamily.kext from 10.6.7, both downloaded from here to avoid the PCI config begin bug) and use the string, something weird happens: System recognizes both but only the one in the lower PCIe slot outputs image.

And when I run Davinci Resolve 8 (the software I need to run with 2 CUDA GPUs and 10.6.8) system starts to freeze (mouse lag, etc) until I get a KP related to IOPCIFamily, NVDAResman and some other video-related kexts. (Will post it soon)

 

Now I noticed the IOPCIFamily.kext I downloaded from that site is version 2.6 and there's another one I tried earlier that is 2.6.5. Will try that and tell you.

[EDIT] 2.6.5 causes PCI configuration begin.

 

This is the first time I create an EFI string and I think the problems might be related to that (although it works OK with 10.6.5....).

This is my in.plist:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x3,0x0)/Pci(0x0,0x0)</key>
<dict>
	<key>@0,AAPL,boot-display</key>
	<string></string>
	<key>@0,can-hot-plug</key>
	<string></string>
	<key>@0,compatible</key>
	<string>NVDA,NVMac</string>
	<key>@0,device_type</key>
	<string>display</string>
	<key>@0,name</key>
	<string>NVDA,Display-A</string>
	<key>@1,can-hot-plug</key>
	<string></string>
	<key>@1,compatible</key>
	<string>NVDA,NVMac</string>
	<key>@1,device_type</key>
	<string>display</string>
	<key>@1,name</key>
	<string>NVDA,Display-B</string>
	<key>AAPL,aux-power-connected</key>
	<string>0x00000001</string>
	<key>AAPL,backlight-control</key>
	<string>0x00000000</string>
	<key>AAPL,gart-width</key>
	<integer>64</integer>
	<key>AAPL00,blackscreen-preferences</key>
	<string>0x00000000</string>
	<key>AAPL01,blackscreen-preferences</key>
	<string>0x00000000</string>
	<key>IONVRAMProperty</key>
	<true/>
	<key>NVCAP</key>
	<data>
	BAAAAAAAAwAcAAAAAAAACgAAAAA=
	</data>
	<key>NVDA,Features</key>
	<string>0x108006ff</string>
	<key>NVPM</key>
	<data>
	AQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA==
	</data>
	<key>VRAM,totalsize</key>
	<string>0x40000000</string>
	<key>device_type</key>
	<string>NVDA,GeForce</string>
	<key>model</key>
	<string>1. NVIDIA GeForce GT 220</string>
	<key>rm_board_number</key>
	<data>
	AAAAAA==
	</data>
	<key>rm_multiboard_capable</key>
	<data>
	AQAAAA==
	</data>
	<key>rom-revision</key>
	<string>70.00.35.00.70</string>
	<key>subsystem-id</key>
	<string>0x00001080</string>
</dict>
<key>PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1,0x0)/Pci(0x0,0x0)</key>
<dict>
	<key>@0,can-hot-plug</key>
	<string></string>
	<key>@0,compatible</key>
	<string>NVDA,NVMac</string>
	<key>@0,device_type</key>
	<string>display</string>
	<key>@0,name</key>
	<string>NVDA,Display-A</string>
	<key>@1,can-hot-plug</key>
	<string></string>
	<key>@1,compatible</key>
	<string>NVDA,NVMac</string>
	<key>@1,device_type</key>
	<string>display</string>
	<key>@1,name</key>
	<string>NVDA,Display-B</string>
	<key>AAPL,aux-power-connected</key>
	<string>0x00000001</string>
	<key>AAPL,gart-width</key>
	<integer>64</integer>
	<key>AAPL,backlight-control</key>
	<string>0x00000000</string>
	<key>AAPL00,blackscreen-preferences</key>
	<string>0x00000000</string>
	<key>AAPL01,blackscreen-preferences</key>
	<string>0x00000000</string>
	<key>NVCAP</key>
	<data>BAAAAAAAAwAcAAAAAAAACgAAAAA=</data>
	<key>NVPM</key>
	<data>AQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA==</data>
	<key>NVDA,Features</key>
	<string>0x108006ff</string>
	<key>IONVRAMProperty</key>
	<false/>
	<key>VRAM,totalsize</key>
	<string>0x60000000</string>
	<key>device_type</key>
	<string>NVDA,GeForce</string>
	<key>model</key>
	<string>2. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480</string>
	<key>rm_board_number</key>
	<data>AQAAAA==</data>
	<key>rm_multiboard_capable</key>
	<data>AQAAAA==</data>
	<key>rom-revision</key>
	<string>0x34333433</string>
	<key>subsystem-id</key>
	<string>0x00001080</string>
</dict>
</dict>
</plist>

 

Meanwhile, any other recommendations or notices will be appreciated.

 

Thanks,

Rodrigo.

 

Just in case, I don't care a lot about the performance (8x PCIe, GT220 "is {censored}", etc. I need it to work).