derrick.bowles Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 here are the system specs: Gigabyte EP45-UD3L Intel Core2Quad Q6600 4GB Ram Nvidia 9500GT 512MB I got Lion to install smoothly on this graphics card. I used Kakewalk because it said that my ATI card was supported. I could never get it to recognize the ATI card during install. It would hang at some point during the installation no matter what I tried. So, I now have a fully working Lion install, but I would prefer to switch over to my ATI card. This Nvidia card was bought for super-cheap so I could do a little testing with OS X, but I never intended to use it full time. My ATI card is my preferred card. The Nvidia card is currently using an EFI string to enable all features. Can anyone give me a next step to get my ATI card installed and working? My assumption is that I'll need to delete the EFI string, install something for the ATI card, and maybe get rid of Kakewalk? The truth is that I had never used Kakewalk before this, and I don't know if it is the best bootloader for me to be using. Any help is greatly appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonfilio Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 Fingers crossed, should be fairly simple. Do these all in 1 session (i.e., don't reboot/shutdown until everything is done). Keep your 9500GT installed. add <key>GraphicsEnabler</key> <string>Yes</string> and remove your EFI-id in /Extra/...boot.plist -then- download Zeus http://www.groths.org/?page_id=108 click Driver tab. choose ATI 4000 series, select Lion 10.7.1 click Download if you get an error for whatever reason, just run the QECI_1071.pkg file manually Once all of this is done, shutdown and swap cards. When you boot, do a -v for a bit, make sure you don't see any errors. -- If you start up in 1024x768, double check your boot.plist for GraphicsEnabler=Yes If you get a kernel panic or a freeze, boot in -x until you get things sorted out If none of this works, download/install Chimera 1.5.4 and use this as your boot loader rather than kakewalk. Keep the above steps (GE=Yes, QECIpkg installed) EP45-UD3P w/ 4890 (formerly 9800GT) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ytrox Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 don't change the card! your pc may become extremely instable and it can explode across the wall. specially on ati cards. it's widely known, I ask me why you place a similar question..... use google! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derrick.bowles Posted October 8, 2011 Author Share Posted October 8, 2011 beautiful. it worked like a charm. i can't thank you enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ytrox Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 p.s. you shouldn't need qe/ci exotic patch, cause your card works OOT. or maybe you have only to add your id to ATI4800controller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TH3L4UGH1NGM4N Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 My 4850 didn't work OOTB had to use the package to get QE/CI working and finally with dual monitors. GB crashes because of using the default FB which I'm not sure is the case for you guys but I can manually specify a working FB using aty_init when I need to run GB. btw I don't use GE=yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimeShift Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 I have a AMD Radeon HD4850 512MB. I just needed to install LegacyATI4800Controller.kext and add "GraphicsEnabler=Yes" on org.chameleon.boot.plist. Works great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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