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After the 10.7.2 update, I cant seem to get my graphics card to work correctly. I seem to get the same results regardless of the configuration. The boot loader loads everything correctly, the apple with the spinning circle disappears, my mouse shows up on the grey background, then spinning circle comes back. It goes between the mouse being visible and the spinning circle for about a minute. Then my login screen comes up. The resolution is 1280x1024. QE/CL is not enabled.

 

Like I said, I get the same results above even with different configurations, the only thing that changes is the system profiler.

 

 

Device string in com.apple.boot.plist - correct graphics card info in system profiler

NVEnabler - correct graphics card info in system profiler

DSDT Injection - graphics card info appears under "PCI cards" in system profiler

Nothing Changed - Able to tell its a Nvidia card but nothing else in system profiler

 

-I tried all of the previous setting with and without GraphicsEnabler=yes

 

 

At this point I am stuck, any help is greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks,

Matt

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So I have continued working without much progress. I tried installing a GTX460 card into the machine. THe results are the exact same as the 260. I think the disappearing and reappearing spinning circle during bootup is somehow related because I have never seen it before.

 

Another note: In the system profiler my graphics card is displayed correctly, but my display isn't. Its resolution is 1280x1024 and it's name is "spdisplays_display". I seem to recall it having the correct name "Acer P244w" when it worked correctly.

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this is odd :wacko:

 

NVEnabler - correct graphics card info in system profiler

there's no need for, i have a 260 GTX and using only GraphicsEnabler=yes in org.chameleon.Boot.plist.

 

try with newer Chameleon Version Chameleon 2.1 r1627vs ! register for Download.

 

my org.chameleon.Boot.plist ! for comparison.

 

:blink: no guarantee :angel:

 

good luck :blink:

 

CooSee ' Ya

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nitiz92
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i had gone through similar issue once and thats what works. (the cache is holding on to old stuff while updates has new.

 

im glad it was that easy.

 

Hi LatinMcG! I just installed iATKOS 10.7.2 L2 choosing the various kext based on my hardware configuration .. in a first installation, for my gtx 260 I used only the Graphic Enabler but I start a screen appeared with all dots (you can not see anything!) .. so I promptly made ​a second installation, but choose the NVEnabler64, but the result was the same .. The vga is not recognized, QE / CI are not enabled, The resolution is fixed at 1024x768. What can I do?? thank you

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dots ? sounds like video card issue.

 

check dsdt if Device (PCI0) dont have _UID, Zero that can cause it

pciroot=

 

thank you LatinMcg! But I am not able to edit dsdt...if you share it my dsdt, would you be able to edit it properly?..

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Of course you are.

 

Edit your DSDT with DSDTSE 1.43.

 

OS X version:

http://www.osx86.es/?p=610

Windows version:

http://www.osx86.es/?p=883

dots ? sounds like video card issue.

 

check dsdt if Device (PCI0) dont have _UID, Zero that can cause it

pciroot=

 

Thank you guys! can I use this dsdt for my gtx260 that I found a thread already open?

 

 

				Device (GFX0)
			{
				Name (_ADR, Zero)
				Name (_SUN, One)
				Method (_DSM, 4, NotSerialized)
				{
					Store (Package (0x1C)
						{
							"@0,compatible",
							Buffer (0x0B)
							{
								"NVDA,NVMac"
							},

							"@0,device_type",
							Buffer (0x08)
							{
								"display"
							},

							"@0,display-cfg",
							Buffer (0x04)
							{
								0x03, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00
							},

							"@0,name",
							Buffer (0x0F)
							{
								"NVDA,Display-A"
							},

							"@1,compatible",
							Buffer (0x0B)
							{
								"NVDA,NVMac"
							},

							"@1,device_type",
							Buffer (0x08)
							{
								"display"
							},

							"@1,display-cfg",
							Buffer (0x04)
							{
								0xFF, 0xFF, 0x00, 0x01
							},

							"@1,name",
							Buffer (0x0F)
							{
								"NVDA,Display-B"
							},

							"NVCAP",
							Buffer (0x18)
							{
								/* 0000 */	0x04, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x03, 0x00,
								/* 0008 */	0x1C, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
								/* 0010 */	0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00
							},

							"NVPM",
							Buffer (0x1C)
							{
								/* 0000 */	0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
								/* 0008 */	0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
								/* 0010 */	0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
								/* 0018 */	0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00
							},

							"VRAM,totalsize",
							Buffer (0x04)
							{
								0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x38
							},

							"device_type",
							Buffer (0x0C)
							{
								"NVDA,Parent"
							},

							"model",
							Buffer (0x17)
							{
								"nVidia GeForce 260 GTX"
							},

							"rom-revision",
							Buffer (0x06)
							{
								"3172a"
							}
						}, Local0)
					DTGP (Arg0, Arg1, Arg2, Arg3, RefOf (Local0))
					Return (Local0)
				}
			}
		}

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