themacmeister Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 I am having issues swapping a 10.9.2 Hackintosh install HDD into an HP XW6600 workstation, with GeForce 8500 GT 512MB. Using recent Chimera, GraphicsEnabler=Yes worked for 2 reboots, but now it just goes to black screen, with monitor showing "no signal". I was using npci=0x2000, PCIRootUID=1 in my org.chameleon.Boot.plist, and it was working with my GTX660 2GB on a Core i5 2500. I have removed AppleHDA and HADEnabler1, replaced with Voodoo 0.21. Using MacPro 3,1 smbios.plist. I went to check if I could put my 8500GT card values into NVDANV50.kext info.plist, but discovered that there was no kext!! Not even an NVDANV50Hal.kext existed!! I have some copies which I will try (off OSX86.net) from original release, or DP8, but would like to find a proper fix for this. PS. I have the NVDANV50TeslaWeb kexts installed, and I have a Tesla card (?) in the Quadro 370 (not sure if it is an NVS). I would prefer the 8500GT as it is nearly DOUBLE the benchmarks in performance! I originally booted into the Tesla card, and it had AWFUL performance, even the 8500GT isn't that great compared with the GTX660 I am used to Any ideas gratefully accepted. PS. Sleep/Wake working perfectly on the HP - amazing. PPS. I have some old 6600's which I can use, if you think I can, and the performance is similar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slice Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 AFAIK it should work with default settings in Clover bootloader. { 0x10DE0421, "GeForce 8500 GT" }, NVDANV50HAL.kext exists in 10.7.5. May be this is a last system for such card? I may say this exactly about 7300LE. It works only in 10.7.5. I am sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themacmeister Posted May 29, 2014 Author Share Posted May 29, 2014 Sorry about that, the monitor is a bit iffy, and may be switching off, or back to VGA (although none is attached). A quick press of the input button, just as BIOS text is coming up fixes it permanently (until I change computers, then I have to do it again). Picked this monitor up for free, so can't really complain... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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