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Sapphire Radeon 7850 mavericks 10.9.5 help.


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Hi there.This is my first post and i registered here looking for help.

In short.

Mac Pro 1.1 updated efi to 2.1

3.0GHz Quad Core processors.

 

Mavericks 10.9.5 fresh install with Tiamo efi replaced w/o chameleon so semi-hackintosh here :) .working.

Graphics: Slot 1 Radeon HD 7850 not working…trying to figure out how to make it work

                 Slot 2 GeForce 7300 working

 

The problem.

I searched all over internet how to enable my radeon on Mavericks 10.9.5 and found nothing.

A lot of posts but nothing works here.

I folowed some tutorials i found for 10.9.0 instead replaced 2 kexts with kext drop or kext utility.

Still i cant make it to work 

 

 

Can someone post a link with a tutorilal for my problem or to explain here step by step?

Another question.

 

Can i flash efi to this card for mac boot screen? If yes how? 

 

Thank you. 

 

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Thanks

I searched google, edited DSDT…where to copy it? I have no /Extra folder.

You use real Mac or Hackintosh?

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What exactly model it is? Dual DVI + HDMI + DP or 2x mDP + DVI + HDMI?

Latter works OOTB in 10.9.5 with no need of kext modding, first one could need framebuffer patching.

Dump the BIOS or post radeon_bios_decode output.

 

P.S. MP with Tiamo boot.efi isn't even a quarter-of-hackintosh ;)

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Here is the GPU-Z bios dump of this card.

 

Where?

 

NVM, I'll get one from tpwup.

 

So, basically you need to revert to original 10.9.5 kexts.

If the card won't work replace it with dual mDP one.

 

Mac Pros often have problems with dual DVI Sapphire cards without mDP.

Something is their BIOSes is in conflict with drivers.

 

I have flashed 7850 and it works OK even in 10.8.5 with minor driver edits. In 10.9.5 it works OOTB.

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Your only hope then is Chameleon/Clover way with DSDT injection.

You bought the wrong, most trouble some model. Flashing will make things even worse in this case.

 

Ok..ill do that..Ill install osx with chameleon…i think ill try Yosemite since its out and i just installed it on my macbook pro..

Can you direct me to a link with a guide / tutorial step by step ? Thank you.

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