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Hello everybody!

 

Some points:

 

1.) ATI mobility installer:

 

I haven't released anything yet, since I sold my laptop with mobility x1600. If I think I have something which will help more users then me, it is a question of minutes for Neopheus to create an installer off it.

2.) ATIinject.kext-Pack from my old x1600 mobility:

 

I will post all nessecary files here in a zip-file, included is

 

-My ATIinject.kext with MY EDID SETTINGS (NEEDS TO BE CHANGED TO MATCH YOURS)

-ATINDRV.kext from 10.4.5

-IONDRVSupport.kext from 10.4.5

-All other ATIRadeonX1000 Extensions

 

Great!

Of course I will make an installer if you allow :thumbsup_anim:

The thing is that the user has to enter the EDID by himself... Autodetection would be much better!

I made a Natit version for mobility cards too, but it doesent work very well... :D

I'm looking forward for testing various injections!

 

Ah I just had an idea...

Installer -> at the end opens a script in terminal -> user has to enter EDID -> patching and reboot...

 

Cool I will try tomorrow!

 

 

Good Luck and have fun in spain!

cYa NeoPheus

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This is great to HEAR!!! i'm been struggling all week last week, and always stopped at a laptop screen with only backlight burning but no image... this is what i learned so far.

 

when using 1048 extensions there was no backlight, no QE and no res change "I checked using a VNC remote connection"

when using atindrv1045 and iondrv1048 there was no QE/CI but there was res change "backlight on"

when using atindrv 1045 and iondrv1045 there was QE and RES change but still no image"only backlight on"

 

BTW Themaxx32000 were you using a 256 or 512 mb x1600?

and are the kexts from the old working laptop or the new one?

 

I will keep you posted after my next install

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It works!!!!!!

 

There are 2 info.plist files in atiinject are the both compatbile?

 

Or is the second one more for internal-LCD-only as i underunderstand correctly?

 

 

YES YES YES it works... it works!!!!!!! wohooooo i've been doing countless efforts last week and now it works!!!

 

everything works even external dvi "a second monitor"

 

 

Are Rotation and Colorsync working with yours?

 

grtz

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I have try new ATIinjcet with all kext 10.4.8 and work on may Ati Radeon Sapphire X1600 PRO PCI-e 512 Mb.

 

I have change my id ----> 71C2

Dual monitor don't work.

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For getting EDID, use this Phoenix edit

 

http://www.tucows.com/preview/329441

 

get edid from registry > save as DAT.

 

edid the dat file in notepad and place everything in portions of 8 with a space...

 

xxxxxxxx xxxxxxxx xxxxxxxx xxxxxxxx you will end up with 32fields of xxxxxxxx in a row

 

use PLIST editor from APPLE's Xcode ""its a 900mb dmg"" you have to download it

 

than in plist edid open the info.plist form ATIinject than put in your EDID

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Thank you TheMaxx32000 for posting these configs! I ve been probing with them many-many hours today on my x1400 mobility laptop.

I posted the results in this thread.

Well not managed to make internal lcd work :dev: but was able to collect some information that may be useful later.. who knows..

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Maxx,

 

your setup using both 10.4.5 kexts might actualy work for you. After much testing I have found that changing key system files can have an effect on whether or not my mobility x1600 laptop boots to the desktop or a screen of black and blue lines. If my laptop boots to the lines more than twice in a row I have found that booting with a different semthex kernel than the one I have been using causes the graphics to render correctly. I can only assume that the out-of-order Natit method of injecting information to the kernel sometimes sends the information too late or it ends up getting corrupted in memory somehow. For anyone having problems with x1600/1700, try booting with another kernel and post results.

 

-ass

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I have an ASUS F3JA with 256MB x1600 Mobility. I get a black screen with this using the correct edid data. Although, I can get the LCD up by doing a fn+F8 for my specific laptop. The OSX desktop is a bit garbled and therefore unusable though.

 

I got the latest windows driver for my x1600 mobility from ATI but this wouldn't install giving me a message saying get support from your vendor. I assumed this was because of the contract between ATI and ASUS. If the ATI windows drivers can detect my specific card as being slightly different to a generic x1600 mobility then maybe that is why this didn't work for me. I suppose a possibility is to try to flash my x1600 mobility with a firmware/bios from a generic one. Scary! Comparing a dump of the firmware/bios from my x1600 mobility and a generic one may yield results.

 

Maybe I made a mistake with the files. Any help would be appreciated, but as it is new years eve, her and meself have been invited out for debasement, so I will be back tomorrow.

 

 

This info may be useful to a newbie:- I can just about use terminal from osx or darwin (F8 during bootup then -s at prompt) but find that the MacDrive application in windows allows me to swap and delete .kext files/folders fine. I got plist edit pro by googling and downloading.

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Don't use PLIST edit PRO, it has been stated in older threads in november that this is changing the plist in a NEGATIVE way, I only got it working with the real plist editor form XcodeTOOLS.

 

You might also try using IOGRAPHICSfamily.kext and Applebacklight.kext from 1045, but first get the real plist editor...

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Thanks walterav. My x1600 mobility is still not functioning properly. Every other boot it shows alternate black and white stripes. When it does boot to a desktop, the screen is split into four like in the attached photo, but it does show 1280x800 now. I have reverted to Semthex kernel from Mifki, both from Jas 10.4.8 DVD. I am using 10.4.5 ATINDRV.kext and IONDRV.kext from the Apple download. ATIinject.kext came from this #1 post. I put the EDID's in using Apple Property List Editor sourced from the Useful files in the Genius Bar.

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very interesting post, I will follow it with a big attention.

I have an Asus F3Ja too and I hope we can resolve this problem.

 

I'll search in my own way and share to the community if I find something helpful.

 

See you!

 

Thibault

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The ASUS F3JA has QE/CI without any modification on 10.4.8 but it has slight mouse tearing issues and non-native resolution (1024x768). These are the reasons why I want to get I want to get ATIinject working with my laptop. I think it is a problem with the EDID data as to why my screen shows four mini desktops with ATIinject. I get the feeling that the display is trying to output 2560x1600, hence the four 1280x800 desktops. If I understood EDID data and was confident, I would try to edit the string to output correctly. Here is my data:-

 

00FFFFFF FFFFFF00 0DAF2615 00000000

09100103 80211578 0AC6A99A 574E8526

1E505200 00000101 01010101 01010101

01010101 0101BC1B 00A05020 17303020

36004BCF 10000018 000000FE 004E3135

3449322D 4C30320A 20200000 00FE0043

4D4F0A20 20202020 2020A020 000000FE

004E3135 3449322D 4C30320A 20200088

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Here are mine, if it can help.

 

 

00FFFFFF FFFFFF00 0DAF2615 00000000

 

09100103 80211578 0AC6A99A 574E8526

 

1E505200 00000101 01010101 01010101

 

01010101 0101BC1B 00A05020 17303020

 

36004BCF 10000018 000000FE 004E3135

 

3449322D 4C30320A 20200000 00FE0043

 

4D4F0A20 20202020 20202020 000000FE

 

004E3135 3449322D 4C30320A 20200088

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okay fellas got it working!!!

used JAS 10.4.8 + ATINDRV.kext + IONDRVSupport.kext from the older JAS 10.4.5 DVD

entered my EDID in info.plist and info2.plist repaired permissions etc and.... got QE/CI res changed and all the stuff fully working :)

nice to have 1600*1050 on the internal display finally :)

 

cheers

 

sheriff

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