8600GT works!

[barehandspank]

Hi, I've been fooling around with a lot of different methods to try and get my 8600GT to work - and so far have only found one. I was hoping that you guys could look it over, and if you see a better way let me know! I want to make sure I'm getting the best performance I can out of it - and I'm hoping I can get this machine set up to be my primary desktop, screw windows! So far every thing works perfect cept for the graphics and audio... so please, any advice or words of wisdom form those with similar builds would be extremely welcome

 

So here's the steps I followed to get the 8600GT working (nvidia 590 sli mobo - check sig for more specs)

 

 

(1) essential files

o ( http://rapidshare.com/files/78277297/gefor...2_kext.zip.html )

o ( http://rapidshare.com/files/78277298/OpenG...k-1052.zip.html )

o ( http://nvinject.free.fr/downloads.php ) ( Latest_NVinject.0.2.0.zip or Latest_NVinject0.2.0_installer.zip )

( After using 0.1.7, 0.2.0 came out. )

 

(2) After deleting the OpenGL.framework folder in /System/Library/Frameworks, copying the 10.5.2 OpenGL.framework folder to /System/Library/Frameworks.

( OpenGL.framework-1052.zip must be unzipped in a HFS+ (Mac) partition [ not a FAT32 or NTFS partition ]. )

( hellspawn : http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?sho...7020&st=100 )

( I failed in installing the drivers for 10 hours because of not knowing about OpenGL.framework. ^^; )

 

(3) Editing the info.plists of the 4 kexts

[ GeForce.kext & NVinject.kext : <key>IOPCIMatch</key> => <string>0x040210de</string> ]

[ NVDANV50Hal.kext & NVDAResman.kext :<key> IOPCIPrimaryMatch</key> =><string>0x040210de</string> ]

( Known device IDs : http://nvinject.free.fr/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5 )

( Editing device IDs : http://forum.osx86scene.com/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=2077 )

 

(4) Copying 15 kexts( GeForce.kext , GeForce2MXGLDriver.bundle , GeForce3GLDriver.bundle , GeForce7xxxGLDriver.bundle , GeForce8xxxGLDriver.bundle , GeForceFXGLDriver.bundle , GeForceGA.plugin , GeForceVADriver.bundle , NVDANV10Hal.kext , NVDANV20Hal.kext , NVDANV30Hal.kext , NVDANV40Hal.kext , NVDANV50Hal.kext , NVDAResman.kext , NVinject.kext ) to /System/Library/Extensions

 

(5) Terminal : Typying sudo -s , and then typying your password

(6) bash-3.2# cd /System/Library/Extensions && chown -R root:wheel * && chmod -R 755 *

(7) bash-3.2# rm -rf /System/Library/Extensions.mkext

(8) bash-3.2# rm -rf /System/Library/Extensions/Caches/ && rm -rf /System/Library/Caches/

(9) bash-3.2# diskutil repairpermissions / and then rebooting ( boot option : -v -f )

 

( Summary )

First of all, applying [method 1 : (1) + (2) + (4) + (5) + (6) + (7) + (9)] , and then if you fail, trying [method 2 : (1) ~ (9)]

[Luke89]

When you say everything works perfectly except graphics and audio, what do you mean?

[aniphreak]

hahahaha lolz