Krot Posted March 11, 2006 Share Posted March 11, 2006 Hey guys please help me with it !!! i'm so tired... everything works fine, but resolution... i can't get it higher than 1024x768, use an Sapphire Radeon x300 (not SE) and prepatched DVD Mac OSX 10.4.4 with 4.5 Update Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11688-heeeelp-with-resolution-x300-and-osx-1044/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krot Posted March 11, 2006 Author Share Posted March 11, 2006 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11688-heeeelp-with-resolution-x300-and-osx-1044/#findComment-73435 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenokira Posted March 12, 2006 Share Posted March 12, 2006 have you tried booting with "Graphics Mode"="1280x1024x32" (assuming this is the desired resolution..)? Just look in the forums, there's lots of information on this... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11688-heeeelp-with-resolution-x300-and-osx-1044/#findComment-73699 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krot Posted March 12, 2006 Author Share Posted March 12, 2006 have you tried booting with "Graphics Mode"="1280x1024x32" (assuming this is the desired resolution..)? Just look in the forums, there's lots of information on this... yes, i tried booting with "Graphics Mode"="1280x1024x32", it's wont work with pci-e card... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11688-heeeelp-with-resolution-x300-and-osx-1044/#findComment-73813 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenokira Posted March 12, 2006 Share Posted March 12, 2006 have you patched ATIRadeon9700.kext? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11688-heeeelp-with-resolution-x300-and-osx-1044/#findComment-73961 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krot Posted March 12, 2006 Author Share Posted March 12, 2006 have you patched ATIRadeon9700.kext? nope... i didn't understand how to patch ATIRadeon9700.kext. I have download Koverg patch and in readme file was told this -> Replace 5B60 with your device id, but 5B60 it's ID of my card... So maybe i not understand something and if you know how to use this patch, please give me a full guide. Thanx! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11688-heeeelp-with-resolution-x300-and-osx-1044/#findComment-74089 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenokira Posted March 13, 2006 Share Posted March 13, 2006 Paraphrased and copied from Koverg's instructions: 1. Extract Koverg's tar file and copy the extracted folder to root of your HD. 2. take note: HI is the high byte in hex of your device id and LO is the low byte, e.g.: ./patch9700.sh 5e 4b if your device id is 0x5e4b you can find your device ID by checking the System Profiler for OSX. Once you have your device ID, in a terminal type: cd /koverg-patch9700-v0.2 sudo ./patch9700.sh HI LO 3. in the terminal, edit /System/Library/Extensions/ATIRadeon9700.kext/Contents/Info.plist by using: sudo nano -w /System/Library/Extensions/ATIRadeon9700.kext/Contents/Info.plist in the text editor that comes up, go to <key>IOPCIMatch</key> and in the <string> below, change 5B60 to the same device ID you found in the system profiler (For example, my device ID for a Mobility Radeon X300 is 5460, so 5B60 is then changed to 5460). After the ID is changed, press Ctrl O to save and Ctrl X to exit the text editor. 4. still in the terminal, remove the kextcache by entering sudo rm /System/Library/Extensions.kextcache followed by kextcache -k /System/Library/Extensions 5. you can now enter your desired resolution in the com.apple.Boot.plist, however I suggest testing your desired resolution after you reboot in step 7 by using "Graphics Mode"="1280x1024x32" or whatever resolution you're going for. Do note that widescreen resolutions are not supported. 6. Repair disk permissions in Disk Utility. 7. Reboot. I hope that simplifies or at least better explains what you need to do. You'll probably have some mouse artifacts, but search the board for a program called Mouse Expose which will take care of them. Good luck. Thanks again Koverg! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11688-heeeelp-with-resolution-x300-and-osx-1044/#findComment-74416 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mactogo Posted March 13, 2006 Share Posted March 13, 2006 Very well done! Thanks for summarizing several pages and bringing this thread on track and up to date. Thank you! I'm sure a lot of us will appreciate this. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11688-heeeelp-with-resolution-x300-and-osx-1044/#findComment-74424 Share on other sites More sharing options...
New001 Posted March 13, 2006 Share Posted March 13, 2006 Paraphrased and copied from Koverg's instructions: 1. Extract Koverg's tar file and copy it to root of your HD. 2. take note: you can find your device ID by checking the System Profiler for OSX. Once you have your device ID, in a terminal type: sudo ./patch9700.sh HI LO 3. in the terminal, edit /System/Library/Extensions/ATIRadeon9700.kext/Contents/Info.plist by using: sudo nano -w /System/Library/Extensions/ATIRadeon9700.kext/Contents/Info.plist in the text editor that comes up, go to IOPCIMatch and in the below, change 5B60 to the same device ID you found in the system profiler (For example, my device ID for a Mobility Radeon X300 is 5460, so 5B60 is then changed to 5460). After the ID is changed, press Ctrl O to save and Ctrl X to exit the text editor. 4. still in the terminal, remove the kextcache by entering sudo rm /System/Library/Extensions.kextcache followed by kextcache -k /System/Library/Extensions 5. you can now enter your desired resolution in the com.apple.Boot.plist, however I suggest testing your desired resolution after you reboot in step 7 by using "Graphics Mode"="1280x1024x32" or whatever resolution you're going for. Do note that widescreen resolutions are not supported. 6. Repair disk permissions in Disk Utility. 7. Reboot. I hope that simplifies or at least better explains what you need to do. You'll probably have some mouse artifacts, but search the board for a program called Mouse Expose which will take care of them. Good luck. Thanks again Koverg! Koverg's patch is just supposed to let the ATiRadeon9700.kext use card's ID's that weren't originally in it. (AKA it lets more unsupported GPUs use the Kext, giving the end-user QE/CI and OpenGL, but NOT more resolutions) Yea, also enabling QE2DX (Quartz 2D Extreme) will remove most mouse artifacts, since by using the Koverg patch, the end-user will also be able to use Quartz 2D Extreme. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11688-heeeelp-with-resolution-x300-and-osx-1044/#findComment-74430 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenokira Posted March 13, 2006 Share Posted March 13, 2006 Koverg's patch is just supposed to let the ATiRadeon9700.kext use card's ID's that weren't originally in it. (AKA it lets more unsupported GPUs use the Kext, giving the end-user QE/CI and OpenGL, but NOT more resolutions) Yea, also enabling QE2DX (Quartz 2D Extreme) will remove most mouse artifacts, since by using the Koverg patch, the end-user will also be able to use Quartz 2D Extreme. yeah, I guess I got a little off topic there. He did mention that he didn't fully understand what he needed to do with Koverg's patch...so I thought I'd try and simplify it. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11688-heeeelp-with-resolution-x300-and-osx-1044/#findComment-74439 Share on other sites More sharing options...
labria Posted March 13, 2006 Share Posted March 13, 2006 Well, he doesn't need the patch anyway. This is weird. I can do 1280 on my X300SE, whie Krot can't on his X300 with the same ID. We talked it over a lot over ICQ, he seems to be doing everithing right, but it just doesn't work! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11688-heeeelp-with-resolution-x300-and-osx-1044/#findComment-74442 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krot Posted March 13, 2006 Author Share Posted March 13, 2006 Thanx for your help guys, but it's still wont work. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11688-heeeelp-with-resolution-x300-and-osx-1044/#findComment-74560 Share on other sites More sharing options...
osxgus Posted March 15, 2006 Share Posted March 15, 2006 krot: whats the max resolution on your screen? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11688-heeeelp-with-resolution-x300-and-osx-1044/#findComment-75673 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenokira Posted March 15, 2006 Share Posted March 15, 2006 krot: whats the max resolution on your screen? I was just thinking asking that this morning, but didn't have a chance to ask until now Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11688-heeeelp-with-resolution-x300-and-osx-1044/#findComment-75766 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krot Posted March 15, 2006 Author Share Posted March 15, 2006 krot: whats the max resolution on your screen? Max resolution is 1024x768 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11688-heeeelp-with-resolution-x300-and-osx-1044/#findComment-75828 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenokira Posted March 15, 2006 Share Posted March 15, 2006 Max resolution is 1024x768 if you don't mind me asking...why are you trying to change your resolution when your screen maxes at 1024x768 anyway? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11688-heeeelp-with-resolution-x300-and-osx-1044/#findComment-75866 Share on other sites More sharing options...
glufx Posted March 15, 2006 Share Posted March 15, 2006 How exactly do you enable Quartz 2D Extreme on 10.4.5? The only thing I've found about it said to edit /Library/Preferences/com.apple.windowserver.plist I don't have com.apple.windowserver.plist in that folder. I don't know what's worse, the tearing or the flicker from mousepose. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11688-heeeelp-with-resolution-x300-and-osx-1044/#findComment-75874 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krot Posted March 15, 2006 Author Share Posted March 15, 2006 if you don't mind me asking...why are you trying to change your resolution when your screen maxes at 1024x768 anyway? Oh, sorry) I did wrong understand a question about resolution, the max resolution of my LCD is 1280x1024 and max resolution that i got on it is only a 1024x768. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11688-heeeelp-with-resolution-x300-and-osx-1044/#findComment-75888 Share on other sites More sharing options...
aximxp Posted March 15, 2006 Share Posted March 15, 2006 i'm having the same problem, if i set the graphics mode manually to 1280x1024x32 it outputs at like 79hz or whatever while my LCD only supports 60. Im on a 9600XT AIW so it only picks it up as a vesa 2.. QE and CI are enabled though. funny thing was it would change with 10.4.3 fine, but anything later and it outputs at 79hz.. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11688-heeeelp-with-resolution-x300-and-osx-1044/#findComment-76235 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_christer Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 Krot: Maybe you patched the ATIRadeon9700.kext wrong Get a new copy from your install DVD with pacifist Overwrite the kext and follow instructions again Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11688-heeeelp-with-resolution-x300-and-osx-1044/#findComment-76447 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krot Posted March 16, 2006 Author Share Posted March 16, 2006 Krot: Maybe you patched the ATIRadeon9700.kext wrong Get a new copy from your install DVD with pacifist Overwrite the kext and follow instructions again Do you think that koverg's patch will help me? I thought that this patch is for QE & CI support... I don't understad what's going on?! some guys has a 1280x1024 on a similar cards without any problems, but i cant. Is there any differences between X300SE and X300 (i has a last one. ID 5b60)? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11688-heeeelp-with-resolution-x300-and-osx-1044/#findComment-76737 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpsolares Posted March 29, 2006 Share Posted March 29, 2006 Do you think that koverg's patch will help me? I thought that this patch is for QE & CI support... I don't understad what's going on?! some guys has a 1280x1024 on a similar cards without any problems, but i cant. Is there any differences between X300SE and X300 (i has a last one. ID 5b60)? same i hava x300 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11688-heeeelp-with-resolution-x300-and-osx-1044/#findComment-85167 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord_Burn Posted March 31, 2006 Share Posted March 31, 2006 I have the same problem, i can't have higther than 1024x780, but i have install the ATIRadeon9700.kext patch , so it enable the openGl acceleration bon nothing change about screen rsolution. But please tell me how add a new resolution in com.apple.boot.list Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11688-heeeelp-with-resolution-x300-and-osx-1044/#findComment-86593 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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