todesto Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 I have no name brand 9500GT 1GB DDR2 and I don't know if brand name has anything to do with it or not, anyway when I was installing OSX, I chose NVinject for 1024 only in Video driver (iDeneb Lite 10.5.8) and it seems to pick it up right away as I get DVI, VGA working with QE/CI enabled. Anyway, my question is it seems I got it to work everything, my system profiler shows nVidia only in chipset model. Is there a way to show nVidia GeForce 9500GT or whatever that is supposed to show? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
todesto Posted February 8, 2010 Share Posted February 8, 2010 Never mind. I found the answer myself. I just had to edit NVinject plist.info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KoPanda Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 What if my 9500GT is 256MB but not 512MB or 1G? What should I do to make it work under 10.6.2? Thanks to this post! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kt4m Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 Hi, Mrx33... I've read the thread and have had some success. Unfortunately, I'm stuck with non-working: QE and CI. I have retail install of 10.5.8. Here are the specifics of my card: Vendor : EVGA Date : 08/13/08 via Device Manager in Windows XP Driver Date: 11/20/2009 Driver Version: 6.14.11.9562 VEN : 10DE DEV : 0640 Subsys: C9593842 (Sub Vendor ID: 3842 / Sub System ID: C959) Rev : A1 Board ID: 8823 It has dual DVI out, 1GB of DDR2 memory. With NVInjectGo, I have used the below NVCAP successfully with resolution and dual DVI ports: ASCII: 04000000000003000c0000000000000700000000 DATA: BAAAAAAAAwAMAAAAAAAABwAAAAA I used NVInjectGo because Chameleon refuses to recognize and properly set the display (it will for a 1920x1080x32x60 setting, go to 1280x1024 w/ lots of tearing of windows and their contents.) Wondering if anybody out there has had success w/ this particular card. thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustinHoMi Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 Thought I'd share my experience with a fanless Spark 9500GT 1GB. I installed using the Kakewalk installer (10.6.0), and initially had a resolution of 1024x768, but as soon as I changed the resolution to 1280x1024 the screen turned blue. After rebooting, the proper resolution was displayed, and all seemed fine. However, after having some unrelated driver issues I booted into safe mode, after which I seemed to be stuck w/ the blue screen permanently. I was able to temporarily remedy it by adding a second user. However, as soon as I installed 10.6.2 I got the blue screen *again* (and also some black screens...). Kakewalk uses GraphicsEnabler=Yes, so I replaced that with an EFI string... which did not help. I was finally able to permanently resolve my problems by using the NVEnabler 64 kext. It's flawless! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamnotdeus Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 Hi, at first thank you very much for your work! I do't get my 9500 gt to work with 10.6.2 ( Chocolate-kernel )retail with EmpireEFI. With your new files the system recognizes the card, but i starts flickering and stops booting. I took a picture of the boot screen... The last NVEnabler message is: "probe fails". Btw, the chipset and vram size is recognized correct Systemconfig does not detect the Monitor model... Any hints? Thank you in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dientedesierra Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 I was finally able to permanently resolve my problems by using the NVEnabler 64 kext. It's flawless! That is the quickest and easiest way to activate your nVidia card. Of course it is always preferable to do a 'Vanilla' installation and using an reatil ISO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thysm00 Posted March 4, 2010 Share Posted March 4, 2010 Hey did somebody manage to get DVI+HDMI working? Here is a thread i posted that explains it all, but basically both work separately with full resolution change QE/CI but if i plug both at the same time, i don't get any signal... Btw vga+DVI works great but on equal screens, the vga really not as good as the dvi and i would really like to get this to work. Oh i'm using the kexts from the first page of this thread. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackCH Posted March 4, 2010 Share Posted March 4, 2010 My ASUS 9500GT 1Gb works out of the box with the Graphic Enabler from chameleon/PCEFI. Nothing else needed here The only wierd behavior is when using one screen I have to use the DVI port (through DVI-VGA adapter - I dont have a DVI screen), on the second port (VGA) I get a blue screen. Two (19') screens work fine though, with extended desktop/mirror Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigsmitty64 Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 will this work for xfx 9400gt 1 gig pci-e? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aphexii Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 I have a Galaxy 9500 512mb Dual-DVI thats been working great under 10.6.2, but when I plug in a second LCD into the 2nd DVI port, I can only get 1 display to work. Any ideas how I can get both DVI ports to work under SL? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XLR Posted March 12, 2010 Share Posted March 12, 2010 My Zotac 9500GT/512Mb Silent recognizes automatically via "Graphics Enabler" in Chameleon 2 RC5. However, i've tried creating custom EFI strings with OSx86Tools, but for some reason it didn't work at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fowie Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 I've got a Gigabyte motherboard with an AMD X3 (So I'm obviously not running vanilla). I've got 10.5.8 working great using iAtkos, and I just upgraded the video card to a PNY GeForce 9500GT 512MB. It has the same PC/Vendor ID and other cards I've seen, but using osx86tools and the EFI string didn't work. I finally got it working by removing all of the GeForce, Natit, NVInject kexts, booting up, and reinstalling NVDarwin.kext. Then I installed the NVIDIA 9000 Series Driver v2.pkg file (from the link in this thread, in case you haven't noticed yet, I'm following the instructions in post #1 exactly). I then rebooted (after repairing permissions). I ran osx86 tools and put in the EFI stuff (osx86 tools doesn't list the 9500GT, is there a newer version that does? I just added it custom). I reboot and both screens work (DVI/DVI) but QE/CI still says software and not supported. What am I missing? I'm happy to provide debug logs and do whatever console stuff I need to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boxgame Posted March 25, 2010 Share Posted March 25, 2010 Thought I'd share my experience with a fanless Spark 9500GT 1GB. I installed using the Kakewalk installer (10.6.0), and initially had a resolution of 1024x768, but as soon as I changed the resolution to 1280x1024 the screen turned blue. After rebooting, the proper resolution was displayed, and all seemed fine. However, after having some unrelated driver issues I booted into safe mode, after which I seemed to be stuck w/ the blue screen permanently. I was able to temporarily remedy it by adding a second user. However, as soon as I installed 10.6.2 I got the blue screen *again* (and also some black screens...). Kakewalk uses GraphicsEnabler=Yes, so I replaced that with an EFI string... which did not help. I was finally able to permanently resolve my problems by using the NVEnabler 64 kext. It's flawless! Hi Justin. I have a 9500gt with 1 Gb memory and DVI, vga and HDMI connections. The card also has spdif out to motherboard connection. Do you know how I can get HDMI control from this card and sound down the HDMI pipe? The HDMI is fed through a Onkyo amp and the video seems to work OK with all the special effects turned on. Thanks in anticipation Box Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cybercap Posted March 27, 2010 Share Posted March 27, 2010 hello everyone i'm new to the mac world trying to get the best out of my 9500Gt like you all in SL I have a gainward 9500GT 512mb which seems to work with resolutions and QE/CI enabled to check that this site is great : http://prasys.co.cc/2009/09/quartz-extreme...n-snow-leopard/ anyway i'm using graphicsenabler and use nvdanv40hal.kext nvdanv50hal.kext nvdaresman.kext i don't use nvenabler i have a modified dsdt (which i don't know much about the contents, i got it on this forum) everything should be fine BUT a get some graphical bugs from time to time, window borders are greatly corrupted , see here: any ideas ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manuos Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 hello, I have a MSI GeForce 9500 GT, window borders are not corrupted. I get the bubble effect when open the manage widget, i can launched iMovie perfectly, but when I tried to display iStat on the Dashboard it shows a white box really ugly D: any hint? , EDIT: (I upgrade a new version 10.6.3 MacOSXUpdCombo10.6.3.dmg) and it fixes some bug because it doesn't shows the white box , but the bubble effect is more quickly the normal way when display iStat. so i closed dashboard and then i open it again and it doesn't appear that =) with other widgets doesn't happens =) (vmstat, diskspace, and so on) I removed all widgets within /Library/Widgets/ and ~/Library/Widgets. I executed within the prompt $ sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.windowserver QuartzGLEnabled -boolean YES i modified my DSDT.aml in /Extra: Name (_UID, One) --> DSDT Name (_UID, Zero) And then I replaced everything under Device (PCI0) and I added code for 9500 GT. (DSDT Patching for Dummies), also i looked within the IORegistryExplorer GFX0@0 and i replaced NVCAP, model, revision-id, VRAM, and so on. Device (PCI0) { Device (PEGP) { Name (_ADR, 0x00010000) Device (GFX0) { Name (_ADR, Zero) Name (_SUN, One) Method (_DSM, 4, NotSerialized) { Store (Package (0x16) { "@0,compatible", Buffer (0x0B) { "NVDA,NVMac" }, "@0,device_type", Buffer (0x08) { "display" }, "@0,name", Buffer (0x0F) { "NVDA,Display-A" }, "@1,compatible", Buffer (0x0B) { "NVDA,NVMac" }, "@1,device_type", Buffer (0x08) { "display" }, "@1,name", Buffer (0x0F) { "NVDA,Display-B" }, "NVCAP", Buffer (0x18) { /* 0000 */ 0x04, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x19, 0x00, /* 0008 */ 0x06, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x0A, /* 0010 */ 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00 }, "VRAM,totalsize", Buffer (0x04) { 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x40 }, "device_type", Buffer (0x0D) { "NVDA,GeForce" }, "model", Buffer (0x17) { "nVidia GeForce 9500 GT" }, "rom-revision", Buffer (0x25) { "nVidia GeForce 9500 GT OpenGL Engine" } }, Local0) DTGP (Arg0, Arg1, Arg2, Arg3, RefOf (Local0)) Return (Local0) } } } Name (_HID, EisaId ("PNP0A03")) Name (_ADR, Zero) Name (_UID, One) Name (_BBN, Zero) Method (_S3D, 0, NotSerialized) { If (LEqual (OSFL, 0x02)) { Return (0x02) } Else { Return (0x03) } } Method (_STA, 0, NotSerialized) { Return (0x0F) } Method (_CRS, 0, NotSerialized) { Name (BUF0, ResourceTemplate () { WordBusNumber (ResourceConsumer, MinNotFixed, MaxNotFixed, PosDecode, 0x0000, // Granularity 0x0000, // Range Minimum 0x003F, // Range Maximum 0x0000, // Translation Offset 0x0040, // Length ,, ) IO (Decode16, 0x0CF8, // Range Minimum 0x0CF8, // Range Maximum 0x01, // Alignment 0x08, // Length ) WordIO (ResourceProducer, MinFixed, MaxFixed, PosDecode, EntireRange, 0x0000, // Granularity 0x0000, // Range Minimum 0x0CF7, // Range Maximum 0x0000, // Translation Offset 0x0CF8, // Length ,, , TypeStatic) WordIO (ResourceProducer, MinFixed, MaxFixed, PosDecode, EntireRange, 0x0000, // Granularity 0x0D00, // Range Minimum 0xFFFF, // Range Maximum 0x0000, // Translation Offset 0xF300, // Length ,, , TypeStatic) DWordMemory (ResourceProducer, PosDecode, MinFixed, MaxFixed, Cacheable, ReadWrite, 0x00000000, // Granularity 0x000A0000, // Range Minimum 0x000BFFFF, // Range Maximum 0x00000000, // Translation Offset 0x00020000, // Length ,, , AddressRangeMemory, TypeStatic) DWordMemory (ResourceProducer, PosDecode, MinFixed, MaxFixed, Cacheable, ReadWrite, 0x00000000, // Granularity 0x000C0000, // Range Minimum 0x000DFFFF, // Range Maximum 0x00000000, // Translation Offset 0x00020000, // Length ,, , AddressRangeMemory, TypeStatic) DWordMemory (ResourceProducer, PosDecode, MinFixed, MaxFixed, Cacheable, ReadWrite, 0x00000000, // Granularity 0x00100000, // Range Minimum 0xFEBFFFFF, // Range Maximum 0x00000000, // Translation Offset 0xFFF00000, // Length ,, _Y00, AddressRangeMemory, TypeStatic) }) CreateDWordField (BUF0, \_SB.PCI0._CRS._Y00._MIN, TCMM) CreateDWordField (BUF0, \_SB.PCI0._CRS._Y00._LEN, TOMM) Add (AMEM, 0x00010000, TCMM) Add (TCMM, 0x00010000, TCMM) Subtract (0xFEC00000, TCMM, TOMM) Return (BUF0) } Name (PICM, Package (0x1B) { Package (0x04) { 0x001BFFFF, Zero, LNK0, Zero }, Package (0x04) { 0x0001FFFF, Zero, LNKA, Zero }, Package (0x04) { 0x0001FFFF, One, LNKB, Zero }, Package (0x04) { 0x0001FFFF, 0x02, LNKC, Zero }, Package (0x04) { 0x0001FFFF, 0x03, LNKD, Zero }, Package (0x04) { 0x0006FFFF, Zero, LNKA, Zero }, Package (0x04) { 0x0006FFFF, One, LNKB, Zero }, Package (0x04) { 0x0006FFFF, 0x02, LNKC, Zero }, Package (0x04) { 0x0006FFFF, 0x03, LNKD, Zero }, Package (0x04) { 0x001CFFFF, Zero, LNKA, Zero }, Package (0x04) { 0x001CFFFF, One, LNKB, Zero }, Package (0x04) { 0x001CFFFF, 0x02, LNKC, Zero }, Package (0x04) { 0x001CFFFF, 0x03, LNKD, Zero }, Package (0x04) { 0x001CFFFF, Zero, LNKA, Zero }, Package (0x04) { 0x001CFFFF, One, LNKB, Zero }, Package (0x04) { 0x001DFFFF, Zero, LNK1, Zero }, Package (0x04) { 0x001DFFFF, One, LNKD, Zero }, Package (0x04) { 0x001DFFFF, 0x02, LNKC, Zero }, Package (0x04) { 0x001DFFFF, 0x03, LNKA, Zero }, Package (0x04) { 0x001FFFFF, One, LNKD, Zero }, Package (0x04) { 0x001FFFFF, One, LNKD, Zero }, Package (0x04) { 0x001FFFFF, 0x02, LNKC, Zero }, Package (0x04) { 0x0019FFFF, Zero, LNKE, Zero }, Package (0x04) { 0x001AFFFF, Zero, LNKA, Zero }, Package (0x04) { 0x001AFFFF, One, LNKF, Zero }, Package (0x04) { 0x001AFFFF, 0x02, LNKC, Zero }, Package (0x04) { 0x001AFFFF, 0x02, LNKC, Zero } }) Name (APIC, Package (0x1B) { Package (0x04) { 0x001BFFFF, Zero, Zero, 0x16 }, Package (0x04) { 0x0001FFFF, Zero, Zero, 0x10 }, Package (0x04) { 0x0001FFFF, One, Zero, 0x11 }, Package (0x04) { 0x0001FFFF, 0x02, Zero, 0x12 }, Package (0x04) { 0x0001FFFF, 0x03, Zero, 0x13 }, Package (0x04) { 0x0006FFFF, Zero, Zero, 0x10 }, Package (0x04) { 0x0006FFFF, One, Zero, 0x11 }, Package (0x04) { 0x0006FFFF, 0x02, Zero, 0x12 }, Package (0x04) { 0x0006FFFF, 0x03, Zero, 0x13 }, Package (0x04) { 0x001CFFFF, Zero, Zero, 0x10 }, Package (0x04) { 0x001CFFFF, One, Zero, 0x11 }, Package (0x04) { 0x001CFFFF, 0x02, Zero, 0x12 }, Package (0x04) { 0x001CFFFF, 0x03, Zero, 0x13 }, Package (0x04) { 0x001CFFFF, Zero, Zero, 0x10 }, Package (0x04) { 0x001CFFFF, One, Zero, 0x11 }, Package (0x04) { 0x001DFFFF, Zero, Zero, 0x17 }, Package (0x04) { 0x001DFFFF, One, Zero, 0x13 }, Package (0x04) { 0x001DFFFF, 0x02, Zero, 0x12 }, Package (0x04) { 0x001DFFFF, 0x03, Zero, 0x10 }, Package (0x04) { 0x001FFFFF, One, Zero, 0x13 }, Package (0x04) { 0x001FFFFF, One, Zero, 0x13 }, Package (0x04) { 0x001FFFFF, 0x02, Zero, 0x12 }, Package (0x04) { 0x0019FFFF, Zero, Zero, 0x14 }, Package (0x04) { 0x001AFFFF, Zero, Zero, 0x10 }, Package (0x04) { 0x001AFFFF, One, Zero, 0x15 }, Package (0x04) { 0x001AFFFF, 0x02, Zero, 0x12 }, Package (0x04) { 0x001AFFFF, 0x02, Zero, 0x12 } }) Method (_PRT, 0, NotSerialized) { If (LNot (PICF)) { Return (PICM) } Else { Return (APIC) } } I removed enablers. # rm -rf NVEnabler\ 64.kext Regards. ;D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeBuzzsaw Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 Can you explain what method you used to get your 9500 on snow leopard? Sorry I missed your message. Did you get it working? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blppt Posted April 6, 2010 Share Posted April 6, 2010 I found the easiest method was to install nvenabler, although I felt like banging my head against the wall when I stupidly installed the 64 bit version whilst running the 32bit kernel. Fixed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blppt Posted April 6, 2010 Share Posted April 6, 2010 I'm almost ready to declare this some sort of limitation of OSX, but maybe somebody here knows what the issue is. After *finally* getting mirror mode to work on my 9500GT/SL 10.6.3 Hackintosh using nvenabler, I noticed that one of the two screens had a 'screen tearing' effect, i.e. like playing a PC game with V-sync off. The odd thing is that its device-independent; whichever of the 2 displays is connected to the 2nd connector on the vidcard will have this tearing issue, while the monitor on the first is sync'd fine. This only occurs in mirror mode; in extended desktop both screens are sync'd fine. It also seems to be connection independent: Either using DVI or VGA, the 2nd connector monitor will always have screen tearing in mirror mode. Both screens are 1920x1080 native, both are set to 60hz and I have no problem mirroring them in Win7. Oh, and this is apparently not just a hackintosh issue: the same thing happens on my Powermac G5 Quad with a 6600 in Leopard 10.5.8 with mirror mode and the same displays. Anybody experience this issue and/or know of a fix? Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seabass540 Posted April 7, 2010 Share Posted April 7, 2010 I’m having an incredibly hard time getting my nVidia 9500 GT 1 gig to recognized by iAtkos 7. I noticed that when I was installing the OS from the boot disk, the system information tool was able to recognize the card properly (name, RAM etc…). It’s only after I install the OS that it is no longer recognized. Does this make sense? I’ve tried EFI strings for the 8600 (this worked in another build I did with the same card), 9600, and custom. I’ve also tried a couple of different injectors. If I try to add anything to the OS relating to video support, there is trouble booting and usually gives the IOkitwaitquiet or appleintelCPUpower error messages. Why is it initially recognized and then later not recognized? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrissehB Posted April 11, 2010 Share Posted April 11, 2010 Hey How can I force my osx86 so it has a refresh rate of 30Hz? I have a nVidia 9500 GT 1GB graphics card, Gigabyte ES2L motherboard, running retail 10.5.8. About this mac says: nVidia GeForce 9500 GT: Chipset Model: nVidia GeForce 9500 GT Type: Display Bus: PCIe PCIe Lane Width: x16 VRAM (Total): 1024 MB Vendor: NVIDIA (0x10de) Device ID: 0x0640 Revision ID: 0x00a1 ROM Revision: nVidia GeForce 9500 GT OpenGL Engine [EFI] Displays: GTVL19W17HDF: Resolution: 1920 x 1080 @ 50 Hz Depth: 32-Bit Color Core Image: Hardware Accelerated Mirror: Off Online: Yes Quartz Extreme: Supported Rotation: Supported Interlaced: Yes QuartzGL: Supported Television: Yes GTVL19W17HDF: Resolution: 1024 x 768 @ 60 Hz Depth: 32-Bit Color Core Image: Hardware Accelerated Main Display: Yes Mirror: Off Online: Yes Quartz Extreme: Supported Rotation: Supported QuartzGL: Supported Right, now I have two cables running form my machine to my 19" TV. A VGA and a DVI-HDMI one. The VGA works fine but only has these really low eresolutions. The DVI doesn't work. It works to start with, shows the apple logo, then goes black. I've figured its thje refresh rate because its the same in windows. However, mac will only let me have 50 or 60 Hz. It works fine at 30Hz. Can someone please tell me how I can lower the refresh rate? Thanks, Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alessandro17 Posted April 11, 2010 Share Posted April 11, 2010 ChrissehB, edit your post, please. What does it mean "about this Mac" all blacked out? Edit: done, thanks to drule. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drule Posted April 11, 2010 Share Posted April 11, 2010 ChrissehB, edit your post, please. What does it mean "about this Mac" all blacked? He's just got black text on a black background, if you really want to read it just select it all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alessandro17 Posted April 11, 2010 Share Posted April 11, 2010 He's just got black text on a black background, if you really want to read it just select it all. Thanks! So I can try and edit it myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plipli Posted April 14, 2010 Share Posted April 14, 2010 hello ! any experience with 10.6.3 ? Is it a working EFI string for this card ? I'm planning to buy a new one but it don't which one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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