TuZhao Posted April 19, 2009 Share Posted April 19, 2009 I just thought I'd pipe up and mention that the Original Posters method worked well for my setup10.5.6 Nvidia 7800 GTX 256MB I wasn't able to use EFI Studio however, as it didn't have the strings for my card. OSX86Tools however did, and it worked fine in place of EFI Studio in this guide. That was the last thing annoying me after the 10.5.6 upgrade, so thanks a lot! I cannot make it work I have a perfectly working Leo4Allv3 10.5.2 (using NVInject), but when I upgrade to 10.5.6 I lose QE/CI and there's no way to fix it: tested with OP's method, using both EFI Studio and OSXTools for the EFI string, to no avail. I also tried the NVdarwin route but I always end up with no QE/CI, 1024x768 fixed res etc. I have an Asus 7800 GTX 256 MB. Any suggestion is much appreciated! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaal Dornik Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 Worked for me!) Albatron 8600GTS 256MB. Thx dude Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FedeSAN Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 Hi, I've a 8500GT 256MB in a leopard 1.5.6, I installed 9f23 package and when it reboot I see a white screen with apple logo and then it change for a light blue screen only, if I wait a few seconds and press power button the PC go to sleep state and if I press power again... BINGO the screen appears and all looks fine... I's there any way for I not to do this steps every time that power on my PC ?? (sorry for my english ) Thnxs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_bruce Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 I have a 7400 Go on my laptop. Installing iPC 10.5.6 with NVinject GO doesnt get QE working, but NVDarwin 128MB solved my problem. bruce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xandiztxu Posted May 11, 2009 Share Posted May 11, 2009 Didnt work for me too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mjolniir Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 OK, I've been trying to get my Geforce 8500GT to work with 10.5.6 iPC: Gigabyte M61PME-S2 AMD Athlon 64 x2 4850e 3GB RAM Geforce 8500GT 512MB Chipset: Nforce 430 Built-in Video and Audio disabled Voodoo 9.5.0 AppleNForceATA nforceLAN drivers (working) That's pretty much it. I'm able to boot into Leopard, ethernet is working, but the video card is not recognized. I am not really sure how to proceed. I have tried the method listed above, I've tried NVInject and NVdarwin. I have seen people mention adding device id's into the info.plist of the kexts, but I have no idea where to enter it within that file. The device ID in System Profiler is 0x0421, but I don't see in the info.plist where to put it. I don't even know if it will work, but I'm willing to try whatever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mjolniir Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 OK, I've been trying to get my Geforce 8500GT to work with 10.5.6 iPC: Gigabyte M61PME-S2 AMD Athlon 64 x2 4850e 3GB RAM Geforce 8500GT 512MB Chipset: Nforce 430 Built-in Video and Audio disabled Voodoo 9.5.0 AppleNForceATA nforceLAN drivers (working) That's pretty much it. I'm able to boot into Leopard, ethernet is working, but the video card is not recognized. I am not really sure how to proceed. I have tried the method listed above, I've tried NVInject and NVdarwin. I have seen people mention adding device id's into the info.plist of the kexts, but I have no idea where to enter it within that file. The device ID in System Profiler is 0x0421, but I don't see in the info.plist where to put it. I don't even know if it will work, but I'm willing to try whatever. UPDATE: Did a fresh install with the same specs as above and used pcwiz Universal Installer to add EFI...Got black screen when attempting to rebbot...booted into single user mode and removed all nvidia kexts to get back in...system profiler still lists the EFI string, but no qe/ci and limited to the one 1680x1050x32@60hz resolution(set up in Universal Installer). I am wondering if I need to add the NVCAP somwhere? Also, since I am using AMD should I use the CPUs=1 fix and could that have something to do with the video card issue? Also, installed Envy24 package to use my Audiophile 2496...working perfectly.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mjolniir Posted May 25, 2009 Share Posted May 25, 2009 UPDATE: Did a fresh install with the same specs as above and used pcwiz Universal Installer to add EFI...Got black screen when attempting to rebbot...booted into single user mode and removed all nvidia kexts to get back in...system profiler still lists the EFI string, but no qe/ci and limited to the one 1680x1050x32@60hz resolution(set up in Universal Installer). I am wondering if I need to add the NVCAP somwhere? Also, since I am using AMD should I use the CPUs=1 fix and could that have something to do with the video card issue? Also, installed Envy24 package to use my Audiophile 2496...working perfectly.. FINALLY WORKING!!!! OK so after trying endless combinations and reinstalls, etc., I was finally rewarded by seeing my menubar popup translucent, and I confirmed in system profiler that yes, QE/CI are enabled. So for posterity, here is what it took: Hardware: Gigabyte M61PME-S2 Chipset nforce 430 (MCP61 ethernet) onboard sound and video DISABLED Zotac PCIe nVidia 8500gt 512MB Acer x223w LCD monitor (widescreen) DVI input M-Audio Audiophile 2496 PCI 100GB HFS+ partition on a 1TB SATA drive OSX86: iPC 10.5.6 Final Optional installs: Kernel: Voodoo 9.5.0 Chipset: AppleNforceATA Video: NVinject 512MB Audio: Envy24 Ethernet: nForceLAN Fixes: Seatbelt, SMBIOSEFI Bootup after install with this combination gave me a desktop at the correct native resolution 1680x1050, with all options showing up in the desktop screen, no QE/CI support. I then used the Universal Installer to install OSX86 essentials kexts, and added EFI string for my card. Then, before reboot, I opened up the info.plist for the NVinject.kext in my Extensions folder and added my device ID. Then I rebooted and BOOM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
safmaverick Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 After several attemts I still got my nvidia running... how? 1.) rebooted with -s option 2.) mount -uw / 3.) changed to Extensions : cd System/Library/Extensions 4.) deleted all Geforce and Nvidia-, NVinject-, NVDarwin-, NVKush- etc. kexts & caches by: rm -r Ge*.* && rm -r NV*.* && rm -r ../Extensions.mkext 5.) rebooted & logged in with standarddisplay (no additional drivers!!!) 6.) installed 9f23installer with efistudio : http://scottdangel.com/blog/?page_id=20 7.) before rebooting opened efiStudio and chose my nvidia card with the right memory. 8.) saved it in the com.apple.Boot.plist. 9.) rebooted and crossed my fingers!!! 10.) BINGO!!! see my System-Profiler/Grafik-Monitore: nVidia GeForce 8500 GT: Chipsatz-Modell: nVidia GeForce 8500 GT Typ: Monitor Bus: PCIe PCIe-Lane-Breite: x16 VRAM (gesamt): 256 MB Hersteller: NVIDIA (0x10de) Geräte-ID: 0x0421 Versions-ID: 0x00a1 ROM-Version: nVidia GeForce 8500 GT OpenGL Engine [EFI] Monitore: xxxxxxxxxxx: Auflösung: 1680 x 1050 @ 60 Hz Farbtiefe: 32-Bit Farbe Core Image: Hardware-unterstützt Hauptmonitor: Ja Synchronisierung: Aus Eingeschaltet: Ja Quartz Extreme: Unterstützt Rotation: Unterstützt QuartzGL: Unterstützt greetings a happy and deep impressed Mondi doesnt work I think Im the only man in the world who didnt find a way to make CI/QE work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shade711 Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 I tried this method but had no luck. Maybe mine requires a custom EFI string? I have an Asus EN8500GT with 512mb, and I can't get it to work for the life of me. Any suggestions would be awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mondial Posted June 29, 2009 Author Share Posted June 29, 2009 After several attemts I still got my nvidia running... how? 1.) rebooted with -s option 2.) mount -uw / 3.) changed to Extensions : cd System/Library/Extensions 4.) deleted all Geforce and Nvidia-, NVinject-, NVDarwin-, NVKush- etc. kexts & caches by: rm -r Ge*.* && rm -r NV*.* && rm -r ../Extensions.mkext 5.) rebooted & logged in with standarddisplay (no additional drivers!!!) 6.) installed 9f23installer with efistudio : http://scottdangel.com/blog/?page_id=20 7.) before rebooting opened efiStudio and chose my nvidia card with the right memory. 8.) saved it in the com.apple.Boot.plist. 9.) rebooted and crossed my fingers!!! 10.) BINGO!!! see my System-Profiler/Grafik-Monitore: nVidia GeForce 8500 GT: Chipsatz-Modell: nVidia GeForce 8500 GT Typ: Monitor Bus: PCIe PCIe-Lane-Breite: x16 VRAM (gesamt): 256 MB Hersteller: NVIDIA (0x10de) Geräte-ID: 0x0421 Versions-ID: 0x00a1 ROM-Version: nVidia GeForce 8500 GT OpenGL Engine [EFI] Monitore: xxxxxxxxxxx: Auflösung: 1680 x 1050 @ 60 Hz Farbtiefe: 32-Bit Farbe Core Image: Hardware-unterstützt Hauptmonitor: Ja Synchronisierung: Aus Eingeschaltet: Ja Quartz Extreme: Unterstützt Rotation: Unterstützt QuartzGL: Unterstützt greetings a happy and deep impressed Mondi I did a complete new iAtkos v7 installation (10.5.7) and used this story for the same Gfx-Card AND IT WORKED WITHOUT ANY ERRORS! But you have to do all steps as described above! Maybe you really have to delete ALL the KEXTs and I think it's important also the cached MKEXT!!! Don't reboot after the Gfx insatallation, first use the efistudio! See my new results: nVidia GeForce 8500 GT: Chipset Model: nVidia GeForce 8500 GT Type: Display Bus: PCIe PCIe Lane Width: x16 VRAM (Total): 256 MB Vendor: NVIDIA (0x10de) Device ID: 0x0421 Revision ID: 0x00a1 ROM Revision: nVidia GeForce 8500 GT OpenGL Engine [EFI] Displays: xxxxxxxxxxx: Resolution: 1600 x 1200 @ 60 Hz Depth: 32-Bit Color Core Image: Hardware Accelerated Main Display: Yes Mirror: Off Online: Yes Quartz Extreme: Supported Rotation: Supported Display Connector: Status: No Display Connected Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marto2008 Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 Thanks man!! Got my 9600GSO 384mb G92 working with QE/CI/QGL. Followed every step. I'm running iPC 10.5.6 and used the EFI String of the 8800GS 384mb as is the same card as mine. Bye! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klausabio Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 Hey i just can´t make my Nvidia GT8500 256 MB to work on leopard... I´ve tried different installing options for it, also downloaded the NVInstaller, but nothing, the blue screen appears every time i change the resolution. Any clue? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mondial Posted July 30, 2009 Author Share Posted July 30, 2009 Hey i just can�t make my Nvidia GT8500 256 MB to work on leopard... I�ve tried different installing options for it, also downloaded the NVInstaller, but nothing, the blue screen appears every time i change the resolution. Any clue? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DONNUT Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 I also have the same problem. I've installed IPC OSX86 10.5.6 on my desktop computer. Lan and Audio are working but my NVIDIA 8500 GT 512 is not working. i have tried installing NVinject-, NVDarwin-, NVKush but still no success and only got blue screen. i tried downloading the file 9f23installer on this link : http://scottdangel.com/blog/?page_id=20 but it is showing "Download Temporary Unavailable" for the past 3 days. Is there anymore link for this file? I'm a newby on intalling Mac and i just followed some video tutorials and forum instuctions. Can someone help me on this. thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mondial Posted August 8, 2009 Author Share Posted August 8, 2009 I also have the same problem. I've installed IPC OSX86 10.5.6 on my desktop computer. Lan and Audio are working but my NVIDIA 8500 GT 512 is not working. i have tried installing NVinject-, NVDarwin-, NVKush but still no success and only got blue screen. i tried downloading the file 9f23installer on this link : http://scottdangel.com/blog/?page_id=20 but it is showing "Download Temporary Unavailable" for the past 3 days. Is there anymore link for this file? I'm a newby on intalling Mac and i just followed some video tutorials and forum instuctions. Can someone help me on this. thanks. scottangel- link : Tried it just now (02:30 p.m. , 8th Aug.2009) is up and running greets Mondi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DONNUT Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 Thanks Mondi, I downloaded and tried 9f9installer.pkg on my nvidia 8500 gt 512 and it is now working perfectly on IPC OSX86 10.5. Any Idea how can activate the TV output of my graphics card? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulo Lima Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 scottangel- link : Tried it just now (02:30 p.m. , 8th Aug.2009) is up and running greets Mondi Link not working (12:45 pm friday 14/08/2009).. " File downloads are temporary unavailable We expect it to be back shortly. Thanks for your patience." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MatthewH12 Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 I'm running an MSI 8500GT 256MB on iAtkos V7, and I ran thru the instructions, and after I fought my mouse (which was running at warp speed), to switch to 1680x1050, it switched properly but everything looks ghosted? Like an old fashioned TV that had the ghosting affect. This is with the VGA connector, the DVI connector with a dvi to vga adapter or straight dvi into my lcd both just gives me a black screen like it's not initializing the monitor. Ideas? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pumajoe Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 After several attemts I still got my nvidia running... how? 1.) rebooted with -s option 2.) mount -uw / 3.) changed to Extensions : cd System/Library/Extensions 4.) deleted all Geforce and Nvidia-, NVinject-, NVDarwin-, NVKush- etc. kexts & caches by: rm -r Ge*.* && rm -r NV*.* && rm -r ../Extensions.mkext 5.) rebooted & logged in with standarddisplay (no additional drivers!!!) 6.) installed 9f23installer with efistudio : http://scottdangel.com/blog/?page_id=20 7.) before rebooting opened efiStudio and chose my nvidia card with the right memory. 8.) saved it in the com.apple.Boot.plist. 9.) rebooted and crossed my fingers!!! 10.) BINGO!!! see my System-Profiler/Grafik-Monitore: nVidia GeForce 8500 GT: Chipsatz-Modell: nVidia GeForce 8500 GT Typ: Monitor Bus: PCIe PCIe-Lane-Breite: x16 VRAM (gesamt): 256 MB Hersteller: NVIDIA (0x10de) Ger�te-ID: 0x0421 Versions-ID: 0x00a1 ROM-Version: nVidia GeForce 8500 GT OpenGL Engine [EFI] Monitore: xxxxxxxxxxx: Aufl�sung: 1680 x 1050 @ 60 Hz Farbtiefe: 32-Bit Farbe Core Image: Hardware-unterst�tzt Hauptmonitor: Ja Synchronisierung: Aus Eingeschaltet: Ja Quartz Extreme: Unterst�tzt Rotation: Unterst�tzt QuartzGL: Unterst�tzt greetings a happy and deep impressed Mondi YOOOO I got this working with Quadro FX 1700. I have a P5q Deluxe modo and used the latest 2201 firmware, iPC 10.5.6 upgraded to 10.5.7. I've been going nuts and tried everything. I already have the correct device settings in my boot.plist and as soon as I removed all drivers as said above in the quote, rebooted and installed this 9f23installer, rebooted and wham....this is what I got.... NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700 DDL: Chipset Model: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700 DDL Type: Display Bus: PCIe PCIe Lane Width: x8 VRAM (Total): 512 MB Vendor: NVIDIA (0x10de) Device ID: 0x040f Revision ID: 0x00a1 ROM Revision: 3172a Displays: AL2223W: Resolution: 1680 x 1050 @ 60 Hz Depth: 32-Bit Color Core Image: Hardware Accelerated Main Display: Yes Mirror: Off Online: Yes Quartz Extreme: Supported Rotation: Supported QuartzGL: Supported Display Connector: Status: No Display Connected I AM SO GLAD I STUMBLED ON THIS POST!!!! THANK YOU ALL!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZONTAG Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 Perfect Work for me. xFx 8300 gs 256mb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaitsman Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 Link ain't working anymore, can anyone post the ile to some other location? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mondial Posted September 12, 2009 Author Share Posted September 12, 2009 sorry but rs only let 10 times: http://rapidshare.com/files/279229065/9f23installer.pkg.html gr mondi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nesagwa Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 After several attemts I still got my nvidia running... how? 1.) rebooted with -s option 2.) mount -uw / 3.) changed to Extensions : cd System/Library/Extensions 4.) deleted all Geforce and Nvidia-, NVinject-, NVDarwin-, NVKush- etc. kexts & caches by: rm -r Ge*.* && rm -r NV*.* && rm -r ../Extensions.mkext 5.) rebooted & logged in with standarddisplay (no additional drivers!!!) 6.) installed 9f23installer with efistudio : http://scottdangel.com/blog/?page_id=20 7.) before rebooting opened efiStudio and chose my nvidia card with the right memory. 8.) saved it in the com.apple.Boot.plist. 9.) rebooted and crossed my fingers!!! 10.) BINGO!!! see my System-Profiler/Grafik-Monitore: nVidia GeForce 8500 GT: Chipsatz-Modell: nVidia GeForce 8500 GT Typ: Monitor Bus: PCIe PCIe-Lane-Breite: x16 VRAM (gesamt): 256 MB Hersteller: NVIDIA (0x10de) Ger�te-ID: 0x0421 Versions-ID: 0x00a1 ROM-Version: nVidia GeForce 8500 GT OpenGL Engine [EFI] Monitore: xxxxxxxxxxx: Aufl�sung: 1680 x 1050 @ 60 Hz Farbtiefe: 32-Bit Farbe Core Image: Hardware-unterst�tzt Hauptmonitor: Ja Synchronisierung: Aus Eingeschaltet: Ja Quartz Extreme: Unterst�tzt Rotation: Unterst�tzt QuartzGL: Unterst�tzt greetings a happy and deep impressed Mondi This works fine for me on an EVGA 8500 GT 1gb, but I still cannot seem to get any video over DVI past the Apple loading screen. I just get the black screen and nothing happens. Is there a fix for this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mondial Posted October 12, 2009 Author Share Posted October 12, 2009 Thanks Mondi, I downloaded and tried 9f9installer.pkg on my nvidia 8500 gt 512 and it is now working perfectly on IPC OSX86 10.5. Any Idea how can activate the TV output of my graphics card? Sorry, for TV out no idea :-( but dual monitoring is working :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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