Cucurbitacée Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 Hello everyone, I've recently installed Leopard on a friend PC, here is the setup: - Asus P5K - Geforce 8600 GT 1024 MB (from Gainward, I think, but I'm not sure) - Leopard retail DVD - Boot132 P5K version, downloaded from this forum - Chameleon Bootloader 1.12 for Hard Drive with the Kext from the Boot132 disk - VoodooHDA for audio - Graphic and IDE drivers installed the OSX86Tools function - System update to 10.5.8 using the Software update function Everything is running very well, except there is no Quartz Extreme and only software Core Image. I've tried EFI Studio to add strings. If I remove NVInject.kext I'm back to 1024*768 resolution without any other choices. If I keep NVinject.kext, no QE/CI. I've tried to install NVKush, but after reboot I got a black screen with the mouse pointer in the upper left corner, then the cursor goes into the spinning wheel mode, and nothing else. I haven't tried NVDarwin yet, but every topic I've been reading so far are telling that EFI strings are the best choice. Unfortunately I couldn't manage to get it to work. So, it's been a few days I'm stuck in this situation. If someone have any clues on what steps should I do to get QE/CI to work, it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/180424-no-qeci-with-geforce-8600-gt-1024-mb/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
vilpostus Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 Try this ? Note: remove an EFI string of your card (you've installed with EFI Studio) from com.apple.boot via OSXTools before installing natit.kext Should work with full support of QE/CI and Quartz Extreme. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/180424-no-qeci-with-geforce-8600-gt-1024-mb/#findComment-1229297 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cucurbitacée Posted August 18, 2009 Author Share Posted August 18, 2009 Try this ? Note: remove an EFI string of your card (you've installed with EFI Studio) from com.apple.boot via OSXTools before installing natit.kextShould work with full support of QE/CI and Quartz Extreme. Thanks for your advice, I'll try tomorrow and tell you if it worked. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/180424-no-qeci-with-geforce-8600-gt-1024-mb/#findComment-1229457 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cucurbitacée Posted August 20, 2009 Author Share Posted August 20, 2009 Hello. Bad luck, I've installed natit from the link provided. But still no QE/CI. I've tried NVdarwin, doesn't work either. I've tried NVenabler, same result... I've modified Info.plist to add the ID (0x402) of the card in various kext, but still no luck. So, If anyone have any other idea, I'd love to give a try. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/180424-no-qeci-with-geforce-8600-gt-1024-mb/#findComment-1230345 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottapotamas Posted August 20, 2009 Share Posted August 20, 2009 odd... my old 8600GT worked perfectly with a EFI string installed by UInstaller... What about a custom EFI string??? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/180424-no-qeci-with-geforce-8600-gt-1024-mb/#findComment-1230360 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cucurbitacée Posted August 20, 2009 Author Share Posted August 20, 2009 What about a custom EFI string??? Why not? The thing is that I wouldn't know what to customize in the string. Any link to a step by step or well documented procedure ? Thanks. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/180424-no-qeci-with-geforce-8600-gt-1024-mb/#findComment-1230364 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottapotamas Posted August 20, 2009 Share Posted August 20, 2009 use say OSX86 tools, put the name, ram size in then kapow... just follow the prompts... you will then get a .hex which can be installed with the same prog or EFI studio... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/180424-no-qeci-with-geforce-8600-gt-1024-mb/#findComment-1230366 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cucurbitacée Posted August 20, 2009 Author Share Posted August 20, 2009 Ok, thanks for the info. I'll give a try! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/180424-no-qeci-with-geforce-8600-gt-1024-mb/#findComment-1230368 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vilpostus Posted August 21, 2009 Share Posted August 21, 2009 I can only sugest to try CoreVidea. By the way, if you have Cahmeleon installed, may be there are some video related kexts in Chameleon's /Extra/ folder? If so that could be the reason why. Another hint, may be try inserting an EFI string no to com.appe.boot file located in your system, not to the one located in your /Extra/ folder of the Chameleon (and viceversa, cose' I don't know where you've been trying to insert before). Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/180424-no-qeci-with-geforce-8600-gt-1024-mb/#findComment-1231599 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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