whaase Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 I just finished getting my Leopard system installed. I have everything working. But my video card (PNY 7300GT) is a bit.... fuzzy I guess is the word. Its not sharp. I have a BFG 7300GT that is amazingly sharp in Windows... but I can get it to work in OSX for some reason. So, I picked up a EVGA gForce 9500GT. My question is this. How to I go about removing the old card so I can use the new one? I used EFIStudio to get my old card running. If I pop out my old, put in the new odds are it won't boot properly. So whats the method to do this? Also, how do I use boot flags with Chameleon? I could boot to safe mode, but I can figure out how lol Thanks! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/190689-replace-gfx-card/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
vilpostus Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 Remove any EFI strings from com.apple.Boot.plist. It should be located in /Extra folder of the disk. Edit it with PlistEditPro. If there is no such file, locate it in /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration. Edit it with PlistEditPro. Alternatively can use OSx86Tools for that task. Open it>Add EFI string/boot flag>Clear any data in the big lower field>write to com... Then install a new card. Use OSx86Tools to insert an EFI string again. Not sure what you mean by saying... Also, how do I use boot flags with Chameleon? I could boot to safe mode, but I can figure out how lol Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/190689-replace-gfx-card/#findComment-1290643 Share on other sites More sharing options...
whaase Posted October 5, 2009 Author Share Posted October 5, 2009 Remove any EFI strings from com.apple.Boot.plist. It should be located in /Extra folder of the disk. Edit it with PlistEditPro. If there is no such file, locate it in /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration. Edit it with PlistEditPro. Alternatively can use OSx86Tools for that task. Open it>Add EFI string/boot flag>Clear any data in the big lower field>write to com... Then install a new card. Use OSx86Tools to insert an EFI string again. Not sure what you mean by saying... Perfect, thank you. I installed the card. My settings from the 7300GT actually make it work perfect lol I think I'll leave it as is.. no need to fix it if it isn't broke. What I was meaning by boot flags was to use something like -x -v during the boot. I got that part figured out. I never tried typing on the Chameleon boot screen before Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/190689-replace-gfx-card/#findComment-1290680 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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