mckinsey Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 Hi All, Specs: - Badaxe2 Mobo - Nvidia 8800 GT video card w/ 512 mb ram I was very happy with my Leo4All, vanilla kernal 10.5.2 installation. I made a few tweaks over a year ago and it worked great, including Quartz Extreme w/ NVInject. Then my roommate runs software update. oops. There goes the installation. So I figure I'll use the oppurtunity to upgrade, so I get iPC and install it. No display at all with NVInject but it worked with NVDarwin. NVDarwin does not support Quartz Extreme. Lame. So I figure out the problem with NVInject was that with a single monitor you have to use the DVI port closest to the motherboard. Who'd have known it. So I get NVInject .21 to work great by plugging in the monitor to the DVI out. However, QE is still not working. So, I edit the PLIST in NVInject and change IOProbe from 66,000 to 0. This is supposed to fix it. Instead it caused my display to go black. So I single user mode in, and restore NV Darwin. That works. For kicks I try to NV Kush installer. That works, but again, no QE. I try to use EFI studio, but I get the error "your valume must be a guid partition" I am at my wits end. This all worked with leo4all 10.5.2. Any advice? Thanks! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/198988-quartz-extreme-on-8800-gt-512-mb/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord_Jeremy Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 Hmm. My recommendation is try iAtkos with just NVinject and the EFI string. That worked perfectly when I borrowed a friend's 8800 GTS before I got my 9400 GT. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/198988-quartz-extreme-on-8800-gt-512-mb/#findComment-1339276 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mckinsey Posted November 25, 2009 Author Share Posted November 25, 2009 Hmm. My recommendation is try iAtkos with just NVinject and the EFI string. That worked perfectly when I borrowed a friend's 8800 GTS before I got my 9400 GT. I have a 8800 GT not a GTS, but I have not tried iAtkos. I'll give that a shot. I don't think it will solve my core problem though which is that NVInject isn't supporting quartz extreme on my 8800 GT. I tried EFI studio but I get the error about the guid partition... any advice? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/198988-quartz-extreme-on-8800-gt-512-mb/#findComment-1341496 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord_Jeremy Posted November 25, 2009 Share Posted November 25, 2009 What version of NVinject do you have installed? I used 0.2.1. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/198988-quartz-extreme-on-8800-gt-512-mb/#findComment-1341524 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ameris_cyning Posted November 25, 2009 Share Posted November 25, 2009 Try nvkush, nvenabler, and ATY_Init. Nvkush has given me the best results for 7/8/9 series while ATY_Init is for those whom have GT 200 series. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/198988-quartz-extreme-on-8800-gt-512-mb/#findComment-1341570 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mckinsey Posted November 25, 2009 Author Share Posted November 25, 2009 Hi all, so I have now fully followed the EFI String guide, but determined that I do not have EFI 8, so that didn't work. I also tried to add my device ID to the various NV kexts, no dice on QE. I tried NVenabler but could only find version 0.1 and got an OS error evertime I put it in the extensions folder, and it didn't work. Wits end - any other ideas? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/198988-quartz-extreme-on-8800-gt-512-mb/#findComment-1342410 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mckinsey Posted November 26, 2009 Author Share Posted November 26, 2009 Well I am happy to report that I got QE working by following the directions here: http://www.projectosx.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=4 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/198988-quartz-extreme-on-8800-gt-512-mb/#findComment-1343068 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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