DraggyGarg Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 NVM Guys, I got it fully work! Hello guys, Here's my setup : EP45 UD3R, Snow Leopard (10.6.2), XFX Radeon HD4890(Running the default BIOS). So far I have tried the exotic patchers by netkas and all I get is a garbled screen, I even tried placing a custom ROM but to no avail. All I really wish for is to run my resolution at 1680 x 1050(Which is my monitor's default res.), does anyone have any idea? When I try to force the resolution via com.apple.Boot.plist, it reverts to 1400 x 1050 for some odd reason. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/207374-need-help-in-getting-4890-to-work-ok-got-it-to-recognize-but-no-qe/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
DraggyGarg Posted January 15, 2010 Author Share Posted January 15, 2010 I got my 4890 to fully recognize along with the correct display res., now the problem is that QE is not working. I have netkas's exotic patch for 10.6.2 installed. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/207374-need-help-in-getting-4890-to-work-ok-got-it-to-recognize-but-no-qe/#findComment-1386133 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DraggyGarg Posted January 17, 2010 Author Share Posted January 17, 2010 OK I got it to fully work, thanks anyway Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/207374-need-help-in-getting-4890-to-work-ok-got-it-to-recognize-but-no-qe/#findComment-1387328 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdask Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 OK I got it to fully work, thanks anyway Hi there! is it possible to share your method? i cant get mine to work at 10.6.2 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/207374-need-help-in-getting-4890-to-work-ok-got-it-to-recognize-but-no-qe/#findComment-1390708 Share on other sites More sharing options...
marksoccer105 Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 Hi there! is it possible to share your method? i cant get mine to work at 10.6.2 I second that request. I have an XFX 4890 from newegg, product model HD-489X-ZSFC, that I have not been able to get even the correct resolution working. Every time I try to boot, I get a garbled screen that is unreadable. The only way I can get it to boot is with safe mode. I would be very interested to hear your setup/method. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/207374-need-help-in-getting-4890-to-work-ok-got-it-to-recognize-but-no-qe/#findComment-1390939 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DraggyGarg Posted January 21, 2010 Author Share Posted January 21, 2010 I take no responsibility of what this might do Make sure all your ATI drivers are in vanilla condition(Meaning they are same as when you installed them), do not delete any of them and make sure you don't have ATY_Init.kext, EVOenabler.kext or Natit.kext(Various enablers) before installation Make sure you have updated to 10.6.2, now get the fol. packages(You can Google it, if you cannot find them, I'll attach them later) 1) framebuffers for 48x0 and 3870x2.pkg 2) 7_radeon_hd_48x0_drivers.pkg 3) QE_CI_Exotic patch 10.6.2.pkg Install them in the given order(Do not reboot in any of the steps or after the install) Now get LegacyHD4800Controller.kext(Can be found in netkas' Mac OS X 10.6.2 blog post) and place it in /Extra/Extensions. After that, download and run Kext utility(So that it will re-build extension's cache and setup permissions, just for safety measures). Then try a reboot, you can also try booting with -x32 flags(And if you get the restart notice, try the -v flag to know what exactly happened). Also in /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist add <key>GraphicsEnabler</key> <string>y</string> <key>PciRoot</key> <string>1</string> Under <dict></dict> tags. I did the above to get it properly working, you may not require everything of the above to get it working or it may not work for you. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/207374-need-help-in-getting-4890-to-work-ok-got-it-to-recognize-but-no-qe/#findComment-1391560 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdask Posted January 24, 2010 Share Posted January 24, 2010 Thank you DraggyGarg! It worked for me too. Only for a vanilla instalation though. Installed 10.6 then immediately updated to 10.6.2 and then install the drivers as you specified. thanks Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/207374-need-help-in-getting-4890-to-work-ok-got-it-to-recognize-but-no-qe/#findComment-1394553 Share on other sites More sharing options...
frogargh Posted February 4, 2010 Share Posted February 4, 2010 This worked for me too. I did a clean install. You do need to install an up to date Chameleon . Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/207374-need-help-in-getting-4890-to-work-ok-got-it-to-recognize-but-no-qe/#findComment-1403313 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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