kannannn Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 hi all, sorry for being a noob, but i'm new in the mac world im trying to get ati 4850 1GB installed under snowleopard what program do i need,how to find my dev-id, and where do i add/edit please guys as i am really stuck.. 10 years in windows and is all different here. will really appreciate any help cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kannannn Posted June 19, 2010 Author Share Posted June 19, 2010 some updates folks, I managed to find some info reg my spec card: (PCI Device 1002-9442 / 1787-2266 (Rev 00); Chip Type ATI display adapter (0x9442) i suspect 0x9442 is my dev id ? i went and bought PlistEdit Pro so i can edit the plist and enter my dev-id At the moment i only have 3 patched Ati related kexts on my S/L/E 1.Ati4800Controller.kext 2.AtiFramebuffer.kext 3.AtiSupport.kext i found all these patched versions here where people said will work on my card. in fact i had to delete all other ati files and insert these so i can boot in normal mode ofcourse i am now stucked in 1024x768 fixed mode and without qe/ci i need to now which of these 3 kexts needs editing, and blind me i tried opening one just for test and i saw so many strings and keys, do i need to start a new key/string? if not which one do i edit..? thanks in advance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaLd0n Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 use graphicsenabler=yes + legacyati4800controller.kext Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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