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I read everywhere that to enable dual video cards you need to set PEG2 in the BIOS, however my BIOS does not have this option, and everytime I boot I get the "Your computer needs to be restarted" black box.

 

Can anyone help please, I really need to get all my monitors working.

 

My Video Cards are

1 : 9500 GT 1Gb - PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x3,0x0)/Pci(0x0,0x0)

2 : 8400 GS 256MB - PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x5,0x0)/Pci(0x0,0x0)

 

My DSDT PCI0 part:

 

		Device (PCI0)
	{
		Device (PEGP)
		{
			Name (_ADR, 0x00030000)
			Device (GFX0)
			{
			}
		}

		Device (GFX1)
		{
			Name (_ADR, 0x00050000)
		}

 

and my com.apple.Boot.plist:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>Kernel</key>
<string>mach_kernel</string>
<key>Kernel Flags</key>
<string></string>


<key>PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x3,0x0)/Pci(0x0,0x0)</key>
	<dict>
		<key>@0,AAPL,boot-display</key>
		<data></data>
		<key>@0,can-hot-plug</key>
		<data></data>
		<key>@0,compatible</key>
		<string>NVDA,NVMac</string>
		<key>@0,connector-type</key>
		<data>AAAABA==</data>
		<key>@0,device_type</key>
		<string>display</string>
		<key>@0,display-connect-flags</key>
		<data>AAAAAA==</data>
		<key>@0,name</key>
		<string>NVDA,Display-A</string>
		<key>@1,AAPL,boot-display</key>
		<data></data>
		<key>@1,can-hot-plug</key>
		<data></data>
		<key>@1,compatible</key>
		<string>NVDA,NVMac</string>
		<key>@1,connector-type</key>
		<data>AAAABA==</data>
		<key>@1,device_type</key>
		<string>display</string>
		<key>@1,display-connect-flags</key>
		<data>AAAAAA==</data>
		<key>@1,name</key>
		<string>NVDA,Display-B</string>
		<key>NVCAP</key>
		<data>BAAAAAAAAwAMAAAAAAAABwAAAAA=</data>
		<key>NVPM</key>
		<data>AQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA==</data>
		<key>built-in</key>
		<data>AA==</data>
		<key>VRAM,totalsize</key>
		<string>0x40000000</string>
		<key>device_type</key>
		<string>NVDA,GeForce</string>
		<key>model</key>
		<string>NVIDIA GeForce EN 9500 GT</string>
		<key>name</key>
		<string>NVDA,Parent</string>
		<key>rm_multiboard_capable</key>
		<data>AAAAAQ==</data>
		<key>rom-revision</key>
		<string>NVIDIA GeForce EN 9500 GT OpenGL Engine</string>
	</dict>
<key>PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x5,0x0)/Pci(0x0,0x0)</key>
	<dict>
		<key>@0,AAPL,boot-display</key>
		<data></data>
		<key>@0,can-hot-plug</key>
		<data></data>
		<key>@0,compatible</key>
		<string>NVDA,NVMac</string>
		<key>@0,connector-type</key>
		<data>AAAABA==</data>
		<key>@0,device_type</key>
		<string>display</string>
		<key>@0,display-connect-flags</key>
		<data>AAAAAA==</data>
		<key>@0,name</key>
		<string>NVDA,Display-A</string>
		<key>@1,AAPL,boot-display</key>
		<data></data>
		<key>@1,can-hot-plug</key>
		<data></data>
		<key>@1,compatible</key>
		<string>NVDA,NVMac</string>
		<key>@1,connector-type</key>
		<data>AAAABA==</data>
		<key>@1,device_type</key>
		<string>display</string>
		<key>@1,display-connect-flags</key>
		<data>AAAAAA==</data>
		<key>@1,name</key>
		<string>NVDA,Display-B</string>
		<key>NVCAP</key>
		<data>BAAAAAAAAwAEAAAAAAAABwAAAAA=</data>
		<key>NVPM</key>
		<data>AQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA==</data>
		<key>built-in</key>
		<data>AA==</data>
		<key>VRAM,totalsize</key>
		<string>0×10000000</string>
		<key>device_type</key>
		<string>NVDA,GeForce</string>
		<key>model</key>
		<string>NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS</string>
		<key>name</key>
		<string>NVDA,Parent</string>
		<key>rm_multiboard_capable</key>
		<data>AAAAAQ==</data>
		<key>rom-revision</key>
		<string>NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS OpenGL Engine</string>
	</dict>

</dict>
</plist>

 

Oh and by the way I can boot with any one of these cards without any problems, I only have issues when trying to boot with both.

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