BrokenBird Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 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. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/226899-dual-nvidia-video-cards-on-asus-maximus-gene-iii/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrokenBird Posted July 31, 2010 Author Share Posted July 31, 2010 I guess I am going to need to get a real Mac Pro to get this to work, this hackinstosh stuff takes way too much time out of my life. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/226899-dual-nvidia-video-cards-on-asus-maximus-gene-iii/#findComment-1522248 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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