Asus Striker 2 Extreme Probs

Master MarK · September 9, 2010

1. Delete
<key>GraphicsEnabler</key>
  <string>yes</string>
  <key>PciRoot</key>
  <string>1</string>
from your com.apple.Boot.plist........

2. Delete
<key>device-properties</key>
 <string>cd0300000100000001............00002010c</string>
from your com.apple.Boot.plist........

Download:

http://rapidshare.com/files/365666385/GT20...EVGA_Folder.zip

http://rapidshare.com/files/365666477/NVEnabler.kext.zip

and then make backup of the following files in your /S/L/E/ directory:

GeForce.kext

GeForce2MXGLDriver.bundle

GeForce3GLDriver.bundle

GeForce7xxxGLDriver.bundle

GeForce7xxxGLDriverPPC.bundle

GeForce8xxxGLDriver.bundle

GeForceFXGLDriver.bundle

GeForceFXGLDriverPPC.bundle

GeForceGA.plugin

GeForceGAPPC.plugin

GeForcePPC.kext

GeForceVADriver.bundle

GeForceVADriverPPC.bundle

NVDANV10Hal.kext

NVDANV20Hal.kext

NVDANV30Hal.kext

NVDANV40Hal.kext

NVDANV40HalPPC.kext

NVDANV50Hal.kext

NVDAResman.kext

NVDAResmanPPC.kext

and replace them with the kexts in the downloaded EVGA folder........ and then also install NVEnabler.kext in in your /S/L/E/ directory........and then go to Terminal and type
[code]sudo chown -R root:wheel /System/Library/Extensions/
sudo chmod -R 755 /System/Library/Extensions/
sudo touch /System/Library/Extensions/
sudo kextcache -v 1 -t -m /System/Library/Caches/com.apple.kext.caches/Startup/Extensions.mkext /System/Library/Extensions/
[/code]

Reboot with -v -f and then use Disk Utility to repair OS X permissions............

If this does not work, then try this GTX260 graphics string (if different from what you have alreday tried): GTX260.zip

but remember to delete NVEnabler.kext first........

Tried this and nothing its still the same

In more info im getting :

GeForce GTX 260:

Chipset Model: GeForce GTX 260

Type: GPU

Bus: PCIe

PCIe Lane Width: x16

VRAM (Total): 896 MB

Vendor: NVIDIA (0x10de)

Device ID: 0x05e2

Revision ID: 0x00a1

Displays:

Display:

Resolution: 1024 x 768

Pixel Depth: 32-Bit Color (ARGB8888)

Main Display: Yes

Mirror: Off

Online: Yes

Display Connector:

but i cant see quartz or no different resolutions

verdant · September 9, 2010

Tried this and nothing its still the same

In more info im getting :

GeForce GTX 260:

Chipset Model: GeForce GTX 260

Type: GPU

Bus: PCIe

PCIe Lane Width: x16

VRAM (Total): 896 MB

Vendor: NVIDIA (0x10de)

Device ID: 0x05e2

Revision ID: 0x00a1

Displays:

Display:

Resolution: 1024 x 768

Pixel Depth: 32-Bit Color (ARGB8888)

Main Display: Yes

Mirror: Off

Online: Yes

Display Connector:

but i cant see quartz or no different resolutions

From your reply it is not clear if you are using NVEnabler or EFI graphics string.......

Master MarK · September 9, 2010

From your reply it is not clear if you are using NVEnabler or EFI graphics string.......

Sorry ive tried NVEnabler and copyed all the files over like u said

verdant · September 9, 2010

Sorry ive tried NVEnabler and copyed all the files over like u said

OK......then you need to put your graphics card Device ID mask in the Info.plist file of each of these kexts:

GeForce.kext

<key>IOPCIPrimaryMatch</key>

NVDAResman.kext

<key>IOPCIPrimaryMatch</key>

NVDANV40Hal.kext

NVEnabler.kext

<key>IOPCIMatch</key>

<key>IOProbeScore</key>

To get to Info.plist file in each kext:

1. Navigate to /System/Library/Extensions

2. Find each kext one at a time, then right-click on kext icon, choosing "Show Package Contents", then open Contents folder to find Info.plist.

3. Open Info.plist file via Terminal using sudo nano etc., or right-click, choosing "Open With", and selecting your preferred Text Editor app; e.g.Text Edit, TextMate, TextWrangler, Property List Editor, or PlistEdit Pro etc.

4. Once open navigate to root IOKitPersonalities next arrow then click value next to IOPCIMatch or IOPCIPrimaryMatch and enter 0x05e010de&0xfff8ffff

5. Also in NVEnabler Info.plist, change IOProbe score to 0

Master MarK · September 10, 2010

OK......then you need to put your graphics card Device ID mask in the Info.plist file of each of these kexts:

GeForce.kext

<key>IOPCIPrimaryMatch</key>

<string>0x004010de&0xfff0ffff 0x05e010de&0xfff8ffff 0x022010de&0xfff0ffff 0x014010de&0xfff0ffff 0x016010de&0xfff0ffff 0x009010de&0xfff0ffff 0x01d010de&0xfff0ffff 0x039010de&0xfff0ffff 0x029010de&0xfff0ffff</string>

NVDAResman.kext

<key>IOPCIPrimaryMatch</key>

<string>0x05e010de&0xfff8ffff 0x011010de&0xfff8ffff 0x017010de&0xfff8ffff 0x017910de 0x018010de&0xfff8ffff 0x018810de 0x018910de 0x020010de&0xfff8ffff 0x025010de&0xfff8ffff 0x028010de&0xfff8ffff 0x030010de&0xfff8ffff 0x031010de&0xfff8ffff 0x031910de 0x034910de 0x05e010de&0xfff8ffff 0x05f010de&0xfff0ffff</string>

NVDANV40Hal.kext

NVEnabler.kext

<key>IOPCIMatch</key>

<string>0x05e010de&0xfff8ffff</string>

<key>IOProbeScore</key>

<string>0</string>

To get to Info.plist file in each kext:

1. Navigate to /System/Library/Extensions

2. Find each kext one at a time, then right-click on kext icon, choosing "Show Package Contents", then open Contents folder to find Info.plist.

3. Open Info.plist file via Terminal using sudo nano etc., or right-click, choosing "Open With", and selecting your preferred Text Editor app; e.g.Text Edit, TextMate, TextWrangler, Property List Editor, or PlistEdit Pro etc.

4. Once open navigate to root IOKitPersonalities next arrow then click value next to IOPCIMatch or IOPCIPrimaryMatch and enter 0x05e010de&0xfff8ffff

5. Also in NVEnabler Info.plist, change IOProbe score to 0

Keeps tellin me could not be saved ???

My name logged in has admin also ive clicked in get info added my account and set it to read/write

Im not sure what else to do this seems to be gettin worse

Would my life be any better if i used another methos ie [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] & [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] using a retail

Master MarK · September 10, 2010

Ok managed to get that sorted but nothin has changed been reading up about netkas enabler do you know about this method

verdant · September 10, 2010

@ Master Mark

Changing install method to Retail on its own will not sort out your video issues........but try the video install procedure in this post.......

Using the netkas Universal Enabler is worth a try........

Master MarK · September 11, 2010

OMG you never guess what it worked :rolleyes:

Thankyou so much for your help i finally got there.

there is really only 1 more thing to do now and thats to get Quartz enabled its not showing

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260:

Chipset Model: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260

Type: GPU

Bus: PCIe

PCIe Lane Width: x16

VRAM (Total): 896 MB

Vendor: NVIDIA (0x10de)

Device ID: 0x05e2

Revision ID: 0x00a1

ROM Revision: 3172a

Displays:

LE2262:

Resolution: 1680 x 1050 @ 60 Hz

Pixel Depth: 32-Bit Color (ARGB8888)

Main Display: Yes

Mirror: Off

Online: Yes

Display Connector:

Status: No Display Connected

Also what do i backup now just incase anything happens ie files or folders

Thanks again thankyou for staying with through this im so glad we did it

verdant · September 11, 2010

OMG you never guess what it worked

Thankyou so much for your help i finally got there.

there is really only 1 more thing to do now and thats to get Quartz enabled its not showing

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260:

Chipset Model: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260

Type: GPU

Bus: PCIe

PCIe Lane Width: x16

VRAM (Total): 896 MB

Vendor: NVIDIA (0x10de)

Device ID: 0x05e2

Revision ID: 0x00a1

ROM Revision: 3172a

Displays:

LE2262:

Resolution: 1680 x 1050 @ 60 Hz

Pixel Depth: 32-Bit Color (ARGB8888)

Main Display: Yes

Mirror: Off

Online: Yes

Display Connector:

Status: No Display Connected

Also what do i backup now just incase anything happens ie files or folders

Thanks again thankyou for staying with through this im so glad we did it

Glad it worked for you........ It would be helpful for other readers with a GTX 260, for you to write up step by step what you did.........

Not sure what you mean by

there is really only 1 more thing to do now and thats to get Quartz enabled its not showing

since Leopard and Snow leopard indicate CI/QE in different ways.........as this extract from my Snow Leopard Retail Install Guide for nForce + Intel MOBOs explains:

If CI and QE are not fully enabled for your graphics card(s), then you will probably experience so-called mouse pointer "tearing", display-screen artifacts such as horizontal dashes, poor display refresh-rates, fixed screen-resolution etc.

In Leopard, System Profiler > Graphics/Displays would directly indicate this because Core Image would be shown as "Hardware Accelerated" and Quartz Extreme as "Supported" BUT this is no longer the case in Snow Leopard.

However, there are 3 key ways to confirm that the Core Image functioning is hardware accelerated and that Quartz Extreme functioning is supported:

1. The top-menu bar is transluscent i.e. the underlying Desktop image is visible through the menu bar

2. When you run the Front Row app, it opens and functions fully....

3. If, when you click on the Dashboard icon in Dock or run the Dashboard app and add a widget, either via the LHS "+" button and clicking on a widget icon in the bottom widgets bar, or by 'dragging and dropping' a widget, you should see a "real-time" water-ripple effect as the new widget is "dropped" into the Dashboard.......

Master MarK · September 11, 2010

Thats what i mean CI/QE are not showing up

Frontrow does not work

Preview is not showing nothin at all

verdant · September 11, 2010

Thats what i mean CI/QE are not showing up
Frontrow does not work

Preview is not showing nothin at all

So, that means that your GTX 260 video card is still not set up properly.............are you running 10.6.4?

Master MarK · September 11, 2010

no ive tried loads of time to install 10.6.4 it installs fine but when i reboot my screen stays black i dont know what to do then ?

verdant · September 11, 2010

no ive tried loads of time to install 10.6.4 it installs fine but when i reboot my screen stays black i dont know what to do then ?

I will look at the 10.6.4 issue and then get back to you as soon as I can........

If you are willing to risk having to do a complete OS X SL re-install, should the following not work and mess up your current OS X installation.........

PART A

1. Open up a simple text editor such as TextEdit, TextMate, TextWrangler and then copy the following script into an open new text file and save it as "rename.sh" (without quotes)....

while sleep 1; 
do mv -f "/System/Library/Extensions/GeForce_PCI.kext" "/System/Library/Extensions/GeForce_PCI.kext.bad"; 
mv -f "/System/Library/Extensions/GeForce.kext" "/System/Library/Extensions/GeForce.kext.bad"; 
mv -f "/System/Library/Extensions/NVDANV40Hal.kext" "/System/Library/Extensions/NVDANV40Hal.kext.bad";
mv -f "/System/Library/Extensions/NVDANV50Hal_PCI.kext" "/System/Library/Extensions/NVDANV50Hal_PCI.kext.bad";
mv -f "/System/Library/Extensions/NVDANV50Hal.kext" "/System/Library/Extensions/NVDANV50Hal.kext.bad"; 
mv -f "/System/Library/Extensions/NVDAResman_PCI.kext" "/System/Library/Extensions/NVDAResman_PCI.kext.bad";
mv -f "/System/Library/Extensions/NVDAResman.kext" "/System/Library/Extensions/NVDAResman.kext.bad";
mv -f "/System/Library/Extensions/NVSMU.kext" "/System/Library/Extensions/NVSMU.kext.bad";
done

and make a copy of it to use (store original in a safe location).

2. Place a copy of rename.sh in the OS X root directory, which is accessed by double-clicking on your booted OS X system hard drive icon. Check that this has been done by opening Terminal and at the $ prompt type each line as written, then press Enter....

cd /
ls
exit

then close Terminal.

PART B

3. Now open Terminal and at $ prompt type

sudo su

and press Enter, after which you will be prompted to enter your password....

password:

Type in your password and press Enter, and the following prompt will appear, sh-3.2#

At this prompt, type each line as written, then press Enter....

cd /
chmod 755 rename.sh
./rename.sh

The rename.sh shell script will now start running recursively....LEAVE THE TERMINAL WINDOW OPEN so that you can see the script running....

4. Double-click on 10.6.4 Combo Update.dmg and follow the Combo Update Installer operating instructions....go to Installer menu bar > Window > Install Log, and a Installer Log window will open....click on Show Errors Only button and select Show Errors and Progress....and save the Installer log to a volume where it can be retrieved from if needed to investigate any problems.....

5. When the 10.6.4 Combo Update has installed successfully, DO NOT click on the Restart button.....and LEAVE the Installer Window OPEN OR ONLY MINIMISE....

6. Return to the open Terminal window i.e. click on the window to make it active (the cursor will change from an empty rectangle to a gray-filled rectangle....) and press Ctrl C twice and you should return to the sh-3.2# prompt....type exit at the sh-3.2# prompt and you should return to the $ prompt. Now close the Terminal window.

7. Click on the Restart button....and reboot into your now hopefully 10.6.4 updated OS X system with -v -f....wait for awhile, it should automatically restart....reboot again into your now 10.6.4 updated OS X system with -v -f

If this works, i.e. giving you VESA mode in 10.6.4, then let me know.......then we will do the next steps........

Master MarK · September 11, 2010

Before i red your last post i tried a combo update again and for some strange reason this time it worked no probs at all

So im now in 10.6.4 :blush:

gfx card are the same nothin has changed really except the preview now works

Thankyou

verdant · September 11, 2010

Before i red your last post i tried a combo update again and for some strange reason this time it worked no probs at all

So im now in 10.6.4

gfx card are the same nothin has changed really except the preview now works

Thankyou

So are you now getting CI/QE behaviour?

Master MarK · September 11, 2010

No nothin has changed

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260:

Chipset Model: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260

Type: GPU

Bus: PCIe

PCIe Lane Width: x16

VRAM (Total): 896 MB

Vendor: NVIDIA (0x10de)

Device ID: 0x05e2

Revision ID: 0x00a1

ROM Revision: 3172a

Displays:

LE2262:

Resolution: 1680 x 1050 @ 60 Hz

Pixel Depth: 32-Bit Color (ARGB8888)

Main Display: Yes

Mirror: Off

Online: Yes

Rotation: Supported

Display Connector:

Status: No Display Connected

verdant · September 11, 2010

No nothin has changed

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260:

Chipset Model: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260

Type: GPU

Bus: PCIe

PCIe Lane Width: x16

VRAM (Total): 896 MB

Vendor: NVIDIA (0x10de)

Device ID: 0x05e2

Revision ID: 0x00a1

ROM Revision: 3172a

Displays:

LE2262:

Resolution: 1680 x 1050 @ 60 Hz

Pixel Depth: 32-Bit Color (ARGB8888)

Main Display: Yes

Mirror: Off

Online: Yes

Rotation: Supported

Display Connector:

Status: No Display Connected

So, currently you are using an EFI graphics string by itself, without an NVEnabler kext installed in /S/L/E/ and/or GraphicsEnabler in com.apple.Boot.plist.........?

Can you switch resolutions on-the-fly from the Display menu in the top bar of Desktop........?

Master MarK · September 11, 2010

Ok this is strange my front row is now working and also im getting a ripple when adding a widget

I downloaded nvidia Retail mac driver installer 19.5.8f03.mpkg

surely is wasnt that easy just update to 10.6.4 then run the nvidia installer ?

verdant · September 11, 2010

Ok this is strange my front row is now working and also im getting a ripple when adding a widget

I downloaded nvidia Retail mac driver installer 19.5.8f03.mpkg

surely is wasnt that easy just update to 10.6.4 then run the nvidia installer ?

Yes..........looks like it........

Master MarK · September 11, 2010

<?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">

<dict>

<key>Boot Graphics</key>

<key>Kernel</key>

<string>mach_kernel</string>

<key>Kernel Flags</key>

<key>Quiet Boot</key>

<key>Timeout</key>

<key>device-properties</key>

</dict>

</plist>

Thats my plist

Not sure if this is the 1 i edited or does this change when u update or add drivers

verdant · September 11, 2010

@ Master MarK

No, the com.apple.Boot.plist does not change when you update the OS X system, or add/remove kexts etc.

Master MarK · September 11, 2010

So whats the best thing for me to do now ie backup files just incase i do a fresh install

verdant · September 11, 2010

So whats the best thing for me to do now ie backup files just incase i do a fresh install

If you still have two OS X volumes set up, the clone this working system to the other volume using Carbon Copy Cloner, or Disk Utility, and install the Chameleon 2.0 bootloader on both volumes.......

Master MarK · September 11, 2010

What will that do ??? Chameleon 2.0

verdant · September 11, 2010

What will that do ??? Chameleon 2.0

That is your HDD bootloader........

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