Finally, I made XFX 9800GX2 successful triple displays

[Qiao Jiannan]

Background:

 

My Hardware: HP xw8600 workstation,

CPU:Xeon 5420 (2.5G quad cores)

Memory: 12G DDR2 667 ECC FBDIMM

Chipset: Intel 54xx serials.

Graphics: XFX 9800GX2

Hard disk: 500G SATAx2

 

Trying DVD is iAntares_v3(10.6.5) Snow Leopard

 

All I known issue is:

1> Must use SATA DVD rom to install system, IDE DVD may not work ( for iAntares v2. v3 looks ok )

2> Motherboard BCM5755 Gigabyte Network still not drive yet. I put another RL8169 PCI gigabyte card.

3> Hard disk must work in "separated IDE" mode, AHCI could not find the disk when booting.

4> SAS still not recognized.

 

Use iAntares to boot system, format and install disk, no need any NVinject, NVkush or other NV card injection, just use ChameLeon "GraphicsEnabled=y" option could install system successful. And the display must plug in 9800GX2 first card first port.( the DVI beside HDMI ) Sound use he newest Voodoo driver is ok.

 

If no problem, after boot you could see almost everything is fine for your hardware. But there is only one not perfect, the 9800GX2 should be only drive 2 display but not 3(another DVI could not detect display). Maybe you lucky not meet this problem, but if you do, please just do some small work will driver your graphic perfectly!

[Qiao Jiannan]

This is my plist file, system default should be only one device. PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x5,

1. 
    
   

0x0)/Pci(0x0,0x0)/Pci(0x2,0x0)/Pci(0x0,0x0) infect there are two cards in slot 5, so we must append another one manually. Copy paste<key....../dict> Modify the device index in key part from Pci(0x2,0x0) to Pci(0x0,0x0). And carefully append these

		<key>@1,compatible</key>
	<data>
	TlZEQSxOVk1hYw==
	</data>
	<key>@1,device_type</key>
	<data>
	ZGlzcGxheQ==
	</data>
	<key>@1,name</key>
	<data>
	TlZEQSxEaXNwbGF5LUI=
	</data>

 

 

Mine:

<?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>PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x5,0x0)/Pci(0x0,0x0)/Pci(0x0,0x0)/Pci(0x0,0x0)</key>
<dict>
	<key>@0,compatible</key>
	<data>
	TlZEQSxOVk1hYw==
	</data>
	<key>@0,device_type</key>
	<data>
	ZGlzcGxheQ==
	</data>
	<key>@0,name</key>
	<data>
	TlZEQSxEaXNwbGF5LUE=
	</data>
	<key>@2,#adress-cells</key>
	<data>
	AAAAAQ==
	</data>
	<key>@2,#size-cells</key>
	<data>
	AAAAAA==
	</data>
	<key>@2,compatible</key>
	<data>
	TlZEQSxzZW5zb3ItcGFyZW50
	</data>
	<key>@2,device_type</key>
	<data>
	TlZEQSxncHUtZGlvZGU=
	</data>
	<key>@2,hwctrl-params-version</key>
	<data>
	AAAAAg==
	</data>
	<key>@2,hwsensor-params-version</key>
	<data>
	AAAAAg==
	</data>
	<key>@2,name</key>
	<data>
	c2Vuc29yLXBhcmVudA==
	</data>
	<key>@2,reg</key>
	<data>
	AAAAAg==
	</data>
	<key>NVCAP</key>
	<data>
	BAAAAAAAAwAMAAAAAAAABwAAAAA=
	</data>
	<key>NVPM</key>
	<data>
	AQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA==
	</data>
	<key>VRAM,totalsize</key>
	<data>
	AAAAIA==
	</data>
	<key>device_type</key>
	<data>
	TlZEQSxHZUZvcmNl
	</data>
	<key>model</key>
	<data>
	TlZJRElBIEdlRm9yY2UgOTgwMCBHWDI=
	</data>
	<key>name</key>
	<data>
	TlZEQSxQYXJlbnQ=
	</data>
	<key>rom-revision</key>
	<data>
	MzE3MmE=
	</data>
</dict>
<key>PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x5,0x0)/Pci(0x0,0x0)/Pci(0x2,0x0)/Pci(0x0,0x0)</key>
<dict>
	<key>@0,compatible</key>
	<data>
	TlZEQSxOVk1hYw==
	</data>
	<key>@0,device_type</key>
	<data>
	ZGlzcGxheQ==
	</data>
	<key>@0,name</key>
	<data>
	TlZEQSxEaXNwbGF5LUE=
	</data>
	<key>@1,compatible</key>
	<data>
	TlZEQSxOVk1hYw==
	</data>
	<key>@1,device_type</key>
	<data>
	ZGlzcGxheQ==
	</data>
	<key>@1,name</key>
	<data>
	TlZEQSxEaXNwbGF5LUI=
	</data>
	<key>@2,#adress-cells</key>
	<data>
	AAAAAQ==
	</data>
	<key>@2,#size-cells</key>
	<data>
	AAAAAA==
	</data>
	<key>@2,compatible</key>
	<data>
	TlZEQSxzZW5zb3ItcGFyZW50
	</data>
	<key>@2,device_type</key>
	<data>
	TlZEQSxncHUtZGlvZGU=
	</data>
	<key>@2,hwctrl-params-version</key>
	<data>
	AAAAAg==
	</data>
	<key>@2,hwsensor-params-version</key>
	<data>
	AAAAAg==
	</data>
	<key>@2,name</key>
	<data>
	c2Vuc29yLXBhcmVudA==
	</data>
	<key>@2,reg</key>
	<data>
	AAAAAg==
	</data>
	<key>NVCAP</key>
	<data>
	BAAAAAAAAwAMAAAAAAAABwAAAAA=
	</data>
	<key>NVPM</key>
	<data>
	AQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA==
	</data>
	<key>VRAM,totalsize</key>
	<data>
	AAAAIA==
	</data>
	<key>device_type</key>
	<data>
	TlZEQSxHZUZvcmNl
	</data>
	<key>model</key>
	<data>
	TlZJRElBIEdlRm9yY2UgOTgwMCBHWDI=
	</data>
	<key>name</key>
	<data>
	TlZEQSxQYXJlbnQ=
	</data>
	<key>rom-revision</key>
	<data>
	MzE3MmE=
	</data>
</dict>
</dict>
</plist>

 

I think you'd batter use PlistEdit pro to check this. Do not care DATA part, these are all generated by system default.

 

Just modify the device PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x5,0x0) in correct index of yours if you are not using HP xw8600.

 

Use gfxutil to transfer this XML to HEX and put the EFI String in /Extra/com.apple.Boot.plist iAntares had build in Chameleon EFI modifier in "System Preferences". That could be easy.

 

My picture:

Before:

The 9800GX2 second core should be only show as "Display" and no connection.

 

 

After:

Every thing is fine.

Many thanks all people in these pages: http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/lofiversi...110366-100.html I could not do these without them!