slave-zeo Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 After 2 years of banging my head against a wall it looks like the OEM GeForce GTX 260 1792MB is finally working properly with the release of Mac OS X 10.7 Lion. This particular OEM card was used in desktop systems from Dell, HP, Alienware and a few others. To get this little guy working in Lion you need to add 2 device IDs to your NVDANV50Hal.kext's info.plist. Below is the Dev ID section of said file, <dict> <key>NVidiaRM</key> <dict> <key>CFBundleIdentifier</key> <string>com.apple.nvidia.nv50hal</string> <key>IOClass</key> <string>NVDANV50HAL</string> <key>IOMatchCategory</key> <string>IOService</string> <key>IOPCIPrimaryMatch</key> <string> 0x00f010de&0xfff0ffff 0x019010de&0xfff0ffff 0x040010de&0xfff0ffff 0x042010de&0xfff0ffff 0x05e010de&0xfff8ffff 0x05ea10de&0xfff8ffff 0x05ea10de&0xfff0ffff 0x05f010de&0xfff0ffff 0x060010de&0xffe0ffff 0x062010de&0xffe0ffff 0x064010de&0xffe0ffff 0x06e010de&0xfff0ffff 0x086010de&0xffe0ffff 0x08a010de&0xffe0ffff 0x0a2010de&0xffa0ffff 0x0ca010de&0xffe0ffff </string> <key>IOProbeScore</key> <integer>60000</integer> <key>IOProviderClass</key> <string>IOPCIDevice</string> </dict> </dict> The changes I made are in bold type. After editing the file reboot into a fully working graphical enviorment. Below are a screenshot and a pre-edited NVDANV50Hal.kext from Mac OS X 10.7 build 11A511. This edit MIGHT work for Mac OS X 10.6.5 - 10.6.8 but I haven't tested it. If you do test it and it works PLEASE post back us let us know. NVDANV50Hal.kext.zip Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/261940-bastard-geforce-gtx-260-1792mb-finally-working/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpa Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 After 2 years of banging my head against a wall it looks like the OEM GeForce GTX 260 1792MB is finally working properly with the release of Mac OS X 10.7 Lion. This particular OEM card was used in desktop systems from Dell, HP, Alienware and a few others. To get this little guy working in Lion you need to add 2 device IDs to your NVDANV50Hal.kext's info.plist. Below is the Dev ID section of said file, The changes I made are in bold type. After editing the file reboot into a fully working graphical enviorment. Below are a screenshot and a pre-edited NVDANV50Hal.kext from Mac OS X 10.7 build 11A511. This edit MIGHT work for Mac OS X 10.6.5 - 10.6.8 but I haven't tested it. If you do test it and it works PLEASE post back us let us know. NVDANV50Hal.kext.zip thanks for info, cinebench?? fps.. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/261940-bastard-geforce-gtx-260-1792mb-finally-working/#findComment-1711735 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krazubu Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 you need to add 2 device IDs No need, just directly input your dev ID without the & thing Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/261940-bastard-geforce-gtx-260-1792mb-finally-working/#findComment-1711791 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rominator Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 FYI...Nvidia used a new Dev id thingie in their 10.6.8 drivers that allows this card to work without adding the device id. You need to add the Quadro drivers onto the 10.6.8 update and the card works fine that way. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/261940-bastard-geforce-gtx-260-1792mb-finally-working/#findComment-1712595 Share on other sites More sharing options...
slave-zeo Posted July 19, 2011 Author Share Posted July 19, 2011 FYI...Nvidia used a new Dev id thingie in their 10.6.8 drivers that allows this card to work without adding the device id. You need to add the Quadro drivers onto the 10.6.8 update and the card works fine that way. Nice. That's awesome and thanks for the head's up. This thing was such a PITA to get working for so long. I tried using the card in Lion without device IDs and I couldn't get it to work so I had to input them. But if it works in 10.6.8 just by installing the Nvidia drivers then that's great!. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/261940-bastard-geforce-gtx-260-1792mb-finally-working/#findComment-1716981 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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