jhohisel Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 This is my last resort, if I cannot get my graphics working properly in Mac then I'm going back to Windows. I've so far tried tons of various EFI strings and kext files, I even tried DSDT but my NVCAP is not listed in IORegistryExplorer and the guides aren't straightforward. With everything I've tried my computer either freezes on startup or I get 5MB VRAM and unknown GPU. So unless someone can list me other things to try, I'm giving up. Thanks in advance! Graphics: XFX GeForce 9800 GTX XXX-Edition 512MB DDR3 Machine: OS X 10.6.8 SL Dell XPS 600 Pentium D 3.4GHz Dual Core 2GB (for now) PC2-5300 DDR RAM nVidia nForce 4 mobo SATA HDD Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/271454-desperately-need-help-with-geforce-9800-gtx/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavendish Qi Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 Have you tried this? http://tonymacx86.blogspot.com/2011/10/uni...lion-using.html And you can select the drivers for NVidia graphic cards in [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url]. It should work fine. BTW, I finished those 2 quiz to reply this thread. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/271454-desperately-need-help-with-geforce-9800-gtx/#findComment-1767399 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhohisel Posted January 15, 2012 Author Share Posted January 15, 2012 Thinking that lion might fix it, I tried to install it. Since I have a Pentium D 945, I must use a legacy kernel. I tried using atom kernel for lion, no reboot loop but it freezes at 'Kernel is LP64". My processor is 64-bit. Just found this: http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=274619 I'm going to try it now, I'll get back with the results. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/271454-desperately-need-help-with-geforce-9800-gtx/#findComment-1786633 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiox89 Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 9800 GTX works with graphics enabler = yes Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/271454-desperately-need-help-with-geforce-9800-gtx/#findComment-1786637 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhohisel Posted January 16, 2012 Author Share Posted January 16, 2012 I know it should according to other posts I've seen, but it just doesn't work for me. Maybe I'm enabling it wrong. With installing chameleon 2.1 I put the org.chameleon.Boot.plist in /EFI volume and have <key>GraphicsEnabler</key><string>Yes</string>, I also have the same file in /Macintosh HD/Extra. I think it's using the one on the EFI disk but am not sure. Under system profiler -> Graphics/Displays it shows 3 MB VRAM, and doesn't say QE enabled or anything. Also youtube freezes and when I tried to take a screenshot of it, I got a blank white image. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/271454-desperately-need-help-with-geforce-9800-gtx/#findComment-1786658 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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