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[Guide] Getting XFX HD6850 connectors to work


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That's awesome you got it to work. It would be even more awesome if you uploaded your ATI6000 Kext so others could benefit too.

 

I would have but never figured out how to upload the kext. I have sold the ATI card anyhow and installed the Zotac Nvidia GT640 Silent graphics card. Works OOB without any drivers or hacks. I am using FCP and handbrake without issue. Works great!

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I would have but never figured out how to upload the kext. I have sold the ATI card anyhow and installed the Zotac Nvidia GT640 Silent graphics card. Works OOB without any drivers or hacks. I am using FCP and handbrake without issue. Works great!

 

Bummer. I've been trying to get mine to work with all the ports with no luck. Guess it's time to post and ask for help.

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10.8.3 has made a pretty big dent in my extra days off from a vacation — anyone else having some problems with edits to the kexts? My 10.8.2 bundle didn't work as expected on 10.8.3, and doing edits to the 10.8.3 bundle(s) have resulted in some odd hotplug/port behavior.

 

I'm presently limping along with using DVI-D and DVI-S but DVI-S won't become active unless I plug in an HDMI cable, so I think I know where the problem is but my combinations of trans/plug/port haven't come up with a magic combo yet.

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Just an update, if not for anyone else, then just for the sake of remembering how I got this working again!

 

As of 10.8.4, my Gigabyte 6850 OC works OOB, including triple monitors with an active adapter. The only issue is the framebuffer selection. This card requires Duckweed (and AtiPorts=4). Currently, it appears that the Duckweed personality needs NO editing to run this card.

 

I have found that framebuffer selection varies depending on which bootloader is used. I am using Chameleon r2069 now and I have to manually set it to Duckweed. Previous Chameleon versions selected Duckweed on their own. I don't mess around with my OS drive that often, so when this issue popped up, it had me stumped for a bit. Hopefully I will remember to re-read this post down the line and save myself a few headaches during the next clean install...

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I NEED DRIVERS FOR IT! I have a HIS 6850 Fan 1GB GDDR5 PCI-E HDMI/2xDVI/DP Specifications for it are as follows

spacer.gifModel Name HIS 6850 Fan 1GB GDDR5 PCI-E HDMI/2xDVI/DP spacer.gifChipset Radeon HD 6850 PCIe Series spacer.gifASIC RadeonTM HD 6850 GPU spacer.gifManu. Process (Micron) 40nm spacer.gifMemory Size (MB) 1024 spacer.gifMemory Type GDDR5 spacer.gifEngine CLK (MHz) 775Mhz spacer.gifMemory CLK (Gbps) 4Gbps spacer.gifMemory Interface (bit) 256 spacer.gifPower Supply Requirement 500 Watt or greater power spacer.gifMax. Resolution 2560*1600 spacer.gifBus Interface PCI Express x16 spacer.gifDisplay Port Yes spacer.gifHDMI Yes spacer.gifDVI Upper Single-link DVI-D + Bottom Dual-link DVI-I spacer.gifVGA No

HD 6850 System Requirement

  • PCI Express ® based PC is required with one X16 lane graphics slot with 2 slots space available on the motherboard
  • 500 Watt or greater power supply recommended
  • Certified power supplies are recommended. Refer to http://ati.amd.com/certifiedPSU for a list of Certified products
  • Minimum 1GB of system memory
  • Installation software requires CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive, a keyboard, a mouse, and a display
  • DVD playback requires DVD drive and a DVD
  • Blu-ray™ playback requires Blu-ray drive and a Blu-ray disc
  • For an AMD CrossFireX™ system, a second AMD Radeon™ HD 6800 Series Graphics card, an AMD CrossFireX™ Ready motherboard and one AMD CrossFireX™ Bridge Interconnect cable is required

 

Please help get DRIVERS for this card.

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Okey, so I had my card working perfectly in Lion and Mountain Lion. It's still working under Mavericks and Yosemite, but gives me a major problem:

 

With RadeonFramebuffer it works with Full Res but obviously there is no acceleration

But when I enable patched driver (Same hexed patch as before) I don't get any signal on VGA. What can I do?

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Hey all,

 

I am trying to understand the guide as best I can before I start trying this out. One question I have is, I see some post with the following format

 

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vs this format

 

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04  00  00  00  14  02  00  00  00  01  00  00  10  00  03  05

 

What do the extra 7 digits (0000010) at the start do of every line do? Do I need to include them in Clover to get the Kext patching to work?

 

 

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