tommykent1210 Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 I have a 9800GT (nVidia) in my system and I can't for the life of me get it enabled. I had this issue in another thread (along with a multitude of others that made the thread a real mess) so i decided to post it in it's own topic. System info reports: Type: GPU Bus: PCIe PCIe Lane Width: x16 Vendor: NVIDIA (0x10de) Device ID: 0x0614 Revision ID: 0x00a2 That is it, nothing else. Any ideas? Or should I just hold out and buy a GTX 550Ti? Thanks Tom Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/278091-enabling-9800gt/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Frio Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 hi take a look... http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.php/HCL_10.7.0#NVIDIA http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.php/HCL_10.7.2#NVIDIA http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.php/HCL_10.7.3#NVIDIA and http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.php/HCL_10.6.6#NVIDIA good lucky c.frio Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/278091-enabling-9800gt/#findComment-1813188 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommykent1210 Posted April 13, 2012 Author Share Posted April 13, 2012 ok, I used an 8800GT rom found in another thread and OSX now actually recognises the card. However, it doesn't seem to use it, or see the VRAM properly? On boot I get "rom file i0de_0614.rom larger than expected: Truncating to x_10000 bytes". Also, System report says I have "1mb" of VRAM, when the card has 1 gig. In my chameleon.boot.plist I have: <key>Boot Graphics</key> <string>Yes</string> <key>EthernetBuiltIn</key> <string>Yes</string> <key>Graphics Mode</key> <string>1920x1080x32</string> <key>GraphicsEnabler</key> <string>Yes</string> <key>Kernel</key> <string>mach_kernel</string> <key>Kernel Flags</key> <string></string> <key>Legacy Logo</key> <string>Yes</string> <key>Quiet Boot</key> <string>No</string> <key>Timeout</key> <string>5</string> <key>UseKernelCache</key> <string>No</string> <key>UseNvidiaROM</key> <string>Yes</string> <key>VBIOS</key> <string>Yes</string> <key>npci</key> <string>0x2000</string> Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/278091-enabling-9800gt/#findComment-1813269 Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Frio Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 Hi my references are the addresses I wrote.. I should remove the "<key>UseNvidiaROM</key> <string>Yes</string> <key>VBIOS</key> <string>Yes</string> <key>npci</key> <string>0x2000</string>" install the chameleon wizard and check the boot plist there after remove..if you boot..... c.frio Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/278091-enabling-9800gt/#findComment-1813341 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommykent1210 Posted April 13, 2012 Author Share Posted April 13, 2012 I tried it with those removed too and it won't work Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/278091-enabling-9800gt/#findComment-1813355 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlf Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 Make sure /System/Library/Extensions/NVDANV50Hal.kext/Contents/Info.plist has proper device/vendor id in it 0x061410de or whatever it is now that you have flashed it. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/278091-enabling-9800gt/#findComment-1813356 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommykent1210 Posted April 13, 2012 Author Share Posted April 13, 2012 Even with that I get: Chipset Model: GeForce 9800 GT Type: GPU Bus: PCIe Slot: Slot-1 PCIe Lane Width: x16 VRAM (Total): 1 MB Vendor: NVIDIA (0x10de) Device ID: 0x0614 Revision ID: 0x00a2 ROM Revision: 0x00 No output to DVI or VGA. Havent Tried HDMI but I seriously doubt it would work. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/278091-enabling-9800gt/#findComment-1813358 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlf Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 Have you tried NVEnabler64.kext placed into /S/L/E/? This often works when GraphicsEnabler=Yes doesn't. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/278091-enabling-9800gt/#findComment-1813364 Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Frio Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 Hi read and try this one... http://www.osx86.net/view/2587-nvenabler.html c.frio p.s. you can look for others at kexts.com Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/278091-enabling-9800gt/#findComment-1813366 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommykent1210 Posted April 13, 2012 Author Share Posted April 13, 2012 Tried them both and no better I also added: <key>PciRoot</key> <string>1</string> <key>npci</key> <string>0x2000</string> That didn't help either Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/278091-enabling-9800gt/#findComment-1813381 Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Frio Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 Hi.. yeahhh.. ....consider buy a cheap 8400gs c.frio Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/278091-enabling-9800gt/#findComment-1813382 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommykent1210 Posted April 13, 2012 Author Share Posted April 13, 2012 I tihnk I'll just upgrade to a GTX 550ti in a few weeks, the 10.7.3 HCL lists the 550ti as supporting dual DVI out Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/278091-enabling-9800gt/#findComment-1813383 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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