[Solved]Graphics Card Trouble(Mavericks 10.5)

[iregger]

Hello All I'm new to the forum so I hope this is in the right place.

 

                                  Specs

 CPU: AMD A10-7700K Radeon R7, 10 Compute Cores 4C+6G

 Graphics Card:evga nvidia geforce gt 720

 Ram:8gb DDR3 

 

 

So I took my first swing at making a hackintosh and I feel very close to having a stable build. 

I've ran into one issue that has proven to be very annoying(to be expected with a hackintosh haha)

it boots up just perfectly fine without the card in but when it's in I had to enter 

 

npci=0x2000 nv_disable=0 and GraphicsEnabler=Yes

 

To get it to boot normally but it seems not to be Identifying properly and keeps showing up as Nvidia 5mb 

I also followed steps from this thread;

 

http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/307362-geforce-gt-720/

 

But it didn't seem to workout for me.

I know amd builds can be hellish to get working but it was all I could really afford at the moment.

If anyone has an idea what steps I should take i would be extremely grateful.

 

Sidenote: Are there any up to date list of cards that are OOB? The list I keep finding are somewhat dated and the cards are hard to get a hold of.

 

Thanks In Advance! 

 

TL;DR: My Graphics Card is being mean  difficult.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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I've read that you need to boot with GraphicsEnabler=No to enable the 720. Also try to install the nVidia WebDrivers here for build 13F1603 and here for build 13F1134.

 

Boot with npci=0x2000, GraphicsEnabler=No and nvda_drv=1. See if that helps.

 

Also, if you can't get it to work and you're on a tight budget, just get a really cheap natively supported card like the GT 210 1GB. It's only $20AUD over here in Oz.

 

- Matt

[iregger]

I've read that you need to boot with GraphicsEnabler=No to enable the 720. Also try to install the nVidia WebDrivers here for build 13F1603 and here for build 13F1134.

 

Boot with npci=0x2000, GraphicsEnabler=No and nvda_drv=1. See if that helps.

 

Also, if you can't get it to work and you're on a tight budget, just get a really cheap natively supported card like the GT 210 1GB. It's only $20AUD over here in Oz.

 

- Matt

Is it one of these one or a different brand?

 

ASUS GeForce 210 Low Profile 1GB DDR3 PCIe 2.0 x16 Video Card

EVGA GeForce 210 1024MB DDR3 PCIe 2.0 x16 Low Profile-Ready Video Card

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It doesn't matter which one you get, they've both been tested. I had my eye on the ASUS one for an old PC (Core 2 Duo E6400) that I would use as an OS X File Server (eventually went for something higher up; the 610). All you need to do to get it working is to use GraphicsEnabler=Yes and depending on your system npci=0x2000.

 

Best Regards,

 

- Matt