copenhagenkid Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 I have a dual VGA FX 5200 with a TV-Out running under Natit, but OSX86 only recognizes one VGA output and my TV-Out. Anyone point me to a thread that would help me resolve this issue or have any advice on how to get it resolved? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vladthebad Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 Yeah.... use apples Plist editor and use the correct NVCAP.... You would have to go through a whole bunch of NVCAP's until you found the right one..... But I just did that tonight for my PCI FX5200 card. Working NVCAP: 04000100 00000200 01000000 0000000A 00000000 I do not know what that NVCAP will do to your Svideo port...... but that NVCAP turns on both VGA connectors and you'll have dual support... or you should at least.... now... if you do not have property list editor and want to edit in the NVCAP by hand.... that NVCAP is: BAABAAAAAgABAAAAAAAACgAAAAA= so, in Natit's Info.plist.... you'll then see: <key>NVCAP</key> <data> BAABAAAAAgABAAAAAAAACgAAAAA= </data> Hope that helps..... (And yes... I was driven mad by non-working dual support on my FX5200.... so enjoy!) Now I just need to get both cards working at once... and I'll have quad head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
copenhagenkid Posted December 13, 2007 Author Share Posted December 13, 2007 Yeah.... use apples Plist editor and use the correct NVCAP.... You would have to go through a whole bunch of NVCAP's until you found the right one..... But I just did that tonight for my PCI FX5200 card. Working NVCAP: 04000100 00000200 01000000 0000000A 00000000 I do not know what that NVCAP will do to your Svideo port...... but that NVCAP turns on both VGA connectors and you'll have dual support... or you should at least.... now... if you do not have property list editor and want to edit in the NVCAP by hand.... that NVCAP is: BAABAAAAAgABAAAAAAAACgAAAAA= so, in Natit's Info.plist.... you'll then see: <key>NVCAP</key> <data> BAABAAAAAgABAAAAAAAACgAAAAA= </data> Hope that helps..... (And yes... I was driven mad by non-working dual support on my FX5200.... so enjoy!) Now I just need to get both cards working at once... and I'll have quad head. Dude.. you so rock. I was prepared to sit through the entire weekend to get this to work! I can't wait to get home to see if this works!! Thanks!! Thanks!! Thanks!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
copenhagenkid Posted December 13, 2007 Author Share Posted December 13, 2007 I added the new NVCAP and the card still works, but I still have only one VGA output working. How did you generate the NVCAP number you provided? Is the NVCAP number also dependant on other hardware installed on the machine or is it solely dependant on the GPU? Is there a way to extract the info using Linux or Windows? Could you post your Natit.ktext? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vladthebad Posted December 14, 2007 Share Posted December 14, 2007 my natit is highly custom... see my threads on dual video cards..... still trying to get it to work... lemme open my NVCAP file quick... My FX5200 04000100 00000300 0C000000 0000000A 00000000 Bottom working, top black/ Not detected 04000100 00000200 0C000000 0000000A 00000000 top working, bottom no signal 04000100 00000100 0C000000 0000000A 00000000 Bottom working, top black/ Not detected 04000100 00000d00 0C000000 0000000A 00000000 Bottom working, top black/ Not detected 04000100 00000200 03000000 0000000A 00000000 Bottom working, top black/ Not detected 04000100 00000200 01000000 0000000A 00000000 CORRECT NVCAP! FX5200 PCI the two bits that are changed.... try values of 1, 2, 3, C and D in each position... I have not seen any NVCAP that has C in the first spot there that was claimed working... and haven't seen any with D in the 2nd spot that was claimed working.... Did you change the nvcap with plist editor? Also remember to blow away your extensions.* (thats extensions.mkext and .kextcache) as usual.... I do all of my file moving and copying as root so permissions aren't screwed up. My method was this: sudo -s cp /System/Library/Extensions/Natit/Contents/Info.plist /NatitInfo.plist then open NatitInfo.plist with plist editor (its on your root directory) then edit and save it... then cp /NatitInfo.plist /System/Library/Extensions/Natit/Contents/Info.plist rm /System/Library/Extensions.* (NOTE THE FREAKING PERIOD BEFORE THE *. DO NOT FORGET THE PERIOD!!!!!!!!!!!!! DOUBLE CHECK ANY COMMAND THAT HAS A * IN IT SO YOU DON'T DO SOMETHING REALLY REALLY BAD... LIKE BLOW AWAY ALL OF YOUR EXTENSIONS!) then restart. Check system profiler after each boot to see what you've got.... write down results, and try another value.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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