diziet_hack Posted December 15, 2007 Share Posted December 15, 2007 Hi there, I'm building a tower for my Hackintosh project and I'm trying to boot the system with this Asus (ATI) EAH 2600 XT GPU in (DDR3 256 Meg == 2xDVI) It boots seemingly ok, but after the grey apple screen with moving circle, when it changes to the Choose Your Language Screen, I get a screen full of large black characters. Moving the mouse is detectable but completely impossible to see anything There's a screenshot in this post: http://forum.osx86scene.com/viewtopic.php?...=2600+XT#p19339 but the author never got any replies. System: Asus P5K Premium Black Pearl Edition 2 SATA hdds SATA DVD 4 gig 1066 MHz GSkill BrazilMac patched DVD. I also have an Asus (ATI) EAH 2600 Pro (DDR2 512 Meg == 2xDVI) to try later Am I missing something? Is it usable? I've had problems getting out of Safe Mode graphics with nVidia's before but nothing like this. Many thanks!! Diz Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/76347-a-little-help-with-ati-eah-2600xt-cant-even-see-to-install/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdg Posted December 15, 2007 Share Posted December 15, 2007 Press F8 when you try to install from DVD and type: -x This will boot you into install in "generic" mode, in simple terms. Once you get it installed, reboot with -x again and run the ATI 2600 package (look for it somewhere here on these boards). On the following reboot do not use "-x" and voila. /mdg Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/76347-a-little-help-with-ati-eah-2600xt-cant-even-see-to-install/#findComment-539016 Share on other sites More sharing options...
diziet_hack Posted December 15, 2007 Author Share Posted December 15, 2007 Press F8 when you try to install from DVD and type: -x This will boot you into install in "generic" mode, in simple terms. Once you get it installed, reboot with -x again and run the ATI 2600 package (look for it somewhere here on these boards). On the following reboot do not use "-x" and voila. /mdg I think I love you. Thanks! Wil try it now. When it didn't work, (and I was itching to install something on my new rig) I swapped out the ATI for an nVidia EN 7200 GS I had lying around. A quick note - once I've got Leo installed, my path would be: wait until Leo is in and working. Shut down, swap cards, boot from the hdd but with the -x, install the package and then reboot, and hopefully voila... Is that right? Cheers! Diz Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/76347-a-little-help-with-ati-eah-2600xt-cant-even-see-to-install/#findComment-539053 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RitoN Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 I think I love you. Thanks! Wil try it now.When it didn't work, (and I was itching to install something on my new rig) I swapped out the ATI for an nVidia EN 7200 GS I had lying around. A quick note - once I've got Leo installed, my path would be: wait until Leo is in and working. Shut down, swap cards, boot from the hdd but with the -x, install the package and then reboot, and hopefully voila... Is that right? Cheers! Diz I did the same but it's not working for the 2600 XT I have ... I'm still waiting for a solution. If someone has the same graphic card and has the solution, I'll enjoy it. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/76347-a-little-help-with-ati-eah-2600xt-cant-even-see-to-install/#findComment-564312 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RitoN Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 I did the same but it's not working for the 2600 XT I have ... I'm still waiting for a solution. If someone has the same graphic card and has the solution, I'll enjoy it. I found the solution. 1- download the driver from the IRC #radeonHD channel. The file is named radeon_hd_2600_2900.pkg and weights about 332k 2- install Kalyway 10.5.1 or whatever 3- at boot, use the -x option to boot in safe mode that allows you to fill the username and other user information 4- once you're on OSX, you are able to launch the driver (just click next in it) 5- reboot, your graphic card should be working !! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/76347-a-little-help-with-ati-eah-2600xt-cant-even-see-to-install/#findComment-576363 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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