9800 GTX working in OSX86

blanktruth · July 25, 2008

Hi Aquamac, and others that have got their 9800gtx working with full QE/CI

I am new to the scene and have had a steep learning curve.

Started with Kalyway and am now running Vanilla 10.5.4 Leopard fully working except for hardware accelerated graphics.

I like others managed to get QE/CI working on fresh Kalyway install 10.5.2 out of the box. But this suffered from the white menus problem.

When I used the aquamac guide installing the nividia kexts QE/CI disappeared. Using Gfx strings QE/CI does not work and neither does the about this mac graphic and display information. It causes a kernel panic. Interestingly on my first install and on subsequent reboots QE/CI would not be supported (10.5.2) unless I booted with -f flag each time. Why is that?

So I tried my hand at 10.5.4 Vanilla install as the newest drivers seemed to be working for most. However I have had no luck with either Nvinject or gfx strings.

Here are my details

Display:

Type: Display

Bus: PCIe

PCIe Lane Width: x16

VRAM (Total): 32 MB

Vendor: NVIDIA (0x10de)

Device ID: 0x0612

Revision ID: 0x00a2

Displays:

Display:

Resolution: 1920 x 1200

Depth: 32-bit Color

Core Image: Software

Main Display: Yes

Mirror: Off

Online: Yes

Quartz Extreme: Not Supported

Device path using Gfxutil

DevicePath = PciRoot(0x1)/Pci(0x1,0x0)/Pci(0x0,0x0)

My hex string

d20300000......

Repaired permissions and deleted cache still get KP..

Any help would be greatly appreciated!!

I have tried several times with 10.5.4 but could not succeed QE/CI. Only Kalyway's 10.5.2 and the files I got from Aquamac from 10.5.4 here worked properly...

Have you tried that?

aqua-mac · July 25, 2008

You could try the files I put up for blanktruth (he has posted a link above) that got his kalyway 10.5.2 going:

KiwiSammy · July 26, 2008

Hi Blanktruth and Aquamac,

I did try the 10.5.4 kexts that were posted however I am not sure if I am using the same Nvinject. Blanktruth could you post the one your using. Did you get QE/CI working with Nvinject or did you have to use the gfx strings to get it to work?

Will try Gfx strings now and let you know how I go.

Cheers

aqua-mac · July 26, 2008

blanktruth used GFX strings. You need to delete nvinject.

Good lUCK.

KiwiSammy · July 26, 2008

w00t one step closer to Leopard Nirvana

I was trying to paste in a screen cap of my scores How do you do that?

Now if only I can get this to work in Vanilla 10.5.4!!

Thanks guys!

Aquamac your guides are invaluable. The Sli stuff your experiemnting with is sooo cool on a mac.

Unknown nVidia:

Chipset Model: Unknown nVidia

Type: Display

Bus: PCIe

PCIe Lane Width: x16

VRAM (Total): 512 MB

Vendor: NVIDIA (0x10de)

Device ID: 0x0612

Revision ID: 0x00a2

ROM Revision: 3172a

Displays:

HP w2408:

Resolution: 1920 x 1200 @ 60 Hz

Depth: 32-bit Color

Core Image: Hardware Accelerated

Main Display: Yes

Mirror: Off

Online: Yes

Quartz Extreme: Supported

Rotation: Supported

Television: Yes

Display Connector:

Status: No display connected

EDIT 2

Well I tried 10.5.4 Vanilla with the same kexts and the gfx strings. I now believe the problem may be that the Gfx strings are not being loaded by EFI. Either EFI is not version 8 or somehow not processing the com.apple.Boot.plist file. How can I check this??

thanks guys

aqua-mac · July 26, 2008

To post pics in your post have a look here:

blanktruth · July 26, 2008

Hi Blanktruth and Aquamac,

I did try the 10.5.4 kexts that were posted however I am not sure if I am using the same Nvinject. Blanktruth could you post the one your using. Did you get QE/CI working with Nvinject or did you have to use the gfx strings to get it to work?

Will try Gfx strings now and let you know how I go.

Cheers

Yes as Aquamac pointed, it did not work with any NVinject for 9800gtx... Only GFX String method worked...

EDIT 2

Well I tried 10.5.4 Vanilla with the same kexts and the gfx strings. I now believe the problem may be that the Gfx strings are not being loaded by EFI. Either EFI is not version 8 or somehow not processing the com.apple.Boot.plist file. How can I check this??

thanks guys

Do you mean you could manage to run it with 10.5.4 and GFX strings? Because I tried with iATKOS' 10.5.4 v4i with the GFX Strings I got from Kalyway's 10.5.2, but it did not support QE/CI...

KiwiSammy · July 26, 2008

Hi Blanktruth,

No I have not managed to get QE/CI working in 10.5.4, yet..

What I was thinking was that for whatever reason the com.apple.Boot.plist was not getting processed by PC-EFI or I do not have the correct version installed. I believe I have version 8, but how can you check?

Can you list the caches that I should delete?

Others have got their 9800gtx working fully in 10.5.4. I thought it was my card. But now that I see it working in 10.5.2, I beleive I should be able to get it going in 10.5.4.

Any other suggestions?

Cheers

macgirl · July 27, 2008

How is your card's fan?

Mine is very silent on Mac OS, but if I boot on Windows XP (sometimes not ever) the fan start to speed up, temp monitor shows 63~66 º (celcius).

blanktruth · July 27, 2008

I also find my system a bit more silent compare to Vista... But how could you check the temps? I could not find a sotfware to check CPU and GPU temp...

glitchbit · July 28, 2008

I cannot get QE CI for the 9800 GTX to work under 10.5.4 (I used the iATKOS 4i w/ chameleon patch for jmicron). I thought after 10.5.3 it was just suppose to work??

... I have tried everything suggested other than 10.5.2.. I'd much rather find out why it is not working with iATKOS 4i than to start over... but oh well

blanktruth · July 28, 2008

I cannot get QE CI for the 9800 GTX to work under 10.5.4 (I used the iATKOS 4i w/ chameleon patch for jmicron). I thought after 10.5.3 it was just suppose to work??

... I have tried everything suggested other than 10.5.2.. I'd much rather find out why it is not working with iATKOS 4i than to start over... but oh well

Good luck... Let us know if you find a way...

glitchbit · July 29, 2008

thanks blanktruth,

I have typed in "kextstat" in the terminal and I would like to compare it to someone that has this card working with Quartz so I can see if there are any differences in what it lists for me

Index Refs Address	Size	   Wired	  Name (Version) <Linked Against>
1	1 0x0		0x0		0x0		com.apple.kernel (9.4.0)
2   40 0x0		0x0		0x0		com.apple.kpi.bsd (9.4.0)
3	3 0x0		0x0		0x0		com.apple.kpi.dsep (9.4.0)
4   55 0x0		0x0		0x0		com.apple.kpi.iokit (9.4.0)
5   57 0x0		0x0		0x0		com.apple.kpi.libkern (9.4.0)
6   52 0x0		0x0		0x0		com.apple.kpi.mach (9.4.0)
7   28 0x0		0x0		0x0		com.apple.kpi.unsupported (9.4.0)
8	1 0x0		0x0		0x0		com.apple.iokit.IONVRAMFamily (9.4.0)
9	1 0x0		0x0		0x0		com.apple.driver.AppleNMI (9.4.0)
  10	1 0x0		0x0		0x0		com.apple.iokit.IOSystemManagementFamily (9.4.0)
  11	1 0x0		0x0		0x0		com.apple.iokit.ApplePlatformFamily (9.4.0)
  12   16 0x0		0x0		0x0		com.apple.kernel.6.0 (7.9.9)
  13	1 0x0		0x0		0x0		com.apple.kernel.bsd (7.9.9)
  14	1 0x0		0x0		0x0		com.apple.kernel.iokit (7.9.9)
  15	1 0x0		0x0		0x0		com.apple.kernel.libkern (7.9.9)
  16	1 0x0		0x0		0x0		com.apple.kernel.mach (7.9.9)
  17   15 0x46535000 0x10000	0xf000	 com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily (2.4.1) <7 6 5 4>
  18	9 0x4654b000 0x4000	 0x3000	 com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily (1.2.0) <12>
  19	2 0x46599000 0x3d000	0x3c000	com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform (1.0.5) <18 17 12 7 4>
  20	0 0x4662f000 0x5000	 0x4000	 com.apple.BootCache (30) <7 6 5 4 2>
  21	2 0x466f2000 0x39000	0x38000	com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily (1.5.2) <7 6 5 4 2>
  22	0 0x4675d000 0x3000	 0x2000	 com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet (3) <7 6 5 3 2>
  23	0 0x46777000 0x8000	 0x7000	 com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall (1.0.77) <7 6 5 4 2>
  24	0 0x467b7000 0x18000	0x17000	com.apple.security.seatbelt (107.1) <7 6 5 3 2>
  25	0 0x4d3b9000 0x3000	 0x2000	 com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC (1.2.0) <12>
  26	0 0x4d3fc000 0x3000	 0x2000	 com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS (1.0.1) <12>
  28	0 0x4d55b000 0x5000	 0x4000	 com.apple.driver.AppleRTC (1.0.5) <18 6 5 4 2>
  29	0 0x4d595000 0x3000	 0x2000	 com.apple.driver.AppleHPET (1.1) <18 7 6 5 4>
  30	0 0x4d703000 0x4000	 0x3000	 com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons (1.0.5) <21 19 18 7 6 5 4 2>
  31	0 0x4d7a2000 0x3000	 0x2000	 com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPCI (1.0.5) <19 18 17 12>
  32	1 0x4d7b3000 0x3000	 0x2000	 com.apple.driver.AppleEFIRuntime (1.1.0) <7 5 4>
  33	0 0x4d7d4000 0x6000	 0x5000	 com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM (1.1.0) <32 7 6 5 4>
  34	8 0x4d886000 0x28000	0x27000	com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily (3.1.5) <7 6 5 4>
  35	0 0x4d8df000 0xe000	 0xd000	 com.apple.driver.AppleUSBUHCI (3.1.5) <34 17 7 6 5 4>
  36	2 0x4d9ba000 0x6000	 0x5000	 com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily (1.0.4) <6 5 4 2>
  37	0 0x4d9d3000 0xa000	 0x9000	 com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort (1.5.1) <36 17 6 5 4 2>
  38   10 0x4da42000 0x18000	0x17000	com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily (1.5.2) <7 6 5 4 2>
  40	0 0x4daf9000 0x12000	0x11000	com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI (3.1.5) <34 17 7 6 5 4>
  41	3 0x4db9d000 0xd000	 0xc000	 com.apple.iokit.IOATAFamily (1.7.1f4) <6 5 4 2>
  42	0 0x4dbb5000 0x7000	 0x6000	 com.jmicron.JMicronATA (1.0.0) <41 17 12>
  43	2 0x4dd0d000 0x3f000	0x3e000	com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireFamily (3.4.4) <6 5 4 2>
  44	0 0x4dd81000 0x20000	0x1f000	com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI (3.4.4) <43 17 7 6 5 4 2>
  45	0 0x4ddec000 0x2000	 0x1000	 com.apple.iokit.IOUSBUserClient (3.0.7) <34 6 5 4>
  47	0 0x4dfe9000 0x10000	0xf000	 com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage (1.1.0) <38 36 6 5 4 2>
  48	0 0x4e0e9000 0xb000	 0xa000	 com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub (3.1.5) <34 6 5 4>
  49	0 0x4e2ed000 0x5000	 0x4000	 com.apple.driver.XsanFilter (2.7.91) <38 12>
  50	4 0x4e435000 0x19000	0x18000	com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily (2.0.3) <6 5 4 2>
  51	0 0x4e470000 0x4000	 0x3000	 com.apple.iokit.IOATAPIProtocolTransport (1.5.0) <50 41 12>
  52	0 0x4e4f3000 0xe000	 0xd000	 com.apple.iokit.IOATABlockStorage (2.0.3) <41 38 6 5 4 2>
  53	0 0x4e54b000 0x2000	 0x1000	 com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMergeNub (3.0.7) <34 5 4>
  54	0 0x4e59c000 0x4000	 0x3000	 com.apple.driver.AppleUSBComposite (3.0.0) <34 5 4>
  55	0 0x4e6e4000 0x5000	 0x4000	 com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriver (3.1.0) <34 21 6 5 4>
  56	2 0x46634000 0x1c000	0x1b000	com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily (1.5.2) <17 7 6 5 4>
  57	1 0x46619000 0xe000	 0xd000	 com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport (1.5.2) <56 17 7 6 5 4>
  58	1 0x67d81000 0x240000   0x23f000   com.apple.NVDAResman (5.2.8) <57 56 17 12 6 5 4 2>
  59	0 0x67fc1000 0x1f4000   0x1f3000   com.apple.nvidia.nv50hal (5.2.8) <58 17 12>
  60	2 0x46650000 0x9000	 0x8000	 com.apple.driver.AppleSMC (2.0.1d2) <18 7 6 5 4>
  61	1 0x46659000 0xe000	 0xd000	 com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily (3.1.6d0) <12>
  62	0 0x46667000 0xc000	 0xb000	 com.apple.driver.ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin (3.1.6d0) <61 60 18 17 12 7 6 5 4>
  63	3 0x46673000 0x16000	0x15000	com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily (1.6.0) <7 6 5 4 2>
  64	0 0x46689000 0x9000	 0x8000	 com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireIP (1.7.1) <63 43 6 5 4 2>
  65	0 0x464f2000 0x6000	 0x5000	 com.apple.driver.AppleRTL8169Ethernet (1.0.3) <63 17 6 5 4 2>
  66	1 0x46692000 0x9000	 0x8000	 com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily (9.1) <7 6 5 4 2>
  67	1 0x46760000 0x9000	 0x8000	 com.apple.driver.Apple16X50Serial (1.9) <66 17 12>
  68	0 0x464c5000 0x2000	 0x1000	 com.apple.driver.Apple16X50ACPI (1.9) <67 18 12>
  70	0 0x4d7da000 0x5d000	0x5c000	com.realtek.driver.RTL8187 (1.0) <63 34 6 5 4 2>
  72	0 0x4dc6c000 0x10000	0xf000	 com.apple.driver.DiskImages (195) <38 7 6 5 4 2>
  73	2 0x4dc7c000 0x7000	 0x6000	 com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily (1.5.7a24) <6 5 4 2>
  74	0 0x4ddee000 0xd000	 0xc000	 com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController (1.5.7a24) <73 17 6 5 4 2>
  75	0 0x4dda1000 0x6000	 0x5000	 com.apple.iokit.SCSITaskUserClient (2.0.3) <50 38 6 5 4 2>
  76	1 0x4dc83000 0x3000	 0x2000	 com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib (1.1) <6 5>
  77	3 0x4ddfb000 0x17000	0x16000	com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily (1.6.4b7) <76 6 5 4 2>
  78	0 0x4de12000 0x4000	 0x3000	 com.apple.driver.AudioIPCDriver (1.0.4) <77 6 5 4 2>
  79	1 0x4de1a000 0x53000	0x52000	com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib (1.5.7a24) <77 6 5 4 2>
  80	0 0x4e5c4000 0x62000	0x61000	com.apple.driver.AppleHDA (1.5.7a24) <79 77 73 18 6 5 4 2>
  81	3 0x4de6d000 0x8000	 0x7000	 com.apple.iokit.IOCDStorageFamily (1.5) <38 6 5 4 2>
  82	2 0x4df6c000 0x6000	 0x5000	 com.apple.iokit.IODVDStorageFamily (1.5) <81 38 6 5 4 2>
  83	1 0x4df72000 0x5000	 0x4000	 com.apple.iokit.IOBDStorageFamily (1.5) <82 81 38 6 5 4 2>
  84	1 0x4df77000 0x16000	0x15000	com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIBlockCommandsDevice (2.0.3) <50 38 6 5 4 2>
  85	0 0x4dff9000 0x16000	0x15000	com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIMultimediaCommandsDevice (2.0.3) <84 83 82 81 50 38 6 5 4 2>
  86	0 0x4de75000 0x2000	 0x1000	 com.apple.dsmos (1.0.0d1) <7 5 4 2>
  87	0 0x4df8d000 0x3000	 0x2000	 com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X (6.0.2) <60 7 5 4 2>
  88	0 0x68331000 0xb000	 0xa000	 com.apple.filesystems.autofs (2.0.1) <7 6 5 4 2>
  90	0 0x68781000 0x12000	0x11000	com.google.filesystems.fusefs (1.5.1) <7 6 5 4 2>
  91	0 0x683f2000 0x5000	 0x4000	 com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor (1.7.1d0) <12>

blanktruth · July 29, 2008

Here;

	1	1 0x0		0x0		0x0		com.apple.kernel (9.2.0)
2   39 0x0		0x0		0x0		com.apple.kpi.bsd (9.2.0)
3	3 0x0		0x0		0x0		com.apple.kpi.dsep (9.2.0)
4   50 0x0		0x0		0x0		com.apple.kpi.iokit (9.2.0)
5   53 0x0		0x0		0x0		com.apple.kpi.libkern (9.2.0)
6   48 0x0		0x0		0x0		com.apple.kpi.mach (9.2.0)
7   24 0x0		0x0		0x0		com.apple.kpi.unsupported (9.2.0)
8	1 0x0		0x0		0x0		com.apple.iokit.IONVRAMFamily (9.2.0)
9	1 0x0		0x0		0x0		com.apple.driver.AppleNMI (9.2.0)
  10	1 0x0		0x0		0x0		com.apple.iokit.IOSystemManagementFamily (9.2.0)
  11	1 0x0		0x0		0x0		com.apple.iokit.ApplePlatformFamily (9.2.0)
  12   19 0x0		0x0		0x0		com.apple.kernel.6.0 (7.9.9)
  13	1 0x0		0x0		0x0		com.apple.kernel.bsd (7.9.9)
  14	1 0x0		0x0		0x0		com.apple.kernel.iokit (7.9.9)
  15	1 0x0		0x0		0x0		com.apple.kernel.libkern (7.9.9)
  16	1 0x0		0x0		0x0		com.apple.kernel.mach (7.9.9)
  17   15 0x54860000 0x10000	0xf000	 com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily (2.4.1) <7 6 5 4>
  18	8 0x54876000 0x4000	 0x3000	 com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily (1.2.0) <12>
  19	3 0x548c6000 0x3d000	0x3c000	com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform (1.2.1) <18 17 12 7 5 4>
  20	0 0x5496b000 0x5000	 0x4000	 com.apple.BootCache (29) <7 6 5 4 2>
  21	2 0x54a2d000 0x39000	0x38000	com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily (1.5.2) <7 6 5 4 2>
  22	0 0x54a94000 0x3000	 0x2000	 com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet (3) <7 6 5 3 2>
  23	0 0x54aae000 0x8000	 0x7000	 com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall (1.0.77) <7 6 5 4 2>
  24	0 0x54aee000 0x18000	0x17000	com.apple.security.seatbelt (107.1) <7 6 5 3 2>
  25	0 0x54bbd000 0x3000	 0x2000	 com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC (1.2.0) <12>
  26	0 0x54bd2000 0x4000	 0x3000	 com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS (1.0.6) <12>
  27	0 0x5b87c000 0x3000	 0x2000	 com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPCI (1.2.1) <19 18 17 12>
  28	0 0x5b8be000 0x5000	 0x4000	 com.apple.driver.AppleRTC (1.0.5) <18 6 5 4 2>
  29	0 0x5b8f8000 0x3000	 0x2000	 com.apple.driver.AppleHPET (1.1) <18 7 6 5 4>
  30	0 0x5b7c1000 0x2000	 0x1000	 org.tgwbd.driver.ACPIPS2Nub (1.0.0d1) <19 18 12>
  31	0 0x5bb51000 0x4000	 0x3000	 com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons (1.2.1) <21 19 18 7 6 5 4 2>
  32	3 0x5bba3000 0x6000	 0x5000	 com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily (1.0.4) <6 5 4 2>
  33	0 0x5bbbc000 0xa000	 0x9000	 com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort (1.5.1) <32 17 6 5 4 2>
  34	9 0x5bc74000 0x28000	0x27000	com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily (3.1.0) <7 6 5 4>
  35	0 0x5bccd000 0xe000	 0xd000	 com.apple.driver.AppleUSBUHCI (3.1.0) <34 17 7 6 5 4>
  36	0 0x5bd61000 0x5000	 0x4000	 com.apple.driver.ApplePS2Controller (1.1.0) <12>
  37	0 0x5be88000 0x12000	0x11000	com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI (3.1.0) <34 17 7 6 5 4>
  38	1 0x5bf2d000 0xd000	 0xc000	 com.apple.iokit.IOATAFamily (1.7.3f1) <6 5 4 2>
  39	0 0x5bf45000 0x7000	 0x6000	 com.jmicron.JMicronATA (1.0.0) <38 17 12>
  40	2 0x5c0a2000 0x3f000	0x3e000	com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireFamily (3.4.0) <6 5 4 2>
  41	0 0x5c116000 0x20000	0x1f000	com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI (3.4.1) <40 17 7 6 5 4 2>
  42   10 0x5c1a5000 0x18000	0x17000	com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily (1.5.2) <7 6 5 4 2>
  45	0 0x5c3cc000 0x10000	0xf000	 com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage (1.0.9) <42 32 6 5 4 2>
  46	0 0x5c43d000 0x2000	 0x1000	 com.apple.iokit.IOUSBUserClient (3.0.7) <34 6 5 4>
  47	0 0x5c561000 0xb000	 0xa000	 com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub (3.1.0) <34 6 5 4>
  48	0 0x5c5e2000 0x5000	 0x4000	 com.apple.driver.XsanFilter (2.7.91) <42 12>
  49	0 0x5c63a000 0x4000	 0x3000	 com.apple.driver.AppleUSBComposite (3.0.0) <34 5 4>
  50	5 0x5c746000 0x18000	0x17000	com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily (2.0.2) <6 5 4 2>
  51	0 0x5c76f000 0xa000	 0x9000	 com.apple.iokit.IOUSBMassStorageClass (2.0.0) <50 42 34 12>
  52	1 0x5c8dc000 0x16000	0x15000	com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIBlockCommandsDevice (2.0.2) <50 42 6 5 4 2>
  54	0 0x5c98b000 0x6000	 0x5000	 com.apple.iokit.SCSITaskUserClient (2.0.2) <50 42 6 5 4 2>
  55	0 0x5ca04000 0x6000	 0x5000	 com.apple.iokit.IOAHCISerialATAPI (1.0.1) <50 32 6 5 4 2>
  56	3 0x5cb3c000 0x8000	 0x7000	 com.apple.iokit.IOCDStorageFamily (1.5) <42 6 5 4 2>
  57	2 0x5cb7c000 0x6000	 0x5000	 com.apple.iokit.IODVDStorageFamily (1.5) <56 42 6 5 4 2>
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KiwiSammy · July 30, 2008

Hi Macgirl,

My card is pretty quiet under both OS. I have not noticed a difference. I noted with interest that you are running 10.5.4 and have the 9800gtx working fully with QE/CI.

Did you install NVinject first and try to get it working, or did you go directly for the gfx strings and get it working?

I have managed to get mine working in 10.5.2 (kalway) with gfx strings but no luck in 10.5.4. similar to blanktruth and others. In fact I used the same Boot.plist that worked in 10.5.2 (kalway) file and could not get it to work.

Will keep trying and let you know if I succeed.

alexlyc · July 30, 2008

maybe it's your P45 board, my 9800GTX QE/CE runs perfectly fine in 10.5.4 on a X48 board (using 9.2 kernel)

I am sure this isn't stress enough in the first page, in order for gfx strings to work, you don't ever install or need NVInject prior editing com.apple.boot.plist.

blanktruth · July 30, 2008

maybe it's your P45 board, my 9800GTX QE/CE runs perfectly fine in 10.5.4 on a X48 board (using 9.2 kernel)
I am sure this isn't stress enough in the first page, in order for gfx strings to work, you don't ever install or need NVInject prior editing com.apple.boot.plist.

Hmm, do you think that the problem with 10.5.4 with X48 is 9.4 kernel? Because I also have X48 (Asus Rampage Formula with DDR2) board and I could not manage to run 9800 GTX with QE/CE in 10.5.4...

aqua-mac · July 30, 2008

I have X48 with 2 x 9800 GTX, so I don't think it is the chip that is the problem. It is always possible that there is an old kext in Kalyway that has been put there for overall compatibility that is causing a problem - perhaps not being updated with 10.5.4 but was acceptable with 10.5.2. There is a history of graphics problems in upgrading 10.5.2 with nvinject too. It might be worth re-installing the large 10.5.4 update (in excess of 500 megs) again.

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macgirl · July 30, 2008

Hi Macgirl,

My card is pretty quiet under both OS. I have not noticed a difference. I noted with interest that you are running 10.5.4 and have the 9800gtx working fully with QE/CI.

Did you install NVinject first and try to get it working, or did you go directly for the gfx strings and get it working?

I have managed to get mine working in 10.5.2 (kalway) with gfx strings but no luck in 10.5.4. similar to blanktruth and others. In fact I used the same Boot.plist that worked in 10.5.2 (kalway) file and could not get it to work.

Will keep trying and let you know if I succeed.

I din't install NVinject, NVKush or Natit since the whole RIG is new I installed 10.5.0 updated to 10.5.4 and intalled some patched kexts and patcher kexts and using GFX string.

The thing about fan noise is when I boot XP after I was using Mac OS, the Fan increases speed not on boot but just after I logged in on XP, but after 2 or 3 minutes the fan back to the decreased speed, this not happen if I boot directly on XP.

I will try to measure the temp on both OSes later (with a term probe).

blanktruth · July 30, 2008

I would like to give it a try with 10.5.4 with kernel 9.2 but I have to backup this working 10.5.2. Is there any way like Acronis True Image for Mac OSX to make an image file of Mac OSX system hard Disk?

Also, how can I check if the system is working 100% or not? Like I am not sure about Intel's Speedstep...

glitchbit · July 30, 2008

blanktruth, thanks for posting that info above and yea the best program to use would be superduper! to backup your working OSX. Personally I create a 15gb partition just for an OSX backup using SuperDuper!.

I also outline how you can backup just your Extensions into that backup so you can restore OSX very quickly after messing around with updating extensions in this post ( but you have to buy it to backup only specific areas)

http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=97910

glitchbit · August 1, 2008

After following this thread closely and all the current advice available I have failed.

So I am downgrading to a $50 8600GT until this card gets ironed out, wake me up when it happens...

blanktruth · August 1, 2008

After following this thread closely and all the current advice available I have failed.

So I am downgrading to a $50 8600GT until this card gets ironed out, wake me up when it happens...

Well, sorry to learn that...

zerofil · August 1, 2008

Hello eveybody,

I have an ASUS M51SN and I have very hard time trying to make it graphic card working (GeForce 9500M GS 512int + 512ext).

I tryied everything I read in here so I guess I'm unlucky...

Using a "Kalyway 10.5.2 sse2/sse3 amd/intel efiv8" distribution installed with Vanilla Kernel and Bios flashed with Kabyl modded bios, I tried the GFX string stuff wich gives me no CI an QE on 10.5.2 with graphic update/without graphic update, i tried aquamac's files on 10.5.2, GFX string on 10.5.3 with 10.5.4 kexts, etc... everytime fresh install everytime running the repairing rights script !!

I began to loose hope of getting it to work i had everything from working QE CI with white menus, Full res with no QE CI, and never the whole thing, I also even try to reinstall EFI v8 (from another volume via startupfiletool to my actual 10.5.2 volume that was unmounted) I feel like I tried everything and nothing work.

From that point i could say that it's not possible for the moment but I read in other posts that three other people succeed with the very same configuration WTF ! Is it me doing wrong or are they pushing it ?

I'm asking help to every people who succeed running full graphics on ASUS M51SN GeForce 9500M Gs to take a look over my case and lend me some help. I'll try to find a way to suceed until then.

Link to successful GeF 9500M GS on M51sn notebook :

dave q : http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=111335

davidmjj : http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?sho...=117739&hl=

Link to successful GeF 9500M GS on a Acer 5920g Notebook

pippoletto : http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=112331

Thank for reading

alexlyc · August 2, 2008

To glitchbit:

If you manage to get full res without QE/CE, you most likely missed some crucial steps like deleting nvinject / natit from your system or repair permission properly. If you are on a intel platform, try install kalway 10.5.2 without selecting any graphic driver during installation and follow the way of how I got mine to work

To zerofil:

This thread is for 9800 GTX not your 9500M GS... there is a big difference between the two...

9800 GTX working in OSX86

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