pet1 Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 After a few hours of trying to get the 7600 to work in 64 bit mode and getting the hardware acceleration back to the way it was before 10.6.3; I have success. The solution is very simple.. Just copy the following kexts from 10.6 retail install to their appropriate destination : In system/library/extensions Geforce.kext Geforce7xxxGLDriver.bundle Geforce8000GLDriver.bundle GeforceGA.plugin GeforceGLDriver.bundle GeforceVADriver.bundle NVDANV40Hal.kext NVDAN50Hal.kext NVDAResman.kext NVSMU.kext In system/library/framework OpenCL.framework OpenGL.framework Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/248002-solution-found-to-7600-gt-in-64-bit-sl-and-proper-acceleration/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueknight Posted February 27, 2011 Share Posted February 27, 2011 Thanks for your nice information! I tried to use 7800GT on 10.6.6 but only without Q/E. I roll back these kexts & frameworks to 10.6.0, and inject EFI strings with EFIstudio, then I can see FrontRow and screen saver working. edit: But I try to play chess, then kernel panic will happen. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/248002-solution-found-to-7600-gt-in-64-bit-sl-and-proper-acceleration/#findComment-1646075 Share on other sites More sharing options...
pet1 Posted March 7, 2011 Author Share Posted March 7, 2011 make sure you're using the latest chameleon and don't use efi strings. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/248002-solution-found-to-7600-gt-in-64-bit-sl-and-proper-acceleration/#findComment-1650581 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrEmmettBrown Posted March 27, 2011 Share Posted March 27, 2011 make sure you're using the latest chameleon and don't use efi strings. Thank you so much for that very useful information. I had given up on getting my Go 7400 working with the 64-bit kernel until I stumbled across your post. Then today, I decided to give it another shot and in searching around found some comments indicating that 7x00 chips lost 64-bit support in or after I think, 10.6.3 and so I started thinking about rolling back drivers. You just saved me a LOT of work. I could have been swapping these out one-by-one for hours and I still might have overlooked the Frameworks components. I have a few questions if you don't mind, as the Chess program causes KP on my machine too, and while I don't use it very often, I just can't stand it when things don't work right<g>: 1 - What Chameleon version are you using - I've got 2.0 RC5 pre 8 r60 which was, I think, the current version as of your post? (Though, I could definitely be wrong here<g>!) 2 - Are you using NVEnabler 64.kext? 3 - Have you specified GraphicsEnabler Yes? Right now, I've got 10.6.4 on this machine, but I just upgraded my other laptop to 10.6.7 - it has Radeon Mobility x1400 graphics, and I can say that that too was a lot of fun to get QE/CI working with. Thank you, again, for this very helpful post, Doc ___________________________________ "I finally invented something that works!" --- Dr Emmett Brown Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/248002-solution-found-to-7600-gt-in-64-bit-sl-and-proper-acceleration/#findComment-1661503 Share on other sites More sharing options...
biglips Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 How is this done < i have a nvidia 7300 gt that I would like to get working better.Thks Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/248002-solution-found-to-7600-gt-in-64-bit-sl-and-proper-acceleration/#findComment-1666278 Share on other sites More sharing options...
biglips Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 Hi I got the nvidia installer by punk v2 which gave me more resolutions but still no hard ware support ,any ideas Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/248002-solution-found-to-7600-gt-in-64-bit-sl-and-proper-acceleration/#findComment-1667813 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gringo Vermelho Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 Google 'guide for all nvidia boards'. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/248002-solution-found-to-7600-gt-in-64-bit-sl-and-proper-acceleration/#findComment-1667819 Share on other sites More sharing options...
biglips Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 wow still trying to figure this out ,and finding out exactly what I need to do this any help appreciated Thks Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/248002-solution-found-to-7600-gt-in-64-bit-sl-and-proper-acceleration/#findComment-1667921 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gringo Vermelho Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 Maybe you don't need to do anything. Read this and make up your own mind: http://osxbook.com/blog/2009/08/31/is-your...ow-leopard-k64/ As you can see from a user point of view there is not much difference between 32- and 64-bit modes - as long as your CPU is 64-bit capable of course. On OS X the main difference between 32- and 64-bit mode are the drivers and kernel. You can run 64-bit apps and use up to 32GB RAM in 32-bit mode. More info: http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/2...gb-memory-limit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical_Address_Extension I don't think you'll see improved graphics performance on your 7xxx card by running in 64-bit kernel and drivers mode with *old drivers and frameworks from 10.6.2* - I believe you will get better graphics performance by running in 32-bit kernel and drivers mode so that you can use the latest nvidia drivers. It would be interesting to see some benchmarks that can prove or disprove my theory. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/248002-solution-found-to-7600-gt-in-64-bit-sl-and-proper-acceleration/#findComment-1668118 Share on other sites More sharing options...
biglips Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 Ok stupid question how can I tell if the osx86 version is 64 or 32 ,my processor can run 64bit software that is what my windows 7 is.Thks Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/248002-solution-found-to-7600-gt-in-64-bit-sl-and-proper-acceleration/#findComment-1669257 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gringo Vermelho Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 Somewhere in System Profiler, don't remember where exactly, I'm in Windows right now. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/248002-solution-found-to-7600-gt-in-64-bit-sl-and-proper-acceleration/#findComment-1669382 Share on other sites More sharing options...
biglips Posted April 15, 2011 Share Posted April 15, 2011 Thks I don't see it there about anything 64. Any fixes.Thks Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/248002-solution-found-to-7600-gt-in-64-bit-sl-and-proper-acceleration/#findComment-1670635 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gringo Vermelho Posted April 15, 2011 Share Posted April 15, 2011 Fixes for what? Here's a little help: Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/248002-solution-found-to-7600-gt-in-64-bit-sl-and-proper-acceleration/#findComment-1670646 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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