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Old 06-14-2009, 06:02 PM
safmaverick safmaverick is offline
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Unhappy Cannot get CI/QE on my Gainward 7600GS PCI-e

Hello everyone,

Im using iPC OSx86 10.5.7 Universal PPF5 Final version on my Intel P4 3.06GHz, but I cannot find a way to solve problem with Core Image and Quad Extreme for my Gainward 7600GS 256Mb 128bit PCI-Express video card. I tried many NVInject kexts, changing card id in info.plst, I tried EFI Studio instalations, some GeForce instaltions with no results.

Here is my configuration:
MSI 945PL Neo-F
Intel P4 3.06GHz 1Mb L2 cache
Gainward nVidia GeForce 7600GS 256Mb 128bit PCI-e
Kingston DDR2 2Gb + TwinMos DDR2 512Mb
Hitachi 320Gb 16Mb cache

If you need some more informations, just ask. Hope someone could help me.

Thanx in advance!

Last edited by safmaverick; 06-16-2009 at 03:11 PM.
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Old 06-16-2009, 07:00 PM
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What does the system profiler show for your graphics/displays? It is recognizing the nVidia 7600gt and not supporting CI/GE or is it not even figuring out the card?

Dell E521; nVidia 8800gt 512mb; Mac OS 10.5.7 (iPC)
Lenovo S10; Mac OS 10.5.7 (Retail w/Chameleon)
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Old 06-17-2009, 12:23 AM
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Quote:
GeForce 7600 GS:

Chipset Model: GeForce 7600 GS
Type: Display
Bus: PCIe
PCIe Lane Width: x16
VRAM (Total): 256 MB
Vendor: NVIDIA (0x10de)
Device ID: 0x0392
Revision ID: 0x00a1
ROM Revision: nVidia GeForce 7600 GS OpenGL Engine [EFI]
Displays:
Display Connector:
Status: No Display Connected
SyncMaster:
Resolution: 1280 x 1024 @ 75 Hz
Depth: 32-Bit Color
Core Image: Software
Main Display: Yes
Mirror: Off
Online: Yes
Quartz Extreme: Not Supported
This is what I got...

Also tried NVdarwin and NVkush with no succes
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Old 06-17-2009, 10:58 AM
thorazine74 thorazine74 is offline
 
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Check if that card needs a custom NVCAP, it looks like your monitor is plugged on the card secondary port/channel.
I'm not sure what ports it have but maybe changing the one your monitor is connected to could help.
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Old 06-17-2009, 11:10 AM
safmaverick safmaverick is offline
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How to do that and where to do that. I was doing some changes that I found, in NVinject on the NVCAP, but than I got connected monitor and cannot change resolution(1024/768).... and I cannot use that... and monitor than works with frequency of 60Hz which is very painfull for my eyes
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Old 06-26-2009, 08:49 AM
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Hi,

I am having exactly the same problem with my 2x 7600gs setup. Have also tried everything I can think of. If you solve the problem first will you please post your solution and I will do the same.

Thanks
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Old 06-29-2009, 10:27 PM
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I made this QE/CI work on my Gainward 7600GS PCI-e 256Mb 128bit...

First, I have reinstalled my iPC x86 10.5.6 PPF5 Universal Final version of mac.
I installed it without any NVinject nor any other graphic kext that can be installed during OS installation.

Than I started EFIStudio choose my card, click Add device, and in new oppened window choose write to com.Apple.boot.plist, reboot, and whooalaaa... Here is what I got:



You can probably make it work with erasing all previous Video drivers kexts in S/L/E directory.


But there is another problem.. I cnnot get my sound work again. It worked last time when I did it using Audio in Wiki(insanelymac), but now its not working.... I got an error in step 13...

If someone can help me I would appreciate that. Im using MSI 945PL Neo-F motherboard with ALC850 audio device on it.

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Old 07-09-2009, 05:13 PM
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I have a 7600GS running ok.
I Use NVINJECT 0.2.1 from iPC but I got 512MB and no QE/CI like you.

This worked for me:
Modify the file /system/library/extensions/nvinject.kext/Contents/Info.plist
Edit it and find this:

<key>VRAM,totalsize</key>
<data>
AAAAIA==

Replace the I for an E : which means to change 512 for 256MB

It should look:
<key>VRAM,totalsize</key>
<data>
AAAAEA==

Voila!! I get 256, and QE/CI running.
I hope it helps, let me know.
Regards
Dragon
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Old 07-09-2009, 05:15 PM
safmaverick safmaverick is offline
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nice suggestion, I will keep this on my mind also



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