8600GT Problems
I don't know a ton about osx86 but I have been coming so close to getting Leopard up and running on my pc. So far I have managed to install and get most everything working with Leo4All 4.1 for AMD (10.5.4). The only problem I have been…
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I don't know a ton about osx86 but I have been coming so close to getting Leopard up and running on my pc. So far I have managed to install and get most everything working with Leo4All 4.1 for AMD (10.5.4). The only problem I have been having is with my graphics card. I have tried nvinstaller, nvinject, efi strings, nvdarwin, nvkush and just about every fix I have heard of. None of these kexts or drivers have allowed me to change my resolution or added QE/CI. I would love to get this working but need some expert advice.
Thank you, Colton
Specs:
BFG 8600GT 512mb (dual dvi-in)
AMD Athlon x2 5000+
nForce 430 MCP61
Realtek HD Audio
2GB memory
TEW-424UB Wireless
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I tried the universal installer and then the nvinject 512 and it gave me a black screen on reboot.
Yeah I've tried to get the EFI string working. System profiler lists my card and 512 memory but the QE is "not supported" and I can't change my res. What's dsdt?
Edit: I've used EFI strings in both OSX86 tools and EFI Studio for the 8600gt, even tried a custom one and none enabled QE
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thats weird, i have a fully working nvidia 8600GT i used nvinject 0.2.1 and Zeph's Universal Nvidia Drivers. here are the links to both
Zephyroth NVidia Universal Installer (mega upload.com/fr/?d=SWC1S2D9)NVinject 0.2.1 512MB (nvinject.fr ee.fr/files/Latest_NVinject.0.2.1_512Mb.zip)
NVinject 0.2.1 Other (nvinject.fr ee.fr/files/Latest_NVinject.0.2.1.zip)
8600GT, as far as i know, doesn't require any other drivers than original apple's. All you need is a proper EFI string in com.apple.boot.plist or add it to dsdt.