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ATI x1300 kext installation

thanks for ur amazing support here,with ur dvds i have got a working leopard on my AMD machine…all things went perfect except the x1300 driver,by default after installation finished leopard works fine except i can't change resolution or…

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@mjamalm Published 2008-03-24
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Leopard 10.5
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4,172 historical reads · 2 curated field notes (from 7 dispatches) · 2008-03-24
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@mjamalm (4)@DoiX (2)@seren

thanks for ur amazing support here,with ur dvds i have got a working leopard on my AMD machine…all things went perfect except the x1300 driver,by default after installation finished leopard works fine except i can't change resolution or no. of colours ,so i searched for x1300 kext and i found natitx1300.kext ,all i want to know how can i install it correctly, cause i tried several methods but when i reboot ,the screen turns black,so please can u write step by step how can i get it working in an easy way (nooob (: )

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Author Update #1 @mjamalm 2008-03-24

i tried that but after it finishes and i reboot the system ,the screen turns black when the system boots up... i don't know what is the problem...

Author Update #2 @mjamalm 2008-03-24

sorry but how can i get my device id...

sorry but if u can write it in details ...and what about permissions .. does this program do it automatically .. if not how can i do it manually ..

Author Update #3 @mjamalm 2008-03-24

i tried it also but at the end of installation it gives me a message "installation failed" something related to ati kext something ,when i reboot the system in -v mode it appears that it recognize x1300 but when it loads up the screen turns black again .. did any one had this problem before ... thanks for ur help hope to find any solution ..BTW how can i get to the old status before i install the driver...

Synthesized Community Field Notes

2 technical responses curated from 7 original dispatches

Field Note #1 @DoiX 2008-03-24

probably you device id is not in the kext file you have to add it your self, right click on natit>show contents> open the Info.plist file search for the field that says IOPCIMatch and add it there

Field Note #2 @seren 2008-03-24

I have a ati x1300 and i used this installer its for 10.4.9 but works perfect here no graphics problems im running at 1440x900 with QE/CI and resolution adjustment. z share.net/download/9416232b7133f1/

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@mjamalmPrimary Author42008-03-24
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@serenContributor12008-03-24