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12,513 reads · 2010-05-16 – 2010-07-06
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Enable Quartz Extreme

I am new to use mac on my PC,I am using IPC leopard 10.5.6,It's running nicely but I can't able to run some useful software such as iWork'09,I found "QE-not supported" in system profiler,Is there any way to enable it? as I am n00b in it, I…

Primary Author
@gourab Published 2010-05-16
Collection
OSx86 Core & 10.X
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12,513 historical reads · 3 curated field notes (from 4 dispatches) · 2010-05-16 – 2010-07-06
Credited Voices (4)
@gourab@sselshamy@eMatoS@Imkantus

I am new to use mac on my PC,I am using IPC leopard 10.5.6,It's running nicely but I can't able to run some useful software such as iWork'09,I found "QE-not supported" in system profiler,Is there any way to enable it? as I am n00b in it, I need a detailed guide how to enable QE in my PC guys,

Processor- core 2 duo E4500 2.2Ghz
nvidia geforce 9400GT 512 mb Vram
2GB RAM

Chipset Model: Unknown nVidia card
Type: Display
Bus: PCIe
PCIe Lane Width: x16
VRAM (Total): 512 MB
Vendor: NVIDIA (0x10de)
Device ID: 0x065b
Revision ID: 0x00a1
ROM Revision: nVidia Geforce 9400 GT OpenGL Engine [EFI]
Displays:
Display Connector:
Status: No display connected
SyncMaster:
Resolution: 1360 x 768 @ 60 Hz
Depth: 32-bit Color
Core Image: Software
Main Display: Yes
Mirror: Off
Online: Yes
Quartz Extreme: Not Supported
QuartzGL: Supported

Synthesized Community Field Notes

3 technical responses curated from 4 original dispatches

Field Note #1 @sselshamy 2010-07-05

You can enable QE just download OSX86 tools, worked with me

Field Note #2 @eMatoS 2010-07-05

You can try some newer version of chameleon and boot with GraphicsEnabler=Yes. If it works set it permanent on com.apple.boot.plist.

Field Note #3 @Imkantus 2010-07-06

Before using GraphicsEnaler other Injects need to be removed (kext based ones, EFI String, etc)

Have you selected anything for your graphics card from the distros customization? If so it would be good if you remind what it has been...

Sources & Contributor Provenance (4 credited usernames · Thread #6146)
UsernameDossier ContributionDispatchesActive Window
@gourabPrimary Author12010-05-16
@sselshamyContributor12010-07-05
@eMatoSContributor12010-07-05
@ImkantusContributor12010-07-06