Hi Crimsonredmk,

Okay, I currently cannot check if I have quartz extreme but my guess is that I do. I can find out by looking at the Mac Info. If I do have this, do I need to do anything?

Also, at what point did you install the NVInstaller, at the initial install with the disk?

No, after logging in and everything. I didn't install any video drivers at Mac OS X Install - you can check for Quartz Extreme in the System Profiler under Graphics.

Crimsonredmk, lend me a hand. Within System Info under Graphics, it says Quartz Extreme Not Supported. I downloaded OSXTools and enabled Quartz Extreme, however, upon restart it did not enable it. I then downloaded EFIStudio and my video card was not even listed so I didn't do anything with this. I have a 9500 and I believe the highest it went to was a 8600 or 8800. I then downloaded NVInstaller v.52.pkg and installed "Vanilla," like you. However, I have no idea what to do from here. To find the com.apple.Boot.plist file, I have to find the following directory:
Root/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration

I then proceed to open the com.apple.boot.plist file in textedit. However, I do not see anything that resembles "device-id" lines. Here is what I get:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>Kernel</key>
<string>mach_kernel</string>
<key>Kernel Flags</key>
<string></string>
<key>Boot Graphics</key>
<string>Yes</string>
<key>Quiet Boot</key>
<string>No</string>
<key>Timeout</key>
<string>5</string>
<key>device-properties</key>
<string>420200000100000001000000360200000d00000002 010c00d041030a000000000101060000010101060000007fff 04000e0000004e00560050004d000000200000000100000000 00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000002200 00005600520041004d002c0074006f00740061006c00730069 007a006500000008000000000000401c000000640065007600 6900630065005f00740079007000650000000f0000004e5644 412c506172656e740e0000006e0061006d00650000000b0000 00646973706c617922000000400030002c0064006500760069 00630065005f00740079007000650000000b00000064697370 6c617922000000400031002c00640065007600690063006500 5f00740079007000650000000b000000646973706c61791000 00006d006f00640065006c0000001a0000006e566964696120 4765466f726365203935303020475420000000400031002c00 63006f006d00700061007400690062006c00650000000e0000 004e5644412c4e564d616314000000400030002c006e006100 6d0065000000120000004e5644412c446973706c61792d4114 000000400031002c006e0061006d0065000000120000004e56 44412c446973706c61792d4220000000400030002c0063006f 006d00700061007400690062006c00650000000e0000004e56 44412c4e564d6163100000004e005600430041005000000018 00000004000000000003000400000000000007000000001e00 000072006f006d002d007200650076006900730069006f006e 00000004000000</string>
</dict>
</plist>




Can you guide me through this? Thanks

I figured out there was a new version of the NVinstaller, 9f23Installer.pkg. However, I am still in the same position. Let me know

If you are using the Kexts, you need to remove the device property string out of your boot.plist

I have no idea what that means.

Remove all of this:

<key>device-properties</key>
<string>420200000100000001000000360200000d000000 02 010c00d041030a000000000101060000010101060000007fff 04000e0000004e00560050004d000000200000000100000000 00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000002200 00005600520041004d002c0074006f00740061006c00730069 007a006500000008000000000000401c000000640065007600 6900630065005f00740079007000650000000f0000004e5644 412c506172656e740e0000006e0061006d00650000000b0000 00646973706c617922000000400030002c0064006500760069 00630065005f00740079007000650000000b00000064697370 6c617922000000400031002c00640065007600690063006500 5f00740079007000650000000b000000646973706c61791000 00006d006f00640065006c0000001a0000006e566964696120 4765466f726365203935303020475420000000400031002c00 63006f006d00700061007400690062006c00650000000e0000 004e5644412c4e564d616314000000400030002c006e006100 6d0065000000120000004e5644412c446973706c61792d4114 000000400031002c006e0061006d0065000000120000004e56 44412c446973706c61792d4220000000400030002c0063006f 006d00700061007400690062006c00650000000e0000004e56 44412c4e564d6163100000004e005600430041005000000018 00000004000000000003000400000000000007000000001e00 000072006f006d002d007200650076006900730069006f006e 00000004000000</string>

Sorry, got device-id and devide-properties mixed up.

Perfect, it worked. I really didn't expect it to be that easy.

FYI, I was able to upgrade to 10.5.8 without any problems, that I can tell so far.

10.5.8 upgraded here as well, no problems at all, nothing broke, no kexts to back up, nothing.