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How to install kextes for ATI 4650 1GB on SL
hi i have the ati 4650 and i dont know how to install the kextes properly can sombody help me ?
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Kexthelper?
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yes but i read it that i have to use an another boot file i to switch the graphicenabler on but after i do that i get a kernel panic
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do you have a kext for the 4650? I need it
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i do the following things:
i install the 46x00 kextes with kext helper than i change the boot file withe the beta boot file and restart after that i loged in and put my graphic card device id on the ati2000.kext and install it with kext helper after that i reboot but when i log in i get a black screen with white points i use an old CRT monitor with vga and i also but a dvi to vga dongle in the dvi port any ideas what i do wrong or is the monitor to old pleas help me somebody im a little bit depressed about this things lol |
Not all Ati 4650 video card works on Snow. I have an Asus EAH4650 1gb ddr2 (low profile) and it just doesn't work. Unfortunately, we can't do anything about it unless someone made a patched driver to make it work. I was informed that 46xx drivers would work natively on Snow, so I went ahead and purchased one. To my surprise, not all cards work .. some do.
I've gathered some info and so far, Sapphire branded 4650 only works. However, this is NOT certain. Only 2 of reported so far. I'm not 100% sure that all SAPPHIRE cards will work. By the way, did you modify and added own your dev id's in both ati2000.kext and ATI4600Controller.kext (from vanilla 10.6.2 ati drivers, not beta)? If you will not add it, it will not work. Also, you have to copy the boot file that netkas made, you should copy it on /. After thank make sure that you have GraphicsEnabler enabled or in "y" in boot.plist. If after doing that and you still have black screen .. were on the same boat and lets be sad until someone fixes this. I'm not even sure if it will be fixed. We we're suspecting that the ATISupport.kext and ATIFramebuffer.kext is causing this issue. While in Black Screen, I used VNC to remote access my osx and found out that all kext are loaded but it does not detect the monitor. So the problem looks like a port detection problem. Netkas suggested to use DVI > DVI only (without dongle adapters) and he also suggested to replug after boot - still no joy. Just to let you know, I also tried DVI to VGA / DVI > VGA dongle > VGA > VGA > HDMI to HDMI .. all scenarios are nogo. Also, what is the exact model of your card. I'm planning to replace my asus with a different brand. Cheers. |
i have the ATI Radeon HD 4650 (RV730) with 1GB RAM
and my device id is 0x9498 by the way thanks for your post MonkeyDLuffy and is this right for the boot plist: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//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>Timeout</key> <string>5</string> <key>Kernel Flags</key> <string>arch=i386</string> <key>EthernetBuiltIn</key> <string>y</string> <key>GraphicsEnabler</key> <string>y</string> </dict> </plist> |
That looks good. Have you tried remote accessing your computer thru VNC? However, it looks like were on the same boat :(
We have the same ids by the way but what is the model brand of your 4650 1gb? Who is the manufacturer? Thanks |
sapphire if you mean that and by the way did you think we have a chance to get this graphic card working
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