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5,876 reads · 2009-12-15 – 2009-12-16
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Radeon 4850 glitch after 10.6.2 update

I recently managed to get Snow Leopard installed via Prasys USB guide and myhack, however; when I update to 10.6.2 it seems to break my Radeon4850, in the sense that it changes all of the resolutions and seems to "cut off" areas of display…

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@Keagi Published 2009-12-15
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Snow Leopard 10.6
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5,876 historical reads · 1 curated field notes (from 3 dispatches) · 2009-12-15 – 2009-12-16
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AMD Radeon GPUs (QE/CI) ↗ USB 3.2 Boot Flash Drives ↗ 4K DisplayPort & HDMI Monitors ↗

I recently managed to get Snow Leopard installed via Prasys USB guide and myhack, however; when I update to 10.6.2 it seems to break my Radeon4850, in the sense that it changes all of the resolutions and seems to "cut off" areas of display on my monitor and makes everything smaller in general; it also destroys widescreen support. Is there any way to restore the drivers to what they were previously (if that's the issue at all..)? Thanks everyone

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1 technical responses curated from 3 original dispatches

Author Update #1 @Keagi 2009-12-16

I ended up fixing it earlier today by installing Netkas Leopard driver pack found on Kexts.com which let me get back into my desktop to edit the device ID in my ATI kext

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