NVidia G210 - Vanilla 10.6.2

chewymix · #1 01-13-2010, 06:04 PM

Hi

I can get this card to work in 10.6.2 by manually setting the resolution in the Boot.plist however there is no acceleration and its generally not a great solution. So does anyone know of the EFI string to use for this card? I was advised to use the ones for a 9500GS but that did not work either?

By using EFI strings i can sometimes see the desktop but the menus are white and its not usable. Any clue on this card or am i out of luck?

thanks

Imkantus · #2 01-14-2010, 01:57 AM

Try using PC_EFI 10.5 with GraphicsEnabler.

chewymix · #3 01-14-2010, 10:50 AM

hi - tried that before and if i do i just get the black screen of death when the desktop should show up.

I use myhack which uses PC EFI 10.5 from what i know so i think that should be ok. I have since managed to get it working by using this

http://rapidshare.de/files/47461448/Enable..._cards.pkg.html

But i am not convinced hardware acceleration works and i dont know whats in that package. I can change resolutions etc but i'd rather have a 'cleaner' install than this. Anyone know how i can look inside a pkg to find out whats being installed?

thanks

Imkantus · #4 01-14-2010, 11:24 AM

Do you have a DSDT.aml placed in your /Extra folder? PC_EFI needs it to read the correct port for the gfx card in some cases.

Well if you can enable the transparent menu bar, QE is working. I think the OpenGL Extensions Viewer or other benchmark should also let you know,

About the kext file you installed, you can read more here:
http://netkas.org/?p=107

chewymix · #5 01-14-2010, 11:53 AM

well i didnt no - so i found one pre compiled for my mobo and out it into /Extra as DSDT.aml and it has not made any difference, if i use the GraphicsEnabler = yes i get a black screen.

I also not there is a DSDT.dsl - do i need that also?

thanks

chewymix · #6 01-14-2010, 01:34 PM

OK i figured out i dont need the dsl but i am still having wierd issues now with a PCI network card. It used to work OK even without a DSDT.aml but now its stopped!

I can see it as a network controller in system profiler but it cant be used even a reinstall has not helped so now i am stumped, something that worked out the box now does not work even when going back to a fresh install.

Going to try again from scratch but i am spending wayyyy to long on this

thanks

Imkantus · #7 01-14-2010, 02:12 PM

I do not recommend you to use foreign DSDT tables.
Things like a different CPU, your PCI card or even a different BIOS version can make the DSDT content differing alot. Use the DSDT Patcher by fassl it will create a DSDT.aml optimized for your hardware in use with Darwin / OS X.

chewymix · #8 01-14-2010, 03:22 PM

Hi - OK i used that tool and i now have my dsdt.aml and i have put it into /Extra - Is that all there is to it? The readme mentioned something about using a different boot binary but i am not clear on that.

Using that dsdt.aml i cant seem to use my PCI network card but perhaps it has failed and i just cant see it or something.

Does the case of dsdt.aml matter?

thanks