Mac OS X on x86 Hardware 2008–2024 Technical Archive
Member #5,562 · 2009-03-17 → 2009-03-21
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@borbou

InfiniteMac community contributor with 10 recorded dispatches, participating in discussions reaching 121,552 historical readers.

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Member Number #5,562 Joined 2009-03-17
Active Window 2009 2009-03-17 → 2009-03-21
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#777 of 6,691 by Dispatches (10 notes) · #2,038 by Thread Reach (121,552 cumulative reads)
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Member #5,562 · Joined 2009-03-17
Hardware & Kernel Topics
NVIDIA GeForce (4) · Voodoo / XNU Kernel (1)
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Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection

Distribution across 2 technical boards

10.X Core
6 (60%)
Leopard 10.5
4 (40%)

Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (9)

Direct links into threads where @borbou contributed solutions & commentary

Thread & Dispatch ExcerptCollectionDate & Reach
PNY GeForce 7600GS 512MB AGP
“OK i did replace the device id to info.plist into GeForce.kext, NVDANV40Hal.kext, NVDAResman.kext and NVinject.kext then followed the guide but still i can only boot in safe mode and no ci/qe…”
10.X Core2009-03-19
106,106 dossier reads
PNY GeForce 7600GS 512MB AGP
“thanx for that..:) i'll try it as soon as i get home.. ill post the result...”
10.X Core2009-03-19
106,106 dossier reads
PNY GeForce 7600GS 512MB AGP
“ok.. im sorry for the mess... the thing im sure is that i own a geforce 7600gs 512mb nothing more so is there another guide to help me for my card ?”
10.X Core2009-03-18
106,106 dossier reads
PNY GeForce 7600GS 512MB AGP
“ok i reinstalled ipc i deleted the nvdarwin.kext from the extensions and then followed all your instructions but this is what i get now: and the only resolution 1024x768, have i done sth wrong?”
10.X Core2009-03-18
106,106 dossier reads
PNY GeForce 7600GS 512MB AGP
“and thanx for your guide.. heres what i did: 1) In terminal i typed: rm -rf /system/library/extensions/NV* rm -rf /system/library/extensions/Ge* rm -rf /system/library/extensions/Natit* so as to remove all Intel and ATI video drivers as you…”
10.X Core2009-03-17
106,106 dossier reads
7600GS 512MB PCI-E @ iPC 10.5.6
“OK PROBLEM SOLVED i had to flash my card using NVinject guide but everything now works fine with ci/qe enabled!”
Leopard 10.52009-03-21
15,446 dossier reads
7600GS 512MB PCI-E @ iPC 10.5.6
“1. Try to first remove all nvidia and geforce kext's from your machines System/Library/Extensions folder (restart). 2. Then use EFI studio to write your 7600 512mb to com.apple.boot.plist. 3. Finally, install the 9f23installer.pkg for the c…”
Leopard 10.52009-03-20
15,446 dossier reads
7600GS 512MB PCI-E @ iPC 10.5.6
“@borbou: hmm, so i dnt know...maybe it were different kexts, maybe it were kexts from Hara Taiki...i dnt know...but there were different IDs @albatross83: i have AppleSMBIOS-27rev3-800 too, im using vanilla kernel... Here are my steps: 1. B…”
Leopard 10.52009-03-20
15,446 dossier reads
7600GS 512MB PCI-E @ iPC 10.5.6
“i have the same card 7600gs 512 pci-e and im trying to get it fixed... i downloaded gipos kexts but i found out that my device id is the same as in gipos kexts (0392) although my card is 512mb and not 256. so i just installed them without c…”
Leopard 10.52009-03-19
15,446 dossier reads