May 13, 2009
Big radeonhd guide for 10.5.7
after you update to 10.5.7, if all works fine for you with raeonhd card – skip this tutorial
radeonhd 2×00 3×00 4870 4850 users just install this natit and enjoy – Natit pkg link
now about 48×0 users only:
Default natit posted above uses Motmot as framebuffer driver, Motmot known to have problems with powermanagement and memory clocks (results in screen shakes, affects only 4850/4830/4850×2), default natit has a workaround for this, for 4850 users.
There is another framebuffer for 48×0, called quail, it doesnt have screen shakes problem, but has less output capabilities on 4850/4830 (only secodn dvi port works as dvi, with patched quail) , here is natit which make use of Quail – Natit for Quail pkg link , use it as alternative for default natit, if Motmot has issues for you.
Now patched framebuffers: it’s patched Motmot and Quail to get rid of dvi2vga dongle trick (or hdmi2dvi + dvi2vga on some cards),
the package called “Patched framebuffers for 48×0 and 3870×2″ – recomended for 4850×2/4850/4830/ 4870 with hdmi/DP/VGA outputs
Patched ATIRadeonX2000.kext, for exotic cards like – 4830 4890 4870×2 4850×2 3870×2 , to get QE/CI , its called “QE_CI_Exotic_cards”
ATI_init pkg for MacPro users(4890 4870×2 will need the file above also, natit inside) – ATI init pkg link , two pkgs, that’s all you need.
Last thing, 3870×2 users – install default natit, patched framebuffers pkg(only if you dont have ATY_Triakis.kext installed yet) and patched ATIRadeonX2000 pkg.
Pkg with patched files available at irc://irc.osx86.hu #radeonhd channel, first link in topic
P.S. for dummies, for 4890 and 4870×2 you need to install default natit and patched ATIRadeonX2000.kext pkgs
for 4830/4850×2 you need either default natit , patched X2000.kext and patched framebuffer, or quail_natit , patched x2000.kext and patched framebuffers.
Comments(201)
Tnx! This is really nice
… gonna try to install a 4890 in my old MacPro 2.66 …
[...] Se recomienda a los usuarios de las Radeon HD 3870×2/4830/4850/4850 x2/ 4870 seguir éstas indicaciones. [...]
Now, THAT’S worth a donation!!
Please excuse me for my dumb question, I really have to get this straight. I have a 2008 MP, and would like to use my pc 1GB 4870 card for Boot Camp gaming. I understand when using natit no flashing is requiered. With this method am I going to have working fan control in OS X on my 4870, or it can only be achieved by flashing it?
To tell you the truth, as an audio guy I only need quiet presence of the 4870 when working in OS X. Even having video signal is not that important, the 2600XT suits me well
Matrixfan, just install ati_init pkg and report results.
hi,
I runned the 4870 with no Problems. So I updated to 10.5.7, with no Problems. Just running as beforce with CI and QE
Only thing I fear is still to change resolution !?! Can I try ? I started Warcraft3 It went into main menu with 1248×1024 .. so does it function ?
In 10.5.6 I put in the Framework opengl of 10.5.7 and the new natit and motmot + I killed the motomot in Apple driver … since that I have a functional 4870 … so now … what to do ?! Something to change ? Can I change resolution ?
next thin is … I have
1x DVI
1x VGA
1x HDMI/ Displayport
I only can use DVI … how to enable the others ? expecially the VGA ?
Hi,
just updated to 10.5.7 and the natit above.
Wow, my Spahire 4870 512MB is working with QE/CI !!
Also the fan seems to be controlled correctly now (-> macmunch)
But one issue still exists: Powermanagement.
Still unable to resume from standby mode.
What can I do ?
Thanks
Netkas,
I updated to 10.5.7 (ATI HD 4830) with no issues.
But still no native resolution and QE / CI since that card is not supported.
Do you think installing the new kexts that you talk about above with solve this for me.
Thanks for the extremely good work.
oh ok so you simple changed the natid @ xbx2fan ?
which one you took ? Natit pkg link ????
something else to do ?
But I still ahbe the other problems mentioned above
Hi! Does anyone know if I’m going to have problems if I install from a retail 10.5.6 and than I update to 10.5.7? I’ll have the compatibility with my hd4850 without installing any other kext?
Thanks in advice..
Hm I still don’t understand. I don’t have a working CI-QX on my 4890 asus card so I want to install the “QE_CI_Exotic_cards” file but where do I download it? I can’t find it in any of the links you have posted.
Mag, maybe you need to be more attentive
cuz i clearly wrote – “Pkg with patched files available at irc://irc.osx86.hu #radeonhd channel, first link in topic”
Thanks for great release Netkas.
You mentioned power management issues with Motmot package. Is there a package that fixes power management for a reference dual dvi 4870?
@ Netkas
Some ideas to my problems ?
@macmunch
only installed the natit from the first link, yes.
@netkas
thanks again for the good work.
Does anybody know if these patches will work oh an HD4350 512Mb? I think we should try, because that card is really cheap and will be a good option for a basic Hackintosh.
Thanks Netkas for making many people’s dreams come true!
Dest, what i mentioned has nothing to do with sleep.
——
4350/4550/4650/4670 doesnt work
Using the default natit gets me full resolution and QE_CI on my Sapphire 4830 dual dvi model, but I can’t seem to get the Quail natit to work with it. I just get a blue screen that occasionally draws the cursor and sometimes more for not even a second.
Netkas, I’m not referring to sleep. I’m talking about power management as in downclocking in 2d mode. The card seems to run hotter in OS X than in Windows and I suspect this is because in OS X the powerplay stuff isn’t working right.
I was just wondering if there’s a package that fixes it for the 4870 or if this even works at all in OS X.
Forgot to mention that the default natit gives me the bouncing screen and is why I don’t want to use it instead of quail.
I have a PowerColor 4850 1GB. Was working fine under 10.5.6, QE/CI, no pauses. Now I have updated to 10.5.7, and the cursor stop every 3 – 4 seconds. I’ve tried every Natit package available – including Quail. I’ve also tried swapping round the DVI ports. No success yet.
Any ideas on how to fix it?
Cheers,
- Tim.
Master netkas.. thanks a lot…
i will install my Osx86 now and test the 4850×2…!!!
Hi netkas, I have an original mac pro, I purchased 2 days ago an ati radeon HD4870 sapphire 512Mb.
Can I use it without patch the bios?
If I can use without patch the bios, Could I have any problem in future updates of leopard?
Thank you.
does this script work if you are still on 10.5.6 for ati 4870 1gb ram video card?
Thanks for all the work, Netkas! However, I’m still having issues with my 4830, Sapphire VGA/DVI/HDMI. I installed the exotic QE/CI and the patched 3870×2 pkgs you supplied. With the normal Natit, I get full resolution and QE/CI, but it bounces, I can’t change resolution (blue screen), and only DVI seems to work, no VGA. With the Quail Natit, I get nothing no matter what I do and I’ve tried all the ports along with adapters for them (HDMI -> DVI, DVI ->VGA). The best I can get is a blue screen on the VGA port, but only when DVI is plugged in as well. Not sure what’s going on, but I’m crossing my fingers and hoping there’s a fix in there.
Also, your thread on Insanelymac with this info has disappeared.
xauron, try and tell us.
the natit has bios image of apple’s 4870, so if the card cant work with apple’s 4870 rom, then it may fail with aty_init
@netkas
first off, thanks for all the work you’ve put into these 48×0 cards. being able to actually boot into osx with my 4830 is a big relief for me, even if it’s only been in 1024×768.
the patched framebuffers and the default seem to be working alright with my HDMI/DVI/VGA 4830, but anytime I install the patched x2000.kext i end up with some really strange screen artifacts that cover the monitor. w/out the x2000, my card is recognized, but no qe/ci and i can’t change rez. Any ideas?
I have a Sapphire 4830 dual dvi and a get a kernal panic after installing all the patches described above. When I remove the Natit.kext extension it boots but only displays a black screen with artifacts where the mouse is supposed to be. When I move the mouse it creates more artifacts. I don’t know what else to try. I used vnc to see what was going on and I saw a bunch of artifacts with images from a game I played earlier today on windows xp that was so weird… If I remove the ATIradeonx2000.kext it gives me default drivers at 1024×768. I wonder if it has something to do with my motherboard, it is a biostar G31-M7 TE and I had a lot of trouble just getting os x on there, I had to do the dsdt patch and use older ACPI and APIC kexts. I did try both Natit.kext (quail and default) they both give me a kernel panic. I went to the system logs but it never registers those panics. Any help would be appreciated!
i have tried everything under the sun.
i know this is not the proper thread but man… i can get everything to work again on my msi wind u120, Except the GMA 950 and the Clamshell. do you have any info at all that could help me?
xauron,
In theory, ATY_init enables the card without having to flash it, but I am not sure if an apple card is required in another slot for OS X initialisation.
The problem is that ATY_init does not seem to manage recent 4870s. People at macbidouille.com could not get them to work.
So it seems that ATY_init needs to include the BIOS for those recent cards.
If you have a 4870, you don’t need the patched radeon kext, so you should still have hardware acceleration after system updates. But you need an installed ATY_init on any OS X you will use to boot your Mac Pro, including a DVD.
Note also that you won’t have video output before the drivers loads, so you can’t choose the boot drive with the alt key if your only display is connected to the PC card.
OR, you can flash your card without using any software patch.
Is somebody there where hibernation works with 48xx?
With natit driver I get a scrambled picture after wakeup, with quail the screen stay black.
Any idea?
Netkas,i’m here to report!
My card is powercolor HD4850 with HDMI/DP/DVI,and my screen is VGA only
after installed 10.5.7, OSX booted succesful !
and i install Natit and Patched Motmot Quali pkg and reboot
but ,same again, after reboot and a light blue screen,my monitor lost signal again
i use a dvi-vga cable @ dvi port and booted with -x -f -v
and idea?
i mean ,seems DVI port 1 still dont have VGA output : (
last question
Has any one tried VGA @ DVI Port 2 on 4850 OR 4870?
many thanks
Hi,
updated to 10.5.7, went fine, then installed natit.pkg but still nog QE-CI and a wrong resolution (can pick only one)
got a HD2600 pro (0×9589)
any idea?
Same problem as Tim, but with Sapphire 4870 1GB. Working perfectly on 10.5.6 with DVI connector plugged in 2nd port (the farthest from motherboard) and DVI-VGA dongle in the other port. With 10.5.7 I have mouse lagging with all Natit packages. Tried also swapping ports, changing to Quail framebuffer, and making a fresh install.
ohh help …
my OS X 10.5.7 lost picture …
- so I went into system/library/extensions/ATY…kext and delteted the motmot.kext
- Than I intalled the new natit.kext from netkas
- The ATI Driver package
- and put the modified motmot.kext in system/library/extensions …
since that … I have a strange freezed picture after boot … where I see my mouse like … 1000 pices … looks weird … (dont know how to explain that in english)
Some ideas ? Want my OS X back ? have I installed to much ?
Awesome work, netkas.
Reports from Mac Pro owners confirm that ATY_init does not enable the recent 4870 cards that cannot be flashed by the apple BIOS (Macs reboot repeatedly).
I’d be interesting in patching natit.kext with custom 4870 BIOS. It’s in the file info.plist, correct?
I have localized the tag ATY,bin_image for the 4870 series, in text edit. I suppose the BIOS is contained in the following section. Should I just replace this section? What part of the original BIOS should I use? And what software do you recommend for this?
Sorry, I am not familiar with this stuff, but thanks a lot.
sea, maybe test yours 4850×2 on 10.5.7 ? I realy want to know because I have one.
jeanlain
aty,bin_image need to contain first 64kb (65535) bytes of bios image
use property list editor from xcode package.
DVD
try
4830 guys
make sure u dont have both dvi ports connected durring boot, it result in panic
2600pro user:
after u get resolution change, add your device-id (9589) to atiradeonx2000.kext’s plist
rest
to remove drivers, do this
boot single user mode ( -s )
and type this:
mount -uw /
rm -rf /System/Library/Extensions/Natit.kext
rm -rf /System/Library/Extensions/ATIRadeonX2000.kext
reboot
post no. 37
can you help me netkas ?
//////i answered it already.
hmm I added my device id but now, I have a weird, blocked screen
Thanks netkas,
One question: would it be possible to enable different versions of the 4870 in Mac Pros, with a single natit.kext? As I understand, what I proposed above will likely remove the support of the reference design 4870.
I suppose that it would require one BIOS for each specific version. This is beyond my skills.
@ netkas you said to delete drivers …
but which should I install after that ?!
“for dummy please”
Hi Netkas, my HD 4890 is running with QE/CI. But when I attach a second DVI-Cable to the the second DVI-Port Mac OS X hangs. Multimonitor seems not to work. With a single monitor everything is fine. Thanks.
(GA EX58-DS4, Core i7 965, Vanilla-Kernel)
magnificent work, netkas. thank you very much.
I have a question, can serve any ATI 4870/90 with factory overclock?
Greetings
NEW status
now have 1680×1050 resolution
I installed:
- new Natit from yesterday
- ATY_init.kext
- ATY_Motmot.kext
was that right ???
I have no QE and no CI
some ideas ?
can I change resolution now ? I fear to try
Hi Netkas and thanks for your hard work.
How are the Mobility HD3470 lookin? Any profit for them from the 10.5.7 update? I read there is something in the update fot the mobiliy but it isnt working yet.
Hi! I have a problem with my Radeon 3650 AGP. I updated to 10.5.7 but that drivers don’t work. Still use 10.5.5 kexts but it has a problem with Applications which using QuartzGL. When QuartzGL used, the screen freezed for a moment and the music freezed, too. With the new natit I get black sreen or blue screen depends on the video card name in Natit. My card is only works with Triakis framebuffer. Pls Help!
maybe a stupid question: but has a hd4870 dualscreen support with natit motmot and patched framebuffer pkg?
i’m here to report. I have an MSI 4890. I installed natit pkg & exotic cards pkg. QE/CI work fine, but I have an odd problem with dual displays.
When I plugged in with 1 port it boots fine, with 2 ports it just shows the blue screen. However plugging the 2nd dvi port after I’m in leopard it’ll go dual display then freeze.
Reading this thread I’ll try a dvi to vga and see if that eliminates the problem
Hi Netkas
Impressive work so far, i have a PC with USB stick and radeon HD 4890. Everything is working perfect under Mac OS X 10.5.7, but… im only able to get mirrored dual screen. Not possible to set up the two screen working on extended desktop, it doesnt even show the option to choose between mirrored and extended in the video preferences.
What would you suggest me to do ? Maybe this is something that you can fix in an update, it would be so great.
Anyway, thanks again for making this possible.
PC-intosh: gigabyte X48-DQ6, DDR2 1066 8gb ram, radeon hd 4890 1gb, HD WDC 500gb x2, Quad core intel 2 Q9550 E0
Thx Netkas 4 ur work, you give me a hope to start my ATI Radeon HD3870×2 1Gb under OSX, but im stil cant ;-(
My video card id 0×950f, rev. 0×0000 hd drive sata ahci, mb p35-dq6
As u wrote
“Last thing, 3870×2 users – install default natit, patched framebuffers pkg(only if you dont have ATY_Triakis.kext installed yet) and patched ATIRadeonX2000 pkg.”
I install:
0-Retail OSX 10.5.6 + all updates, incl. 10.5.7 under boot-123
1-original(?) Natit.pkg (240 Kb)
2-Patched framebuffes for 48×0 and 3870×2
3-QE_CI_Exotic_cards
No more drivers, etc, only clean system, after each step i repear permissions by disk utility and logof/logon.
After 3-rd step and reboot, i have a black screen in result, in safe mode same situation, what am i doing wrong?
PS: I can access hackintosh computer under remote desktop from orig. mac, and in hackintosh system properties i can see, that:
My video is HD 3870×2 with 512 Mb mem, .
(i suppose u can understand my english letters, im very uncertain in ability write theirs correctly by myself, but computer problems are international, please help
///I’m not sure if non-patched triakis will work with 3870×2. it was soo long time ago…
i have sapphire HD4870 (1dvi, 1vga and 1 hdmi )
after i used your script, no kernel panic, but after kernel finishes, i see a light blue screen then immediately goes black then the monitor goes to sleepmode, while PC is still running.
please let me know how i can fix this.
using chameleon1.0w/ digital dreamer’s script for ex58-ud5
Perhaps I should ask if there’s any hope of getting the DVI/VGA/HDMI 4830s up and running or if I should get a 9800GT at this point. Do you think it’s just a matter of tweaking to get those 4830s up and running or is it a more complicated problem?
FYI, I have a Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 and with 10.5.7 I am getting full resolution, and QE/CI without modifying any of the kexts. However, I absolutely must have the VGA to DVI adapter plugged into the second DVI port (I only use one monitor) in order to get anything to show up, otherwise I just have a blank screen.
seems there’s still some problem in Motmot needs to be fixed~
Netkas, my 4850×2 work now in 10.5.7 reatil whit a P6t deluxe v2 and a i7 920!! whit your kext.. al QE , Ci and all resolutions.
the only problem at this moment is the screen shakes.
@ sea or others ?
which files you took to run your card ?
I installed:
- new Natit from yesterday
- ATY_init.kext
- ATY_Motmot.kext
but have no QE and CI ?!
Netkas, you are the MAN. Got the files from the IRC channel and installed. Fully functional 4890 installed for my efi-x system!
macmunch, I installed first update 10.5.7, I got a weird white screen with strange blocks. Booted in safe mode (-x) and installed the Natit.kext (motmot), got a black screen. Then installed the patched framebuffers package (ATINDRV.kext) and everything works
.
about 4890 and macpro, a quote from macrumors forum:
“I can confirm that you can run a Radeon HD 4890 without any Mac compatible card in slot 1.
I just removed the stock Radeon HD 2600XT and the Radeon HD 4890 runs fine alone.”
btw, such configuration needs only ati_init pkg and exotic cards pkg
@ sm1ley …
so I use Natit.kext … (the new one from netkas???)
the old motmot ?
and framebuffer from the post right ?
so in total 3 files ?
Tried VGA Screen connect with DVI2VGA adapter either DVI-VGA cable @ DVI port (DVI1 as your card),Still the same resault: Monitor lost signal after light blue screen : (
Seems 48X0 with HDMI/DP/VGA/DVI outputs still has connection problems on Recent Patched Motmot.
i think Motmot needs to be Patched again
wait and see………….
Hi Netkas,
Thx for all your efforts!
My system Dell Studio 17 with HD 3650 Mobility
Tested: Blank 10.5.7 (updated 10.5.6 xxx release with Apple’s update)
Result: only 1024×768 nog kext loaded
Test2: Ran safe mode (-x) and std natit from yesterday
Result: blocked screen
Test3 : Ran safemode (-x) abnd ATIX2000 source version 53410 plus natit for 3650 + permission repair, cache cleans
Result: blank screen (just a tiny blue vertical line at the extreme left of the lcd)
Problem now it that even in Safe Mode (-x) osx loads Natit, so i cannot get into osx anymore. Will try a fresh 10.5.6(xxx release) install + 10.5.7 update
Please advice what to do/test for you.
Thx!
///READ this thread, i already posted how to remove natit
///mobility radeonds known to not work with internal display
@ macmunch
3 files? could be…
I installed the ‘default’ Natit.kext and the ‘patched framebuffers’ package.
So I use 2 files I think.
My vidcard: Sapphire Vapor-X HD4870 (2xDVI/1xHDMI)
@ sm1ley …
please post link of the files … so I take the same as you …
Can you change resolution ? Do you have 2nd Monitor ?
Netkas
I am happy to report to you that my Sapphire HD 4830 – 2 DVI port card is fully up and running with 1920*1080 res with full QE / CI support.
Had to flash the card to get the screen jumps to stop – but as of now i see no difference in sound / heat after the flash versus before the flash.
Your work on this has been a tremendous help.
Thank you so much.
The Orion
@Metheorion
What exactly did you change in the BIOS? I’ve been hunting around to see what would be a stable change of the clock/voltage values (much less the values to change), so any insight you could provide would be excellent.
Actually, you will first need to get a backup of your bios using GPUZ. Then modify that BIOS using Radeon Bios Editor (RBE) – i basically followed a friends “work in process” tutorial and modded bios to flash my bios. But he had set all the lower frequencies to 900Mhz (the upper ones were not changed) and if I remember correctly, the voltages were all 1.044v. Save this Bios and then flash using ATIFlash (you will need to create a bootable flash drive for this.
And that was it…
Again credit to my friend xris on the #radeonhd IRC channel for this. If you probably wait for sometime today, he is planning to post that tutorial with the necessary files and that way you can avoid changing the frequencies / voltages urself.
Let me know if you need any other info.
Thanks for all your help Netkas I almost got my dual dvi 4830 working. I am trying to fix the bouncing issues and I tried the Natit for quail but it made it actually worst. I don’t have the ATY_quail file is there a way someone can send me a link to download it? Thanks.
@ macmunch
Change resolution: yes
Full QE / CI support: yes
Dual Screen (extra monitors): no (and if anyone can tell me if it could work, i’m very interested if it should be possible)
So i use: http://rapidshare.de/files/47140358/Natit.pkg.html and patched files from irc
Don’t know if I’m allowed to post the downloadlink from irc.osx86.hu #radeonhd . It’s called ‘patched files – downloadlink here’ .
Hello I have a Power Color HD4830 with HDMI / VGA / DVI
conectors. IPC installed 10.5.6 and did the update to
10.5.7. The resolution using both the DVI output or
HDMI was 1024×768. Natit.kext installed. Called
the monitor and put in an HDMI cable adapter
DVI2VGA. The resolution was 1680 * 1050 @ 32, but with
QE / CI not working! What can I do to
enable?
///INSTALL patched ATIRadeonx2000.kext , read blog entry to know where to get it.
I have Dell Studio XPS Core i7 920 2.66 GHz with ATI Radeon HD4850 512MB.
I install Natit.pkg and Patched framebuffers for 48×0 and 3870×2 and run fine but i need dual screen and don´t work.
///SNOW leo will give us dual screen.
yeah !
I can change to and have QE and CI …
WOW thx sm1ley and netkas
thx !
Thank you very much!!
Ati 4870 512MB Nativ Worked
has the natit package been testen on mobility 34xx yet?
///No , and it will not work due to nature of mobility radeons
to make it easier for me to answer, I now edit posts and add answer with prefix ///
i haive a sapphire hd4850 512
asusp5q
installed ipc 10.5.6 and installed radeon package and natit (fully supported)
upgraded to 10.5.7
restart with -x options
restart normally
4850 still working very well
i have dvi to vga on second port
Netkas,
It seems that at least one Mac Pro owner (1.1) had to keep an Apple X1900XT in one slot, so the Mac would boot with a 4890, using ATY_Init and Natit.
Not sure why sometimes it works with the PC card alone and sometimes not.
so resolution is finally changeable …
But as far I understand
I can´t:
- use second screen ?
- go to sleep mode right ?
@ macmunch:
Second screen: that’s right, netkas said it will be released in Snowleopard
Sleep mode: seems so, i have problems with wake from sleep, what’s your problem with sleep exactly?
Hi Netkas great work man!
But i can not connect to the irc server. Connection refused. Is it down or am i just being refused?
Hi Netkas
Systemm: Dell Studio 1737 with ATI Radeon 3560
Reply to your answer: i tried all also with external screen on DSUB connector, and this gave me exactly the same as on the internal LCD.
I haven’t tried HDMI yet, will try this during this weekend and post reply
Thx for your advice/feedback what else i can try
Grtz,
R.
to @sea
My screen shaking too, but I install Natit for Quail pkg and no more sceen shaking.
I have same VGA like sea after updates works good, but I can change resoliution if I try to change my monitor go to sleep. Work one dvi port. QuartzGL enabled with osx86 tools.
////you better disable quartzGL, it makes only problems.
what do I buy? I just got Radeon HD 4670 and I see now it won’t work.
WHAT DO I BUY? I can take this card back and get something else.
WHAT DO I BUY? WHAT WORKS?
///4870 (XFX especialy) is best choose atm. or 3870
Sapphire 4830, no luck – best I can get with these files is with quail, solid blue screen with occasional draw of desktop – all others are giving me either black and white mash with crash (guessing panic) or colored mash (enough that I can guess where the shutdown is.) Tried both DVI ports, both filled or only single, and even tried the dvi->svga only.
I do have an older set of packages (64bit came across a working accel on insanelymac forum) that give me QE/CI and a jumping screen – though I’d rather not try to reflash this card again.
Thanks netkas, great work so far and any suggestion you might have for me will be tried.
Hi Netkas, and thank you for your work!
Got Sapphire 4830/2xDVI+Svid.
I have a monitor that uses VGA to connect. I use DVI-VGA dongle to connect monitor.
When Natit tries to load the correct framebuffer, booting verbose mode the system freezes, non-verbose I get a screen that tells me to restart.
(Natit without framebuffer boots fine, detects the card but under display I have wrong resolution and it doesn’t say the name of my display, just Display)
Since other people have gotten the same card working, I’m lead to believe that my problems are with the monitor being VGA. Am I correct and is there any way to fix this?
///VGA is big problem on 48×0 atm, try different ports/etc
Hi, this drivers works in a HD4870 X2..??
Thanks from Spain
///supposed to work
Hey master netkas,
i just installed mac os 10.5.6 retail on my asus P5Q with radeon 4670(512MB).Will there be or is there any support for this card?Need to update to 10.5.7. if possible or should i just forget the hole thing and wait until it’s supported?
Sorry to ask here but i cannot register at forum at the moment and it also seems insanelymac is down.
Congrats for the great job here,
…any help from here will be greatly appreciated
///4670 just dont work
Hi Netkas, Great work. Lost CI, QE, and resolution support with upgrade to 10.5.7. Installed first package… got back resolution change support but still no QE or CI.
HD 2600 Pro
Any ideas… Actually tempted to try patched framebuffer solution, because it mimics the problem that macmunch reported
///patched framebuffer is only for 48×0, 2600pro propblem already desribed here, use command-F
Hi netkas. Great job. Previously used the ATI HD packages listed at insanelymac.com and at #radeonhd. When I was in 10.5.5, QE/CI was working and I had resolution support. Upgraded to 10.5.7, resolution support but no QE/CI.
I did a clean install, tried 10.5.7 update first then the ATI HD package (insanelymac), got no resolution support, no qe/ci.
Another clean install, update first then tried the first package in post, resolution support, no qe/ci.
This is for a HD 2600 Pro… Any ideas?
///ADD device-id to atiradeonx2000.kext plsit
no go on the -f boot flag (I assume that is what you mean with “command-F”
added device id… no qe/ci
got resolution but no ci/qe…
oh and I just tested 10.5.6, the netkas package doesn’t give me ci/qe but the ati hd pkg does. Both give res support in 10.5.6…
any idea what is contained in the ~50MB ati hd pkg install that might be helping provide ci/qe?
Some connection or compatibilty problem occurs between 10.5.6 and x.7 with the ati hd pkg
for some reason the natkas pkg doesn’t seem to provide ci/qe in x.6, which is probably why I can’t get it to work in x.7
Thanks for the hard work!. First Natit pkg worked out of the box, rebooted and voila. QE/CI high res.
Using Sapphire HD4870 512MB from http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001L1RZ00?ie=UTF8&tag=paragatodotun-20&link_code=as3&camp=211189&creative=373489&creativeASIN=B001L1RZ00
Hi all,
@natit: having a radeon 4670 and mac osx 10.5.7 => any chance to get it running ?
@all: did anyone managed to get 4670 running on leopard or any osx at all ?
jep got same problem! hope you can fix it!
Hi all,
also from me: thanx for all who made this hard work.
I have a Gigabyte P35 DS3P with a new Saphirre Radeon 4890
Install iPC 10.5.6 then update with original Apple Updater 10.5.7.
Installed from netkas’ tutorial the Radeon driver and all works!!
QE and CI all resolution!! only the dualscreen doesn’t work
BUT: my mouse is now stuttering. Any help for this malfunction?
When you think is dualscreen for this great graphic card available?
regards
///DID u enable quartzGL? if so, disable it, it causes such mouse behavior often.
/// snow leopard most likely , 4850 works fine for me there, with both dvi ports
I have a Sapphire 4830 VGA/HDMI/DVI. I have had no luck. If I install the Exotic driver with patched buffers, I can get an odd picture. It is clear that the mouse is moving, but the whole screen is scrambled. I tried to take a screen capture but that looks correct.
I have a DVI-VGA in the DVI slot and would usually use the VGA directly, but have used the converted DVI port with no luck.
Is there any information I can provide to help this team help those of us with the 4830 VGA/HDMI/DVI? Thanks!
///VGS is bad story with 48×0 and osx. did u install natit.?
>after you update to 10.5.7, if all works fine for you with raeonhd card – skip this tutorial
Ok I did the update from 10.5.6 and I skipped the tutorial but the scrolling in Safari or Firefox is still CPU heavy, is possile to fix it?
XQuartz is enabled and the 3d games works fine.
///Xquartz? maybe quartzgl ? if quartzgl enabled – disable it
I just got my hackintosh set up (Retail DVD + Bootloader on CD). Unfortunately, the 7600GS I had spared for it died and I had to buy a 4670 because it was just great deal at the store. Little did I know that There’s no official support for it.
10.5.6 – Has video but using no extension, hence no video acceleration (forcing me to not be able to use my monitor’s resolution
)
10.5.7 – It apparently has a KEXT for it, but when it boots up it shows completely garbled video.
Netkas said over and over that the 4670 doesn’t work, but what I haven’t found is why doesn’t it work, given that there are extensions for it in 10.5.7? I just want to know if there’s hope for me
///NO hopes yet. remove ATIRadeonX2000.kext to get vesa video output
System: Dell Studio 1737 ATI Radeon 3560 Mobility
Testing several different possibilities right now and will report back later with source kext’s, video of each test and also a brief result report.
Thx for any help,
T.
Got S3 Sleep working on my box.
(Gigabyte UD5, F8b Bios, Sapphire 4850 512Mb)
Am using Natit with 4850 bios.
by setting hibernate mode to 2…
“sudo pmset -a hibernatemode 2″
Hope it helps some out there
Netkas,
The new natit package for hd2600x hd3870 hd 4870 4850 is broken for the HD2600XT!!!
The hd2600xt doesn’t work great with the new natit!
Problem:
Only one monitor works correct!
dvi-1600×1200 + dvi-d 30 inch. gives flashes on 1 screen
DVI + HDMI out at the same time doesn’t work to, swapping ports doesn’t work. So only one panel works…
An older Natit version worked great, both dvi + dvi-d or dvi + hdmi.
If you want copy of the good natit version inform me…
///My 2600xt works great. use old natit then.
I just noticed that the sleep feature isn’t working properly with my HD 4870, OS X 10.5.7, OpenHaltRestart.kext and Natit pkg from the first link. The system goes to sleep very well, but if i wake it up the only thing that doesn’t wake up is the display, like there’s no signal on the lcd AL2216W.
Tried switching DVI connectors (sapphire hd4870, dual dvi) and no luck so far. Always stays black with no signal.
Am I the only one on this?
chrisbac (98), I’m in the same boat as you but even using DVI only on a DVD/svid/DVI card. Look for posts by 64bit in the insanely mac forum for some alternate accel/natit files to try.
Just had some success netkas, using the same method as 4850 by providing a clock hacked bios to stop jumping. Still can’t make use of the new files in this post which have better/sharper seeming frames but at least it’s working without flashing my card now. post 24 topic 166310 on insanelymac forum.
to all 4850×2 owners.
I have now my card working under 10.5.7 ( kernel 9.7 vanilla)
using this files.
Natit_Quail.pkg
Patched framebuffers for 48×0 and 3870×2
QE_CI_Exotic_cards
for now i don’t have screen shakes , and all resolutions and QE & Ci.. but only work at DVI port two, and any game or apps of 3d result in a black screen ( i thinks is because of change resolution at ini)
// yes.. the problem is the resolution changing.. after edit the ini to start at my native resolution .. al work fine.
Again… THANKS for your hard work master Netkas !
Hello Netkas,
one question for my strange mouse movement problem. Quartz GL is disabled.
My Radeon 4890 works fine with your help, except Dual Screen, but I can wait for a better driver.
Resolution change, QE and CI works like a charme but only with the mouse problem.
Every second or two stops the mouse pointer for a short time.
When I remove the natit.kext the mouse works but the support for the Radeon 4890 is gone.
Is something happens in the driver that check anything in the background.
Must I edit the natit.kext with my monitor string or anything else.
My old Card the Radeon 3870 works absolutely perfect, with all features.
The Radeon 4890 I buy for testing and must give it back if it doesn’t work.
I there any chance to get the mouse working with the installed natit.kext?
Thanks and sorry for my english. Native is german.
MacHilli
Got LCD with VGA output working with files from this thread: http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=166310&st=20&start=20
The Natit there has my Sapphire 4830 card’s bios inside.
I have my 4890 functioning great, just one small problem. With a dual link monitor (dell 30″) I have a black screen when mac os boots. To get a picture I have to re-connect the DVI cable. Only on 1st boot, not after sleep. Is there a solution?
to @sea
Can you play the game with these updates ?
I update in to 10.5.7 (kernel 9.5 (I’m using AMD procesor)) and game don’t work. Used the same files like yours. Can be kernel problem ?
what about mobility 3650 ?
I got a problem with 4870×2….
0. I had GTX 7800 on 10.5.6
1. updated from 10.5.6 to 10.5.7 and removed GTX 7800
2. installed two mentioned kext using OSX tools in safe mode
3. repaired permissions
4. rebooted
RESULT: comp locks up an boot “Your comp needs to be restarted…blah-blah…”
However, I can boot in safe mode (-x) and the resolution is fine (1900×1200 on 24″ monitor) but the normal boot does not work. Any help?….Thanks.
to DVD, try edit the ini of the game to mach whit your native resolution before open the game.
The problem is the resolution change.
I`m have a Power COlor HD4830 with HDMI-VGA-DVI output. I already tried all the options NATIT.kext and ATIradeonx2000.kext (netkas.org). I tried using the DVI-VGA and the DVI-HDMI. But simply the QE / CI not working. The resolution is ok. I am thinking of changing my 4830 with a nvidia 8800 GTS.
PS: I`m have a HDMI>DVI cable too. My monitor is a T220 Samsun 22″.
Running a MacPro with 10.5.7, i had to use the Natit Pkg at top to make my flashed Sapphire 1GB 4870 work. The only problems I am aware are the half-speed link and that on connecting a second monitor the display comes out correctly but the machine hangs. In addition, there is a curious entry on the pci listing:/Users/VC/Desktop/pastedGraphic.png
This is likely a leftover from previous messing around with natit pkgs.
Netkas I would appreciate your telling how to deal with this entry. Thanks.
Sorry could past the png. Aside from a correct entry there is one for a Type ATY,MotmotParent with no driver installed.
I have a 4850, and a 4870
I bought the 4870 after 10.5.7
4870 is in slot 1
4870 was working properly after upgrade
I had installed the motmout and ati init package for mutipal cards. what am i missing
the 4850 and 4870 show as both being on pcie slot1
tryed the vga converter trick no go
do I put the 4850 in slot 1? please help
anyone has a working hd2600 pro with 10.5.7?
Thanks for your work netkas. My sapphire radeon 4890 works good by installing provided natit and qe_ci_exotic cards package. Noticed that my system crashes frequently though. Are fan control settings taken from apple’s 4870 settings?
///NO, its from bios of some 4890.
NOW
Format and installed 10.5.6 ipc. I installed 4830_64bitmod_motmotfb. I did the boot “-f-v”. The resolution was 1680×1050, and the CI / QE enabled. I am using the HDMI port adapter with a HDMI> DVI on the Samsung. In outher DVI port is the DVI> VGA.
——–
YESSSSSSS QI/CE eneable!!!!!! Thank you.
HD4890 working well, but only on one screen. Same as many others, if I have two connected via DVI it freezes on boot at the blue screen, if I attach the 2nd monitor via VGA it shows the boot logo until it gets to the blue screen but then the 2nd monitor goes black and reports no signal
Would be great if there was a solution to this, but I guess I can live with it for now..
Thanks netkas you rock
4890 working great with one dvi connection, any attempt at the 2nd causes freeze/panic.
Also display seems a tad laggy, might be my imagination.. QE etc all enabled and working.
Will be loving this more when i can use the 2nd monitor!
Thanks a bunch Netkas!
Anyone having luck with the 4850 and dual DVI displays?
Hi everyone, I have a Gainward HD4850 512MB GPU, I able to get fill res, QE/CI on 10.5.7 but is with a adapter on my second DVI port.
Is it possible to use without the adapter just purely just a DVI port to work?
///its possible, reread blog entry.
Netkas: Thanks a lot for your hard work on the 48xx series!
I get full QE / CI on my card!
I really can’t seem to get any widescreen resolutions on my 4850 connected through DVI… Is there anything i can at least try to fix this?
///try switchresX
Hello,
this is my second attempt.
Can anyone help me?
My 4890 works fine with Netkas driver, but when I installed the natit.kext my mouse freeze every two second for a short while, also the Scroll-Button. I try a USB-Mouse and a Bluetooth Mighty Mouse. Has anyone the same problem?
Can anyone give me a hint.
I try it with a fresh iPC Install and with a 10.5.6 Universal Final v2 Install.
Update with Apple Updater to 10.5.7 with my Gigabyte Board P35-DS3P
With 10.5.6 the mouse hangs too.
Please help me.
thanx
Hi All hackintosh enthusiasts,
I got my Diamond ATI Radeon HD 4870 512mb working successfully with QE/CI support. Used OSx 10.5.7 & Natit pkg.
* I used iAtkos 5i (10.5.5) distro with Voodoo kernel. Selected the the VGA driver and compatible network, sata driers.
* Then I had to start in safe mode with ( -x ) kernel param, without the parenthesis. If you start in normal mode it will flicker and just show a blank & pixlated screen.
* Then in safe mode I have updated to 10.5.7 from the Mac menu ‘Update’ option. This will install the Vanilla 9.7 kernel and I had to enable the vanilla kernel in Boot.plist file changing the kernel mode from ‘custom’ to ‘mach_kernel’. Remember I had to do it in single user (which is root console) mode with -s kernel param, because I could not find the root password for iAtkos distro.
* After restart I still got the flickering, and then safe mode again and installed the Natit pkg.
* Another restart… voila! It worked with hardware accelaration and QE/CI support in 1080P resulution.
I tried nVidia GTS 250 and GTX 260 but did not have any luck, so I had to gamble with a new 4870 and it paid off.
Thanks netkas and thanks everybody!
- Lasantha Kularatne
I’m having the same error as MacHilli does – my mouse (and keyboard too) freezes every 3 seconds or so. I have a reference 4870, usb mouse and keyboard, default natit pkg installed.
If I install the natit.kext in /System/Library/Extensions
all works fine.
But when I install natit.kext on my EFI Partiton in
/Extras/Extensions is doesn’t work………
WHY ???
////because natit doesnt have OSBundleRerquired property set to Local-root or root, so its not loaded to memory by bootloader, create a extra mkext
thx for the quick answer.
from these threat: http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=155477&st=640
I have the ATY_Motmot.kext.
why do i need this kext?
i have a AIT HD4850
oh, i forgot something.
how can i make an extra extention.mkext for the bootloader???
thx
Sorry but i have a little problem and my english is bad.
I’ve got an Asus 22″ Display connected with VGA. I must use an adapter to DVI for connect my Display to my Saphire Radeon 4850 HD.
The native resolution of my display is 1680×1050 but os x gives me only 4/3 resolutions.
I have QE/CI and all works fine but I have a 4/3 resolution in a wide screen display.
Can you help me ?
/////google://switchresx , use the app to add resolution u need to list
I have tried with switchresx but this resolution seems not supported by the extension. When I put my customized resolution, the display write that the resolution is bigger as the supported by the screen. I have tried all the kexts available.
Hi Gollum, Hi Netkas
I’ve tested my old 19 Zoll Samsung Syncmaster DVI Monitor.
And it works without the mouse stutter every 2 seconds!
The new one is a 24 Zoll Viewsonic Optiquest Q241wb. This monitor works only with
the mouse problem.
The question is now: Where is the problem with this monitor.
Can you make a little bit finetuning with the driver so the Viewsonic works also.
Or can I try another DVI-Cable with more pins?
regards
and many thanks for the driver and your work!
Hilli
Hi. From iPC 10.5.6 (basic install just the kext for ich and jmicron installed) it won’t boot. It would show the Apple logo then later a small no parking sign. My mobo is a GA-965p-DS3 rev. 1 and GPU is a Palit 4870 1GB Sonic. Thanks in advance. Gbu.
Hi Alvin,
In the boot menu give -v option to boot in verbose mode, then you can probably see where it fails. This will help a lot.
If you think it is the graphics card issue, boot in safe mode, -x key at boot menu.
This is related to my previous post. I am happy to inform that my ATI HD 4870 works with dual monitor support with natit pkg. Actually my second monitor is indeed my Sharp Aquos 46′ HD TV and connected via DVI-HDMI adaptor.
Great stuff!
Hi.
A quick question those people with 48xx cards using HDMI: Can you get sound to work over HDMI as well after the hacks?
///NO
Thanks Netkas,
My Gainward 4850 finally can works
able to display without using e adapter.
I installed only two files to works:
Natit.pkg & Patched framebuffers
with Full QE/CI
Hope can help anyone with problems.
Cheers
Hi MacHilli,
Thanks for your reply! I was suspecting it was because of my monitor (apple macpro users are having the same problem with some non-apple monitors) but I have only one so I couldn’t test
Hi Netkas and those having problems. Thanks for the time and effort also. Days of trial and error, this is how installed 10.5.7 (only the ICH driver was checked)can be installed on a 965P-DS3, Palit 4870 Sonic from iPC 10.5.6, all SATA . No additional kexts on the Extra folder. It seems to be an AHCI issue. The principle is to set it to as close as a real Mac (including 4 sec power off button in the BIOS). Focus is only with being able to update to 10.5.7 and this GPU:
a) AHCI in BIOS disabled during iPC boot (iPC distro needs AHCI support)
b) BIOS changed to AHCI before 10.5.7 update, booted with -x, safe mode (used combo to be sure, won’t boot if BIOS is not in AHCI)
c) for this GPU move ATIX2000.kext by dragging it to Thrash then to a folder to keep it (this kext conflicts with this GPU)
d) update, restart
e) optional: before or after 10.5.7 update-installed Chameleon 2 RC1, detected proper specifications of CPU.
GPU conflicts with ATINDRV.kext conflicts with Natit XFX and Enabler for Nvidia and Multiple cards
Still nothing on the GPU ever after:
a) GPU has two BIOSes (switch but not on the fly), I took my chanced to atiflash it to vendor XFX
b) flashed it to 4870.ROM for the real Mac Pro (booting with the other GPU BIOS, turbo mode ones, then switching it to 4870.ROM at Bootloader. Didn’t work coz’ once booted, I guess it loads the BIOS that original booted the computer to memory. If restarted then switched to the 4870 for real Mac Pro, the BIOS won’t know it.
results: updated to 10.5.7 normally but still no 3D acceleration, resolution stuck at 1024
Gbu. (if there’s another ATI driver for OSX86 that works with this GPU, please post)
*even after
Standing ovations, dude!!! Nice work over and over again. Do you sometimes sleep?
Kd rgds, x!
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netkas thanks for your work! Please consider examining the problem with wake from Sleep in S3 (system does not respond) or in S1 (works ok but fans do not turn off during Sleep). Thanks again!
I was talking about 4850
Hi,
I’m a bit confused about how can I get working my XFX HD4890… can you make a simple list of things-to-do?
For example:
1) Install this package…
2) Update this other thing…
3)…
I’m so sorry about that, but I’m not able to clearly understand what you wrote … because my poor HD4890 seems to not be working with ideneb 10.5.7 and Natit + Accel.rar package… so there is something wrong and only you can help me!
Hey Netkas, you mentioned in a previous post that there was a list of 4xxx cards that are still not supported, even after the 10.5.7 update? Do you know if the Radeon Mobility 4530 has a chance of working, if the right Device ID was injected, or right order of updates/packages were applied?
only 48xx supported so far
I apologize; I know VGA support will work, but the hardware acceleration… that’s what I meant last post. Thanks in advance man..
@ Netkas, thanks for your ongoing support. I had the same issue with my Sapphire 4890 as others on here, I install 10.5.6 via iPC and then update to 10.5.7, then:
I install ATI_INIT followed by QE_CI_Exotic_Cards, reboot.
Everything works fine no mouse lag, all resolutions, QE supported.
But when I have turn on my HDTV HDMI->DVI as second display, it hangs and restarts and just hangs at blue screen. I turn it off, restart with just main monitor, everything is back to normal but I get pretty bad mouse lag.
Is there a way to reinstall these packages or a fix for this problem? My Hackintosh is also my home theater system
my specs are below and thanks again!
-GA-EP45-UD3P
-Q9650
-8GB DDR1000
-500GB SATA
-Sapphire 4890 Toxic
-Sceptre 24″ Primary Screen
-Panasonic Viera 42″ 1080P Plasma HDMI->DVI Cable (Secondary)
^^^Correction to post #152, no matter what I do now, in whatever order after a fresh install with 10.5.7 update, I get mouse lag. I tried using ATI-INIT and QE_CI_Exotic, nothing. I tried NATIT and QE_CI_Exotic, nothing. I tried the new enabler and QE_CI_Exotic and nothing! I have no idea what I did the first time but it is not working now! Please help!
I was try this install for my Vapor X 4850 Radeon video card but it don’t work.
Error : CPUpowermanagement timeout failed.
Any body use this Vapor X video card ?
david
Hello,
Tester here for any solution for the Mobility Radeons.
Specs:
Intel T5550 Core 2 Duo
3Gb 667Mhz DDR 2
Mobility Radeon HD 2600
My radeon 4670 HD work in 10.5.6 but after the upgrade in 10.5.7 the screen stuck with many black dots.
I think the 4670 is not supported in 10.5.7 :s Netkas HELP ME do a driver for 4670 users !
Hello
i have gainward 4870 in a asus P5Q pro board and instaled 10.5.7 retailed on my hackintosh.
Every thing works great but cant resume from sleep… every time i come back from sleep, my OSX come in litle window with strange graphics. i cant do nothing and have to force restart.
Any one with 4870 have working resume from sleep? (i can resume from display sleep)
thanks
Hi,
I have a GA HD 4870 card and when I use it in 10.5.7 without natit I get the pale blue screen with little dots that flicker when I move the mouse, and with natit I get the black screen.
I’ve tried the patch posted here, and the other motmot patch circulating around, but the result is the same. The only way I can get my computer to boot properly is to run it without natit in safe mode.
Btw I’m using VGA out using a DVI-VGA adapter. The other two ports are one DP and one HDMI.
So what do i try next? A new card?
///New monitor, VGA known to work badly
Hello,
I finally got rid of 10.5.7 update from IPC 10.5.6. Though I thought this would have made things get better concerning my HD 4870 1024mb. The thing is it does work with different kext, BUT I have the mouse lag problem, which is even more than annoying… I read a lot about it, some say it comes from my screen. I have a Hundai Quest B90D (19″). But i’m really stuck, I just don’t know what to do, as I have only one screen (ok, this is almost obvious ^^), and as it used to work with my old X1950 Pro.
Did anybody find a way to eradicate this problem ?
Thank you for answering, and THANK YOU Netkas for your superb work.
EmphasiS
hi Netkas. i’d like to thank u for your work but..
i need your help. i’m trying to cope with my 3870×2 for a long-long time.
the last problem i get is:
blue screen with mouse cursor after booting up.
i’ve installed my 10.5.6 from retail dvd, set up natit (from http://rapidshare.de/files/47140358/Natit.pkg.html), Patched framebuffers for 48×0 and 3870×2 and QE_CI_Exotic_cards.
can you tell me what the problem can be, and how may i try to fix it?
Hi all,
Thanks so much netkas! everything’s working fine with your driver (i got a powercolor 4870 pcs – non reference) i didn’t need to install the non-reference kext! qe_ci work aswell. YES
-> is there any tool that allows me to control my gpu fan?
because it’s way to loud ^^
Hi Netkas.I have mobility radeon 2600 and I’m looking “internal screen solution” for a long time.Is there any hope for mobility HD users and is anybody working on it? Thank you for your work.
I’ll add to this thread that I’m also having the mouse lagging/freezing every 3-4 seconds with the natit driver and a Radeon 4850. I have a LG 1993TR at 1280×1024 resolution. I also had to plug the dvi2vga adapter into the 2nd port to get anything to display.
I had successfully upgraded to 10.5.7, using Debeb’s combo, but would get a greyish screen with artifacts.
System:
Asus A8N-SLI Premium
AMD 165 Opteron
MSI ATI 4850HD
Found this (and other sites) reporting issue with some of the ATI HD series.
At first, I tried the Natit package (first link), but upon reboot I got a black screen. Looks like the hard drive was being access, but nothing on the screen.
I found 2 things, that I tried at the same time, so I’m which one (or both) did the trick:
1) After install of natit package, upon reboot I used the -f option
2) Put in a DVI2VGA adapter in the 2nd DVI port
This seems to work and now I have a 10.5.7 system!
NOTE: If I remove the DVI2VGA adapter and reboot, I get the black screen.
Netkas, thanks for all your work!!!
Hi Netkas!!
I’ve ati radeon hd3450 but i haven’t QE/CI enabled!! Why??? are there driver for testing??? or beta?? please!! i don’t like my hackintosh with quartzgl only…is slow!!!
Thx for the support!!!
有没有Ati mobility radeon HD 2400xt的驱动？
Is there any solution for Sapphire Ati Radeon X1600 Pro (ID 71c6)Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.7 QE not working… Any help please?
Thank you in advance!
Milos
I may not know who you are, netkas, but you are one G.
Hi, Netkas.. Thanx to u…but please help me.
My QE/CI doesnt work with 4870×2, i tried everything natit,patched kexts, and i read every post and blog, still nothing and when i update to 10.5.7 system restarts or lost signal. plz help
awesome work, but cant get my sapphire 4830 hd dual dvi to work, tried with and without dvi-vga dongle and even with a monitor thats dvi – nothing. tired both natit packages, ill get black screen with scrambled data, other will give me the screen again scrambled but i can see the mouse move and all.
now am i to remove and backup everything thats ATI*.kext before i proceed?
tia.
Thanks so much for all the hard work. Everything seems to work great with my Sapphire 4850 512MB, but when I try it with my Sapphire 4870 2GB, the card is reporting -2048 MB of Video Ram rather than 2048 MB. It’s causing all sorts of issues with 3D apps and some games. Any thoughts on how I might fix the reverse reporting?
Thanks!
-AgentUU7
////it bug in apple’s opengl and other opengl apps
@Edwin or anyone who knows
Does the 4890 Toxic work without problems after the upgrade to 10.5.7?
Thanks for great job!
I’m trying to install OS X on HP 8530p (Radeon Mobility HD 3650) and have different results…
In the best case I have:
1) Megalodon framebuffer (support 0:VGA,DVI + 1:VGA,DVI): scrambled screen (sometimes with mouse artefacts) – probably because this buffer does not support LVDS
2) Hypoprion framebuffer (support 0:LVDS + 1:VGA,DVI): nice blue screen for a fractionof a second, then it goes black, but it looks like system is still operationable.
Having OpenSuSE 11.1 on the same notebook I had similar black screen with operational system until I switched ACPI off for videocard (#aticonfig –acpi-services off)
Is it possible to switch ACPI off for HD3650 in natit.kext?
May be this can solve this problem???
i tried the guide and installed the two packages (ati_init & natit), but dont have enabled qe/ci yet… any hints? i have ati 2600pro agp /devID: 9587 using leopard 10.5.7
////add your device-id to ATIRadeonx2000.kext plist
okee now all is fixed with package from here: http://osx86.radeonhd.eu/ Thanks Netkas – Great Job!
Hi,
I’m a big noob un mac.
I have a question:
I have Sapphire RADEON 4850 512 MB (9442 – 1002)with
Port: HDMI, DVI, DisplayPORT.
Now, i have install a fresh retail leopard + 10.5.7 combo.
What is the best package for me?
And I must install the framework (i think it is a soft) to make it work?
Thank a lot for your help.
Crunch…
///get aty_init from post about golden rom
hi guys,
I wasnt in the Thing for over 2 month now …
I just started my OS X again after 2 Month …
now I updated to 10.5.8 and have this strange screen again …
What was the trick to get into os x again ?
-f -v ? right ?
and second…
anything changed ?! Can I connect a second display now ? and whats up to the sleep and wake problem ?!
thx
HI, could you tell me how may I modified this kext to support HD 3850 PCI-E 256MB. Thanks in advance!!
As always, great work Netkas! Got my Sapphire HD3870 512mb fully working (QE/QI/QGL/sleep/full rez/fan throttling) with just the Natit.kext. However, with Snow Leopard released I had to upgrade to a Sapphire HD4870 512mb for when there is an official patched kernel with AMD support (great progress thus far). After the upgrade everything worked they way it did before except for sleep; many have reported that sleep does not wake, in my case sleep/restart/shutdown broke. I found this guide “http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/lofiversion/index.php/t170414.html” while trying to solve this problem. I followed the guide, took out Natit.kext (keeping ATY_init.kext…needed for QGL to work properly) , and the card was back up and running at 99%. I can sleep but when I wake the system hangs on the monitor trying to wake, then reboots on it’s own. I suppose it’s a small price to pay.
For anyone who has been having troubles with their Sapphire hd4870 512mb give the link I posted a try.
If ANYONE found a way to wake properly from sleep, please post your solution. My Hackintosh is 99.999% now. I want 100% perfect again!
hey netkas i have the same non-reference sapphire hd 4850 (hdmi,dvi,vga) and i at least have 2d support with patched framebuffers but still no qe/cl. the golden rom post didnt work. here’s a list of everything that i tried and didnt work:
patched qe/cl
7_radeon_hd_48×0
enabler for multiple nvidia and ati
golden rom aty_init
my specs:
sapphire radeon hd 4850 [0x9442]
macpro 2,1 [10.5.7/iAtkos v7]
amd phenom x4 [w/voodoo kernel]
I ve updated os to 10.5.7, but i still cant make my ATI 3870×2 working.
I used ATI init pkg, put the NATIT from it to Extensions, then installed “Patched framebuffers for 48×0 and 3870×2″ and “QE_CI_Exotic_cards” from patched files archive, but after reboot it is black screen again. I really dont know what to do, Netkas,please give me advice
Help me Please
Many people have big problem with ATI SAPPHIRE HD 4870 vapor-x 2Gb
Existing driver for this?
Thanks for your great job from Italy
///it exists, but osx has huge problems with vga cards with 2gb vram size
Thanks for the answer.
Wich is the driver?
Thaks a lot
Wow, IRC in fucking Windows OS sure sucks, man! I join the channel but there are no links to files to be found!!
Ah, hell….
Any news for mobility 4530
i hv a 10.5.7 running on HP DV6 laptop
everything is working fine….
except that damed HD4530..
the device ID is included in ATIRadeon2000.kext
but the screen is all messed up…
can someone plz help me out here..
thanks!
Hi,
I’m in 10.5.7 (Qoopz 9.7.0 kernel) and my HD 2600Pro Pcie (9589) doesn’t work with QE/CI. But resolution is OK with the drivers supplied with the ideneb DVD. I’ve tried the last driver pkg installer (http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=107526&st=2120&gopid=1314684&#entry1314684) but it doesn’t work. My device-id appears in the ATIRadeonX2000.kext (it’s the only one). I’ve tried to add the natit.kext but it’s not better, no QE. Do I have to play with the openGL.framework ?
Plz give me a hand.
Tatapoum
Can i overclock my hd4890 toxic? or make my it work with dual monitor?
i have a palit 4850 hd and p5q deluxe mobo
i tried installing natit.pkg, Legacy 4800 controlller and atiradeonx2000.kext
they all seem to work after they are installed, but when the pc reboots i get a black screen which says no signal.
I then have to boot using -s and remove and reinstall the kexts.
When I boot using -x, i get the proper resolution.
any help is appreciated
Where can i find the Patched framebuffers for 48×0 and 3870×2 ?
irc://irc.osx86.hu #radeonhd is out.
sorry.. i find it!!
I have a Sapphire 512mb ddr5 hd4870 and a gigabyte GA-EP-45 UD3R running indeneb 10.5.8 with that card in i can only get to frozen spinning circle with no colours in it, with grey apple boot screen. I have tried all the drivers and fixes listed above, i would try flashing my cards bios but not sure if i could still use the card in windows 7 after without having to flash it back?
I put a crappy old geforce in and i can boot ok.
Thanks all.
I need help with my Sapphire 1GB 4870 Ati card DVI/DVI! I installed your natit.pkg but it won’t let me chose not to mirror the two displays I have! Please help anyone!
Hi,
I’m a bit at a loss here…
I just replaced my HD3650 with a gigabyte HD4850 (512MB dual DVI) and no video. So I removed all the kexts starting with “ATI”. Then I do get it to work, but only 1024*768.
I have tried just about everything listed in this post, but I can’t get a higher resolution.
This seems to be because I removed the ATIRadeonX2000.kext (I read somewhere), but putting it back results in my screen not working at all…
Where can I find a ATIRadeonX2000.kext that works for the 4850?
Or is this caused by something else?
thanks!
V
did anyone managed to get a working hd3200 with this pkg?
here give me only 1024×768 of resolution
Rapidshare.de is dead.
Would you mind re-uploading these packages ?
The links for the Kexts are down. Is it possible to reupload them, could please you send me an email with the new links?
Thanks
Matthew
http://rapidshare.com/files/376920284/Natit.pkg.html
new link
After searching every corner of the web i finaly found it !!
and reuploaded for you !
http://rapidshare.com/files/378193617/QE_CI_Exotic_cards_10_5_8.pkg
Could someone upload it again on rapishare.com because rapidshare.de is down. Does it work with a ATI HD2100??
You guys don’t happen to have a backup of netkas’ rom, do you? Rapidshare link is down. It’d be cool if you guys still have it somewhere and/or got a new link
Thanks.
its awesome all files deleted! please upload files to a good server, there is nothing working here.