Could not get EVGA GTX295 work with QE/CI - HELP

[joneslee85]

Hi all

After waiting for than a week, my * bling bling * EVGA GTX 295 arrived at my door (please note this is the Dual PCB version - not the Co-op single PCB edition). I tested the card on Win7 and Linux and it ran flawlessly. So I decided to replace my old 8600GTX with this card for my vanilla 10.6.6 OSX rig.

My spec is:
ga-p35-ds3l
6GB RAM corsair
320GB Seagate SATA 32MB
Intel Quadcore Q6600
EVGA GTX 295 * Dual PCB version * (this is NOT the CO-OP edition)
Using aquamac's GTX295.pkg driver

I've done research on how to install this card and get my PCIRoot correct as well as get the EFI string in com.apple.Boot.plist correctly. I want to emphasize that I do not use any injector like netkas ATY_injector or NVinject. Basically, OSX regconize the card as:

System Profiler > Graphics Card:

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295:

Chipset Model: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295
Type: GPU
Bus: PCIe
PCIe Lane Width: x16
VRAM (Total): 896 MB
Vendor: NVIDIA (0x10de)
Device ID: 0x05e0
Revision ID: 0x00a1
ROM Revision: 62.00.6C.00.02
Displays:
Display:
Resolution: 1280 x 1024
Pixel Depth: 32-Bit Color (ARGB8888)
Main Display: Yes
Mirror: Off
Online: Yes
Display Connector:

--------

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295:

Chipset Model: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295
Type: GPU
Bus: PCIe
PCIe Lane Width: x16
VRAM (Total): 896 MB
Vendor: NVIDIA (0x10de)
Device ID: 0x05e0
Revision ID: 0x00a1
ROM Revision: 62.00.6C.00.01
Displays:
Display Connector:
Display Connector:


However, it's weird that PCI Cards section report there is 9400GT on my board...

nVidia GeForce 9400 GT:

Name: pci8086,29c0
Type: NVDA,GeForce
Driver Installed: No
Bus: PCI
Slot: PCI
Vendor ID: 0x8086
Device ID: 0x29c0
Subsystem Vendor ID: 0x1458
Subsystem ID: 0x5000
ROM Revision: nVidia GeForce 9400 GT OpenGL Engine
Revision ID: 0x0002


I do not know what I did wrong, but the card doesn't support QE/CI and only can be run at 1280x1024. Can someone help me out?

Please find below my dual_pcb.plist content:


<?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>PciRoot(0x1)/Pci(0x1,0x0)/Pci(0x0,0x0)/Pci(0x0,0x0)/Pci(0x0,0x0)</key>
<dict>
<key>@0,compatible</key>
<string>NVDA,NVMac</string>
<key>@0,device_type</key>
<string>display</string>
<key>@0,name</key>
<string>NVDA,Display-A</string>
<key>@1,compatible</key>
<string>NVDA,NVMac</string>
<key>@1,device_type</key>
<string>display</string>
<key>@1,name</key>
<string>NVDA,Display-B</string>
<key>@2,#adress-cells</key>
<string>0x01000000</string>
<key>@2,#size-cells</key>
<string>0x00000000</string>
<key>@2,compatible</key>
<string>NVDA,sensor-parent</string>
<key>@2,device_type</key>
<string>NVDA,gpu-diode</string>
<key>@2,hwctrl-params-version</key>
<string>0x02000000</string>
<key>@2,hwsensor-params-version</key>
<string>0x02000000</string>
<key>@2,name</key>
<string>sensor-parent</string>
<key>@2,reg</key>
<string>0x02000000</string>
<key>NVCAP</key>
<data>
BQAAAAAAAwAMAAAAAAAACwAAAAA=
</data>
<key>VRAM,totalsize</key>
<data>
AAAAOA==
</data>
<key>device_type</key>
<string>NVDA,GeForce</string>
<key>model</key>
<string>NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295</string>
<key>name</key>
<string>NVDA,Parent</string>
<key>rom-revision</key>
<string>62.00.6C.00.01</string>
</dict>
<key>PciRoot(0x1)/Pci(0x1,0x0)/Pci(0x0,0x0)/Pci(0x2,0x0)/Pci(0x0,0x0)</key>
<dict>
<key>@0,compatible</key>
<string>NVDA,NVMac</string>
<key>@0,device_type</key>
<string>display</string>
<key>@0,name</key>
<string>NVDA,Display-A</string>
<key>@1,compatible</key>
<string>NVDA,NVMac</string>
<key>@1,device_type</key>
<string>display</string>
<key>@1,name</key>
<string>NVDA,Display-B</string>
<key>@2,#adress-cells</key>
<string>0x01000000</string>
<key>@2,#size-cells</key>
<string>0x00000000</string>
<key>@2,compatible</key>
<string>NVDA,sensor-parent</string>
<key>@2,device_type</key>
<string>NVDA,gpu-diode</string>
<key>@2,hwctrl-params-version</key>
<string>0x02000000</string>
<key>@2,hwsensor-params-version</key>
<string>0x02000000</string>
<key>@2,name</key>
<string>sensor-parent</string>
<key>@2,reg</key>
<string>0x02000000</string>
<key>NVCAP</key>
<data>
BAAAAAAAAwAMAAAAAAAABwAAAAA=
</data>
<key>NVPM</key>
<data>
AQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA==
</data>
<key>VRAM,totalsize</key>
<data>
AAAAOA==
</data>
<key>device_type</key>
<string>NVDA,GeForce</string>
<key>model</key>
<string>NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295</string>
<key>name</key>
<string>NVDA,Parent</string>
<key>rom-revision</key>
<string>62.00.6C.00.02</string>
</dict>
</dict>
</plist>




And here is my com.apple.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>GraphicsEnabler</key>
<string>No</string>
<key>Graphics Mode</key>
<string>1680x1050x32</string>
<key>Kernel</key>
<string>mach_kernel</string>
<key>Kernel Flags</key>
<string>pmVersion=20</string>
<key>Timeout</key>
<string>3</string>
<key>Default Partition</key>
<string>hd(0,3)</string>
<key>Instant Menu</key>
<string>No</string>
<key>device-properties</key>
<string>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</string>
<key>SMUUID</key>
<string>6EE16B4B-BA9B-343C-9913-8D46CA0FC2B6</string>
</dict>
</plist>



[joneslee85]

After digging further, I found the problem by tracing the log:

Jan 28 14:51:00 Kalvin-Pineappleheads-Mac-Pro com.apple.kextcache[16392]: kxld[com.apple.NVDAResman]: ___stack_chk_fail: 0x96e7b0 - 0x5223b9
Jan 28 14:51:00 Kalvin-Pineappleheads-Mac-Pro com.apple.kextcache[16392]: kxld[com.apple.NVDAResman]: ___stack_chk_guard: 0xbbd3f0 - 0x85f9a0


it is the NVDAResman.kext that create kernel exception... Anyone has any idea?

[aquamac]

I think the Nvidia 9400 reporting is due to you using a DSDT from someone else. Is that so? It may be the cause as to why you have no QExtreme. Have you tried running without?

[joneslee85]

Jan 29, 2011 3:05:36 GMT aquamac said:

I think the Nvidia 9400 reporting is due to you using a DSDT from someone else. Is that so? It may be the cause as to why you have no QExtreme. Have you tried running without?

I have removed the 9400GT PCI from my dsdt.aml yet the card is still not QE/CI. Has anyone happend to own an EVGA GTX295 dual PCB and have success installing it? Please share instructions. Many thanks