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Post by tommyosx on Aug 3, 2010 5:03:19 GMT
Aquamac,
Like you said, my board does not let me boot off the video card in the second slot so I'm not able to run the gfxutil -f display to see the location.
In Windows 7 the location paths are
Primary Card
PC Bus 1, Device 0, Function 0
PCIRoot(0)#PCI(0300)#PCI(0000)
Secondary Card
PCI Bus 3, Device 0, Function 0
PCIRoot(0)#PCI(1800)#PCI(0000)
in OS X the
Primary Card is
PciRoot (0x1)/PCI(0x3,0x0)/PCI(0x0,0x0)
Secondary Card
PciRoot (0x1)/PCI(0x18,0x0)/PCI(0x0,0x0)
Only thing I'm confused about is
should it be PciRoot (0x0) or PciRoot (0x1)
Right now I have two 8600GT 256MB I'm trying to get working first, then once I get that working I will swap out the primary one for the 9800 GTX +
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Post by aquamac on Aug 3, 2010 11:10:14 GMT
Hi, I made the dual strings for you below according to your info. The windows info shows (0) so that is what should be entered in the first box. However, if you download the strings, they are done. I also made the out.plist and com.apple.boot.plist for you. Attachments:
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Post by tommyosx on Aug 4, 2010 1:27:00 GMT
Aquamac,
Thanks! I will give it a shot. And report back.
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Post by tommyosx on Aug 4, 2010 4:51:52 GMT
Aquamac,
I'm currently running OS X 10.5.8 with the original video card drivers, should I replace them? I used your com.apple.bootplist and my video card is not recognized.
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Post by tommyosx on Aug 4, 2010 5:02:17 GMT
quick update,
I currently only have one 8600GT card in the first slot and the file you supplied didn't work.
So i went in and changed the in.plist from
PciRoot (0x0)/PCI(0x3,0x0)/PCI(0x0,0x0)
to
PciRoot (0x1)/PCI(0x3,0x0)/PCI(0x0,0x0)
Rebooted and Viola! Card is recognized correctly and my video issue is gone.
I'm going to pop in the second card and see if it will work or not.
I left it as
PciRoot (0x0)/PCI(0x18,0x0)/PCI(0x0,0x0)
for now if it doesn't work I will changed it to
PciRoot (0x1)/PCI(0x18,0x0)/PCI(0x0,0x0)
and see if it works...
Crossing fingers!
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Post by aquamac on Aug 4, 2010 5:08:09 GMT
In that case the second string needs to be (0x1) as well.
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Post by tommyosx on Aug 4, 2010 5:13:30 GMT
With the location set to PciRoot (0x0)/PCI(0x18,0x0)/PCI(0x0,0x0),
2nd card wasn't reconized.
Changed it and system locks up...
Any ideas?
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Post by tommyosx on Aug 4, 2010 5:20:23 GMT
I notice in the in.plist you have my primary card 2nd in the list and the secondary one 1st. Does that make a difference?
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Post by aquamac on Aug 4, 2010 6:32:03 GMT
You can swap them round but in my experience it makes no difference. The system locks up because the string is now correct and OS X is trying to initialise your second card. Unfortunately, OS X does not like the DSDT in your motherboards bios. I am not sure about fixing DSDT to allow 2 cards, try googling. Your string that gave you the KP is the correct one.
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Post by tommyosx on Aug 5, 2010 3:04:15 GMT
Aquamac,
Yea i tried switching and made no difference. It didn't KP... Just froze...
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Post by muiterz on Aug 17, 2010 22:31:04 GMT
i'm new to this forum, a friend told me to look around here  i have a hackintosh 10.6.3 8 gb ram, q6600 asus p5n32-e sli plus. i've a 8800gt msi 512 mb card with 2 times dual monitor 24 inch. next week i'll get a third 24 inch monitor so i need a second 8800 gt msi 512 card for triple setup. - is it possible to use sli in windows 7 and still boot with sli connected? (i know mac can't use it), but i don't like to put it on and off. - is it possible to use 2 videocards (8800 gt msi 512) with my config and purpose? - which settings do i have to use? efi etc? thanks a lot in advanced!!!! |
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Post by aquamac on Aug 18, 2010 18:27:07 GMT
Hi,
To be honest this is totally down to your motherboard. Therefore it is very difficult to say - I do not have experience with nvidia motherboards. The only way you will get to know is to try it. There are some threads over at insanely mac where people have got 2 cards going on Nvidia motherboards. Best thing to do is borrow a card from a friend if you can to see if your board will support it before making the purchase.
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Post by muiterz on Aug 19, 2010 19:32:22 GMT
Hi, To be honest this is totally down to your motherboard. Therefore it is very difficult to say - I do not have experience with nvidia motherboards. The only way you will get to know is to try it. There are some threads over at insanely mac where people have got 2 cards going on Nvidia motherboards. Best thing to do is borrow a card from a friend if you can to see if your board will support it before making the purchase. can i also mix my 8800gt card with a 6800le nvidia card? (i've got one in an old pc) |
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Post by aquamac on Aug 20, 2010 19:37:37 GMT
If it is PCIe and does not have a bridge chip (AGP to PCIe converter). I think 6800 was only fitted with that chip as it was an AGP card that was converted unless it was a really late one.
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Post by akalph00la on Aug 23, 2010 0:47:22 GMT
I have been trying to get get my quadro fx 3700's to work but I always get the black screen..... I was wondering if someone could help me.... I followed all the steps and still doesn't work. I have my real Quadro FX 3700 512mb ram and my Zotac 8800gt 1024mb ram which is flashed into the Quadro FX 3700 1024mb ram.... I was wondering maybe the differ in amounts of ram is what is making my system lock up?  Please help..... Thanks.... (Also the MB is Gigabyte X58A-UD3R if needed)..... Thanks.... |
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