GTX460 with GA-X79-UP4 and i7 3930K possible in Mavericks?

dannyhawaii · Oct 24, 2014

[SOLVED] GTX460 with GA-X79-UP4 and i7 3930K possible in Mavericks?

Having used Multibeast and followed numerous guides to get my new system installed, graphics are the one thing I'm having trouble with. I have used Mavericks 10.9.5 with Multibeast 6.5.0 to install.

I do realise that the GTX460 is a little problematic in Hackintoshes but I do see a number of people who have them working on Mavericks, albeit with a generally older setup.

The thing that bugs me most is that I can boot from my Multibeast USB just fine, using "-v npci=0x3000 cpus=1 -f GraphicsEnabler=Yes" and it seems to be using my graphics card correctly. It works at native resolution (2560x1440 for my Dell monitor) and dragging screens around works fast.

I just can't get it to boot from my installed system drive. It appears to boot just fine but with a black screen. This seems to point in an important direction:

25/10/2014 12:07:18.000 am kernel[0]: NVDAStartup: Official
25/10/2014 12:07:23.000 am kernel[0]: NVDAGF100HAL loaded and registered
25/10/2014 12:07:34.000 am kernel[0]: NVDA,Display-A: Not usable
25/10/2014 12:07:34.000 am kernel[0]: NVDA,Display-B: Not usable

If I temporarily remove the NVDA kexts I can boot just fine (with slow graphics of course). Just can't seem to get this old card working, tempted to buy a newer one but also believe this should be possible.

Here are my files in Extra:

org.chameleon.Boot.plist:

Code:

<?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>Boot Banner</key>
    <string>No</string>
    <key>EthernetBuiltIn</key>
    <string>Yes</string>
    <key>GraphicsEnabler</key>
    <string>Yes</string>
    <key>IGPEnabler</key>
    <string>No</string>
    <key>Instant Menu</key>
    <string>Yes</string>
    <key>Kernel Flags</key>
    <string>npci=0x3000 PCIRootUID=1</string>
    <key>Legacy Logo</key>
    <string>Yes</string>
        <key>GenerateCStates</key>
        <string>Yes</string>
        <key>GeneratePStates</key>
        <string>Yes</string>
    <key>UseKernelCache</key>
    <string>No</string>
</dict>
</plist>

smbios.plist (taken from USB installation, Mac Pro 3,1 standard style didn't work either):

Code:

<?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>SMbiosversion</key>
    <string>UniBeast.tonymacx86.com</string>
    <key>SMboardproduct</key>
    <string>Mac-F42C88C8</string>
    <key>SMfamily</key>
    <string>Mac Pro</string>
    <key>SMproductname</key>
    <string>MacPro3,1</string>
    <key>SMserial</key>
    <string>G8837MIQ5J4</string>
</dict>
</plist>

Any ideas? Am I barking up the wrong Hacktree? I would really like to avoid spending the extra dosh on a GTX760 right now.

Would greatly appreciate any help.

dannyhawaii · Oct 24, 2014

After all that, I discovered that I needed to REMOVE the PCIRootID setting. Everything else is the same and it works beautifully.

If someone else runs into the same problem and, like me, is too cheap to buy a new graphics card ... there's the solution. Simple!

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