[LOCKED] Guide - New ATI Kexts from iMac 10.6.7 - 5XXX/6XXX

[orbadelic]

Re: Guide - New ATI Kexts from MBP 10.6.7 Update - 5XXX/6XXX

[*]The DSDT.aml attached is for Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R Rev 2.0 and Sapphire Radeon HD 5850 Extreme 1GB GDDR5 DVI HDMI Device ID 0x6899 (tested only HDMI).
If you got a different board / GPU, do not bother to download, just go to the thread opening post ( viewtopic.php?f=15&t=15798 ) and download Notshy's DSDT (if you got the motherboard at least ;-)[/list]

This DSDT doesn't work with DVI+DP on Chimera (MultiBeast 3.5.1).

However, the DVI port does work along with everything else.

I have the exact same setup, what would you recommend to tweak in the DSDT?

 

[notshy]

Re: Guide - New ATI Kexts from MBP 10.6.7 Update - 5XXX/6XXX

Personality: Vervet
ConnectorInfo count in decimal: 4
Disk offset in decimal 172864
0000000    00  04  00  00  00  04  00  00  00  01  00  00  12  04  04  02
0000010    04  00  00  00  14  00  00  00  00  01  00  00  01  12  01  04
0000020    00  02  00  00  14  00  00  00  00  01  00  00  00  00  06  03
0000030    00  08  00  00  00  02  00  00  00  01  00  00  22  05  05  01
0000040

Personality: Vervet
ConnectorInfo count in decimal: 4
Disk offset in decimal 172864
0000000    00  04  00  00  00  04  00  00  00  71  00  00  12  04  04  02
0000010    04  00  00  00  14  00  00  00  00  71  00  00  01  12  01  04
0000020    04  00  00  00  14  00  00  00  00  71  00  00  00  00  06  03
0000030    00  08  00  00  00  02  00  00  00  71  00  00  22  05  05  05
0000040

I'm just looking at the linked posts again and trying to work through your edits. One thing I don't quite understand is why you changed some of the "01" in the original file to "71" in your edited connector table. Would you mind sheding some light on this for me?

Cheers

 

[bwhinnen]

Re: Guide - New ATI Kexts from MBP 10.6.7 Update - 5XXX/6XXX

Ahh some trickery there, the top table was copied from the other thread abut I did change the disk location. The 71 is what I get from my copy of the ATI5000Controller, I think the 01 came from the old location of the FB's in the ATIFrambuffer.kext.

Hope that clears it up a little.

 

[damndoe]

Re: Guide - New ATI Kexts from MBP 10.6.7 Update - 5XXX/6XXX

[*]The DSDT.aml attached is for Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R Rev 2.0 and Sapphire Radeon HD 5850 Extreme 1GB GDDR5 DVI HDMI Device ID 0x6899 (tested only HDMI).
If you got a different board / GPU, do not bother to download, just go to the thread opening post ( viewtopic.php?f=15&t=15798 ) and download Notshy's DSDT (if you got the motherboard at least ;-)[/list]

This DSDT doesn't work with DVI+DP on Chimera (MultiBeast 3.5.1).

However, the DVI port does work along with everything else.

I have the exact same setup, what would you recommend to tweak in the DSDT?

I do not know ;-). Do you have to rely on exactly DVI+DP? Maybe try DVI+HDMI if it works get some Adapters?

 

[galael]

Re: Guide - New ATI Kexts from MBP 10.6.7 Update - 5XXX/6XXX

I almost pooped myself with joy till I saw the FE bios lol
I have FF as well.

Due to popular demand, I upgraded my Gigabyte X58 BIOS to FF. Here is the Rev FF Gigabyte X58A-UDR-REV2 .aml file with the Duckweed framebuffer for the 6870.

Recommended steps:
1. Copy this file to your /Extra directory
2. At the Chameleon boot prompt, enter "-v DSDT=/Extra/DSDT-X58A-UD3R-20-FF-Duckweed.aml" to test the new frame buffer so you don't risk making your Mac unbootable.

3 Check to see if the new frame buffer is loaded by running GeekBench, DVD Player, or going to About This Mac and looking at the Graphics card.

4. If all is working as it should, delete the DSDT.aml file in /Extra and rename the new file to DSDT.aml.

NOTE: On my first attempt, instead of just renaming my new DSDT file, I attempted to install the new file using MultiBeast and the UserDSDT install method. That resulted in the system hanging during boot-up with a POST error in ATI.C and something related to the frame buffer. I don't know yet know why renaming works but the MultiBeast DSDT install method fails. My new DSDT is definitely loaded and functioning as you can see by the screenshot below. Maybe someone else has a theory on this.

DSDT-X58A-UD3R-20-FF-Duckweed.amlScreen shot 2011-04-30 at 4.29.30 PM.jpg

 

[eelhead]

Re: Guide - New ATI Kexts from MBP 10.6.7 Update - 5XXX/6XXX

Thanks for posting that!!
Awesome job!

 

[jpa]

Re: Guide - New ATI Kexts from MBP 10.6.7 Update - 5XXX/6XXX

I almost pooped myself with joy till I saw the FE bios lol
I have FF as well.

Due to popular demand, I upgraded my Gigabyte X58 BIOS to FF. Here is the Rev FF Gigabyte X58A-UDR-REV2 .aml file with the Duckweed framebuffer for the 6870.

Recommended steps:
1. Copy this file to your /Extra directory
2. At the Chameleon boot prompt, enter "-v DSDT=/Extra/DSDT-X58A-UD3R-20-FF-Duckweed.aml" to test the new frame buffer so you don't risk making your Mac unbootable.

3 Check to see if the new frame buffer is loaded by running GeekBench, DVD Player, or going to About This Mac and looking at the Graphics card.

4. If all is working as it should, delete the DSDT.aml file in /Extra and rename the new file to DSDT.aml.

NOTE: On my first attempt, instead of just renaming my new DSDT file, I attempted to install the new file using MultiBeast and the UserDSDT install method. That resulted in the system hanging during boot-up with a POST error in ATI.C and something related to the frame buffer. I don't know yet know why renaming works but the MultiBeast DSDT install method fails. My new DSDT is definitely loaded and functioning as you can see by the screenshot below. Maybe someone else has a theory on this.

DSDT-X58A-UD3R-20-FF-Duckweed.amlScreen shot 2011-04-30 at 4.29.30 PM.jpg

thanks
is necessary install drivers multibest? and andy kext?

 

[notshy]

Re: Guide - New ATI Kexts from MBP 10.6.7 Update - 5XXX/6XXX

is necessary install drivers multibest? and andy kext?

Yes you need to the New ATI kexts from MultiBeast

No need for Andy's kexts as they are the same.

 

[ldontcook]

Re: Guide - New ATI Kexts from MBP 10.6.7 Update - 5XXX/6XXX

is necessary install drivers multibest? and andy kext?

Yes you need to the New ATI kexts from MultiBeast

No need for Andy's kexts as they are the same.

can i change my bios to FF or FE from FD? .. maybe i can get the 6870 to work.

 

[notshy]

Re: Guide - New ATI Kexts from MBP 10.6.7 Update - 5XXX/6XXX

is necessary install drivers multibest? and andy kext?

Yes you need to the New ATI kexts from MultiBeast

No need for Andy's kexts as they are the same.

can i change my bios to FF or FE from FD? .. maybe i can get the 6870 to work.

Yes - download the FF bios from Gigabyte website - use an app called Keka to extract the BIOS and flash using a FAT32 USB key. Make sure that you write down your important BIOS settings as you'll have to re-set them all.