Updated Nvidia Drivers still get Fermi Freeze w/ GTX 460 FTW

[bruceleeroy]

Hey guys,
This is driving me crazy. I got everything working perfectly on my mac except I have had to deal with Fermi Freeze issues. I assumed that getting official Nvidia drivers would cure the problem but somehow my system still freezes up if I don't have VLC on loop.

Is there anything I am missing? I don't understand how its possible for the system to still freeze up with official drivers now.

Any info or help would be great.

This is my exact chipset:
GeForce GTX 460:

Chipset Model: GeForce GTX 460
Type: GPU
Bus: PCIe
Slot: Slot-1
PCIe Lane Width: x16
VRAM (Total): 1024 MB
Vendor: NVIDIA (0x10de)
Device ID: 0x0e22
Revision ID: 0x00a1
ROM Revision: 70.04.1B.00.70

 

[bruceleeroy]

I keep hearing Lion might fix everything but I don't understand how that is the solution.
Shouldn't the Nvidia Drivers be the solution?

 

[bruceleeroy]

Alright my last attempt. Have any of you with the GTX 460 fixed your Fermi Freeze with the new drivers?

 

[seerwright]

I don't have a fix for you, just sympathy for your situation. I had a GTX 550 Ti until about 12 hours ago. I chimed in a couple of times on the other Fermi Freeze thread here (for the 560s), but I never heard of a fix. My workaround was to run Videowall (app store) on one of my desktops. Technically, I think that worked because it prevented state changes by keeping the card constantly busy, but I'm not a driver guy or a h/w engineer. Anyway, that (or similar) might be a decent bandaid for you. Today I bought a $51 EVGA GT 640 card from Microcenter - let's hear it for open box items. It works like a champ so far. No freezes yet. I've let the machine sleep, played videos, etc.

Good luck.

 

[slypto]

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[bersam23]

edit smbios.plist make your build to macbook pro4.1