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iM 4,1-14,4 2011 iMac Graphics Card Upgrade
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hi there! i get a nvidia graphic card nvidia quadro k3100m and i flashed with the last version of rom from this site (v4) and i work averithing ok bat afrter restarting my imac 27 from 2011 i only get a white screen and is stock there, nothing happen , i mast reset NVRAM all the time to get the apple logo and starting on my imac . after reset the NVRAM i loading ang working fine. someone get the same problem? some solution? thanx
On the very first post in the very first page there is a table with all NVIDIA cards and all vBIOS versions posted. Check your card which VRAM model you have an pick the correct vBIOS yourself.
Check my earlier post of this exact scenario with WX4130 which could possibly be due to chrome. It fixed the issue upon removing chrome for good.
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Hi all,
I have been wrestling with an iMac 11,3 and a AMD FirePro M6100 for more than a week and cannot get past a black screen once a Big Sur or Monterey installation starts the automated user setup. Booting from the open core picker works fine, the card is GOP flashed but the final step gives me a black screen on the external display and / or the inbuild panel. A linux efi os via OCLP (tried all versions from 0.32 - 04.1) works just fine, temperatures are moderate. OCLP is configured minimal, AMD GCN, and on the ssd. I have attached the config.plist. Could someone point me in the right direction?
EDIT: Giving up on MacOS with this machine/card combination, also not sure, if the logic board is ok. SHELVED.
I have been wrestling with an iMac 11,3 and a AMD FirePro M6100 for more than a week and cannot get past a black screen once a Big Sur or Monterey installation starts the automated user setup. Booting from the open core picker works fine, the card is GOP flashed but the final step gives me a black screen on the external display and / or the inbuild panel. A linux efi os via OCLP (tried all versions from 0.32 - 04.1) works just fine, temperatures are moderate. OCLP is configured minimal, AMD GCN, and on the ssd. I have attached the config.plist. Could someone point me in the right direction?
EDIT: Giving up on MacOS with this machine/card combination, also not sure, if the logic board is ok. SHELVED.
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OpenCore does not enable brightness control in Windows, only within macOS. You have to manually edit the Windows drivers as described in this post, but it does not work in any case.Hi, I'm looking for a Guide to build a SD with OC. (iMac 2011 i7 - GTX770 by Nick -SSD MX500)
I use it in W10 and I would like to return the brightness control.
Thanks a lot
Check the first post about OpenCore and OCLP and use it to create an SD card in case you run macOS.
Hi guys!
I reader the first post but I still have some question. I received this hollyday a iMac 21.1 21', and I want to upgrade for better performance. I already upgrade de SSD and 16GB RAM and want to upgrade the GPU. According to the first post, the best performance option is the WX4150, but have dudes about if work well or need mod.
So, if I buy this GPU: https://es.aliexpress.com/item/1005...;121.26;-1;-1@salePrice;EUR;search-mainSearch
Works without any mod??
I reader the first post but I still have some question. I received this hollyday a iMac 21.1 21', and I want to upgrade for better performance. I already upgrade de SSD and 16GB RAM and want to upgrade the GPU. According to the first post, the best performance option is the WX4150, but have dudes about if work well or need mod.
So, if I buy this GPU: https://es.aliexpress.com/item/1005...;121.26;-1;-1@salePrice;EUR;search-mainSearch
Works without any mod??
Curious if sleep works on the iMac12,2? I'm in the market for a card and it would be great to get the most performance possible for under $200 with working sleep. WX4150's seem too pricey for what they are and the M5100 is cheap but underwhelming. Looking forward to more progress and the final BIOS.
Check the last two pages and read his post, again.
Card does break sleep and causes crashes on each reboot in the 2011. Same as with the W6170M. Even @Nick [D]vB knew this two years ago.
There is always a chance that someone comes up with a solution, but if we all sit silently at home waiting for a single developer to get the work done it may probably never happen.
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Graphics Output Protocol
https://uefi.org/sites/default/files/resources/UPFS11_P4_UEFI_GOP_AMD.pdf
Honestly, every search machine would have give you that answer, too!
https://uefi.org/sites/default/files/resources/UPFS11_P4_UEFI_GOP_AMD.pdf
Honestly, every search machine would have give you that answer, too!
Late 2009 iMac was released over 12 years, 3 months ago
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Mid 2010 iMac was released over 11.5 years ago
Mid 2011 iMac was released over 10 years, 9 months ago
The 2021 iMac M1 can be bought at sale price by Apple's authorized resellers. Power consumption is lower and is more than a decade faster.
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Please start reading on page one and post #1 - according to this post and the information there the green Dell WX4130 cards should work in each iMac model.
Thank you very much for your reply.
I have tried unsuccessfully to edit the Windows Registry.
So, in windows, the solution goes through a GTX780 or another ++, or it doesn't work either?
In a 2009 I put a PWM hardware solution. On windows, is there any other possibility?
TK
And today is Wednesday the 26th of January 2022...
M1 is 5nm
i7-2600S is 32nm
i7-870 is 45nm
i7-2600S is 32nm
i7-870 is 45nm