Mac Pro 2,1 and OS X Mavericks

[gpatpandp]

OS X 10.8.5 Installation guide for Macs w/ ATI X1600 Graphics

The iMac 5,1 has a 32bit EFI.

I have one of these iMacs also. Anyone know if the X1600 onboard GPU can handle Mavericks?

First and foremost in constructing/compiling your system, remember that google is your friend.

Use the app “Kext Wizzard” or the appropriate terminal commands for installing additional/needed kext files. It is also necessary to have another bootable OS system (Snow Leopard/Lion) so that you can mount your Mountain Lion system on it and have access to it while building it. I would recommend OS X 10.7.5 Lion as all the kexts files needed (except the AppleHDA.kext & IOAudioFamily.kext) are contained in that OS X system and therefore one would be "killing two birds with one stone" in that respect.

Starting with using the full OS X 10.8.4 (app store).app follow this excellent guide by dead.xx in creating your installer: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1404548/.

***The ONLY difference one needs to make in the dead.xx guide is that instead of using the supplied "boot.efi" file found there instead, use Tiamo's "boot.efi" found here: https://forums.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=448666&d=1385188522

Once created, install OS X 10.8.4. Once completed, restart though restart to your supported OS system and not your Mountain Lion drive/partition at this point.

Using the .app “Kext Wizzard” and with your Mountain Lion drive/partition mounted on the desktop, select the appropriate mounted mountain lion drive/partition in the pull down tab, and install the following kexts found in OS X Lion 10.7.5 in the System/Library/Extension folder :

ATI1600Controller
ATIFramebuffer
ATIRadeonX1000
ATIRadeonX1000GA
ATIRadeonX1000GLDriver
ATIRadeonX1000VADriver
ATISupport
AppleHDA & IOAudioFamily (download link: https://forums.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=462845&d=1393544777)

Also and again while having the Mountain Lion drive/partition mounted, open the following folders in this sequence: System/Library/Frameworks and locate both the OpenGL & OpenCL folders and move them both to the trash and delete them. Once deleted, copy both patched versions (Open GL: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/72781226/MLPostFactor/OpenGL.framework.zip) Open CL: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/72781226/MLPostFactor/OpenCL.framework.zip) of the same namesake into the same System/Library/Frameworks folder.

That basically should get anyone with an unsupported Mac possessing ATI X1600 graphics a “non MLPF” OS X 10.8.4 64 bit OS system that I have estimated @ 100 % full functionality.

To update that to OS X 10.8.5, head on over to: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1325709/ AND ON page 139 of that forum refer to the following specific post and dialogue between myself and Rastafabi # 3456, 3457, & 3459 to update your OS X 10.8.4 to OS X 10.8.5. Done.

***NOTE: While the above described outline will create a perfectly working OS X 10.8.5 Mountain Lion 64 bit system on any unsupported Mac w/ ATI X1600 inboard graphics unfortunately, due to the more advanced frameworks that exist in OS X 10.9 "Mavericks" this same method when applied does not work and only creates a basically worthless operating system. Bottom line: At the present and for unsupported Macs containing the described inboard graphics, OS X 10.8.5 is as good as it gets.***

 

[PeterHolbrook]

I'm running 10.9.2 using tiamo's boot.efi on a MacPro 1,1. When I go to Software Update, it sees that I need an update to 10.9.3, but when I click "update" is says "Mavericks can not be installed on this computer".

I originally used Mavericks Download Enabler to get the full 10.9.2 install. Do I need to do that again? Or, is there an easier way?

Thanks.

That's odd. I have the exact same machine with the exact same boot.efi (Tiamo's; it used to boot through Chameleon before Tiamo's days) and it doesn't require anything to directly update using Software Update. I've never used "Mavericks Download Enabler".

 

[azimuthal]

10.9.3 update on Mac Pro 1,1 with Tiamo's Boot.efi = Success

I also just want to report that the 10.9.3 update worked great on my Mac Pro 1,1 with the Radeon 5770 and Tiamo's Boot.efi. Just used the default Software Update, no problems, booted right back into Mavericks 10.9.3.

Mac Pro 1,1 still has lots of life...Thanks!

 

[TiberioG]

My mac pro 1.1 works perfectly with my ASUS EAH5700 flashed but after waking up from sleep I always have graphics hangs so I have to force shutdown and restart. It happens only waking from sleep so now i couldn't put my mac into stop mode.

I'm the only one? It's possible to fix this issue?
Thank you in advance.

 kernel[0]: [8:0:0] GPU Hang State = 0x00000000
 kernel[0]: ** GPU ASIC Log Start **

.............

 kernel[0]: GPU hang: 
 kernel[0]: Trying restart GPU ...
 com.apple.launchd[1]: (com.apple.DumpGPURestart) Throttling respawn: Will start in 9 seconds
kernel[0]: [8:0:0] GPU Hang State = 0x00000000

.....

 

[idealtracks]

FYI, boot.efi does not get overwritten with 10.9.3 update.

 

[MattCarp]

That's odd. I have the exact same machine with the exact same boot.efi (Tiamo's; it used to boot through Chameleon before Tiamo's days) and it doesn't require anything to directly update using Software Update. I've never used "Mavericks Download Enabler".

Peter, what Model Identifier does the System Information provide? Mine says "MacPro1,1"

 

[Earl Urly]

FYI, boot.efi does not get overwritten with 10.9.3 update.

Yep, if you use the standard delta update which is what Software Update provides if you already have 10.9.2, boot.efi is untouched; if you apply the Combo Update that'll get you in trouble as that replaces the boot.efi with a new one.

 

[PeterHolbrook]

Peter, what Model Identifier does the System Information provide? Mine says "MacPro1,1"

Mine says "MacPro2,1". The reason for that "2,1" is that I ran netkas' flash utility that causes the system to identify itself this way.

 

[tangles]

anyone tried with the Intel Xserve 2006?

no one? (I can't pull mine out of the rack until next week)

The 2006 Intel Xserve can't emulate BIOS either, so I'm guessing that will throw a spanner in the works with this trick?

 

[mikeboss]

I'm pretty sure that the 2006 Xserve will boot Mavericks with tiamo's boot.efi just fine. this has nothing to do with the PC BIOS emulation.

 

[Mr. Zarniwoop]

The 2006 Intel Xserve can't emulate BIOS either, so I'm guessing that will throw a spanner in the works with this trick?

In theory, it should work if you were to replace the ATI Radeon X1300 with a Mavericks-capable PCIe graphics card. Tiamo's boot.efi works via a native EFI32 boot and doesn't rely on PC BIOS emulation/legacy mode.

 

[Earl Urly]

FYI, boot.efi does not get overwritten with 10.9.3 update.

No, I went through this already- it doesn't with the delta update, it does get overwritten with the Combo update.

 

[gpatpandp]

A "rule of thumb" on ANY OS X Hack

No, I went through this already- it doesn't with the delta update, it does get overwritten with the Combo update.

For any machine running a hacked OS X system, especially when updating only one (1) increment (i.e. from the last updated release to the latest/newest), applying a "combo" update for obvious reasons should be the absolute furthest thing on anyone's mind and not even within ones realm of consideration.

 

[Earl Urly]

For any machine running a hacked OS X system, especially when updating only one (1) increment (i.e. from the last updated release to the latest/newest), applying a "combo" update for obvious reasons should be the absolute furthest thing on anyone's mind and not even within ones realm of consideration.

I did it for ***** and giggles and to see if re-patching with SFOTT would work, and it did. Don't do what I did if you want your system to remain stable or wait to see how it worked out (it did.) Patched MacPro 1,1s with a good fresh 10.9.3 are still running BOINC and CUDA at blazing speeds.

 

[paulrbeers]

I successfully installed on MacMini2,1 and MacPro1,1.
this is great I made a small app to automate all this.

Tiamo's did a super great Job

Just input your board_id, your model and the USB key to use and click.
fully automated or step by step. you can even then patch "again" the key to add other computer Boards.
works great. was a personnal challenge to code and as it works fine I though I'd post it in here.

Tiamo thanks again.

If any of you are interested : go there http://oemden.com/?p=556
I've called this little app (shell script bundled in an Applescript App)
SFOTT aka Sixty Four On Thirty Two.

Enjoy as I did.


This is an ongoing Work, but I've tested again and again and it works OK.

I just wanted to give a huge shout out to the work you (and Tiamo for his EFI boot loader) did on this. After I replaced a bum hard drive that apparently was causing me not to access the installer, the install went beautifully! I need to upgrade to 10.9.3 (only on 10.9.1 right now) and I need to swap out the Geforce 7300GT card in it (have others, just wanted the boot screens until I got it installed), but otherwise it appears to be running well! Not bad for an 8 year old computer that technically hasn't had OS updates in two years!

Maybe I won't get rid of this Mac Pro.....

 

[6of1]

That's odd. I have the exact same machine with the exact same boot.efi (Tiamo's; it used to boot through Chameleon before Tiamo's days) and it doesn't require anything to directly update using Software Update. I've never used "Mavericks Download Enabler".

Getting the same thing here on my 2,1 running 10.9.2 with an XFX7970.

 

[flowrider]

^^^^Have you tried to download the 10.9.3 Update from here:

http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1745

or the Combo Update from here:

http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1746

Though, some have said if you use the Combo Update you may erase the Tiamo hack. And, some have said, not so.

So

Lou

 

[PeterHolbrook]

Getting the same thing here on my 2,1 running 10.9.2 with an XFX7970.

What are you trying to accomplish? Download Mavericks and install it for the first time, or download and install a Mavericks update (10.9.3 in this case)? The former can't be done, as far as I know, on an unsupported computer; the latter can be done once you've installed Mavericks following known procedures along Chameleon lines.

 

[flowrider]

^^^^The beauty of the Tiamo hack is that it does not use Chameleon. But yes, you are correct, as I stated above, 6of1 should download the 10.9.3 update directly rather than us the App Store update method.

And, he did state he's trying to go from 10.9.2 to 10.9.3.

Lou

 

[PeterHolbrook]

The beauty of the Tiamo hack is that it does not use Chameleon

Yes, of course. I never meant to suggest otherwise. I simply stated that for Mavericks to get installed on old hardware, such as early Mac Pros, in theory you need to modify certain installation files, both with the original Chameleon method and with Tiamo's hack. Actually, you need to modify the very same files. Failure to modify them should make installation impossible, unless installation is effected through a supported machine (such as a Mac Pro 3,1) and then the disk is moved back to an early Mac Pro and the bona fide boot.efi is replaced with Tiamo's flavour. The very lack of modification in the supported hardware list might make certain update options unavailable.

 

[MacDann]

Mac Pro 1,1/2,1 Running Mavericks - What Graphics Card?

This may be a little off topic, and if so I apologize up front.

Just installed Mavericks on my Mac Pro 1,1 that has the firmware flash to 2,1 successfully. Thanks to everyone involved in these efforts to support our 32 bit systems!

The machine currently has an NVidia GeForce 7300GT, which Mavericks does not directly support. While graphics aren't bad, I lost multiple display support and as expected, some programs such as Safari render poorly.

I have been trying to determine what the bottom end or cutoff of the NVidia graphics cards are to support Mavericks? I would gladly update my system to a newer card, but I want to be sure it's supported in Mavericks so that I can regain dual monitor support and reasonable graphics performance.

I don't do anything terribly intense graphics-wise, such as gaming or video production, so I don't have to upgrade to something that will be terribly high performance.

I'm still combing through a couple of EFI vs. PC graphics card threads elsewhere, but it's a slow process…suggestions are appreciated and welcome!

Thanks,

MacDann

 

[PeterHolbrook]

I have been trying to determine what the bottom end or cutoff of the NVidia graphics cards are to support Mavericks?

In case you want to consider a different vendor, I can tell you I use an ATI Radeon HD 5770 1024 MB that Apple itself sells (or used to sell). It has worked well since Lion's days.

 

[MacDann]

In case you want to consider a different vendor, I can tell you I use an ATI Radeon HD 5770 1024 MB that Apple itself sells (or used to sell). It has worked well since Lion's days.

Thanks for that information. I'm not stuck on NVidia, I just figured they had a lot more options than ATI offered so it might be easier to find one from them.

I'm not stuck on an EFI card, either, and would consider going the PC card route as well, which opens the field up substantially.

Again, thanks!

MacDann

 

[MattCarp]

^^^^Have you tried to download the 10.9.3 Update from here:

http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1745

or the Combo Update from here:

http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1746

Though, some have said if you use the Combo Update you may erase the Tiamo hack. And, some have said, not so.

So

Lou

That's what I ended up doing - I had 10.9.2 installed on my MacPro1,1 (ATI HD 4870) using the Tiamo boot.efi in mid-April. (I had a ton of trouble using a USB flash drive to do the install, but eventually used a spare hard disk and it worked perfectly on my system).

So I downloaded the 10.9.3 delta update and installed that. No problem.

Now, I can't seem to get the App Store application to rescan my system and remove the upgrade indicator!! This is slightly annoying, so if anyone knows how to get this removed.... I need to trick it to re-scan, or, remove the queued upgrade, or somehow get it to see that I'm not a MacPro1,1.

 

[djrobx]

Thanks for that information. I'm not stuck on NVidia, I just figured they had a lot more options than ATI offered so it might be easier to find one from them.

I'm not stuck on an EFI card, either, and would consider going the PC card route as well, which opens the field up substantially.

Again, thanks!

MacDann

The ATI ones are popular with Mac Pro 1,1 users because their more modern cards still have working EFI32 boot screens. The newer Nvidia EFI cards don't show a boot screen on a Mac Pro 1,1.