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Netkas & Rominator do it again, GTX 670 with boot screens!
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Where did you get the card?
If it is EFI, they did it wrong.
If it is unflashed, you have a software issue.
If it is EFI, they did it wrong.
If it is unflashed, you have a software issue.
I've got an EVGA GTX670 FTW - Have flashed it to the official EVGA UEFI firmware, but still no boot image. How do I go about getting it to work correctly?
The UEFI rom from EVGA is different from the version of EFI Apple uses. In short, you'll have to hack your own rom and probably replace the rom chip on the card. Rominator may have some 670's for sale or offer flashing service for your card, but there's no easy way.
I realise I am reviving an old thread. I have purchased a second hand ASUS GTX 670 2GB which I am planning on using in my first Hackintosh build.
According to ASUS this card has no UEFI support but it can be added with a Firmware update.
Since I have not been able to find a ROM image for this card in order to flash it for Mac boot screen support I am assuming that it cannot be done?
I have looked on this forum and Netkas and there doesn't seem to be anything. The card is probably too old by now anyway but I just wanted to check before I abandon the idea of having a boot screen.
Many thanks
According to ASUS this card has no UEFI support but it can be added with a Firmware update.
Since I have not been able to find a ROM image for this card in order to flash it for Mac boot screen support I am assuming that it cannot be done?
I have looked on this forum and Netkas and there doesn't seem to be anything. The card is probably too old by now anyway but I just wanted to check before I abandon the idea of having a boot screen.
Many thanks
+1, lowendlinux. I use PC 5770, 6850, 650 Ti and 760 cards in my hackintosh systems w/o EFI flashing.
Thanks fot your replies, lowendlinux and The Stork.
That is amazing. So they just show the boot screen?
I am not certain how hackintosh functions with boot screen but I would like to clarify EFI.
Macs have used a few different versions of EFI over the years. As far as I know they have never used the UEFI that is now "universal" in PC world. The EFI on our cards meant for Macs would be ignored by a PC, which is what a hackintosh is.
And in fact, some of the mods to the PC Bios can actually cause display issues when used in a PC, so running a Mac EFI card in a Hackintosh would at best get you nothing And might in fact give you problems.
A better question is whether the UEFI on PC Cards can have interaction with how hackintoshs boot. UEFI in Windows world allows faster boots and nicer GUI in the BIOS mod section of pre-boot. It isn't called BIOS anymore as it isn't.
In any case, your questions will find better answers at InsanelyMac or Tonymac
Macs have used a few different versions of EFI over the years. As far as I know they have never used the UEFI that is now "universal" in PC world. The EFI on our cards meant for Macs would be ignored by a PC, which is what a hackintosh is.
And in fact, some of the mods to the PC Bios can actually cause display issues when used in a PC, so running a Mac EFI card in a Hackintosh would at best get you nothing And might in fact give you problems.
A better question is whether the UEFI on PC Cards can have interaction with how hackintoshs boot. UEFI in Windows world allows faster boots and nicer GUI in the BIOS mod section of pre-boot. It isn't called BIOS anymore as it isn't.
In any case, your questions will find better answers at InsanelyMac or Tonymac
Fun factoid I put the Apple 5770 from my Mac Pro in my hackintosh and the computer started throwing all kinds of fan errors and would not boot into OSX.
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PCs use BOIS or UEFI Apple uses its own EFI, since PC cards use the same BIOS or UEFI you get a boot screen.
Little late to the party, but yes, efi is not needed for a hackintosh.
Thats one of the biggest advantages, IMHO, that a hack has over a cMP.
If you have compatible hardware, you only need to worry that the vid card is supported by osx and be careful that a osx update doesn't kill your hack. But so far, updates are addressable.
To be clear, in a PC/hackintosh, the PC graphics cards just show the motherboard BIOS splash screen, then the bootloader (Chameleon, Chimera, or Clover) which allows you to optionally choose an OS to boot into. The PC graphics card just displays what is sent to it by the PC motherboard and OS. So, for a hack, PC cards work fine.
Now, you need to choose a graphics card that is compatible with OS X (sound familiar?), and the nVidia Maxwell cards still need the nVidia Web drivers (and optionally, the CUDA drivers) just like our Mac Pros. The tonymacx86 site has a Buyer's Guide with a list of components and sample builds that help beginners build hackintoshs with a good chance of running OS X successfully.
To add to that you need to be on 10.10 to use Maxwell even if you have the drivers.
Thank you very much MacVidCards, lowendlinux, neomorpheus and The Stork.
Your answers have been very helpful to me. SInce this will be my first Hackintosh I keep forgetting that it will technically be a PC!
I did research all the components very carefully which took a long time so I am pretty confident I will get it to work.
Of course with Clover I won't need boot screens anyway...
My build will be running 10.8 as primary OS (because of Pro Tools 10 compatibility) and I am using a Kepler card so should be ok.
Very much looking forward to this build which I will hopefully do over the next week or so.
Your answers have been very helpful to me. SInce this will be my first Hackintosh I keep forgetting that it will technically be a PC!
I did research all the components very carefully which took a long time so I am pretty confident I will get it to work.
Of course with Clover I won't need boot screens anyway...
My build will be running 10.8 as primary OS (because of Pro Tools 10 compatibility) and I am using a Kepler card so should be ok.
Very much looking forward to this build which I will hopefully do over the next week or so.
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I recommend you check out the Music forum section at tonymacx86.com. There are several professional recording engineers there with good advice. BoomR is one of them and his sticky threads in the Music forum section are worth reading. Good Luck!
http://www.tonymacx86.com/music/
Hi
Great job!
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