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PCs GTX285/275/260/295 working in any MacPro....

GTX295 - Thanks!

mroy said:
Acquire these 2 files at http://netkas.org/?p=109 Go to post 24 -- both links are shown there.

1. Acquire NVIDIA_Retail_Mac_Driver_Installer_18.5.2f16.mpkg.zip
2. Acquire Enabler_for_Nvidia_and_multiple_ATI_cards.pkg

Instructions:

1. Install the Enabler -- do not boot
2. Install the Driver -- do not boot

Driver Info.plist mod (1 file):

## /System/Library/Extensions/NVDANV50Hal.kext/Contents/Info.plist

Look for NVidiaRM and insert the following with the other ids:
0x05eb10de&0xfff8ffff

Now looks like this:

<key>NVidiaRM</key>
<dict>
<key>CFBundleIdentifier</key>
<string>com.apple.nvidia.nv50hal</string>
<key>IOClass</key>
<string>NVDANV50HAL</string>
<key>IOMatchCategory</key>
<string>IOService</string>
<key>IOPCIPrimaryMatch</key>
<string>
0x00f010de&0xfff0ffff
0x019010de&0xfff0ffff
0x040010de&0xfff0ffff
0x042010de&0xfff0ffff
0x05e010de&0xfff8ffff
0x05eb10de&0xfff8ffff
0x05f010de&0xfff0ffff
0x060010de&0xffe0ffff
0x062010de&0xffe0ffff
0x064010de&0xffe0ffff
0x06e010de&0xfff0ffff
0x086010de&0xffe0ffff
0x0a2010de&0xffa0ffff
0x0ca010de&0xffe0ffff
</string>
<key>IOProbeScore</key>
<integer>60000</integer>
<key>IOProviderClass</key>
<string>IOPCIDevice</string>
</dict>


Perform the following: (very important steps, especially after the mod to the kext above)

1. sudo su ;inside the terminal and if not already in sudo root
2. chown -R root:wheel /System/Library/Extensions/ATY_Init.kext
3. chmod -R 755 /System/Library/Extensions/ATY_Init.kext
4. touch /System/Library/Extensions

Wait a minute -- Leopard will refresh the cache.

This is what I did. This is great news as the EVGA 295 Co op Single PCB edition works with Leopard.
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Just a quick note to say... T H A N K Y O U !!

With your guide I was finally able to get my GTX 295 working (well, I had to use my old 8800GTX initially to get it installed, then used your instructions to get the GTX295 to work). My new hackintosh system consists of a P6T Deluxe V2, i7 920, with 6G Corsair 1600 running across three projectors. Check out the pic of my awesome hackintosh setup here.
 
Since my flashed 8800GT died a few days ago, I'm going to be getting a replacement card from eVGA. Not sure what I'll be getting but it would almost definitely be a 2XX series card, hopefully at least a 250. *crosses fingers for something higher* Just to make sure, the only way to get the new card working would be to have a working nVidia card in the system? There's no way to just flash the new card like before? If that's the case I guess I might be screwed no matter what card they send since the 8800GT was my only Mac-capable nVidia card since I'm now limping along on my HD2600XT. :(
 
Hey there guys.

After much sweat, tears, and even a little bit of blood (nicked my knuckle on inner casing), I have come to a very frustrated dead end. Sadly, I am more noobish than experienced on these things, so have not been able to sort my configuration out, although some of the info on here goes over my head, so anyone helping out would be great.

I have a 4,1, 2009 mac pro. I also bought an EVGA GTX295. I thought I had all the info needed to install it but I was wrong. I attempted mroy's setup which hasn't worked due to me using Snow Leopard (6.2) rather than Leopard.

When I install using the GT120 as my helper in slot 3, I have no boot whatsoever. Black screen. I actually presumed that even though it might not boot into OSX, Windows would work under Boot Camp. So very wrong.

I have also attempted a Hackintosh method of installation involving what seems to amount to me as getting a HEX device name for the GTX295 to put into the boot.plist. Sadly, unlike the Hackintosh, I cannot even get into OSX to work this. I have attempted booting from the GT120 with the GTX295 also in place to get the hardware code as it were. This also didn't work.

My apologies if this has been figured out and posted, I've read the whole of this post and many others! I think I just don't have the technical knowledge to extrapolate the info I need.

So:

Mac Pro 2009, Quad Core Nehelam.
EVGA GTX295 Co-op.
Snow Leopard 10.6.1

If anyone could help me I would be so happy cos I'm ready to hang up my spurs after having spent a massive chunk of my life attempting this!

Cheers guys.
 
mroy said:
Acquire these 2 files at http://netkas.org/?p=109 Go to post 24 -- both links are shown there.

1. Acquire NVIDIA_Retail_Mac_Driver_Installer_18.5.2f16.mpkg.zip
2. Acquire Enabler_for_Nvidia_and_multiple_ATI_cards.pkg

Instructions:

1. Install the Enabler -- do not boot
2. Install the Driver -- do not boot

Driver Info.plist mod (1 file):

## /System/Library/Extensions/NVDANV50Hal.kext/Contents/Info.plist

Look for NVidiaRM and insert the following with the other ids:
0x05eb10de&0xfff8ffff

Now looks like this:

<key>NVidiaRM</key>
<dict>
<key>CFBundleIdentifier</key>
<string>com.apple.nvidia.nv50hal</string>
<key>IOClass</key>
<string>NVDANV50HAL</string>
<key>IOMatchCategory</key>
<string>IOService</string>
<key>IOPCIPrimaryMatch</key>
<string>
0x00f010de&0xfff0ffff
0x019010de&0xfff0ffff
0x040010de&0xfff0ffff
0x042010de&0xfff0ffff
0x05e010de&0xfff8ffff
0x05eb10de&0xfff8ffff
0x05f010de&0xfff0ffff
0x060010de&0xffe0ffff
0x062010de&0xffe0ffff
0x064010de&0xffe0ffff
0x06e010de&0xfff0ffff
0x086010de&0xffe0ffff
0x0a2010de&0xffa0ffff
0x0ca010de&0xffe0ffff
</string>
<key>IOProbeScore</key>
<integer>60000</integer>
<key>IOProviderClass</key>
<string>IOPCIDevice</string>
</dict>


Perform the following: (very important steps, especially after the mod to the kext above)

1. sudo su ;inside the terminal and if not already in sudo root
2. chown -R root:wheel /System/Library/Extensions/ATY_Init.kext
3. chmod -R 755 /System/Library/Extensions/ATY_Init.kext
4. touch /System/Library/Extensions

Wait a minute -- Leopard will refresh the cache.
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I just started looking into this, but it'd seem that if you followed mroy's instructions above, it should work. The only difference is you'd need a helper nvidia card installed as well. I used identical instructions (minus the HEX hack) on my 1,1 Mac Pro to get a 8800GT to work tonight.

Perhaps you're not setting the permissions correctly on the kext files. Many in the thread have suggested download the kexthelper (google is your friend) which will help you reinstall the kexthelper after you successfully modify the file.

I'm contemplating whether I should go the GTX295 route, wait for these geniuses to update the Enabler for it, or just go with the GTX285(or GTX275) which won't require any of the extra work and save 200 bucks while I'm at it.

I just want to thank everyone for not only their hard work but their willingness to share their knowledge with others. Cheers.
 
tsuki said:
Hey there guys.

After much sweat, tears, and even a little bit of blood (nicked my knuckle on inner casing), I have come to a very frustrated dead end. Sadly, I am more noobish than experienced on these things, so have not been able to sort my configuration out, although some of the info on here goes over my head, so anyone helping out would be great.

I have a 4,1, 2009 mac pro. I also bought an EVGA GTX295. I thought I had all the info needed to install it but I was wrong. I attempted mroy's setup which hasn't worked due to me using Snow Leopard (6.2) rather than Leopard.

When I install using the GT120 as my helper in slot 3, I have no boot whatsoever. Black screen. I actually presumed that even though it might not boot into OSX, Windows would work under Boot Camp. So very wrong.

I have also attempted a Hackintosh method of installation involving what seems to amount to me as getting a HEX device name for the GTX295 to put into the boot.plist. Sadly, unlike the Hackintosh, I cannot even get into OSX to work this. I have attempted booting from the GT120 with the GTX295 also in place to get the hardware code as it were. This also didn't work.

My apologies if this has been figured out and posted, I've read the whole of this post and many others! I think I just don't have the technical knowledge to extrapolate the info I need.

So:

Mac Pro 2009, Quad Core Nehelam.
EVGA GTX295 Co-op.
Snow Leopard 10.6.1

If anyone could help me I would be so happy cos I'm ready to hang up my spurs after having spent a massive chunk of my life attempting this!

Cheers guys.
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This might be a stupid question, but do you have the two power cables hooked up to the GTX295?
 
Thanks for your posts guys...

notquitefob - I do have a helper card installed, the GT120. Also, it seems that that solution only works with Leopard. Although I haven't heard that said explicitly, comments in various posts indicate that way. I have followed procedures on that install carefully and doesn't seem to work.

maghemi - Yes I do. I spent ages waiting for those cables to turn up from Hong Kong of all places! I also took the cables to a friends yesterday and tested that they work with a multimeter. I've also tried different monitors just in case.
 
tsuki - while you ought to be able to use netkas trick, 120+295 under Snow Leopard, if you are having trouble you might also try CoreVidia 1.2 as an alternative to netkas injector. My Snow injection of PC 285 is still done by CV, while I use netkas for 10.5.8.

You can get it from

http://www.mediafire.com/?yzw3jlmwwtf

I am not suggesting it is better than netkas tool but if this does not work either your problem is probably elsewhere. I think Xdarwin added 295 PCI ID since version 1.1
 
The Rominator said:
This most definetely works in SL. I have had great fun with a GTX285 in my 1st Gen.
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Rominator,

I have the latest enabler working with a PC-spec 8800GT. In preparation for a new PC-spec GTX2xx card, I downloaded the tweaked Mac GTX2xx driver that doesn't check for 3,1 Mac Pro. Unfortunately, when I tried to install it, Snow Leopard complains saying that a more up-to-date version is already installed.

How did you get your 1,1 Mac Pro (gen 1) to take the tweaked driver? If I don't modify the driver, it'll probably still choke loading drivers in OSX even if my helper 7300 and injector works.

Your thoughts?
 
Th thing that is really needed is Netkas' little helper kext.

I would strongly recommend using a GTX285. In OSX, it is faster than a 295 as the 295 uses an inferior set of dual 275 cores...and in OSX it only runs one at a time.

Plus, not sure how to deal with device id...as I have only monkeyed with a GTX285.

Also, the drivers aren't needed anymore ....they are in SL.
 
Confirmation this still works in 10.6.2

As there seemed to be doubt as to whether Netkas little trick still works....I tossed in a GTX285 yesterday and gave it a shot.

Works fine...makes COD4 playable at the same "High" settings that an 8800GT CHOKES on.

The RAM shows up with correct amount because I patched the patch.

GTX285 running on a First Gen. Nice card and a nice trick, courtesy our dear friend Netkas.
 

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I installed the netkas injector, now my GT120 and my GTX285 are living happily on my MacPro4,1 but system profiler doesn't show core image/quartz extreme enabled on the gtx 285 but it does on the GT120 What gives??? Also how can i verify cuda is running? Im running 10.6.2
 

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beto2k7 said:
Also how can i verify cuda is running? Im running 10.6.2
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There is a guide to CUDA on Mac Pros at

http://www.mth.kcl.ac.uk/~shaww/web_page/grid/macgpu.htm

This shows the installation and checking steps. Note you must also install the Xcode tools from the folder on your Snow Leopard install disks. I have 10.6.2 running CUDA and OpenCL on an 08 Pro (3,1) with both a proper Mac 285 and an injected one, so you should get it up OK on a 4,1, I guess.
 
God... I've been reading this all night and I really can't understand all this flashing and editing codes and what not...

I'm trying to upgrade my 8800 GTS to something more like: GTX 295
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814143167

Is there a place where dummies can go and read some easy step by step instructions on how to go about this? I apoligize for my noobness but I'd love to get OSX working on my Mac Pro with a new card again. I only have Windows 7 installed on mine. I've always wanted to try this whole flashing thing but never understood it. Is there a dumb down version?
 
Hi All,

I was wondering if someone could help me get the lastest Netkas Injector?

Ive been trying to follow the guides here but they all point to links that no longer work on rapid share.de

Many thanks

Matt
 
Thanks 10THzMac I will ceirtainly give CoreVidia a try. :D I have sent a pm to Netkas requesting that he re-upload the Injector.
 
I have been able to locate the Enabler_for_Nvidia_and_multiple_ATI_cards.pkg file, im a bit hesitant to post a link for it as the site that I got it from deals with osx x86 type info and downloads. Would I be ok to post this?

So if just to recap on the theory of it, I have a 260gtx graphic card. I install the injector, then the evga or quadro 4800 drivers and then reboot?
 
Hi Rominator, thanks for your response, can this be any other nVidia card officially supported by OS X?

I assume that there has not been much luck in getting this process to work in Mac Pro's using 2600xt's?
 
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