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Race to dump the 4870 ROM, Who's first?
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Is it possible to flash the 4890 with a edited firmware and thus work in OS X and windows without messing around with edited kexts?
Or do I need to do 4870 so I dont mess around?
Im thinking of sending this MP back and swapping for a GT120 until this stupid pause is fixed.
I don't want to be messing around with drivers in OS X
Or do I need to do 4870 so I dont mess around?
Im thinking of sending this MP back and swapping for a GT120 until this stupid pause is fixed.
I don't want to be messing around with drivers in OS X
Unless you flash one or both of the 4870s, you'll need a Mac-compatible graphics card (stock card, flashed card, etc) to boot the Mac. Once it's booted you don't have to use that card until it's time to reboot again.
ok I see! but do i need to have the screen connected to that mac card when i boot the computer or does it just have to be there under the boot.
//BR
Patrik
Well, my Sapphire 1Gig 4870 arrived last night and all went perfectly.
I don't have a PC or a windows partition, so I had to skip the copying of the original ROM part of the procedure but after that it was a piece of cake.
First I knocked up a copy of the ultimate boot CD with the required files (ATIflash, the new ROM etc).
Then came the "er now what" bit. My Rev. 1 Mac Pro had an 1900XT (i.e. with a power cable so I'd ordered another from ebay) and there was no way I could run both cards at the same time.....
I hedged my bets, removed the old card, installed the new one, connected my monitor to the first port and booted with the "c" key - the dos cd booted fine and Iproceeded with the flashing. Then just rebooted from my Raid 0 boot disks as usual, installed the drivers and rebooted again and all was well.
So, it seems that whilst people have had problems getting a picture with just the unflashed 4870 installed (both in windows and osx), it seems to be fine in DOS.
Anyway, thanks for the work you all put in, thanks for the great walkthroughs people have posted and roll on 10.5.7
I don't have a PC or a windows partition, so I had to skip the copying of the original ROM part of the procedure but after that it was a piece of cake.
First I knocked up a copy of the ultimate boot CD with the required files (ATIflash, the new ROM etc).
Then came the "er now what" bit. My Rev. 1 Mac Pro had an 1900XT (i.e. with a power cable so I'd ordered another from ebay) and there was no way I could run both cards at the same time.....
I hedged my bets, removed the old card, installed the new one, connected my monitor to the first port and booted with the "c" key - the dos cd booted fine and Iproceeded with the flashing. Then just rebooted from my Raid 0 boot disks as usual, installed the drivers and rebooted again and all was well.
So, it seems that whilst people have had problems getting a picture with just the unflashed 4870 installed (both in windows and osx), it seems to be fine in DOS.
Anyway, thanks for the work you all put in, thanks for the great walkthroughs people have posted and roll on 10.5.7
I had the same issue with needing 3 power cables, since the 4870 needs 2, and the 1900 needs one. I made one of my own, and connected it to the 2nd power slot off the superdrive power cable. But that only left me with 2, my 3rd cable hasn't arrived yet.
As I noted a few posts above, I couldn't get the card to work on it's own, so I installed bootcamp, and flashed the card after backing up the rom.
If anyone needs it, here's the original rom attached. It's for this card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102801
Flashing worked fine, however when I did it, I was unable to boot into bootcamp windows without a power cable attached to the 1900. So I did the flashing of the 4870 with ONE CABLE attached.
I was able to read it with GPUZ, save the original rom, and flash on one cable. No problem. Afterwards, I rebooted with just the 4870 installed, and have had no issues at all. Link speed is 2.5, just as everyone else has, but it's way leaps and bounds better than what I had.
As I noted a few posts above, I couldn't get the card to work on it's own, so I installed bootcamp, and flashed the card after backing up the rom.
If anyone needs it, here's the original rom attached. It's for this card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102801
Code:
Chipset Model: ATI Radeon HD 4870
Type: Display
Bus: PCIe
Slot: Slot-1
PCIe Lane Width: x16
VRAM (Total): 1024 MB
Vendor: ATI (0x1002)
Device ID: 0x9440
Revision ID: 0x0000
ROM Revision: 113-B7710C-176
EFI Driver Version: 01.00.318Flashing worked fine, however when I did it, I was unable to boot into bootcamp windows without a power cable attached to the 1900. So I did the flashing of the 4870 with ONE CABLE attached.
I was able to read it with GPUZ, save the original rom, and flash on one cable. No problem. Afterwards, I rebooted with just the 4870 installed, and have had no issues at all. Link speed is 2.5, just as everyone else has, but it's way leaps and bounds better than what I had.
a question.
I got the rom from the original 4870 Apple ati.
is valid, this rom for a ati 4870, specifically this. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102801
thanks ..
frayedends the file you post, this is the original card, or is already modified for use in a MacPro.
frayedends, one last question.
could you send me your modified rom from your card,
because I see that you have the same card that I, or not?. if you have the same card. Would you send the rom by mail please?
thanks
I got the rom from the original 4870 Apple ati.
is valid, this rom for a ati 4870, specifically this. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102801
thanks ..
frayedends the file you post, this is the original card, or is already modified for use in a MacPro.
frayedends, one last question.
could you send me your modified rom from your card,
because I see that you have the same card that I, or not?. if you have the same card. Would you send the rom by mail please?
thanks
NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 285 coming to Macs in June.
Info from http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/29/nvidias-geforce-gtx-285-coming-to-macs-in-june/
I hope we will now be able to have the PC version working a Mac without having to pay the Apple premium price for a Mac version.
Info from http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/29/nvidias-geforce-gtx-285-coming-to-macs-in-june/
I hope we will now be able to have the PC version working a Mac without having to pay the Apple premium price for a Mac version.
Sort of off subject, but I ran a flashed 8800GT and have been following this thread close. I was going to get a PC version 4870 and flash it, but.........
I bought the Apple 4870 because when I had a flashed 8800GT, 6 months later its vram went bad and I had to purchase another via ebay and to flash again. My wife convinced me to buy the Apple 4870 this time vice going the flashed route because it would have a 1 year apple warranty, no flashing etc.... I just got it today and installed it, and it came with no driver from apple (I know I can download it as it's the driver package used here, but thought apple would supply something when they delivered the card). I called Apple care, and got treated very rudely. I have never been treated like this from any customer support anywhere. I deal with Dell daily because of IT work (honestly why I run Macs at home now, used to run Linux... and probably will now go back to that in the future) and they have been nothing but great to me.
After that experience, I will flash all future cards as long as I have this MP, and go back to using hackintoshs or my trusty Linux boxes for my next upgrade. I dont need to pay to have people be rude to me and can build my own stuff to run Linux/win/and hackintosh for a lot less money. Can't believe Apple has an 80% customer service rating...
On subject: the Link Speed for the official Apple 4870 with NO drivers installed is 5.0GT. I thought you guys would want to know this. I am running it in a 08MP.
Sorry to hear your bad experience with Applecare. They have always been ultra polite and helpful to me even when they don't have the information to help. I called another day about the power cable for the video card and they went an extra mile to get the information.
Try again to see if you get a better experience, you probably got a wrong person at a wrong time.
Try again to see if you get a better experience, you probably got a wrong person at a wrong time.
I am flawed like that... I probably will never call them again. I ended up d/ling the unofficial drivers and installing, then removing natit.kext. Shame apple can't deliver. But I learned a lesson about purchasing ANYTHING from apple for my machine.
this mess with driver's versions and etc....
I'll post pkg on my site after 10.5.7 will be released, for macpro too.
you have to have some mac edition card to make macpro boot.
btw, if u have 2600xt_mac, make a dump plz, ioreg -l -w0 -p IODeviceTree > ./dump.txt
Right now I'm running dual 4870's but i'm thinking of selling those and get a 4870x2 because the dual 4870's getting hot and makes alot of noise.
But I have a 2600xt for the mac pro (original card)
Do I need to have my screen connected to that card(2600xt) when i boot the mac pro or does it just have to be there so I can allways use the screen with the 4870x2 card without changing place of the cable.
BTW: 10.5.7 is released to the staff at apple today so probably we will see it in a very very very near future.
Here is the ioreg dump of the Radeon HD 2600 XT mac edition.
I received my ATI Radeon HD 4890 and installed it in my Mac Pro.
Do you need the BIOS?
The card I bought from Newegg also, was PC version. After flash it works in my mac pro. If you bought your card from Newegg also, then this is the rom you need to flash to the card.
Here is MODIFIED rom file I used to flash my card.
Just flashed a SAPPHIRE 100259-1GL Radeon HD 4870 1GB as per REW's instructions on page 23 and it worked great Using it in a Mac Pro Rev 1,1.
Cheers Rew!
Using it in a Mac Pro Rev 1,1.Cheers Rew!
Would it also work on MP 1,1 ?
I was thinking in buying a 4870 PC to flash but the 4890 are only $40 more. Can you provide the ROM you used to flash your 4890?
Cheers
Flash 4890 for Mac Pro
I also was thinking about flashing the XFX 4890 since others had success with XFX 4870 with both DVI working with 2 monitors.
XFX HD-489A-ZDEC Radeon HD 4890 Xtreme 1GB $229 after 20 rebate.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150360
I also was thinking about flashing the XFX 4890 since others had success with XFX 4870 with both DVI working with 2 monitors.
XFX HD-489A-ZDEC Radeon HD 4890 Xtreme 1GB $229 after 20 rebate.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150360
He didn't flash the Radeon HD 4890.
That's the whole point about using ATY_init / Natit
New ROM 113-B7710F-176 out there
Hi there,
accrording to some user reports on xlr8yourmac the currently shipped 4870 Apple cards are using a newer ROM (113-B7710F-176) - no new EFi version.
Maybe the new ROM will help us with dual dvi-monitors ?
Bye, jaberwocky
Hi there,
accrording to some user reports on xlr8yourmac the currently shipped 4870 Apple cards are using a newer ROM (113-B7710F-176) - no new EFi version.
Maybe the new ROM will help us with dual dvi-monitors ?
Bye, jaberwocky
HD4870 from apple
ATI Radeon HD 4870:
Chipset Model: ATI Radeon HD 4870
Type: Display
Bus: PCIe
Slot: Slot-1
PCIe Lane Width: x16
VRAM (Total): 512 MB
Vendor: ATI (0x1002)
Device ID: 0x9440
Revision ID: 0x0000
ROM Revision: 113-B7710F-176
EFI Driver Version: 01.00.318
Displays:
SyncMaster:
Resolution: 2048 x 1152 @ 60 Hz
Depth: 32-bit Color
Core Image: Hardware Accelerated
Main Display: Yes
Mirror: Off
Online: Yes
Quartz Extreme: Supported
Rotation: Supported
Display Connector:
Status: No display connected
Don't have time now, but can dump it this evening...
ATI Radeon HD 4870:
Chipset Model: ATI Radeon HD 4870
Type: Display
Bus: PCIe
Slot: Slot-1
PCIe Lane Width: x16
VRAM (Total): 512 MB
Vendor: ATI (0x1002)
Device ID: 0x9440
Revision ID: 0x0000
ROM Revision: 113-B7710F-176
EFI Driver Version: 01.00.318
Displays:
SyncMaster:
Resolution: 2048 x 1152 @ 60 Hz
Depth: 32-bit Color
Core Image: Hardware Accelerated
Main Display: Yes
Mirror: Off
Online: Yes
Quartz Extreme: Supported
Rotation: Supported
Display Connector:
Status: No display connected
Don't have time now, but can dump it this evening...
Having both DVI outputs working on the ATI Sapphire HD 4870 is not really that much of a problem as I can plug second monitor into the old Nvidia Geforce 7300 GT that I have in slot 4. Both cards work fine together.