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Ultimate Thread: 4890 in Mac Pro

Hmm. Cindori and Rominator are the guys to answer this but first thing I would do is flash it back to the original ROM–that at least will lower your anxiety levels!
It maybe that although the SKU is the same, the RAM type is not.
Ask Cindori if he could look at your original ROM and compare it with mine to look for differences. If there are, maybe he would build you a custom ROM for your board. If there are not, perhaps you did something wrong in the flash procedure—although there is not really much that can be done wrong using Zeus.

MtnSkier said:
Nekton1, Rominator and others:

Working on my first flash under 10.6.3.

I have the same standard Sapphire 4890 card that Nekton1 has (same SKU number). Nekton1 was successful in flashing this card under Zeus in Snow Leopard.

I used the same ROM that Cindorri made for Nekton1, but when I flashed it under Snow Leopard with Zeus, I got:

Flash aborted. Possible reasons:

Rom already identical to card firmware. Card not compatible with ROM or Zeus.

I tried renaming the card "Ati.bin" I originally tried flashing the file named with Cindorri's name, EFIROMFX.rom.

Now, with the monitor hooked up to the 4890 card, the 4890 Sapphire card produces a black screen when I try to bootcamp into Windows Vista (it worked before the flash). I cannot even get to the boot choice window.

Fortunately, I can boot into OSX 10.6.3 or VGA windows with my old Mac Nivida 7300 card (that card is in the third slot above the 4890). My monitor is now hooked to that card.

What did I do wrong?

Where do I go from here? What should I try next?

Could I use Zeus to put the original ROM (which I saved) back?

Thanks.
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pfjellman said:
I have 19 ATI kext files. Replaced all by hand from the seven you provided. Then did a repair permissions and restarted. Same thing. Horrible graphics glitches all throughout the system, no dual DVI. Almost unusable. Not sure what to do now..... guess I should use Time Machine and go back to 10.6.3, but that'll probably take a long time. Wish there was another way.

All files copied correctly, and compared the sizes to your kexts and they match.
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Did you use Zeus to re-run the 10.6.3 QECI enabler after replacing the kexts? That's what worked for me.
 
Drexus said:
Ok. So for the few that haven't found things too clear, here is a cut and dry temporary solution...

Status:
4890
MacPro 1,1
10.6.4 Combo Update fresh install.

Download and install everything in this archive with the tool supplied in the zip:
http://x7.to/yo9rxh
Do not restart yet!!!!
Repair permissions with Disk Utility.
Restart.
_________
The speed will be back, screen-shots will be back, sleeping will be fine... but... The fan on the card will be on all the time it seems. Somehow there is lots of heat coming out. I wonder if this package uses the overclocked settings.

Time to do some testing.
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Hi Drexus and all,

Works perfectly for me 10.6.4, ATI Radeon HD 4890, MacPro 2 x 2.66 dual-core Xeon.

I can play Flatout2 under 10.6.4 :)

Thanks for the help
 
Drexus said:
Ok. So for the few that haven't found things too clear, here is a cut and dry temporary solution...

Status:
4890
MacPro 1,1
10.6.4 Combo Update fresh install.

Download and install everything in this archive with the tool supplied in the zip:
http://x7.to/yo9rxh
Do not restart yet!!!!
Repair permissions with Disk Utility.
Restart.
_________
The speed will be back, screen-shots will be back, sleeping will be fine... but... The fan on the card will be on all the time it seems. Somehow there is lots of heat coming out. I wonder if this package uses the overclocked settings.

Time to do some testing.
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Just tried this, works great on my system -

Mac Pro 3,1
4890 1GB
10.6.4 Combo install before applying the fix

Thanks!
 
Drexus said:
What are you testing with. Maybe we can compare
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What do you mean ?

Usually after a system upgrade I was not able to play games without installing drivers using Zeus. Last time I upgrade my mac with 10.6.4, I was not able to play "flatout2 Mac Version", so I downgrade my system back to 10.6.3, and install the appropriate driver.

Looking at the thread yesterday I saw that some of you succeed to make drivers works on 10.6.4. So I apply and all seems to work ok.

If you want me to do some application testing, let me know and I will be pleased to try.
 
Drexus said:
Ok. So for the few that haven't found things too clear, here is a cut and dry temporary solution...

Status:
4890
MacPro 1,1
10.6.4 Combo Update fresh install.

Download and install everything in this archive with the tool supplied in the zip:
http://x7.to/yo9rxh
Do not restart yet!!!!
Repair permissions with Disk Utility.
Restart.
_________
The speed will be back, screen-shots will be back, sleeping will be fine... but... The fan on the card will be on all the time it seems. Somehow there is lots of heat coming out. I wonder if this package uses the overclocked settings.

Time to do some testing.
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OK so i did this and it works perfectly in my mac pro 1,1 ZSFR 4890 card. Quarts extreme enabled. openGL only supports up to 2.1 it seems what is missing is "shading language version: 1.30

But right now im happy so thanks so much to this board for all of your help!:D
 

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so back from vacation

seems 10.6.4 are trouble again for QECI

but also brings LOWER performance instead of expected improvement
valve even gives popup via Steam saying users should not use 10.6.4 drivers

so I made patch for 10.6.4, replacing with 10.6.3 patched drivers
the same method as posted here several times

should give qeci support, and also not lower performance

need someone to try it, I have no 4890 card

http://groths.org/QECI1064.zip

nqkpb.jpg
 
Cindori said:
so back from vacation

seems 10.6.4 are trouble again for QECI

but also brings LOWER performance instead of expected improvement

so I made patch for 10.6.4, replacing with 10.6.3 patched drivers
the same method as posted here several times

should give qeci support, and also better performance

need someone to try it, I have no 4890 card

http://groths.org/QECI1064.zip

nqkpb.jpg
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Hi Cindori,

Welcome back, hope you enjoy your vacation time :)

I install it on my Mac, I have a 4890 Card. Seems to work fine.
I did not deinstall pervious version before, I install yours on top of the existing one... If not relevant let me know, will retry later.
 
So what's the procedure here, Cindori:

User installs the 10.6.4 update, reboots, and then installs your package and reboots?

I assume that's all it needs...

Cindori said:
so back from vacation

seems 10.6.4 are trouble again for QECI

but also brings LOWER performance instead of expected improvement

so I made patch for 10.6.4, replacing with 10.6.3 patched drivers
the same method as posted here several times

should give qeci support, and also better performance

need someone to try it, I have no 4890 card

http://groths.org/QECI1064.zip

nqkpb.jpg
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Cindori said:
so back from vacation

seems 10.6.4 are trouble again for QECI

but also brings LOWER performance instead of expected improvement

so I made patch for 10.6.4, replacing with 10.6.3 patched drivers
the same method as posted here several times

should give qeci support, and also better performance

need someone to try it, I have no 4890 card

http://groths.org/QECI1064.zip
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I will re-install 10.6.4 combo update and apply this now. I guess I should test 10.6.3 performance first to compare too... welcome back cindori!! :)
 
:(
Installed 10.6.4 combo updater, rebooted, and no love (this is a HIS 4890 H489FT1GP)... Quartz Extreme and Core Image are still disabled. I'll fix permissions and start trying custom install with framebuffer only...
 
Cindorri or rominator:

Nekton1 suggested that you could look at this rom to see if it differers from the rom you made for him. Though I have the same SKU number as Nekton1, the reason that the rom you made for Nekton1 did not flash for me in Zeus, could be that I have different RAM:

"Ask Cindori if he could look at your original ROM and compare it with mine to look for differences. If there are, maybe he would build you a custom ROM for your board. If there are not, perhaps you did something wrong in the flash procedure—although there is not really much that can be done wrong using Zeus."

Cindori, the Rom you made for Nekton1 was at post 2467 titled Nekton.zip

Am enclosing below my original ROM that came with my Sapphire 4890, if it is desirable to make me a custom ROM for OSX 10.6.3

It was originally named RV790.bin, when I made this copy. This was the ROM that came with the card, and it works fine in Windows Vista. Should I use the same name in flashing a version for OSX that you might make for me? Or pse suggest proper rename and I'll flash with the one you suggest (if names are important for flash success).

Gentlemen, thank you.
 

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I'm Back

Ok so in the end I ended up getting a new 4870 from apple. It was really the only choice. However, I'm back with a few more questions. They store I took my computer said that the other card got "fried" when I flashed it with it's original ROM. Is this possible? I didn't feel like I was sending too much juice too it at all. I was pretty sure the ROM I put it in scrambled it up. The screen is just a gray scramble when I boot from it. Though the more serious issue I'm having is with my new card. It boot's fine but for some reason it will only work with my ACD or my DVI display one at a time. If the ACD is plugged in the DVI won't work, and vice versa. I'm kinda pissed cause this is one issue I told the guys at the store too fix and make sure would happen. Another issue that isn't so bad is getting my 4890 card to work, which I'm pretty sure has the right ROM but won't show up at all. I'm thinking I may need to flash but I'm not sure how cause how can I get it into the first slot so I can see what I'm doing and flash it? Oh also when either using the ACD or DVI the displays act funky. Like the arrow flickers as I go through the dock and when I move quicktime windows around they flicker too. I know this isn't right and never use to do this before. Any suggestions someone can walk me through?

Update: Okay I discovered a new problem that I find a little disturbing. I wanted to open up Aperture to edit some photos but a message box came up saying my current graphics card can not support Aperture. What is going on?
 
Ferrari904 said:
Update: Okay I discovered a new problem that I find a little disturbing. I wanted to open up Aperture to edit some photos but a message box came up saying my current graphics card can not support Aperture. What is going on?
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download zeus and go to driver and click check. does it have quarts extreme enabled?
 
if you are using apple cards you are not supposed to install anything of these hacked drivers, it could just mess up for u
 
Tried it, no luck

I downloaded the 10.6.4 update and reinstalled. When the install finished it listed a bunch of errors and wasn't able to write over most of the kexts. I tried it twice, with no luck. What should I try now?
 
Ferrari904 said:
I downloaded the 10.6.4 update and reinstalled. When the install finished it listed a bunch of errors and wasn't able to write over most of the kexts. I tried it twice, with no luck. What should I try now?
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Was it the combo updater? What were the errors? I'm just guessing, but try repairing the permissions and then installing the *Combo* updater.
 
yes it was the *combo* update. Ok I'll try that and post what happens.

There errors mostly said that the current .kexts could not be replaced, and each window labeled a specific one.
 
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