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Ultimate Thread: 4890 in Mac Pro

Treksdot said:
You can find the stock ROM here Peloche.
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Thanks Treskdot,

I made the necessary modifications (displacing MCuC, changing MCuC address, etc..), ran Pipomolo42 4 lines script in one block in terminal (without problem), ran fixrom.py and the result is attached.

If you have the means (pc) to test it and go back to your existing without any problem, it could be good for the communauty since i couldn't test a 7D length rom. It's up to you.

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e23941999b483b8675780f1e38224614
 

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Actually I can already tell you it will work since the one you made is the exact same as the one Rominator posted here, bit for bit and checksum for checksum. Nevertheless thank you for taking the time to roll the ROM and especially for your guide so people can make custom ROMs for their cards. Hopefully no one else runs into the oddity I did.

Just confirming that a working custom ROM has been made for the HIS H489F1GP 4890 cards.(Hint hint Cindori.)
 

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Treksdot said:
Actually I can already tell you it will work since the one you made is the exact same as the one Rominator posted here, bit for bit and checksum for checksum. Nevertheless thank you for taking the time to roll the ROM and especially for your guide so people can make custom ROMs for their cards. Hopefully no one else runs into the oddity I did.

Just confirming that a working custom ROM has been made for the HIS H489F1GP 4890 cards.(Hint hint Cindori.)
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Thanks Treksdot,

It's the second feedback of the diagram method, first was already yours :), in fact you're the sole who dared to use it, thanks.
 
Peloche said:
Hi kronoss,

You just need to have another graphic (x) card installed on your PC and this one, but monitor connected to the other card (x).

Boot with dos:

atiflash -i to know the number given to your GPU, if you've got only one ATI it should be #0,then

atiflash -ai 0

to be sure that 0 is the one you want to flash

then atiflash -p -fs -fp 0 thename of your original rom

Good luck, don't be afraid i've flashed mine may be 150 times, and sometimes with very bad rom, once nor the pc neither mac started, but it still alive and working well.
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Thanks Peloche, now that the card is returned to stock, is there a way to still make it work on a MacPro ?
 
ofc, he just told you that he flashed his card many times with different roms until he finally flashed with correct one and now his card is working in mp under os x. ;)
 
mfka said:
ofc, he just told you that he flashed his card many times with different roms until he finally flashed with correct one and now his card is working in mp under os x. ;)
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Hi mfka,

Yes you're right but at this time i was trying many times but with the same script so same results, till i modified the script and you are aware of the new result :D
 
Xfx Zdfc

@Rominator - I still possess the XFX card if you are looking for original ROM from it.

Still running on the MSI ROM on my HIS and things are stable. Are you noticing any difference on the HIS custom ROM?
 
m4rk0 said:
do all of the output connectors (say, two DVI connectors) work after having flashed the card?
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any help for this one? :(

and a little other question: do i need to buy and physically replace the rom in order to flash it or would i overwrite the original one?

many thanks.
 
Peloche said:
You're welcome,

md5

e23941999b483b8675780f1e38224614
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Peloche im very sorry! I gave you the original ROM from the saphire card included in the cindori release.

This is the actual cards original ROM

unziped MD5: 4475eb63c0821be3f1024b2218d5a4b1

Dated 11/5/2009
 

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kronoss said:
Peloche im very sorry! I gave you the original ROM from the saphire card included in the cindori release.

This is the actual cards original ROM

unziped MD5: 4475eb63c0821be3f1024b2218d5a4b1

Dated 11/5/2009
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No problem
 
kronoss said:
Peloche im very sorry! I gave you the original ROM from the saphire card included in the cindori release.

This is the actual cards original ROM

unziped MD5: 4475eb63c0821be3f1024b2218d5a4b1

Dated 11/5/2009
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md5

5a3c3e1626021ae28621349421c730fb
 

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Thanks a lot Peloche!

i will test it when i get home later tonight and reply here if it worked.
 
m4rk0 said:
any help for this one? :(

and a little other question: do i need to buy and physically replace the rom in order to flash it or would i overwrite the original one?

many thanks.
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I can answer to your "little other question" only, no you don't need to replace physically the rom, only to overwrite but don't forget to back it up before...
 
Peloche said:
I can answer to your "little other question" only, no you don't need to replace physically the rom, only to overwrite but don't forget to back it up before...
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ok then! i am looking forward the other answer, i might test the 2GB card if someone tells me there are chances to make it work (but i don't think so).
 
Peloche said:
Yeap good work mfka.

According to Drexus experience we can assume now that there isn't any risk to flash Hynix card with E115QA1G.S02 rom, there should be may be some small problems with screen refresh or mouse but only utilisation could give us more indications.(Drexus doesn't give any more feedback...)

So within the tutorial you could indicate that Hynix owners could test it if they are willing to, and report.

"sorry we can't help you" should be changed now.

Peloche,
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Hi Peloche,

I got hold of a friend's Hynix based Sapphire 4890 New Edition card, and we flashed it with E115QA1G.S02 rom.
Few symptoms:

- On boot.. after the grey screen, as the reFit boot screen loads there is a slight flicker as it loads the reFit screen.. then a flcker again as it goes back to grey screen during boot.

- Once the OSX desktop is loaded, msg pops up saying that the power cables on video card is not connected properly ( but they are )

Other than that everything else is working fine in OSX.

Really strange issue we're finding is on the bootcamp side.
With the original rom, apple bluetooth kb & mm pairs & works fine in bootcamp.
But after flashing with E11 rom.. kb & mm no longer pairs and no matter what we did could not get them to pair ( on snow leopard, bootcamp 3.0 ).
Soon as we flash back to the original rom, kb & mm pairs right away on booting into bootcamp and they work fine ( typing on it now ).

Attached is the original rom

Would be great if you could make the rom base don this one & we can try it ( anyone else using a Hynix based card ? )
 

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Peloche, thanks! it worked !

I am now typing off my mac with my new Powercolor 1GB PPH installed !

3d Running

ATI Radeon HD 4890:

Chipset Model: ATI Radeon HD 4890
Type: GPU
Bus: PCIe
Slot: Slot-1
PCIe Lane Width: x16
VRAM (Total): 1024 MB
Vendor: ATI (0x1002)
Device ID: 0x9460
Revision ID: 0x0000
ROM Revision: 113-B7710C-176
EFI Driver Version: 01.00.318
Displays:
Cinema HD:
Resolution: 2560 x 1600
Pixel Depth: 32-Bit Color (ARGB8888)
Main Display: Yes
Mirror: Off
Online: Yes
Rotation: Supported
Display Connector:
Status: No Display Connected
 
astro768 said:
Hi Peloche,

I git hold of a friend's Hynix based Sapphire 4890 New Edition card, and we flashed it with E115QA1G.S02 rom.
Few symptoms:

- On boot.. after the grey screen, as the reFit boot screen loads there is a slight flicker as it loads the reFit screen.. then a flcker again as it goes back to grey screen during boot.

Other than that everything else is working fine in OSX.

Attached is the original rom

Would be great if you could make the rom base don this one & we can try it ( anyone else using a Hynix based card ? )
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Hi astro768,

Thanks for your report.

Your Hynix vgabios attached newsapp.bin is 100% identical to my Qimonda E115QA1G.S02, so the EFIROM is also identical, here attached this EFIROM:
md5
59eb238cb978084afff5cef729a2da21
You could try it.

I'm very surprised that rom for Hynix and Qimonda memories card are identical, since i obtained mine directly from the manufacturer in Taiwan who asked me to open and check because there was 2 types of new edition card, and the designation E115QA1G.S02 is theirs with QA for Qimonda.

Do your P/N and SKU# match this the attached label ?

astro768 said:
- Once the OSX desktop is loaded, msg pops up saying that the power cables on video card is not connected properly ( but they are )
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Mine too but mfka's one doesn't.

astro768 said:
Really strange issue we're finding is on the bootcamp side.
With the original rom, apple bluetooth kb & mm pairs & works fine in bootcamp.
But after flashing with E11 rom.. kb & mm no longer pairs and no matter what we did could not get them to pair ( on snow leopard, bootcamp 3.0 ).
Soon as we flash back to the original rom, kb & mm pairs right away on booting into bootcamp and they work fine ( typing on it now ).
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I can't answer to this point since I don't have bootcamp, mfka is using his card IMHO with OS X and Windows bootcamp if i understood well, but i don't know if is he using bluetooth keyboard and magic mouse, he'll answer to this.

Did you try with wired keyboard ?

Peloche,
 

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Hello guys. I need some help here.. I have a sapphire 4890 (new edition) with the qimonda memory chips. The thing is, im not sure if the problem is software side or hardware side. I installed natit and anything else needed to boot with injectors, then replaced the x1900 with the 4890. I only had one PCIe cable to connect to the card (the one came with the x1900) so the other one is connected with a molex cable through the 2nd superdrive. When i boot, the card sounds spinning and as one would expect, spins faster for 1 or 2 seconds, then goes silent... That's making me think that its getting powered properly.. or maybe not? Anyway, i never got any picture even though i was sure the mac completelly booted (i can even hit ctrl+eject and then enter to shutdown). What could be the problem?? I'm having a hard time to find another PCIe cable but if thats the case, im getting it
 
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