Ultimate Thread: 4890 in Mac Pro

[Cindori]

yes. but then you cant run your 8800. so either try natit in order to boot osx, if no dice, go bootcd method.
this question is answered in the golden guide too.

 

[s.m.t.]

I just discovered a issue that might be related to the flash. I have a 24'' Gateway FDH2400 connected via DVI to the 4980. When I wake the mac up from sleep (or change inputs on the LCD and switch back) the screen changes to what looks like snow from and old CRT.

The only way to get it back is to power off the LCD and wait for it to loose sync info and turn it back on.

I know it didn't do it with the GT120, but I don't remember if this started right away after flashing, or just started happening now.

Any ideas? Could it be an issue with the sync signal? It only does this on the DVI input, the HDMI seems to be unaffected...

 

[Cindori]

I too get that, usualy after connecting/reconnecting cables. pushing my monitor on/off doesnt kill me tho

 

[s.m.t.]

I wonder what is causing it...

Wouldn't be so bad if I wasn't switching between HDMI and DVI so often...

 

[sagara]

peloche you're a genius. Thanks so much! I take it that the "256 MB" in the Apple Video Hardware Information is normal...? Everywhere else it seems to say 1024MB. Thanks again... to where would you like donations etc?

Hi cryptoseven.

I have the same HIS 4890 H489FT1GP graphic adapter as you and want to get it workable on mac os.
Did you encounter problems with flashing Peloche's ROM?
I've tried to flash it via ATIWinflash, and it popups with error about P/N mismatch. Is it ok?

Thanks in advance.

 

[mozilla77]

Hi Cindori,

Thank you again for your new link with the modified ZSFC2.0 rom.

I tried to flash my card (XFX-HD-489X-ZSFC Ver 2.0) with Zeus but encounter following errors. The pop up window says

"Flash Aborted! Possible reasons: ROM already identical to card firmware. Card not compatible with ROM or Zeus."

Before flashing I dumped the rom using GPU-Z under bootcamp. It's working on the PC side but currently blank screen on the OSX.

Any idea that you think might solve the problem?
I have attached my original rom below. Thank you for your time.

 

[Cindori]

card not compatible with zeus, go bootcd.

 

[mozilla77]

Hi Cindori,

Just want to let you know the bootcd method worked.
Now my XFX-HD-489X-ZSFC Ver 2.0 works great with your rom.

Thank you very much for your help.
Its so much easier with your golden guide!

 

[mozilla77]

Hi Cindori,

Have a quick question.
I did xbench test for my newly worked XFX 4890 v2.0.
The score seems pretty low even compare to 4850 from other posted result.
Also with OpenGL viewer my score is par or even lower than 4870.

What do you think? I did install the Quartz patch.

My Quartz graphics test: 206.42, OpenGL graphics test: 144.61.

Thanks for your time.

Mac Pro 1.1 (OS X 10.6.2)

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

Is Quartz patch working? Since SL won't show the information like "Core Image: Hardware Accelerated" or "Quartz Extreme: Supported". How do you confirm QE_CI works if they are working? Under Zeus Driver it says Quartz Driver Installed: Yes.

 

[Cindori]

Xbench sucks for graphic benchmark. dont use it


OpenGL viewer should be higher with same settings on same computer, with about 5-10%.

Yes Zeus Driver button is the way to check for QECI.

 

[hosko]

Is ATI Winflash still the best way to flash a card in windows??

I'm about to build a dual booting hackintosh and was going to load windows 7 first, then flash the XFX 4890 and then install OSX using Kakewalk.

 

[Cindori]

Why are you flashing a card to use in Hackintosh? Flashing is for Macs.

 

[Shademaster]

Why are you flashing a card to use in Hackintosh? Flashing is for Macs.

So this mean an out of the box 4890 runs smooth on OSX?

Cool if that is so! Saved me a terrible hassle!

 

[Cindori]

nope. but a PC (hackintosh) uses BIOS so why flash the card with EFI rom?


in a hackintosh you use graphicenablers for your desired bootloader. Im pretty sure flashing does not help a bit. You will still need the QECI patch.
The title of the topic is "...in a Mac Pro". I suggest you look to insanelymac.com for info on graphic cards in Hackintosh.

 

[Shademaster]

nope. but a PC (hackintosh) uses BIOS so why flash the card with EFI rom?


in a hackintosh you use graphicenablers for your desired bootloader. Im pretty sure flashing does not help a bit. You will still need the QECI patch.
The title of the topic is "...in a Mac Pro". I suggest you look to insanelymac.com for info on graphic cards in Hackintosh.

Haha wow I am a n00b. One other question. I am having some difficulty keeping my boatloader intact if I install windows 7. I went to the chameleon forum to check for a solution but I could not make out what the hell those people were talking about :s . Is there a thread that clarifies how to keep your boatloader intact? I have one disk with OSX on it, I then installed Windows 7 on it and now I cannot go back to OSX. I tried reinjecting the chameleon boatloader onto the OSX partition but not luck.

Thanks again!

 

[hosko]

Haha wow I am a n00b. One other question. I am having some difficulty keeping my boatloader intact if I install windows 7. I went to the chameleon forum to check for a solution but I could not make out what the hell those people were talking about :s . Is there a thread that clarifies how to keep your boatloader intact? I have one disk with OSX on it, I then installed Windows 7 on it and now I cannot go back to OSX. I tried reinjecting the chameleon boatloader onto the OSX partition but not luck.

The easiest way is to install Windows first and then install OSX, the bootloader should then present you both Windows and OSX.

 

[AjeeB]

Hello Cindori,

Just to keep you up to speed on your very helpful 'ATI Radeon HD 4890 ROMs table' and everything else. The listed EFIROM (No# 11) from your table (http://att.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=209170&d=1262249595) doesn't work for a 'flash' of my Gigabyte HD 4890 card. Flash was attempted multiple times via DOS Boot disc to no avail.

Any other suggestions would be most appreciated.
Best regards...

hi,
I also have gigabyte 4890 1GB ("gv-r489-1gh-b")
any modified rom for mac pro
I have mac pro 3,1 - and died stock 2600 plz help

 

[semaca]

10.6.3 it's out.
Who want to try first?
I think I'll pass for the moment.
Semaca

 

[brent1a]

10.6.3 installed and......

I installed the combo update on my Mac Pro quad 2.8. The update went perfectly fine. I then got the qe_ci update from Cindori's Zeus app. Installed and rebooted and upon initial bootup (after the login screen) I got a funky white mish-mash-pixelated screen for about 4-5 seconds then the normal OS screen showed up. However, whenever quartz is used on effects (mostly the transitions) I get horrific flashing and banding across my whole screen. Also video playback is almost unwatchable because of the banding and flashing. It's almost as if the qe_ci injector install didn't do anything for this 10.6.3 update.

 

[Cindori]

dude, the qeci patch in Zeus says 10.6.2. You just updated to 10.6.3. See the problem?



anyway, 10.6.3 patch out by netkas, and now available through zeus.
here's how to install with zeus:

zeus update function is broken in the first release. if you have zeus on your computer, remove it and redownload from http://groths.org/zeus/zeus.zip

Now, go to Driver and click Update

after the update, 10.6.3 is available from the OS list. then just install the patch.


you must do this AFTER you have installed the OSX 10.6.3

 

[brent1a]

you must do this AFTER you have installed the OSX 10.6.3

I did update the qe_ci patch AFTER I updated to 10.6.3. I stated that in my post: I updated to 10.6.3 first, I then repaired permissions, I then used the netkas 10.6.3 update patch.

I now have the flashing and banding system wide, i.e. it's as if the 10.6.3 qe_ci patch did nothing for my already updated 10.6.3 os.

 

[Cindori]

You said:

"I installed 10.6.3. I then got the qe_ci update from Cindori's Zeus app"



At that point of your post, I had NOT released a 10.6.3 patch through Zeus. So if you patched with Zeus, you must have patched for another OS version. Because 10.6.3 was not available.


It is now, however. If one follows my instructions above.

The patch works great for me.

 

[brent1a]

It is now, however. If one follows my instructions above.

Well, ok? I first used the patch provided by netkas. Which correct me if I am wrong is the same patch you provide on your server thru Zeus. Minutes after I used netkas' patch I checked Zeus, the 10.6.3 update was available but Zeus errored out. I then manually updated Zeus and redownloaded the patch thru Zeus 1.2. I then installed that patch. I get the same flashing and banding. I think netkas has updated his original qu_ci patch with a framebuffer patch added in so I will be trying that in hopes it solves the problem.

...and yet again, this was all after Apple released the 10.6.3 combo update which I had updated my system to 10.6.3 before I used any qu_ci patch.

 

[Cindori]

ok, well as long as you know what patch you installed. he didnt update the patch, framebuffer patch was inside from start. :/

 

[brent1a]

ok, well as long as you know what patch you installed. he didnt update the patch, framebuffer patch was inside from start. :/

So since I still get the flashing, banding, and jittering what can I do? Should I re-run the 10.6.3 update and then try the qu_ci patch again? I've tried running netkas' patch from his site and yours from Zeus, 2 times each and I still get the artifacts at startup and the flashing-jittering during general usage.
What can I do to fix the issue?