Using 9600 GT on Mac OS X
When you install OS X on a normal PC with a nVidia 9600 GT, you can get in troubles. For example, when you move a window it’s content disappear (only it’s margin is showed) and to see the window content again you have to minimize the window and show it again. I think this is a video driver problem which doesn’t recognise the graphic card. But, since OS X Leopard have 9600 GT drivers you have only to fix some .kext and import a gfxstring
First of all reboot and boot up with -x option (safe mode prevents from loading specific drivers, so you won’t see any glich or window content disappear –NOTE– if you can’t surf on internet in safe mode you have to download the programs in normal mode (i know, it’s stressful but you have to do it)) go on /System/Library/Extensions and copy NVDANV50Hal.kext and NVDAResman.kext to your Desktop.
Now right click on NVDANV50Hal.kext and select Show Package Contents and then go in Contents.
At this point you have to edit the file info.plist modifying it as follows:
<key>IOPCIPrimaryMatch</key>
<string>[Your graphic card ID goes here( it should be: 0x062210de]</string>
To know what’s your graphic card ID just open System Profiler and select Graphics/Display
Now replace [Your graphic card ID goes here( it should be: 0x062210de] with <Device ID in System Profile>10de.
You should get something like this:
<key>IOPCIPrimaryMatch</key>
<string>0×062210de</string>
Do the same steps of above with NVDAResman.kext
Downlaod Kext Helper and install it (if you have installed an iPC distro with all the applications you don’t need to download it, just look in applications).
Drag the *.kext you have on your desktop in the main window of Kext Helper and insert the password to proceed with the installation of the extensions.
Once you have installed kexts, downlaod OSX86 Tools, and install it again as you did before with Kext Helper.
Open OSX86 Tools and press Add EFI Strings/Boot Flag.
Select GFXString and in the dropdown list choose Custom GeForce (the last one).
Enter the name. (Ex: “nVidia Geforce 9600 GT”); –> Choos VRAM size (In my case 512); –> Now the output (My card has two DVI output).
Don’t close OSX86 Tools.
Add this string to the file: /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist
<key>device-properties</key>
<string>[OSX86 Hexadecimal EFI String goes here]</string>
Now copy the OSX86 Hexadecimal EFI String to: /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist Probably you will have to change permissions to edit the file.
Ex:
<key>device-properties</key>
<string>6c0200000100000001000000600200000d000000…</string>
You can apply the string using OSX86 tools, but i had some missing scripts, so i had to do it manually.
Cross your fingers and Reboot
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When you log in you should have a completely 3d accelerated desktop.
If something doesn’t work do the same with NVDA40.kext and so on… if you have a NVDAXXPPC.kext try to modify it too.





23 febbraio 2009 - 21:10
Thanks a lot friend!
) is very nice!
Your how-to (or how-do?
Bye!
19 marzo 2009 - 17:05
Hey, thanks for this tutorial but I have a serious problem. The com.apple.boot.plist file does not exist for me!!! Did anybody else find a solution to this problem? Help!
22 marzo 2009 - 04:23
NVM, problem solved, now I have a choppy mouse and it’s really frustrating, anyone else experience this after getting 3d accel working?
22 marzo 2009 - 04:23
NVM, problem solved, now I have a choppy mouse and it’s really frustrating, anyone else experience this after getting 3d accel working?
11 maggio 2009 - 12:20
Hi everyone, I have installed Ipc universal final 10.5.6 on my dell Precision 490, now I cant make my nvidia 9600gt works, I did everything exactly, but when i restart my computer it freeze on start (gray background with gray apple logo) do I have to install nivjet or something else, please if someone can help me
14 maggio 2009 - 02:03
thanks man it worked perfectly!!!
14 maggio 2009 - 13:28
Please can you tell me wich drivers did you install to make the nvidia 9600gt working, please i tried a lot of things and i’m going crazy, please i need your help. thanks
14 maggio 2009 - 13:42
Hi everyone, I have installed Ipc 10.5.6 on my dell 490 precision,but I cant install the nVidia 9600GT, i tried to edit the kext , but it dosent work, may be i do something wrong when i select the dvd drivers when i install it, please if some one can help me, thank you
Dell Precision 490
One Intel Xeon 5060 (3.2GHz,1066 MHz,2×2MB Cache)
2gb ram
nVidia 9600GT 512mb
6 agosto 2009 - 07:36
Very good description! I could fix my nVidia 9600GT with this. Everybody HAVE TO FOLLOW step by step he wrote! Do not try to push at the last step the Boot.plist… button (or somethink like this), just find it manually /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist as he suggest. Before u modify this file you should modify the file access with chmod command or do the modification as root. Just you for example the vi editor.
14 maggio 2009 - 14:01
I just used the 9600 gt driver available on the iPC disk. Read the description when installing Mac Os X.