Showing posts with label Nvidia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nvidia. Show all posts

Thursday, November 27, 2014

Hackintosh Asus Rampage Formula (UPDATED: 10.10.1 Yosemite)

Asus Rampage Formula

Nvidia 6800GT

Audio: SupremeFX II (Chipset:AD1988B)
Source:  Link  Link  Link

http://lifehacker.com/5841604/the-always-up+to+date-guide-to-building-a-hackintosh

Go to http://www.tonymacx86.com/. It is the place for everything.

Network Driver I found here

Download driver and put in /Extra/Extensions

Reboot and go into Network Preferences and it will say it found a new network device.

10.8
boot with flags:  PCIRootUID=0

How to install:  Link

10.9
boot with flags:  GraphicsEnabler=Yes -v

Took a couple of minutes but eventually booted.

How to install:  Link

After install was complete rebooted off USB selected the Mavericks Install Drive and booted with the flags again GraphicsEnabler=Yes -v

To get the network drivers to work was a little bit more tricky.  I first needed to download this utility.  It's called KW.zipI downloaded it to a USB drive and copied it over.  Unzipped the file and ran Kext Wizard.  Then click Installation -> Browse and then select the drive you downloaded from the above link.  The destination is important because it seems like the only way this will work is if you put it in System/Library/Extensions.  If you don't do it correctly, it will keep popping up with error messages.  This utility does it the right way.  Reboot and open Network Preferences.  It will say it found two interfaces.  For what ever reason it was saying that neither was connected.  I removed both by hitting the minus sign and readded en1.  I have the cable plugged into port 2 on the pack which is the top ethernet port.

10.10
So getting Yosemite has been tricky.  The previous versions seemed to go easier.  I finally got this working.  I couldn't get Unibeast to work perfectly so I tried Clover and that was even a bigger disaster.  Multibeast and Unibeast must have been updated since the first time I tried it.
Here is what I did:

Boot Flags: GraphicsEnabler=Yes

Multibeast Selected:
  • EasyBeast
  • Bootloaders
    • Chimera v4.0.1
  • Customize
    • Basic Boot Options
    • GraphicsEnabler=Yes
    • Hibernate Mode - Desktop
    • Kext Dev Mode
    • Use KernelCache
    • Verbose Boot
Everything worked except Audio and network.  I got 1/2 working.

Networking:
  • Found this thread (Link) and it lists this driver kext (Link)
  • I had trouble with previous kexts but I got it to work using this utility (Link)
NOTE: I installed 10.10.1 and I lost networking so it looks like every time there is an upgrade, you'll have to reload networking.




Tuesday, October 22, 2013

How do I turn off 3D in Google Earth

Recently I downloaded the newest version of Google Earth.  By default it was in 3D because my video card supported it.  I didn't want it that way and I wanted it turned off.  Here is how I did it.

You are looking for an option called Stereoscopic 3D.  It is in the Nvidia Control Panel.  If this is enabled, uncheck it and save it.  Now close and reopen Google Earth.  It should now be fixed.

I also had a bigger issue.  If you can't find the Stereoscopic 3D option, here is how to enable it.

Stereoscopic 3D Missing in Nvidia Control Panel

OS:  Windows 8.1
Video Card:  Nvidia Quadro NVS 295

Stereoscopic 3D missing in nvidia control panel

I had just loaded a clean install of Windows 8 Professional.  I installed google earth and it was in 3D.  This was new and I've never seen this before.  Reading online it was because the Stereoscopic 3D was enabled, but there wasn't a section in the nvidia control panel.  Here is how I fixed it.

First I downloaded these drivers.  Link 

The card that I had in that machine was the Nvidia Quadro NVS 295.

After downloading the file, I chose custom install.  Here is where I noticed something was missing.
Notice in the picture below that the two 3D options are unchecked.  Previously the current version beside those were "Not Installed".  I selected all options and told it to a Perform a clean install.


After two reboots everything seemed back to normal and opened up the Nvidia control panel now and here is what I saw.


I now have the option to turn Stereoscopic 3D on and off.  By default I it was turned off.  I loaded up google earth and now it was back to 2D.

OS: Windows 8.1

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