Dell Precision 670 - Paxville - BIOS A07 - GT210 black screen (ML & M)

[vanguart]

Update:

 

Tried ML 10.8, all fine,

Pro Tools HD10 ok,

 

But boot only with PciRoot=4 . didnt tried nvidia osx drivers from nvidia site. i am afraid .

with boot flag i got full QE , OOB. amazing video card.

 

Your DSDT is not working for me .. and i just removed the Ethernet kext from your boot pack, cause my ethernet is running OOB fine no need kext .. full 64bits.

 

i just only need a DSDT for GT210 to use in ML 10.8

 

i will pass Mavericks cause my DSP cards is not running . so i must keep my system in ML 10.8 to work .

[Hervé]

Since you're not booting with a DSDT file, use Chameleon Wizard to extract it, then post it here. I can patch it so that PCI root level is set to 0 and you won't have to boot with PciRoot=4 anymore.

 

Can you post the output of Terminal command lspci -nn?

[vanguart]

How to extract it?
what is lspci -nn?

[Hervé]

It's a command you type in Terminal app. From the Finder's bar, you'll find the app in Go->Utilities. The command lists all detected PCI devices (hence lspci) and the -nn argument is to specify a particular output format of the resulting data (with PCI ids).

 

 

[vanguart]

Last login: Thu May 29 22:13:36 on ttys000

PTHD11s-Mac-Pro:~ pthd11$ lspci -nn

lspci: Cannot find any working access method.

PTHD11s-Mac-Pro:~ pthd11$ 

[vanguart]

Got it work . g210 (no more PciRoot=4).

 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">

<plist version="1.0">

<dict>

<key>Graphics Mode</key>

<string>1024x768x32</string>

<key>GraphicsEnabler</key>

<string>Yes</string>

<key>Kernel</key>

<string>mach_kernel</string>

<key>Kernel Flags</key>

<string></string>

<key>Timeout</key>

<string>5</string>

        <key>device-properties</key>

 

<string>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</string>

</dict>

</plist>

[vanguart]

But my system doesnt boot .

booted one time ok with the strings added ..

 

problems with the bronya kernel.

error (kernel). at the end of booting. after NV50hall 

 

i dont know what to do , my skills is not advanced for it.

i think i will pass it.

 

lost of money with new processor , and video card.

[Hervé]

 

Last login: Thu May 29 22:13:36 on ttys000

PTHD11s-Mac-Pro:~ pthd11$ lspci -nn

lspci: Cannot find any working access method.

PTHD11s-Mac-Pro:~ pthd11$ 

You need the lspcidrv.kext to be able to use the command. That kext is normally in all my packs. If not, get the kext from here for instance.. Place it in /E/E and install it with myFix (quick).

[Hervé]

But my system doesnt boot .

booted one time ok with the strings added ..

 

problems with the bronya kernel.

error (kernel). at the end of booting. after NV50hall 

 

i dont know what to do , my skills is not advanced for it.

i think i will pass it.

 

lost of money with new processor , and video card.

You need to be more precise with your posts. I don't know what you are doing anymore, which OS X versions you're attempting to run with, which kernel version; it's difficult to follow. You were back in ML, it worked, then it didn't work any more, then you got it to work with an EFI string, then it does not work anymore... I'm lost!

 

You will get that Precision 670 working with ML up to 10.8.5 and with Mav up to 10.9.1, that's pretty much guaranteed. It's beyond 10.9.1 that real problems occur.

 

My DSDT, which was tuned up to match my own hardware, is not necessary, but you will need to adjust the PCI root value so that it matches the default BIOS settings. If you boot without any DSDT (and that is entirely feasible), run the ioreg command posted in my initial guide to confirm default value of PCI root. Without the correct PCI root value, you will not have graphics support. In my case, PCI root was found to be set to 4, I assume it would be the same on your machine but it may differ. You've already stated you had Ethernet working OOB (something not possible on my WS670), so there is clearly a hardware difference between our 2 systems. Hence my request for the list of PCI devices.

[vanguart]

all the last post was for ML, i am doing all you say to me do. but doesnt working, the Bronya kernell is fail, only work in safe mode .
my video card is ok using the strings .