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Unfortunately, there is no graphics acceleration for the 660m. Other users have tried everything and it hasn't worked. You can follow that discussion here: http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/285143-installing-mountain-lion-on-asus-g75vw/ There's really no point in trying to install osx if you can't get graphics accel so my only recommendation would be to buy the 670m graphics card: http://www.ebay.com/itm/For-ASUS-G75VW-VGA-Graphics-Video-Card-60-N2VVG1200-B23-NVIDIA-GTX-670M-3GB-/251421445723?pt=PCC_Video_TV_Cards&hash=item3a89e2ce5b and swap it out with yours.

If you're using mavericks, I've had some issues related to this too. When using mbp or macmini smbioses, I can't play flash or quicktime videos. imac and mac pro smbioses are fine. However, I thought this was just a nvidia fermi issue..... I don't have this issue in mountain lion

I've updated the first post with cpu power management

I have the Asus G75vw with the nvidia 670m graphics card. I've tried both mountain lion and mavericks with the same results both times: when I first boot up the myHack pen drive, it hangs at "pciconfiguration end" I've verified that my PciRoot is 0 and that I can boot up fine with the uni_beast method. I'm hoping to get myHack working so I can integrate my model completely into the EDP. I at first thought it was the boot loader since this was an older one and so tried another version of chameleon but got the same results. Any ideas? **Edit** I read elsewhere that this can also be caused by ehci issues. So I put GenericUSBXHCI.kext into the E/E of the pendrive and sure enough, problem solved.

After a bit of a hiatus from this, I've finally had the time to get back to getting everything working. I've updated my first post with lots of updates including fully working sound (subwoofer and everything) thanks to some help from slice at insanelymac forums. I've gotten back to comparing myhack to unifail and I somehow overlooked the most obvious thing ever. In the e/e folder on the unifail pen drive was GenericUSBXHCI.kext. I need that because I have all usb 3.0 ports. I put that kext into the e/e of the my hack pen drive and it now works without a hitch.

I've been researching how to enable the subwoofer for my Asus G75vw for sometime now and have hit a brick wall. I've found how the ubuntu developers got it working here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-driver/+bug/1045981 and attempted to do the same with some AppleHDA patching in mavericks. Unfortunately, despite having everything exactly as they had and after trying numerous other ideas like different amp values, pin configs, and path maps, the closest I can get is to have the subwoofer detected with volume control and everything, but no sound coming out of it. Also, the internal mic doesn't work either. The issue is that in the proper path map for the subwoofer, there's an out of range widget (3e) which causes alas-mixer, applehda, or whatever to be unable to trace the path map and thus unable to detect the subwoofer. VoodooHDA works perfectly for everything except the subwoofer due to the issue above. Due to AppleHDA not panning out, I'm hoping that I can patch VoodooHDA to skip widget 3e and do what alsa-mixer in ubuntu now does thanks to the ubuntu developer patch. Does anyone know where in the source code I need to go to patch this and how? Edit: Got it patched

The STA driver works for my bcm4352

Nothing seems to work with the myHack method. It always hangs with the pci config error. This problem doesn't occur with the unifail method which is why I believe that this issue is caused by one of the extra patches that myHack does. PCIRoot=0 is the correct value for my graphics card and changing it to 1 didn't work and the npci things didn't work either. I just need to find out what mHack does that causes the pci config error

I've been trying to get AppleHDA patched for the VIA VT1802 for a while now but it just isn't working. Here are my files: http://www.4shared.com/zip/a2ZDM7L1ce/Zackptg5AppleHDA.html Any help would be appreciated.

In my main mavericks installation, PCIRoot=0 and it works great. Myhack does a lot of extra stuff and something is causing this but I'm not sure what.

Updated guide with my hack install method One problem though: After install, it hangs at pci config end. I've tried the npci flags but they didn't work. This is a problem with some extra thing the myhack installer does because this doesn't happen with the uni_beast method. I also declined to remove any of the "problematic kexts" as they don't cause any problems for me. Any suggestions to what the issue is?

I've tried the MBP 10,1 smbios on my other rig which has an AMD graphics card and flash videos worked fine. So this problem may be limited to fermi graphics cards *Edit* In my mountain lion install, flash and stuff works fine, but when I switch to the nvidia web drivers, I get the error again. The problem is with the nvidia drivers

Hey EMlyDinEsH, for your platform.xml patching, I saw on a post here: http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/283754-patched-applehdakext-for-codecs-idt-92hd81b1x5-92hd91bxx-92hd87b13-92hd87b24-92hd87xx-etc/ where the user put the amps only on the audio selectors/mixers: platforms3.png This makes sense since these are the units doing to sound processing. So is this right or your way or does it matter? Also, what's the difference between an audio selector and mixer and should only one of these have the amp on it?

Installed 10.9.2 and the results were disappointing. The update seemed to have no effect on the problem as I get the following errors: 2/25/14 10:29:05.000 PM kernel[0]: NVDA(Video): Channel exception! Exception type = 0x1f Access Violation Error (MMU Error 2) 2/25/14 10:29:05.000 PM kernel[0]: NVDA(OpenGL): Channel exception! Exception type = 0x1f Access Violation Error (MMU Error 2) and then the first error repeats itself endlessly

I believe the freezing issue is indeed related to the mavericks graphics drivers but there's not much I can do about it. However, 10.9.2 update looks promising as apple's releasing tons of graphics drivers updates due to many users having OpenGL issues like me: http://www.tapscape.com/mavericks-update-angst-os-1092-ready/ Maybe this update will fix it Mods, can u delete my last 2 posts?

Sent the ioreg, the brightness control isn't fixed yet

No, that option is set to "No".

***Edit*** Scratch the last post. The newer stuff listed there is for kepler cards and mine is a fermi card. So I can still use the old method. Here's what I have so far: <?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>GFX0</key> <dict> <key>Heuristic</key> <dict> <key>ID</key> <integer>0</integer> </dict> <key>control-id</key> <integer>17</integer> </dict> <key>IGPU</key> <dict> <key>Heuristic</key> <dict> <key>EnableOverrise</key> <integer>0</integer> <key>ID</key> <integer>2</integer> </dict> <key>control-id</key> <integer>16</integer> </dict> <key>LogControl</key> <integer>0</integer> <key>Vendor10deDevice1213</key> <dict> <key>BoostPState</key> <array> <integer>0</integer> <integer>1</integer> <integer>2</integer> <integer>3</integer> </array> <key>BoostTime</key> <array> <integer>3</integer> <integer>3</integer> <integer>3</integer> <integer>3</integer> </array> <key>control-id</key> <integer>17</integer> <key>Heuristic</key> <dict> <key>ID</key> <integer>0</integer> <key>IdleInterval</key> <integer>250</integer> <key>SensorOption</key> <integer>1</integer> <key>SensorSampleRate</key> <integer>4</integer> <key>TargetCount</key> <integer>1</integer> <key>Threshold_High</key> <array> <string>57</string> <string>65</string> <string>82</string> <string>100</string> </array> <key>Threshold_Low</key> <array> <string>0</string> <string>68</string> <string>75</string> <string>95</string> </array> </dict> </dict> <key>default-control-id</key> <integer>17</integer> </dict> </plist> I actually get graphics power management now and it switches between all 4 states however, it goes through an endless cycle of lowest->highest->high mid->lowmid->lowest. I've edited the thresholds many times but it still repeats the behavior. Anyone know why? Also, the iMac smbios works well for flash but both MBP and Mac mini do not. Not sure of why though. Also, graphics power management works natively with mac mini and iMac smbioses. So for now, I'm just going to stick with the iMac smbios until this can be resolved.

I've been having a problem with flash and graphics power management in graphics and I've found something odd in the console. Whenever I plug in or unplug my power cord from my laptop, this message pops up: 2/12/14 5:02:35.000 PM kernel[0]: AsusNBFnKeys: IGPU device not found My laptop has no IGPU device as the manufacturer disabled the integrated graphics completely. Why is this kext looking for the IGPU device? Can I change it to the GFX0?

I think I'm getting close to solving this problem. I've been editing AGPM for my smbios (MBP 10,1) but the gpu is always at its highest pstate and this message keeps repeating in the console: 2/12/14 4:20:36.000 PM kernel[0]: AGPM: updateGPUHwPstate(): state = 0. Calling fFB->setAggressiveness()... 2/12/14 4:20:36.000 PM kernel[0]: AGPM: GPU = GFX0 G-state set to 0 from 0, ControlID = 17. SW occupancy updated. *Edit* it appears that whenever I unplug my laptop to force it into battery mode, the frequencies drop to a much lower speed. This may just need some fine tuning. I copied the data from the nearest card, the 675mx which is a bit faster than mine. Also, it's a kepler while mine's a fermi so I changed the Heuristic ID from 4 to 0 in both the card edit and the GFX0. Here's what I have so far: <key>Mac-C3EC7CD22292981F</key> <dict> <key>GFX0</key> <dict> <key>Heuristic</key> <dict> <key>ID</key> <integer>0</integer> </dict> <key>control-id</key> <integer>17</integer> </dict> <key>LogControl</key> <integer>1</integer> <key>Vendor10deDevice1213</key> <dict> <key>BoostPState</key> <array> <integer>0</integer> <integer>1</integer> <integer>2</integer> <integer>3</integer> </array> <key>BoostTime</key> <array> <integer>3</integer> <integer>3</integer> <integer>3</integer> <integer>3</integer> </array> <key>Heuristic</key> <dict> <key>EnableEnergyPstate</key> <integer>1</integer> <key>EnergyDOWNThreshold</key> <integer>60</integer> <key>EnergyPstate</key> <integer>5</integer> <key>EnergyUPThreshold</key> <integer>80</integer> <key>EngineDOWNThreshold</key> <integer>15</integer> <key>EngineUPThreshold</key> <integer>30</integer> <key>ID</key> <integer>0</integer> <key>MemDOWNThreshold</key> <integer>30</integer> <key>MemUPThreshold</key> <integer>50</integer> <key>MinP0P1</key> <integer>11</integer> <key>MinP5</key> <integer>12</integer> <key>MinP8</key> <integer>13</integer> <key>MinVP0</key> <integer>11</integer> <key>MinVP1</key> <integer>23</integer> <key>MinVP5</key> <integer>34</integer> <key>MinVP8</key> <integer>36</integer> <key>NumOfPstates</key> <integer>14</integer> <key>NumOfVPstates</key> <integer>37</integer> <key>P0Table</key> <array> <integer>0</integer> <integer>1</integer> <integer>2</integer> <integer>3</integer> <integer>4</integer> <integer>5</integer> <integer>6</integer> <integer>7</integer> <integer>8</integer> <integer>9</integer> <integer>10</integer> <integer>11</integer> <integer>34</integer> <integer>36</integer> </array> <key>P1Table</key> <array> <integer>12</integer> <integer>13</integer> <integer>14</integer> <integer>15</integer> <integer>16</integer> <integer>17</integer> <integer>18</integer> <integer>19</integer> <integer>20</integer> <integer>21</integer> <integer>22</integer> <integer>23</integer> <integer>34</integer> <integer>36</integer> </array> </dict> <key>control-id</key> <integer>17</integer> </dict> <key>default-control-id</key> <integer>17</integer> </dict> I've googled this many times but everyone's always used the legacy kext and I don't think it'll work for this case. If anyone knows what any of this means please let me know as this needs tweaking

I've read the performance tuning and already implemented some of that with my smbios. What would be the smc-compatible name for mbp10,1? Smc-Huronriver? Also, which fakesmc branch should I use kozleks or rehab mans?

**BIG Update** Upon further research, some people tried changing their smbios. I had mine as the MacBookPro 10,1 because it had the same processor as mine. However, upon changing my smbios to iMac 13,2 (which had a nearly identical graphics card as mine), youtube worked fine. In my laptop, the intel graphics are completely disabled and disconnected by the manufacturer so only nvidia graphics are present. Perhaps with the macbook smbios, osx was looking for the intel graphics and was unable to find them causing the freeze. This still leaves some questions such as: why does it MacBook Pro smbios work in ml but not in mav? Any answers to this would be appreciated. *Edit* I've since edited AGPM by adding my gpu to the mbp machine and used the data from the 675mx as it had the closest clock speeds to my 670m. Flash and quicktime videos now work with the mbp 10,1 smbios however it's stuck at one speed (I believe max power settings). On the bright side, I've gotten OpenGL Extensions Viewer fps around 1600 but maxing out the gpu is sure to shorten its lifespan. In ML, the gpu core is stuck at around a low setting of 50mhz (and I didn't change anything, it just works though not to great benchmarks). In Mav, the gpu core is stuck at around a high setting of 620mhz after I changed AGPM. Also, despite having logging on, there's no log in the console of any changes. How can I fix this? Here's my the original AGPM for MBP10,1: <?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>GFX0</key> <dict> <key>BoostPState</key> <array> <integer>6</integer> <integer>13</integer> <integer>13</integer> <integer>6</integer> </array> <key>BoostTime</key> <array> <integer>1</integer> <integer>1</integer> <integer>1</integer> <integer>1</integer> </array> <key>Heuristic</key> <dict> <key>EnableEnergyPstate</key> <integer>1</integer> <key>EnergyPstate</key> <integer>5</integer> <key>ID</key> <integer>4</integer> </dict> <key>control-id</key> <integer>17</integer> </dict> <key>IGPU</key> <dict> <key>Heuristic</key> <dict> <key>EnableOverride</key> <integer>0</integer> <key>ID</key> <integer>2</integer> </dict> <key>control-id</key> <integer>16</integer> </dict> </dict> </plist> And here's mine now: <?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>GFX0</key> <dict> <key>Heuristic</key> <dict> <key>ID</key> <integer>4</integer> </dict> <key>control-id</key> <integer>17</integer> </dict> <key>IGPU</key> <dict> <key>Heuristic</key> <dict> <key>EnableOverride</key> <integer>0</integer> <key>ID</key> <integer>2</integer> </dict> <key>control-id</key> <integer>16</integer> </dict> <key>LogControl</key> <integer>1</integer> <key>default-control-id</key> <integer>17</integer> <key>Vendor10deDevice1213</key> <dict> <key>BoostPState</key> <array> <string>12</string> <string>12</string> <string>12</string> <string>12</string> </array> <key>BoostTime</key> <array> <string>1</string> <string>1</string> <string>1</string> <string>1</string> </array> <key>Heuristic</key> <dict> <key>EnableEnergyPstate</key> <integer>1</integer> <key>EnergyDOWNThreshold</key> <integer>60</integer> <key>EnergyPstate</key> <integer>5</integer> <key>EnergyUPThreshold</key> <integer>80</integer> <key>EngineDOWNThreshold</key> <integer>15</integer> <key>EngineUPThreshold</key> <integer>30</integer> <key>ID</key> <integer>0</integer> <key>MemDOWNThreshold</key> <integer>30</integer> <key>MemUPThreshold</key> <integer>50</integer> <key>MinP0P1</key> <integer>11</integer> <key>MinP5</key> <integer>12</integer> <key>MinP8</key> <integer>13</integer> <key>MinVP0</key> <integer>11</integer> <key>MinVP1</key> <integer>23</integer> <key>MinVP5</key> <integer>34</integer> <key>MinVP8</key> <integer>36</integer> <key>NumOfPstates</key> <integer>14</integer> <key>NumOfVPstates</key> <integer>37</integer> <key>P0Table</key> <array> <integer>0</integer> <integer>1</integer> <integer>2</integer> <integer>3</integer> <integer>4</integer> <integer>5</integer> <integer>6</integer> <integer>7</integer> <integer>8</integer> <integer>9</integer> <integer>10</integer> <integer>11</integer> <integer>34</integer> <integer>36</integer> </array> <key>P1Table</key> <array> <integer>12</integer> <integer>13</integer> <integer>14</integer> <integer>15</integer> <integer>16</integer> <integer>17</integer> <integer>18</integer> <integer>19</integer> <integer>20</integer> <integer>21</integer> <integer>22</integer> <integer>23</integer> <integer>34</integer> <integer>36</integer> </array> </dict> <key>control-id</key> <integer>17</integer> </dict> </dict> </plist>

I think this issue may have to do with the nvidia cuda/web drivers not being updated: http://forums.creativecow.net/thread/277/27084 https://forums.geforce.com/default/topic/625494/nvidia-driver-macos-10-9-maverick/ *Update* Tried it again and the entire system froze. It seems that whether or not the entire computer freezes or not is inconsistent. Tried the freezefix app and there was no error when attempting to play a video in the console, so nothing froze. However, I got the "An error occurred" message on youtube and the video wouldn't play. Tried it again with freezefix and this time, the video played. However, there was only audio and the video itself was just solid pink

Curiously, when I had console open while attempting to play a flash video, the system didn't freeze up. Only the videos didn't play (It was pink and garbled). Here's the console output which sounds like the nvidia freeze: 2/11/14 3:01:04.000 PM kernel[0]: NVDA(OpenGL): Channel exception! Exception type = 0x1f Access Violation Error (MMU Error 2) 2/11/14 3:01:04.000 PM kernel[0]: 4443564e 00000258 7aa9521b 906d00a1 00000001 00000014 d3793533 46d3a4a6 2/11/14 3:01:04.000 PM kernel[0]: 4614f297 e71edccf 00088301 00000223 149a030a 82210a00 00081e13 00182510 2/11/14 3:01:04.000 PM kernel[0]: 2806a020 004869bc 01580050 00706460 01900078 00019801 8a03980a 2a039413 2/11/14 3:01:04.000 PM kernel[0]: 1001080b 2203c280 70868003 01080d2a 03c28410 cc800522 2a029199 1001080b 2/11/14 3:01:04.000 PM kernel[0]: 2203c288 148fff03 0108092a 03c29c10 2a010122 1001080c 2203c2a0 80808004 2/11/14 3:01:04.000 PM kernel[0]: 08092a18 c3f41001 3f012203 01081152 08808010 ac910922 e9088881 5218c081 2/11/14 3:01:04.000 PM kernel[0]: 1001080a 22088288 5208c402 10010816 22088088 a0eca20e b8c00c80 87920002 2/11/14 3:01:04.000 PM kernel[0]: 520fd284 1001080d 2208809c c886f505 0c520fd3 c8100108 04220880 3286ec98 2/11/14 3:01:04.000 PM kernel[0]: 01080952 0880fc10 52000122 1001080d 220880cc 1cc08005 0e521487 e0100108 2/11/14 3:01:04.000 PM kernel[0]: 06220880 80808000 10520482 f4100108 08220880 0399c0e6 08c08080 01080d52 2/11/14 3:01:04.000 PM kernel[0]: 08819410 80800522 52000008 10010813 2208828c ff00160b a5810001 06c003d9 2/11/14 3:01:04.000 PM kernel[0]: 01080f52 08888010 00250722 003f7940 080a5200 88c41001 80022208 080a5201 2/11/14 3:01:04.000 PM kernel[0]: 89801001 68022208 080a5203 89c01001 66022208 080e5200 89d81001 63062208 2/11/14 3:01:04.000 PM kernel[0]: 61006000 08125200 82e01001 800a2208 81821880 80018008 080c5201 83801001 2/11/14 3:01:04.000 PM kernel[0]: 00042208 52000000 10010814 220883a0 0180c00c c00180c0 80c00180 08145201 2/11/14 3:01:04.000 PM kernel[0]: 83e01001 800c2208 fe8003fe 03fe8003 0a03fe80 3a13923d 0024380a 000e0000 2/11/14 3:01:04.000 PM kernel[0]: c0010000 10490010 00010000 0a490000 00000000 04470000 00ff0002 00ff0000 2/11/14 3:01:04.000 PM kernel[0]: 00ff0000 00ff0000 00ff0000 00ff0000 1f0a0000 081c13c2 18001000 f7e080a8 2/11/14 3:01:04.000 PM kernel[0]: 2810200b 3803301f 919cebc0 804005c4 00004802 4443564e The weird thing is that this only happens in mavericks, not mountain lion which is why I think it's some kind of mavericks issue like in post#6

That would make sense since it's fine in mountain lion. How do I check the logs? I have to hard reset my laptop when it freezes.