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Release: ATI Flashing Tool

fixed it, attached.

BTW, donate page is back up from being inactive almost a week.

my new tool is 95% complete but I need some people to test it. if you have both a nvidia card and a ATI card, and would like to help with testing (dont worry, most it's safe) then PM
 

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Cindori said:
my new tool is 95% complete but I need some people to test it. if you have both a nvidia card and a ATI card, and would like to help with testing (dont worry, most it's safe) then PM
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I would help, but my ATI card died so I had to RMA it. I won't have a new one until April if it takes as long as they claim it will. :(
 
Flashing a Saphire card HD4870 1 Go on a Mac Pro 3.1

Hi

After following the indications showed in this forum, I installed Nextl then re booting the 4870 did not show any display
so I took it out th Mac, Then Mac OS X with the original ATI 2600 XT started rebooting in an endless loop......I re-installed Mac OS then the 2600 shows the 4870 definition (1900 x 1080) but the systen sees only the 2600.

If I unmount one or the other tghere's no display, the only way to display something is keeping both cards in the Mac Pro.

If any one sends me a little light even tiny it will be really welcome

Best regards from Luxembourg
 
Cindori said:
fixed it, attached.

BTW, donate page is back up from being inactive almost a week.

my new tool is 95% complete but I need some people to test it. if you have both a nvidia card and a ATI card, and would like to help with testing (dont worry, most it's safe) then PM
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Awesome, thank you! Expect a donation as soon as I get paid this month, Cin!

Quick question for anyone - currently running with the 4870 in slot 1 for 16x under Windows. Am I ok to stick my 8800 into slot 3 and boot with that into OSX for flashing, then swap again? Or do I have to pull the 4870 out and stick it back into slot 3?
 
it should work fine as long as 8800gt is in a slot with minimum 4x, and has power.

but wait for the new tool.
 
Will do. Thanks again.

Happy to beta test too - wouldn't be doing any of this if it weren't for your hard work.
 
Flashing a Radeon ATI4870 in a Mac Pro

Hi
After following the process explained in this forum it results that the ATI4870 1Go does not show any display (black screen)

I tried to flash the card in a PC but the command returns :ERROR 0FLO1 Press "1" to continue.

I heard it is possible to resolve the black screen on a Mac Pro, through an iPhone but I haven't it at my disposal, so, is it possible to do it through a firewire connexion to another Mac?
Do you suggest any other issue?

Any help would be appreciated
 
helpppppppppp meeeeeeee!!!!!!!

Adrenaline1965 said:
Hi there!

Thanks to this great forum and excellent contributors (Cindori, Netkas, The Rominator, Pipolo to name just a few) I have been able to successfully:

- create an EFI ROM for and flash a SAPPHIRE VAPOR-X HD 4870 2GB GDDR5 PCI-E http://www.sapphiretech.com/presentation/product/?psn=000101&pid=217
- have Mac OSX 10.6.2 boot with a SAPPHIRE HD 4870 X2 2G GDDR5 PCI-E http://www.sapphiretech.com/presentation/product/?psn=0001&pid=180 (ID = 0x94411002) with the help of the Natit injector (for Sapphire 4870 cards) of Cindori's ATI Flashing Tool

However, there are still some problems / open issues for which I will need some help:


  • I can't seem to create EFI ROM('s) for the SAPPHIRE HD 4870 X2. When I follow pipomolo42's procedure on https://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?p=7297669 I always get an error message. The procedure worked just fine for the ROM of my SAPPHIRE VAPOR-X HD 4870 2GB so I'm guessing the problem is related to the ROM('s) itself. Is there a way to create EFI ROM('s) for the SAPPHIRE HD 4870 X2 2G GDDR5 PCI-E? If yes, what is the procedure? Do I need to convert both ROM's or just one? If yes, which one? I've added the original ROM's to this post in case one of the pro's around here want to give it a try :D

  • Since I can't create EFI ROM's for the SAPPHIRE HD 4870 X2 I have installed Netkas's Natit.kext using Cindori's wonderful ATI Flashing Tool (thanks guys!). However, with the Natit.kext installed I'm having problems opening .jpg files (pictures) in both the Preview and iPhoto applications: When opening a .jpg file with Preview the app launches and opens the file but shows a blank window/image. In iPhoto, when I double click on a picture preview to open the picture in full view I also get no picture (but instead the list with previews remains visible), when I select a picture preview and go to "edit in full screen" iPhoto switches to full screen mode, shows the tool bars but does not show the picture (but a black screen instead), when I go into Faces mode to identify faces, the screens shows the square face boxes as if the actual picture is there but it's not (again, the list with picture previews remains visible with the square face boxes on top). As this is a major issue I can't really use the SAPPHIRE HD 4870 X2 under Mac OSX for the time being.

  • When running the QE_CI tester in the ATI Flashing Tool it seems QE is NOT enabled. This for both the flashed SAPPHIRE VAPOR-X HD 4870 2GB and the SAPPHIRE HD 4870 X2 enabled with the Natit.kext. Is this normal?

Any suggestion or help for the above will be highly appreciated! :)

Greetz,

Bruno
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Hi!!
I see that you flash the SAPPHIRE VAPOR-X HD 4870 2GB, how can you explain me the method? or can you send me the flashed rom?
thank you very much!!!
I hope that you help me!!!!!

P.S: this method is for Mac PRO or iHackintosh?
 
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