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128keaton

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Hello guys, I have a 6790 that I decided to try in my Mac Pro 1,1. I know, I know.
Anyway, for some odd reason, the monitor/card aren't properly being detected. I have a GT210 in the top slot for troubleshooting. I launched the expansion slot utility and the bottom slot is being reported as an 'ATI VGA-Compatible Controller Card'. What could be wrong? I was told this should work OOB. Thanks guys!

EDIT numero uno:
I am 'resetting' the PCI configuration with the slot utility.
If that doesn't work, gonna remove and reinsert.

Specs:
MacPro1,1, 2006.
OS X Yosemite
7GB of RAM
-[GT210]-
-[]
-[]
-[ATI VGA-Compatible Controller Card]-
 
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128keaton

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Still not working, Might move it to a different slot. I've tried a PRAM/SMC reset to no avail.
EDIT:
The original card seems to work fine in the first slot (fastest). Booting to see if the ATI is detected in another slot.
Changing slots didn't fix anything. Trying a really hacky kext way.
 
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128keaton

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Small 'win', the kext hack (adding my product ID to the AMD6000Controller.kext) allowed the monitor to display picture, but its acting super slow. Might be due to the original I placed in it, booting without to see if its truly working.
EDIT: No Acceleration, similar issue with my mackintosh with this card. Lets see if Clover still loves me.
 
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128keaton

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Trying another injection option, this might work.

If this doesn't work, I'll end up resorting to my old card, unless anyone chimes in here.
 

128keaton

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I have got it working splendidly. If anyone cares, all you do is replace an ID with your GFX's card's Id in AMD6000Controller.kext/AMDX3000Accelerator.kext
 
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