In this tutorial i’ll show you how to get working graphics ATI 5450 in Lion 10.7.3 hackintosh
i am assuming that you already installed boot-loader and other kexts if you dont you should install them first, for more on installation guides see http://www.tonymacx86.com and get back here when you install everything except graphics
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">NOTE : I do not issue any guarantee that this will work for you! use <a href="http://www.google.com/" target="_blank">google</a> for other troubleshooting </span>
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STEPS :
1 : Open Terminal and paste these commands to ShowAll Files
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> $ defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE</span><br /> <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> $ killall Finder</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">2 : Figure out your graphics device ID</span>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">about this mac</span>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">more info</span>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">system report</span>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">click on graphics/displays from left sidebar </span>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">3 :Add your Device ID to ATi5000controller.kext and ATiReadeonx3000.kext.</span>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">GO to System/Library/Extensions </span>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">then find one of the above Kexts and show package contents </span>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">add you dev id to info.plist under IOPCIMatch</span>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">4: delete all ATI related Kexts and injectors EXCEPT these 7 : </span>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">ATIRadeonX3000GA.plugin</span>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">ATIFramebuffer.kext</span>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">ATIRadeonX3000GLDriver.bundle</span>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">ATIRadeonX3000VADriver.bundle</span>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">ATI5000Controller.kext</span>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">ATIRadeonX3000.kext</span>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">ATISupport.kext</span>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">5 : set GraphicsEnabler = Yes </span>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">6 : Repair permission through <a href="http://www.tonymacx86.com/downloads" target="_blank">kext utility </a></span>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">7 : reboot</span>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/26209128/custon_graphic%20_kext_for_5450.zip" target="_blank">download link for patched kexts </a></span>
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<a class="download_button" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/26209128/custon_graphic%20_kext_for_5450.zip"><img title="download " alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Jr2RJZfQ2RU/TqcrJMxeyWI/AAAAAAAABI8/CEtUCqaO60o/s1600/s1+%25281%2529.png" border="0" /></a>
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<b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Watch It in Action </span></b>
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[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnoJK2A4S3Y?version=3]
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">enjoy hackintosh </span>
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UPDATE : <a href="http://www.computersnyou.com/2012/08/kernel-panic-recovery-hackintosh-fixing.html?utm_source=update_link&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=track_link" target="_blank">Boot recover and recovery method from kernel panic </a>
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<b>update : mountain lion update : <a href="http://www.computersnyou.com/2012/09/ati-amd-radeon-5450-fixed-graphics.html" target="_blank">see here </a></b>
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About me
Hi, My name is Alok Yadav. I am a software engineer based in Kolkata, India.