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Q: 10.9.3 only lets me use 2 of my 3 30" displays

I have three 30" displays, but after the 10.9.3 update, only 2 of them work at a time. Is this a known issue? Can I downgrade to 10.9.2 to get the use of my other display back? It was working just fine on my Mac Pro with 10.9.2.

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Posted on May 15, 2014 2:44 PM

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Q: 10.9.3 only lets me use 2 of my 3 30" displays

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  • by gatd4,

    gatd4 gatd4 May 17, 2014 2:34 AM in response to frabtious
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    May 17, 2014 2:34 AM in response to frabtious

    down load kext utility here  http://mac.softpedia.com/get/System-Utilities/Kext-Utility.shtml

     

    download Kexts here   https://www.dropbox.com/s/a510p6a9immdboc/Kexts.zip

     

    unzip the file

     

    delete all Geforce and NVDA kexts located in your system/library/extensions

     

    open kext utility and drop the all the kext files you downloaded on the window

     

    wait till complete

     

    reboot

     

    now all monitors working again!

  • by nicolas licht,

    nicolas licht nicolas licht May 17, 2014 3:06 AM in response to gatd4
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    May 17, 2014 3:06 AM in response to gatd4

    YEEEEEEESSSSS... it works! many thanks gatd4 for the kexts and the instuctions

  • by basilmir,

    basilmir basilmir May 17, 2014 3:24 AM in response to gatd4
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    May 17, 2014 3:24 AM in response to gatd4

    Install the combo like kinman1 said. Mine was fixed afterwards too.

     

    http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1746

     

    After that you can also try a PRAM reset.

    Resetting NVRAM / PRAM

    1. Shut down your Mac.
    2. Locate the following keys on the keyboard: Command (⌘), Option, P, and R. You will need to hold these keys down simultaneously in step 4.
    3. Turn on the computer.
    4. Press and hold the Command-Option-P-R keys before the gray screen appears.
    5. Hold the keys down until the computer restarts and you hear the startup sound for the second time.
    6. Release the keys.
  • by frabtious,

    frabtious frabtious May 17, 2014 3:30 AM in response to gatd4
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    May 17, 2014 3:30 AM in response to gatd4

    I'm afraid it didn't work for me . Thanks for trying. Not sure why it would have worked for Nicolas and not for me.

     

    I did:

     

    sudo mv GeForce* ~/broken

    sudo mv NVDA* ~/broken

     

    then used the kext tool to move the files from dropbox into place. Tried restarting and a complete cold boot. Tried plugging in the monitors to different thunderbolt ports but it made no difference - I still only get 2 working at a time.

     

    (pram reset didn't help either)

     

    Oh well...

  • by rotowooter,

    rotowooter rotowooter May 17, 2014 2:55 PM in response to frabtious
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    May 17, 2014 2:55 PM in response to frabtious

    I suspect that like me you have the new Mac Pro, in which case I don't expect shuffling around Nvidia drivers will do you much good because it uses AMD graphics.

     

    I have 4 dell dvi monitors connected via active display port adapters working great up until 10.9.3 and now can only get any 2 displays to work.

     

    I spent some time with support and we were unable to resolve the issue so far.

     

    I tried replicating the nvidia kext hack with amd related kext's but couldn't get my mac pro to boot with older kexts.

     

    The kexts I tried from 10.9.2 were:

     

    AMD7000Controller, AMDFramebuffer, AMDRadeonX4000, AMDRadeonX4000GLDriver.bundle, AMDSupport.kext

     

    Could not get the machine to boot (aside from safe mode) with those replaced (updated permissions/ownership as well).  Had to restore the versions from 10.9.3 in safe mode.

     

    Pretty frustrating, but it does seem like they have engineers looking into it now.  Hopefully a fix will land soon.

  • by therandyzone,

    therandyzone therandyzone May 17, 2014 9:26 PM in response to gatd4
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    May 17, 2014 9:26 PM in response to gatd4

    Another big YESSSSSSS! gatd4's kext solution worked perfectly, when nothing else did. My 2008 Mac Pro has its second monitor back.

     

    My only suggestion would be to drop the kexts one at a time on to the Kext Utility window. If you do them all at once, you won't see any progress indication, and it actually does take quite a long time.

     

    Thanks again, gatd4.

  • by frabtious,

    frabtious frabtious May 17, 2014 11:35 PM in response to rotowooter
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    May 17, 2014 11:35 PM in response to rotowooter

    Yeah, just figured out that those drivers were for different cards. Mine is AMD FirePro D700.

     

    Considering that you couldn't even boot properly with the 10.9.2 drivers, I may just wait for Apple to fix it.

     

    They have already marked my report as a duplicate.

     

    On the bleeding edge...

  • by rotowooter,

    rotowooter rotowooter May 18, 2014 12:05 AM in response to frabtious
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    May 18, 2014 12:05 AM in response to frabtious

    One more thing to note, all of my displays remain functional under boot camp.

     

    Still limited to 2 when booting into 10.9.3

  • by nicolas licht,

    nicolas licht nicolas licht May 18, 2014 12:28 AM in response to frabtious
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    May 18, 2014 12:28 AM in response to frabtious

    frabtious, for information, i have a 2008 Mac Pro with an Nvidia GTX 680 flashed card.

  • by Noach Klein1,

    Noach Klein1 Noach Klein1 May 18, 2014 10:41 AM in response to rotowooter
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    May 18, 2014 10:41 AM in response to rotowooter

    I have the same issue with my 2013 Mac Pro.  I already went to downgrade back via Time Machine.

     

    Would you try putting the 10.9.2 AMD extentions back and see if that works?  Let me know please.

     

    I uploaded the AMD extentions from another machine that still runs 10.9.2

     

    https://www.dropbox.com/sh/d85ffqgwyaec2u7/AACI9zySnHTW9Bx_qvWk9QSBa

  • by sn0wleopard,

    sn0wleopard sn0wleopard May 18, 2014 11:59 AM in response to rotowooter
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    May 18, 2014 11:59 AM in response to rotowooter

    (Foot tapping)... Not fixed soon enough for me, given how many people use multiple displays on MacPros that are not necessarily Thunderbolt-native, doesn't seem like they tested that update too rigorously before pushing it out to people. 

     

    The irony for me is that the 10.9.3 update *did* successfully fix my Back to My Mac, which was cutting out every 5-15 minutes and would not reconnect unless I disabled/reenabled Back to My Mac in system prefs.  So, um, thanks?

     

    All this cutting-edge Mavericks OS technology is fantastic, if only it would work the way it is supposed to.

  • by control4reak,

    control4reak control4reak May 18, 2014 7:55 PM in response to Noach Klein1
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    May 18, 2014 7:55 PM in response to Noach Klein1

    I have the same issues.  I tried to revert to a time machie backup of 10.9.2 but all the system apps failed to install properly.  Im back to 10.9.3 and will try the fix you propose but am unsure where to copy these.  Do I copy all them?  I am running a new MacPro 2013 with the lowest base video card.

  • by control4reak,

    control4reak control4reak May 18, 2014 9:37 PM in response to Noach Klein1
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    May 18, 2014 9:37 PM in response to Noach Klein1

    I tried the AMD kext files and it still didnt work

  • by Noach Klein1,

    Noach Klein1 Noach Klein1 May 19, 2014 8:30 AM in response to control4reak
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    May 19, 2014 8:30 AM in response to control4reak

    Man that's not cool.  I ended up restoring form time machine back to 10.9.2

     

    That is really weird - why it doesn't work.

  • by Noach Klein1,

    Noach Klein1 Noach Klein1 May 19, 2014 8:37 AM in response to control4reak
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    May 19, 2014 8:37 AM in response to control4reak

    I took the system apps and any other missing apps back from Time Machine.  This is prob not a perminent fix but until they come out with an update, it saved me from an erase and reinstall.

     

    BTW - the apps work fine once moved from my TM backup.  It seems that only the apps themselves were lost and not the application support files.

     

    My guess is that TM is meant to reinstall your personal stuff and should be used after a clean reinstall.

     

    Either way, am I the only one who see that the more recept OS updates are plagues with far more bugs than previous versions?  Leopard was probably the most solid OS I can remember and once the 3rd party apps got on Board, Snow Leopard was even better.

     

    With Lion, Mountain Lion and now Mavericks, there has been no end to the bugs...

     

    Comments?

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