iMac (21.5-inch, Mid 2011) w/ AMD Radeon HD 6770M issues following upgrade to OSX High Sierra

Picking up where Jeffmazur left off 6 years ago...I've been fighting with little boxes jumping around my display (mid 2011, 21.5 AMD Radeon HD 6770M) followed by crash.


Using About this Mac System Report/Extensions I found that renaming AMD6000Controller.kext did not keep it from being loaded at startup. So:

  1. I restarted into Recovery partition and using terminal, executed command csrutil disable to turn off System Integrity Protection.
  2. I restarted in safe mode and using cmd shft . to view hidden files I modified the System/Library/Extensions by moving AMD6000Controller.kext, AMDLegacyFramebuffer.kext, AMDLegacySupport.kext, and AMDRadeonX3000.kext into a new folder called Extensions disabled.
  3. Restarted into Recovery partition and using terminal executed csrutil enable to reenable System Integrity Protection.
  4. Restarted normally.


I now have a stable display, no little boxes and crashes, but some slow graphics. I was limping along in Safe Mode for years, but found that audio was disabled. Now audio works, videos play, and things seem solid......Thanks Jeffmazur.

iMac 21.5″, macOS 10.13

Posted on Feb 17, 2022 4:20 PM

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Posted on Feb 17, 2022 4:38 PM

Good work, yes it'll be slower graphics.


 Have you blown the dust out of the intakes lately?

What temperatures does this App report? Especially the GPU.

This App can be used to speed up the fans, all my iMacs would be dead without it.

Never ever ever drop fan speeds below the speed that the Mac itself is calling for.

MacFansControl…

https://www.crystalidea.com/macs-fan-control


https://fannywidget.com/

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Feb 17, 2022 4:38 PM in response to hasmodius

Good work, yes it'll be slower graphics.


 Have you blown the dust out of the intakes lately?

What temperatures does this App report? Especially the GPU.

This App can be used to speed up the fans, all my iMacs would be dead without it.

Never ever ever drop fan speeds below the speed that the Mac itself is calling for.

MacFansControl…

https://www.crystalidea.com/macs-fan-control


https://fannywidget.com/

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