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For people with HD3000 artifacts... Are you using DDR3-1600 PC3-12800 or DDR3-1333 PC3-10600 speed RAM? I have the slower 1333 RAM and wondering if that is the issue. Stork has 1600 RAM in his Zorro build and has no artifacts. I'm wondering now if the RAM is the issue. Some real Mac...

My system will hard freeze randomly. iTunes will start stuttering like a broken record in half second bursts of the same clip repeating. The mouse will freeze completely. I can't Force Quit. I can't VNC. I can't SSH. It's not a Kernel Panic, as nothing is displayed and the screen stays...

System on SSD, User folder on HDD or System on SSD, User folder on SSD, data (iTunes library, iPhoto library, video) on HDD Which is better, assuming both will fit? How much benefit do you have putting the user data like preferences and mail on the SSD?

Ok, I have been fooled before, and it is early in my testing, but so far I have no artifacts or graphics issues with HD3000 graphics in Mountain Lion. I am using: i5-2500k which previously had artifact issues using HD3000 Macmini5,1 SMBIOS GraphicsEnabler=yes DSDT downloaded from database...

What is the best graphics card that meets these criteria: Works out of the box In Mountain Lion Cheap Preferably low noise and power Basically, I don't want to run games, I just need a basic graphics card that just plain works. No frame buffers, no injection, no KEXTs, no Fermi issues...

I am getting random kernel panics when the machine is idle. I think it's my video card, but not sure. For some reason, I don't get any logs to /Library/Logs/Diagnostic Reports. I thought this is where Lion would log a Kernel Panic. I am using Console app and don't see anything. Any idea why...

Solved: Set ATI Config to Vervet and this card should work. You can use Chameleon Wizard to do this easily. You can ignore the rest of this thread. Trying to get my Asus ATI HD 5450 512MB Silent working in Lion. MacPro 3,1 SMBIOS Installed ATI5000injector.kext in S/L/E Set ATI config to...

Fundamentally, which is more compatible, ATI or NVIDIA? Most people here seem to recommend NVIDIA for low end cards, ATI for high end. Apple currently ships ATI only, but has shipped NVIDIA before. Does that indicate a shift towards ATI that we should follow when buying hardware? For my...

Disclaimer: this helped but did not permanently fix my issues. It appears that many factors contribute. I think I finally fixed (gave up) the issue by getting a new video card: viewtopic.php?f=221&t=57465 Who If you are using Intel HD 3000 integrated graphics and have freezes, artifacts, or...

I have seen a bunch of HD3000 graphics artifacts threads that either have no resolution or go on for pages and pages. Let's try to sum this up. The Problem The Gigabyte motherboard only allows you to allocate 480MB VRAM in BIOS. If you have more than 4GB RAM (like 8GB) Mac OS allocates 512MB...

I was having the dreaded Gigabyte boot loop. I found a very easy way to fix it. The problem is the CMOS gets somehow corrupted, and the computer can't even post. Using the CMOS clear jumper or removing the battery will sometimes work (if given enough time) but isn't reliable. The easy...

When I reboot, my iTunes wifi sync breaks. It doesn't see my iPhone over wifi. My phone can't connect manually through Settings>General>iTunes Wifi Sync. It says "not available." It's like the computer can't see the phone (or iPad), and vice versa. I open System Preferences>Network on the...

I have a current Lion machine: - Intel Core2Quad 2.66 GHz Q8400 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6819115057 - GIGABYTE G31M-ES2L http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... yte%20G31M -ASUS 8400GS silent 256MB PCI-Express graphics card http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ...