10.6.7 Sandy Bridge Update + Intel HD 3000 = No Boot

[wojian]

Need help !!! , I got Asus P8h67-m Le i5 2500K, not successed with intel HD 3000 GPU...
Anybody here can get onboard video intel HD3000 to work with latest Mac OS X 10.6.7 Early 2011 MacBook Pro Sandy Bridge Update?

 

[tonymacx86]

Need help !!! , I got Asus P8h67-m Le i5 2500K, not successed with intel HD 3000 GPU...
Anybody here can get onboard video intel HD3000 to work with latest Mac OS X 10.6.7 Early 2011 MacBook Pro Sandy Bridge Update?

I've been testing- but too. For the onboard to work, we'll probably need some kind of Chameleon injection, similar to what exists for GMA 950, X3100.

 

[wojian]

HI, Tony, thanks for reply, I tried a fresh install 10.6.6 using MBP 2011 Install DVD, then upgrade to 10.6.7, still got same problem, it's stop at SNB Buffer, unable to load...

 

[jul9000]

Tony, what happend with the previous topic about HD2000/3000 (Sandy Bridge Onboard Intel HD 2000/3000 Graphics)?

the forum says to me: "You are not authorised to read this forum"

 

[gnugazer]

Tony, what happend with the previous topic about HD2000/3000 (Sandy Bridge Onboard Intel HD 2000/3000 Graphics)?

the forum says to me: "You are not authorised to read this forum"

Yes i noticed too..what happened?? really hope HD2000/3000 will finally worked QE/CI, after tried to install on my mobo now im sure my MSI H67MA-45 board works fine, except for the integrated hd2000 (and still have problem with ALC892 + wont boot from HDD)

 

[icoder]

General 10.6.7 Update installed without problem (thanks to Tony and others), but something is definitely wrong with the driver.

Extracted AppleIntelHDGraphics bundle and IOPCIFamily.kext from 10.6.7 Update for MBP 2011, included IOGraphicsFamily + IONDRVSupport from 10.6.6 DVD MBP 2011.

Rebuild cache with Kext Utility.

Machine is accessible via ssh after the boring "PCI configuration begin" message appears. It looks like graphics init failure.

Noticed that one of the first messages in verbose mode is "unknow Intel bla-bla-bla" with valid 0x0116 id, definitely supported by the driver.

Could it be a video bios issue? Any advice appreciated. Can't wait for 10.7 release, eyes might be broken in a few days, thnx to 1024x768 resolution on a 1600x900 screen

P.S. Nice to find out, Mac OS 10.4+ does not support /dev/mem. Had to dump intel video bios from Linux -- "sudo dd if=/dev/mem of=vbios.dmp bs=65536 skip=12 count=1"

No evidance of lenovo copyright, just Intel and rather outdated by the way -- "Build 2089a PC 14.34 10/30/2010 03:43:33". Given a "PC" substring we may suppose that separate "Mac" version exists.

According to this paper (related to Intel motherboards) build 2089 was included into initial package release (2010-12-04), updated on 2011-03-14 to 2108:

http://downloadmirror.intel.com/19935/e ... eNotes.pdf

And newer build 2111 included into updated package on 2011-04-15:

http://downloadmirror.intel.com/20008/e ... eNotes.pdf

Does it make sense to update video bios to the latest build?..

Any chance to compare it with Apple version used in MBP 2011?

P.P.S. Another idea: may be 0x0116 (i3-2310m) is NOT the same device id as for those HD 3000 inside MBP 2011 (remember, there are i5, not i3 CPUs). Probably actual support for 0x0116 is not enabled yet, the device id added to get ready for future Mac mini / MacBook release with i3 onboard.

 

[lotus]

I have the DH67CL and I'm using HD3000 with no kext loaded no QE/Ci no ability to change my resolution in preferences, but I can manually set my resolution to something other than 1024x768. Mine is set to 1680x1050.

If you want to use another resolution you can put this in your com.apple.Boot.plist

<key>Graphics Mode</key>
<string>1680x1050x32</string>


At least your eyes will thank you.

BTW I have tried everything from Lion kexts to SNB kexts, and can get SNBFB kext to load when I do a kextstat, but when I go look under the Graphics area in About this Mac I still dont see an actual kext loaded. Hope this helps.

 

[icoder]

....but I can manually set my resolution to something other than 1024x768. Mine is set to 1680x1050.

Really hope you not kidding. I suppose you attached an external monitor to HDMI/DVI?

Native resolution is all I need until 10.7 retail release (still hope for HD 3000 issue to be solved then). I am almost ready to send my Lenovo L520 back and order a Mac mini to use it in my office, but it has not been updated yet...

This option was never working on Intel-based video due a to limited list of VESA modes supported by default. In fact just few 4x3 modes are available: 640x480, 800x600, 1024x768. It occured that 1280x1024 is supported on HDMI interface, but not wide modes like 1920x1080 or 1600x900 or 1366x768.

I have just dumped my bios and patched custom OEM modes (8/16/32 bit) 848x480 to 1600x900. Hope it will let "Graphics Mode" option to work properly, but still can't load the file. Seems that both UseATIRom and UseNvidiaRom options ignore it (may be due to 8086 vendor code).

Can anyone confirm, is it possible to load _Intel_ rom with current version of Chameleon?

 

[lotus]

....but I can manually set my resolution to something other than 1024x768. Mine is set to 1680x1050.

Really hope you not kidding. I suppose you attached an external monitor to HDMI/DVI?

Native resolution is all I need until 10.7 retail release (still hope for HD 3000 issue to be solved then). I am almost ready to send my Lenovo L520 back and order a Mac mini to use it in my office, but it has not been updated yet...

This option was never working on Intel-based video due a to limited list of VESA modes supported by default. In fact just few 4x3 modes are available: 640x480, 800x600, 1024x768. It occured that 1280x1024 is supported on HDMI interface, but not wide modes like 1920x1080 or 1600x900 or 1366x768.

I have just dumped my bios and patched custom OEM modes (8/16/32 bit) 848x480 to 1600x900. Hope it will let "Graphics Mode" option to work properly, but still can't load the file. Seems that both UseATIRom and UseNvidiaRom options ignore it (may be due to 8086 vendor code).

Can anyone confirm, is it possible to load _Intel_ rom with current version of Chameleon?

I have an Intel DH67CL using an I7 2600K. I made an edit to my com.apple.Boot.plist
<key>Graphics Mode</key>
<string>1680x1050x32</string>

I have a Cable connected to the HDMI port of the DH67CL to my Plannar 24" display and I can see the changed resolution. Please note you will not be able to change the resolution under preferences. This is a manual edit only. I have no Kext loaded. When I get home I will get you a screen shot, But I would advise you just follow my directions and try it.......

 

[icoder]

I have an Intel DH67CL using an I7 2600K. I made an edit to my smbios.plist
<key>Graphics Mode</key>
<string>1680x1050x32</string>

I have a Cable connected to the HDMI port of the DH67CL to my Plannar 24" display and I can see the changed resolution. Please note you will not be able to change the resolution under preferences. This is a manual edit only. I have no Kext loaded. When I get home I will get you a screen shot, But I would advise you just follow my directions and try it.......

No offense, I trust you. Just trying to determine how you succeeded to set the native resolution.

BTW, did you mean "/Extra/com.apple.Boot.plist" or smbios.plist? Have just tried both once again, negative as always.

Could you please confirm, if my assumptions are correct:
0. this ...boot.plist/smbios.plist DID NOT fixed your resolution prior to 10.6.7 SB update
1. you installed a complete 10.6.7 SB (MBP 2011) update
2. those HD 3000 related kexts (AppleIntel*.*) are not loaded -- could you please check with "kextstat -l | grep AppleIntel" -- did you remove them from /System/Library/Extensions manually?
3. your cable is HDMI-HDMI (and not using HDMI/VGA adapter -- just to be sure)
4. is your current resolution correctly displayed in System Profiler under Graphics/Displays?

Hope the reason is not that your resolution is "more native" to Mac OS, than mine 1600x900 or 1920x1080; since 1680x1050, 1920x1200, etc. are used by Apple devices, while 16:9 modes are not.

Otherwise, some 10.6.7SB kexts still set native resolution for you and probably will do the same to me on external interface.

Still have to find a Display Port <-> HDMI adapter to test my external full-hd panel.

Thanks a lot for your help.