[GUIDE] General Framebuffer Patching Guide (HDMI Black Screen Problem)

[salsaweb]

Thanks @CaseySJ, I lost a lot of time to reinstall everything. Now I have a clean system, I try all the procedures described and follow your advice. I will let you know.
This is the current situation(?):

 

[fabio71]

Hello CaseySJ
question: in the Hackintool app what should I flag in Patch - General - Advance for HD4600
Thanks

 

[CaseySJ]

Thanks @CaseySJ, I lost a lot of time to reinstall everything. Now I have a clean system, I try all the procedures described and follow your advice. I will let you know.
This is the current situation(?):

One possible issue I see from the screenshot:

• In the bottom section Current Framebuffer Info, "GPU Device ID" should be 0x59128086 instead of 0x59120000.

 

[CaseySJ]

Hello CaseySJ
question: in the Hackintool app what should I flag in Patch - General - Advance for HD4600
Thanks

That depends on several factors:

• If you trying to activate the on-board video ports:
  • General --> Device Properties (on)
  • General --> Connectors (on)
  • General --> Graphic Device (on)
  • General --> Auto Detect Changes (off)
  • Advanced --> Hotplug Reboot Fix
• If you are using a 4K monitor:
  • All of the above plus:
  • Advanced --> Enable HDMI20 (4K) (on)
• If you encounter issues, then try the following items in any combination:
  • Advanced --> DVMT pre-alloc 32 MB (on)
  • Advanced --> VRAM 2048 MB (on)

 

[fabio71]

thanks for your answer
what interests me is the HD4600

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AQAAAA==
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<key>framebuffer-patch-enable</key>
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<key>hda-gfx</key>
<string>onboard-2</string>
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how can i check if it's working

 

[CaseySJ]

thanks for your answer
what interests me is the HD4600

how can i check if it's working

With Hackintool you can check the following 2 screens:

Screenshot 1: Check that all the values look okay and there are no "???".
Screenshot 2: Check that VRAM is at least 1536 MB.

 

[fabio71]

 

[CaseySJ]

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View attachment 404001

That looks good. Now you can test the video ports that you want to use. Your motherboard has a lot of them: HDMI, DP, DVI, VGA.

 

[fabio71]

I'm connected with HDMI

DP i have to modify with HDMI
from the photo Port 0x00

 

[CaseySJ]

I'm connected with HDMI
View attachment 404002

DP i have to modify with HDMI
from the photo Port 0x00

• Click the "eye" icon to make sure that the Connectors reflect the actual settings in effect.
• It's also a good idea to run IORegistryExplorer and export the IOReg file by selecting File --> Save As...

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[GUIDE] General Framebuffer Patching Guide (HDMI Black Screen Problem)

General Framebuffer Patching Guide using Hackintool Please do not quote this guide in its entirety. Post a link instead. 15 Jan 2019: Intel FB-Patcher has been renamed to Hackintool. 19 Jan 2019: Guide overhauled. Please be aware of possible HDMI hot-plug issues. After boot you may have to...

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