HELP - GeForce 8400 GS card to work

[dchrissmith]

Trying to get my 2nd Graphics card going
OSX 10.6.8

AMD Radeon HD 6870 works. All good.
GeForce 8400 GS does not.

I ran Multibeast and installed the NVIDIA Plugin
and both cards show up in my system profiler now.
But the card doesn't seem to output video.

I'm new to this but it seems there could be a DTST
issue. Any thoughts?

 

[hardmantosh]

Trying to get my 2nd Graphics card going
OSX 10.6.8

AMD Radeon HD 6870 works. All good.
GeForce 8400 GS does not.

I ran Multibeast and installed the NVIDIA Plugin
and both cards show up in my system profiler now.
But the card doesn't seem to output video.

I'm new to this but it seems there could be a DTST
issue. Any thoughts?

i run the 8400gs no need for kexts whatsoever just works in all versions osx
never had an issue with it at all ,full screen res etc/////plug an play;;;;

 

[cosmicvoyager]

I also can't change resolutions with my NVIDIA Geforce 8400 GS.

I ran Multibeast and installed the NVIDIA Plugin

What plugin? i don't see any NVIDIA options in Multibeast.

What is the ID of this card?

 

[dchrissmith]

I also can't change resolutions with my NVIDIA Geforce 8400 GS.

I ran Multibeast and installed the NVIDIA Plugin

What plugin? i don't see any NVIDIA options in Multibeast.

What is the ID of this card?

Attached Pix...
Mulitbeast 3.9.0

Chipset Model: GeForce 8400 GS
Device ID: 0x10c3

 

[cosmicvoyager]

Hmm...the plugin did not fix it

Where do I find the device ID of the card?

 

[dchrissmith]

utilities > system profiler > hardware > graphics

Mine looks like this:
GeForce 8400 GS:
Chipset Model: GeForce 8400 GS
Type: GPU
Bus: PCIe
Slot: Slot-1
PCIe Lane Width: x8
VRAM (Total): 1 MB
Vendor: NVIDIA (0x10de)
Device ID: 0x10c3
Revision ID: 0x00a2
ROM Revision: 0x00

 

[cosmicvoyager]

Hmm..the device ID, 0x10c3, looks nothing like the other device IDs in the file.

Do I just add it like this?

<string>
0x00f010de&amp;0xfff0ffff
0x019010de&amp;0xfff0ffff
0x040010de&amp;0xfff0ffff
0x042010de&amp;0xfff0ffff
0x05e010de&amp;0xfff8ffff
0x05f010de&amp;0xfff0ffff
0x060010de&amp;0xffe0ffff
0x062010de&amp;0xffe0ffff
0x064010de&amp;0xffe0ffff
0x06e010de&amp;0xfff0ffff
0x086010de&amp;0xffe0ffff
0x08a010de&amp;0xffe0ffff
0x0a2010de&amp;0xffa0ffff
0x0ca010de&amp;0xffe0ffff
0x10c3
</string>

 

[hooverdoo]

cant get it to work im doing the info.plist stuff it shows a display but cant correct screen res. or play a video of anything i need help!

 

[cosmicvoyager]

cant get it to work im doing the info.plist stuff it shows a display but cant correct screen res. or play a video of anything i need help!

First, which port are you using? I got mine to work with the VGA and HDMI ports but not the DVI.

 

[hooverdoo]

i using vga do i need to use dvi will hdmi work cause i dont have a dvi right now