Odd Video Issue After Logitech Control Center Install/Font Smoothing Tweak - GA-Z77-DS3H

[dmluttrull]

First off, I'm a long time follower, first time poster. This site/forum has done some amazing work within the hackintosh realm! So, I successfully installed a stable hackintosh system. I have the GA-Z77-DS3H, Core i5-3570k, 8gb Corsair Vengeance, 64gb OCZ Agility 3. I'm running off the integrated graphics. I picked out all of my parts (besides the inherited SSD) based on the buyer's guide.

That said, I'm baffled by an screen issue. I have an cheap-o Spectre monitor that doesn't work well with mac (specifically the fonts look bad). I found a script on the net that was supposed to force Mac to smooth out of the fonts: "defaults -currentHost write -globalDomain AppleFontSmoothing -int 2" After running the script and rebooting, I found my screen to be completely messed up (see the linked pic). The majority of the screen is black with distorted bars at the top. If I move the mouse, I can see something happening, but nothing in particular. Since I ran a script I found on the net, I figured it was my bad and reformatted.

But, when I installed the Logitech Command Center (to set the F keys on my K750), the same thing happened. If I boot into Safe Mode (-x), the screen is perfectly fine. Also, if I put the computer to sleep upon boot up, it will wake much less distorted - close enough to allow me to reset the display settings and get my normal screen!

Do you all have any ideas what's going on? Is there something I'm missing?

Here's a link to what the screen looks like:

 

[charlie126]

Hi,
Are you using HDMI?

 

[dmluttrull]

Sure am. I'm using the onboard HDMI port.

 

[charlie126]

What motherboard Rev 1.0 or 1.1?

 

[dmluttrull]

Rev 1.1.

 

[charlie126]

Are you able to share what you have in your org.chameleon.boot.plist?

I had a similar issue

 

[dmluttrull]

Sure. Here's the text from the org.chameleon.Boot.plist:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>EthernetBuiltIn</key>
<string>Yes</string>
<key>GenerateCStates</key>
<string>Yes</string>
<key>GeneratePStates</key>
<string>Yes</string>
<key>GraphicsEnabler</key>
<string>Yes</string>
<key>Kernel</key>
<string>mach_kernel</string>
<key>Kernel Flags</key>
<string>darkwake=0</string>
<key>Legacy Logo</key>
<string>Yes</string>
<key>Timeout</key>
<string>2</string>
<key>UseKernelCache</key>
<string>Yes</string>
</dict>
</plist>

 

[charlie126]

This is mine, i got 27inch Asus. I had a similar issue but when i made the changes as per below it became stable.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>EthernetBuiltIn</key>
<string>Yes</string>
<key>GenerateCStates</key>
<string>Yes</string>
<key>GeneratePStates</key>
<string>Yes</string>
<key>Graphics Mode</key>
<string>1920x1080x32</string>
<key>GraphicsEnabler</key>
<string>Yes</string>
<key>HD4000PlatformId</key>
<string>5</string>
<key>Kernel</key>
<string>mach_kernel</string>
<key>Kernel Flags</key>
<string>darkwake=0</string>
<key>Legacy Logo</key>
<string>Yes</string>
<key>Timeout</key>
<string>2</string>
<key>UseKernelCache</key>
<string>Yes</string>
</dict>
</plist>

 

[dmluttrull]

Nailed it! I added the following to my org.chameleon.Boot.plist:

<key>Graphics Mode</key>
<string>1920x1080x32</string>
<key>GraphicsEnabler</key>
<string>Yes</string>
<key>HD4000PlatformId</key>
<string>5</string>

After restart, the screen came up perfectly. Thanks so much for your help! Hopefully if anyone else has this same issue they will be able to find this thread.