<SOLVED>Noiseless NVidia 8400GS 512MB | Working but no QE/CI

[BPMb]

Hi there!

I recommended Tony's CustoMac Pro build to a friend of mine and he bought it except for the videocard

Instead he chose a much cheaper NVidia 8400GS Noiseless card which, seeing as he wants to use it as an audio workstation, isn't too bad and looking around it seemed to be supported only a little more work on my part..

However, I've got everything running (THANK YOU TONY!!!) EXCEPT for this card. I do have a picture but it's only 1024x768 and the resolution cannot be changed..

What I tried;

- GraphicsEnabler=Yes
- PCIRootUID=1
- Added "0x10c310de&0xffe0ffff" to NVDANV50Hal.kext
- Also tried "0x10c310de&0xfff0ffff" instead (how do I know which 0xfff part to use?)

Also, the '0x10c3' part is what is shown in System Profiler which correctly identifies the card..

I haven't tried NVEnabler yet as it linked me to another website (kexts.com) and it had loads of this NVEnabler and I didn't know which one to choose..

This is the exact card: http://www.club-3d.com/index.php/products/reader.en/product/geforce-8400-gs-noiseless-edition.html

Monitor (22") is connected via DVI..

Any suggestions on how to get native resolution and QE/CI?

Any help would be much appreciated!

 

[BPMb]

Re: Noiseless NVidia 8400GS 512MB | Working but no QE/CI

BTW, if it helps, here's my org.chameleon.boot.plist:

<dict>
	<key>Kernel</key>
	<string>mach_kernel</string>
	<key>Kernel Flags</key>
	<string>npci=0x2000 darkwake=0</string>
	<key>GraphicsEnabler</key>
	<string>Yes</string>
	<key>Timeout</key>
	<string>2</string>
	<key>Legacy Logo</key>
	<string>Yes</string>
	<key>EthernetBuiltIn</key>
	<string>Yes</string>
	<key>GenerateCStates</key>
	<string>Yes</string>
	<key>GeneratePStates</key>
	<string>Yes</string>
	<key>UseKernelCache</key>
	<string>Yes</string>
</dict>
</plist>

 

[BPMb]

Re: Noiseless NVidia 8400GS 512MB | Working but no QE/CI

Solved it!

It was (of course) my own fault.. I edited the plist in NVDANV50.kext as root using the Terminal and pico, thinking I wouldn't need to run Kext Utility to repair the permissions

WRONG!!!

I added the device ID, ran Kext Utility and BHAM! QE and CI are working!

Sorry for the post but hey, maybe another idiot (like me) finds this useful