super_engine Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 Hi to all After some tries i have solved the problem for the output on the DVI (digital) on the 8400 GS In the first time i tried only with VGA (analog) but the quality of images was absolutely not good. So after some research on this forum i have tried to activate both outputs (DVI VGA) and now the DVI output work very fine. Attached the modified NVINJECT.KEXT for activate both outputs (DVI VGA) Change, repair the permissions (CHMOD CHOWN), reset extensions.mkext (KEXTCACHE -K) and reboot Good Luck NVinject.kext.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nikelonedon Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 PLease! I have the same card (XFX 8400 GS) but i can´t get runnig the DVI output I use NVKush instead of NVinject Anyway.. Can you please explainme line by line what exactly did you do? I have no idea how to do the permissions and clear cache so Thanks in advanced Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
super_engine Posted December 4, 2008 Author Share Posted December 4, 2008 Nikelonedon follow this items: 1. Open extensions folder and copy (or replace) NVINJECT.KEXT 1. Open terminal (in utilities menu) 2. Type: sudo -s and digit your admin password cd .. cd .. cd .. cd system cd library cd extensions chmod -R 755 nvinject.kext chown -R root:wheel nvinject.kext cd .. rm extensions.mkext kextcache -k extensions reboot 3. Wait the system reboot and pray Good luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldscchool Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 yeah ... i must try this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocccky Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 works works works !!! ... veeeeerry thanks for that ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onixs Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 Hi.. tried and tested on my 8600GT, works great! I wonder how you were able to get the NVCAP = BAAAAAAAAQACAAAAAAAAAA== Searching thru the net, i cant seem to find a match for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nikelonedon Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 Doesn´t work for me. When i reboot, ir freeze at the apple logo. Not shure if it's the wrong NVCAP number or something on the procedure. I did the exact things that you Maybe some ideas about the NVCAP number (XFX 8400GS 256mb) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
super_engine Posted December 12, 2008 Author Share Posted December 12, 2008 Nikelonedon During the boot start with F8 and -v option (at the prompt) So you can see the sequential load of the kexts (text mode) And report me when the system go in crash Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bussunda Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 Super_Engine, You save my life, man. Thank You!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reverendd Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 Did you get the card using only the DVI output. I've got an 8400GS 512MB and I've got it working on the VGA alone or with dual monitors on the VGA & DVI. But I can't get the thing to work properly with just a DVI output. It will work on a low res setting, but when I bump it up, I get a blue screen. I'm using NVinject.0.2.1 and an NVCAP of 04000000 00000300 04000000 00000007 00000000. Also, this is a small but annoying thing. The grid view is a little choppy when opening and closing. Do you see that as well? It's a small thing but it bugs me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
super_engine Posted December 19, 2008 Author Share Posted December 19, 2008 i want help you but i don't understand some things 1-- when you connect only the DVI output your system works well only until an certain resolution ? (for istance works well until 1280x800 and over you have a blue screen ??) 2-- QE and CI are enabled ?? wait your answer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldscchool Posted December 21, 2008 Share Posted December 21, 2008 works great ... but i have problems. after running a fullscreenapp it didn't switch back to normal resolution. only get a blue screen. ???! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haemplz Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 Works also with Gigabyte 8400GS! THX !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bamboontu Posted March 14, 2009 Share Posted March 14, 2009 It worked for my XFX! Great thanx man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zim2dive Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 I just tried this kect on my PNY GeForce 8400 GS VCG8400SXEB 256MB PCIe http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...-_-NA-_-NA-_-NA I did a plain install of iPC10.5.6 and then installed this. I get 1920x1080 screen and accelerated CI/QE but anytime I try to change resolutions, I get hit by blue screen and unlike a normal bad resolution which waits for a user to confirm, or switches back.. I get stuck and have to reboot and remove. Is this normal? Its closer than I was before, that is for sure (my card seems really cranky) EDIT: so this is the 1st/only kext where I can get into a borked state, remove it (-s mode) and re-install repeatedly and still get _some_ positive effect (most are not repeatable for me). so I only get 1280x768 (I think) resolution (with HW accel) and still can't change resolution. Ideas? thanks, Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
focusedfreedom Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 I've got this same card (PNY from NewEgg.com) and DVI works fine for me unless the Hackintosh goes to sleep. When it wakes from sleep my DVI connected monitor won't come up. If connected via VGA it does however. I have also seen the blue screen if I change resolutions to something that I shouldn't. Sometimes I'll get the message about waiting 15 seconds and then it will revert back. But sometimes it doesn't display that and it's what hoses me up. If connected via VGA I don't seem to have this issue with blue screens. Thanks. -- Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zim2dive Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 I've got this same card (PNY from NewEgg.com) and DVI works fine for me unless the Hackintosh goes to sleep. When it wakes from sleep my DVI connected monitor won't come up. If connected via VGA it does however. I have also seen the blue screen if I change resolutions to something that I shouldn't. Sometimes I'll get the message about waiting 15 seconds and then it will revert back. But sometimes it doesn't display that and it's what hoses me up. If connected via VGA I don't seem to have this issue with blue screens. Thanks. -- Jeff Can you switch resolutions? This is the cloest kext I have found so far.. but when I switch resolutions my screen goes blue.. and never comes back. I do not have VGA connected, I am using DVI. When I reinstall I typically get 1280x768 (I think), and its accelerated.. but I can't switch to my desired 1920x1080 EDIT: did you edit any NVCAPs in the other kexts? or just install this and voila? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
humru Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 I am using F3 SC notebook, my graphic card is "8400M G" (not GS or GT). I am having problems while having video output . Has anybody using this card found any solution ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turanksu Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 Does anyone know how to enable the tv-out in Geforce 8400GS? I've already enabled the dvi out in this topic, but the tv-out is so hard.... Thank you very much!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donw35 Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 This worked for getting my 8600gt to work with the DVI but I lost QI and QE... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
focusedfreedom Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 Can you switch resolutions? This is the cloest kext I have found so far.. but when I switch resolutions my screen goes blue.. and never comes back. I do not have VGA connected, I am using DVI. When I reinstall I typically get 1280x768 (I think), and its accelerated.. but I can't switch to my desired 1920x1080 EDIT: did you edit any NVCAPs in the other kexts? or just install this and voila? I can switch resolutions pretty well. I only installed the kext. But does this work correctly 10.5.6? I've read that it might not. I would love to go the route of EFI strings but not sure how to proceed with that. Thanks. -- Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miliuco Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 This NVCAP give to me DVI output: BAAAAAAAAgAAAAAHAAAAAA== BAAAAAAABQAAAAAHAAAAAA== BAAAAAAABgAAAAAHAAAAAA== BAAAAAAABwAAAAAHAAAAAA== BAAAAAAAAQANAAAAAAAABwAAAAA= BAAAAAAABAAAAAAHAAAAAA== This NVCAP give to me VGA output: BAAAAAAAAQAAAAAHAAAAAA== BAAAAAAAAwAAAAAHAAAAAA== BAAAAAAAAwAMAAAAAAAABwAAAAA= (EFi Studio built-in) Super_engine's value gives to me both outputs: BAAAAAAAAQACAAAAAAAAAA== Thanks. (Tried with NVKush & NVinject). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zim2dive Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 Folks wanting to tweak bits might want to check this thread: http://nvinject.free.fr/forums/viewtopic.php?t=214 I was able to get my PNY 8400gs (low profile) (DVI/svideo/VGA) working pretty well with an NVCAP of 04000000 00000200 00000000 00000000 00000000 I'm not convinced its perfect yet, but I can now change resolutions and survive a reboot (my attempt in my NVCAP was to disable ALL ports except DVI, thinking the the restart problem was the card losing track of which port to use..so I tried to give it no decisions to make) I get a little bit of wierd stuff (like 1920x1080 0Hz as a resolution choice) Its a new PC, so no floppy, so I'm trying to figure out how to get a simple bootable DOS USB stick or CD and run nvflash to see what I get from that. EDIT: in case it matters, I am using iPC 10.5.6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hhi2 Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 Hi super_engine, I have been search the solution for long time, eventually you provided me the solution! You save my life, thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graphire78 Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 hi i just installed this kext but still no QE/CI on my nVidia 8400 GS 256mb. I have the same mobo as you. This is the last thing to get me Hackintosh running perfectly... thanx for the kext anyways. the search continues...so does the desperation. h Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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