Hi. i am trying to get my video card working correctly with osx86. apps that require Quartz extreme will not load and in system preferences the only resolution available is 1024x768.

i do not like that because the garageband window seems "cramped" and too small. help?

i think my refresh rate is 60 but i am not sure.

oh and if it helps i have an insignia d400a desktop.

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What card? What OS X?

i know i have a 82845g but how would i find the exact name of it?

&& i am running iPC Leopard 10.5.6

BUMPPP!!!!!!!!!! lol i need help here!

Use OSx86Tools. Run View PCI Device/Vendor ID>Run LSPCI. Find VGA line.

thanks. i will try that when i get home as i am not at my "hackintosh" right now.

Das_human,

the vga line says

"00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE Chipset Integrated Graphics Device [8086:2562] (rev 01)"

845 chipset can not support QE. End of story. The rest of the advice in this topic is garbage.

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is there any way to change the screen resolution at least? is there a way to do it in osx86 tools and how?

thanks.

anybodyyy????????????

Try Switchres X or get a real video card.

thanks. but my mobo doesnt have PCI Express so adding a new video card is not an option

I tried SwitchresX and osx86tools to change to resolution and they both didnt work...ughh...

would 10.6 be better? in terms of supporting my video card, etc?

PCI-express is not a requirement for working QE and CI.

My P4 hackintosh (see sig) is running vanilla 10.5.8 with an AGP video card and it works great. Only caveat is that AGP is not working, so the card is recognized as a PCI card (33MHz transfer speed). But all that means is that it doesn't play games at high resolutions.

I haven't tried installing Snow on it yet, I heard AGP cards don't work at all in 10.6. Besides I need a working 10.5.x install for other purposes.

If your motherboard doesn't have AGP either, I'm sure you could use a plain old PCI card if you can find one with a supported chipset.

Updating to 10.6.x will not improve your situation.

thanks