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thirin
Hi OSX lovers,

I have an problem. I've tried Luxor 2 and Civilization 3 but everytime i start them i get blank screen on my laptop. I think it has some connections with refreshing rate because i get same effect when trying to switch 70hz refresh from desktop. My Machine is IBM thinkpad t40, calisto 006, ati 7500 pack, and config:

Radeon Mobility 7500:

Chipset Model: Radeon Mobility 7500

Type: Display

Bus: AGP

VRAM (Total): 32 MB

Vendor: ATI (0x1002)

Device ID: 0x4c57

Revision ID: 0x0000

Displays:

Color LCD:

Resolution: 1024 x 768 @ 60 Hz

Depth: 32-bit Color

Core Image: Not Supported

Main Display: Yes

Mirror: Off

Online: Yes

Quartz Extreme: Supported













Please help, everything else is working perfectly.



P.S. Is there any way to specify refresh rate for all aplications?
R2k.
same problem with ATI 9600xt ,without answers ....


~R
gadzhev79
same problem i can't play any game just black screen and i can hear just sound.
i have 2.6MHz Core2Duo 8GB RAM NVIDIA 8800 GT 512MB and ABIT IP35Pro Motherboard
Please send me an e-mail if you know how to fix it.
Thanks unsure.gif
cyclonefr
dunno about the others cuz these cards are too old and are using CAllisto which is a framebuffer made by omni, but gadzhev79, you should try your other DVI port.
no.fear3224
lol i spent hours trying to figure out why i couldnt change my screen resolution or start a game on my new computer i built..has a 8800gt OC manufactured by zotac, i thought it was the card so i tried tons of different drivers and everything i could think of to get the resolution to change (without restarting the PC and getting games to play) of course after a wasted saturday i tried the other dvi port and it works flawlessly.
ZenecadE
I should give this a try. My notebook running x700 runs most games flawlessly on 10.4.9. My desktop got dual DVI 8600GT and games got sound alright but no picture. Exiting the game doesn't help my cause as a full on reboot is required. Sexy!
lnerrrka
In many games, look for some kind of settings file and change resolution from full screen to windowed. It worked for me in NFS Carbon, Luxor and some others tongue.gif wink.gif
mannenberg
QUOTE (no.fear3224 @ May 23 2008, 01:13 AM) *
i spent hours ...
i tried the other dvi port and it works flawlessly.


Thank you! The same for me. It solved the problem.
Danimt
QUOTE (gadzhev79 @ May 21 2008, 04:53 AM) *
same problem i can't play any game just black screen and i can hear just sound.
i have 2.6MHz Core2Duo 8GB RAM NVIDIA 8800 GT 512MB and ABIT IP35Pro Motherboard
Please send me an e-mail if you know how to fix it.
Thanks unsure.gif


Happens the same to me.
When I start Battlefield screen goes black and I can only hear sound.

According to my system configuration all looks ok...

venerzky
Same problem here, qe/ci fully supported and enabled, using nvidia geforce 9500 gt,, only blue screen w/ sounds when I try to play games for mac os x,,
Shadow_2k
QUOTE (venerzky @ Aug 21 2009, 02:27 PM) *
Same problem here, qe/ci fully supported and enabled, using nvidia geforce 9500 gt,, only blue screen w/ sounds when I try to play games for mac os x,,


Try switching video ports as suggested by cyclonefr a few posts earlier. That work for mE when I built my first hackintosh a year ago.
BLARGiAMdEAD
QUOTE (Shadow_2k @ Sep 10 2009, 11:39 PM) *
Try switching video ports as suggested by cyclonefr a few posts earlier. That work for mE when I built my first hackintosh a year ago.


Same (although I've only tried Rise of Nations under Rosetta, so that might be the problem). I've got a 9800 GT.
nozz93
Had that problem too, first I switched to the other DVI port (that one that is nearer to your mainboard) and then I installed another graphics kext. Switched from NVkush to NVdarwin. You could try that. And if you have a DVI and VGA port, use the DVI port.
BLARGiAMdEAD
My games now work, having switched the monitor port. biggrin.gif
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