stoned_crazy Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 Super_engine, you are my new hero. That kext gets my Dell D830 NVIDIA Quadro NVS 140M working with QE/CI and external VGA at the same time too! Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vegasgs Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 Thanks... you fix my D630 Q/E problem... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spink123 Posted July 19, 2009 Share Posted July 19, 2009 Hi all, seriously need some help here. I've been trying hard to get my 8400M G with 128mb Vram (not 8400M GS) working on my Asus U6S but so far have not been able to do so. I installed Mac OS X using iATKOS v7 disk. I tried using NVinject, NVdarwin, NVkush, Nvenabler, Corevidia, NVinjectGo etc but was unable to get the screen displayed on my laptop. However, when I connected a VGA cable to the TV the screen came out fine on the TV. I was able to change the resolution etc and movement on the screen was much faster. I have a HDMI output as well but I did not try it out. Using PlistPro editor, I tried a couple of NVCAP values but they all yield the same results. These are some of the values that I have tried: 04000000 00000100 02000000 00000000 00000000 04000000 00000100 06000000 00000000 00000000 04000000 00000100 0e000000 00000000 00000000 04000000 00000100 02000000 00000007 00000000 I have tried to enable QE and CI but it's still the same. Saw this thread and followed the steps given and same thing again, blank screen on my laptop but ok on the TV screen. This is a screenshot of the Graphics/Display properties of the steps from this thread, note that the Vram is 512mb instead of 128mb in my card but everything else seems to be working fine. The other screenshot was with NVinjectGo, 128mb was correctly displayed but performance wise is the same as NVinject. I have also read that if I can provide the VGA BIOS I could get the correct NVCAP values. However, I have tried using Nvflash 441, 512, 550, 572 and 580 but it's either I received the message "Supported EEPROM not found" or I got a 0 byte ROM file. I just wish the screen to appear on my notebook instead via VGA or HDMI so that I can truly enjoy the Mac OS experience in my notebook. Would appreciate greatly if someone could enlighten me over here. Thank you very much in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spink123 Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 anybody able to help me out? thank you for your kind assistance... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xiniu Posted September 3, 2009 Share Posted September 3, 2009 Well, after long fight I've made my 8400M GS work under OSX. Works: dual screen and Quartz Extreme. Just look here: NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS: Chipset Model: NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS Type: Display Bus: PCIe PCIe Lane Width: x16 VRAM (Total): 256 MB Vendor: NVIDIA (0x10de) Device ID: 0x0427 Revision ID: 0x00a1 ROM Revision: NVdarwin 1.2.5 Displays: Display: Resolution: 1280 x 800 Depth: 32-bit Color Core Image: Hardware Accelerated Mirror: Off Online: Yes Quartz Extreme: Supported Rotation: Supported BenQ X900: Resolution: 1280 x 1024 @ 60 Hz Depth: 32-bit Color Core Image: Hardware Accelerated Main Display: Yes Mirror: Off Online: Yes Quartz Extreme: Supported Rotation: Supported My working NVdarwin.kext is in attachment. NVdarwin.kext.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c0olzero Posted October 4, 2009 Share Posted October 4, 2009 Will this work with Quadro NVS 140m since they have the same GPU chipset? Where did you get all those strings from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeBauer Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 Well, after long fight I've made my 8400M GS work under OSX. Works: dual screen and Quartz Extreme. Just look here:NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS: My working NVdarwin.kext is in attachment. I have the same card, device ID and all. Can't get VGA Output to work. I tried your Kext, but still no luck =/ It's a shame, I have a HP DV2890NR (Artist Edition) I got it to work with almost everything (except audio jacks and wireless, but a dongle for wireless will solve that) I haven't tried with HDMI output yet. Maybe tomorrow on the LCD at my work place. If you can give me any details about what did you do to get it to work? Thanks in advance! Luke - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LennyX Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 Have you guys tried using EFI strings if you're on a Chameleon (or similar) install? Most NVIDIA cards (including 8400GS) are supported this way and tend to give pretty good results. I'm on Snow Leopard now with a 512MB 8400GS and I couldn't get any of the NVInject-style kexts to work well enough, so I went with EFI strings but I was still having some graphics problems like getting stuck at a blue screen on resolution change, very delayed (I mean it took hours) color inversion when using Ctrl+Opt+Cmd+8, full screen games weren't working and there was just general choppiness when using either DVI or VGA. The problems were there in Leopard as well but I never found a fix. Today, just for fun I tried setting up 2 monitors as an extended desktop using both VGA + DVI ports at the same time and boom my problems magically went away. My resolution now changes perfectly fine, color gets inverted like it should and animations are a whole lot smoother. It also works if you just plug a spare cable in to the spare VGA/DVI port that you're not using – it doesn't even have to be attached to a monitor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EPDM Posted November 10, 2009 Share Posted November 10, 2009 Have you guys tried using EFI strings if you're on a Chameleon (or similar) install? Most NVIDIA cards (including 8400GS) are supported this way and tend to give pretty good results. I'm on Snow Leopard now with a 512MB 8400GS and I couldn't get any of the NVInject-style kexts to work well enough, so I went with EFI strings but I was still having some graphics problems like getting stuck at a blue screen on resolution change, very delayed (I mean it took hours) color inversion when using Ctrl+Opt+Cmd+8, full screen games weren't working and there was just general choppiness when using either DVI or VGA. The problems were there in Leopard as well but I never found a fix. Today, just for fun I tried setting up 2 monitors as an extended desktop using both VGA + DVI ports at the same time and boom my problems magically went away. My resolution now changes perfectly fine, color gets inverted like it should and animations are a whole lot smoother. It also works if you just plug a spare cable in to the spare VGA/DVI port that you're not using – it doesn't even have to be attached to a monitor. Thanks for this great tip. And indeed it switches resolutions fine now. Thank you, thank you, thank you! In fact I investigated this a bit further. For single monitor setups you HAVE to connect your monitor to the DVI-port and put a spare cable into the analog port. Otherwise this trick wont work. Using the analog port and leave a DVI-analog adaptor also doesn't work. You really need to plug your monitor on the DVI-port (either through an DVI-adaptor ot DVI-analog cable) and leave the spare cable attached to the analog port. For your info this is my system. Pentium 4 630 (3GHz Hyperthreading) ECS 915-P mainboard Asus GF 8400 GS 512MB DDR2 silent (the one with the big silver heatsink) 2GB DDR1 Ram OSX 10.5.2 (Kallyway DVD using the included NVinject 0.2.0) Thanks again to LennyX. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TavinhoCosta Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 Hey, work for me this tips, but i can't calibrate or change color options in display. How i fix this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TavinhoCosta Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 super_engine Can you help me????? Tips and Ideas for my question? Anybody??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chencho Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 xiniu, nvdarwin dont work into Snow Leopard :'( I have 1024 resolution and no Q/E enabled Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heatpeep Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 For those of you that have it working with DVI+VGA, can you please post the EFI strings that you are using? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tirpir Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 8400M GS 64mb I can not achieve work HDMI over dsdt add to nvdarwin1.2.5 string: 0401000000000100060000000000010b00000000 (BAEAAAAAAQAGAAAAAAABCwAAAAA=) - HDMI work Qaurtz supported When add this string in dsdt - HDMI the port does not work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaz0ne Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 Hi guys, One of my friends has a problem. It is not a really big one, but still it is a problem. On his desktop, he installed iDeneb 10.5.5. Most of the hardware works great even the video card -Galaxy 8400gs 512MB/64bit- with Q/E enabled. But here is the problem. In some full screen games (i.e. 4 of 7 games) the screen remains black. Only the sound works. But that happens only in 1024x768 resolution. With the default resolution that shows right after installation, 800x600, those games that doesnt work in 1024x768 - works without a problem. Ok, my question is: bad driver -i've tried other kexts for this card, but the problem persist- or something else? What can i do to fix this minor issue? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stratodasser Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 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 IT WORKSSSSSSSSSSSSSS! THANK YOU! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windkoo Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 THANKS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TraxX Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 Hello, I have long tried to run my nvidia 8400 gs on the DVI port, and it does not work. When I boot on the DVI port, I have a black screen. When I boot the VGA port is working well. I set up the EFI STRING com.apple.boot.plist in the file. What should I do to boot on the DVI port? Thank you for your help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tlboy22 Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 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 Works perfect! Used with Asus 8400GS 256mb - iDeneb 10.5.5 Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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