techNiSSiON Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 Trying to find a driver for my Biostar TA790GX MOTHERBOARD 790 GX CHIPSET ATI RADEON HD 3300 VIDEO CARD WORKS IN MAC BUT DOESN'T HAVE MORE THAN ONE RESOLUTION Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mushishi Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 There are no oswx driver to the ATI RadeonHD 3300. So vesa mode with 1024x768 and no QE/CI is all you can get. And next time please dont write in all caps... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
techNiSSiON Posted February 5, 2009 Author Share Posted February 5, 2009 ok so found out how to change the resolution in case anyone has this problem Boot OS X Open the TextEdit program in the Applications folder With TextEdit, open the file: /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist Open the file, and add these two lines (right after the <string>Yes</string> line if you are on Tiger or <string></string> line if you are on Leopard) <key>Graphics Mode</key> <string>1280x1024x32</string> Replace the 1280x1024x32 with the resolution you want Then, in go to File >> Save As.. Save the file as com.apple.Boot.plist on the Desktop (make sure the .plist part is there!) Navigate the the /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/ folder Drag your com.apple.Boot.plist file on the Desktop into the folder window When a messages appears, click Authenticate and Replace and enter your password You're done! Reboot OS X to see the changes Here is an example of what the com.Apple.boot.plist file looks like with Leopard: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http:// www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd"> <plist version="1.0"> <dict> <key>kernel</key> <string>mach_kernel</string> <key>Kernel Flags</key> <string></string> <key>Graphics Mode</key> <string>1280x1024x32</string> </dict> </plist> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeblade Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 ok so found out how to change the resolution in case anyone has this problem Boot OS X Open the TextEdit program in the Applications folder With TextEdit, open the file: /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist Open the file, and add these two lines (right after the <string>Yes</string> line if you are on Tiger or <string></string> line if you are on Leopard) <key>Graphics Mode</key> <string>1280x1024x32</string> Replace the 1280x1024x32 with the resolution you want Then, in go to File >> Save As.. Save the file as com.apple.Boot.plist on the Desktop (make sure the .plist part is there!) Navigate the the /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/ folder Drag your com.apple.Boot.plist file on the Desktop into the folder window When a messages appears, click Authenticate and Replace and enter your password You're done! Reboot OS X to see the changes Here is an example of what the com.Apple.boot.plist file looks like with Leopard: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http:// www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd"> <plist version="1.0"> <dict> <key>kernel</key> <string>mach_kernel</string> <key>Kernel Flags</key> <string></string> <key>Graphics Mode</key> <string>1280x1024x32</string> </dict> </plist> YEP WORKS GREAT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ELECTRObounce Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 YEP WORKS GREAT I don't see how that would work, as you'd still be in VESA mode.. :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scooter555 Posted March 4, 2010 Share Posted March 4, 2010 Awesome! it works :) very well! I have my system running through my 1080P HDTV so I set it to the full resolution (1920x1080x32) and it looks perfect. Even though the display settings says it's something close to 1420x1200 but I'm pretty sure it's full resolution because it looks even better then the windows 7 resolution (or at least the icons and text is not as choppy). Can't get it to play full 1080P vids without glitching out like I can in windows 7 but I plan to run all my vids through windows anyways. Oh yeah and the default desktop backgrounds will look stretched out because they are out of ratio because the mac displays are not exactly 16:9. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mushishi Posted March 7, 2010 Share Posted March 7, 2010 And that is because you are only running it in 1420x1200 as VESA mode dont support widescreen... So no scooter555 you dont have full res on that 1080P tv of yours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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