thay Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 Does anybody has an answer for this. I get sometimes "snow" or "noise" on my Monitor, no kidding! I don't know how to explain this in English because in Germany we actually call this "snow" See this Picture than you than know what I mean. This happens sometimes when I start MACOS for about 20 seconds than it disappears . Also when Computer wakes up (sleepeanabler). When I turn off and on the monitor it disappears immediately . Sometimes Snow just shows up sporadic. My Hardware has been reconditioned, Monitor died so Dell gave me a new one. I changed the Mainboard. So everything is new also the DVI cable to Monitor. By the Way I had the problem with the "Snow" also with my old hardware configuration. It happens not when I use 10.5.x. I use a hidden EFI Partition with DSDT file. Chameleon 2.0 RC3-658. Netkas boot 10.5. EFI GFX String for Geforce 8800gt, works fine. Board is GA-EP45-UD3LR. Monitor Dell 2709w. It is very nasty. I couldn't find anything in this Forum so I cant figure out why. Any help or Ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omf Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 Funny - I see the same thing sometimes when switching back and forth between my PC and Hackintosh using my KVM. I thought it was a problem with the KVM, but I guess not! It goes away after a few seconds. Sorry - I don't have a fix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thay Posted December 1, 2009 Author Share Posted December 1, 2009 Yes very strange It seems there are only a few OSx86 user have that problem. Its quite difficult to find a solution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffrey1790 Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 I had this problem. Boot into safemode, change the resolution, and reboot. If that doesnt work, try to reboot with the monitor plugged into the other DVI/VGA port. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thay Posted December 2, 2009 Author Share Posted December 2, 2009 I had this problem. Boot into safemode, change the resolution, and reboot. If that doesnt work, try to reboot with the monitor plugged into the other DVI/VGA port. Thx this is a try worth. I don't have a VGA on my 8800GT but I will try everything else you suggest me. My Resolution is 1920 x1200 to what should I change it? Because it is the best resolution for this Monitor. Anyway I will report later If this is aa succes or failure soulotion. Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamriel Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 I've got the same problem. It appears in 40% of cases when I wakes up my Monitor from sleep. My temporary solution is to switch the Monitor off and on again. It was hard to find this thread so I add some Keywords for German Users: Ameisenkrieg Bildrauschen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omf Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 The snow goes away after a few seconds by itself. Sometimes it seems that pressing a key on the keyboard helps if it doesn't go away after 5~10 seconds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SticMAC™ Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 I had the same problem on my genuine MacBook connected to a 22" HP monitor via a VGA and Mini2VGA adapter cable. This happened mostly when it came out of sleep mode, if I then re-detected displays, it worked fine! I then changed to a Mini2DVI adaptor with cable and since then it has been fine! There is also a know Issue with cinema displays from Mac, that you can read up on, mine has been good for 4 months now! SticMAC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thay Posted December 3, 2009 Author Share Posted December 3, 2009 I had this problem. Boot into safemode, change the resolution, and reboot. If that doesnt work, try to reboot with the monitor plugged into the other DVI/VGA port. Report! It does not work The snow thing ( Bildrauschen) is not the end of the World It is just strange like you pull the cable from your TV. I's a pain in the ass. Maybe big brother Apple is watching us R1000.kext seems to be the bigger problem, because I have to unload and than load this kext to get ethernet working after sleepmode. But for this I will search this in awesome forum. I'm sure this Bildrauschen problem will be dissolved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_w Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 I can also report same problem with MBP 13" on Samsung T240 connected over miniDP - DVI interface. However, it happens every now and then after screen was sleeping (computer itself never sleeps). Sometimes the screen comes up completely black, but often I have Snow. Happened with 10.5, and also with 10.6 now. Interesting is that external display has never worked without this since I got miniDP-DVI interface. Earlier I had problems too but not every time with MacMini on same display. I'd just love to know if its software or hardware flaw. Can anyone experiencing this problem can test for example windows or linux behavior on same configuration? I don't have anything but Mac OS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thay Posted December 3, 2009 Author Share Posted December 3, 2009 It was hard to find this thread so I add some Keywords for German Users: Ameisenkrieg Bildrauschen By the way, to find this thread better for English users. what is it called in English you can see on the picture above? Slang or technical Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamriel Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 I'd just love to know if its software or hardware flaw. Can anyone experiencing this problem can test for example windows or linux behavior on same configuration? I don't have anything but Mac OS. I don't have this snow problem on Ubuntu or Windows XP. On 10.5 I didn't recognize this problem either (I used EFI String). Maybe it has something to do with the Graphiccard driver? I use the built-in graphics enabler from Chameleon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thay Posted December 3, 2009 Author Share Posted December 3, 2009 I use the built-in graphics enabler from Chameleon. How does this work? I use EFI GFX String for Geforce 8800 gt <key>device-properties</key> <string>440200000100000001000000380200000d00000002010c00d041030a01000000010106000001 0101060000007fff04001e00000072006f006d002d007200650076006900730069006f006e0000000 800000076312e3022000000400030002c006400650076006900630065005f00740079007000650000 000b000000646973706c6179100000004e00560043004100500000001800000004000000000003000 400000000000007000000000e0000006e0061006d00650000000f0000004e5644412c506172656e74 14000000400030002c006e0061006d0065000000120000004e5644412c446973706c61792d4110000 0006d006f00640065006c000000130000004765466f72636520393430302047540e0000004e005600 50004d000000200000000100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000014000 000400031002c006e0061006d0065000000120000004e5644412c446973706c61792d422000000040 0031002c0063006f006d00700061007400690062006c00650000000e0000004e5644412c4e564d616 3220000005600520041004d002c0074006f00740061006c00730069007a0065000000080000000000 004020000000400030002c0063006f006d00700061007400690062006c00650000000e0000004e564 4412c4e564d616322000000400031002c006400650076006900630065005f00740079007000650000 000b000000646973706c61791c0000006400650076006900630065005f00740079007000650000001 00000004e5644412c4765466f726365</string> how do you configure the graphics enabler from Chameleon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacKonsti Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 I can also confirm this static/snow on-screen, it happens when screen saver stops and monitor is shutdown, even when the computer still runs (video is off in 3mins and computer in 15mins, no screen saver, just black screen). Running 10.6.2 (and before it was happening) with a NVidia 9400GT PCIe (via DVi) on a Shuttle XPC SG31G2V2 mobo. Video card is only registered in EFI STRING and working accelerated ok. The only thing to bring back the desktop is to press on my Samsung T220 monitor the toggle switch for analog/digital input. Any solution would be greatly appreciated.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MicahDanielSmith Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 I honestly think this might be a thing with only certain monitors. I have dual monitors in my setup, and for some reason one of the monitors will show the "snow" on resume from sleep, but the other comes back fine. Not really sure what causes it. I am at fully 1080 resolution on the "snow" monitor, and the other not quite so high. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacKonsti Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 I honestly think this might be a thing with only certain monitors. I have dual monitors in my setup, and for some reason one of the monitors will show the "snow" on resume from sleep, but the other comes back fine. Not really sure what causes it. I am at fully 1080 resolution on the "snow" monitor, and the other not quite so high. So mate, both monitors of yours are the same brand/make/model? But are they both connected via DVi or is one analog and other digital connection (DVi/VGA)? My "static" (or "snow/noise" if you want) problem appears with the resolution of 1680x1050 on a 22-inch display (via DVi)... Could it be the driver of 10.6.x that doesn't detect/handle properly the monitor itself? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thay Posted December 5, 2009 Author Share Posted December 5, 2009 My "static" or snow problem appears with the resolution of 1920x1200 on a 27-inch display (via DVi) Geforce 8800gt I'm wondering that there just a few, which complain about it. I believe it is the new Driver in SL for Nvidia Grafikcard. Please everyone who has this static problem please report this here (Grafikcard, Resolution and so on). So the reason why could be figured out easier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkp Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 My "static" or snow problem appears with the resolution of 1920x1200 on a 27-inch display (via DVi)Geforce 8800gt I'm wondering that there just a few, which complain about it. I believe it is the new Driver in SL for Nvidia Grafikcard. Please everyone who has this static problem please report this here (Grafikcard, Resolution and so on). So the reason why could be figured out easier. I have had this same "display snow" problem as long as I've had my hackintosh running (since ~March-April of 2009). I do not think it is related to a new driver in Snow Leopard. I had this problem in all revisions of 10.5. With Snow Leopard, sometimes it will clear up quickly on its own (or with a few keypresses on the keyboard) but other times I need to power cycle the display once or twice. In 10.5 it would sometimes never come out of the "snow" mode unless I rebooted or sometimes I could get it to recover by attaching a different display on the adapter's other display port. In 10.6 it seems to "recover" a more reliably. I have an nVidia GeForce 9400 GT, 512MB RAM, using an EFI string, 1920x1200, 32-bit resolution via DVI port, Chameleon 2.0 RC4 bootloader, OSX 10.6.2, The card is detected as an OpenCL device, so I'm assuming i'm getting the full acceleration out of it. I have several different displays I've tried - one is a Dell 20", another is a 37" olevia hdtv, and I also have a pair of 24" Acer desktop diplays - I primarily use my computer with one of the 24" Acers but I've seen this problem with both desktop monitor types that I have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomaszo2 Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 I don´t know if I can help you. I don´t have this problem called "Snow". I´ve tried two cards on my P5Q Deluxe: MSI 9400GT/512 and Palit 9500GT Super 512. They are both working perfectly with the attached driver. Wenn ihr das längst probiert habt, dann entschuldigt meine Message. Quartz Extreme wird zwar im System Profiler nicht angezeigt, aber laut XBench muss es gehen, sonst würde die Leistung nicht 200-300% über dem Referenzmodell geforce 6800ultra liegen.NVEnabler_64.kext.zip NVEnabler_Anleitung.rtfd.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikketrikke Posted March 5, 2010 Share Posted March 5, 2010 hello some problem here "SNOW" on monitor after wake up from MONITOR sleep (not from pc sleep)!! i have a nvidia 8600gt 512 ram + snow leo 10.6.2 + monitor samsung syncmaster 2494hs , 1920x1080, nvenabler as kext solutions idea? thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
direcalmly Posted August 29, 2010 Share Posted August 29, 2010 I'd like to report I'm experiencing this problem under a fresh install of Snow Leopard 10.6.4. I'm using a geforce 9800m gs (laptop) on an msi gt627 (MSI-1651). The static seems to resolve itself quickly, although I've only experienced it twice as of yet. The latest instance occurred when resuming the display I have connected through HDMI (an Acer monitor at 1080p, 50hz [pal]). I'm using NVEnabler. I never had this problem when I was using Leopard (10.5.7). Back then I was using aquamac's 9000 series nvidia drivers and nv2 or whatever it was called. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neozeed Posted September 10, 2010 Share Posted September 10, 2010 Hmm I just added a 2nd monitor to my gforce 9800 and turned them both off to clean them.. and the primary is stuck on this static display..... although thankfully I had a browser on my 2nd display to at least search & post this.... I'll power down both displays and take a look... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colordeficiency Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 I'm also facing this same issue on a NV 9600GT after a wake up, it'll work if I let it sleep and wake it up again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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