Sony Laptop with Switching Graphics - Radeon HD 6630m / Intel HD 3000

[plasmastorm]

Hi,

 

I'm currently trying to Hackintop my Vaio PCG-71613W - it's got a Sandy Bridge i5, 6GB, 128GB SSD and seems to be working fine apart from graphics acceleration on 10.9.2

 

It has switchable Radeon HD 6630m and Intel HD 3000 graphics, but I can't seem to get either working. Most advice seems to be 'Pick one and disable the other in the bios and they should be natively supported' but in Sony's infinite wisdom they have stripped nearly all options out of the bios including any control of graphics cards. I can't pick one or change the amount of memory.

 

I've used various combinations of GE=Yes/No and IGPE=Yes/No to try and enable/disable them and this is as close as I seem to be able to get (GE=No, IGPE=Yes):

$ system_profiler SPDisplaysDataType

Graphics/Displays:


    Intel HD Graphics 3000 Mobile:


      Chipset Model: Intel HD Graphics 3000 Mobile
      Type: GPU
      Bus: Built-In
      VRAM (Total): 7 MB
      Vendor: Intel (0x8086)
      Device ID: 0x0116
      Revision ID: 0x0009
      Kernel Extension Info: No Kext Loaded
      Displays:
        Display:
          Resolution: 1920 x 1080
          Pixel Depth: 32-Bit Color (ARGB8888)
          Main Display: Yes
          Mirror: Off
          Online: Yes


    Unknown:


      Chipset Model: Unknown
      Type: GPU
      Bus: PCIe
      PCIe Lane Width: x16
      Vendor: ATI (0x1002)
      Device ID: 0x6741
      Revision ID: 0x0000

It also seems to crash out to the login screen when I choose 'About This Mac' from the Apple menu.

 

Thanks in advance

Plasma

[artur_pt]

hello

 

if u can't disable one in bios

 

only work the hd 3000 is the primary card

 

Intel HD 3000

 

good hack