es27 Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 I have successfully installed Snow Leopard on my old PC. I understand that my ATI Radeon Xpress 200 (integrated GPU) is not the best for a Hackintosh and that it does not support QE/CL. However recently I decided to look at my system profiler. I found very shocking results under graphics. I found out that the VRam was 3mb (4mb at the most once and 1mb in safe mode). I believe I have 64mb usually. I only have 2GB ram and it boots with GraphicsEnabler=No. What I am asking is, is booting with that bootflag limiting my VRam or something else. Is there also a way to increase it to 64mb. I am using a legacy kernel to boot up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRacerMaster Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 That's just a cosmetic number. Your VRAM amount doesn't matter anyways, since your GPU doesn't have QE/CI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
es27 Posted August 30, 2015 Author Share Posted August 30, 2015 Thanks for respone! Also do you know if there are x200 - x600 high resolution kexts. I found one however they were from rapidshare and that closed down. I mainly only need x200 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
es27 Posted August 30, 2015 Author Share Posted August 30, 2015 These graphics controllers date back to Pentium M era, don't they? I remember the old Inspiron 6000 with optional ATI X300 or X400 graphics. They are not supported under OS X as far as I know. It was difficult enough, although doable, to get the integrated Intel GMA900 (of the Intel 915 chipset) supported under Leopard 10.5.8... Is this a desktop or a laptop? Can you please posts the full specs of your PC (make, model, CPU, chipset, etc)? You've mentioned using the legacy kernel under OS X on your system, so I guess it's definitely not a CoreDuo or Core2Duo CPU, but probably a Pentium M or something similar with a very old chipset. You can only adjust screen resolution if you have frame buffer support. If you use Chameleon as bootloader, you may try to specify a dedicated higher res in your boot plist (use the Chameleon Wizard app/tool for that, it's easier). At present, I guess you only have default 1024x768 resolution. If your computer is a laptop, it's probably not worth pursuing any longer. The only progress I've heard of ever obtained with those graphics chip was full (native?) screen resolution with a kext from a Callisto but no QE/CI. But this is going back close to 10years now... My specs: RM410-M Motherboard Intel Pentium D - CPU ATI Radeon x200 - Integrated GPU 2GB Ram It is a desktop computer. I am running in res 1024x768 but my usual is 1280x1024. When I boot with bootflag "Graphics Mode"="1280x1024x32" my monitor gives me Input out of range recommended setting 1280x1024. It then turns off. When I had Windows I had the same error until I installed drivers for the GPU. I was able to run it with the right res. I thought that there was a way to get kexts for that GPU to get res but no QE. I will try Callisto once I figure out how to use it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
es27 Posted August 30, 2015 Author Share Posted August 30, 2015 Are you sure of your motherboard part n°? Can't find a trace of that id on Google...Sorry I made a mistake it is RC410-M. Also I get mouse lag after updating to 10.6.8 from 10.6.2. Is this due to my GPU. It was working fine before the update. It is a PS/2 mouse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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