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psychofish25
I tried running Quake 3 on my hackintosh, but whenever I open it, I can hear the sounds, but there is no display. I downloaded all included video drivers from the leo4all 10.5.2 installation, and I've never had video problems before.

Keep in mind this was a torrent, so maybe it's a bad one? Do I have to patch anything?

I'm currently torrenting Halo: Combat Evolved and I want that to work, I just don't want it going black like this. Because I can't really get out of it, when I log out my screen just goes yellow, forcing me to shut it off.

Please help,
Jordan
Daniel Felstead
Perhaps your graphic card isn't powerful enough for the game? What graphic card is it? That would probably open you to a wider variety of solutions.
psychofish25
nvidia 8500GT, it's powerful enough.

I think the problem is because to run, it has to change my resolution, I'll just restart to 360x480 and change quake to 1024x768, then it should work.
zapoutix
switch to DVI port on your video card
psychofish25
QUOTE(zapoutix @ Jul 25 2008, 06:24 AM) *
switch to DVI port on your video card


how do I do that?
eugen184
you need to switch from the vga port(picture 3) to the dvi port(picture 4).This means you need a dvi cable(picture 2) or if your screen has only vga port you need a dvi to vga adaptor(picture 1).

I hope this will help you. wink.gif
psychofish25
I have DVI output on my card, but I don't seem to have that cable, so I need an adapter?
eugen184
what output does your screen have?
psychofish25
QUOTE(eugen184 @ Jul 25 2008, 05:36 PM) *
what output does your screen have?


do you mean like resolution? im confused
eugen184
NO not the resolution the port were you plug the cable from the videocard in your screen is dvi or vga or you have both.
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