InsanelyMac Forum > nVidia 8400M GS, final words

dastan

Nov 21 2008, 07:26 PM

hiiiii

i searched alot and got confused about installing 8400m gs driver ,

some said it works ,others say it has no hope ,, i really got lost

so please can any one tell me is there any fix for it ,and if possible tell me how ??

and thaaanks in advance

my laptop is HP dv9700 , installed kalyway 10.5.1 and of course i got nVidia 8400M GS 256 MB

Insanor

Nov 21 2008, 07:50 PM

I have a 8400M GS 128MB in my HP DV9500, and I modified the NVinject.kext which gave me dual monitor support with max res, and QE/CI. These are all working on 10.5.4.

I didn't install any drivers during install, and this is the only .kext I have added to get my results. Try it for your card, I can't guarantee anything though.

http://localhostr.com/files/6553d3/NVinject.kext.zip

CODE

Chipset Model:    Graphics by NVIDIA
  Type:    Display
  Bus:    PCIe
  PCIe Lane Width:    x16
  VRAM (Total):    128 MB
  Vendor:    NVIDIA (0x10de)
  Device ID:    0x0427
  Revision ID:    0x00a1
  ROM Revision:    NVinject 0.2.1
  Displays:
Display:
  Resolution:    1440 x 900
  Depth:    32-bit Color
  Core Image:    Hardware Accelerated
  Mirror:    Off
  Online:    Yes
  Quartz Extreme:    Supported
  QuartzGL:    Supported
  Rotation:    Supported

dastan

Nov 22 2008, 04:12 PM

doesnt work for me , but ill try it again but ill change the 128 to 256 and the revision id to mine

and thaaaaaaaaanks your great

dastan

Nov 22 2008, 06:16 PM

i did that but nothing , anytime i try it and reboot it says that i got to restart my Mac and i had to reinstall the os again ,

but thank you very much i appreciate your response ,but can anyone point me to the macgirls kext guide ,i hear every one talking about it

thaaaaaaaaanks

i found it http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=81294

staticwow

Dec 28 2008, 05:09 AM

QUOTE(Insanor @ Nov 21 2008, 02:50 PM)

I have a 8400M GS 128MB in my HP DV9500, and I modified the NVinject.kext which gave me dual monitor support with max res, and QE/CI. These are all working on 10.5.4.

I didn't install any drivers during install, and this is the only .kext I have added to get my results. Try it for your card, I can't guarantee anything though.

http://localhostr.com/files/6553d3/NVinject.kext.zip

CODE

Chipset Model:    Graphics by NVIDIA
  Type:    Display
  Bus:    PCIe
  PCIe Lane Width:    x16
  VRAM (Total):    128 MB
  Vendor:    NVIDIA (0x10de)
  Device ID:    0x0427
  Revision ID:    0x00a1
  ROM Revision:    NVinject 0.2.1
  Displays:
Display:
  Resolution:    1440 x 900
  Depth:    32-bit Color
  Core Image:    Hardware Accelerated
  Mirror:    Off
  Online:    Yes
  Quartz Extreme:    Supported
  QuartzGL:    Supported
  Rotation:    Supported

Oh Mein God, thank, thank you so much for that!
I have been scouring the internet for this!

I have a Dell Vostro 1510 running on 10.5.4 using Chameleon DFE.
This got the bastard 256MB Nvidia 8400m GS to work! qe/ci supported!