psychofish25 Posted July 25, 2008 Share Posted July 25, 2008 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 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/117528-display-goes-black/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Felstead Posted July 25, 2008 Share Posted July 25, 2008 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. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/117528-display-goes-black/#findComment-832677 Share on other sites More sharing options...
psychofish25 Posted July 25, 2008 Author Share Posted July 25, 2008 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. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/117528-display-goes-black/#findComment-832758 Share on other sites More sharing options...
zapoutix Posted July 25, 2008 Share Posted July 25, 2008 switch to DVI port on your video card Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/117528-display-goes-black/#findComment-832875 Share on other sites More sharing options...
psychofish25 Posted July 25, 2008 Author Share Posted July 25, 2008 switch to DVI port on your video card how do I do that? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/117528-display-goes-black/#findComment-833308 Share on other sites More sharing options...
eugen184 Posted July 25, 2008 Share Posted July 25, 2008 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. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/117528-display-goes-black/#findComment-833414 Share on other sites More sharing options...
psychofish25 Posted July 25, 2008 Author Share Posted July 25, 2008 I have DVI output on my card, but I don't seem to have that cable, so I need an adapter? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/117528-display-goes-black/#findComment-833452 Share on other sites More sharing options...
eugen184 Posted July 25, 2008 Share Posted July 25, 2008 what output does your screen have? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/117528-display-goes-black/#findComment-833496 Share on other sites More sharing options...
psychofish25 Posted July 25, 2008 Author Share Posted July 25, 2008 what output does your screen have? do you mean like resolution? im confused Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/117528-display-goes-black/#findComment-833765 Share on other sites More sharing options...
eugen184 Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 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. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/117528-display-goes-black/#findComment-834306 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reflejo Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 Same card here and same problem. (And i'm using DVI). If you switch to no-fullscreen mode, the game works. But in full screen display goes black. Any idea why? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/117528-display-goes-black/#findComment-1098783 Share on other sites More sharing options...
joneskind Posted April 19, 2009 Share Posted April 19, 2009 Same card here and same problem. (And i'm using DVI). If you switch to no-fullscreen mode, the game works. But in full screen display goes black. Any idea why? Hello, I've got the same problem when I try to play any game that worked perfectly fine before. I don't understand. I can barely play wolf ET in windowed mode. I don't play games a lot, so I can't say when the problem appears. The last thing I did is install the last Prince of Persia. The game was running, but was really ugly, so I tried to play with a lower resolution. Then I got the black screen, with sound. PS: My screen is a Dell ultrasharp 2407WFP, on DVI. My video card is a Nvidia 8600GT 256Mo Please help me! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/117528-display-goes-black/#findComment-1137200 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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