neckarb Posted March 29, 2006 Share Posted March 29, 2006 I NEED HELP FIXING THE BLACK AND WHITE/GREY/ UNREADABLE PROBLEM ON MY DELL hey guys, problem: everything runs in black and white/grey very low resolution/color why?: only 1mb of video ram is allocated by default by the Bios solution: allocate more video ram, can't be done because dell inspiron 510m bios does not allow you to allocate video ram help... specs: Dell Inspiron 510m 512mb RAM 2.00 GHZ Intell 855 Chipset with onboard graphics 60GB HDD DVD+-RW/CDRW i have installed os x86 completely all running i can load it up (using rd=disk0s2 from boot disk) but the entire thing (including the install process) is in black and white with very little readability. i have tried: -Changing video Ram in the bios, cant be done -Changing the kext files for AppleIntel stuff as described in a guide i read -Installing a copy of linux and using an 855patch to increase ammount of ram allocated but it resets after restart and so cannot be done into osx, and i couldnt get it to work anyway -Soft booting from xp to osx (assuming that means opening xp pressing start-> shutdown-> restart then as it restarts opeing osx), nothing is different if anyone can offer some support i am desperatly in need of it please please someone. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/13363-video-ram-grey-unreadable-issue-with-dell-need-help/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
neckarb Posted March 30, 2006 Author Share Posted March 30, 2006 bump Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/13363-video-ram-grey-unreadable-issue-with-dell-need-help/#findComment-86079 Share on other sites More sharing options...
crunchly Posted April 3, 2006 Share Posted April 3, 2006 Are you sure you have no option in BIOS to change your Onboard Video Buffer? It was under my Integrated Devices section. If you are not on the latest, you may want to upgrade your BIOS. Although I have a different model Dell (with the same video chipset), after changing it from 1MB to 8MB, everything worked fine. I did a quick Google search and it seems that at least one other owner of a 510m had an option for an 8MB video buffer. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/13363-video-ram-grey-unreadable-issue-with-dell-need-help/#findComment-88195 Share on other sites More sharing options...
neckarb Posted April 6, 2006 Author Share Posted April 6, 2006 nope, i definately dont have that option in the bios, and i have upgraded to the most recent bios from dell. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/13363-video-ram-grey-unreadable-issue-with-dell-need-help/#findComment-90142 Share on other sites More sharing options...
- Lord Grahf - Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 i have that same problem but im on a dell deminsion with an (Intel ® 845G/845GL/845GV chipset.. Ive tried just about everything..followed the little guides here..and still nothing. Ive even tried to changed the onboard memory buffer in bios..nothing. its a shame because OS X runs GREAT on my machine! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/13363-video-ram-grey-unreadable-issue-with-dell-need-help/#findComment-98089 Share on other sites More sharing options...
thefighter Posted April 18, 2006 Share Posted April 18, 2006 When installing mac on my friends computer, we had exactly that problem. I then proceeded to enter the BIOS and change the video buffer to 6mb I think it was. This resolved the issue and it works flawlessly. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/13363-video-ram-grey-unreadable-issue-with-dell-need-help/#findComment-98724 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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