- Lord Grahf - Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 Ok guys heres the deal, Im not that experienced with Mac OS, So forgive my lack of knowlegde. Now I first did an install of OS X86 10.4.3 using VMWARE...everything worked great..of course the speed was slow as {censored}. But still everything worked. I used my friend's dvd burner to make a copy of the patched ISO so i can install it on its own separate drive. I had no problems installing it what so ever! Everything worked great...fast boot up, sound, NIC..everything...except my display. Everything is in black and white. and the resolution is just wrong. Ive seen this problem around the forums alot. Some people have seem to have gotten this problem fixed. Ive read some of the tips on how to fix this but its just not working for me. I really want to get this fixed, so is there anybody out there that can help me with this problem, I also have a copy of OS X86 10.4.4, would that make it make a difference if I installed that instead? Here are my computer specs Dell Deminsion (cant remember what model number) Intel ® Celeron ® CPU 2.40Ghz SSE2 Broadcom 440x 10/100 Intergrated Controller Intel ® 537EP V9x DF PCI Modem SoundMAX Intergrated Digital Audio Creative AudioPCI (ES137, ES1373) (WDM) Intel® 82845G/GL/GE/PE/GV Graphics Controller Hopefully this is enough info for whoever can help me out.. Thanks in advance! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/15305-frustrating-display-issue/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
- Lord Grahf - Posted April 18, 2006 Author Share Posted April 18, 2006 anybody? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/15305-frustrating-display-issue/#findComment-98742 Share on other sites More sharing options...
skibby Posted April 20, 2006 Share Posted April 20, 2006 I installed 10.4.3 on a few Dell Optiplexes and got the same thing...ends up it has to do with the amount of shared memory set up in the BIOS. I think it defaults to 1mb or 2mb or something, so it's not enough to render the display at 1024x768x32. You have to go into the BIOS when the system boots and find the place where you can set the shared memory and increase it. Can't remember what mine was before and what I increased it to, but just move it to whatever the max is (8mb probably) and it should work fine. You won't even need to reinstall. Hope this helps Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/15305-frustrating-display-issue/#findComment-100208 Share on other sites More sharing options...
- Lord Grahf - Posted April 22, 2006 Author Share Posted April 22, 2006 I've actually tried that and got the same thing..I increased it to like 8mb and i still get the black and white. Im really not trying to go out and buy a new graphics display card..i dont know..maybe theres a work around or something.. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/15305-frustrating-display-issue/#findComment-100891 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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