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Hiya all,

 

I have a problem with my Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 900:

 

Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 900:

 Chipset Model:	GMA 900
 Type:	VGA-Compatible Controller
 Bus:	Built-In
 VRAM (Total):	256 MB
 Vendor:	Intel (0x8086)
 Device ID:	0x2582
 Revision ID:	0x0004
 Displays:
Display:
 Status:	No display connected
ULTRASCANP990:
 Resolution:	1280 x 960 @ 85 Hz
 Depth:	32-bit Color
 Core Image:	Not Supported
 Main Display:	Yes
 Mirror:	Off
 Online:	Yes
 Quartz Extreme:	Not Supported

 

Well it works fine with basic applications on Mac, but doesn't want with 3D progs like Google Earth, grapher (3D view) and other little progs like this. I thus tested my hardware with Xbench :

 

Results	12.79	
System Info		
	Xbench Version		1.2
	System Version		10.4.6 (8I1119)
	Physical RAM		1024 MB
	Model		ADP2,1
	Drive Type		Maxtor 6E040L0
CPU Test	48.63	
	GCD Loop	86.79	4.58 Mops/sec
	Floating Point Basic	52.25	1.24 Gflop/sec
	vecLib FFT	28.79	949.85 Mflop/sec
	Floating Point Library	59.28	10.32 Mops/sec
Thread Test	82.30	
	Computation	67.84	1.37 Mops/sec, 4 threads
	Lock Contention	104.57	4.50 Mlocks/sec, 4 threads
Memory Test	66.18	
	System	56.09	
		Allocate	42.01	154.27 Kalloc/sec
		Fill	81.61	3967.84 MB/sec
		Copy	57.39	1185.46 MB/sec
	Stream	80.69	
		Copy	78.31	1617.47 MB/sec
		Scale	78.27	1617.06 MB/sec
		Add	83.53	1779.35 MB/sec
		Triad	82.97	1775.01 MB/sec
Quartz Graphics Test	24.40	
	Line	33.99	2.26 Klines/sec [50% alpha]
	Rectangle	12.06	3.60 Krects/sec [50% alpha]
	Circle	18.71	1.53 Kcircles/sec [50% alpha]
	Bezier	57.90	1.46 Kbeziers/sec [50% alpha]
	Text	45.78	2.86 Kchars/sec
OpenGL Graphics Test	3.09	
	Spinning Squares	3.09	3.92 frames/sec
User Interface Test	8.80	
	Elements	8.80	40.41 refresh/sec
Disk Test	45.77	
	Sequential	92.86	
		Uncached Write	88.67	54.44 MB/sec [4K blocks]
		Uncached Write	88.84	50.26 MB/sec [256K blocks]
		Uncached Read	89.09	26.07 MB/sec [4K blocks]
		Uncached Read	107.36	53.96 MB/sec [256K blocks]
	Random	30.37	
		Uncached Write	10.23	1.08 MB/sec [4K blocks]
		Uncached Write	82.50	26.41 MB/sec [256K blocks]
		Uncached Read	75.25	0.53 MB/sec [4K blocks]
		Uncached Read	116.97	21.70 MB/sec [256K blocks]

 

As you can notice the "OpenGL Graphics Test" is pathetic :)

 

I have also Windows XP on my computer and 3D works perfectly, in games like GTA San Andreas or other stuffs like Google Earth.

 

So if someone can tell me how to solve this problem,

I'll really appreciate that :-)

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Yes :

 

Mac OS X 10.4.6 (8I1119)

Darwin 8.4.1

 

With JaS 10.4.6 Install dvd... ^^

 

It looks like you don't have the proper files installed for the GMA900. If that is the install DVD I'm thinking of, it had a selection in the custom install for the GMA graphics, but that selection does not actually install correctly. You can run the package directly from the install DVD (under the /System/Install/Packages folder, I believe) and it will fix the problem. I had to do the same thing myself.

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Yahoooooooooooooo!!!!!!

 

Wow! All is all right, it works perfectly now, wow it's beatiful, it's magic!

 

Well I just needed to re-install the GMA 900 ^^

 

Thx a lot man !!!! :(

 

You're welcome, glad I could help. I really wish I knew why the install script doesn't install it correctly, I'd edit my DVD and fix it.

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I have a friend, called Pagrus, and he developed a quick fix for GMA900 laptop with vga-out.....he short some connections like this, and works! Here is the image:vga.jpg

 

heh, are you sure of that dude? I have a gma 900 mobo and I got that problem, it doesn't boot but just with a unknow trademark monitor, with a LG crt monitor i boot (the X server goes up).

would you recommend to me doing that at the vga port? Thanks :)

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