How to make VGA out work with VGA display

[lite.taker]

I posted this in the Hardware>Graphics>nVidia Forum. But as that is moderated, I doubt it will ever be approved and displayed. So I am re-posting here.

 

First, my Hardware and Setup:

1. Intel DG965RY (chipset ICH8, Audio Sigmatel STAC9227 etc.)
   
2. Graphics Card: NVIDIA 8600 GT 512 MB
   
3. Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster 740N (VGA Monitor)
   

I installed iDeneb v1.4 (10.5.6) WITHOUT ANY INJECTORS for my hardware. Then I upgraded using "iDeneb Combo Upgrade 10.5.8". So, now I have Mac OS X 10.5.8.

 

Here is what I want to do:

I want to be able to use my VGA monitor by connecting it to the VGA port of my Graphics Card, and I need full support (as in ability to change resolution, QE/CI support, etc.)

 

I tried numerous things to make my gfx card work, but in vain:

1. Tried various Injectors (NVinject, NVkush, NVDarwin) one at a time. None worked.
   
2. Tried to change the NVCAP string of NVinject. I managed to let it detect my display, but on changing resolution or refresh rate, I get a blue screen. Only option then is to remove the Injector kext.
   

None of the existent forum topics helped as almost all deal with using DVI port of the gfx card or DVI to VGA converters somewhere or the other. I don't want that as I mentioned above. (as I can't obtain the DVI/VGA converters)

 

So Please Help! I will be extremely grateful for any help I get!

[ninetto]

I am not familiar with the iDenb install, but are you using an efi-bootloader with that install?

Tried efi-bootloader and efi-studio?

 

How did you try to get new NVCAP values, with NVCAP-maker or just using numbers from someone else's post?

 

NVCAP-maker worked for me to get native DVI out of my old 7300GT port without using a DVI>VGA adapter, although I realize you want it the other way 'round, this is surely a NVCAP issue.

 

When you write: it "detected my display" but then crashed when changing resolution, then this is NOT necessarily an NVCAP problem, but a problem with your data injection regarding QE/CI... somewhere with your experimenting with different injectors you've might now have "a loose screw"... and the detective work is hard to do from afar.

[lite.taker]

Thanks for the reply. Here are some details.

Update:

As I mentioned previously, I used only one injector at a time. Now, I used NVCAP-Maker and it gave my NVCAP as 0400000000001100060000000000000700000000

 

I used this in NVinject 0.2.1 (512 MB) and rebooted.

 

Then, on booting it gave me a blue screen (the one that is usually seen right after booting), but rather than showing my desktop, it hung at that point. I then rebooted and entered "-x" to boot in safe mode. Then, in System Preferences, I tried to change my resolution from 1024x768 to something else, and then it hung again. I then rebooted in safe mode, deleted the "NVDAResman.kext" and then using OSX86Tools, I added in the EFI strings editor the graphics mode option of 1280x1024x32.

 

( NOTE: I did NOT add a GFX EFI string. I only use NVinject. )

 

After doing that I rebooted. Now, I have the 1280x768 resolution but no QE/CI support.

 

Please help.

I have attached the System Profiler Window showing my Graphics Card details:

Graphics.tiff

[lite.taker]

Hey, I solved the problem!

This is what I did:

 

1. Followed the instructions in this post: Got QE and CI on 8500GT running (10.5.6) (insanelymac forum post). So, I removed all GeForce and NV*.* kexts, that is including NVinject.
   
2. Instead of using EFI Studio to add the Graphics card in the com.apple.Boot.plist, I used OSX86Tools to add a "custom graphics card", gave it the proper name (8600 GT), chose 512 MB RAM, and then used a custom NVCAP of "0400000000001100060000000000000700000000" (not as is but in the XML format with all the AA's etc.)
   
3. Then rebooted and voila I have QE/CI.
   

 

Where is QuartzGL!!!??? Oh well!

Now whenever I change resolution, the screen turns blue, but if I reboot, the resolution is changed. So, that's not a big deal now, but may be in the future!