ielber Posted April 15, 2010 Share Posted April 15, 2010 hi, I'm new in this amazing forum, and I would like to propose my problem, I have a GeForce 8400M GT installed on a VAIO VGN-AR41L laptop when I installed the driver provided with leopard 10.5.3 DVD I get No picture on internal LCD but I get HDMI and VGA working well, and when I tried not to install the prvided driver I get a low resolution on internal LCD, can you help me find the appropriate driver and tell me how to install it, I'm beginner and don't know how to install or change drivers thanks for replaying me Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/215645-i-have-a-geforce-8400m-gt-help/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
neer2005 Posted April 15, 2010 Share Posted April 15, 2010 i need your cards total RAM so i can help Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/215645-i-have-a-geforce-8400m-gt-help/#findComment-1449356 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ielber Posted April 15, 2010 Author Share Posted April 15, 2010 i need your cards total RAM so i can help thank you so much for you replay Dxdiag under windows tells that the total video ram is 880 Mb!! is that what you mean? but leopard tells that on "system profiler" :Display: Type: Display Bus: PCIe PCIe Lane Width: x16 VRAM (Total): 32 MB Vendor: NVIDIA (0x10de) Device ID: 0x0426 Revision ID: 0x00a1 Displays: Display: Resolution: 1024 x 768 Depth: 32-bit Color Core Image: Software Main Display: Yes Mirror: Off Online: Yes Quartz Extreme: Not Supported Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/215645-i-have-a-geforce-8400m-gt-help/#findComment-1449364 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ielber Posted April 17, 2010 Author Share Posted April 17, 2010 any help Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/215645-i-have-a-geforce-8400m-gt-help/#findComment-1450059 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berlitz Posted April 17, 2010 Share Posted April 17, 2010 I have exactly the same problem with exactly the same graphics card. I also have a sony vaio. I have a vgnfz21e. Its 256mb I used NVinstaller .4.1, I didnt install anything from the disk. it gives a better resolution, when installed after. still no internal LCD Please let me know if you have any success, I am trying to get it working, will let you know how I get on. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/215645-i-have-a-geforce-8400m-gt-help/#findComment-1450235 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berlitz Posted April 19, 2010 Share Posted April 19, 2010 anyone? anyone at all? please help Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/215645-i-have-a-geforce-8400m-gt-help/#findComment-1451583 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berlitz Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 Can anyone help? Any ideas at all? Anyone having similar problems? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/215645-i-have-a-geforce-8400m-gt-help/#findComment-1463338 Share on other sites More sharing options...
d33j4y Posted May 22, 2010 Share Posted May 22, 2010 even im facing the same problem of 8400M GT. thr card wount fir up ive tried evry way to get it on but it wount direct the display to internal LCD ( QE worls in external . HDMI or Montior output but inter lcd doesnt work after boot screen the last thing that can be done is modify /library/preferences/systemconfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist and adding <key> Graphics Display</key> <string>1280x800x32</string> after the code "<key>Timeout</key> <string>5</string>" and boot with -f :"( pleasee provide a driver to fir up nvidia 8400M GT ... pleaseee "(( i need your cards total RAM so i can help Windows Specs: system profiler descries in mac: Type: Display Bus: PCIe PCIe Lane Width: x16 VRAM (Total): 32 MB Vendor: NVIDIA (0x10de) Device ID: 0x0426 Revision ID: 0x00a1 Displays: Display: Resolution: 1024 x 768 Depth: 32-bit Color Core Image: Software Main Display: Yes Mirror: Off Online: Yes Quartz Extreme: Not Supported will be happy if you help thank you so much for you replay Dxdiag under windows tells that the total video ram is 880 Mb!! is that what you mean? but leopard tells that on "system profiler" :Display: Type: Display Bus: PCIe PCIe Lane Width: x16 VRAM (Total): 32 MB Vendor: NVIDIA (0x10de) Device ID: 0x0426 Revision ID: 0x00a1 Displays: Display: Resolution: 1024 x 768 Depth: 32-bit Color Core Image: Software Main Display: Yes Mirror: Off Online: Yes Quartz Extreme: Not Supported Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/215645-i-have-a-geforce-8400m-gt-help/#findComment-1473136 Share on other sites More sharing options...
calabuig Posted June 12, 2010 Share Posted June 12, 2010 even im facing the same problem of 8400M GT. thr card wount fir up ive tried evry way to get it on but it wount direct the display to internal LCD ( QE worls in external . HDMI or Montior output but inter lcd doesnt work after boot screen Hello! I have the same card. How can I enable QE in external? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/215645-i-have-a-geforce-8400m-gt-help/#findComment-1487509 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ufo_all Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 hi, I'm new in this amazing forum, and I would like to propose my problem, I have a GeForce 8400M GT installed on a VAIO VGN-AR41L laptop when I installed the driver provided with leopard 10.5.3 DVD I get No picture on internal LCD but I get HDMI and VGA working well, and when I tried not to install the prvided driver I get a low resolution on internal LCD, can you help me find the appropriate driver and tell me how to install it, I'm beginner and don't know how to install or change drivers thanks for replaying me same laptop i got too.. cant install either Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/215645-i-have-a-geforce-8400m-gt-help/#findComment-1491680 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DogEater008 Posted July 17, 2010 Share Posted July 17, 2010 Hmm.. intersting... I have the same issue with just the External monitor working but black on the internal one. GeForce 8400M GT: Chipset Model: GeForce 8400M GT Type: GPU Bus: PCIe Slot: Slot-1 PCIe Lane Width: x16 VRAM (Total): 256 MB Vendor: NVIDIA (0x10de) Device ID: 0x0426 Revision ID: 0x00a1 ROM Revision: xx.xx.xx - internal Displays: Display Connector: Status: No Display Connected SyncMaster: Resolution: 1920 x 1080 @ 60 Hz Pixel Depth: 32-Bit Color (ARGB8888) Main Display: Yes Mirror: Off Online: Yes Rotation: Supported If anyone could figure this one out, it would be great!. It seems like people are getting the same issue with the 8600m gt as well. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/215645-i-have-a-geforce-8400m-gt-help/#findComment-1512881 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jio_i7OSX86 Posted July 17, 2010 Share Posted July 17, 2010 I ve got the same issue. It is FZ11M with 8400m GT it is 256mb. Anyhow, just to make it more clear, the problem is not with the graphics card but with the laptop its self. The internal connector for the LCD is different type than the usual ones and Apple does not support it. As i know nobody was interested on fixing it or did so.. What we need is a driver for our vaios. Someone tried to do write a driver: http://code.google.com/p/sonypi-macosx/updates/list I hope i helped, i am looking forward for a working driver coz i love osx. thanks Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/215645-i-have-a-geforce-8400m-gt-help/#findComment-1513243 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berlitz Posted July 31, 2010 Share Posted July 31, 2010 Any news on this? Please guys I need mac on my Vaio. LCD works fine with ubuntu. But wouldnt know how to port the driver Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/215645-i-have-a-geforce-8400m-gt-help/#findComment-1522321 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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