Nvidia 8400gs confusion

[Lotustar]

I am running SL 10.6.2 with a Nvidia 8400GS PCIe 512 GPU (0x06e4) and I can't figure out how to get it to stop saying "I can has model?" in System Profiler. I am using NvKush kext and the card actually works great I have full support in everything even though it does not say I do. I can run final cut pro and have the waves thing when I manage widgets so I assume I have full quartz. Here is what Sys Profiler says:

 

Chipset Model: I Can Has Model?

Type: GPU

Bus: PCIe

PCIe Lane Width: x16

VRAM (Total): 512 MB

Vendor: NVIDIA (0x10de)

Device ID: 0x06e4

Revision ID: 0x00a1

Displays:

L1975NW:

Resolution: 1440 x 900 @ 60 Hz

Pixel Depth: 32-Bit Color (ARGB8888)

Main Display: Yes

Mirror: Off

Online: Yes

Rotation: Supported

Display Connector:

Status: No Display Connected

 

I'm so confused here. Where is quartz? And why does it say I can has model? Please help?

[Lotustar]

**UPDATE**

Got it fixed using osx86tools. For anyone else having problems here is what I did:

Open osx86tools

Click "Add EFI Strings/Boot Flag"

Choose GFX strings (top left)

Choose custom geforce hex at very bottom of cards list

For name input your card. Example - nVidia GeForce 4800 GS

VRAM size: 512 (or whatever yours is)

Output config: DvI-I/VGA (again, whatever you have)

Then choose "Import string to boot editor" at top and then apply at bottom of next window.

Restart

That's it. Hope this helps someone.

[bosna1234567]

need help how to get hdmi to work on sony vaio vgn-ar550

 

GeForce 8400M GT:

 

Chipset Model: GeForce 8400M GT

Type: GPU

Bus: PCIe

Slot: Slot-1

PCIe Lane Width: x16

VRAM (Total): 128 MB

Vendor: NVIDIA (0x10de)

Device ID: 0x0426

Revision ID: 0x00a1

ROM Revision: xx.xx.xx - internal

Displays:

Display:

Resolution: 1440 x 900

Pixel Depth: 32-Bit Color (ARGB8888)

Main Display: Yes

Mirror: Off

Online: Yes

Display Connector:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

under pci cards:

 

GeForce 8400M GT:

 

Name: NVDA,Display-B

Type: display

Driver Installed: Yes

Bus: PCI

Slot: Slot-1

Vendor ID: 0x10de

Device ID: 0x0426

Subsystem Vendor ID: 0x104d

Subsystem ID: 0x9016

ROM Revision: xx.xx.xx - internal

Revision ID: 0x00a1

Link Width: x16

Link Speed: 2.5 GT/s

[Hagar]

ok, what Lotustar actually did was replace one injector type with another for no reason other than to get the cosmetic effect of having the right name in his system profiler, performance is exactly the same, "I can haz model" is what the ancient nvkush kext says when it doesn't have the exact card model in its database. Much messing around for essentially nothing.

 

bosna1234567 as you would quickly have discovered from searching, graphics on sony vaio's generally don't work due to a proprietary display interface.. you can try with nvenabler or one of the other injector types and an external monitor, you might be lucky.