Valir Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 Hello all, I have a Dell Inspiron 9400. Specs are: Moble Intell Core Solo (its core duo but have it set as solo in bio) i945GM Chipset 945GM Video Card (Intel 450GMA) Sigmatel Audio Broadcom 440x 10/100 intergrated Dell Wireless 1390 (i believe is also broadcom related) I am using iDeneb 10.5.6 as my distro The issue im having is i get no video after boot up. Laptop boots fine after it loads i get a blue screen and then it goes black. Any one have any insite on this???? anyone have a fix for it???? Thanks for the help Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/246092-dell-inspiron-9400-no-video/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valir Posted February 2, 2011 Author Share Posted February 2, 2011 bump anyone??? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/246092-dell-inspiron-9400-no-video/#findComment-1633437 Share on other sites More sharing options...
brandonb21 Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 i also have dell inspiron 9400 but i have an ati 1400 and it works with qe/ci enabled full 1440x900 no screen tearing Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/246092-dell-inspiron-9400-no-video/#findComment-1635461 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valir Posted February 7, 2011 Author Share Posted February 7, 2011 I got it working with iDeneb 10.5.8 Lite Edition. Used the GMA 950 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/246092-dell-inspiron-9400-no-video/#findComment-1635665 Share on other sites More sharing options...
LatinMcG Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 it has to do with _DOD in dsdt. switch the last 3 digits around corresponding to lcd and vga. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/246092-dell-inspiron-9400-no-video/#findComment-1636330 Share on other sites More sharing options...
stinger696969 Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 (edited) Hello All, Valir I have almost the smae system as you. Dell Inspiron E1705 / 9400 Core 2 Duo - T7400 , 2.16Ghz (You said you set it to solo in Bios) im not sure how you did that Im using the A10 Bios Rev: And I dont see the option to do anything like that. Mobil Intel® 945GM/GU/PM/GMS/940GML and Intel® 945GT Express Processor to DRAM Controller - 27A0 Ricoh Chipset (Im sure this is for the card reader) Mobil Intel ®945 Express Chipset Family (Video) Sigmatel Audio - (Dell Drivers website states that it is a - (SIGMATEL STAC 92XX C-Major HD Audio) I also have 3 Network Cards Listed Dell Wireless 355 Bluetooth Module - Bluetooth Broadcom 440x 10/100 intergrated Dell Wireless 1490 Dual-Band WLAN MiniCard I did get Mac Os X installed once with Snow Leopard 10.6 Ideneb i also got the blue screen and then the black screen. The problem that i found on mine was that the Apple kext was loaded automatically from the cd. So i had to boot up under -s for single user mode and then delete all the kext files for the video card. Once i did that i was up and running or so i thought. The wireless kext ( or also known in windows as driver) was working but I had a kernal error and everytime i downloaded something i would download the file and then it went verifing and crashed my computer. Also at the time i didnt have a ethernet kext installed and i was told that i need to reinstall it from scratch and loqd those kexts in as i go if i want those devices to work. I have been unsucessful with that as of yet. So i am looking for help as to what i should load for kexts to get my laptop up and running and fully functional. Any advice you give give in return would be greatful i would like to figure this thing out as i find it challenging thanks in advance Dave AKA Stinger696969 So I finally got it installed again and now i am typing to you from the dell with Mac OSX installed however it is not snow leopard like i thought. the c.d. i was using was labeled as 10.6 so thats why i thought it was snow leopard. in fact the CD was 10.5.6 so its just leopard. Edited June 21, 2012 by stinger696969 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/246092-dell-inspiron-9400-no-video/#findComment-1827502 Share on other sites More sharing options...
stinger696969 Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 So i have been using the new operating system for a day now . So far everything is going great, unless i want to do something other than post here . Examples: I plug a USB flash drive in Kernel Error I download something it gets all the way to 100% then it goes to verify the information: Kernel Error So this means i cant download Firefox or an updated safari - and without them i cant listen to pandora radio because you need updated browser for that. So thats pretty annoying. I have not found much else wrong with it so far but the problems i listed if anyone knows anything to help me fix this that would be awesome On board network working wireless network working I think the video is working by a default function i do not believe there is any kext installed for it. only resolution option i have is 1024x768 front buttons working sound working apps working ( just cant get any new ones yet) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/246092-dell-inspiron-9400-no-video/#findComment-1828293 Share on other sites More sharing options...
stinger696969 Posted June 22, 2012 Share Posted June 22, 2012 So its been a couple days and ive been working on this Dell. Here's what I Installed this time Ideneb Essential System Sigmtel 9200 Inspiron 9400 - ( Sound ) ICHX Fixed - Driver for Intel ICH7,8,9 Kernal 9.2.2 SSE3 Apple440X - ( Broadcom Local Area Connection ) CPU=1 - FIX Firewire Remove IOUSB Family Fix ( This was a fix to attempt to fix a non working USB, Still didnt work for me ) Seatbel Fix Intel GMA950 ( Video ) ASU Kext Helper OSx86 Helper Temp Monitor After the OS installed the computer booted up to a blue screen and then went to a blacak screen so here is how i fixed it. I booted the computer with -s for single user mode once here i had to type the following commands mount -UV / cd system cd library cd extensions then i typed LS -L AppleIntel* to find all the video card drivers. then it listed all the files so i then typed rm -rf AppleIntel with the file names to remove them all and once i removed all the video drivers i was able to boot up the computer. Now i am able to download programs and everything is seems functional except for the USB that i mentioned so what ill have to live with downloading whatever i want on another computer and copy it over the network or put it on a cd big deal. everything else is working SUCCESS !! Oh i forgot to mention again it is Leopard 10.5.6 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/246092-dell-inspiron-9400-no-video/#findComment-1828624 Share on other sites More sharing options...
stinger696969 Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 So I tried to do an update and the computer crashed so i had to reinstall the OS again and this time i left out the IOUSB Family Fix which is the USB controller and my usb is working great. So now I'm looking for a kext to fix my video. Mobil Intel® 945GM/GU/PM/GMS/940GML and Intel® 945GT Express Processor to DRAM Controller - 27A0 Please help Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/246092-dell-inspiron-9400-no-video/#findComment-1829978 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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