VaiOSX Posted September 18, 2005 Share Posted September 18, 2005 I found this on the Chinese PearPC Forum I can't get QE and CI to work, because the Intel Video Bios memory size has to be adjusted by the video driver. I am not sure if this picture is a Fake, but i really like to get the same on my laptop. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/2711-qe-and-ci-on-intel-35828086-855-chipset/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wipmac Posted September 18, 2005 Share Posted September 18, 2005 in my opinion, this is not possible (yet) .. never heared that qe AND ci were possible on 855-chipset with 0x3582 .. qe yes, but ci !? anyways, on MY 0x3582 with 855-chipset NEITHER qe NOR ci does work. cheerio Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/2711-qe-and-ci-on-intel-35828086-855-chipset/#findComment-17294 Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaiOSX Posted September 19, 2005 Author Share Posted September 19, 2005 Some laptops, in particular, don't provide a mechanism for increasing the amount of video memory allocated at boot time. Some vendors have BIOS updates available that address this. Chris Jones reports that as of April 2004, DELL has such a BIOS update (A29) for its 852GM/855GM laptops. At boot time, Darwin only recognise 3MBytes, because of this crappy video bios. Most of the laptops are using a i8xx chipset, so a lot of people are concerned by this problem. If you check all the posts who are talking about adding the 830 and/or 915 kext, then they get a blue screeen after boot, it is because the window server of OS X can't allocate the required memory for Quartz Extreme support. The only way is to start on XP first (the Intel's Video driver will allocate 64MBytes for the video card) and then restart on OS X (without turning off the laptop, otherwise this will reset the video bios settings). Unfortunately, it doesn't work for my VAIO PCG-TR1/B, probably because the bios is flushing all its settings (as i think, all the VAIO TR series are concerned) Another way (for linux users) is to start Linux first and restart (no power off) to OS X, Xfree86 is doing the same as XP's intel drivers, and it's using AGPART for the video bios memory allocation. Anyway, i probably found a possible work around : 855Patch But i can't compile it as long as it's written for Linux/Xfree. (i just hope someone skillful in coding will be able to release a darwin/x86 binary) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/2711-qe-and-ci-on-intel-35828086-855-chipset/#findComment-17361 Share on other sites More sharing options...
felixding Posted September 19, 2005 Share Posted September 19, 2005 Yes, I'm the admin of PearPC China, it's really amazing! VaiOSX: booting XP first doesn't work for me at all, instead the famous "blue screen", I always get a big blocks/squares problem( or actually these 2 are the same one? ). I'v been trying to make QE work for the last whole month, unfortunely I have made it for only one time - QE once worked, though unnormally, and after reboot, the big blocks/squares problem came again. EDIT:Darwin allocates 31M REM when it boots, I'm using "Acer NLC2304" btw. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/2711-qe-and-ci-on-intel-35828086-855-chipset/#findComment-17417 Share on other sites More sharing options...
intradink Posted September 19, 2005 Share Posted September 19, 2005 Yes, I'm the admin of PearPC China, it's really amazing! Hi felixding, I followed the link to your forum and was wondering if you could confirm if that user has actually got CI working (I have QE already), and maybe a translation of the relevant posts? I'm willing to give it a try and get CI working, if I can get some instructions. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/2711-qe-and-ci-on-intel-35828086-855-chipset/#findComment-17449 Share on other sites More sharing options...
felixding Posted September 20, 2005 Share Posted September 20, 2005 Thanks for the visit and welcome yes, I can confirm he has made it. According to his guide, the only thing he does is to modify 830, 915 and integrated ( 35828086 in IOPCIMATCH ), but sometimes both QE&CI are supported, and sometimes neither, a little odd. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/2711-qe-and-ci-on-intel-35828086-855-chipset/#findComment-17587 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaocaholica Posted October 4, 2005 Share Posted October 4, 2005 What is the proper way to get QE working on a 855? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/2711-qe-and-ci-on-intel-35828086-855-chipset/#findComment-20398 Share on other sites More sharing options...
suleiman Posted October 4, 2005 Share Posted October 4, 2005 hmmm.....this thread raises a most interesting ponit. For the first time I think I am starting to understand why so many of us are getting the blue screen at boot. OS X can't allocate enough video memory for QE and CI. Makes perfect sense. Now the only thing that boggles my mind, is why it would then work with an external display connected. The amount of video ram detected by the OS doesn't change right? So how comes we're green light with an external and red with an internal? Also...unfortunately there's no way of changing permanently the amount of video ram allocated to the GMA900 (I tried to check in the bios but the setting can't be changed, then I tried to update to the latest graphics drivers from Intel, and those didn't permit me to upgrade!) But if there were some way to permanently set the amount in the bios, or at least to get Darwin to detect it, I think we'd be up and running here. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/2711-qe-and-ci-on-intel-35828086-855-chipset/#findComment-20565 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaS Posted October 4, 2005 Share Posted October 4, 2005 from what i can tell on that site he uses all 3 kext with the info.plists edited to his device id appleintel830.kext,appleintel915.kext & appleintegratedgraphics.kext to get it working Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/2711-qe-and-ci-on-intel-35828086-855-chipset/#findComment-20568 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MitchBomcanhao Posted October 5, 2005 Share Posted October 5, 2005 stupid question: TinkerTool System allows to force quartz extreme to operate on "non supported" hardware. has anyone tried it? it needs registration key so i haven't tried (won't buy the software to get a no-no) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/2711-qe-and-ci-on-intel-35828086-855-chipset/#findComment-20690 Share on other sites More sharing options...
suleiman Posted October 7, 2005 Share Posted October 7, 2005 downloaded and installed tinkertool...it's a great app btw, but unfortunately does not possess any tool to force QE anywhere. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/2711-qe-and-ci-on-intel-35828086-855-chipset/#findComment-20933 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MitchBomcanhao Posted October 7, 2005 Share Posted October 7, 2005 its tinkertool SYSTEM, not just tinkertool. they're different apps. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/2711-qe-and-ci-on-intel-35828086-855-chipset/#findComment-21013 Share on other sites More sharing options...
suleiman Posted October 12, 2005 Share Posted October 12, 2005 okay i just purchased a tinkertool system key, and will let everyone know whether or not it works on my 915 with 8 mb onboad detected! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/2711-qe-and-ci-on-intel-35828086-855-chipset/#findComment-21825 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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