webtek23 Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 So after reading several posts like this I decided to try changing my resolution manually be editing my com.apple.boot.plist file myself. I added the the lines "<key>Graphics Mode</key> <string>1280X1024X32@60</string>" in the file. When I reboot, my screen does have that resolution, however it is in very grainy black and white. I do have an nVidia video card that is obviously not supported. If it helps I have a Dell Dimension 1.7Ghz and the nVidia GeForce2 MX 4000. Some help on how/if I can change my resolution would be great. This 1024x768 is killing me. Also I am used to two displays. Can I get OSX to detect my second display, or do i have to wait for macvidia to come out with a 10.4.3 update? I could really use some help on this, and ive tried everything I could find in the forums... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/7755-changing-your-resolution-manually/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
temis Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 (edited) check if your graphic card is vesa 3.0 compatible if not remove @60 which is only for vesa 3.0 cards to see if your card is vesa 3.0 or not Reboot and see at above boot prompt Edited January 26, 2006 by temis Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/7755-changing-your-resolution-manually/#findComment-48761 Share on other sites More sharing options...
webtek23 Posted January 27, 2006 Author Share Posted January 27, 2006 my card is VESA 3.0 compatible because I see that when I boot up. It says nVidia VESA 3.0. I tried it with and without the @60 but neither way works. I still see the right resolution but it ends up being grainy black and white. What should I do? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/7755-changing-your-resolution-manually/#findComment-49418 Share on other sites More sharing options...
captainkp Posted January 27, 2006 Share Posted January 27, 2006 Have you tried settings your video buffer to 8mb in the BIOS? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/7755-changing-your-resolution-manually/#findComment-49476 Share on other sites More sharing options...
webtek23 Posted January 27, 2006 Author Share Posted January 27, 2006 I need some help with how to do this in the BIOS. What exactly do I have to do and how? Update: So I just looked through my Dell Dimension P4 1.9Ghz BIOS version A01 and could find no mention of the video buffer. I saw a cache size under CPU info but nothing about Video Buffer size. Where do I find it because I didnt see many options? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/7755-changing-your-resolution-manually/#findComment-49497 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BryanP Posted February 1, 2006 Share Posted February 1, 2006 I am having exactly the same problem with pretty much an identical set up. I've got BIOS A09, but I'll let you know if I find anything. What's weird is that it starts up right, but then turns fuzzy. And strangely, while the resolution is correct, it only says it is displaying 256 colors instead of millions. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/7755-changing-your-resolution-manually/#findComment-51060 Share on other sites More sharing options...
webtek23 Posted February 1, 2006 Author Share Posted February 1, 2006 Yeah if anyone could tell us how to set the video buffer to 8mb that would be great. I just looked through my BIOS and couldnt find it Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/7755-changing-your-resolution-manually/#findComment-51157 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BryanP Posted February 1, 2006 Share Posted February 1, 2006 webtek, have you tried this: http://macvidia.plusmediamusic.com/#download Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/7755-changing-your-resolution-manually/#findComment-51383 Share on other sites More sharing options...
webtek23 Posted February 2, 2006 Author Share Posted February 2, 2006 Well i was under the impression that download would only work with 10.4.1. I have 10.4.3 installed on my system so I dont that would work. Am I wrong? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/7755-changing-your-resolution-manually/#findComment-51611 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BryanP Posted February 2, 2006 Share Posted February 2, 2006 I think a friend of mine got it to work on his system with 10.4.3, but it doesn't seem to do anything for me. It may be worth a shot, though, it's pretty easy to try and I don't think it'll screw anything up for you. Hopefully the 10.4.3 version will be out soon.... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/7755-changing-your-resolution-manually/#findComment-51656 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Eyre Posted February 3, 2006 Share Posted February 3, 2006 Webtek, thanks for the info on how to edit the file manualy, its allowed me to Display: Type: VGA-Compatible Controller Bus: PCI Vendor: nVIDIA (0x10de) Device ID: 0x0322 Revision ID: 0x00a1 Kernel Extension Info: No Kext Loaded Displays: Display: Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Depth: 32-bit Color Core Image: Not Supported Main Display: Yes Mirror: Off Online: Yes Quartz Extreme: Not Supported on my Amd 64 3700+ (Clawhammer 754) with a Nvidia Fx5200 256mb AGP card, get to 1280x1024 with vivid colour crisp lines, with out useing macvidia to i might add, and its soooo much better and its what i am used to, i am loveing mac osx x86 more and more and more, if its this good in 10.4.1, then i imagin 10.4.3 will be even better, i am just getting used to 10.4.1 for a while then will have a bash at 10.4.3, cant be that hard if i got 10.4.1 working (tho it took alot of md5 checksum checking to make sure i had the right files, for the guide i was following but luckyly i did, so Well done apple, and its really quick to (natively) anyway ill stop bleating on now, as ive gone off topic to much already lol Ben Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/7755-changing-your-resolution-manually/#findComment-51901 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smooth Posted February 7, 2006 Share Posted February 7, 2006 I'm thinking about giving this a go on a Dell M170 notebook using a Go 6800Ultra video card. The card is listed as compatible, but at 1024x768 which looks horrid on the M170's 1920x1200 screen. Does this manual edit of the config file work for high resolutions such as 1920x1200? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/7755-changing-your-resolution-manually/#findComment-53709 Share on other sites More sharing options...
snackole Posted February 7, 2006 Share Posted February 7, 2006 What method did you use to change .plist file? Perhaps it did not take. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/7755-changing-your-resolution-manually/#findComment-53740 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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