iMatt84 Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 Just purchased an Asus Geforce 8400GS 512mb PCI E graphics card for $30 on Amazon. BARLEY fit into my low profile gateway *whipes sweat off forhead though I can't put my cover back on the pc as the graphics card sticks out. The good news is that the card worked with up to 1920x1080 resolution out of the box using my DVI cable bad news is no qe/qc. I'm running snow leapord 10.6.6 and I'd like to use final cut, or watch dvds, or have VLC media player work correctly HELP!!! SYSTEM: Model Name: iMac Model Identifier: iMac11,1 Processor Name: Quad-Core Intel Xeon Processor Speed: 2.49 GHz Number Of Processors: 1 Total Number Of Cores: 4 L2 Cache: 4 MB Memory: 4 GB Bus Speed: 1.33 GHz Boot ROM Version: [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url].tonymacx86.com SMC Version (system): 1.30f3 Serial Number (system): W895154Z5RU Hardware UUID: D5C0AC7B-5B87-5004-9148-6A1892E7DFD0 VIDEO CARD: Chipset Model: GeForce 8400 GS Type: G PU Bus: PCIe Slot: Slot-1 PCIe Lane Width: x16 VRAM (Total): 512 MB Vendor: NVIDIA (0x10de) Device ID: 0x06e4 Revision ID: 0x00a1 ROM Revision: 113-B7710C-176 EFI Driver Version: 01.00.318 Displays:W2240: Resolution: 1920 x 1080 @ 60 Hz Pixel Depth: 32-Bit Color (ARGB8888) Main Display: Yes Mirror: Off Online: Yes Display Connector: Status: No Display Connected Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/245520-help-enabling-qcqe-on-geforce-8400gs-512mb/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giorgio_multi Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 Are you sure that QE/CI are not active? Post an imge of your desktop. Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/245520-help-enabling-qcqe-on-geforce-8400gs-512mb/#findComment-1630789 Share on other sites More sharing options...
iMatt84 Posted January 28, 2011 Author Share Posted January 28, 2011 I would but I can't, I hold down the command + shift + 3 the sound of a snapshot is heard but nothing is saved to my desktop. Dvds still won't play and vlc doesn't show video, including firefox, google chrome and safari crashing conastantly, opera is the only supportive browser so far. I'd figure the quartz extreme would be enabled if i could see it displayed in the graphics/displays in the system profiler Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/245520-help-enabling-qcqe-on-geforce-8400gs-512mb/#findComment-1630796 Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc0hdz Posted January 29, 2011 Share Posted January 29, 2011 did you try adding the strings for the 8400gs? EFIStudio_1.0.zip Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/245520-help-enabling-qcqe-on-geforce-8400gs-512mb/#findComment-1631306 Share on other sites More sharing options...
iMatt84 Posted January 29, 2011 Author Share Posted January 29, 2011 did you try adding the strings for the 8400gs? do you have instructions on installing efi strings? if all else fails I might format and re-install osx 10.6.3 retail and then upgrade to 10.6.6 I had an Ati Radeon 4650 512 mb before when I installed OSX Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/245520-help-enabling-qcqe-on-geforce-8400gs-512mb/#findComment-1631550 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rednous Posted January 29, 2011 Share Posted January 29, 2011 The easiest way to enable QE/CI on your 8400GS is to use Chameleon RC5 for OS X boot loader and the GraphicsEnabler key. 1. Use this automated installer for the latest Chameleon RC5 rev 699 2. Use the following key in your com.apple.boot.plist: <key>GraphicsEnabler</key> <string>Yes</string> 3. Save your modified com.apple.boot.plist and reboot. Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/245520-help-enabling-qcqe-on-geforce-8400gs-512mb/#findComment-1631563 Share on other sites More sharing options...
iMatt84 Posted January 30, 2011 Author Share Posted January 30, 2011 The easiest way to enable QE/CI on your 8400GS is to use Chameleon RC5 for OS X boot loader and the GraphicsEnabler key. 1. Use this automated installer for the latest Chameleon RC5 rev 699 2. Use the following key in your com.apple.boot.plist: <key>GraphicsEnabler</key> <string>Yes</string> 3. Save your modified com.apple.boot.plist and reboot. SOLVED!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I did something so simple I should of done it BEFORE! I guess instead of swiping vid cards with Snow Leapord installed, doing a fresh install (reformatting the hard drive too) OSX 10.6.3 RETAIL and it must of automatically detected my card and made it 100% compatible! Now it works without having browsers crash, or vlc not showing video. Front Row works now and the menu bar is translucent! Also I have full resolution support up to 1080 and can rotate the monitor! For some reason under system profiler it doesn't list QE enabled but everything else is indicating it works! SEE? I SUGGEST ANYONE WITH AN ASUS GEFORCE 8400GS 512MB CARD WITH PROBLEMS TO JUST RE-INSTALL SNOW LEAPORD 10.6.3 RETAIL AND IT'LL WORK 100% NO KEXTS, EFI STRINGS OR EDITING THE COM.APPLE.BOOT.PLIST!!!! Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/245520-help-enabling-qcqe-on-geforce-8400gs-512mb/#findComment-1631810 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gringo Vermelho Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 Snow Leopard doesn't show QE/CI enabled in System Profiler. SEE? I SUGGEST ANYONE WITH AN ASUS GEFORCE 8400GS 512MB CARD WITH PROBLEMS TO JUST RE-INSTALL SNOW LEAPORD 10.6.3 RETAIL AND IT'LL WORK 100% NO KEXTS, EFI STRINGS OR EDITING THE COM.APPLE.BOOT.PLIST!!!! That is not possible. What install method are you using? Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/245520-help-enabling-qcqe-on-geforce-8400gs-512mb/#findComment-1631818 Share on other sites More sharing options...
iMatt84 Posted January 30, 2011 Author Share Posted January 30, 2011 Snow Leopard doesn't show QE/CI enabled in System Profiler. That is not possible. What install method are you using? Idk why QE isn't showing in my system profuler but all other signs point to yes. My install method was to just reinstall and format my hard drive witha fresh reboot of snow leapord 10.6.3 retail. I got that cool video in the start of first getting into osx. Worked right away with NO modifications! That's my "install methond" Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/245520-help-enabling-qcqe-on-geforce-8400gs-512mb/#findComment-1631963 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dothacker Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 its either he used a bootloader + [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url], or he's using a real mac to just install a retail snow leopard without mods for 8400GS... weird... You can't just pop in a retail Snow Leopard in a PC and make it boot without a boot cd (like [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url]). That's just... weird. and what Gringo is trying to say, is IT WILL NOT show in system profile that QE/CI is on, not like Leopard. Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/245520-help-enabling-qcqe-on-geforce-8400gs-512mb/#findComment-1632396 Share on other sites More sharing options...
iMatt84 Posted January 31, 2011 Author Share Posted January 31, 2011 Oh I forgot to mention I'm using [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] lol Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/245520-help-enabling-qcqe-on-geforce-8400gs-512mb/#findComment-1632513 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.spike Posted April 18, 2011 Share Posted April 18, 2011 Its a cool method) I have the same card and the same problem. Mat, can you tell me please what retail I have to install? I need the same version. Where can I get it. Tell me please) I would be very grateful! Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/245520-help-enabling-qcqe-on-geforce-8400gs-512mb/#findComment-1671879 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gringo Vermelho Posted April 18, 2011 Share Posted April 18, 2011 Mat, can you tell me please what retail I have to install? I need the same version. My install method was to just reinstall and format my hard drive witha fresh reboot of snow leapord 10.6.3 retail. Where can I get it. Do you know what "retail" means? http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC573Z/A...mp;s=topSellers Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/245520-help-enabling-qcqe-on-geforce-8400gs-512mb/#findComment-1671887 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.spike Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 Sorry for stupid question. I was wrong. I thought that retail is the configuration of hackintosh installer such as myHack. Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/245520-help-enabling-qcqe-on-geforce-8400gs-512mb/#findComment-1672156 Share on other sites More sharing options...
etstanger Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 I have used this method, with GraphicsEnabler=yes and Chameleon RC5 while booting up, and it hangs on ACPI_SMC_platformplugin time-out. I'm using the iAtkos s3v2 distro. I should note that not using those kexts boots up just fine but i'm stuck in 1024x768. I really want to get some decent resolution. I bought the damn GFX card because it said it didn't need any kexts in the HCL for 10.6.3 ECS GeForce 7050vt-m mobo Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/245520-help-enabling-qcqe-on-geforce-8400gs-512mb/#findComment-1714355 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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