TheKittenEater Posted January 14, 2006 Share Posted January 14, 2006 I just installed OS X on a spare HDD, and it works. The only thing is, the screen is has no color (black & white.) I know it has an intergrated graphics card from Intel. Has anyone had a similar problem and/or know a solution. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/6835-no-color-and-impossible-to-read/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
regularg0nz0 Posted January 14, 2006 Share Posted January 14, 2006 My first X86install was to a machine with integrated intel 815 (or 845... whatever) graphics, and I had the same problem, but I had an old Nvidia Rivav TNT2 card lying around, and as soon as I popped that in, everyhting was fine. Basically, I'm guessing that your integrated gfx only shares up to 8megs, and OSX doesn't like that. If you've got something (just about anything 16 meg or better, in fact) from ATI or Nvidia lying around, throw it in and you'll get VESA 2 modes @60hz or VESA 3 modes at whatever the card can handle. So far, I haven;t figured out how to get an integrated 800 series intel chipset with 8mb to play nice. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/6835-no-color-and-impossible-to-read/#findComment-42234 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren Posted January 14, 2006 Share Posted January 14, 2006 I just installed OS X on a spare HDD, and it works. The only thing is, the screen is has no color (black & white.) I know it has an intergrated graphics card from Intel. Has anyone had a similar problem and/or know a solution. I have Intel integrated graphics on my laptop, a Dell Inspiron 1100, and had the same problem. What fixed it for me was going into BIOS and changing UMA memory to 8MB rather than 1MB. (I found this tip on the 10.4.1 HCL, but it works in 10.4.3 as well.) If you don't have that option in BIOS or are unable to change it, try updating to the latest revision. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/6835-no-color-and-impossible-to-read/#findComment-42269 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kif Posted January 16, 2006 Share Posted January 16, 2006 Lauren - That's exactly what I had to do on my Inspiron 1100. Dell has the latest BIOS revision in their Drivers section (if you're using a Dell). Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/6835-no-color-and-impossible-to-read/#findComment-42914 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammjet Posted May 13, 2006 Share Posted May 13, 2006 so, how are you supposed to do it? im in os x, but its still black and white. In MacOSX, a black and white screen usually means you need to set the colors to "Thousands" in the Displays contol panel. Give it a try. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/6835-no-color-and-impossible-to-read/#findComment-111902 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sajseven Posted January 1, 2007 Share Posted January 1, 2007 In MacOSX, a black and white screen usually means you need to set the colors to "Thousands" in the Displays contol panel. Give it a try. I've tried that on my Dell Inspiron 1150 (same as a 1100) and it only lists 4 colors. I've looked in my BIOS and there is no setting for changing the allocated memory. I'm trying to run OS X 10.4.1 (which ran perfectly under VMWare Player). I read somewhere that there was a .kext fix for this... Does anyone know anything? Help greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/6835-no-color-and-impossible-to-read/#findComment-266130 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mifki Posted January 1, 2007 Share Posted January 1, 2007 Why would you post in a thread that is so old and hasnt been used in ages?. 10.4.1 is dead. Get a newer version. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/6835-no-color-and-impossible-to-read/#findComment-266138 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sajseven Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 Quite honestly, I don't get much bandwidth allowance, and I'm not going to switch ISPs. Please, could somebody help me? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/6835-no-color-and-impossible-to-read/#findComment-307461 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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