tbroadwater2010 Posted December 15, 2013 Author Share Posted December 15, 2013 Well, i went ahead and purchased the GT610 graphics, link here, and i also purchased some ram to upgrade the system, link here. Also i am using a bluetooth USB device to hook up my Apple Magic Mouse and Apple Bluetooth Keyboard, both working great and since they are from apple they have the correct apple markings on them! good so far. When the graphics card and ram comes in, i will update this post with progress and then maybe i will look into hacking my XRocker chair and place this computer inside it! Thanks all for your help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Hervé Posted December 15, 2013 Administrators Share Posted December 15, 2013 Mmm, You bought some really older and slower RAM, but that'll do I guess. DDR2-800 would have been a much better choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbroadwater2010 Posted December 15, 2013 Author Share Posted December 15, 2013 Mmm, You bought some really older and slower RAM, but that'll do I guess. DDR2-800 would have been a much better choice. I figured that would be the case (i actually buy more RAM than one would care to believe) but i figured i would stick with the same RAM that came with the board and don't really need to worry about any more than 4gb for the time. I should have bought different ram but whatever lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbroadwater2010 Posted December 23, 2013 Author Share Posted December 23, 2013 Well i installed my ram and it works good. now i put in my graphics card and the apple symbol with the loading symbol comes up. After it goes away (like after it loads) the monitor goes to sleep like its no longer looking for graphics. I checked bios settings and see no way to shut off the embedded video. I checked the embedded video as well as still no graphics. What am i doing wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Hervé Posted December 24, 2013 Administrators Share Posted December 24, 2013 In the BIOS, set the video/init Display 1st to PCIex(press). Use the pinned Vostro 200 BIOS thread as a reference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbroadwater2010 Posted December 24, 2013 Author Share Posted December 24, 2013 I did set the bios to PCIEx. same issue. I shouldn't have to reinstall os x again should i. I saw something in post #4 on the pinned thread about deleting some kexts " Remember to remove ATI1300Controller + EVOenabler kexts from /Extra/Extensions if you do not run SL with ATI X1300 graphics card; these 2 kexts should only be used in that particular context (Snow Leopard + ATI X1300 card.)" I do not have that card and after setting the display, it still remains the same issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Hervé Posted December 24, 2013 Administrators Share Posted December 24, 2013 Can you see the card when you do lspci -nn Terminal command? Assuming you do, reboot with flag -f and option GraphicsEnabler=Yes, then re-run myFix (quick) to rebuild your kext cache. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbroadwater2010 Posted December 24, 2013 Author Share Posted December 24, 2013 Therein lies the problem. i cannot get mac os to load past the boot screen. i do not get a log in, let alone a terminal window. i assume you cannot type that command into chameleon? Is there a way to bring up a terminal windows without the use of the OS. my boot loader USB will not even pass the os x load screen (by which i mean the apple and spinning loading circle at first boot up of os x) One thing i do notice, is in chameleon, it reads VESA v3.0 14MB (NVIDIA), so it looks as tho it sees the card. I even did -v -f -x and saw the card being ,what i assume was, loading. It reads "GeForceSensors: still waiting for accelerator to start..." then later says "GeForceSensers (pci1): started" I hope that helps you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Hervé Posted December 24, 2013 Administrators Share Posted December 24, 2013 Then reboot straight with the flag and option I just specified. You enter those after pressing a key when you see the Chameleon delay bar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbroadwater2010 Posted December 24, 2013 Author Share Posted December 24, 2013 Ok i ran with the flags you specified. This did not change my outcome. I typed "-f graphicsenabler=yes" and it still turns off my display before the login screen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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