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i manage to install a retail version of snow leopard 10.6.3 to an amd machine somehow it works but the display is only at 1024x768. is there any chance it can go further to 1366x768. any kext that i need to add or remove in…

Primary Author: @ador Published 2010-06-14
Collection: OSx86 Core & 10.X
Archival Footprint: 15,153 historical reads · 4 curated field notes (from 7 dispatches) · 2010-06-14 – 2010-06-16
Credited Voices (3): @ador (4)@scififan68 (2)@milanca
Hardware Reference: PCIe Graphics Cards (GPU) ↗ AMD Desktop Processors ↗ USB 3.2 Boot Flash Drives ↗

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Field Note #1 @scififan68 2010-06-14

add 
        <key>GraphicsEnabler</key>
	<string>yes</string>
into your com.apple.Boot.plist and reboot now you should have full QE/CI!

Author Update #1 @ador 2010-06-14 ↳ Re: @scififan68

@scififan68add <key>GraphicsEnabler</key> <string>yes</string> into your com.apple.Boot.plist and reboot now you should have full QE/CI!

is it the one located inside the extra folder?

Field Note #2 @milanca 2010-06-14

In 10.6.3 it doesn't show that in System Profiler but it's working now for sure, after enabling 'GraphicsEnabler'. Just open Dashboard and drag a widget on the desktop, if there are ripples it is working

Author Update #2 @ador 2010-06-16 ↳ Re: @milanca

@milancaIn 10.6.3 it doesn't show that in System Profiler but it's working now for sure, after enabling 'GraphicsEnabler'. Just open Dashboard and drag a widget on the desktop, if there are ripples it is working

thank you for the reply..it really shows a ripples..many thanks guys

Corroborated & Participated: @scififan68

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Username	Dossier Contribution	Dispatches	Active Window
@ador	Primary Author	4	2010-06-14 → 2010-06-16
@scififan68	Contributor	2	2010-06-14
@milanca	Contributor	1	2010-06-14

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