Intel 865G integrated graphics and XFree 4.3

nisha · 04-12-2004, 04:41 PM

Will this work for Suse 9.0 ? Where do I get the BIOS upgrade utility ? I have a Dell Dimension 4600..
Thanks

eqiuno · 04-19-2004, 04:11 AM

siddiqu, my computer can run in 1024x768 but just 256 colors
how about your computer, does it can run over 256 colors?

thiram · 04-21-2004, 08:58 AM

Hi all.

I've chanced upon the SOLUTION to this intel 82865 problem on dell gx270's. This problem plagued me for the past few weeks already.
I'm running Fedora core 1, and applied this patch. It's successful and I can push it to 1024x768 on 24 bit color.

Instructions and installation are on this website.
http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/linux/fc1_intel_video_fix.htm

Hope this helps!

tsidell · 04-30-2004, 10:16 AM

Hey, can someone tell me the features of the A02 GX270 BIOS. What upgrades were there from the A01 GX270 BIOS.

Thanks

lerhaupt · 05-10-2004, 03:43 PM

Here's a summary of the steps you can take for this issue:

http://linux.dell.com/blog/2004/05/10/#1531

lvieira · 05-12-2004, 11:33 AM

great info bonnie78 you just saved my company dozens of hours of searching for the fix

thank you

lerhaupt · 06-10-2004, 01:31 PM

The official BIOS A04 for all GX270's is now available.

http://linux.dell.com/blog/2004/06/10/#1329

Laufhase · 06-15-2004, 10:19 AM

I just saw, that a 'downgrade' of the bios is not necessary anymore
You can also upgrade to A04. It works fine!

Dell support page writes:

The following changes have been made to the A03 BIOS to create the A04:

1. Fixed 1M/8M switch for non-Windows OS.
2. ...

The file is:

GX270A04.EXE

and can be found on the Dell support page
http://support.ap.dell.com/ap/en/filelib/

Best regards

infusino · 06-19-2004, 04:51 PM

Hello all,

I just installed Mandrake 10 and cannot get the display resloution past 1024X768. The card is an intel 865 and I am using an LCD screen that can have a display of 1280X1024.

The desktop is an HP d530c.

Any help would be apprieciated...

michael

jim41025 · 09-13-2004, 01:14 PM

"I just saw, that a 'downgrade' of the bios is not necessary anymore
You can also upgrade to A04. It works fine!

Dell support page writes:

The following changes have been made to the A03 BIOS to create the A04:

1. Fixed 1M/8M switch for non-Windows OS.
2. ..."

Yup, I can verify that. Upgraded to BIOS A04 (on an Optiplex GX270) and set the AGP aperture to 8 MB (it's set to 1 MB by default.)

Currently viewing my new RedHat 9 install through a 1280x1024, 24-bit color porthole. And it looks much better than Windows.

RevOddball · 10-13-2004, 02:20 PM

i found out that dell has a new version of this bios wich is A06

http://support.dell.com/support/down...l=en&s=gen&cs=

having this same issue and this resolves it.

Maxplayer14 · 10-15-2004, 03:13 PM

I was having a similiar problem in Mandrake with a Dell G270, Before I went the route of back dating the bios I set the video ram to 8mb instead of 1 and it works.

schandak · 10-28-2004, 12:52 AM

Are drivers avaibeble for this chipset:
Intel® 865G Chipset with Intel® Extreme Graphics 2

I need it on linux 7.0 ker ver 2.4.1 .

regards

Suresh Chandak

KurtisMoon · 12-22-2004, 06:36 PM

I saw this problem on the 865G, and having been pointed toward the bios by this forum, I played around.

It seemed to work after changing the buffer for video in the bios to 8MB from 1MB.

using a Dell Dimension 3000
Running Debian Linux testing
kernel 2.6.8-1