Analog devices SoundMax AD1981HD on HP notebooks, not supported? is the output port configuration different than IBM? Options

[NHJ]

Has anybody succeded instaling AD1981HD on hp notebook? I still get the mute led on...

unfortunately no, we're all stuck at the same point

[Tyrone Shoe]

I know the sound in my NW8000 is a SoundMax set but not sure if it's the HD chipset. Either way, I have the mute button issue too. When I start up, it's on (red). When I hit it, my system mutes properly and the light goes out. Then it won't ever come back on again even though the button itself still works. Honestly, this is the least of my gripes. My real problem is:

The Headphone jack only partially works. I get sound from my speakers and when I plug in headphones, I get sound from the headphones. However, the speakers don't turn off when I plug the headphones. Kinda defeats the purpose of headphones.

I have no idea if this is getting fixed or not but if someone does... me ruv you rong time.

[Sitting Duck]

I've got the same issue - mute led on and no sound.

What I did notice though is that in the Audio Midi Setup utility, the 'M' volume slider is set to 0 and fixed, whilst the left and right (1 + 2) sliders are adjustable.

I'm a tad confused as to the exact nature of my chipset - it's definately an AD1981 (11d41981) as if I do a codec dump on Linux it claims to be a "Analog Devices 1981" - the trouble is, I've tried every other which way of getting sound working and using the Azalia kext is as close as I get to working (It gives me deivces to look at under Audio Midi Setup, and displays volume slider in top bar)

How else can I confirm it's an AD1981HD - In Win XP there's a UAA driver and the device is labelled as "Soundmax HD Audio"?

Any tips? pointers etc?

[milmirosi]

Got a HP nx6310 Core Duo. Same problems - no sound (not even a mute button), and no dual core. Here is my codec dump (In Ubuntu Linux I have sound):

Codec: Analog Devices AD1981
Address: 0
Vendor Id: 0x11d41981
Subsystem Id: 0x103c30aa
Revision Id: 0x100200
Default PCM: rates 0x07f, bits 0x0e, types 0x1
Default Amp-In caps: ofs=0x00, nsteps=0x03, stepsize=0x27, mute=0
Default Amp-Out caps: ofs=0x3d, nsteps=0x3f, stepsize=0x05, mute=1
Node 0x02 [Audio Output] wcaps 0x30311: Stereo Digital
PCM: rates 0x060, bits 0x02, types 0x5
Connection: 2
0x01* 0x04
Node 0x03 [Audio Output] wcaps 0x441: Stereo
Power: 0x0
Node 0x04 [Audio Input] wcaps 0x100511: Stereo
PCM: rates 0x07f, bits 0x06, types 0x1
Power: 0x0
Connection: 1
0x15
Node 0x05 [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x400187: Stereo Amp-In Amp-Out
Amp-In caps: ofs=0x00, nsteps=0x03, stepsize=0x27, mute=0
Amp-In vals: [0x00 0x00] [0x00 0x00]
Amp-Out caps: ofs=0x3d, nsteps=0x3f, stepsize=0x05, mute=1
Amp-Out vals: [0x32 0x32]
Pincap 0x081173f: IN OUT HP EAPD Detect
Pin Default 0x92174110: [Fixed] Speaker at Int Front
Conn = Analog, Color = Green
Pin-ctls: 0x40: OUT
Connection: 2
0x03 0x0e*
Node 0x06 [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x400185: Stereo Amp-Out
Amp-Out caps: ofs=0x3d, nsteps=0x3f, stepsize=0x05, mute=1
Amp-Out vals: [0x32 0x32]
Pincap 0x081f: OUT HP Detect
Pin Default 0x0321201f: [Jack] HP Out at Ext Left
Conn = 1/8, Color = Grey
Pin-ctls: 0xc0: OUT HP
Connection: 2
0x03 0x0e*
Node 0x07 [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x400104: Mono Amp-Out
Amp-Out caps: ofs=0x3d, nsteps=0x3f, stepsize=0x05, mute=1
Amp-Out vals: [0x80]
Pincap 0x0810: OUT
Pin Default 0x410710f0: [N/A] Line Out at Ext Rear
Conn = Analog, Color = Black
Pin-ctls: 0x40: OUT
Connection: 1
0x0f
Node 0x08 [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x400083: Stereo Amp-In
Amp-In caps: ofs=0x00, nsteps=0x03, stepsize=0x27, mute=0
Amp-In vals:
Pincap 0x081727: IN Detect
Pin Default 0x03a12020: [Jack] Mic at Ext Left
Conn = 1/8, Color = Grey
Pin-ctls: 0x24: IN
Node 0x09 [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x400187: Stereo Amp-In Amp-Out
Amp-In caps: ofs=0x00, nsteps=0x03, stepsize=0x27, mute=0
Amp-In vals: [0x00 0x00] [0x00 0x00]
Amp-Out caps: ofs=0x3d, nsteps=0x3f, stepsize=0x05, mute=1
Amp-Out vals: [0xbf 0xbf]
Pincap 0x081737: IN OUT Detect
Pin Default 0x0181302e: [Jack] Line In at Ext Rear
Conn = 1/8, Color = Blue
Pin-ctls: 0x20: IN
Connection: 2
0x03* 0x0e
Node 0x0a [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x400301: Stereo Digital
Pincap 0x0810: OUT
Pin Default 0x4145f0f0: [N/A] SPDIF Out at Ext Rear
Conn = Optical, Color = Other
Pin-ctls: 0x40: OUT
Connection: 1
0x02
Node 0x0b [Audio Selector] wcaps 0x300101: Stereo
Connection: 6
0x03 0x0c 0x09 0x0e* 0x05 0x18
Node 0x0c [Audio Mixer] wcaps 0x200101: Stereo
Connection: 2
0x1e 0x1f
Node 0x0d [Audio Selector] wcaps 0x30010c: Mono Amp-Out
Amp-Out caps: ofs=0x0f, nsteps=0x0f, stepsize=0x0b, mute=1
Amp-Out vals: [0x80]
Connection: 2
0x10* 0x16
Node 0x0e [Audio Mixer] wcaps 0x200101: Stereo
Connection: 8
0x0d 0x11 0x12 0x13 0x1a 0x1b 0x1c 0x1d
Node 0x0f [Audio Mixer] wcaps 0x200100: Mono
Connection: 1
0x0b
Node 0x10 [Beep Generator Widget] wcaps 0x700000: Mono
Node 0x11 [Audio Selector] wcaps 0x30010d: Stereo Amp-Out
Amp-Out caps: ofs=0x17, nsteps=0x1f, stepsize=0x05, mute=1
Amp-Out vals: [0x19 0x19]
Connection: 1
0x03
Node 0x12 [Audio Selector] wcaps 0x30010d: Stereo Amp-Out
Amp-Out caps: ofs=0x17, nsteps=0x1f, stepsize=0x05, mute=1
Amp-Out vals: [0x80 0x80]
Connection: 1
0x08
Node 0x13 [Audio Selector] wcaps 0x30010d: Stereo Amp-Out
Amp-Out caps: ofs=0x17, nsteps=0x1f, stepsize=0x05, mute=1
Amp-Out vals: [0x80 0x80]
Connection: 1
0x09
Node 0x14 [Power Widget] wcaps 0x500500: Mono
Power: 0x0
Connection: 13
0x0d* 0x0e 0x0f 0x10 0x13 0x14 0x15 0x16 0x17 0x18 0x19 0x1a 0x1d
Node 0x15 [Audio Selector] wcaps 0x30010d: Stereo Amp-Out
Amp-Out caps: ofs=0x00, nsteps=0x0f, stepsize=0x05, mute=1
Amp-Out vals: [0x80 0x80]
Connection: 8
0x0c* 0x09 0x0e 0x0f 0x19 0x05 0x18 0x17
Node 0x16 [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x400000: Mono
Pincap 0x0820: IN
Pin Default 0x995711f0: [Fixed] Digital Out at Int ATAPI
Conn = Analog, Color = Black
Pin-ctls: 0x20: IN
Node 0x17 [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x400081: Stereo
Pincap 0x0827: IN Detect
Pin Default 0x5993e0f0: [N/A] Aux at Int ATAPI
Conn = ATAPI, Color = White
Pin-ctls: 0x20: IN
Node 0x18 [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x400187: Stereo Amp-In Amp-Out
Amp-In caps: ofs=0x00, nsteps=0x03, stepsize=0x27, mute=0
Amp-In vals: [0x00 0x00] [0x00 0x00]
Amp-Out caps: ofs=0x3d, nsteps=0x3f, stepsize=0x05, mute=1
Amp-Out vals: [0x00 0x00]
Pincap 0x081737: IN OUT Detect
Pin Default 0xf0a79159: [Both] Mic at Oth N/A
Conn = Analog, Color = Pink
Pin-ctls: 0x24: IN
Connection: 2
0x03* 0x0e
Node 0x19 [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x400001: Stereo
Pincap 0x0820: IN
Pin Default 0x593310f0: [N/A] CD at Int ATAPI
Conn = ATAPI, Color = Black
Pin-ctls: 0x20: IN
Node 0x1a [Audio Selector] wcaps 0x30010d: Stereo Amp-Out
Amp-Out caps: ofs=0x17, nsteps=0x1f, stepsize=0x05, mute=1
Amp-Out vals: [0x80 0x80]
Connection: 1
0x05
Node 0x1b [Audio Selector] wcaps 0x30010d: Stereo Amp-Out
Amp-Out caps: ofs=0x17, nsteps=0x1f, stepsize=0x05, mute=1
Amp-Out vals: [0x80 0x80]
Connection: 1
0x17
Node 0x1c [Audio Selector] wcaps 0x30010d: Stereo Amp-Out
Amp-Out caps: ofs=0x17, nsteps=0x1f, stepsize=0x05, mute=1
Amp-Out vals: [0x80 0x80]
Connection: 1
0x18
Node 0x1d [Audio Selector] wcaps 0x30010d: Stereo Amp-Out
Amp-Out caps: ofs=0x17, nsteps=0x1f, stepsize=0x05, mute=1
Amp-Out vals: [0x80 0x80]
Connection: 1
0x19
Node 0x1e [Audio Selector] wcaps 0x30010d: Stereo Amp-Out
Amp-Out caps: ofs=0x00, nsteps=0x00, stepsize=0x00, mute=1
Amp-Out vals: [0x80 0x80]
Connection: 1
0x08
Node 0x1f [Audio Selector] wcaps 0x30010d: Stereo Amp-Out
Amp-Out caps: ofs=0x00, nsteps=0x00, stepsize=0x00, mute=1
Amp-Out vals: [0x00 0x00]
Connection: 1
0x18


I love OSX so much, but I can't use the sound so i can't use my laptop!
Someoane please help us!

[Serg Olshevsky]

I have notebook HP nx7400 and HD sound AD1981HD
1. I fix AppleAzaliaAudio.kext and i hava soundcard in device list but sound don`t play :'((((((((
2. I fix AppleAC97Audio.kext not work yet
3. I use AppleHDAPatcher. 15,14 don`t work 13 work fine but after reboot sound don't work :'(((((((((
Pleeeeeeeese help me.... My brayn burn.... %(

[Razvan]

I have the same soundcard and issues on a HP nc6320.

I use AppleAzalia.kext, I can see the device, but the main volume is disabled and the left/right channel sliders are adjustable. While OS X loads the mute button light is turned off, then, sometime during its booting, it lights and I can hear a barely perceptible click in the speakers and after that there is no sound anymore.

I tried two other methods but this one was the closest because at least I can see the device.
Did anyone found a solution?

[OSx86ers]

Same problem here,
1981HD here too
its an HP notebook,
i really hope Taruga finds a way to get sound of that that chip.

[NHJ]

Same problem here,
1981HD here too
its an HP notebook,
i really hope Taruga finds a way to get sound of that that chip.

if someone could program a software switch on for our laptops we could have sound using azalia

[Razvan]

if someone could program a software switch on for our laptops we could have sound using azalia

Are there any specifications for this software switch?
I see that some Thinkpads work with exactly the same audio device. Why is this switch specific to HP laptops?

[NHJ]

Are there any specifications for this software switch?
I see that some Thinkpads work with exactly the same audio device. Why is this switch specific to HP laptops?

when you turn on the laptop, the mute switch is off , when the os starts to boot, the mute button is on and it's not possible to remove it even if the card is recognized with appleazalia.

[Razvan]

when you turn on the laptop, the mute switch is off , when the os starts to boot, the mute button is on and it's not possible to remove it even if the card is recognized with appleazalia.

It's interesting that without any audio driver configuration the mute button works. When the system boots, the light is off. Then, if I press it, it lights up and turns off however I want. And you can hear that small click in the speakers. Of course, this is useless without the drivers but interesting to note

[thevoiceover]

Are there any specifications for this software switch?
I see that some Thinkpads work with exactly the same audio device. Why is this switch specific to HP laptops?

I have an nc8430 with a AD1981HD chipset and the same issues (mute always on).. I haven't tried to much to get this working as I have been busy at work and it seems you guys have already done all the hard troubleshooting. Either way, you mention people with the same chipset and different notebooks (thinkpads) are getting audio. Has anyone tried altering the codec dumps (whatever differences there are) between the two with different data and test the results? I honestly am not sure how this all is working (just info from this thread), but it seems this has something to do with it (whatever lines are controlling what).. Seems whatever the line outs on the chips are different among both the laptops.

Either way, duo core seems to run fine with me by altering some kernel flags to tell it my laptop is ACPI, I noticed not many other people were doing this.. Anyone else tried this? How is there system stability?

Thx,
TVO

[NHJ]

I have an nc8430 with a AD1981HD chipset and the same issues (mute always on).. I haven't tried to much to get this working as I have been busy at work and it seems you guys have already done all the hard troubleshooting. Either way, you mention people with the same chipset and different notebooks (thinkpads) are getting audio. Has anyone tried altering the codec dumps (whatever differences there are) between the two with different data and test the results? I honestly am not sure how this all is working (just info from this thread), but it seems this has something to do with it (whatever lines are controlling what).. Seems whatever the line outs on the chips are different among both the laptops.

Either way, duo core seems to run fine with me by altering some kernel flags to tell it my laptop is ACPI, I noticed not many other people were doing this.. Anyone else tried this? How is there system stability?

Thx,
TVO

i have never been able to use dual core, could you post your methode and file please?

[Razvan]

I have an nc8430 with a AD1981HD chipset and the same issues (mute always on).. I haven't tried to much to get this working as I have been busy at work and it seems you guys have already done all the hard troubleshooting. Either way, you mention people with the same chipset and different notebooks (thinkpads) are getting audio. Has anyone tried altering the codec dumps (whatever differences there are) between the two with different data and test the results? I honestly am not sure how this all is working (just info from this thread), but it seems this has something to do with it (whatever lines are controlling what).. Seems whatever the line outs on the chips are different among both the laptops.

Either way, duo core seems to run fine with me by altering some kernel flags to tell it my laptop is ACPI, I noticed not many other people were doing this.. Anyone else tried this? How is there system stability?

Thx,
TVO

I installed the AppleAzaliaAudio.kext working on the same audio device from a Thinkpad but the mute button stayed on.

What I found out is that the mute button lights up when AppleAzaliaController.kext is loaded. The problem is that we can't control the main volume. The codecs seem to work, I can play an mp3 and watch the visualisation plugins beating the rhythm, without any sound. It seems to me that there is a problem controling the output and its volume.

I also tried the AppleHDA method, AppleHDAPatcher version 13 accepts my codec dump, patches everything, I reboot but there is no audio device .

I have a Core 2 Duo T7200 and if I use both cores Mac OS X kernel crashes, while booting or when it reaches the desktop. I tried "platform=acpi" kernel flag but with the same results. What flags do you use?

[naplo]

I have a Lenovo 3000 N100 which also has a AD1981HD Sound device. I tried several methodes, but I couldn't fix the sound, too. But I do not have any "mute button" or something like that on my desktop.

I hope someone can fix this fast...

[thevoiceover]

i have never been able to use dual core, could you post your methode and file please?

The only thing I remember doing (in past) was disabling DMA bios transfers. virtualization enabled( I don't remember if it worked before I updated my bios and it added this option, I know I had some linux issues until they added this option and I enabled it) and of course dual core enabled - then I modified
Library/Prefrences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist and added these settings
under Kernel Flags
<string>platform=ACPI</string>
<string>idehalt=0</string>
(I know you can add these to one line, it just worked this way, so I kept it this way)

Under Hardware Overview I get the below!

Machine Model ADP2,1
Processor Name Intel Core 2 Duo
1.99GHz
Number of Processors 1
Total Number of Cores 2
L2 Cache (per processor) 4MB
Memory 1GB
Bus Speed 667MHz


I honestly am not using OSX that much on this Laptop (more Ubuntu) as I have another setup that works fine with any hardware issues that I am aware of! I just tried to get duo core working as most people I read about weren't even able to even get it boot.. Again, I don't know much about the stability as I haven't ran it long this way - but I can do more testing if need be..

As for the audio, I played around a little and am running into the same problems everyone else has been having - have not a clue where to go from here..

Thx,
TVO

[GAL]

Have ThinkPad X60-10.4.8-SoundMax 1981HD
Same problems as KennyLam - no sound - no sound in-out device
Tried HDAPatcher, other remedies = no luck so far.
:-(
Keep looking into this Forum - hope springs eternal

[ssimon]

I have a ThinkPad T60p running XP/VISTA/JaS OSX86 10.4.8 w/ 8.8.1 kernel

While I have Azalia Audio working on 2 channels, it stops working when I install the 802.11n enabler (read HERE) so I am looking for another way to get audio to work instead of Azalia. The AppleHDA seems like the logical choice.

If anyone has a ThinkPad T60 codec dump I can try to see if the inject method using Taruga's HDA patcher works...

Here is the Sound Hardware Info from XP:

SoundMax AD1981HD

HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_11D4&DEV_1981&SUBSYS_17AA2025&REV_1002\4&1BFA4A7E&0&0001

Compatible ID's:

HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_11D4&DEV_1981&REV_1002

Matchiung ID's:

hdaudio\func_01&ven_11d4&dev_1981&subsys_17aa2025

[tomparis]

Hi,

I've got a Thinkpad X60. AD1981HD chipset. I followed instructions to dump codec from a Linux Live session, and managed to get HDAPatcher v1.13 to do it's stuff. Did some touch up on the Info.plist in AppleHDAController.kext as formatting was a bit messed up, nano seemed to sort it, also added in 0x11d41981 to the IOPCIPrimaryMatch section. Removed cached Extension.* flies and rebooted. I now have the following ioreg. What I'd like to know is does the !registered, !matched for IOHDACodecDriver mean that this has not loaded properly and therefore if we can fix this then we're a step closer to having Sound working? Appreciate anyones thoughts.

| | | +-o AppleHDAController <class AppleHDAController, registered, matched, active, busy 0, retain count 7>
| | | | {
| | | | "Power Management protected data" = "{ theNumberOfPowerStates = 3, version 1, power state 0 = { capabilityFlags 00000000, outputPowerCharacter 00000000, inputPowerRequirement 00000000, staticPower 0, unbudgetedPower 0, powerToAttain 0, timeToAttain 0, settleUpTime 0, timeToLower 0, settleDownTime 0, powerDomainBudget 0 }, power state 1 = { capabilityFlags 00000000, outputPowerCharacter 00000400, inputPowerRequirement 00000400, staticPower 0, unbudgetedPower 0, powerToAttain 0, timeToAttain 0, settleUpTime 0, timeToLower 0, settleDownTime 0, powerDomainBudget 0 }, power state 2 = { capabilityFlags 00008000, outputPowerCharacter 00000002, inputPowerRequirement 00000002, staticPower 0, unbudgetedPower 0, powerToAttain 0, timeToAttain 0, settleUpTime 0, timeToLower 0, settleDownTime 0, powerDomainBudget 0 }, aggressiveness = 0, myCurrentState = 2, parentsCurrentPowerFlags = 00000002, maxCapability = 2 }"
| | | | "CFBundleIdentifier" = "com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController"
| | | | "IOClass" = "AppleHDAController"
| | | | "HDAConfigDefault" = ({"ConfigData"=<>,"FuncGroup"=1,"LayoutID"=12,"CodecID"=299112833})
| | | | "IOPCIPrimaryMatch" = "0x11d41981 0x793B1002 0x437B1002 0x43831002 0x269A8086 0x26688086 0x27d88086 0x284B8086 0x026C10DE 0x037110DE 0x75021039 0x546110B9 0x32881106"
| | | | "IOProbeScore" = 0
| | | | "Power Management private data" = "{ this object = 04212800, interested driver = 04212800, driverDesire = 0, deviceDesire = 0, ourDesiredPowerState = 2, previousRequest = 2 }"
| | | | "IOMatchCategory" = "IODefaultMatchCategory"
| | | | "IOProviderClass" = "IOPCIDevice"
| | | | }
| | | |
| | | +-o IOHDACodecDevice@0 <class IOHDACodecDevice, registered, matched, active, busy 0, retain count 6>
| | | | {
| | | | "IOHDACodecRevisionID" = 1049088
| | | | "IOHDACodecVendorID" = 299112833
| | | | }
| | | |
| | | +-o IOHDACodecDriver <class IOHDACodecDriver, !registered, !matched, active, busy 0, retain count 5>
| | | | {
| | | | "IOMatchCategory" = "IODefaultMatchCategory"
| | | | "IOClass" = "IOHDACodecDriver"
| | | | "IOProviderClass" = "IOHDACodecDevice"
| | | | "CFBundleIdentifier" = "com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily"
| | | | "IOProbeScore" = 0
| | | | }
| | | |
| | | +-o IOHDACodecFunction@1 <class IOHDACodecFunction, registered, matched, active, busy 0, retain count 4>
| | | {
| | | "IOHDACodecFunctionGroupType" = 1
| | | "IOHDACodecFunctionSubsystemID" = 397025317
| | | }
| | |

[GAL]

tomparis hi
Can you pls share where you get the instructions for codec dump for the forum. My setup is identical to yours (assuming all ThinkPad X60 laptops are created the same)
thx