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lordbaco

Sep 9 2009, 09:41 PM

GigaByte GA-X48-DQ6 on Snow Leopard (32 and 64-bits)
=>How to get "Sound" out of ALC889A (ALC885)
(without doing anything on /System/Library/Extensions)

Prerequisites

Buy a Mac OS X Server 10.6 Snow Leopard from Apple Store
Install the CD using this Install Doc
Install Chameleon 2.0 RC1 (Not RC2 nor RC3)
Replace /boot with netkas PC EFI 10.1
Use netkas FakeSMC in /Extra/Extensions/fakesmc.kext
Remove IOAudioFamily.kext, OSvKernDSPLib.kext, dsmos.kext, AppleSMBIOS.kext from /Extra/Extensions
Remove out of /Extra/Extensions *ALL* sound related kexts
like VoodooHDA.kext, AppleHDA.kext, HDAEnabler.kext, LegacyHDA.kext, LegacyAppleHDAHardwareConfigDriver.kext, LegacyHDAPlatformDriver.kext, all *HDA*.kext, all *Audio*.kext, etc.
Make sure that you use the original AppleHDA.kext from Snow Leopard (174.1.1) in /System/Library/Extensions/AppleHDA.kext
Configure the BIOS to boot using AHCI instead of IDE
GigaByte GA-X48-DQ6 with ALC889A (ALC885)
-- I cannot help you much for other motherboards.
You need to find yourself the correct layout-id, codec-id, PinConfigurations
and corresponding LayoutID, CodecID, ConfigData

Setup

Install /dsdt.dsl from Click to view attachment
Install /dsdt.aml from Click to view attachment
Install /Extra/Extensions/LegacyHDA.kext from Click to view attachment
Execute this on a shell sudo chown -R root:wheel /Extra/Extensions
Execute this on a shell sudo chmod -R go-w /Extra/Extensions
Execute this on a shell sudo kextcache -v 1 -t -l -m /Extra/Extensions.mkext /Extra/Extensions

Reboot and it's done.

If doesn't work you can also clean the System Caches

Execute this on a shell sudo rm -fr /Library/Caches/*
Execute this on a shell sudo rm -fr /System/Library/Caches/*
Execute this on a shell sudo kextcache -v 1 -t -l -m /System/Library/Caches/com.apple.kext.caches/Startup/Extensions.mkext /System/Library/Extensions

If still doesn't work try to use my Extra folder within Click to view attachment
and you can fix the permissions using clean_cache.sh

If you have other motherboard or this post doesn't help and you still want and need sound on SL
I recommend to buy one of the following:

Terratec Aureon DUAL USB include Micro + Line Out / S/SDIF (But no DTS passthrough)
Premium Notebook Headset includes USB Sound Card with Line Out + Micro
Any USB Sound Card with the mention "No Drivers Required" and "MacOS 10.x" (usualy 10.2 or better)
-- Don't take for now M-Audio who require a driver for MacOS and
is not compatible with SL (support coming soon)

Good Luck

P.S. Please give me some feedback so I can make this How-To better

Click to view attachment Click to view attachment Click to view attachment

Even if the sound works you will get the following in dmesg:

CODE

Sound assertion "0 != result" failed in "..." at line 3206 goto handler
Sound assertion "0 != widget->setUnsolicited ( true )" failed in "..." at line 890 goto handler
Sound assertion "0 != result" failed in "..." at line 3206 goto handler
Sound assertion "0 != widget->setUnsolicited ( true )" failed in "..." at line 890 goto handler
Sound assertion "0 != result" failed in "..." at line 3206 goto handler
Sound assertion "0 != widget->setUnsolicited ( true )" failed in "..." at line 890 goto handler
Sound assertion "0 != result" failed in "..." at line 3206 goto handler
Sound assertion "0 != widget->setUnsolicited ( true )" failed in "..." at line 890 goto handler
Sound assertion "0 != result" failed in "..." at line 3206 goto handler
Sound assertion "0 != widget->setUnsolicited ( true )" failed in "..." at line 890 goto handler
Sound assertion "0 != result" failed in "..." at line 3206 goto handler
Sound assertion "0 != widget->setUnsolicited ( true )" failed in "..." at line 890 goto handler

Technical Details:

dsdt.dsl

CODE

        Method (_L0D, 0, NotSerialized)
        {
            Notify (\_SB.PCI0.USBE, 0x02)
            Notify (\_SB.PCI0.USE2, 0x02)
            Notify (\_SB.PWRB, 0x02)
            Notify (\_SB.PCI0.HDEF, 0x02)
            Notify (\_SB.PCI0.IGBE, 0x02)
        }

...

            }

            Device (HDEF)
            {
                Name (_ADR, 0x001B0000)
                Method (_DSM, 4, NotSerialized)
                {
                    Store (Package (0x0E)
                        {
                            "codec-id", 
                            Buffer (0x04)
                            {
                                0x85, 0x08, 0xEC, 0x10
                            }, 

                            "layout-id", 
                            Buffer (0x04)
                            {
                                0x0C, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00
                            }, 

                            "APPL,slot-name", 
                            Buffer (0x09)
                            {
                                "Built-in"
                            }, 

                            "device-type", 
                            Buffer (0x06)
                            {
                                "Audio"
                            }, 

                            "name", 
                            Buffer (0x21)
                            {
                                "High Definition Audio Controller"
                            }, 

                            "model", 
                            Buffer (0x1F)
                            {
                                "Realtek ALC889a HDA Controler"
                            }, 

                            "PinConfigurations", 
                            Buffer (0x30)
                            {
                                /* 0000 */    0x40, 0x01, 0x13, 0x90, 0x41, 0x40, 0x01, 0x01, 
                                /* 0008 */    0x0F, 0x00, 0x00, 0x40, 0x0F, 0x00, 0x00, 0x40, 
                                /* 0010 */    0x10, 0x01, 0xA0, 0x90, 0x11, 0x01, 0xA0, 0x90, 
                                /* 0018 */    0x20, 0x30, 0x81, 0x01, 0x50, 0x70, 0x21, 0x01, 
                                /* 0020 */    0xF0, 0x01, 0x33, 0x59, 0x01, 0xE6, 0x05, 0x40, 
                                /* 0028 */    0x60, 0xE0, 0x45, 0x01, 0x30, 0xE0, 0xC5, 0x01
                            }
                        }, Local0)
                    DTGP (Arg0, Arg1, Arg2, Arg3, RefOf (Local0))
                    Return (Local0)
                }
            }

            Name (BUFA, ResourceTemplate ()
            {
                IRQ (Level, ActiveLow, Shared, )
                    {3,4,5,6,7,9,10,11,12,14,15}
            })
            Name (BUFB, ResourceTemplate ()
            {
                IRQ (Level, ActiveLow, Shared, )
                    {}
            })

...

LegacyHDA.kext/Contents/Info.plist

CODE

...
                        HDAConfigDefault                                
                                        CodecID
                                        283904133
                                        ConfigData
                                        QAETkEFAAQEPAABADwAAQBABoJARAaCQIDCBAVBwIQHwATNZAeY
FQGDgRQEw4MUB
                                        FuncGroup
                                        1
                                        LayoutID
                                        12
...
                        AppleHDAPlatformDriverLoader
                        Layouts                                
                                        LayoutID
                                        12
                                        PathMapRef
                                                        CodecID
                                                                283904133
...
                HDA Hardware Config Resource
                        CFBundleIdentifier
                        com.apple.driver.AppleHDAHardwareConfigDriver
                        HDAConfigDefault
                                        CodecID
                                        283904133
                                        ConfigData
              QAETkEFAAQEPAABADwAAQBABoJARAaCQIDCBAVBwIQHwATNZAeY
FQGDgRQEw4MUB
                                        FuncGroup
                                        1
                                        LayoutID
                                        12                          
...

codec-id is for ALC889a (ALC885)
0x85, 0x08, 0xEC, 0x10 (DSDT) is the byte flip of 0x10EC0885 and is equal to 283904133 (Info.plist)

layout-id
0x0C, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00 (DSDT) is the byte flip of 0x0000000C and is equal to 12 (Info.plist)

PinConfigurations in the same order
(DSDT)
/* 0000 */ 0x40, 0x01, 0x13, 0x90, 0x41, 0x40, 0x01, 0x01,
/* 0008 */ 0x0F, 0x00, 0x00, 0x40, 0x0F, 0x00, 0x00, 0x40,
/* 0010 */ 0x10, 0x01, 0xA0, 0x90, 0x11, 0x01, 0xA0, 0x90,
/* 0018 */ 0x20, 0x30, 0x81, 0x01, 0x50, 0x70, 0x21, 0x01,
/* 0020 */ 0xF0, 0x01, 0x33, 0x59, 0x01, 0xE6, 0x05, 0x40,
/* 0028 */ 0x60, 0xE0, 0x45, 0x01, 0x30, 0xE0, 0xC5, 0x01
is equal to
(Info.plist)
QAETkEFAAQEPAABADwAAQBABoJARAaCQIDCBAVBwIQHwATNZAeY
FQGDgRQEw4MUB

Enjoy EFI-X Free PC !

Help! Help! We're being held prisoner in a system software factory!

Credits
http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/lofiversi...hp/t140941.html
http://blog.staticanime.net/2009/08/21/dsd...-msi-wind-u100/
http://www.infinitemac.com/f57/guide-how-t...hda-to-sl-t3981
http://www.infinitemac.com/f57/guide-alc88...746/page14.html

Gaal Dornik

Sep 10 2009, 02:19 PM

Still no sound... No available devices in SysPref...
Screenshot from SysProf attached.

and sound assertion errors on startup

dmesg:
Sound assertion "0 != setupHostInterface()" failed in "/SourceCache/AppleHDA/AppleHDA-174.1.1/AppleHDAController/AppleHDAController.cpp" at line 255 goto Exit1
Sound assertion "0 != setupHostInterface()" failed in "/SourceCache/AppleHDA/AppleHDA-174.1.1/AppleHDAController/AppleHDAController.cpp" at line 255 goto Exit1

lordbaco

Sep 11 2009, 07:28 AM

Can you give me the ouput of ioreg or IOSelect something under HDEF section ?
Did you remove all *HDA* and Voodo from /Extra/Extensions and put LegacyHDA instead ?
You can also rebuild the cache of Extensions in System/Library and remove /Library/Cache see other posts about cleanup those caches

Gaal Dornik

Sep 11 2009, 08:30 AM

Here is my DSDT HDEF section:

CODE

Device (HDEF)
            {
               	Name (_ADR, 0x00140002)
                OperationRegion (PCI, PCI_Config, 0x00, 0x0100)
                Field (PCI, AnyAcc, NoLock, Preserve)
                {
                            Offset (0x42), 
                    DNSP,   1, 
                    DNSO,   1, 
                    ENSR,   1
                }

                Name (_PRW, Package (0x02)
                {
                    0x1B, 
                    0x04
                })
                Method (_DSM, 4, NotSerialized)
                {
                    Store (Package (0x08)
                        {
                            "codec-id", 
                            Buffer (0x04)
                            {
                                0x85, 0x08, 0xEC, 0x10
                            }, 

                            "layout-id", 
                            Buffer (0x04)
                            {
                                0x0C, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00
                            }, 

                            "device-type", 
                            Buffer (0x10)
                            {
                                "Realtek ALC889A"
                            }, 

                            "PinConfigurations", 
                            Buffer (0x30)
                            {
                                /* 0000 */    0x10, 0x40, 0x11, 0x01, 0x12, 0x20, 0x01, 0x01, 
                                /* 0008 */    0x11, 0x60, 0x01, 0x01, 0x14, 0x10, 0x01, 0x01, 
                                /* 0010 */    0x30, 0x99, 0xA1, 0x01, 0x3F, 0x90, 0xA1, 0x02, 
                                /* 0018 */    0x31, 0x31, 0x81, 0x01, 0x1F, 0x40, 0x21, 0x02, 
                                /* 0020 */    0x32, 0x01, 0x33, 0x99, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x40, 
                                /* 0028 */    0x60, 0x01, 0x45, 0x81, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x40
                            }
                        }, Local0)
                    DTGP (Arg0, Arg1, Arg2, Arg3, RefOf (Local0))
                    Return (Local0)
                }
            }

System Profiler:

System Prefs:

ioreg dump:
http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=d219da5...04e75f6e8ebb871

IORegExpl Screenshot:

QUOTE (lordbaco @ Sep 10 2009, 11:28 PM)

All sound related kexts were removed out of /E/E, /S/L/E untouched, cache cleaned...

d.l.

Sep 11 2009, 04:30 PM

Hi mate
thank you for your tuturial but i still have a question

i install chameleon 2 rc 3 on an usb stick and use it for booting.

will it work if i copy the files "dsdt.dsl" and "dsdt.aml" on usb sticks root or must they be on she snow leopard install HDD
?

lordbaco

Sep 14 2009, 09:47 AM

Please follow the updated doc

> i install chameleon 2 rc 3 on an usb stick and use it for booting.

Try Chameleon 2 RC1 + netkas PC EFI 10.1 + netkas FakeSMC
see the Prerequisites for more details

d.l.

Sep 14 2009, 01:15 PM

Thank you for your response.
i will try v2 rc1 and 10.1

QUOTE

see the Prerequisites for more details

were can i find this site ?

edit: if i try to install chameleon 2 rc 1 (under snow leo), i yust get an error

Gaal Dornik

Sep 14 2009, 07:10 PM

Niceee... Lets try it guys... =)

lordbaco

Sep 14 2009, 08:05 PM

QUOTE (d.l. @ Sep 14 2009, 02:15 PM)

Thank you for your response.
i will try v2 rc1 and 10.1

were can i find this site ?

edit: if i try to install chameleon 2 rc 1 (under snow leo), i yust get an error

What is the error ? (try to boot using -x32 -v or -x32 -s)

For Chamelon RC1 search on the web you will find it
the same for netkas PC EFI 10.1 /boot.

N.B. Chamelon RC1 doesn't work unless you replace /boot
(hidden sudo chflag nohidden /boot then hidden ...)

http://www.teknojunkie.com/2009/09/downloads/
This give you almost everything you need..
the rest is within my .zip files

Gaal Dornik

Sep 15 2009, 05:41 PM

QUOTE (Gaal Dornik @ Sep 11 2009, 01:30 AM)

CODE

Device (HDEF)
            {
               	Name (_ADR, 0x00140002)
                OperationRegion (PCI, PCI_Config, 0x00, 0x0100)
                Field (PCI, AnyAcc, NoLock, Preserve)
                {
                            Offset (0x42), 
                    DNSP,   1, 
                    DNSO,   1, 
                    ENSR,   1
                }

                Name (_PRW, Package (0x02)
                {
                    0x1B, 
                    0x04
                })
                Method (_DSM, 4, NotSerialized)
                {
                    Store (Package (0x08)
                        {
                            "codec-id", 
                            Buffer (0x04)
                            {
                                0x85, 0x08, 0xEC, 0x10
                            }, 

                            "layout-id", 
                            Buffer (0x04)
                            {
                                0x0C, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00
                            }, 

                            "device-type", 
                            Buffer (0x10)
                            {
                                "Realtek ALC889A"
                            }, 

                            "PinConfigurations", 
                            Buffer (0x30)
                            {
                                /* 0000 */    0x10, 0x40, 0x11, 0x01, 0x12, 0x20, 0x01, 0x01, 
                                /* 0008 */    0x11, 0x60, 0x01, 0x01, 0x14, 0x10, 0x01, 0x01, 
                                /* 0010 */    0x30, 0x99, 0xA1, 0x01, 0x3F, 0x90, 0xA1, 0x02, 
                                /* 0018 */    0x31, 0x31, 0x81, 0x01, 0x1F, 0x40, 0x21, 0x02, 
                                /* 0020 */    0x32, 0x01, 0x33, 0x99, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x40, 
                                /* 0028 */    0x60, 0x01, 0x45, 0x81, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x40
                            }
                        }, Local0)
                    DTGP (Arg0, Arg1, Arg2, Arg3, RefOf (Local0))
                    Return (Local0)
                }
            }

System Profiler:

System Prefs:

ioreg dump:
http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=d219da5...04e75f6e8ebb871

IORegExpl Screenshot:

All sound related kexts were removed out of /E/E, /S/L/E untouched, cache cleaned...

The same thing, did not work for me =(
When using 10.1 netkas boot always get KP...

lordbaco

Sep 16 2009, 06:27 AM

QUOTE (Gaal Dornik @ Sep 15 2009, 06:41 PM)

The same thing, did not work for me =(
When using 10.1 netkas boot always get KP...

You don't seems to have the same motherboard as me (maybe a GA-P35-DS3?).
You have 0x1458A002 and I have 0x1458A022 and your pinconfig seems to be
different.

Until you find a solution on some forums I recommend you to check my
updated post and take a USB Audio as workaround.

For the KP what was the error at the beginning of the trace ?
Did you try to

In the BIOS change your hard disk controler to use AHCI instead of IDE
In the BIOS depend of your motherboard change from Azalia to High Def Audio (HDEF)
-Or- doing the opposite
Reboot twice to check if the KP is the same

If you have a KP about HFS fsck something try to

Boot using "-x32 -s" on Chameleon
Do FIRST "mount -uw /"
Then "fsck -fy"
kextcache -v 1 -t -l -m /System/Library/Caches/com.apple.kext.caches/Startup/Extensions.mkext /System/Library/Extensions
shutdown -r now -or- reboot
If doesn't work try booting "-x64 -s" and doing the same

freesoul

Oct 7 2009, 07:45 PM

Just wanted to say Thanks!

Works like a charm!!!

holyfield

Oct 12 2009, 07:10 PM

GA-X48T-DQ6

Good work! Thank you!

This is working for GA-X48T-DQ6 motherboard too. The only difference between GA-X48T-DQ6 and GA-X48-DQ6 is that first of them is supporting DDR3 memory.

If you are about choosing new mobo for your Hackitosh, then I reccomend GA-X48T-DQ6. GA-X48T-DQ6 is working with Chameleon 2 RC3, DSDT patch and fakesmc really well.

Anyway, this solution isnt 100% correct as X48T-DQ6 or X48T-DQ6 having those audio channels:

* Line Out Green
* Line Out Orange
* Line Out Black
* Line Out Green
* Line Out Digital
* Line Out on Front Panel (Headphones)

* Line In Blue
* Line In Digital
* Mic In Red
* Mic In on Front Panel

If someone have all of those working, please let me know!

Success: Gigabyte X48T-DQ6 & Intel Q9550 + Snow Leopard

leapyearboy

Oct 30 2009, 04:38 PM

Wish i found this guide sooner could of probably prevented the situation im in now

For simplicitys sake i used your Extras folder and dsdt.aml both of which are allowing me to boot and ethernet works etc which is great! However when i check the audio i get nothing (see below) and the config shown in the system profiler is different from your one

I tried various ways of getting this audio to work before i came across this guide and i think i reverted all the modifications back to the originals (only one im not sure about is the /S/L/E/AppleHDA.kext which is 10MB in size 9,629,095 bytes)

I hope you's see something simple that i may of missed cause i dread to think where the issue may be if it is a /S/L/E/ kext issue

EDIT: Also i just noticed straight after my post that i am using Chameleon RC3 - r658 i think, will that cause this problem? If so is it easy to downgrade it without effecting anything else?

UPDATE: After a nights sleep i realised it was just the pin config that was causing the wrong output to system profiler, now corrected, however i still receive no sound :-(

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