This is a recent update to ALC 888. Does anyone know how to get this going? I have tried Skippy Retards ALC 888 but it is a no go. Any help appreciated.

Thanks,

aquamac

Get a linux codec dump & try Taruga's AppleHDA solution.

Thanks for the response Siddharth, Any ideas where I can get a linux dump for the 889 ?. I have looked around, but cannot seem to find one.

I have the same question

Use a linux-live cd that you can download at any linux-distro site for free. I recommend SABAYON that someone recommended to me at the Targu thread.
Boot from the CD.
With SABAYON it is as simple as finding the codec0 under /proc/asound/card0 or similiar.
Then drag 'n drop that file to a usb stick or other location.
Install using Targu's Patcher (ver. 1.16 is for the new kernel!)

with linux terminal the commands look like this:
n the linux terminal type "/proc/asound" then find the file "codec#0" (note: the file does not necessarily be directly inside 'asound' but could be in a folder or in a folder . . . inside asound) , once you have located the file type in the terminal "cat codec#0 > /tmp/nameofcodec.txt" . for me i did this inside a livecd so i "dumped" it into my usb flash drive instead of the "/tmp" directory. (reminder: execute the commands without the quotes

ok
good luck,
ninetto

edit: New link for full ALC889A [in/out/digital] support. This is a newer link than the one below. Credits to kossi.

original post
Hey,
I know it's been awhile since you asked, but still. Note that I haven't tried this yet since i haven't received my GA-P35-DS4 [been waiting for over 2 weeks now :/].
Link to file: AppleAzaliaAudio.kext.zip.
[Second] Link to topic: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=57762
Of course all credit goes out to peterg

can the supplied kext be use on leopard? i installed (IATKOS release) leopard on my GA-X38-DQ6 mobo but there's no audio, i have the same chipset for sound which is REALTEK ALC889A...

can this work?

TIA.

Yes you should be fine. Download the New Link and remove the azalia kext if you have it. You will need to repair permissions in the terminal.

Download

hi again, could you please provide the steps you made and the files to download. i might download the wrong one.

Hey I recently wrote a full install guide for the GA P35-DS3P (leopard), which has that exact sound card. here is the relevant section from my guide:

*********************** begin sound fix: ***********************


find alc889a here: http://rapidshare.com/files/51585161/alc889a.zip.html

-(on this thread: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?sho...;p=436207&#)

copy alc889a (which is a folder with 2 folders in it) onto a thumbdrive

boot into install dvd (many do this next section from single user, but I have always used the dvd)

open terminal

cd /Volumes/thumbdrive/alc889a


mv ALCinject.kext /Volumes/DrivewithLeopard/System/Library/Extensions/ALCinject.kext <press enter>

mv AppleHDA.kext /Volumes/DrivewithLeopard/System/Library/Extensions/AppleHDA.kext <press enter>

chmod -R 755 /Volumes/DrivewithLeopard/System/Library/Extensions/ALCinject.kext <press enter>

chmod -R 755 /Volumes/DrivewithLeopard/System/Library/Extensions/AppleHDA.kext <press enter>

chown -R root:wheel /Volumes/DrivewithLeopard/System/Library/Extensions/ALCinject.kext <press enter>

chown -R root:wheel /Volumes/DrivewithLeopard/System/Library/Extensions/AppleHDA.kext <press enter>

rm -R /Volumes/DrivewithLeopard/System/Library/Extensions.kextcache <press enter>

(it says "no such file or directory". ignore that, its ok)

rm -R /Volumes/DrivewithLeopard/System/Library/Extensions.mkext <press enter>

reboot <press enter>

enjoy fully working audio... verify in the Audio Panel that you have fully working audio...

*********************** end sound fix ***********************


it gives working 2 channel out on front panel (connected to the HDA jack on the mobo during assembly) and back panel, with front and back input recognized but not tested.

Easy solution for Alc889a:
- download AppleHDAPatcherv1.20.zip http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?sho...p;hl=HDApatcher
- download ALC889Adump.txt
- unpack AppleHDAPatcherv1.20.zip
- drag and drop ALC889Adump.txt to AppleHDAPatcherv1.20 icon
- restart
- enjoy!

PS work with Kalyway 10.5.1

but it says

Codec: Realtek ALC885
Address: 2
Vendor Id: 0x10ec0885
Subsystem Id: 0x1458a002
Revision Id: 0x100101
Default PCM:
rates [0x560]: 44100 48000 96000 192000
bits [0xe]: 16 20 24
formats [0x1]: PCM
Default Amp-In caps: N/A
Default Amp-Out caps: N/A

...

can it still be used for ALC889?

any by the way.

1. Does AppleHDA / AppleAzalia / ALCinject come default with leopard?
2. To fix ALC889, which do i need to replace: AppleHDA / AppleAzalia / ALCinject?
3. Which can i delete?

I'm on GA-P35-DS3R
Thanks

if you use the link I provided, then you simply have to add those two kexts to the extensions folder. You should replace any kexts already there.

my speakers are plugged in but it says inbuilt speakers in output panel
same for inbuild microphone.

any help?

well if everything is working correctly it should look something like this.

oh, one more thing: When you built the computer, did you plug the front panel audio in to the HDA pins, or the AC97 pins? I used HDA.

for me, line out is the black jack on the back, and headphones are the front panel audio

works very well. but is there any way to enable 4.1? i'm using klipsch 4.1 so the rear and sub is the same jack. i can't get the rear to work.

I'm looking for a motherboard for my new HTPC.
The main issue is audio.
So far i've only found Taruga's ALC882 100% working; most of the people can get Line out and Mic to work with other ALC devices but i can't get correct info about digital output and i'd really like to have it.

Could you please tell me if you can get Mic and digital (Coaxial or Optical, it doesn't matter) output from ALC889a with 10.5.1?

Thank you so much!

I have use this method to fix the Gigabyte P35-DS3 Audio ,but got this message
"Detected unsupported Realtek Codec".Anything wrong ? Thanks everyone's great work!

PS.Installed with Kalyway 10.5.1

My audio works with the Realtek ALC889A, 2 channel output at least, haven't tried anything else. See how I did it in the link in my sig.

Yes,It really works.
Many thanks.

Everything works like a charm, except analog 5.1 using EFI and GFX Strings, and there is an issue with shtudown on P35-DS4 (it gonna be solve soon)

Hi,
I have the same Mobo P35-DS3 as yours and with Kalyway 10.5.1 installed too.
I encountered the same error msg after dragging ALC889a.txt to AppleHDA Patcher V1.20
*Detected unsupported Codec
Codec:,VendorId,SystemID all shown blank in AppleHDA Patcher.
Did you manage to solve the problem?
Inspite of the error msg, stereo audio is working.
Would appreciate your help and advise.
Thanks

Mine works great too, except front panel audio input never detected.Might somebody tells me how to add a external audio input option onto the system preference .

my system configuration: GA-P35-DS3,E4400 M0,7600GT,WD 250G SATAII,IDE DVD RW,USB KB,USB Mouse
install from Kalyway 10.5.1 and updated 10.5.2

I tried following Socal Swimmer's advice, but whenever I try to do anything in the terminal it turns out I don't have permission. I've tried setting permissions to the Extensions folder to Read & Write, but that did nothing. Help please?

you must type:

sudo -s <press enter> <type in your admin password> <press enter>


then all the commands.



good luck!

Does line-in/mic-in work for anyone with alc889a on Leopard?

Just wanted to say this works!
Thank you!

It works for me!!!
I'm using Gigabyte P35-DS3P rev.1.1 with 10.5.2 (installed from Leo4All dvd).
(But note - you should drag & drop dump file to UNLAUNCHED patcher,
i.e. _do_not_ launch it before. It is very strange behavior, but it does not matter - it works.)

Thank you very much!

Here is my proof:


(click image for full size)

My hardware:

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-P35-DS4 rev. 1.0 (which has the ALC889A chip)
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 overclocked to 3GHz
RAM: 2x Corsair TWIN2X CL4 PC2-6400 and 2x Corsair TWIN2X CL5 PC2-8000 for a total of 4GB
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 8800GTS 320MB (ASUS)

How about the line-in / mic-in? Does it work for you?

For the life of me I cannot get SPDIF output with this audio chipset. My board is a Gigybyte eP35-DS3R and it's giving me nothing but problems when trying to send optical out. I haven't tried digital coax, but headphones do work, so it's not all for naught.

I have tried socal's method, taruga's with a linux codec dump, and even CMI8738PCIAudioDriver and none of them want to give me optical.

Help? Thoughts? Suggestions?
TIA

I can say using the codec dump + AppleHDA Patcher 1.20
The microphone is half working...
because i cannot make a smooth speech using msn messenger (VMware with XP)
it like a lag in every mili-sec or something...

Everyone should try to see if they have this problem.!!

Also, anyone can tell which part of the codec dump is the mic?
So I might try and mod it myself to get a better quality of the input mic sound

Well it doesn't work for me.

I've tried both methods outlined in this thread, both methods show additional options available in the sound control panel such as line out, digital out etc which is an improvement over not having anything show up however neither method actually produces any sound!

So, my motherboard is a Gigabyte P35 DS3R v1.1 with the ALC889A onboard sound.

Does anyone have any idea what I'm doing wrong?

Cheers

Ben

neither working for me. at least... when i set the output in system preferences/sound to built-in speaker, then only the two front speakers give sound, and when the output is built-in line output, then only the rear speakers give sound. system profiler says no built-in audio.

and there's no mic input at all.

i have GA X48T-DQ6 motherboard


any ideas?
thx

Thanks!

Hey Folks.

I have some problems installing the driver.
My Gigabyte EP45-DS3 has an ALC889a chip but if i do it, like Wizper said, the HDAPatcher (1.20) says:


Does he think, that i have an ALC885 Chip? i already tried an ALC885 dump file, but that doesn't work too

I found a solution without patching ;-)
http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?act...st&id=27629
here you can download the ALC889.pkg and you won't have problems with the sound anymore :-P

Were you using this on the ALC889A chipset? I just ran it and it wiped away the sound setup I had before.

As a side note, is anyone getting sound that kind of sounds staticy? When a sound first plays using the ALC889A kext I used before, it sounds like there is a little pop before starting.

I followed the instructions with ALC889adump.txt and that fixed it.

Sound is the best it's been yet. Still has a little pop when sound first starts.

Can you provide some further information about this package, please? Where did you find it?

i found a link to that file in a spanish text document, which i didn't understand.
but i downloaded the file and installed it and after that my sound worked and everything was good :-P

i think you may get some more informations if you search for "ALC889.pkg"

Thank you. I found further info, it is an old driver which requires ALC injector.

The lastest driver 1.6.2a37_3outs3ins_digital_HDA_headphone.zip from http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?sho...140941&st=0 works much better for me, including front panel, mic in and automatic muting.

ive tried every way in this thread an cant get my alc889a to work

this didn't work for Gigabyte GA-58EX-UD3R..

The UD3R has an ALC888 soundcard. I've tried tons of kexts with 10.5.7 but wasn't able to get it working. I didn't look into using the patcher + dump to get it working though.

The way I solved it was by replacing AppleHDA.kext in /S/L/E with the AppleHDA.kext from 10.5.6. Use any ALC888 you'd like and it should work on 10.5.7. If you're still running =<10.5.6 you don't have to replace AppleHDA.kext.

I should note that I was using Wolfie's EFI boot partition with Kexts but switched to using Chameleon and the /Extra dir for kexts. I tried changing the version number of AppleHDA.kext (10.5.6) and all the other kexts located inside to try and keep /S/L/E vanilla, however this does not work. Just so you know

I'm not at home so I can't provide you with a direct link to the kexts I used but if you use the search: EX58-UD3R or ALC888 you will definitely find drivers.

has anybody managed to get 5.1 sound ? i've tried with some patches and fixes but nothing worked ... i only have 2 channel sound...

i have ALC889A.

I'm also looking for a solution. 32/64bit and 5.1 support for ALC889a but I can't seem to get a straight answer anywhere.