justniM Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 I was just wondering if anyone has successfully gotten a hackintosh to run a PCI audio interface. Even after installing the OSX drivers for my RME HDSP 9632 I haven't been able to get it to load. My current config is: AMD 64 x2 +4400 2GB OCZ Mem Gigabyte M55SLI-S4 Mobo 2 Seagate 300gb Sata drives 1 Western Digital 120gb Pata drive Evga Nvidia 7600GT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limini Posted March 3, 2007 Share Posted March 3, 2007 <sigh> No pci card will work unless you have a PowerPC Mac. There are no Intel Macs with PCI cards, only PCI-E. PCI on McIntel is simply not supported by OSX, so it can't be supported on an iHack. The only very faint glimmer of hope lies in adapting a PCI-E driver to work with an older card. I wouldn't hold my breath if I were you. Firewire and USB interfaces and on-board audio are the current working options. PCI audio doesn't work on an iHack. PCI audio doesn't work on an iHack...someone please pin me...PCI audio doesn't work on an iHack...</sigh> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macgirl Posted March 3, 2007 Share Posted March 3, 2007 Well yes and no. It is not because they are PCI, there are a lot of PCI cards tha work, from ports (USB, FireWire, Serial), ethernet, wireless, even TV cards. Since almost all audio suported chips are "onboard" there are no PCI cards with those same chips. Maybe an Ensoniq ES1 card could work with the Maxxuss VMware kext. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limini Posted March 4, 2007 Share Posted March 4, 2007 It is not because they are PCI, there are a lot of PCI cards tha work, from ports (USB, FireWire, Serial), ethernet, wireless, even TV cards. Since almost all audio suported chips are "onboard" there are no PCI cards with those same chips. Thanks; I wasn't aware that other PCI cards worked under OSX in an iHack. I'm lucky in that I discovered X86 when 10.4.8 cane out and installed it on a system that was practically perfect for it. I figured the problem was simply that no OSX universal binary drivers are supplied for PCI audio cards. Are these drivers you're refering to adpated from working OSX PCI-E drivers, or are people actually writing them from scratch? u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtraa Posted March 4, 2007 Share Posted March 4, 2007 There were hybrid cards for both PCI for mac and pc from M-Audio. But I don't know if the driver will work, if there is a universal driver and if they are still available. Anyway, in this case you should have a look at M-Audio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EPDM Posted March 4, 2007 Share Posted March 4, 2007 Tried an SB64 PCI card once. It worked great but after awhile problems accured. I can't remember now what it exactly was. I think audio got out of sync after awhile. The advantage was that with that card (and the drivers that i found) I had both audio-out AND audio-in working. To the system I guess if you have soundcard with a chip that is supported it will work. Regards, EPDM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enb14 Posted March 5, 2007 Share Posted March 5, 2007 There were hybrid cards for both PCI for mac and pc from M-Audio. But I don't know if the driver will work, if there is a universal driver and if they are still available. Anyway, in this case you should have a look at M-Audio. No, it doesn't works, that's why I'm waiting for a PCIe version of their PCI M-Audio cards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justniM Posted March 6, 2007 Author Share Posted March 6, 2007 I guess it would make sense that PCI cards wouldn't work if all the new Intel Macs don't even have PCI anymore. I was hoping that I could get my RME to work since it's a great card, but apparently lacking a UB compatible driver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limini Posted March 6, 2007 Share Posted March 6, 2007 I guess it would make sense that PCI cards wouldn't work if all the new Intel Macs don't even have PCI anymore. I was hoping that I could get my RME to work since it's a great card, but apparently lacking a UB compatible driver. Same boat. However, RME is supposed to release their PCI-E cards along with a universal binary driver any day now: there's a very distant suggestion of a faint glimmer of hope that these will either work or be adapted to work with the older PCI cards... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solaar Posted March 8, 2007 Share Posted March 8, 2007 (edited) I still have a RME DIGI9636 (ADAT lightpipe) which runs ok in Linux. RME have put a warning on their site it's not even compatible with a G5. Plugging it into a G5 may even damage both the card and G5 components ... blimey No hope at all then I suppose Edited March 8, 2007 by solaar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enb14 Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 RME released an universal binary driver, somebody posted but I don't remember who has, thanks guy http://www.rme-audio.com/english/info/news.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lars Headfuzz Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 No, it doesn't works, that's why I'm waiting for a PCIe version of their PCI M-Audio cards. I wouldn't hold your breath, tbh. They seem to be doing well enough with the USB and Firewire lines of their cards (Hell, I've got a USB Audiophile in front of me and a Firewire Audiophile coming in the post - partly coz my Delta 2496 doesn't play well with my Dual 1.8GHz G5 coz of the voltages of the 64 bit PCI bus ). This is just my opinion - I could of course be very wrong, but I don't know if there's sufficient demand to warrant developing - or at least, rushing out - PCIe versions of their lower range chipsets... Lest we forget the external versions always had a hhigher price point than the internal daughter cards. Just my Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eskurza Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 <sigh> No pci card will work unless you have a PowerPC Mac. There are no Intel Macs with PCI cards, only PCI-E. PCI on McIntel is simply not supported by OSX, so it can't be supported on an iHack. The only very faint glimmer of hope lies in adapting a PCI-E driver to work with an older card. I wouldn't hold my breath if I were you. Firewire and USB interfaces and on-board audio are the current working options. PCI audio doesn't work on an iHack. PCI audio doesn't work on an iHack...someone please pin me...PCI audio doesn't work on an iHack...</sigh> Cmedia 8738 PCI card works perfectly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limini Posted March 11, 2007 Share Posted March 11, 2007 (edited) RME released an universal binary driver, somebody posted but I don't remember who has, thanks guy http://www.rme-audio.com/english/info/news.htm Confirmed!! Only for the HDSP series of RME cards: http://www.rme-audio.com/download/hdsp_16c_x86.gz However make sure your firmware is compatible to the driver version for your device. RME does it again Edited March 11, 2007 by limini Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balthazar Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 use a pci 2408 and its been sooooooo reliable for so long - had to get a new chip for the PCI card when upgraded to my G5, but apart from that. Have you made sure things are installed before card was connected? use a pci 2408 and its been sooooooo reliable for so long - had to get a new chip for the PCI card when upgraded to my G5, but apart from that. Have you made sure things are installed before card was connected? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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