I noticed some people have problems getting audio working on nforce 680i boards like the EVGA one.
Thanks to the Azalia drivers it was possible to get 2 channels stereo but no input or digital, headphone etc.

Thanks to the hard work of Taruga I managed to get mine fully working, Internal speakers, Headphone, Line Out, Digital Out, Microphone, Line-In etc.

This will work for the EVGA 680I SLI board (and maybe other boards with the same chip) which have the ALC885 chipset with the following ID's:
Vendor: 10EC
Device: 0885
SubSystem: 10ECE601
Revision: 1001

In order to get it working download the Taruga AppleHDApatcher v1.16.zip from:

AppleHDApatcher v1.16.zip

and use my codec dump which I attached.

I am running 10.4.10 with kernel 8.10.1 which might be important if you want to give it a try as well.
The install DVD I used is MacDotNub Mac OS X 10.4.10 V1 R5 which works excellent on my system (thanks Mac.Nub!)
Everything is working except still unable to write to SATA drives. (use IDE or external USB like I do)

Hope this helps you out!
Thanks again to all the people developing drivers and looking for solutions, very much appriciated!

Mike

I tried on Leopard but the patcher can't seem to make it work...
I get a * Detected unsupported Realtek Codec

Hi Weekender,

You might want to try the AppleHDApatcher v1.17, this one is specifically designed for Leo.
Because I am still running Tiger I couldn't tell you if it will work or not.

Good Luck!

Mike

It did the same thing with v1.17.
But someone with the same mobo (and Leopard as well) as me told me it worked for him, so I deceided to give it another try.
So I just redownloaded your ALC885 dump directly from my hackintosh and it worked perfect!

So I'm good now. Yesterday what I did is download it from my PC laptop and got it transfered to my hacintosh with a USB key, I guess it messed the dup somehow.

Anyway, sound is good now,


THanks a lot man

I have a different mobo (Asus Basswood 1 - HP) but with the same Realtek alc885. but the patcher doesn't work. I try the 1.18 with Leopard and your codec but still no sound/mic. Any way to diagnose it? Thanks

How do you use that dump directly ?
I am a newbie to kexts etc.; can you give detailed info ?
Have installed osx86 10.4.10

Thanks already.

Hi,
i used your codec dump with patcher 1.20 and it works great!
one question though, im trying to use line in from my xbox360 and i see with the equalizer thing under audio in system preferences that the audio is coming in and that its recognized, but its not sending the audio out through my speakers/headphones which are working fine if i play stuff on my computer. any help getting my line in to output to my speakers would be much appreciated.

and thank you once again for the codec dump!

I have a different mobo, and my Subsystem id in Vista Device Manager is different - 103C2A36

Is there some way I could get this kext working?

How the hell do you use the codec dump?

Just download both. To download the text file, if it just brings you to a page of text, just hit Apple-S and it will prompt you to save it. Save it to the same foldler as the HDApatcher, and then just *drag* the codec dump onto the icon of the HDApatcher (the frog)

It will prompt you for a password, and then it will do it's magic.

I have a similar setup to you (check sig) except for my cpu (e6600 which I can only seem to get working with cpus=1) and that I'm running leo 10.5.2 kalyway. I just ran your alc0885 patch and it worked perfectly, along with your forcedeth hack as well. If you have your rig running with 2 cores I'd love to know how, I'm using the AppleSMBIOS 667 (standard and 800 crashed whatever the boot params) at the moment so not getting the full capabilities of my setup at all.

Work fine for me. God topic. Thx for all doing hackintosh.

I couldnt get this one to work, and i have the same card. ALC885. I have alienware M9750 laptop w/ intel mobo N- CORE 2 DUO 2.00GHZ T7200 4MB 667MHZ

Are you sure this lets line-in and microphone work? I've patched it, and it's enabled the output. But under input, it still lists built-in and it's shaded out (can't select it).

I used Patcher v1.20 with Leopard v10.5.2.

This works for me in Kalyway 10.5.2, but only for the port on the motherboard. The frontpanel on the case doesn't work.

Thanks for doing the hard work it worked for me.

Motherboard: BloodIron (Newegg)
CPU: Q6600
GRAPHICS: EVGA 8800GTS
DVDRW: Asus SATA
FIREWIRE: 2 cards (work with FW410) (Old Matrox card + Old Compaq Presario Z6000 card)
HDD: 750 gig Segate SATA
RAM: Crucial Ballistic DDR800 2 gig
SOUND: MAudio Firewire 410
PSU: Antec NeoHE500
885 analog audio working with patch have not tested digital
Not tested: IDE and Roswell SATA card (for external eSATA)
Ahanex D4 case

It's works... but... my earphones don't sound

Maybe 'cause it's digital??? a red light is ON in my MacBook (please don't ask why i'm using OSx86, a long history!!)

Any ideas?

I have a nvidia 680i with alc885 audio that i cant get to work? The patcher posted does not allow me to drag and drop the codec you posted, any suggestions???

Save in one folder patcher application and txt file with codec info
Do not start patcher, just drag and drop txt file with codec info icon on top of patcher application icon

BloodIron T2L + AppleHDA patcher 1.20 + your codecd dump. WORKS!

thank for you alc885 codec.txt