geezzusfnchrist Posted December 29, 2009 Share Posted December 29, 2009 What's up everyone? Fairly new to the site, but I've already successfully installed OSX on another desktop of mine and I am now attempting to install it on my Acer Aspire 5517 laptop. My install was successful and the OS loads, but I'm not getting ANY audio at all. I've tried locating my chipset information (Acer sucks) and could only come up with the following information: PC Wizard 2010 listed it as a SB600 HD Audio Controller. And the speakers as RealTek. I tried Everest home edition and it gave me nothing useful. I even contacted ACER and they gave me some crappy round about answer. I went into Windows and located my device and vendor ID's: vendor: 10EC device: 0272 Which should come out to something like 0x10ec0272 (If I even did that right)... Anyway, I know some things are not compatible with the laptop like the the ethernet/wireless and graphics card, but I saw that RealTek was supported... I attempted to install the ALC88X kext's with no luck. I also tried installing the AC97 Audio kext, no luck there either. I then tried to install the Azalia kext. Now with this kext, I actually could see my device in "Sounds" (output) and I could see the volume in the bar at the top of Leopard (where with any other kext I could not see the volume control on the OSX desktop), but I'm still not getting any sound. If anyone could provide any insight I would really really appreciate it. I've been all over google and multiple forums trying to find a fix for this. Or if someone could point me in the right direction as to how to get my chipset information for my audio, that would help immensely as well. Here is what I've found so far for system specs in terms of audio: (Everest) Multimedia: Audio Adapter High Definition Audio Controller [NoDB] (PC Wizard 10) SB600 HD Audio Controller. MODE AC'97 If anymore information is needed, please let me know. I'll get it posted ASAP. Warmest Regards. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/204534-acer-aspire-5517-laptop-audio-problems/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
geezzusfnchrist Posted December 29, 2009 Author Share Posted December 29, 2009 For AC97http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php...91179&st=20 post 24 Remove ALC88X kext's rebuild kext cache (kext utility is good) Thanks Mr Walker, however, I don't see any folder called extra/extensions even when browsing the hidden files and folders. Any suggestions? Warmest Regards. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/204534-acer-aspire-5517-laptop-audio-problems/#findComment-1372141 Share on other sites More sharing options...
geezzusfnchrist Posted December 30, 2009 Author Share Posted December 30, 2009 Leopard iDENEB V_1.4 10.5.6 I selected no audio patches upon initial install. I kinda went with the bare minimum. Thanks again for your help. I appreciate it. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/204534-acer-aspire-5517-laptop-audio-problems/#findComment-1372220 Share on other sites More sharing options...
geezzusfnchrist Posted December 30, 2009 Author Share Posted December 30, 2009 wow! Why are posts disappearing on me?? Weird. ------------- Sound Devices ------------- Description: Speakers (Realtek High Definition Audio) Default Sound Playback: Yes Default Voice Playback: Yes Hardware ID: HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_10EC&DEV_0272&SUBSYS_1025028D&REV_1000 Manufacturer ID: 1 Product ID: 100 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/204534-acer-aspire-5517-laptop-audio-problems/#findComment-1372247 Share on other sites More sharing options...
geezzusfnchrist Posted December 30, 2009 Author Share Posted December 30, 2009 [uPDATE] So I downloaded and tried the voodoo HDA kext and sound is working! However, the sound is SUPER "crackly." Also, when I attempt to go into the sound preferences, my system crashes. Anyone have any experience with this particular issue? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/204534-acer-aspire-5517-laptop-audio-problems/#findComment-1372293 Share on other sites More sharing options...
geezzusfnchrist Posted December 30, 2009 Author Share Posted December 30, 2009 [update] Removed VoodooHDA.kext and installed ALC272.kext. I can see my device in sound preferences, however, still no sound is coming out even with the speakers selected. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/204534-acer-aspire-5517-laptop-audio-problems/#findComment-1372710 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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