DS Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 For those with 3945 cards, just hit ebay and get a Dell Truemobile 1490, based on broadcom. I got mine for less than 15 bucks shipped and it works great in OS X. Sell the 3945 and you've got your $ back right there. You'll save time in the long run, and get a card that is just as capable. As for the Sigmatel 9200 .. damn I wish there was a solution for that. Dell D620. Wirless is great now, got the NVidia card so that's covered, now its pretty much just a 9200 driver and some sort of fix to make the damn thing sleep properly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linker- Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 can you port it? i thought ipw3945 uses a propritary kernel module to communicate with card.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mifki Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 Thats what im finding out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fullOut Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 I have a 3945 and 9200.. ouch!!!.. I dont know programing, but i would like to help... with both!!! http://ipw3945.sourceforge.net/ regards, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostsoftware Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 most of the people i have talked to on here and in other forums have the most problems with the stac 9200 driver on a dell B130/1300. This is also the model i have, after tons of research and having talked with a Tech from Dell I found out that just the driver wont work on a Windows install. He says that if you want audio to work you have to install the Dell Notebook System Software from their support and drivers website. Then install the driver to correctly get the driver to work.....this sucks. If there is a way to see the configuration files and work around all this stuff maybe port this software to a Intel Mac compatible format then we should be able to get audio in and out working correctly. Tonight when i get out from class ill begin breaking this stuff down and working as hard as i can to get a better driver and a new beta out by the end of the month. can't make any promises since i work 50 hours a week and go to college full time, but ima work my damndest on this damn thing. P.S. Has anyone else updated to the 10.4.8 JaS and had your processor show up as 0Mhz? P.P.S. i love you guys. hahahaha im tierd. P.P.P.S. Sigmatel sold their audio department to IDT.com - so ill have to search around there for more information and stuff as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fullOut Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 hey, some IOKit guru need to see this. Got from a freebsd list http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd...uly/004481.html well, let me know chears, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spatimouth Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 This is not a dell B130/1300 problem. It's a B120/B130/1300 problem I am using OSx86 on a Dell B120 laptop and my sound is the only thing not working. It uses the 92XX soundcard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammjet Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 It uses the 92XX soundcard If 9220, there is a solution - see Audio link in my signature and read about Sigmatel 9220. For other Sigmatel chipsets, have to wait for a breakthrough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spatimouth Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 The only information about getting 0Sx86 onto this B120 laptop was following directions for the B130. I'm thinking that the B120 and the B130 are the same laptop with the exception that the B120 does not have a built in Wifi attennia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baietas Posted December 7, 2006 Share Posted December 7, 2006 how did you "re-route" it to use AC97? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walterav Posted December 8, 2006 Share Posted December 8, 2006 Is this true? "Need to install DELL notebook system software" So if I do a a clear install of the DELL laptop with windowsXP, i always have to use dells drivers? instead of sigmatel/broadcom/intel? Can anyone already confirm this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenOfMN Posted December 9, 2006 Share Posted December 9, 2006 Hey, I have a Gateway CX210X... stupid SigmaTel 9250 and intel 3945 wireless.... I am also a Computer Science Major.. and I did get an A in Intro to C/C++ I will be willing to help how I can... don't know how much that is, but I will do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rschultz101 Posted December 10, 2006 Share Posted December 10, 2006 pin compatible!!! The STAC9200 is available in 3.3V and 5.0V analog supply voltages and is available for sampling now with volume shipments expected in 1Q05. The STAC9200 is pin compatible with previous products --------------------------------------- in the SigmaTel PC audio codecs family and is available in 48-pin LQFP and 32-pad QFN package options. The STAC9200 is priced at $0.95 for 10,000 unit quantities. Package options include environmentally friendly packages free of lead and other harmful compounds. let's find out witch chips are on the laptop,... 48-pin lqfp or 32-qfn,.... google images 48 lqfp that one is doable, to clip of the board, and replace it,.... the qfn,.. forget it the D820, D620 has it too, sigmatel 9200,... does anything have to be done to the bios ? others http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?sho...09220&st=20 thanks, Robert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henrik Posted December 11, 2006 Share Posted December 11, 2006 I too would like to know ^ :] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostsoftware Posted December 11, 2006 Share Posted December 11, 2006 Is this true? "Need to install DELL notebook system software" So if I do a a clear install of the DELL laptop with windowsXP, i always have to use dells drivers? instead of sigmatel/broadcom/intel? Can anyone already confirm this? for the sound with my experience is that you have to install the dell notebook software and then the sigmatel drivers for it the sound card. but i used broadcom and intel drivers for the wifi and chipsets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linker- Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 pin compatible!!! The STAC9200 is available in 3.3V and 5.0V analog supply voltages and is available for sampling now with volume shipments expected in 1Q05. The STAC9200 is pin compatible with previous products --------------------------------------- in the SigmaTel PC audio codecs family and is available in 48-pin LQFP and 32-pad QFN package options. The STAC9200 is priced at $0.95 for 10,000 unit quantities. Package options include environmentally friendly packages free of lead and other harmful compounds. let's find out witch chips are on the laptop,... 48-pin lqfp or 32-qfn,.... google images 48 lqfp that one is doable, to clip of the board, and replace it,.... the qfn,.. forget it the D820, D620 has it too, sigmatel 9200,... does anything have to be done to the bios ? others http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?sho...09220&st=20 thanks, Robert huh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devilhood Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 It's a shame the Inspiron 9400 has a few botched elements, like the unsupported STAC9200. I personally think the sound and speakers on the Inspiron 9300 were miles better. I hope work continues on this project, t'would be nice to finally use sound without an external firewire device Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cloudstrife252 Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 safe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slave-zeo Posted December 13, 2006 Share Posted December 13, 2006 James i will be getting a new intel board soon (965) it has the 9227 sigmatel onboard audio chip, do you think there is any chance of that being supported? Man, i have to say, things really look bleak for the sigmatel 9227. My Dell XPS410 has this chip on it and I pretty much seem to be SOL on audio output. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogabean Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 Well I've still been working on this when I can. Health wise I'm better, just been swamped catching up with real life as well. Don't have anything to release yet... and don't really have a timetable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nev6 Posted December 15, 2006 Share Posted December 15, 2006 Well I've still been working on this when I can. Health wise I'm better, just been swamped catching up with real life as well. Don't have anything to release yet... and don't really have a timetable. excellent! glad to hear things are well in the camp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pakoto Posted December 24, 2006 Share Posted December 24, 2006 http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=32859 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fullOut Posted December 24, 2006 Share Posted December 24, 2006 what u mean by that?.. u got sound with this tweak?! regards, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
---nemesis--- Posted December 26, 2006 Share Posted December 26, 2006 So are you saying that that works??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogabean Posted December 29, 2006 Share Posted December 29, 2006 After reviewing the work being done in the AppleHDA.kext thread... I am convinced that is the method to pursue. It was my original method of trying to get these cards working anyway... it was how we originally made progress and got sound with the 9223 Sigmatels... I am dropping working on a new driver and turning my attention to helping out with work on creating AppleHDA.kext fixes for the 9200 and 9250 folks. I believe completely in this being the answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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