Help with ALC889a for Gigabyte P35-DS3l Rev 1 Bios F9

[thebigdog123]

I need some help before I shoot myself. I have SL 10.6.2 running great... all except audio. The following shows up in system profiler:

 

ntel High Definition Audio:

 

Device ID: 0x1458A002

Audio ID: 12

Available Devices:

Line Out:

Connection: 1/8-Inch Jack

External Microphone:

Connection: 1/8-Inch Jack

External Microphone:

Connection: 1/8-Inch Jack

Headphone:

Connection: 1/8-Inch Jack

S/P-DIF Out:

Connection: Combo

S/P-DIF In:

Connection: Combo

 

 

However, there are no devices listed in the sound pref pane. I have attached my DSDT file, the LegacyHDA.kext from my /E/E folder, and the AppleHDA.kext from the /S/L/E folder. Any help would be appreciated, I really have no clue what to try at this point. Thanks

audio.zip

[mschilling]

Do you have voodoohda loaded?

[thebigdog123]

No

[geiman]

If I was you, I would stay away from voodoo hda, etc.. and go with editing your DSDT for vanilla audio. I can't post it now, but if you search the forum using google for ALC889a you'll find many posts explaining how to do so. I've got the same audio chipset in my EP45C-UD3R board, and have audio working perfectly without any extra kexts (minus a few sound assertion errors at boot).

[thebigdog123]

Agreed but I have patched my dsdt about a dozen times with mo success!! Wondering if any one can tell me what i have wrong in my dsdt. Thanks!

[zzzainus]

Agreed but I have patched my dsdt about a dozen times with mo success!! Wondering if any one can tell me what i have wrong in my dsdt. Thanks!

 

hi there,

for me sound comes on snow with the following DSDT patch for audio.

                Method (_DSM, 4, NotSerialized)
               {
                   Store (Package (0x08)
                       {
                           "codec-id", 
                           Buffer (0x04)
                           {
                               0x89, 0x08, 0xEC, 0x10
                           }, 

                           "layout-id", 
                           Buffer (0x04)
                           {
                               //0x79, 0x03, 0x00, 0x00
                               0x75, 0x03, 0x00, 0x00
                           }, 

                           "device-type", 
                           Buffer (0x10)
                           {
                               "Realtek ALC889a"
                           }, 

                           "PinConfigurations", 
                           Buffer (0x01)
                           {
                               0x00
                           }
                       }, Local0)
                   DTGP (Arg0, Arg1, Arg2, Arg3, RefOf (Local0))
                   Return (Local0)
               }
           }

 

PS have you tried using HDA Enabler?

[thebigdog123]

Thanks I'll try that code now. Are you using legacyhda or hda enabler? If so, could you post me those kexts... Thanks!

 

Tried that, no luck. Not using HDAENabler, LegacyHDA or anything. If you are in conjunction with this code, please post those files in a zip file! Thanks.. here is my DSDT currently. Are there any other differences in the HDEF section?

 

Device (HDEF)

{

Name (_ADR, 0x001B0000)

Method (_PRW, 0, NotSerialized)

{

Return (Package (0x02)

{

0x0D,

0x05

})

}

 

Method (_DSM, 4, NotSerialized)

{

Store (Package (0x08)

{

 

"codec-id",

Buffer (0x04)

{

0x89, 0x08, 0xEC, 0x10

},

 

"layout-id",

Buffer (0x04)

{

//0x79,0x03,0x00,0x00

0x75, 0x03, 0x00, 0x00

},

 

"device-type",

Buffer (0x10)

{

"Realtek ALC889A"

},

 

"PinConfigurations",

Buffer (0x01)

{

0x00

}

}, Local0)

DTGP (Arg0, Arg1, Arg2, Arg3, RefOf (Local0))

Return (Local0)

}

 

Method (DTGP, 5, NotSerialized)

{

If (LEqual (Arg0, Buffer (0x10)

{

/* 0000 */ 0xC6, 0xB7, 0xB5, 0xA0, 0x18, 0x13, 0x1C, 0x44,

/* 0008 */ 0xB0, 0xC9, 0xFE, 0x69, 0x5E, 0xAF, 0x94, 0x9B

}))

{

If (LEqual (Arg1, One))

{

If (LEqual (Arg2, Zero))

{

Store (Buffer (One)

{

0x03

}, Arg4)

Return (One)

}

 

If (LEqual (Arg2, One))

{

Return (One)

}

}

}

 

Store (Buffer (One)

{

0x00

}, Arg4)

Return (Zero)

}

}

[mschilling]

I'm curious, why not voodoohda? I had working sound with the option from Hazard (voodoo and alc889a.kext) but had static when resuming from sleep. A different voodoohda (0.2.56) fixed that problem.

[thebigdog123]

I'm curious, why not voodoohda? I had working sound with the option from Hazard (voodoo and alc889a.kext) but had static when resuming from sleep. A different voodoohda (0.2.56) fixed that problem.

 

Genius mschilling. I found voodoohda.kext .2.56 on the italian version of this forum. BAM! Audio! Don't know why I did just do this days ago... So much easier! Thank you thank you thank you!

 

 

Also, I deleted AppleHDA.kext as well. I had to put voodoo in s/l/e otherwise it didn't work i /e/e. Also don't seem to need the alc889a.kext... Do I need that for anything. I don't have that file install and my sound is working.

 

Now my system is complete with audio and bonjour support too!!!!! Next projects are my esata card and usb webcam!