okimasa Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 Hello! I've been helping my friend make his old Compaq into a Mac. We've got it working fairly well, but we haven't been able to get the audio to work. (If I remember right, his sound card is called something like Realtek AC97.) Anyway, we've decided to give up and take the easy way out by buying an USB audio interface thing. My first question is, has anyone bought this? USB Audio Interface It seems rather cheap, I would thing this 5.1 surround sound bit is bogus, but what ever, we just need sound. Also, I suppose a more important question would be are we going about this the right way? Like the sound card isn't working, but even so, plugging in a little USB adapter will be recognized and function just like a normal sound card? Any suggestions or recommendations for (inexpensive!) USB sound cards are welcome! ----------- Him: Compaq, AMD Sempron, ATI Radeon Xpress 200, Realtek AC97, Mac OS 10.5.7 (iAtkos distro) The "BigMac" Me: Acer 4620Z, Intel Core Duo2, Intel GMA X3100, Intel HD Audio, Mac OS 10.5.8 (iPC distro) The "HackBook Pro" Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/213371-usb-audio-interfaces/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giorgio_multi Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 Hello! I've been helping my friend make his old Compaq into a Mac. We've got it working fairly well, but we haven't been able to get the audio to work. (If I remember right, his sound card is called something like Realtek AC97.) Anyway, we've decided to give up and take the easy way out by buying an USB audio interface thing. My first question is, has anyone bought this? USB Audio Interface It seems rather cheap, I would thing this 5.1 surround sound bit is bogus, but what ever, we just need sound. Also, I suppose a more important question would be are we going about this the right way? Like the sound card isn't working, but even so, plugging in a little USB adapter will be recognized and function just like a normal sound card? Any suggestions or recommendations for (inexpensive!) USB sound cards are welcome! ----------- Him: Compaq, AMD Sempron, ATI Radeon Xpress 200, Realtek AC97, Mac OS 10.5.7 (iAtkos distro) The "BigMac" Me: Acer 4620Z, Intel Core Duo2, Intel GMA X3100, Intel HD Audio, Mac OS 10.5.8 (iPC distro) The "HackBook Pro" I have one, works Giorgio Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/213371-usb-audio-interfaces/#findComment-1432169 Share on other sites More sharing options...
okimasa Posted March 21, 2010 Author Share Posted March 21, 2010 Thanks! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/213371-usb-audio-interfaces/#findComment-1432487 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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