(SOLVED) After 10.6.3 update no sound

[pepechuelo79]

Hi,

I have done my Hackintosh thanks Kakewalk method. It was perfect.

That installation ended in 10.6.2.

Now, I wanted to upgrade to 10.6.3 and after that I have no sound. No sound devices/options to choose in System Preferences > Sound.

I've done many things trying to get sound. Probably those attempts left old kexts that are responsible of the silence of my system.

 

My mobo is a GA-EX58-UD5, so audio chip is ALC889a. My micro is i7 920.

 

In Backup Extensions folder there is:

 

AppleHDA.kext

SleepEnabler.kext

VoodooHDA.kext

 

In Extra folder:

 

com.apple.Boot.plist

DSDT.aml

 

In Extra > Extensions folder:

 

fakesmc.kext

HDAEnabler.kext

IOAHCIBlockStorageInjector.kext

JMicronATA.kext

LegacyHDA.kext

 

And in System > Library > Extensions, between others:

 

AppleHDA.kext

HDAEnabler.kext

VooDooHDA.kext

 

Are any of those kext colliding between them?

How can sound return back?

 

Thanks in advance.

[ileikcaek]

I have a problem now... seemingly pretty serious...

 

I had OS X 10.6.2 and 10.6.3 working perfectly with http://www.kexts.com/view/137-alc888_p35-ds3l.html

 

I have an ALC888S and that kext was working absolutely flawlessly until I repaired OS X's disk permissions. rebooted and bam... Kernal Panic... I had to boot with -v -x to remove them and get back into OS X.

 

I then found on kexts.com an updated kext http://www.kexts.com/view/320-alc888_hd_audio.html which works and installs ok but when I try and play any audio I hear absolutely nothing through my speakers, I had a play around in sound preferences and nothing even though it sees all my sound ports and stuff.

 

Any ideas what I can do?

 

EDIT: For now I have installed VoodooHDA.kext but it really isn't that great, when no audio is playing it makes a humming sound constantly and when OS X boots the speakers POP - it is really really bad in iTunes. I would love to get the original kext I was using working.

[pepechuelo79]

I have a problem now... seemingly pretty serious...

I had OS X 10.6.2 and 10.6.3 working perfectly with http://www.kexts.com/view/137-alc888_p35-ds3l.html

I have an ALC888S and that kext was working absolutely flawlessly until I repaired OS X's disk permissions. rebooted and bam... Kernal Panic... I had to boot with -v -x to remove them and get back into OS X.

I then found on kexts.com an updated kext http://www.kexts.com/view/320-alc888_hd_audio.html which works and installs ok but when I try and play any audio I hear absolutely nothing through my speakers, I had a play around in sound preferences and nothing even though it sees all my sound ports and stuff.

Any ideas what I can do?

EDIT: For now I have installed VoodooHDA.kext but it really isn't that great, when no audio is playing it makes a humming sound constantly and when OS X boots the speakers POP - it is really really bad in iTunes. I would love to get the original kext I was using working.

 

Hi Rick,

Your sound chip, your mobo and your micro are different than mine.

I just solved my problem, but my solution could not work for you.

I dragged to trash both VooDooHDA.kext (from Backup Extensions folder and from System > Library > Extensions).

Also I dragged to trash AppleHDA.kext form System > Library > Extensions.

Then I installed with Kext Helper AppleHDA_10.6.3.kext that I downloaded from kexts.com.

When it was done I run Kext Utility and then repair permissions with Disk Utility.

Reboot.

When it opened again I had in System Preferences > Sound > Output:

 

IntSpeakers

LineOut

LineOut

DigitalOut

Digidesign HW ( 002 ) <-- this is the interphase for my ProTools.

 

While in System Preferences > Sound > Input:

 

InternalMic

LineIn

DigitalIn

Digidesign HW ( 002 )

 

So I guess I've done.

Also I have both DVI/HDMI connections from my GeForce GTX 260 live and in good conditions. So I guess I solved my problem.

May be you have a conflict of kexts. Try to trash the old and suspected, install the fresh one for your sound chip and repair permissions.

Good luck, Rick.

[ileikcaek]

Thank you pepechuelo79... I am having another play right now to see If I can get it working.

 

It seems strange that repairing disk permissions has broken the http://www.kexts.com/view/137-alc888_p35-ds3l.html That I was using just fine. I will install it again and note down the panic I get

 

 

it worked fine before disk permissions were set correctly with disk util

[pepechuelo79]

Thank you pepechuelo79... I am having another play right now to see If I can get it working.

It seems strange that repairing disk permissions has broken it. That I was using just fine. I will install it again and note down the panic I get

it worked fine before disk permissions were set correctly with disk util

Something was wrong installed. Some conflict reside in your operative system.

To my taste it could be wrong kexts.

My level is low to your problem.

Hope someone here with higher level than mine could help you.

[ileikcaek]

No worries, it is strange that it was fine before, even in 10.6.3 but I thought, It's about time I run disk utility to repair permissions, Then I restarted and got that kernel panic. It is annoying as I had everything on my ALC888S working with the http://www.kexts.com/view/137-alc888_p35-ds3l.html kexts.

 

I think I may end up reinstalling to get original sound back and never repair permissions lol. I'll see what others think first - until then VoodooHDA it is, even though it is poor.