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Please help! I've tried many methods and have not been able to get sound on my 5672 running 10.4.6 OSX.

 

Has anybody with this laptop (5672 w/ x1600/1GB/Realtek HD Audio) been able to get sound on 10.4.6 JaS OSX?

 

Also, I'd like instructions on getting LAN to work as well.

 

Thanks very much in advance! :D

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No, it doesn't need to be enabled in Windows.

 

Before I make a recommendation for sound, I need another Vendor/Device ID.

 

Go to Terminal and type: ioreg -l > ~/Desktop/ioreg.txt (that is the lowercase L beside the dash)

 

On the Desktop, open ioreg.txt (double-click on it and TextEdit should open it)

 

Find the text: AppleAzaliaController

 

In the block of text right before that, find something like this: "name" = "pci8086,27d8"

 

Give me those values.

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No, since you actually got a file with text in it, you typed the command correctly.

 

I would ask that you try again and use the Find feature in TextEdit to look for Azalia.

 

Find can be invoked by pressing Command-F or going to the Edit menu, select Find -> Find...

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I did.

 

The HD Audio is 10ec0883 and the Chipset is 27d88086

 

Does that sound right?

 

BTW...no joy on the ethernet.

 

I did everything (except the hex edit because the person who posted the file said it wasn't necessary). She had already added my device and made the other changes (supposedly). Maybe I followed the wrong instructions.

 

Could you copy and paste the instructions instead of just the link? I want to make sure I followed the right instructions. I'd like to get the ethernet working so I don't have to keep rebooting to post here about the sound.

 

Do you think I should get 10.4.7 and give it a try instead or do you think I could get this to work?

 

Thanks again for your time. Cheers! :)

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The HD Audio is 10ec0883 and the Chipset is 27d88086

 

Then take those two numbers and use them in this: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=18642

 

BTW...no joy on the ethernet.

 

I did everything (except the hex edit because the person who posted the file said it wasn't necessary). She had already added my device and made the other changes (supposedly). Maybe I followed the wrong instructions.

 

Could you copy and paste the instructions instead of just the link? I want to make sure I followed the right instructions. I'd like to get the ethernet working so I don't have to keep rebooting to post here about the sound.

 

Maybe you should do the hex edits. Here are the instructions:

 

1) download the AppleBCM5701Ethernet.kext.zip file that dark elf linked to.
2) extract it...and you need to edit info.plist (i used windows wordpad for this, its easiest this way because you dont have to deal with permissions...but you could use sudo nano in osx):

find the sequence:
<array>
...	
<string>pci14e4,165e</string>

and add:

<string>pci14e4,169d</string>

Save it.

3)get yourself a hex editor, and open up "AppleBCM5701Ethernet" (the file with no extension)

use search and replace, and find everything with "66 81 FA 59 16" and replace with "66 81 FA 9D 16" (i.e. use replace all...you should get around 40-50 replacements)

4) search and replace --- "75 71" to "EB 71" (i.e. replace all...should only be one replacement)

Save the "AppleBCM5701Ethernet" file.

5) in osx, copy over the .kext file to /systems/library/extensions/

6) in osx open up terminal and follow the commands set out by hater and tinhead, namely:

sudo -s
cd /
cd /System/Library/Extensions/
ln -s IONetworkingFamily.kext com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily.kext

rm /System/Library/Extensions.kextcache
rm /System/Library/Extensions.mkext
chown -R root:wheel /System/Library/Extensions
kextcache -k /System/Library/Extensions

rm /System/Library/Caches/com.apple.kernelcaches/*
kextcache -c

7) reboot

 

Do you think I should get 10.4.7 and give it a try instead or do you think I could get this to work?

 

There is nothing in 10.4.7 that you don't already have right now relative to sound and Lan.

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Well, you're the man! Had system sounds, CD Audio worked with itunes and everything. Then I got greedy and put a DVD in. Now I have no sound of any kind. It still shows the slider but no sound.

 

Did I do something wrong? Should I not have tried to get DVD audio?

 

As always, thanks for your help.

 

UPDATE:

 

Sound's back and working fine. (Came back after going to XP and then back to OSX.)

Don't know why the DVD audio doesn't work. I'll try another DVD.

 

Any idea about the Broadcom NIC?

 

Thanks so much for the sound! :happymac:

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