Geesu Posted August 19, 2006 Share Posted August 19, 2006 My sound isn't working and I know I have an AC97 sound card thing (I checked dell's website w/my service tag, if there is another way to verify this how can I do that?) But basically I start up MAC OS X and it yells at me saying it acn't load the extension... I've seen on the forums people mentioning changing an ID in the .kext file, what is this all about? Perhaps I need to do this to get it working? If so, where do I get this ID number from? I'm using a Dell Dimension 5150 Thanks!! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/25112-changing-id-for-a-sound-card/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
glassJAw Posted August 19, 2006 Share Posted August 19, 2006 as far as I know, the ac97 does not work, or is vert glitchy. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/25112-changing-id-for-a-sound-card/#findComment-169703 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BuildSmart Posted August 19, 2006 Share Posted August 19, 2006 That's because they are modifying the driver in a manner that works marginally cause it doesn't properly recognize the hardware registers which are different than the device driver's intended hardware. The source for the AC97 driver is available and modification of the source to properly recognize and utilize the hardware is by far the superior method but people are looking for someone else to do the work because: a) they have no programming experience/knowledge. they're too lazy to do it the right way themselves. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/25112-changing-id-for-a-sound-card/#findComment-169860 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geesu Posted August 19, 2006 Author Share Posted August 19, 2006 Is there any documentation on this? I'm a programmer myself and I am very comfortable with changing source code, but where do I find these IDs at? It looks like a large number so I'd imagine they're not just changing it randomly. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/25112-changing-id-for-a-sound-card/#findComment-169944 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BuildSmart Posted August 20, 2006 Share Posted August 20, 2006 Try looking at the source and you'll see it's easy to add your hardware. REQUIRES XCODE TO BUILD Also, from a source level you'll be able to set the IO registers to match your hardware so you wont get things like sound-out on the line-in and line-in will actually work. AppleAC97Audio_5.tar.gz.zip Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/25112-changing-id-for-a-sound-card/#findComment-170528 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geesu Posted August 20, 2006 Author Share Posted August 20, 2006 I actually tried to install XCode from the Hotso DVD, but I couldn't find it on th eDVD, any recommendatino on where it is at? Thanks! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/25112-changing-id-for-a-sound-card/#findComment-170662 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammjet Posted August 20, 2006 Share Posted August 20, 2006 XCode is not on the hackintosh install DVD's. You can download it from Apple. Go to their developer website and sign up for a free membership ( http://developer.apple.com/membership/ ). Then go to downloads. v2.3 is compatible with 10.4.6/7 but v2.4 was released with Leopard. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/25112-changing-id-for-a-sound-card/#findComment-170671 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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