laurajuliette Posted August 14, 2016 Share Posted August 14, 2016 I've been trying hard to make my Hackintosh be able to use microphone input via the 3.5mm input. I've started out with an Asus z170-A board (ALC892), where sound was working, the microphone displayed, but no input came through. I've tried a bunch of different audio solutions ranging but couldn't make it work. I've then switched to an Gigabyte Z170 HD3P board (ALC887), which is more common. I was hoping this would make the problem disappear, but didn't. I've now tried everything from [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] to AppleALC to VoodooHDA to what I am using now, a custom patched AppleHDA kext, with I tried with Audio IDs 1,5,7&9. Each of these solutions made the audio work, but the microphone never works. I'm testing using standard Apple Headphones with the integrated mic. Anyone? You'd really help me out. Would a USB mic work? {Clover and IOReg attached} {El Capitan: Gigabyte Z170 HD3P, Intel i5 6400, GTX 970, Crucial Budget 16GB 2133Mhz, Corsair CX500M PSU, Corsair 300R case} cloverandioreg.zip Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/314224-strangely-persistent-microphone-problem/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
PPCnostalgic Posted August 14, 2016 Share Posted August 14, 2016 Hi. Did you try VoodooHDA v. 2.8.7? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/314224-strangely-persistent-microphone-problem/#findComment-2265554 Share on other sites More sharing options...
laurajuliette Posted August 15, 2016 Author Share Posted August 15, 2016 Hi. Did you try VoodooHDA v. 2.8.7? Thanks for your reply! I just tried it, with a number of configurations, but all I got was lots of static noise + no mic. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/314224-strangely-persistent-microphone-problem/#findComment-2265889 Share on other sites More sharing options...
laurajuliette Posted August 21, 2016 Author Share Posted August 21, 2016 I found out the solution! Much to my surprise it actually turned out to be a hardware issue. The iPhone headphones come with a TRRS 3.5mm jack for both Input/Output in one plug. When I plugged these into my motherboards or cases mic jack, they didn't pass any input through. I just bought a standalone mic which comes with a TRS jack, which works just fine. Surprisingly the input quality in my hack is actually better than on the windows installation. I then tested the iPhone headphones on my windows installation, which gave the same issue as OSX did all the while before, confirming it's entirely a hardware problem. Read more about TRRS and TRS here: http://www.provideocoalition.com/ts-trs-trrs-trrrs-combating-the-misconnection-epidemic/ 1 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/314224-strangely-persistent-microphone-problem/#findComment-2268321 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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