massyh Posted June 4, 2017 Share Posted June 4, 2017 Dell OptiPlex 3020M Intel Core i5 4590T HM55 Chipset Haswell - Socket 1150 LGA 22nm Intel HD Graphics 4600 "Working" Intel Dual Band Wireless AC8260 m.2. "not working, I'm thinking of replacing it with BCM94352Z m.2" DDR3 16GB PC3-12800 (800MHz) Realtek ALC3234 "Apparently it's the same as ALC255, VoodooHDA installed" Realtek Ethernet "Working, Native install" Hi guys, I'm sorry this question might have been asked before so excuse me in advance for lack of my knowledge! Could someone please explain me the differences between AppleHDA and VoodooHDA? After a lot of reading/research and so many tries and errors, I have finally successfully installed Sierra on my Dell 3020M, everything seems to be working just fine and I used VoodooHDA for the system sound. Although it's working, I'm not quite happy with the sound quality as it is not as good as what I have in Windows, it's a bit too low or if I try to increase the sound volume, it gets a bit noisy. My question is this that will I get better sound quality if I use AppleHDA rather than VoodooHDA? Many thanks, Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/324167-applehda-or-voodoohda/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
insanelyDeepak Posted June 4, 2017 Share Posted June 4, 2017 Hi you have your question with answer Could someone please explain me the differences between AppleHDA and VoodooHDA? I'm not quite happy with the sound quality as it is not as good as what I have in Windows, it's a bit too low or if I try to increase the sound volume, it gets a bit noisy. My question is this that will I get better sound quality if I use AppleHDA rather than VoodooHDA? obviously Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/324167-applehda-or-voodoohda/#findComment-2435102 Share on other sites More sharing options...
massyh Posted June 4, 2017 Author Share Posted June 4, 2017 Great! So I'm in the right path, just need to get the AppleHDA working! Is it not better to remove the VoodooHDA first? Would deleting the ktext file from S/L/E be enough or do I need to take other steps to remove the VoodooHDA from my system? And one final last question, my sound card as mentioned above is Realtek ALC3234, any tips to complete my installation would be appreciated, I have already tried a few times and so far no luck! I don't know what in doing wrong. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/324167-applehda-or-voodoohda/#findComment-2435181 Share on other sites More sharing options...
insanelyDeepak Posted June 5, 2017 Share Posted June 5, 2017 removed VoodooHDA and AppleHDA Disabler from /S/L/E download and install https://github.com/vit9696/AppleALC/releases use Layout ID = 3, 13, 17, 28 which suites you better Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/324167-applehda-or-voodoohda/#findComment-2435370 Share on other sites More sharing options...
massyh Posted June 7, 2017 Author Share Posted June 7, 2017 removed VoodooHDA and AppleHDA Disabler from /S/L/E download and install https://github.com/vit9696/AppleALC/releases use Layout ID = 3, 13, 17, 28 which suites you better Yes I dit it! . 1. Removed VoodooHDA and AppleHDA Disabler, 2. Used AppleHDA Patcher to extract clover config, aDummyHDA.kext, AppleHDA.kext and CodecCommander.kext and applied all. 3. Restarted and wow its working. Still I have a feeling that my internal speakers are louder in Windows but who cares. I'll probably use my BT speakers. Currently looking to buy a Broadcom BCM94352Z NGFF M.2 to replace with my exciting Intel AC8260. Althouth I'm not sure if BT speakers works with AppleHDA. One last questin remains, and is there any differences between AppleHDA and AppleALC? Thanks, Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/324167-applehda-or-voodoohda/#findComment-2437530 Share on other sites More sharing options...
insanelyDeepak Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 Althouth I'm not sure if BT speakers works with AppleHDA. same here I'm not sure AppleHDA works for onboard connectors One last questin remains, and is there any differences between AppleHDA and AppleALC? AppleALC is kext like dummy but you don't need to use clover patches and don't need to install it again again when new OS update arrived .. AppleALC works from clover kext folder Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/324167-applehda-or-voodoohda/#findComment-2437541 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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