Lucas Pinelli Posted November 4, 2007 Share Posted November 4, 2007 Hey guys, after countless hours of work i finally got Leopard installed on my computer (Gigabyte P35 DS3R, E6600). The Natit and LAN drivers worked perfectly without having to modify anything. I am, however, having a great deal of trouble trying to get my audio (ALC889A) to work. I've read all the forums which all say the same thing; download alc889a.zip (ALCinject.kext and AppleHDA.kext) and then copy them into extensions and go to terminal and type: sudo -s sudo chmod -R 775 /System/Library/Extensions/ALCinject.kext sudo chmod -R 775 /System/Library/Extensions/AppleHDA.kext sudo chown -R root:wheel /System/Library/Extensions/ALCinject.kext sudo chown -R root:wheel /System/Library/Extensions/AppleHDA.kext After that i delete Extensions.mkext and reboot. When i reboot i get the error that says kexts were not installed properly. This is strange because when i had tiger installed on this exact same system i followed the same steps and audio worked beautifully. Has something changed since Tiger? Is the kext installation method different in Leopard? Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks. EDIT: fixed! turns out all i had to do was create a password. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catevs Posted November 4, 2007 Share Posted November 4, 2007 It is the same method installing .kexts. Next time try doing following: chmod ... chown ... kextload -t (this -t is to see if kext loads sucsesfuly) On reboot boot Leo width -F I think that should help. (it is working on my Leo) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tetak Posted November 6, 2007 Share Posted November 6, 2007 can you write step by step? how, help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prototype_sx Posted November 6, 2007 Share Posted November 6, 2007 Let me tell you what worked for me! I installed the 889a kexts and got no audio, but with them installed, I installed Cmedia 8738 drivers and ALL ins and outs now work on my 889a card on my g33 gigabyte board! I wound up trying those drivers cause i bought a cheap card based on the cmedia and noticed digital out and the card i bought didnt have any I removed the card and selected built in speakers as output and its been working ever since! I'll upload the kexts i have when i get home It really works though cause i have reinstalled them at least 6 times trying to resize the darn 15gb partition and its worked every time lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas Pinelli Posted November 7, 2007 Author Share Posted November 7, 2007 so with the Cmedia 8738 driver i should be able to get 5.1 surround sound? if you could send me a link i would really appreciate it, thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prototype_sx Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 http://rapidshare.com/files/68007522/Archive.zip That zip contains the files and instructions I used to get it to work. I had to do the CMI8738PCIAudioDriver instructions as root and it worked. I dragged the .sh file to a terminal window and ran it then followed the instructions in the text file. Reboot and you should have sound! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prototype_sx Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 Well, has it helped, anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prototype_sx Posted November 9, 2007 Share Posted November 9, 2007 I'm using a gigabyte G33 board btw. The file' been downloaded multiple time, has no one got any feedback?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
claud3 Posted November 13, 2007 Share Posted November 13, 2007 did you get spdif to work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docmeth02 Posted November 25, 2007 Share Posted November 25, 2007 Well, has it helped, anyone? Yes! Thx a lot! Got the alc889a on a P35-DS3R working with your driver. It also shows me a digital output now Done on 10.5.1 efi6 and ToH sleep kernel Thx again docmeth02 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fawks Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 I can confirm it has worked on a Gigabyte P35-DS3... i dunno why it worked but it did. Just install CMI8738PCIAudioDriver kext in the usual way with the ALCinject.kext and AppleHDA.kext and the sound started working. Thanks a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gyasih Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 do i have to chow and stuff or can i delete old kexts put new ones, delete extensions, repair and be fine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josh256 Posted December 18, 2007 Share Posted December 18, 2007 Worked great on my parent's GA-P35-DS4 r2.0.. thanks ptype Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clv101 Posted January 27, 2008 Share Posted January 27, 2008 I have the GA-P35C-DS3 with the ALC889A sound chip. No luck, this it what I did:Using Kext Helper I installed: AppleHDA.kext and ALVinject.kext. Then using AppleHDAPatcherv1.20 I installed: alv888.txt (okay, I now know that was the wrong file...). Then as it says above I installed CMI8738PCIAudioDriver.kext (again with Kext Helper). Any advice on what I can do?So far no sound and no sound Input or Output devices listed in System Preferences. I'm using Leopard 10.5.1 (Kalyway). *few minutes later* Success! I just added these kext and it's working: http://rs75.rapidshare.com/files/51585161/alc889a.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
existation Posted February 17, 2008 Share Posted February 17, 2008 Hi Sorry for my english I trying to do what you say later in this topic. But i dont have a sound i am using Leopard 10.5.1 (Kalyway) my hardware spec P35 DS3R CORE 2 DUO E2160 GF 7600GT 8 Channels ALC889A Audio controller HOW INSTALL KEXT FILES propetlyi dont understand this OS help me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghrahamj Posted March 1, 2008 Share Posted March 1, 2008 A great utility for installing kext files is kext helper. Here is a link: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=54098 Had the same prob with getting errors whith installing kext files into the extensions folder with leo and this prog saved me hours of stress. You must have a login password in order for it to work however (easily set in the system preferences). I think it is designed only for installing kexts into your extensions folder but I could be wrong on this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
existation Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 2 ghrahamj Thanks a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xemplifly Posted May 31, 2008 Share Posted May 31, 2008 A great utility for installing kext files is kext helper. Here is a link: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=54098 This worked perfectly! Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Mavrik Posted August 2, 2008 Share Posted August 2, 2008 Let me tell you what worked for me! I installed the 889a kexts and got no audio, but with them installed, I installed Cmedia 8738 drivers and ALL ins and outs now work on my 889a card on my g33 gigabyte board! I wound up trying those drivers cause i bought a cheap card based on the cmedia and noticed digital out and the card i bought didnt have any I removed the card and selected built in speakers as output and its been working ever since! I'll upload the kexts i have when i get home It really works though cause i have reinstalled them at least 6 times trying to resize the darn 15gb partition and its worked every time lol Thank you very much Prototype!!! You got my ALC 889A to work on my Psytar running Leopard. I had tried all the installs, terminal etc. Thank you again for taking the time to post, yours may be the easiest method yet. McLovin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
standinga Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 hey prototype_sx! it fixed sound on my GIGABYTE GA-EP35-DS3, thanks a lot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZBESZT Posted November 21, 2008 Share Posted November 21, 2008 hi! i've tried all the above suggestion, but my sound still doesn't work properly. the weird thing is that my rear satellites have sound, (in a 6.1 system), but the others have not. i'm running ideneb v1.3 10.5.5 any ideas? thx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyfever Posted December 18, 2008 Share Posted December 18, 2008 I got this working one time on my P45 DS3R, but the next time I rebooted it wouldn't work again. I tried reinstalling the kext and nothing. I did download the updates, which included itunes and java, not the 2.5.6 update. Is it possible that was the problem. Any help would be greatly appreciated. P.S. Thanks for all the other work you guys have done. I never would have got this working at all with out these forums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimimimi Posted December 20, 2008 Share Posted December 20, 2008 Ok, I finally got the ALC889A sound to work with iDeneb v1.3 Leopard OSX86 10.5.5 My board is a Gigabyte EP35-DS3 rev.2.1 Here is what I did: 1) remove any trace of ALCinject and AppleHDA you might have from previous attempts. to do this, simply delete ALCinject.kext and AppleHDA.kext from System/Library/Extensions a password will prompt. 2) download the attached zip file. it contains a new AppleHDA.kext and a HDAEnabler.kext (ALCinject is NOT needed anymore). 3) install AppleHDA.kext and HDAEnabler.kext for this I used OSX86Tools from pcwiz 4) After that, in OSX86Tools i chose Clear Extensions Cache, then Set Extensions permissions 5) Reboot and tada! the System Profiler shows an Intel HDA present under Audio. it also seems to recognize the S/P-DIF Out, although I cant test it cause i only have headphones. The microphone worked immediately. One thing though, I had to plug the headphones on the front of the case. Try around several connectors until you get the right one. ALC889A___Mimi.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d0n Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 ... One thing though, I had to plug the headphones on the front of the case ... Haha, after many many hours wasted all I had to do was plug the audio into the front headphone jack. I forgot they even existed! Many thanks for solving the only issue with my hackint0sh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclik Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 Ok, I finally got the ALC889A sound to work with iDeneb v1.3 Leopard OSX86 10.5.5My board is a Gigabyte EP35-DS3 rev.2.1 Here is what I did: 1) remove any trace of ALCinject and AppleHDA you might have from previous attempts. to do this, simply delete ALCinject.kext and AppleHDA.kext from System/Library/Extensions a password will prompt. 2) download the attached zip file. it contains a new AppleHDA.kext and a HDAEnabler.kext (ALCinject is NOT needed anymore). 3) install AppleHDA.kext and HDAEnabler.kext for this I used OSX86Tools from pcwiz 4) After that, in OSX86Tools i chose Clear Extensions Cache, then Set Extensions permissions 5) Reboot and tada! the System Profiler shows an Intel HDA present under Audio. it also seems to recognize the S/P-DIF Out, although I cant test it cause i only have headphones. The microphone worked immediately. One thing though, I had to plug the headphones on the front of the case. Try around several connectors until you get the right one. ALC889A___Mimi.zip THIS WORKS 100% FIRST TRY! Just follow the instructions step by step and you will have digital sound in no time! Intel Q9650 Quad @ 3.6Ghz Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3R Mobo EVGA nVidia GTX285 FTW 300GB Velociraptor GUID / 3 Part 1) Windows 7 x64 2) Windows 7 x86 3) OSx86 Leopard 10.5.8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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