wigworm Posted December 28, 2007 Share Posted December 28, 2007 Anyone got the ALC888 5.1 Channel sound working on this board? I only got it working on stereo (2 Channel). I'm using iATKOS. Thanks. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/78491-alc888-51-channel-on-p35-ds3l/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
bf2loser Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 How did you get 2 channel working? I've got nothin lol Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/78491-alc888-51-channel-on-p35-ds3l/#findComment-583878 Share on other sites More sharing options...
121fred Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 Try http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?sho...9&hl=alc888 cheers Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/78491-alc888-51-channel-on-p35-ds3l/#findComment-583976 Share on other sites More sharing options...
smooth3006 Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 i got that board and i have everything working. i installed kalyway 10.5.1 with vanilla kernal. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/78491-alc888-51-channel-on-p35-ds3l/#findComment-583982 Share on other sites More sharing options...
wigworm Posted January 18, 2008 Author Share Posted January 18, 2008 Please share the knowledge of how you got the 5.1 surround working Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/78491-alc888-51-channel-on-p35-ds3l/#findComment-584004 Share on other sites More sharing options...
trypno Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 I'm looking for the same fix. Can't seem to get 5.1 working. However, another problem that arose when I patched AppleHDA.kext with alc888 was that I lost access to my NTFS windows drive in osx. Wasnt able to read it afterwards. Was able to read it out of box after installing Kalyway 10.5.1 Any ideas? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/78491-alc888-51-channel-on-p35-ds3l/#findComment-585478 Share on other sites More sharing options...
wigworm Posted January 19, 2008 Author Share Posted January 19, 2008 Weird, that didn't happen to me. Were you using the patcher for codec dump? Also, make sure do repair permission after you install the kext. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/78491-alc888-51-channel-on-p35-ds3l/#findComment-585714 Share on other sites More sharing options...
trypno Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 Yeah I used Applehdapatcher1.20 and used ALC888.txt with it. Maybe I should have used an earlier version of the patcher? The windows drive is separate from the drive osx is on and after the patcher the drive still mounts I just can't read anything on the drive anymore. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/78491-alc888-51-channel-on-p35-ds3l/#findComment-585740 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtotho Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 wigworm, i have this same motherboard and a 5.1 speaker system. I have gotten the digital to work and give output on all speaker channels.. the only thing is i dont want it on all speaker channels, like music there is no option in sound to have only 2.1 or whatever. I also tried the RCA Analog for 5.1 but only seemed like the stereo worked. In the sound control panel i only have headphones, line and digital out. I assume if you wanted 5.1 it would need to say line out 1, line out 2 and 3. i dont know how to fix this. btw i used the "HDA_ICH9_ALC888" kext packs and then patched the alc888 codec with hda patcher 1.20. Tell me if u hear any knews about the 5.1 in leopard. I suppose to me it doesnt matter that much because i have a Creative x-fi extreme gamer.. if i wanted to do serious 5.1 listening, i will just go to xp or vista. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/78491-alc888-51-channel-on-p35-ds3l/#findComment-585755 Share on other sites More sharing options...
trypno Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 I just did a clean install and installed the 10.5.2 kext pack to get my 8800gt working before I installed the audio with applehdapatcher and noticed that that affects me being able to view my NTFS drive as well. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/78491-alc888-51-channel-on-p35-ds3l/#findComment-585759 Share on other sites More sharing options...
wigworm Posted January 20, 2008 Author Share Posted January 20, 2008 wigworm, i have this same motherboard and a 5.1 speaker system. I have gotten the digital to work and give output on all speaker channels.. the only thing is i dont want it on all speaker channels, like music there is no option in sound to have only 2.1 or whatever. I also tried the RCA Analog for 5.1 but only seemed like the stereo worked. In the sound control panel i only have headphones, line and digital out. I assume if you wanted 5.1 it would need to say line out 1, line out 2 and 3. i dont know how to fix this. btw i used the "HDA_ICH9_ALC888" kext packs and then patched the alc888 codec with hda patcher 1.20. Tell me if u hear any knews about the 5.1 in leopard. I suppose to me it doesnt matter that much because i have a Creative x-fi extreme gamer.. if i wanted to do serious 5.1 listening, i will just go to xp or vista. I believe the codec dump doesn't map the channel properly, that's why we only have 1 line out instead of 3 line out. I didn't want to spend the time to study the codec dump to solve this problem. You are right, if I want real 5.1, I can always boot into window or vista. The only time I ever need 5.1 is when I play games. There's no point of 5.1 in listening music. Regarding the network issue, my only advice for you is to get a cheap pci lan. I'm using D-Link DFE-538TX. Works out of box, no need to install any driver. It is lightning fast. It cost me less than 15 bucks. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/78491-alc888-51-channel-on-p35-ds3l/#findComment-586159 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtotho Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 Wigworm.. even if there was a solution for 5.1 on this board.. i would feel bad everytime i use it because im using the lower quality mobo sound instead of my Creative X-Fi... which of course isnt compatible in mac.. as far as i know anyway. Another thing is.. it isnt 2.1 audio were getting in mac. It is just 2. I have a 300 dollar subwoofer and im not getting any bass(of course as it is not plugged into any line in). I need BASS for listening to anything.. even the High Chirp of the leopard sounds. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/78491-alc888-51-channel-on-p35-ds3l/#findComment-586166 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtotho Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 bump Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/78491-alc888-51-channel-on-p35-ds3l/#findComment-587277 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wenle Z. Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 any one have this sound card working with any audio studio programs such as Fruity Loops and Sonar 7? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/78491-alc888-51-channel-on-p35-ds3l/#findComment-662890 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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