k1n6w4r3z Posted August 21, 2005 Share Posted August 21, 2005 hi Guys, have any one tried using osx86 on a sony x505? tried and everything seems to work well except the audio and the wireless card. the video card is shown as a vga standar but it works pretty well at 1024x768. for wireless i know that now nothing can be done. but for the audio card? i tried googleing around and i've found PCM 16-bit audio card and ac97 about audio. if i go in apple system profiler in the audio section i see that no audio card has been detected. is there any solution to make it work yet? If yes how can i do that? Thanks Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/800-audio-problem-on-sony-x505/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim Posted August 22, 2005 Share Posted August 22, 2005 hi Guys, have any one tried using osx86 on a sony x505?tried and everything seems to work well except the audio and the wireless card. the video card is shown as a vga standar but it works pretty well at 1024x768. for wireless i know that now nothing can be done. but for the audio card? i tried googleing around and i've found PCM 16-bit audio card and ac97 about audio. if i go in apple system profiler in the audio section i see that no audio card has been detected. is there any solution to make it work yet? If yes how can i do that? Thanks <{POST_SNAPBACK}> how did u install it on your x505? i got no cdrom drive (got japanese one). try the tutorial in the wiki which i dont think would work.. jim Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/800-audio-problem-on-sony-x505/#findComment-4987 Share on other sites More sharing options...
k1n6w4r3z Posted August 22, 2005 Author Share Posted August 22, 2005 dunno for the japanese version but the cdrom i've was included in the computer box. it's a firewire drive from sony. anyway i think that u can boot from an usb cdrom device too. trried the wiki, nothing changes Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/800-audio-problem-on-sony-x505/#findComment-5251 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kateikyoushi Posted September 23, 2005 Share Posted September 23, 2005 I also managed to install it, via the Ilink DVD writer I got with the machine. It won't boot from USB drives maybe pcimcia drive might work. I also have no sound and no detected audio device. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/800-audio-problem-on-sony-x505/#findComment-18425 Share on other sites More sharing options...
defor Posted September 23, 2005 Share Posted September 23, 2005 x505 is based on the same technology as the u50-u750, SOny has purposefully DEACTIVATED iLink (firewire) and USB boot on all non-sony drives, your best bet is to get a sony iLink notebook drive (will have an extra 4-pin power header on the iLink port (drives without this will not work either) The other options are network boot and Norton Ghost (USB floppies are bootable) I use ghose, booted off a USB floppy to clone my u750 from another system already installed on the same network. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/800-audio-problem-on-sony-x505/#findComment-18500 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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