sardopsycho Posted February 21, 2006 Share Posted February 21, 2006 I am using Mac OSX 10.4.3 on a Dell Dimension 1100. I have been reading tons of articles on the SoundMAX/AC97 Audio issues and how to fix them and nothing I have to look for seems to be showing up. The OS also does not recognize my Philips DVD+/-RW DVD8170 burner. Does anyone have any clues or ideas on how to get these working? I am really excited to be on Mac and off Windows XP, and I would like to stay...but if I cannot get these items working, I will have to go back sad to say. Any information you can provide will be greatly appreciated!!! SardoPsycho PS - Using MacGirl's modified AppleAC97Audio.kext I have the AC97 device showing up, the Maser volume is greyed out, and channels 1 and 2 are the only available to manipulate - but still, no audio at all - even for fun tried the line in and mic ports just to see, all ATI drivers deleted even though it's onboard Intel graphics...hope this helps as to where I stand.... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/9525-ac97-soundmax-198x-on-board-audio-philips-dvd-rw-dvd-8170-both-are-not-working/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
numberonekiwi Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 I to have had this problem but downloaded the the appleac97audio.kext was a zipped file and followed the instructions in the post that can be found on this forum I have the soundmax AD1980 sound card/chip so had to find the string ADS7x has for of them and replaced one with ADS70 - might be different in your case you need to find manufacture specs if you know exactly what you have -Google is a friend? Cant post the link just yet waiting for verification DCMA {censored} etc etc Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/9525-ac97-soundmax-198x-on-board-audio-philips-dvd-rw-dvd-8170-both-are-not-working/#findComment-60995 Share on other sites More sharing options...
R. Bear Helms Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 There is a legal source of drivers, many are interchangible with OS X 10.4.3 (and later) drivers. Find "Darwin project 8.01" via web search and download your x86 install CD image, burn (or mount) that, then swap its System/Library/Extensions/AppleAC97Audio.kext for the one that's not working, make sure you fix ownership and permissions, flush the caches, reboot and pray for a miracle. I have an entry in Genius Bar with all the relevant and legal, even some Apple-hosted, links. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/9525-ac97-soundmax-198x-on-board-audio-philips-dvd-rw-dvd-8170-both-are-not-working/#findComment-61001 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sardopsycho Posted February 25, 2006 Author Share Posted February 25, 2006 sad to say..nothing at all. Says AC97 is loaded....no audio from the speakers..have tried just about everything everyone has suggested... I am at a total loss getting sound to work Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/9525-ac97-soundmax-198x-on-board-audio-philips-dvd-rw-dvd-8170-both-are-not-working/#findComment-62983 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sardopsycho Posted February 25, 2006 Author Share Posted February 25, 2006 Dude! Something different happened!!! I went to get Darwin 8.01 at your suggestion, got the AC97 out of there, tried to install it and here were the results.... cpe-24-58-235-75:/Users/paul root# cp -R /Users/paul/Desktop/AppleAC97Audio.kext /System/Library/Extensions/ cpe-24-58-235-75:/Users/paul root# kextload -t /System/Library/Extensions/AppleAC97Audio.kext kextload: extension /System/Library/Extensions/AppleAC97Audio.kext appears to be valid 16IOAC97AudioCodec is not compatible with its superclass, 9IOService superclass changed? kextload: a link/load error occured for kernel extension /System/Library/Extensions/AppleAC97Audio.kext load failed for extension /System/Library/Extensions/AppleAC97Audio.kext (run kextload with -t for diagnostic output) cpe-24-58-235-75:/Users/paul root# This is certainly different..... What do you think the next step is?????? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/9525-ac97-soundmax-198x-on-board-audio-philips-dvd-rw-dvd-8170-both-are-not-working/#findComment-63314 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Because Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 sad to say..nothing at all. Says AC97 is loaded....no audio from the speakers..have tried just about everything everyone has suggested... I am at a total loss getting sound to work I had the same issue I can see the speaker icon in the taskbar but no audio until I plugged the speakers in the front audio port, works like a dream Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/9525-ac97-soundmax-198x-on-board-audio-philips-dvd-rw-dvd-8170-both-are-not-working/#findComment-64432 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbjonas Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 As far as your DVD burner, download Patchburn. Search google for it. It will fix your System, so OS X sees your Drive as if it were an Apple Super-Drive. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/9525-ac97-soundmax-198x-on-board-audio-philips-dvd-rw-dvd-8170-both-are-not-working/#findComment-64438 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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