acidream Posted February 23, 2006 Share Posted February 23, 2006 I just completed a 10.4.3 install and everything went smooth as butter, but I forgot to enable my onboard AC97 sound before installation. I've enabled it now, but it doesn't detect on reboot. Should I just reinstall or is there some way to add hardware. I'm not a seasoned mac user, so I wouldn't know where to start. Thanks, Scott Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/9817-adding-ac97-sound-after-install/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Careless Posted February 23, 2006 Share Posted February 23, 2006 I just completed a 10.4.3 install and everything went smooth as butter, but I forgot to enable my onboard AC97 sound before installation. I've enabled it now, but it doesn't detect on reboot. Should I just reinstall or is there some way to add hardware. I'm not a seasoned mac user, so I wouldn't know where to start. Thanks, Scott im wondering this too. i just installed 10.4.4 for the second time. the first time i did it, i had 10.4.3 working 100% with audio, so it copied stuff from that when i migrated. but then i foobar'd both the installed 10.4.3 and working 10.4.4 when trying to clone a drive, and had to do it all over again. now im working with no sound here. i cant recall if it had sound in 10.4.3 when i booted into it, because i just used it to get 10.4.4 working quickly. but i dont see why it wouldnt have been working, it worked every other time i tried to install ac97 i dont knoww much about macs so i'd like to know what driver to use and how to install it. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/9817-adding-ac97-sound-after-install/#findComment-61364 Share on other sites More sharing options...
acidream Posted February 23, 2006 Author Share Posted February 23, 2006 I know that with the patched ISO i used to install 10.4.3 it included the AC97 sound so in theory it should work. I'm just not sure if it had to be detected at install time or not. I'm about to put 10.4.4 on, so I would rather not have to re-install both to get working sound. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/9817-adding-ac97-sound-after-install/#findComment-61369 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Careless Posted February 23, 2006 Share Posted February 23, 2006 I know that with the patched ISO i used to install 10.4.3 it included the AC97 sound so in theory it should work. I'm just not sure if it had to be detected at install time or not. I'm about to put 10.4.4 on, so I would rather not have to re-install both to get working sound. i got it working. pm me when you're ready to get sound installed. its not that hard. couple of terminal steps, and some authentification, and some permission repairs, and you're golden. you don't even need to restart. you can load the kext from the terminal and get sound working ASAP. just pm when you're ready Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/9817-adding-ac97-sound-after-install/#findComment-61586 Share on other sites More sharing options...
systimax Posted February 23, 2006 Share Posted February 23, 2006 Can you just post it here so all of us can see Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/9817-adding-ac97-sound-after-install/#findComment-61603 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdxxx Posted February 24, 2006 Share Posted February 24, 2006 This is the standard way to "activate" a kext. Just copying it into the Extesions folder does not work it must be loaded using the kextload command: -Copy AppleAC97Audio.kext from your prior 10.4.3 /System/Library/Extensions folder (or from any other place you may have this file) to your new 10.4.4 Desktop. -Open Terminal - Type: sudo cp -R /Users/your-username/Desktop/AppleAC97Audio.kext /System/Library/Extensions/ (NOTE: In the above command replace "your-username" with the name of user desktop. It might be "julien". You will need to enter the password for the sudo command, this might also be "julien") - Type: sudo kextload -t /System/Library/Extensions/AppleAC97Audio.kext - If there are no errors Type: sudo kextcache -k /System/Library/Extensions -reboot Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/9817-adding-ac97-sound-after-install/#findComment-62135 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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