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Sound distorted

I've got some Realtek (688 IIRC) sitting on Intel HDA. It was working ok in Tiger (geez, I want my Tiger back!), however it works awfully in Leopard. The system sounds are very distorted, and listening to iTunes is completey impossible at…

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@farcaller Published 2008-03-17
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OSx86 Core & 10.X
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3,623 historical reads · 2 curated field notes (from 4 dispatches) · 2008-03-17
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I've got some Realtek (688 IIRC) sitting on Intel HDA. It was working ok in Tiger (geez, I want my Tiger back!), however it works awfully in Leopard. The system sounds are very distorted, and listening to iTunes is completey impossible at all.

Any hints?

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Follow-up dispatches by @farcaller

Author Update #1 @farcaller 2008-03-17

Any hints where I can find azalia.kext/applehda.kext? I've googled with no success

Synthesized Community Field Notes

2 technical responses curated from 4 original dispatches

Field Note #1 @WinLinMac01 2008-03-17

You may have to reinitiate your audio kexts by reinstalling them. You can download kext-helper and use your downloaded kext to install. =) Hope this helps.

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@farcallerPrimary Author22008-03-17
@WinLinMac01Contributor12008-03-17
@agrafueseContributor12008-03-17