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VMware Fusion problem on Hackintosh....

I'm using VMWare Fusion 3.0.2 for running windows xp on Leopard installation in my pc.. There is a problem in VMWare fusion when I enable my sound device from Virtual Machine settings.. whenever I play any sound in Win XP I recieve an…

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@hackmac Published 2010-04-21
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OSx86 Core & 10.X
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6,738 historical reads · 2 curated field notes (from 3 dispatches) · 2010-04-21 – 2010-05-16
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@hackmac@manderso@SportsGuy

I'm using VMWare Fusion 3.0.2 for running windows xp on Leopard installation in my pc.. There is a problem in VMWare fusion when I enable my sound device from Virtual Machine settings.. whenever I play any sound in Win XP I recieve an error message saying "Cannot connect to sound device because no device is available on the host" with two options Yes & No if my press yes I can hear the sound and this message appears everytime when any sound is produced like windows startup , browsing folders , playing any media files and windows shutdown. Sound works perfectly in Mac os x.

I've attached some files ...

Error Message Picture

System Profiler Audio

vmware config file ...

.encoding = "UTF-8" config.version = "8" virtualHW.version = "7" maxvcpus = "4" scsi0.present = "TRUE" memsize = "768" scsi0:0.present = "TRUE" scsi0:0.fileName = "Windows XP Professional.vmdk" ide1:0.present = "TRUE" ide1:0.fileName = "cdrom1" ide1:0.deviceType = "cdrom-raw" ethernet0.present = "TRUE" ethernet0.connectionType = "nat"…

Specification ...
GA-G31M-ES2L
Intel Core Duo 2.8GHz
2.5GB RAM
ALC883 Audio (ALCInject.kext)
NVIDIA 8500GT
RTL8139C Ethernet
250GB SATA HDD

Anyone ever came accross this issue please help …

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2 technical responses curated from 3 original dispatches

Field Note #1 @manderso 2010-05-16

Funny enough

I'm having the same problem, with just about the same circumstances.
I have a hackintosh that is giving me the same error message when I attempt to connect to my USB CD-Rom drive. I haven't tried a SATA drive yet. I'm also running 10.6.2 and VmWARE Fusion 3.0.2. Were you able to fix the problem you were having?

Field Note #2 @SportsGuy 2010-05-16

I don't know alot about VMWare, but I do know that Parallels 5 is BEAST!

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@hackmacPrimary Author12010-04-21
@mandersoContributor12010-05-16
@SportsGuyContributor12010-05-16