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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 · 3 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?

Synthesized Community Field Notes

3 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
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