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Member #12,922 · 2009-09-28 → 2009-10-05
#1,112 by Dispatches #602 by Author Reads #2,902 by Thread Reach Member #12,922 Retail DVD / USB ALC889a / Audio Gigabyte G31M / P35

@acid810

InfiniteMac community contributor with 7 recorded dispatches, 1 lead technical dossiers (18,284 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 45,731 historical readers.

Dispatches 7 Ranked #1,112 of 6,691
Author Reads 18,284 Ranked #602 · 1 dossiers
Thread Reach 45,731 Ranked #2,902 in reach
Lead Dossiers 1 18,284 avg reads / dossier
Member Number #12,922 Joined 2009-09-15
Active Window 2009 2009-09-28 → 2009-10-05
Hardware Specs Reported in Dispatches
My new setup is 10.6.1 retail/vanilla, GA-G31M-E2SL Rev 2.0, Pentium Dual Core E6300, 4.0GB DDR2, 1TB Sata 2.0 Western Digital Caviar Black, BFG Nvidia 8600GT OC (EFI String), Generic IDE DVD-R, RealTEk 8139 PCI NiC.
Archive Standing
#1,112 of 6,691 by Dispatches (7 notes) · #602 of 3,454 by Author Readership (18,284 reads across 1 dossiers) · #2,902 by Thread Reach (45,731 cumulative reads)
InfiniteMac ID
Member #12,922 · Joined 2009-09-15
Hardware & Kernel Topics
Retail DVD / USB (4) · ALC889a / Audio (2) · Gigabyte G31M / P35 (2) · AMD OSx86 (1) · NVIDIA GeForce (1) · AHCI / SATA (1)
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Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection

Distribution across 2 technical boards

10.X Core
4 (57%)

Lead Dossiers Authored by @acid810 (1)

18,284 cumulative reads on threads started by @acid810

Dossier Title & SummaryCollectionReadership
ALC883 Sound on Ga-G31M-E2SL REV 2.0 10.6.1/0 not working
Ok, so based upon many posts on these forums and insanely mac I got this board. Apparently I did not read enough and have found that the Rev 2.0 board has troubles with both the NIC and sound. I have tried MANY MANY ways of getting the…
10.X Core18,284 reads
2009-10-03 · 10 notes

Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (6)

Direct links into threads where @acid810 contributed solutions & commentary

Thread & Dispatch ExcerptCollectionDate & Reach
Error installing SL on GA-G31M-ES2L Rev 2.0
“I tried it from 10.5.6 but I had problems so then I followed a guide that allowed using retail installed from USB disk. Specifically for this board on this forum as well. I have a nice running system. One problem… No audio.. No matter WTF I…”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-09-30
27,447 dossier reads
Error installing SL on GA-G31M-ES2L Rev 2.0
“Thanks for the suggestion, I actually used that guide to do my install as well. I tried the latter of the two sound options: Extensions : (Universal) fakesmc - now updated to V2, visit netkas blog for the updated kext. NullCPUPowerManagemen…”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-09-29
27,447 dossier reads
Error installing SL on GA-G31M-ES2L Rev 2.0
“Hey any luck on this? I have my install working on rev2 with a PCI nic, efi string for GFX card, but no sound. I have tried almost every KEXT out there for this ALC883 with no luck. There is only one method I have not tried something like H…”
Snow Leopard 10.62009-09-28
27,447 dossier reads
ALC883 Sound on Ga-G31M-E2SL REV 2.0 10.6.1/0 not working
“I am not that advanced but I think the kext utility, the one you drag and drop the stuff to; does that automatically. I just need the exact files and process you used. I am running chameleon 2 RC3, and PC EFI 10, as suggested, 10.6.1 fresh …”
10.X Core2009-10-05
18,284 dossier reads
ALC883 Sound on Ga-G31M-E2SL REV 2.0 10.6.1/0 not working
“I tried both solutions and to no avail, this was a from scratch install both times just to make sure nothing was screwed up... Any ideas? It shows no built in sound… IT's drivin me coo coo. Thanks, Acid810”
10.X Core2009-10-05
18,284 dossier reads
ALC883 Sound on Ga-G31M-E2SL REV 2.0 10.6.1/0 not working
“Well can you post the kext that you used please? and the exact steps you took to install it? That would be a tremendous help! Thank you! Acid810”
10.X Core2009-10-03
18,284 dossier reads