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Member #35,713 · 2010-11-07 → 2013-10-25
#190 by Dispatches #929 by Thread Reach Member #35,713 📍 Edmonton, AB DSDT ALC889a / Audio ASUS P5K / P5Q

@hafiz689

InfiniteMac community contributor with 38 recorded dispatches, participating in discussions reaching 606,173 historical readers.

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Member Number #35,713 Joined 2010-10-31
Active Window 2010–2013 2010-11-07 → 2013-10-25
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#190 of 6,691 by Dispatches (38 notes) · #929 by Thread Reach (606,173 cumulative reads)
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Member #35,713 · Joined 2010-10-31
Location
Edmonton, AB
Hardware & Kernel Topics
DSDT (13) · ALC889a / Audio (6) · ASUS P5K / P5Q (4) · NVIDIA GeForce (3) · Chameleon / Boot-132 (1) · Voodoo / XNU Kernel (1)
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@flip360
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10.X Core
38 (100%)

Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (38)

Direct links into threads where @hafiz689 contributed solutions & commentary

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Asus K50IN
“like flip, it's been a while since I posted here. Been using the X50IN with Mountain Lion with beauty so far. --> Open the System Preferences, go to the Display, then press the Option key: a button will appear that says "Detect Displays". Y…”
10.X Core2013-10-25
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Asus K50IN
“Oh damn it, i didn't know about that key. Thanks! Anyway Mavericks works like charm. few pictures on my blog thef iztec.my/blog/?p=556 also if anyone has trouble with audio. use this kext. [as attached] Enjoy!”
10.X Core2013-10-25
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Asus K50IN
“Hey @flip360, have you ever have a problem when trying to connect an external LCD monitor? It seems like i have to restart my laptop in order the system to detect the monitor. Any thought?”
10.X Core2013-10-16
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Asus K50IN
“havent posted here in a long time but i have to mention that our trusty K50 works with 10.9 Mavericks same procedure as 10.8 wow! thats a great news then. but is maverick out yet?”
10.X Core2013-10-11
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Asus K50IN
“Alright, you may want to try to install voodoohda using the latest voodoohda installer. Then replace the kext with that I gave.”
10.X Core2012-11-26
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Asus K50IN
“The only thing I can do is to use ApplePS2Controller.kext to get it working as a mouse. But it's really a disappointing thing that I cannot get it working as a trackpad and scroll horizonally. The most annoying thing is iCloud and iMessage.…”
10.X Core2012-11-26
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Asus K50IN
“Thank you for your advise. Once I used VoodooHDA but there were noises as if you're listening to a radio at a wrong frequency. Also I tried the 44100Hz and 48000Hz in Audio MIDI Setup. I've always been using my own dsdt, and fixed a lot of …”
10.X Core2012-11-26
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Asus K50IN
“Would you please give me your kext about ALC662? Now I only got it working with an earphone. Without earphone, there's still no sound. Thank you. The trackpad, I tried many kexts for ElanTech Trackpad. They all told me "Your hardware Versio…”
10.X Core2012-11-24
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Asus K50IN
“same here i just put an audio jack in (microphone, headphones) and out, thats how i fix it I have full battery info in system profiler along with tmperature, hdd, gpu, cpu readings with the dsdt and kext for 10.8 About the trackpad, somethi…”
10.X Core2012-11-24
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Asus K50IN
“one more thing did anyone also having problem with sound while watching youtube or any flash video. there is sound for few mins, after that there is nothing. sound card still working. only sound on the video. i'm tried both voodoo and norma…”
10.X Core2012-11-18
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Asus K50IN
“Hye there. flip360, i don't know if this a sillyquestion but. is there anyway to disable trackpad and onboard keyboard while using wireless mouse and keyboard? Thank you. and i just receive by caddy and installed the 2nd hdd!”
10.X Core2012-11-18
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Asus K50IN
“No not yet. still doing research on it. planning to upgrade to t990 if i'm not mistaken and also another choice is may be the quad core. but i'm not sure it going to work or not but i just read one of the above post the he use a quad core. …”
10.X Core2012-10-22
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Asus K50IN
“I got it off ebay, just search for a K50 caddy DVD drive replacement or something like that Tq! gonna try look for it. just a quick question. if we upgrade our cpu, do we need to edit the dsdt?”
10.X Core2012-10-12
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Asus K50IN
“I think i will release an updated /Extra with updated DSDT for Lion and Mountain Lion later Sofar everything works here, and i used man_of_the_oak`s DSDT as a base. TQ! i'll be waiting for that. so far everything is working fine except i ne…”
10.X Core2012-10-10
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Asus K50IN
“At last i managed to use AppleHDA instead of VoodooHDA. Just few edit in dsdt and also info file in the AppleHDA. i use the Applehda kext that included at the first post. But still, i still have the kernel panic issue. any idea why?:-/”
10.X Core2012-10-09
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Asus K50IN
“@flip360 how did you make the audio to be working? dsdt + kext? i managed to get audio working with some custom VoodooHDA kext that i found somewhere at the net but sometimes it gave me Panic. i"m using ML now.”
10.X Core2012-10-07
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Asus K50IN
“Heya! Its alive still, and latest version is ML 10.8.0 Soon you may need to include the tutorial to install ML at the first post!”
10.X Core2012-09-16
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Asus K50IN
“Whoa, this is still up! Hey! My laptop is on his end of life, for a while i returned to Windows because of thermal problems, my cpu was always at 95ºc.. Changed the copper fins, changed CPU to a quad core, it's cool now . Which version does…”
10.X Core2012-09-16
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Asus K50IN
“flip360: it's not working since RTL8187l is a wireless adapter not an ethernet.”
10.X Core2011-11-10
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Asus K50IN
“man_of_the_oak do you any idea on how to make RTL8187l works ? i tried a lot of tutorial or any given steps in other forum but still not working. i tried to boot into 32-bit but stuck. why? is it possible for to inject this driver into DSDT…”
10.X Core2011-11-05
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Asus K50IN
“Have anyone tried installing SSD(Solid State Drive) to our precious Asus ? I heard it does increase the laptop speed only the price is killing. Planning to have one in my laptop since i want to do a clean install as sleep is still problem. …”
10.X Core2011-10-23
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Asus K50IN
“OMG. Sleep is still not working. Plus If i am really lucky, then i will able to connect to my college wifi(WPA2Enterprise) man_of_the_oak do you think is it because of kexts or dsdt. Here i attached my DSDT if you don't mind to check it. me…”
10.X Core2011-10-20
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Asus K50IN
“Did you use my kexts? Regarding Wifi - atm I know that the DSDT fix is incorrect but I need some people who would offer some time for testing purposes. yes, i use all and i follow every single steps in the tutorial u posted.”
10.X Core2011-10-16
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Asus K50IN
“Hye there, i followed all the steps to edit dsdt, but the sleep still don't work. when i click sleep. the screen went off but the power LED still on and when i press any key, nothing happen until i need to long press the power button to tur…”
10.X Core2011-10-12
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Asus K50IN
“I tried to install Realtek RTL8187l Wireless USB 2.0. But it seem like not being detected by the system. Try to install driver given by realtek but still does not work. anyone know how to del with this? using 10.6.8:)”
10.X Core2011-10-03
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Asus K50IN
“Here i would like to share my DSDT and files that i have modyfied to be put and running Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10.6.8. DSDT.aml has integrated folowing patches - Nvidia Graphics Card injection (NVidia GeForce GT120M) - Audio Injection HDAC &…”
10.X Core2011-07-31
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Asus K50IN
“updated to 10.6.7 successfully without any problem. Just left with my Sleep problem that still can't be solved.”
10.X Core2011-03-24
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Asus K50IN
“i use the dsdt.aml by man_of_the_oak if i'm not mistaken. and i did not have any sleepenabler.”
10.X Core2011-03-07
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Asus K50IN
“Great Dill, glad you have things sorted out Flip360, can you help me. I can't make my sleep to functioning. When I click sleep, the screen will just go blank and nothing will happen if I click my mouse or keyboard. Hope you can help.”
10.X Core2011-03-06
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Asus K50IN
“maybe you should try to use iboot. it happened to me too when i use the Asus Boot CD v2. but later on, i try to boot using the iboot. i managed to install SL using "-x" . this is a brilliant thread and i have read through it but cant seem t…”
10.X Core2011-01-08
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Asus K50IN
“installed 10.6.6. everything is ok but my trackpad seem like crazy...i don't care bout it as i use external Apple mouse and keyboard. but if anyone know why? the update come with the new apps store.”
10.X Core2011-01-06
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Asus K50IN
“anyone? i still having problem with sleep. after i click sleep from the apple logo menu. the screen become black then i can't restore back. how? about the fn volume? how? i read about flip360 using steer mouse, how did you config it? i'm qu…”
10.X Core2010-12-28
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Asus K50IN
“anyway...it works already! thanks to all..trying to update to 10.6.5 soon ang still seaching through the forum to enable sleep mode and fn button for volume. anyway thanz to all!”
10.X Core2010-12-28
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Asus K50IN
“hye there. i manage to install SL on my Asus k50in sx021c, but seems after i update to 10.6.4 or even 10.6.4 i can't boot. it says, FakeSMC could not be found, i had tried to put it through windows but still can't make it. another thing is …”
10.X Core2010-12-27
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Asus K50IN
“this is my laptop specs Core Duo T6500 320 GB HDD 4GB Ram Geforce G102M Cuda 512MB i had try a lot of solution in this forum, other forum. but it still turn out with still waiting for root devices. Can anyone help me?”
10.X Core2010-11-07
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Asus K50IN
“is it possible to install more than 4 GB Ram? Anyone have any idea about this?”
10.X Core2011-12-30
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Asus K50IN
“Anyone have sleep working? how to?”
10.X Core2011-03-02
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Asus K50IN
“Anybody know how to fix the crazy trackpad?”
10.X Core2011-01-06
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