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Member #18,821 · 2009-11-23 → 2010-02-17
#894 by Dispatches #2,724 by Thread Reach Member #18,821 DSDT ALC889a / Audio Chameleon / Boot-132

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Member Number #18,821 Joined 2009-11-23
Active Window 2009–2010 2009-11-23 → 2010-02-17
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#894 of 6,691 by Dispatches (9 notes) · #2,724 by Thread Reach (58,771 cumulative reads)
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Member #18,821 · Joined 2009-11-23
Hardware & Kernel Topics
DSDT (6) · ALC889a / Audio (4) · Chameleon / Boot-132 (1) · Voodoo / XNU Kernel (1) · NVIDIA GeForce (1) · ASUS P5K / P5Q (1)
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Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection

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10.X Core
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Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (9)

Direct links into threads where @ps2pk contributed solutions & commentary

Thread & Dispatch ExcerptCollectionDate & Reach
Snow Leopard AppleHDA / HDAEnabler kext help
“Here is a bootcd I put together. It's an .iso so just burn it on a cd or dvd at the slowest speed. Remember to either have a snow leopard restored on a usb drive or have an actual snow leopard 10.6 disc. Boot from the bootcd. once at the bo…”
10.X Core2010-02-17
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Snow Leopard AppleHDA / HDAEnabler kext help
“Hell yeah! Good to hear it works on the 6831. The 6860fx and 6831 are pretty much the exact same except for processor, hd and 1gb memory. Did you also get your keyboard/touch pad working? If not just google voodoosp2 and you'll find them. W…”
10.X Core2009-12-03
58,771 dossier reads
Snow Leopard AppleHDA / HDAEnabler kext help
“Try my modified dsdt and also the applehda kext by chadp1a. AppleHDA - install with kext utility. DSDT for 6860fx (I've upgraded my processor to an x7800 so not sure if it'll make a difference but try it anyways) My audio works flawless now…”
10.X Core2009-12-02
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Snow Leopard AppleHDA / HDAEnabler kext help
“sorry guys been away with exams and thanksgiving. Yes i use bmc9431. Works in airport utility and is flawless. Cost like $20 from hongkong on ebay. Got keyboard/touchpad working. Sound is working. Graphics are working fully. Webcam is comin…”
10.X Core2009-12-01
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Snow Leopard AppleHDA / HDAEnabler kext help
“Got everything mostly working except for keyboard/touch and webcam. I know for keyboard/touch the voodoo kexts help but i'm not sure which one. Don't want to mess up install number 10. FinallY! Ethernet, Wireless, Sound all work perfectly. …”
10.X Core2009-11-26
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Snow Leopard AppleHDA / HDAEnabler kext help
“One more question. Which guide if any did you guys follow and how'd you create the DSDT.aml file? I used the guide I mentioned in post 12. Followed his directions for a vanilla install and how to get the dsdt file.”
10.X Core2009-11-25
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Snow Leopard AppleHDA / HDAEnabler kext help
“How are you guys checking if video is supposed to be working correctly? I just updated to 10.6.2 and it seems to be working fine. Just injected the EFI string into the com.apple.plist file and rebooted. Haven't enabled quartzgl yet. Last ti…”
10.X Core2009-11-25
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Snow Leopard AppleHDA / HDAEnabler kext help
“Okay 10.6 is not playing nice. I edited the dsdt.aml to inject the audio and recomplied. I also followed the directions to port the AppleHDA.kext but after installing and rebooting the system hangs at the blue screen. Decided to start over.…”
10.X Core2009-11-25
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Snow Leopard AppleHDA / HDAEnabler kext help
“I've been trying for the past 2 days to get audio working. It's fruitless. I've tried the whole guide and still no sound. I'm thinking about just buying those usb ones if I can't get it work. Can you tell me what you did to get it working? …”
10.X Core2009-11-23
58,771 dossier reads