P55A-UD4P 5.1 Surround Possible?

[zassop]

I have a Rev 1.0 P55A-UD4P board and I followed the detailed steps to get everything installed and working. The BIOS version is F13 and I downloaded the DSDT for that version of the BIOS as well.

Everything went as planned and the system is stable. The only thing I am struggling with is trying to get 5.1 sound to work. I have gone back through Multibeast a few times trying different options with the Audio, but nothing seems to work. I have searched through some of the other posts and attempted to do what they did as far as removing kexts and installing different ones, but I am not having much luck. Has anybody got this to work with the board/BIOS level I am running with 10.6.4?

Thank you

 

[MacMan]

I have a Rev 1.0 P55A-UD4P board and I followed the detailed steps to get everything installed and working. The BIOS version is F13 and I downloaded the DSDT for that version of the BIOS as well.

Everything went as planned and the system is stable. The only thing I am struggling with is trying to get 5.1 sound to work. I have gone back through Multibeast a few times trying different options with the Audio, but nothing seems to work. I have searched through some of the other posts and attempted to do what they did as far as removing kexts and installing different ones, but I am not having much luck. Has anybody got this to work with the board/BIOS level I am running with 10.6.4?

Thank you

Did you try this? viewtopic.php?f=16&t=848

 

[zassop]

Yes I have. Although I can complete the procedure, the end result is that my volume control is grayed out on the menu bar. I have tried this a couple of different times along the away.

 

[MacMan]

Yes I have. Although I can complete the procedure, the end result is that my volume control is grayed out on the menu bar. I have tried this a couple of different times along the away.

Did you make sure to change the output and alert device to the new device you created?

 

[zassop]

Yes, that is when it grayed out on me. I even went back and renamed it to 889 like the example just to see if that flipped a bit somewhere, but no luck.

 

[zassop]

Does anybody know of an off the shelf sound card that I could pick up that will do 5.1 without jumping through too many hoops to make it work or is there a different model motherboard I should look at going with?

Thanks