no sound on GA-P55-UD4 with latest multibeast/gigabeast

[brucehoult]

When I first built the machine in January I could not get sound to work.
When Multibeast first came out I successfully got sound working.
I foolishly upgraded to 10.6.3 and have never got sound to work again.

Today I wiped the disk clean. I burned iBoot to a CD but couldn't get the machine to boot from it, so I instead put the hard disk on my MacBookPro to:
- install 10.6.0
- run the 10.6.2 combo updater
- install gigabeast for GA-P55-UD4

On taking the disk to the Hackintosh it all works perfectly *except* the sound. No input or output devices are found by the Sound system preferences panel, although it looks as if something is recognized in System Profiler:

Intel High Definition Audio:

Device ID: 0x1458A002
Audio ID: 888
Available Devices:
External Microphone:
Connection: 1/8-Inch Jack
External Microphone:
Connection: 1/8-Inch Jack
Line In:
Connection: 1/8-Inch Jack
Headphone:
Connection: 1/8-Inch Jack
Speaker:
Connection: 1/8-Inch Jack
Line Out:
Connection: 1/8-Inch Jack
Line Out:
Connection: 1/8-Inch Jack
Line Out:
Connection: 1/8-Inch Jack
S/P-DIF Out:
Connection: Combo
S/P-DIF In:
Connection: Combo

(I also tried 10.6.3 with AppleHDA 10.6.2, but no luck)

What should I do next?

 

[jlpaquay]

Hello !

I have exactly the same problem on my GA-P55-UD3... Tried then to install an audio kext by Easybeast, but no audio kext works... Moreover, now, impossible to reboot the Hack, even pressing -x before booting...

Thanks if somebody finds a solution...

 

[tonymacx86]

The best thing to do in both cases would be to go into System/Library/Extensions and delete your AppleHDA.kext. Then delete your whole /Extra folder. Then run MultiBeast- and choose 10.6.2 AppleHDA.kext, Gigabeast. and Disk Utilities. Good luck!

 

[brucehoult]

What will installing the 10.6.2 AppleHDA kext do when the machine already has a fresh 10.6.2 after a disk wipe?

 

[MacMan]

What will installing the 10.6.2 AppleHDA kext do when the machine already has a fresh 10.6.2 after a disk wipe?

Then it's unneeded.

 

[brucehoult]

Yeah, didn't seem to make sense. But I tried it anyway. To no-one's surprise, no change.

I also just tried adding the HDAEnabler and LegacyHDA for the ALC888. Still nothing.

This is frustrating, especially since I once had sound working with 10.6.2 and an ancient Multibeast.

 

[ne0shell]

Bring up terminal and find out what kexts files are loaded and see if you even have an audio kext loaded:

you can run "kextstat"

and / or

kextfind -case-insensitive -bundle-id -substring 'com.apple.' -print | more

kextfind -case-insensitive -bundle-id -substring 'com.hda.' -print | more

 

[jlpaquay]

Hello...

GA-p55-UD4 uses Realtek ALC 889; UD3 ALC 888... So I Think the solution for you is the same as for me : "ALC88X VOODOOHDA PATCHED NODES VERSION V2.5.6" in this forum...

I followed this tuto and now, my Hack speaks again... My config is perfect, I will save it with Time Machine on a external HD...

Good luck !