Z77-DS3H Audio working but odd

[rich1940]

After many months, I decided to try and get the audio output working on my Z77-DS3H board. I'm running ML 10.8.4. I've been using an iMic, which works great, so there wasn't a push. But since MultiBeast 5.4.1 is out I figured I'd try it out.

My board has a Realtek ALC887 chip, so I installed the ALC887 Current kext -- Legacy didn't work.

Turns out the Sys Prefs Audio output needs to be set to internal speakers to get audio out of the green output jack -- the line out jack settings don't work. This was also true for my older EP45 board and I had forgotten this.

 

[toleda]

Turns out the Sys Prefs Audio output needs to be set to internal speakers to get audio out of the green output jack -- the line out jack settings don't work.

Cockpit error; see Downloads/Optimized_ML_AppleHDA_audio_screenshots.pdf in Post #1 of Mountain Lion: Optimized AppleHDA for Realtek ALC8xx

 

[rich1940]

Thanks toleda -- it seems many, many others besides me have missed finding that forum post -- that post is clear as a bell. Nice work.