Originally Posted by ratvn

So you got the utility.
Have you tried the ALC888/889 10.6.3 kexts instead?

Also, you were asking about Overclocking with the board, which I did reply in this thread, many posts before this one, and did you look at it?

I've left everything at stock speeds and have not touched overclocking for now.

I have tried the ALC888/889 kexts of all versions (10.3, 10.4) but nothing seems to work..

Any ideas what else I can do? I have heard of this "DTST injection" but it sounds extremely complicated. Should I just try the Kakewalk installer and see how it goes?

I am looking for the easiest sound fix possible. At this point I am ready to pick up a USB sound card but I don't know if the quality will be as good as an internal sound card?

Any guidance is extremely appreciated. Maybe I can still get it to work with the onboard sound?

This is the kext that I use for my ALC888, AppleHDA.kext for 10.6.3 ALC888 by tmongkol (/S/L/E), and it's working with my 10.6.4.

Here is the link. You can check out the last two for audio kexts. Use Kext Utility to install.

Post your result.

Originally Posted by ratvn

This is the kext that I use for my ALC888, AppleHDA.kext for 10.6.3 ALC888 by tmongkol (/S/L/E), and it's working with my 10.6.4.

Here is the link. You can check out the last two for audio kexts. Use Kext Utility to install.

Post your result.

Well I tried the AppleHDA.kext for 10.6.3 by tmongkol (/S/L/E) on SL 10.6.4 using Kext Utility, rebooted and it didn't work.

I then tried the second link below it which is the ALC-UniFix for 10.6.4+ Unmodified AppleHDA (ALC888 & ALC889) and it didn't work either. I tried both ALC888 and ALC889 after that.

The weird thing is I can hear a pop in my speakers when the installer is just about to finish.. but no place in Preferences -> Sound to show a device in Output/Input.

Are there any other options left?

Also, I'm pretty sure (99%) that pfix is breaking the boot. http://www.kexts.com/view/345-pfix_v3.0.html

I installed it and ran it in Terminal, and had to reinstall SL two times because it would not get past the Apple logo.

Hmmm.. wish I could get sound working on the EP45-UD3L board.. may have to pick up a USB sound card tomorrow and see how it goes.

You can try to use DSDT patcher. Have you generated a DSDT.aml file for your particular motherboard setup or just copy the file from the installation package?

I ordered this today:
http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applicatio...SRCCODE=CANLET

Hopefully it fixes the sound!
I'll keep you posted.

We have server power outage so my reply may not get to you.

Sorry to post this again (I hope this is the right thread for this), but I refined my items a little bit and would love confirmation from people more in the know. The build is pretty much the same as I posted before but I changed the videocard and I added a firewire card (also, i'm starting to wonder if there is a better cpu for the same price out there that I'm overlooking?). I'm a little unsure about things like pci vs pcie and things like that sure I'm just trying to make sure all of this will fit on my mobo correctly.

Newegg.com - Antec Sonata III 500 Black 0.8mm cold rolled steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 500W Power Supply

Newegg.com - Western Digital Caviar Green WD10EADS 1TB 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

Newegg.com - TRENDnet TEG-PCITXR 10/ 100/ 1000/ 2000Mbps PCI Copper Gigabit Network Adapter 1 x RJ45

Newegg.com - Patriot Extreme Performance 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model PDC24G6400ELK

Newegg.com - Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650 Yorkfield 3.0GHz 12MB L2 Cache LGA 775 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor BX80569Q9650

Amazon.com: Gigabyte Core 2 Quad/P45/DDR2-1366+/A&GbE/ATX/DES Motherboard GA-EP45-UD3L: Electronics

Amazon.com: Pioneer DVR-218L 22x DVD±RW Drive with LabelFlash - (Double-layer) - DVD-RAM/±R/±RW - 22x 8x (DVD) - 40x 32x (CD) - Serial ATA - Internal - Black - Bulk: Electronics

Amazon.com: Adaptec FireConnect Kit AFW-4300

Amazon.com: EVGA 01G-P3-N945-LR GeForce 9400 GT 1GB DDR2 PCI-E 2.0 Graphics Card

Again thanks for your help guys

Originally Posted by Th0mis

Sorry to post this again (I hope this is the right thread for this), but I refined my items a little bit and would love confirmation from people more in the know. The build is pretty much the same as I posted before but I changed the videocard and I added a firewire card (also, i'm starting to wonder if there is a better cpu for the same price out there that I'm overlooking?). I'm a little unsure about things like pci vs pcie and things like that sure I'm just trying to make sure all of this will fit on my mobo correctly.

Newegg.com - Antec Sonata III 500 Black 0.8mm cold rolled steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 500W Power Supply

Newegg.com - Western Digital Caviar Green WD10EADS 1TB 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

Newegg.com - TRENDnet TEG-PCITXR 10/ 100/ 1000/ 2000Mbps PCI Copper Gigabit Network Adapter 1 x RJ45

Newegg.com - Patriot Extreme Performance 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model PDC24G6400ELK

Newegg.com - Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650 Yorkfield 3.0GHz 12MB L2 Cache LGA 775 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor BX80569Q9650

Amazon.com: Gigabyte Core 2 Quad/P45/DDR2-1366+/A&GbE/ATX/DES Motherboard GA-EP45-UD3L: Electronics

Amazon.com: Pioneer DVR-218L 22x DVD±RW Drive with LabelFlash - (Double-layer) - DVD-RAM/±R/±RW - 22x 8x (DVD) - 40x 32x (CD) - Serial ATA - Internal - Black - Bulk: Electronics

Amazon.com: Adaptec FireConnect Kit AFW-4300

Amazon.com: EVGA 01G-P3-N945-LR GeForce 9400 GT 1GB DDR2 PCI-E 2.0 Graphics Card

Again thanks for your help guys

Hey Th0mis,
You'll want to pick up a sound card - we have had no luck getting sound to work in SL 10.6.4 with the onboard sound with the EP45-UD3L motherboard. Preferably something in USB format with no driver required. I am going with the Sabrent USB-SND8 8-Channel sound box for $32 on Tiger Direct. Should be here within a week, I'll let you know how it goes!
Buy the Sabrent USB-SND8 8-Channel Sound Box at TigerDirect.ca

For some reason my Flash video stops playing after 2 seconds of playback. It only seems to happen in SL 10.6.4 and I can't figure it out. It happens in all browsers that I have tried in SL (Safari, Firefox) however all Flash video plays fine in IE8 on Parallels 5 with Windows 7. I have tried uninstalling & reinstalling Flash Player 10.1 in Snow Leopard. And it only seems to happen on certain videos. Any ideas? Or is this a glitch that Adobe is fixing?