[Spirrwell]

Well I installed Mac OS X 10.6 on my Dell Mini using netbookinstaller or whatever through my Mac Mini which didn't take a lot of effort. Then I came into the problem of the microphone not working. I followed a tutorial on here using some Voodoo program to install and I got an error when finished a register error. I went to restart my netbook and when I did I got an error telling me I need to restart when the Apple logo was loading. I couldn't get it to start up so I'm reinstalling Mac OS X right now. Is there any other way of installing a driver of a sort or am I screwed?

[SmurfLappy]

By default, Netbook Installer does not provide microphone support in current versions.

Netbook Installer + Dell Mini 9 Audio with Microphone without VoodooHDA (Snow 10.6.2)

is the best functional mini 9 for 10.6.2. All audio will work after the above.

[Spirrwell]

That's the type of tutorial I followed, I read the replies and saw one that said he couldn't boot his netbook any more.

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I got it working with this website tutorial: Dell Mini 9 on Mac OS X 10.6.2 fix for broken sound and microphone | Below Belief

[missbooty]

install normally, then simply update the kexts in the /extra / dell mini 9 extensions folder as per Eligos's post I am reposting here (doesn't want to link nicely for some reason):

Originally Posted by Eligos
Works like a charm!
Audio is near perfect (just a little audio glitch barely
perceptible every 5 sec) and it resumes after sleep.
iChat now works really well using the built-in mic.

• Speakers work 100%
• Earplug jack works 100%
• Mic works 100%

Note: I removed the one in S/L/Extensions to have no conflicts.

Files :
http://www.mydellmini.com/forum/atta...268_3.kext.zip

http://www.mydellmini.com/forum/atta...amily.kext.zip


This is awesome!


Repost from posts below to make it simpler. ;-)


Originally Posted by deadlyvirus(modified)

1. Go in Finder to the Go menu, and select "Go To Folder"
2. Paste this /Extra/Mini9Ext/
3. Paste the 2 kexts (see links) into that folder. You will need to input your password.
4. Go to /Extra and run UpdateExtra application.
5. Reboot and you're done.

[hal027]

I resolved my mic problem like this way:
Dell Mini 9 Audio with Microphone without VoodooHDA (Snow 10.6.2)

[SkiRaceGeek]

Originally Posted by missbooty

install normally, then simply update the kexts in the /extra / dell mini 9 extensions folder as per Eligos's post I am reposting here (doesn't want to link nicely for some reason):

Originally Posted by Eligos
Works like a charm!
Audio is near perfect (just a little audio glitch barely
perceptible every 5 sec) and it resumes after sleep.
iChat now works really well using the built-in mic.

• Speakers work 100%
• Earplug jack works 100%
• Mic works 100%

Note: I removed the one in S/L/Extensions to have no conflicts.

Files :
http://www.mydellmini.com/forum/atta...268_3.kext.zip

http://www.mydellmini.com/forum/atta...amily.kext.zip


This is awesome!


Repost from posts below to make it simpler. ;-)


Originally Posted by deadlyvirus(modified)

1. Go in Finder to the Go menu, and select "Go To Folder"
2. Paste this /Extra/Mini9Ext/
3. Paste the 2 kexts (see links) into that folder. You will need to input your password.
4. Go to /Extra and run UpdateExtra application.
5. Reboot and you're done.

The links seem to be broken. Could someone please help?