How to enable audio on Mac OS X 10.4.X running on HP DV6000 series.

To get 2 - channel sound working you have to strictly follow these steps:

1. Remove AppleHDA.kext out of the /System/Library/Extensions/ directory.
   
2. Replace the AppleAzaliaAudio.kext with the new one [do send me email on nightr0ver at gmail dot com & I shall send you the file].
3. Copy AppleAC97Audio.kext to /System/Library/Extensions/ directory. [do send me email on nightr0ver at gmail dot com & I shall send you the file]
4. Repair the permission for new extensions copied to the /System/Library/Extensions/ directory in the mentioned in step 2 & 3.

Installation walk-through
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Open the terminal and...
sudo -s
your password

remove default extensions
rm -rf /System/Library/Extensions/AppleHDA.kext
rm -rf /System/Library/Extensions/AppleAzaliaAudio.kext

copy new extensions
cp -R /SourceDirectory/AppleAzaliaAudio.kext /System/Library/Extensions/
cp -R /SourceDirectory/AppleAC97Audio.kext /System/Library/Extensions/

repair permissions for newly copied extensions
chown -R root:wheel /System/Library/Extensions/AppleAzaliaAudio.kext
chown -R root:wheel /System/Library/Extensions/AppleAC97Audio.kext

update extensions cache
kextcache -k /System/Library/Extensions/

Reboot your machine and you are done. You should see the "HD Audio Output" as device name in your SystemPreferences->Audio->Output.


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