paul.collins Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 Hi Guys, I have recently purchase a nc10 and have upgraded the RAM to 2GB without any issue, I now only have OS X boot installed, and have switch the stock wifi card to a dell dw 1395. However when I now boot up the OS loads successfully but when I try to add the airport as suggested in several guides there is no option to add this. I was under the impression that the dell dw 1395 doesn’t need additional drivers installed to enable it to work. I have tried enabling the wifi from the functions keys but this has had no effect. The wifi LED is displayed as a constant blue. Any suggestions help greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kizwan Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 Hi paul.collins, I also have DW 1395 & it is working wonderfully. You need to edit this file to add device id for your DW 1395:- /System/Library/Extensions/IO80211Family.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AppleAirPortBrcm4311.kext/Contents/Info.plist This is what you need to add because it is not listed in original kext:- <string>pci14e4,4315</string> Example content of the file:- <dict> <key>Broadcom 802.11 PCI</key> <dict> <key>CFBundleIdentifier</key> <string>com.apple.driver.AirPortBrcm43xx</string> <key>IOClass</key> <string>AirPort_Brcm43xx</string> <key>IOMatchCategory</key> <string>IODefaultMatchCategory</string> <key>IONameMatch</key> <array> <string>pci106b,4e</string> <string>pci14e4,4311</string> <string>pci14e4,4312</string> <string>pci14e4,4313</string> <string>pci14e4,4315</string> <string>pci14e4,4318</string> <string>pci14e4,4319</string> <string>pci14e4,431a</string> <string>pci14e4,4320</string> <string>pci14e4,4324</string> <string>pci14e4,4325</string> <string>pci14e4,4328</string> <string>pci14e4,432b</string> <string>pci14e4,432c</string> <string>pci14e4,432d</string> </array> Good luck. kizwan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxlawbr Posted April 2, 2010 Share Posted April 2, 2010 I'm having the same problem. Aplied the info in the file, rebooted, the info is still there, but no card..... Do you know what can be wrong? I have a NC10, with 10.6 from tea, and Broadcom DW1395. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kizwan Posted April 2, 2010 Share Posted April 2, 2010 Boot with "-f". kizwan I'm having the same problem. Aplied the info in the file, rebooted, the info is still there, but no card..... Do you know what can be wrong? I have a NC10, with 10.6 from tea, and Broadcom DW1395. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxlawbr Posted April 2, 2010 Share Posted April 2, 2010 Boot with "-f". kizwan Sorry kizwan, I didn't understand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kizwan Posted April 3, 2010 Share Posted April 3, 2010 Boot with -f to force load all kexts. This also rebuild kexts cache file. I thought you already know basic kernel flags. At boot menu, enter -f & press enter. kizwan Sorry kizwan, I didn't understand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxlawbr Posted April 3, 2010 Share Posted April 3, 2010 Boot with -f to force load all kexts. This also rebuild kexts cache file. I thought you already know basic kernel flags. At boot menu, enter -f & press enter. kizwan Thanks a lot Kizwan, I'll try, just to clarify, i have to press "minus signal" and "f" key during boot process? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magician13134 Posted June 25, 2010 Share Posted June 25, 2010 Hi Kizwan, I know this topic is a little old, but I'd just like to say thanks a ton I just bought a DW1395 and had the same issue, so I edited the plist and rebooted. It still didn't show up so I entered the boot options menu and booted with "-f" and Lo and behold it worked! Having WiFi makes my Hackintosh about a jillion times better, and it was only possible thanks to your help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magician13134 Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 Oh no! I spoke too soon! I restarted my computer today and now the DW1395 no longer works! The Airport icon in the status bar says "No Airport card installed". I have rebooted again, it's still not working... Any ideas? EDIT: So it turns out that it will work every time when I boot with -f, but it will never work when I boot without that parameter... Is there any way around that? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCollins6695 Posted September 11, 2010 Share Posted September 11, 2010 Try going into com.apple.boot.plist and adding the flag in so you don't have to type it in each time you boot up. This will tell you have to go about that: http://www.projectosx.com/forum/lofiversio...x.php/t313.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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