treeml Posted December 12, 2009 Share Posted December 12, 2009 Hi, I have exactly the same problem with my PCI D-Link 547 (Atheros 5416: 2.0.19.8) with Snow Leopard 10.6.0 to 10.6.2 Everything is working fine apart from that one... Any ideas anyone? Mobo: ASUSteK P6T Deluxe v2 w/ i920 Boot: Chameleon 2 RC4 or Netkas PC-EFI 10.5 I have exactly the same problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tchuyev Posted December 12, 2009 Share Posted December 12, 2009 However, the D-Link 547 is working fine on a GA-EP45-UD3R, grrrr... I don't get it: could this be related to DSDT.aml on the ASUSTeK P6T Deluxe v2??? If someone could suggest something to check out, that'd be great! Thanks again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tchuyev Posted December 12, 2009 Share Posted December 12, 2009 Hey guys, Found something here that might help us find out where the issue comes from. The D-Link 547 DOES work when hyperthreading is disabled and when only one 1-CPU core is used from the BIOS. So it doesn't like SMP somehow. What about you? Now, I'm no DSDT.aml expert but this should be happening here about ;-) Hum... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.V. Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 Hi, I installed my D link 547 wifi by putting the AtherosFix.kext in S/L/E and my card is recognized by the system. I can even connect to a Network but the (big) problem is it causes kernel panic after a few seconds. I connect to a network, start using the computer, and after 10-20 secs, everything freezes and then KP. If I turn off airport in the menu bar, this problem doesn't occur. Any help about this ? I just can't use wifi... Thanks My config : SL 10.6.2 P55-UD3 Core i7 860 Radeon 4890 8gb Ram I have the same problem using MB BX58SO, wireless adapter TL-WN851N. Actually I didn't add the AtherosFix.kext...But the consequence is the same...it recognizes the Airport, bit after a few seconds I get a Kernel panic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tchuyev Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 I have the same problem using MB BX58SO, wireless adapter TL-WN851N. Actually I didn't add the AtherosFix.kext...But the consequence is the same...it recognizes the Airport, bit after a few seconds I get a Kernel panic Did you try without Hyperthreading and one-Core CPU only? Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dougw6 Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 Just installed these kexts works perfectly with the 552. Thanks for your help. To anyone trying to do this, make sure you install both the io8011family.kext and the Atherosfix.kext one after the other and make sure to repair your disc's permissions in disk utility before you restart. I am running the Lifehacker setup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeml Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 Hey guys, Found something here that might help us find out where the issue comes from. The D-Link 547 DOES work when hyperthreading is disabled and when only one 1-CPU core is used from the BIOS. So it doesn't like SMP somehow. What about you? Now, I'm no DSDT.aml expert but this should be happening here about ;-) Hum... Awesome, so if we cripple our system, we can use wifi! But you are right this is interesting, there must be something we can modify within the DSDT, that will fix this. Some one must be able to do this! Unfortunately it's not me either Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tchuyev Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 Anyone please? Thanks... Awesome, so if we cripple our system, we can use wifi! But you are right this is interesting, there must be something we can modify within the DSDT, that will fix this. Some one must be able to do this! Unfortunately it's not me either Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainJack Posted December 26, 2009 Share Posted December 26, 2009 I am using a DWA552 with Snow Leopard 10.6.2 32-bit EFI. I am having the same problem as many of you all. I can connect to a wireless network but as soon as I do my computer completely locks up. The thing I don't understand is someone put in the HCL for 10.6.0 that it works. See screen shot. Does anyone know what the description means in regards to a vanilla driver? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainJack Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 Ehh, I sort of gave up on the AR5416. My DWA-552 has been nothing but trouble ever since I bought it. I had boat loads of trouble even using Leopard. I had to use kext from 10.5.4 and I had to make a bootflag maxmem=3072 just to keep it from locking up. Once, I got my ethernet working, thanks to eno, I decided it was time for a change in a different direction. I didn't want to run a 30 foot cable to my router and I did not want to take another gamble on buying a different wireless NIC so I just went ahead and bought a wireless-N draft bridge. It works like a charm. No more kernel panics and it's really fast. I would recommend anyone that has ethernet and is fed up with this to do that. It's a tad more than buying a wireless NIC but way less of a headache. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
instantexpert Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 Ehh, I sort of gave up on the AR5416. My DWA-552 has been nothing but trouble ever since I bought it. I had boat loads of trouble even using Leopard. I had to use kext from 10.5.4 and I had to make a bootflag maxmem=3072 just to keep it from locking up. Once, I got my ethernet working, thanks to eno, I decided it was time for a change in a different direction. I didn't want to run a 30 foot cable to my router and I did not want to take another gamble on buying a different wireless NIC so I just went ahead and bought a wireless-N draft bridge. It works like a charm. No more kernel panics and it's really fast. I would recommend anyone that has ethernet and is fed up with this to do that. It's a tad more than buying a wireless NIC but way less of a headache. I did this as well. It let me put my two computers next to each other on a GB switch and have wireless to the internet. So far, it has been relatively less problematic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MusicByJam Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 Hi guys, was wondering if anyone eventually found a solution for using the Atheros wireless cards without having to use cpus=1 or setting the bios to one cpu? Im using the linksys wmp3000-eu version on an Asus Rampage Gene ii board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s01iD Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 I am using a DWA552 with Snow Leopard 10.6.2 32-bit EFI. I am having the same problem as many of you all. I can connect to a wireless network but as soon as I do my computer completely locks up. The thing I don't understand is someone put in the HCL for 10.6.0 that it works. See screen shot. Does anyone know what the description means in regards to a vanilla driver? Disable HPET Mode in the BIOS. This did the trick for me ... Working fine since some hours ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbeehre Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 i know this is an old topic but has any other solution been found for this problem? ive got a linksys wmp300n and having the same issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freeman93 Posted March 8, 2010 Share Posted March 8, 2010 Has anybody found a solution to the kernel panic issue ? Disabling HPET mode did not help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinnyboom Posted April 6, 2010 Share Posted April 6, 2010 Hey, I got my system to recognize the card, started giving me kernel paic right away, couldn't even get to the login screen with out getting kernel panic, switched to one core and everything worked fine, the only problem is now i have to run my computer with one core if i want to have the internet, has there been any progress... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KonanBarbarian Posted April 10, 2010 Share Posted April 10, 2010 Hey, I got my system to recognize the card, started giving me kernel paic right away, couldn't even get to the login screen with out getting kernel panic, switched to one core and everything worked fine, the only problem is now i have to run my computer with one core if i want to have the internet, has there been any progress... Same PROBLEM, but no solution. You use possible snow leo in 64 bit with i7 processor? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broodofqueen Posted May 17, 2010 Share Posted May 17, 2010 Same PROBLEM, but no solution. You use possible snow leo in 64 bit with i7 processor? Same problem here. Linksys WMP110(AR5416.168c;0023) + Core i5 750. I tried both 32 and 64 bit modes but no solution. cpus=1 works fine but i have 3 useless cores. When i look into the more info page, ethernet cards tab shows the pci card as 168c,23(true) but airport tab shows 168c,72(wrong) device id. How could i solve this problem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdbram Posted July 8, 2010 Share Posted July 8, 2010 Posting to reply that kamikaze's posted AtherosFix worked perfectly for my DWA-556. Installed using kextutility to S/L/E, and did not repair or change any permissions afterward. Worked instantly on the next boot. Cheers! EVGA X58 3-Way SLI Intel i7-920 1.5 TB WC Black HD 6 GB GSkill 1600 EVGA GTX 260 Snow Leo 10.6.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Komano Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 Maybe you guys might want to try this. AtherosFix.kext.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigwiger Posted September 12, 2010 Share Posted September 12, 2010 (edited) Maybe you guys might want to try this. AtherosFix.kext.zip Could you explain what "this" is exactly? In the market for a wireless option, and really want to know if one of these cards will work. Thanks. Edited September 12, 2010 by bigwiger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Komano Posted October 19, 2010 Share Posted October 19, 2010 Could you explain what "this" is exactly? In the market for a wireless option, and really want to know if one of these cards will work. Thanks. And by "this" i meant the kext (If you didn't already know that). A Kext is like a driver file but for OS X. However if you want an explanation, its on my worklog. It can be found here under the entries section. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hangten Posted November 4, 2010 Share Posted November 4, 2010 DWA-556 on SL 10.6.5 beta updated info: Working natively without any AtherosFix.kext in S/L/E Full 64bit Hires DWA_.tiff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacOSXMelon Posted November 11, 2010 Share Posted November 11, 2010 DWA-556 on SL 10.6.5 beta updated info: Working natively without any AtherosFix.kext in S/L/E Full 64bit Hires DWA_.tiff 10.6.5 is out... Any confirmations here??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cartri Posted November 11, 2010 Share Posted November 11, 2010 buuump Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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