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[nekomata]

I can't find any information on getting my laptop's internal wireless to work. It is an Atheros AR9485 (thats what Windows says) with the HW ID as: PCI\VEN_168C&DEV_0032&SUBSYS_1838103C&REV_01
Other people said to buy a new card but I can't afford a new wireless card as I spent all my money on the Mountain Lion DVD Any ways to get my wireless to work and I would be so happy. I couldn't have gotten a different computer because this one was a present from some friends in the US (but i dont like windows so there). thx in advance guys and please help.

PS also if you know how to get AMD Radeon 7640G to work.

[LatinMcG]

if u fake device id 30 instead of 32 it might work. cant guarantee anything.. look at the ar9285 fix in dsdt and modify it.

im pretty sure if u change the card it will deny boot with error of unsuported wireless card (whitelist)  and i dont know if there is a bios mod with NO Whitelist for sp57048.exe or sp58982.exe bios

[nekomata]

LatinMcG, on 15 November 2012 - 05:52 PM, said:

if u fake device id 30 instead of 32 it might work. cant guarantee anything.. look at the ar9285 fix in dsdt and modify it.

im pretty sure if u change the card it will deny boot with error of unsuported wireless card (whitelist)  and i dont know if there is a bios mod with NO Whitelist for sp57048.exe or sp58982.exe bios

How do I do this? I found a patch file for ar9285 fix on olarila.com how do I modify it?

into device name_adr 0x00 parent_adr 0x001C0001 insert
begin
Method (_DSM, 4, NotSerialized)\n
{\n
	Store (Package (0x0C)\n
		{\n
			"AAPL,slot-name", \n
			Buffer (0x08)\n
			{\n
				"AirPort"\n
			}, \n
			"device-id", \n
			Unicode ("*"), \n
			"device_type", \n
			Buffer (0x08)\n
			{\n
				"AirPort"\n
			}, \n
			"model", \n
			Buffer (0x34)\n
			{\n
				"Atheros 9285 8802.11 b/g/n Wireless Network Adapter"\n
			}, \n
			"subsystem-id", \n
			Buffer (0x04)\n
			{\n
				0x8F, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00\n
			}, \n
			"subsystem-vendor-id", \n
			Buffer (0x04)\n
			{\n
				0x6B, 0x10, 0x00, 0x00\n
			}\n
		}, Local0)\n
	DTGP (Arg0, Arg1, Arg2, Arg3, RefOf (Local0))\n
	Return (Local0)\n
}
end

[LatinMcG]

into device name_adr 0x00 parent_adr 0x001C0001 insert
begin
Method (_DSM, 4, NotSerialized)\n
{\n
	 Store (Package (0x0C)\n
			 {\n
					 "AAPL,slot-name", \n
					 Buffer (0x08)\n
					 {\n
							 "AirPort"\n
					 }, \n
					 "device-id", \n
					 Buffer (0x04)\n
					 {\n
							 0x30, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00\n
					 }, \n
					 "device_type", \n
					 Buffer (0x08)\n
					 {\n
							 "AirPort"\n
					 }, \n
					 "model", \n
					 Buffer (0x34)\n
					 {\n
							 "Atheros 9485 802.11 b/g/n Wireless Network Adapter"\n
					 }, \n
					 "subsystem-vendor-id", \n
					 Buffer (0x04)\n
					 {\n
							 0x6B, 0x10, 0x00, 0x00\n
					 }\n
			 }, Local0)\n
	 DTGP (Arg0, Arg1, Arg2, Arg3, RefOf (Local0))\n
	 Return (Local0)\n
}
end

however the subsystem id of the device id 30 is not 8F

look in ioregistry explorer to see if the card is at 0x001C0001

[nekomata]

Well my computer crashed and now I can't load OSX SL on it any more for some reason, it panics on the install disc boot with ahci apple something do you know how to fix? I can't do IDE mode in the BIOS cause its locked.