niguh Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 hi, guys I try to fix atheros chipset (AR5001,PCMCIA) under Leopard 9a527, it working now 1. you need some kexts from Tiger (10.4.5) IOACPIFamily.kext IOPCCardFamily.kext IOPCIFamily.kext 2. replace those kext to /System/Library/Extensions , and use "chmod" "chown" command chmod -R 755 "......kext" chown -R root:wheel ".....kext" 3. use "Disk Utility" to fix those files. .....and Reboot 4. when you restart your system, you will got an icon at menu bar, but your wireless card still cannot work. 5. use "Terminal" cd /System/Library/Extensions/IO80211Family.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AirPortAtheros.kext/Contents vi Info.plist Edit <key>com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily</key> <string>2.0</string> Change <key>com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily</key> <string>1.6</string> 6. Save this file and use "kextload" kextload /System/Library/Extensions/IO80211Family.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AirPortAtheros.kext/ you will got a success message !! NOW you can use your wireless card !! Enjoy !! ps. sorry my english not good, hope this can help you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbestia Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 Hi, sorry for my english, I've installed iatkos5i 10.5.5 on my Acer Aspire 9423wsmi and i've a DWL-G650 PCMCIA CARD for wireless (Atheros AR5001). Can you post some link to download the kexts from Tiger (10.4.5) IOACPIFamily.kext IOPCCardFamily.kext IOPCIFamily.kext Thanks a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbestia Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 Hi, sorry for my english, I've installed iatkos5i 10.5.5 on my Acer Aspire 9423wsmi and i've a DWL-G650 PCMCIA CARD for wireless (Atheros AR5001). Can you post some link to download the kexts from Tiger (10.4.5) IOACPIFamily.kext IOPCCardFamily.kext IOPCIFamily.kext Thanks a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macintoshiba1969 Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 hi, guys I try to fix atheros chipset (AR5001,PCMCIA) under Leopard 9a527, it working now 1. you need some kexts from Tiger (10.4.5) IOACPIFamily.kext IOPCCardFamily.kext IOPCIFamily.kext 2. replace those kext to /System/Library/Extensions , and use "chmod" "chown" command chmod -R 755 "......kext" chown -R root:wheel ".....kext" 3. use "Disk Utility" to fix those files. .....and Reboot 4. when you restart your system, you will got an icon at menu bar, but your wireless card still cannot work. 5. use "Terminal" cd /System/Library/Extensions/IO80211Family.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AirPortAtheros.kext/Contents vi Info.plist Edit <key>com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily</key> <string>2.0</string> Change <key>com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily</key> <string>1.6</string> 6. Save this file and use "kextload" kextload /System/Library/Extensions/IO80211Family.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AirPortAtheros.kext/ you will got a success message !! NOW you can use your wireless card !! Enjoy !! ps. sorry my english not good, hope this can help you Excellent! I can see the card, but it can't see my network! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salman Manji Posted September 17, 2009 Share Posted September 17, 2009 hi, i have a toshiba with IPC running i have an atheros ar5001 like the first post. could some one please post detailed instructions as i am new to this. also there are no download links for the tiger kexts. thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chencho Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 Someone can upload the kexts? IOACPIFamily.kext IOPCCardFamily.kext IOPCIFamily.kext Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mztriz Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 Does anyone have these files? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m4f1050 Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 Any idea how to get AR5001 working on 10.6.8? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bci24sg22 Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 Someone has got it working in Lion??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toshiba75HAckintosh Person Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 Someone can upload the kexts? IOACPIFamily.kext IOPCCardFamily.kext IOPCIFamily.kext Here are the kexts compressed in a zip. Extracted using Pacificist. IOFAMILYKEXTS.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobert01 Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 not working 10.6.8 dell precision m4300 sorry Here are the kexts compressed in a zip. Extracted using Pacificist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts