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Atheros (Visible on PSX3) not powering up?


Ferret-Simpson
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  • 2 months later...

Hi Ferret-Simpson, I've been lurking here for ages, actually did my first Hackintosh install way back when the first intel build was leaked as a VMware image. OSx86project was only a wiki back then, these forums didn't exist :)

 

Anyway I decided to register here to help the cause and get some answers for myself. I'm starting here because we have common ground with the Fujitsu laptop / tablet line. I've recently acquired a Fujitsu P1620 and installed Kalyway 10.5.1 on a separate partition. Some things work immediately after the base install, many do not. With the help of info collected throughout these forums I have gotten Networking, Audio, and Power features active. Wifi is still not working. I'll start a new thread devoted to how to get the P1620 fully functional soon.

 

On to the wireless issue- the P1620 uses an Atheros chipset as well, which appears to be similar to a standard issue Mac PCI-E card. My card is detected on boot, and I also get the "loaded unsuccessfully" blurb. The funny thing is if I try kextload in terminal it claims to load successfully, but I don't see any indications of it other than in System Profiler. What is even more strange is my unit has Bluetooth, which is (to the best of my knowledge, looking at service manuals) integrated on the same Mini PCI-E card that the Wifi is on, and that is detected, loaded, and functional.

 

Have you made any progress on yours? I would like to help out if possible on other fronts too. My Mac-Fu is weak presently, but I have years of PC based programming experience (including disassembly and tracing of accelerometer functions on my older Fujitsu P1610, which I've used to create some cool test apps on the PC). Ideally I'd like to get Wifi working, the HIDs working for my screen buttons, and modify the HID for the Touch Screen (which actually detects and works out of the box, but calibration is way off with no way to adjust it). Some cool extras would be to get Accelerometer data feedback into OSX, and get the SD card reader working.

 

Let me know what you've accomplished so far. Thanks!

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  • 4 months later...

hey guys, was wondering what your experiences with this have been. I have a p1620 with fujitsu atheros card and am having the same problems.

 

Ferret - did you get any card (fujitsu or apple I have both) working?

 

commanderdata - how is your p1620 coming along. I have many features working but many are not. Any news on your dell card?

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