Ralink RT73 Causing System Freezes...Please Help

[jefferson136]

I have a Ralink RT73 usb wireless card working on my hackintosh (iAtkos 10.5.5). The only problem that I have had is when I am using a lot of bandwidth (downloading a lot, loading a big webpage, or accessing network drives) my system crashes. This crash is not the ordinary kernal panic which tells you to restart, but rather everything freezes and a grey overlay appears on about one-third of my screen. I then have to hold down the power button in order to restart.

 

 

I have been searching for a solution to this problem for over a month and have had no success.

 

I am running version 1.1.1.0a of the Ralink RT73 kext with the USBWirelessUtility.

 

Any help is much appreciated and if you need anymore info just let me know.

 

Thanks, Jeff.

[Warstrong]

I have a Ralink RT73 usb wireless card working on my hackintosh (iAtkos 10.5.5). The only problem that I have had is when I am using a lot of bandwidth (downloading a lot, loading a big webpage, or accessing network drives) my system crashes. This crash is not the ordinary kernal panic which tells you to restart, but rather everything freezes and a grey overlay appears on about one-third of my screen. I then have to hold down the power button in order to restart.

 

 

I have been searching for a solution to this problem for over a month and have had no success.

 

I am running version 1.1.1.0a of the Ralink RT73 kext with the USBWirelessUtility.

 

Any help is much appreciated and if you need anymore info just let me know.

 

Thanks, Jeff.

 

Not sure if it will help, but the Ralink utility is currently at version 1.6.8 and the RT73 kext is at version 1.2.4. I have edited this latest RT73 driver's Info.plist to work with the Linksys WUSB54GC and it works fine, so as long as your card is using the RT73 try this first:

 

http://www.ralinktech.com.tw/data/drivers/..._2008_12_04.dmg

 

If that doesn't work just tell the name of the card and what version it is and I'll be happy to try to get it working. Good luck!

 

BTW, I remember experience the same thing using Prasys' stuff. Haven't experienced a kernel panic since I got the new app and driver working

[ncs12]

Not sure if it will help, but the Ralink utility is currently at version 1.6.8 and the RT73 kext is at version 1.2.4. I have edited this latest RT73 driver's Info.plist to work with the Linksys WUSB54GC and it works fine, so as long as your card is using the RT73 try this first:

 

http://www.ralinktech.com.tw/data/drivers/..._2008_12_04.dmg

 

If that doesn't work just tell the name of the card and what version it is and I'll be happy to try to get it working. Good luck!

 

BTW, I remember experience the same thing using Prasys' stuff. Haven't experienced a kernel panic since I got the new app and driver working

 

 

 

 

I know this thread is a bit old, but I hope that you can help me. I bought a usb 802.11g card off ebay. The card is a D-Link DWL-G122. I know for certain that it is a Ralink RT73 chipset (from both Windows and Ubuntu detections). I have tried Prasys's method and several others and the closest I can come is that sometimes the card is detected, sometimes not. Sometimes I can see my SSID, sometimes not. But even when I can detect my network and I enter my security info (regardless of WPA, WPA2, WEP, Mac filtering) and try to connect the card loses ability to detect and I am stuck with nothing. I tried your .dmg and I couldn't even see my card. It is a D-Link DWL-G122. The info on the back of the card indicates rev. B1, but windows detects it as Rev. C. Not sure which is right, but I know one used the RT2500 chipset. I however have the one with the RT73. Any ideas on what I can do? Change? I just need this adapter until I can get a working driver for my Intel 4965 agn from mercurysquad. Thank you in advance.

 

Btw I forgot to mention that I am running 10.5.8 from a retail install.