TheOtherDay Posted September 10, 2005 Share Posted September 10, 2005 Hey all, I hope I am not reposting, but I have searched a few times on this. Is there anyone who knows what is needed to enable PCMCIA support? On my toshiba laptop it is not working, and I am trying to find out why, and I am not sure where to even start. All the related .kext files seem to load properly, but I have no PCMCIA listed in my system information. What kext's are needed for PCMCIA, and are there any tricks out there to enable it? Any help would be appreciated. ~ToD Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/2276-pcmcia-support/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOtherDay Posted September 11, 2005 Author Share Posted September 11, 2005 *bump* Am I the only one having this issue? or am I the only one looking into it? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/2276-pcmcia-support/#findComment-15296 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyrana Posted September 11, 2005 Share Posted September 11, 2005 PCMCIA doesn't work for most people. On a small # of TI chipsets seem to work and nothing else. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/2276-pcmcia-support/#findComment-15300 Share on other sites More sharing options...
flaker Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 On my Thinkpad T42/P, pc card made OS crash when installed with test3 patch.. I installed release 1 now and pc card works correctly... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/2276-pcmcia-support/#findComment-15804 Share on other sites More sharing options...
k1n6w4r3z Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 tried on toshiba r200 didn't work with deadmoo and test3 and still not worrking on release1 :-( Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/2276-pcmcia-support/#findComment-15935 Share on other sites More sharing options...
defor Posted September 14, 2005 Share Posted September 14, 2005 Working flawlessly with Dell C640 and Dell C610 I use Belkin Firewire cards and CF adapters in them. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/2276-pcmcia-support/#findComment-16327 Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeh Posted September 14, 2005 Share Posted September 14, 2005 hi there, i have got a IBM thinkpad X31 (1.4GHz version). osx86 works very well. if i insert my 'Novatel Merlin U530 UMTS/GPRS PCMCIA Card', i get the following from the kernel log: IOPCCard16Device: binding socket 0 function 0 to card services. IOPCCard16Device::matchPropertyTable entered. IOPCCardDevice: VersionOneInfo[0], "SCR241 PCMCIA"(match string) != "Novatel Wireless"(CIS string). pccarda4,1aaf: family specific matching fails IOPCCard16Device::matchPropertyTable entered. IOPCCardDevice: VersionOneInfo[0], "SCR243 PCMCIA"(match string) != "Novatel Wireless"(CIS string). pccarda4,1aaf: family specific matching fails IOPCCard16Device::matchPropertyTable entered. IOPCCardDevice: VersionOneInfo[0], "SCR24x PCMCIA"(match string) != "Novatel Wireless"(CIS string). pccarda4,1aaf: family specific matching fails IOPCCard16Device::matchPropertyTable entered. IOPCCardDevice: VersionOneInfo[0], "HP"(match string) != "Novatel Wireless"(CIS string). pccarda4,1aaf: family specific matching fails IOPCCard16Device::matchPropertyTable entered. IOPCCardDevice: VersionOneInfo[0], "SCR241 PCMCIA"(match string) != "Novatel Wireless"(CIS string). pccarda4,1aaf: family specific matching fails IOPCCard16Device::matchPropertyTable entered. IOPCCardDevice: VersionOneInfo[0], "SCR243 PCMCIA"(match string) != "Novatel Wireless"(CIS string). pccarda4,1aaf: family specific matching fails IOPCCard16Device::matchPropertyTable entered. IOPCCardDevice: VersionOneInfo[0], "SCR24x PCMCIA"(match string) != "Novatel Wireless"(CIS string). pccarda4,1aaf: family specific matching fails IOPCCard16Device::matchPropertyTable entered. IOPCCardDevice: VersionOneInfo[0], "HP"(match string) != "Novatel Wireless"(CIS string). pccarda4,1aaf: family specific matching fails Apple16X50PCCard0: Card Vendor is "Novatel Wireless" Apple16X50PCCard0: Card Name is "Merlin UMTS Modem" IOPCCard notice: PCCardExpert1: GetNextTuple: No more items IOPCCard notice: PCCardExpert1: RequestIO: Resource in use IOPCCard notice: PCCardExpert1: RequestIO: Resource in use IOPCCard notice: PCCardExpert1: RequestIO: Resource in use IOPCCard notice: PCCardExpert1: RequestIO: Resource in use IOPCCard info: IOPCCard16Enabler::configure using index 0x27: Vcc 5.0, irq 11, io 0x4000-0x4007 if i open up the system profiler, it says the following under PC-Cards: Merlin UMTS Modem: Function: Serial Port Vendor: Novatel Wireless Type: PC Card Vendor ID: 164 Device ID: 6831 does somebody know how to use the card? which device filename has it? how to set up pppd for it ? (it is not recognized in the Network Preferences!) thanks for help -zeh Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/2276-pcmcia-support/#findComment-16355 Share on other sites More sharing options...
djn Posted December 2, 2005 Share Posted December 2, 2005 I have the same problem with Novatel U630. The led goes green, but the card doesn't appear on network preferences. Any idea? Thanks! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/2276-pcmcia-support/#findComment-33402 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyrana Posted December 2, 2005 Share Posted December 2, 2005 PCMCIA is either going to work or not, sorry. No real kext editing for PCMCIA controllers. But if your controller is recognized, any card you insert will show up in the top menu (but not really have any options). Support is much better in 10.4.3 than 10.4.1 in terms of PCMCIA chipsets at least. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/2276-pcmcia-support/#findComment-33491 Share on other sites More sharing options...
suleiman Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 what about using the 10.4.4 kext for iopccardfamily.kext? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/2276-pcmcia-support/#findComment-47290 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fireshark Posted February 3, 2006 Share Posted February 3, 2006 it also supports some O2Micro controllers. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/2276-pcmcia-support/#findComment-51937 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sniper Posted March 18, 2006 Share Posted March 18, 2006 I have a dell c640, but the PCMCIA looks like its not working, what can i do guys to check if its working?, i only have a 2wire wifi PCMCIA card to try. By the way it has instaled 10.4.5 natively Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/2276-pcmcia-support/#findComment-78458 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scothiam Posted June 7, 2006 Share Posted June 7, 2006 Hey all, I hope I am not reposting, but I have searched a few times on this. Is there anyone who knows what is needed to enable PCMCIA support? On my toshiba laptop it is not working, and I am trying to find out why, and I am not sure where to even start. All the related .kext files seem to load properly, but I have no PCMCIA listed in my system information. What kext's are needed for PCMCIA, and are there any tricks out there to enable it? Any help would be appreciated. ~ToD Hey, similar problem myself, doesn't appear to be much hope... I do seem to remember that in one previous build (10.4.1?) I had the option of disabling my o2micro card controller, as an energy saving measure. Have not seen that since though... maybe that could jar someones memory? (I did not have any pcmcia cards to test with at the time, so not sure if any would have worked anyway...) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/2276-pcmcia-support/#findComment-126329 Share on other sites More sharing options...
danuputra Posted June 12, 2006 Share Posted June 12, 2006 i already using iopccardfamily.kext from 10.4.4 but i wont works.. my o2 micro still cant works.. should i modify the hex ? which line is it.. anybody knows ? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/2276-pcmcia-support/#findComment-128316 Share on other sites More sharing options...
danuputra Posted June 13, 2006 Share Posted June 13, 2006 anyone ? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/2276-pcmcia-support/#findComment-129009 Share on other sites More sharing options...
natbart Posted July 25, 2006 Share Posted July 25, 2006 Try using the IOPCIFamily.kext (v1.8) from 10.4.5 in 10.4.6. Just copy it over the old one and reboot. Do not use 10.4.1. I tried it and my Siemens GigaSet PC Card 54 wireless nic works great now. Seems to power off if not used though.... Any ideas?? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/2276-pcmcia-support/#findComment-149810 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crucial Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 Try using the IOPCIFamily.kext (v1.8) from 10.4.5 in 10.4.6. Just copy it over the old one and reboot. Do not use 10.4.1. I tried it and my Siemens GigaSet PC Card 54 wireless nic works great now. Seems to power off if not used though.... Any ideas?? Where is the IOPCIFamily.kext located? I have the 10.4.5 Install DVD and would like to copy it from that to my system. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/2276-pcmcia-support/#findComment-166512 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammjet Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 Where is the IOPCIFamily.kext located? I have the 10.4.5 Install DVD and would like to copy it from that to my system. While in OSX, insert the install DVD and wait for it to mount on the Desktop. Use Pacifist (download from Charlessoft) and use it on the OSX install DVD to go to the System/Installation/Packages folder and open Essentials.pkg. In Pacifist, click on the little arrows beside: System -> Library -> Extensions and find IOPCIFamily.kext Click on the kext. Now you have two options: Extract it to someplace like your Desktop or Install it to your own Extensions folder (but overwriting the existing kext). Those choices are in the upper left corner of Pacifist. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/2276-pcmcia-support/#findComment-166518 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogabean Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 PCMCIA does not work at all for me under the 10.4.6/7 extensions. Putting the 10.4.5 extensions folder in instead fixes the problem. I tried individual kexts and did not resolve the issue. Placing all them back did. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/2276-pcmcia-support/#findComment-166546 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bornagainpenguin Posted August 16, 2006 Share Posted August 16, 2006 PCMCIA does not work at all for me under the 10.4.6/7 extensions. Putting the 10.4.5 extensions folder in instead fixes the problem. I tried individual kexts and did not resolve the issue. Placing all them back did. Could you please give us some more details on this? I tried that and all it got me was the 'still waiting for root device' error where there had been none before! So could you please be more specific as to what "all them back" means? Because I didn't see the 'root device' error until I tried that myself and I would really like to be able to get back PCMCIA support... --bornagainpenguin (doing the reinstall fest for the fourth time now....) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/2276-pcmcia-support/#findComment-167494 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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