darkness.136 Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 Recently installed ideneb 10.5.5 on my laptop and have no idea what to do next, i think i need to get drivers for my wireless, graphics, sound, ect. Does anyone know where to get these drivers from? Atheros AR9285 ATI HD4200 AMD High Definition Audio Thanks Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/250703-drivers-for-atheros-ar9285/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
gyozadude Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 If I recall correctly, the AR9285 is an early WiFi-N controller that supports probably 120mbps max on most client devices. It came out in the last couple of years, and had Windows support first and then Linux. BSD and other OSes had to implement support. I wouldn't think you'd find OOTB support on OSX Tiger/Leopard. You may find it in Snow Leopard. You may want to do a quick search. You'll probably find support in Snow Leopard, but not until the last year, which is probably post 10.6.3. So you probably need to upgrade first. Get the system running stably, and maybe, if you have the right bits, the device might just work using Apple supplied drivers. If you know the devID of the device (see System Profiler in Utilities or under the Apple -> About this Mac -> more Info), you should see the devID under "Airport"-> Card Type: and it may look like: 0x168c 0x002b or something like that. Next, look in /System/Library/Extensions/IO80211Family.kext/Contents/PlugIns/ You will see a couple of AirPortAtheros.kext/ and AirPortAtheros21.kext/ directories. Look inside each ./Contents/Info.plist and look for matching PCI IDs. If yours is listed, then driver should _attach(), unless some other thing hangs you up. Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/250703-drivers-for-atheros-ar9285/#findComment-1651111 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tglaria Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 I have the driver for 10.6.x (I guess it works starting from 10.6.2). Works for me at least. If you want it, send me a PM Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/250703-drivers-for-atheros-ar9285/#findComment-1651567 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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