eddiebelfast Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 Hi, I have an Acer Aspire 1804 laptop which has an Iprocomm IPN 2220 wireless card. I have checked into it and it appears to be a Broadcom MXF-M920808G chip. These cards have a variety of drivers depending upon which version of Windows is being used and under Linux need Ndiswrapper to make them work. In mac it shows up as an iprocomm . To avoid any probs with my Hackintosh I checked around and found that a BMC 4318 works very well and found one advertised on Ebay under the heading of Acer. When I installed it in my Hack it recognised it as an Aircard ?, I noticed the "on" button which has a bright red light wasn't lit. I then tried it in a Windows laptop and whilst Windows recognised it , even loaded the correct driver it had no power. I was wondering if Acer might have whitelisted it and ifso how do I unwhite list it? I would appreciate any tips or advice, cheers, Eddie. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/276912-mini-wireless-card/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
LatinMcG Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 tape pin 20 IF THE CARD IS A SUPPORTED DEVICE like AR5B91 or MOST broadcoms not device id 4727 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/276912-mini-wireless-card/#findComment-1804522 Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddiebelfast Posted March 9, 2012 Author Share Posted March 9, 2012 Hi, the 4318 is this type...http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/54-Mbps-Broadcom-BCM4318-MiniPCI-802-11g-Wireless-card-/270738296252?pt=UK_Computing_LaptopAccessories_PCMCIACards&hash=item3f09428dbc I have been reading up on it and the Linux forums mention it a lot. Apparently it needs a firmware update. I cannot find any info on the Broadcom site re- Firmware. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/276912-mini-wireless-card/#findComment-1804625 Share on other sites More sharing options...
LatinMcG Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 in mac it works. device id is 4318. are u using smbios and what model ? os x version ? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/276912-mini-wireless-card/#findComment-1804629 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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