JakeGub Posted September 24, 2006 Share Posted September 24, 2006 I am looking for a 3945abg alternative for my HP dv2000t. I bought a dell 1390 mini pci-e card but I get the 104 unsupported wireless device detected error before it boots up. I have read how I can change the BIOS's whitelist to allow a different card, but I don't want to use free software I got from a chinese website to rebuild my bios for my 1000+ dollar laptop. I noticed that a dell 1390 expresscard exsists. Model is WPCB-143G. Right now I am waiting on a USB wireless device that I will use for a while, but I would love to have the expresscard version working. Is anyone out there using an expresscard for their wireless? Keep in mind, by expresscard I mean the 34mm or 54mm cards that are like the old PCMCIA cards. Is there any support? If I can find a decent deal on one I may buy it and see if the dell 1390 instructions work for the expresscard version. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/28463-is-there-support-for-wireless-expresscards/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
XStylus Posted October 1, 2006 Share Posted October 1, 2006 What is this whitelist changing software and where can I find it? I have a few expendible units I can test with. Also, check out this post and consider the HP OEM card that "denied" bought. Maybe it has some promise. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/28463-is-there-support-for-wireless-expresscards/#findComment-199699 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakeGub Posted October 1, 2006 Author Share Posted October 1, 2006 What is this whitelist changing software and where can I find it? I have a few expendible units I can test with. Also, check out this post and consider the HP OEM card that "denied" bought. Maybe it has some promise. I had to download the Phoenix Bios Editor Demo Version and opened the BIOS update file from HP. The editor program decompresses the files in the BIOS and puts them into a temp directory. You then take a HEX editor and find the correct file to edit (the one containing device and vendor ID's of whitelisted cards) and you either add your id's to the list or change one of the accepted card's id's to match your own. You then recompile the BIOS through the errors it gives you and hope it works. The article I got all of this from is here. If you really have some expendable units, you could try this, but I think it is more logical to just put up with usb adapters until we get some wireless expresscards to work About Denied's post, 407159-001 came up on HP's site as a mini pci card, NOT a mini pci-E card. The dell 1390 uses the same broadcom chipset but isn't "supported" Also it came up as 86 dollars on their website. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/28463-is-there-support-for-wireless-expresscards/#findComment-199765 Share on other sites More sharing options...
XStylus Posted October 10, 2006 Share Posted October 10, 2006 About Denied's post, 407159-001 came up on HP's site as a mini pci card, NOT a mini pci-E card. The dell 1390 uses the same broadcom chipset but isn't "supported" Also it came up as 86 dollars on their website. Then you might want to look into the 416376-001. That's an HP OEM Broadcom PCIe card. I got that part number from the service guide for the DV2000 series. There are other cards listed in the guide as well, but that one is the most promising. It was also the only one I was able to find available for sale anywhere. The service guide can be found at http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c00729555.pdf. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/28463-is-there-support-for-wireless-expresscards/#findComment-206168 Share on other sites More sharing options...
XStylus Posted October 13, 2006 Share Posted October 13, 2006 Then you might want to look into the 416376-001. That's an HP OEM Broadcom PCIe card. I got that part number from the service guide for the DV2000 series. There are other cards listed in the guide as well, but that one is the most promising. It was also the only one I was able to find available for sale anywhere. The service guide can be found at http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c00729555.pdf. The 407159-001 is a PCIe card. This is the unit that they usually put in their Celeron notebooks. I just put one in an HP DV5000 centrino notebook that previously had a 3945ABG and it worked like a champ. HP also has the drivers for it installed standard and it shows up instantly as a Broadcom B/G card, so it should be a painless install. I will also test the 416376-001 (which is the PCIe card they put in their AMD equipped notebooks) as soon as I get an opportunity. Edit: I just tested the 416376-001. It's identical to the 407159-001, and works perfectly. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/28463-is-there-support-for-wireless-expresscards/#findComment-208763 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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