errandwolfe Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 OK, On behalf of the Compaq C500 series laptop users I thought I would beg for some assistance from the gurus. This is a FANTASTIC budget Macbook replacement at around $500. The only thing holding a lot of people back is the inability for the built in wifi to work...I know you are thinking well get a more compatible card....How much more compatible can you get then an actual Broadcom 4311 (14e4,4311) card! Here is a brief description of the problem, and following that you will find a link to the thread where a few of us have been discussing this issue: Issue 1: If you perform a fresh install of 10.4.8 or 10.4.9 and leave the card installed you will get a kernel panic on boot. Removing the card removes the kernel panic. Issue 2: If you are running 10.4.8 or 10.4.9 and you replace IONetowrking and IO80211 kext with either 10.4.5 or 10.4.6 the kernel panic goes away. The card itself though is never recognized. Usually the Wifi power light indicator stays off if you boot straight into OS X. If you boot Windows first though the light stays on, but the card is still not recognized. Please oh knowledgeable ones (kissing enough a** here?) could you give us a hand with this. Thank you in advance. Link to ongoing discussion of this issues Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/54364-need-help-from-a-guru/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
errandwolfe Posted June 20, 2007 Author Share Posted June 20, 2007 Come on guys and girls....any volunteers to take up this project? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/54364-need-help-from-a-guru/#findComment-390076 Share on other sites More sharing options...
wid14 Posted June 22, 2007 Share Posted June 22, 2007 Could it be because of the hardware conflict? (the ethernet card is Realtek and the wireless card is Broadcom). One of the hackintosh Guru said that. I don't know. All I can do is just wait and see Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/54364-need-help-from-a-guru/#findComment-392168 Share on other sites More sharing options...
errandwolfe Posted June 27, 2007 Author Share Posted June 27, 2007 Yet another bump...please anyone...any ideas? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/54364-need-help-from-a-guru/#findComment-395980 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nirvanaguy19 Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 i bought a atheros based wifi card for my c500, but the compaq bios doesnt like it, need to hack the phoenix bios to allow it to accept wifi card from a different vendor Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/54364-need-help-from-a-guru/#findComment-396647 Share on other sites More sharing options...
errandwolfe Posted June 28, 2007 Author Share Posted June 28, 2007 Nirvana, Were you ABLE to hack the phoenix bios? If so, some instructions would be fantastic. I'll ditch my 4311 in a second if you got another wifi card to work. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/54364-need-help-from-a-guru/#findComment-396774 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nirvanaguy19 Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 hey errandwolfe, havent done it as yet, will be doing it in a day or two, will update in this thread what i find, also errandwolfe how did you fix the problem of not being able to shut down correctly (if you have) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/54364-need-help-from-a-guru/#findComment-396894 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdixon Posted July 2, 2007 Share Posted July 2, 2007 how did you fix the problem of not being able to shut down correctly (if you have) Ditto on errandwolfe's plea for help, and @nirvanaguy, I wasn't able to shut down my C300 until recently. I installed with Uphuck 10.4.9 v1.3 and my USB wasn't working and my laptop wouldn't shut down. Then I did a fresh install with Uphuck 10.4.9 v1.3 and this time I installed the "USB driver needed for some PCs" and my USB worked and I could shut down normally as well as sleep and wake. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/54364-need-help-from-a-guru/#findComment-399558 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nirvanaguy19 Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 thanks, i can atleast get it to shutdown now, havent tried to see if the wifi card change helps, i need to get the device id to change bios to accept it, to get the device i need to find a way to boot with it, i can do that by hotswapping the card, putting the laptop in standby, replacing card and restarting it, will get around to doing that soon i hope Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/54364-need-help-from-a-guru/#findComment-401859 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nirvanaguy19 Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 tdixon, the usb fix helped me with the shutdown problem but sleep still doesn't work for me, i have uphuck 10.4.9 1.2 installed, when i try 10.4.9 1.3 right after the install when i boot into osx i get a message saying, "please shutdown your computer holding the power button. can you tell me what options you picked when installing with 10.4.9 1.3, what kernel,drivers/other options that are available did you pick Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/54364-need-help-from-a-guru/#findComment-402144 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdixon Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 Here's what I installed: 10.4.9 Intel Intel SSE3-1 kernel GMA950 driver USB driver Azalia audio driver PowerManagement.bundle 1080211family.kext patch (installs networking kexts from 10.4.5, prevents "please shutdown your computer holding the power button") By the way, my computer sleeps fine, but I have to wake the computer by opening the lid. If I wake it by pressing the power button, my trackpad doesn't work until I put it back to sleep and wake it by opening the lid. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/54364-need-help-from-a-guru/#findComment-402151 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nirvanaguy19 Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 oh ok, its the same with me, if i wake the computer by pressing power, keyboard /trackpad dont seem to respond, anyway, i wish we can fix the wifi problem, this laptop is pretty good given the price and everything except for wifi is working Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/54364-need-help-from-a-guru/#findComment-402170 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdixon Posted July 6, 2007 Share Posted July 6, 2007 Has anybody ever had similar bus issues in other computers, and were any such issues resolved? I know it's a long shot, but can you install a different mini pci express bus in a laptop? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/54364-need-help-from-a-guru/#findComment-402895 Share on other sites More sharing options...
errandwolfe Posted July 6, 2007 Author Share Posted July 6, 2007 Guys (and girls) this was not meant to be a discussion about sleep issues. I am trying to keep this thread focused directly on the Broadcom 4311 mini-PCI-E card and the mini-PCI-E bus itself. There are plenty of other threads to discuss sleep issues. Tdixon, Simple answer to your question, no you can not install another mini-PCI-E bus in your laptop. Complex answer...well if you were an electrical engineer, great with a soldering iron, had the complete manufacturer's specs, and somehow managed to actually find just the bus for sale someplace then I suppose you could. For the most part with a laptop you are stuck with what you get. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/54364-need-help-from-a-guru/#findComment-402910 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdixon Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 I read this in another thread dealing with sound issues (http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=20947&st=100): Toshiba is using absolutely proprietary Memory and IO-ranges for the Intel PCI bus which are set quite solid in the BIOS, that's why Intel/Conexant HD Audio or LAN/WLAN are not working here. I don't really know what that means, but could "proprietary Memory and IO-ranges" for the mini pci express bus have something to do with this issue? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/54364-need-help-from-a-guru/#findComment-411015 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nirvanaguy19 Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 any update on this issue guys Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/54364-need-help-from-a-guru/#findComment-414884 Share on other sites More sharing options...
flkx Posted September 7, 2007 Share Posted September 7, 2007 Hi all, i have an HP DV2000 with this 4311 wifi card, my question is : Can i change this card for an other one ? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/54364-need-help-from-a-guru/#findComment-443719 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nirvanaguy19 Posted September 7, 2007 Share Posted September 7, 2007 Hi all, i have an HP DV2000 with this 4311 wifi card, my question is :Can i change this card for an other one ? short answer is now, hp has a white list of acceptable cards, if you try to get a 3rd party card most likely it wont be supported, it can be made to work with some bios editing, I tried it but it didnt work and i screwed up my bios Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/54364-need-help-from-a-guru/#findComment-443773 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Achilleus Posted September 10, 2007 Share Posted September 10, 2007 Is there anything I can do to help, maybe diving in to some code? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/54364-need-help-from-a-guru/#findComment-445579 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nirvanaguy19 Posted September 11, 2007 Share Posted September 11, 2007 we need someone with a non compaq laptop but with a similar problem to swap out their card with a different wifi card and see if it helps Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/54364-need-help-from-a-guru/#findComment-445994 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Achilleus Posted September 11, 2007 Share Posted September 11, 2007 I have an Aspire 3680 with a broadcom 4311. I think somebody else already tried switching it out didn't they? Oh well, I'll be able to switch it out with another one here in another hour maybe but it also might not be until the end of the day. I'll post the results Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/54364-need-help-from-a-guru/#findComment-446014 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nirvanaguy19 Posted September 13, 2007 Share Posted September 13, 2007 I have an Aspire 3680 with a broadcom 4311. I think somebody else already tried switching it out didn't they? Oh well, I'll be able to switch it out with another one here in another hour maybe but it also might not be until the end of the day. I'll post the results so? although i am pretty sure it wont work it would be nice to confirm it Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/54364-need-help-from-a-guru/#findComment-447141 Share on other sites More sharing options...
flkx Posted September 13, 2007 Share Posted September 13, 2007 yes ... and ? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/54364-need-help-from-a-guru/#findComment-447194 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Achilleus Posted September 13, 2007 Share Posted September 13, 2007 we need someone with a non compaq laptop but with a similar problem to swap out their card with a different wifi card and see if it helps Dude you said yourself to try this so wtf are you trying to say here with this "so?" {censored} > Anyway, it turns out my friend thought his card was PCI-E but it was just regular pci =\ Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/54364-need-help-from-a-guru/#findComment-447299 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nirvanaguy19 Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 Dude you said yourself to try this so wtf are you trying to say here with this "so?" {censored} >Anyway, it turns out my friend thought his card was PCI-E but it was just regular pci =\ sorry, didn't meant to sound arrogant or anything, i was just wondering what you found that is all Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/54364-need-help-from-a-guru/#findComment-447368 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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