MagoSaGazzu Posted October 15, 2007 Share Posted October 15, 2007 I have change my INTEL 3945abg wifi internal mini pci card with this Broadcom Chipset 4311. Broadcom chipset - Use this guide except edit this file: CODE: sudo nano /System/Library/Extensions/IO80211Family.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AppleAirPortBrcm4311.kext/Contents/Info.plist in this file there is my card: <string>pci14e4,4312</string> but is not recognized by the system info Any ideas? UPDATE 23.10.2007 change card with DELL TrueMobile Wifi 1490 802.11 A/B/G MiniPCI Express and now is AIRPORT ENABLE!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guilliamo Posted October 16, 2007 Share Posted October 16, 2007 Here is Duddie's PCi manager: DPCIManager.app.sitx I find it useful to be sure that your card shows up electrically. After all, if your computer doesn't detect the card, it for sure won't load a kext for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagoSaGazzu Posted October 16, 2007 Author Share Posted October 16, 2007 This is my list: 8086:27a1 Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 945GT Express PCI Express 10de:01d8 nVidia Corporation G72M [GeForce Go 7400] 8086:27d8 Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller 8086:27d0 Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1 14e4:4312 Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11a/b/g <------- electrically up but in system list is not present 8086:27d2 Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 2 8086:27d4 Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 3 8086:109a Intel Corporation 82573L Gigabit Ethernet Controller 8086:27c8 Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller 8086:27c9 Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller 8086:27ca Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller 8086:27cb Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller 8086:27cc Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller 8086:2448 Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge 1180:0852 Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller 1180:0592 Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter 1180:0843 Ricoh Co Ltd ERROR: Unknown Device 1180:0822 Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter 1180:0832 Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller 8086:27b9 Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge 8086:27df Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) IDE Controller 8086:27c5 Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) SATA AHCI Controller 8086:27da Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller 8086:27a0 Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 945GT Express Memory Contr� Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guilliamo Posted October 16, 2007 Share Posted October 16, 2007 Looks good; Here is my working kext: IO8211Family.sitx Sounds like you know how to try it in your system; if not, please ask ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagoSaGazzu Posted October 16, 2007 Author Share Posted October 16, 2007 i have change this kext , repair, reboot but in system profiler my card is not present. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guilliamo Posted October 16, 2007 Share Posted October 16, 2007 I'm about out of ideas. There is a long thread at http://forum.insanel...rt=#entry415224 of folks who seem to have a similar problem on various laptops. One entry in that thread from an HP owner claimed success after replacing additional kexts on an older version of OSX, but does not recall details. Also a related thread at http://forum.insanel...rt=#entry400400 You may also find it useful to go back thru the big "DV6000/9000" thread to see if anyone with similar (ideally identical) hardware has had success. Most posts for Intel-based machines seem to be for Core 2 Duo variants as opposed to your Core Duo. By the way I have a very similar problem with a PCIE Atheros card in my desktop: Chip is known to be supported, kext is modified correctly, Duddie's PCI manager finds the card, but kext won't load as though OSX just doesn't "see" the card on the PCIE bus. I have not found a solution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guilliamo Posted October 17, 2007 Share Posted October 17, 2007 There is apparently SOMETHING different about how OSX "sees" the apparently/should be supported wireless cards that WORK & those that DON'T. MOSTLY a laptop issue as I see the various threads here. For the really smart folk out there, I've attached what Everest says about my HP DV9230US and the working Dell 1490 wireless card in Vista just in case it may provide a hint as to what is different in those systems where similar cards don't work. AFAIK, there is no program that provides this level of detail in OSX, so this is the best I can do! G ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HP Laptop DV9230US 1.66 GHz Core2Duo 2GB DDR2 RAM F27 BIOS w/Bluedragon1971 whitelist patch to allow booting with non-stock mini-PCIE wireless card 2X 250GB (2X 233GB Formatted) WD SATA WD2500BEVS Hard Drives (run quiet and cool) Dell 1490 (Broadcom) mini-PCIE Wireless Vista Ultimate on first HDD, formatted NTFS OSX86 10.4.10 (Uphuck 10.4.9 1.4ir3 followed by KoolKal 10.4.10 updater) on second HDD, formatted HFS+ & MBR Darwin Kernel 8.10.1: Wed May 23 16:33:00 PDT 2007; Sochi2014:VoteForUs/RELEASE_I386 EasyBCD BootLoader XBench 1.3: 109.19 Working in OSX: Sleep; Dual widescreen monitors (Internal @ 1440 by 900 & external Dell 2405FPW 24" LCD DVI @ 1920 by 1200) both w/QE/CI/Rotation, iLife08, iWork08, Built-in speakers, Camera/PhotoBooth, Sonix WebCam Monitor, Wireless Not working in OSX: Sound in/out other than built-in speakers (Conexant), card reader Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shenki Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 Hello, I've got a bcm4312 card. it appears to work, however, when trying to associate with my wpa1 network, it instantly fails - I don't think it's trying to associate, as "connection failed" appears instantly after typing in the password. Any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardlyworthit Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 I finally got my Dell 3195 card (supposidly a Broadcom 4312 but my ubuntu instillation says its a 4315) working with this package http://nawcom.com/osx86/files/Wireless/Broadcom/ Firstly, it detects all the networks here but like above failed connection. Following advice from another forum, Go to system preferences, try to connect to network. when you fail leave system preferences but when it asks you if you want to save say 'yes'. then go back into system preferences and it works! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAB4970 Posted June 27, 2010 Share Posted June 27, 2010 Hello. For some reason, I can't get this page. When I had Vista on this Pavilion dv6835nr, it said my wireless card was a Broadcom 4312. Can't remember (didn't write it down) what my Ubuntu says it is. I'd like to work with the package from the URL that you noted. Can you help, please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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