john67 Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 ive managed to install osx snow leopard on my gateway ml3108b laptop but cant see anyway to get wireless network?it only shows ethernet connection also sometimes the usb works and sometimes it doesn't specs of laptop as follows Processor AMD Sempron™ Processor 3400+ 1.8 GHz | 256 KB L2 Cache HyperTransport™ technology at up to 1600 MHz Screen 14.1-inch Widescreen Ultrabright™ TFT Chipset NVIDIA C51MV Memory 512 MB DDR2 667 MHz (1 x 512) Expandable to 2 GB Total slots: 2 DDR2 slots | Available slots: 1 DDR2 slot Video NVIDIA® GeForce® Go 6100 Up to 256 MB Turbocache™ Audio High definition 2-channel audio Hard drive 60-GB PATA hard drive (4200 RPM) Optical drive 8x Multi-Format Dual Layer DVDRW with DVD-RAM Write maximum: 8X DVD +/-R, 6X DVD-RW, 8X DVD+RW, 2X DVD-R DL, 2.4X DVD+R DL, 5X DVD-RAM, 24X CD-R and 16X CD-RW discs Read maximum: 8X DVD-R/RW/ROM, 4X DVD+/-R DL, 5X DVD-RAM, 24X CD-R/RW/ROM discs Media reader 4-in-1 Digital Media Manager Memory Stick® Memory Stick Pro® Multimedia Card™ Secure Digital™ Modem 56K ITU V.92 ready fax/modem Network 10/100 Mbps built-in Ethernet Integrated 802.11g wireless LAN Interfaces 3 - USB 2.0 ports 1 - VGA external connector 1 - RJ11 1 - RJ45 1 - Microphone In 1 - Headphone/Audio Out Pointing device Touchpad with vertical scroll zone Expansion slot Expresscard™ Type 54 any help appreciated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john67 Posted December 29, 2012 Author Share Posted December 29, 2012 just looked at the network card and its a realtek rtl 8185 minipci zebra 100 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobdamnit Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 Not sure if you saw it or not, but you can give this a shot (Its a generic RTL81XX driver): http://www.osx86.net/downloads.php?do=file&id=1114&page=2 Its confirmed to work in 10.5/6/7, but only in 32-bit mode. Also, Realtek has a utility for their RTL8185L, but it only works for 10.4. You can give it a try, but dont guarantee anything. http://www.realtek.com.tw/DOWNLOADS/downloadsView.aspx?Langid=1&PNid=24&PFid=1&Level=6&Conn=5&DownTypeID=3&GetDown=false&Downloads=true Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john67 Posted December 29, 2012 Author Share Posted December 29, 2012 il give it a go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Hervé Posted December 29, 2012 Administrators Share Posted December 29, 2012 What method did you use to install Snow Leopard on that old machine? Nawcom ModCD or was that a distro? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john67 Posted December 29, 2012 Author Share Posted December 29, 2012 just osx dvd to install if i try nawcoms disc i cant type anything in to boot modbin kernel etc tried usb keyboard and still cant use keyboard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Hervé Posted December 29, 2012 Administrators Share Posted December 29, 2012 try "USBBusFix=No" option at boot time. I guess you have Chameleon installed or some other boot loader... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john67 Posted December 29, 2012 Author Share Posted December 29, 2012 try "USBBusFix=No" option at boot time. I guess you have Chameleon installed or some other boot loader... ok thanks, not sure of bootloader but use legacy kernel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Hervé Posted December 29, 2012 Administrators Share Posted December 29, 2012 Just like that? Out of a OS X retail DVD? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john67 Posted December 29, 2012 Author Share Posted December 29, 2012 looks like it not a retail disk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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