ence Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 I tried again with beta btfirmwareuploader & bluetooth is recognized & working! Tested file transfer with a macbook pro & it worked, also tested with apple bluetooth mouse & worked without stutter as well. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamoodaslam Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 Hello Everyone, I am in a bit of a mess here, I just received my shipment for the BCM4352 (Aigale) WiFi card today, and after installing it in my Toshiba Laptop (A665 - Replacing the default BCM4313 card), it gets recognized in both Windows 7 and Mavericks, but it seems to be in the off state ! Both Mavericks and Windows OS prompt me to turn on the WiFi, but unfortunately the Function key Combination does not work on either OS (my laptop does not have a manual on/off switch for WiFi, the combination works with the default BCM4313 card). I am stumped as to what I can do, Somebody please help me out here ! Hamood Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Bronxteck Posted January 15, 2014 Administrators Share Posted January 15, 2014 did you check in bios for wifi option? there is also a pin mod method where you tape over a pin i think it's 20 on the wifi card. you can google for that method. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamoodaslam Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 Bronxtech, Thank You for your reply, but my bios has no wifi options of any kind. The pin method I will definitely look into. In the mean while for any one who may want to help me, here is some additonal information : I have made the DSDT edit as instructed in the post, also installed the patched Kext. My DSDT, Ioreg, Wifi Status (picture) and some boot error (associated with WiFi) attached. Please Help Hamood DSDT_IOReg_WiFI.zip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamoodaslam Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Broxteck, From what I could gather about the pin mod method, it is for people who can not even boot their computer due to hardware (WiFi incompatibility), In my case the system boots up fine, the card even shows under Windows and Mavericks, I am just unable to change the state from Off to On. My laptop has a secondary PCIe mini slot (I believe for WWAN), have tried that as-well, same result, it just wont turn on. Somebody please help me out, I don't want to see $130 go to waste. Hamood Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamoodaslam Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Bronxteck, You are the man, So I followed through the tape over pin 20, and voila my BCM4352 working in Windows, Mavericks and Ubuntu!!! Now going to work on the Bluetooth Portion. Thank you So very much for your help!!! Hamood Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Bronxteck Posted January 16, 2014 Administrators Share Posted January 16, 2014 glad it helped. that method is also for issues involving not being able to enable the card because it uses software not a physical switch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamoodaslam Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 Bronxteck, I seem to have hit the wall again with the BT on the BCM4352 card, same issue, no hardware detected in any OS. Any suggestions, perhaps another tape over pin for BT hardware to work? Your help is much appreciated. Hamood Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Bronxteck Posted January 18, 2014 Administrators Share Posted January 18, 2014 if no os is seeing it then it is not seated properly in the socket or the card is damaged. if you have another spare pcie socket maybe try there. unless wifi is shut off in bios which could also cause no os to see it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
68x Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 Got my combo card this morning in the mail! Ordered from EmbeddedWorks.net for $35, with shipping + UPS brokerage crud it came to around $70. Wifi + BT work OOB in Windows. On Mavericks wifi is working (install method #2) but bluetooth is nowhere to be found. I've tried adding the info to the broadcom bluetooth kext & using BTFirmwareUploader but it's not working. In IOREG I can see it under AppleUSBEHCI/[email protected] & product & vendor ID are correct. I thought maybe my BT was screwed up under this install so I tried on another & same issue arises. I'm not sure if this is relevant but System Report shows no pci cards installed. I've tried using different sysdefs & tried booting without my dsdt/ssdt (autopatching via clover) but nothing is working. Oh & I did try shutting down completely as well. Anyone have any ideas? I'm going to try a reinstall but failing that I'm not sure what to do. 4AM EDIT: I tried Toledas bcm4352.kext with the toledaArpt.kext & wifi & BT are working! It is indeed cheaper to buy from Embedded Works, they updated the links. Just for future reference, it is http://www.embeddedworks.net/wlan507.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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