macindude Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 So I used the directions on the wiki and this is what I got... Any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Leon Posted September 14, 2011 Administrators Share Posted September 14, 2011 I think its related to the dsdt.. what kinda of machine do you have ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macindude Posted September 14, 2011 Author Share Posted September 14, 2011 It's a D430, 1.33 w/ 2G ram, 60GB HDD, and the latest "OSX" bios from here. I upgraded to 10.6.8 and lost WIFI two days ago, and so I tried the rebrand to fix it... No luck. Then I reinstalled to 10.6.0 so I can use the machine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Leon Posted September 14, 2011 Administrators Share Posted September 14, 2011 Same as me... actually.. the trick to getting it back after upgrade to 10.6.8 is (in most cases) to create a new network location... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macindude Posted September 14, 2011 Author Share Posted September 14, 2011 I'll re-update and give it a try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albert e Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 So I used the directions on the wiki and this is what I got... Any ideas? It is the "Rebranding Broadcomm Wi-fi" process, that did it. You are lucky you did not brick it. The rebranding is a little bit tricky and you have to be very careful with the "subv ID & subp ID" when you use this command "ssb-sprom -i ssb_sprom_copy –-subv 0×106b –-subp 0×0087 -o new_ssb_sprom_copy". It looks like after rebranding your BCM4312(?), it did not changed it to an Airport (should be the result). I have a BCM4311 a/b/g, so I have to use subp id as 0x004e. Use this link, it is better documented with screen captures: http://prasys.info/2009/12/rebranding-broadcom-802-11abgn-cards-as-airport/#more-2366 Here is my rebranding result. Rebranding success.tiff Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Leon Posted September 20, 2011 Administrators Share Posted September 20, 2011 well.. actually, this part of the re-branding is just cosmetic.. so it dosent really matter that much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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