[Guide] Airport - PCIe Half Mini v2

[Skvo]

BCM943225 HMB/AzureWave AW-NB290H supports both Airport and Bluetooth 3.0

Airport PCIe Half Mini Repo
toleda/airport_pcie-hm

Hi.

I bought AzureWave AW-NB290H module on ebay.
His original identifiers:

skvo$ lspci -nnv
Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM43225 802.11b/g/n [14e4:4357] (rev 01)
	Subsystem: AzureWave Unknown device [1a3b:2034]

skvo$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
 USB:
...
           NB-290:

              Product ID: 0x178a
              Vendor ID: 0x0b05  (ASUSTek Computer Inc.)
              Version:  2.84
              Serial Number: 1C4BD6077498
              Speed: Up to 12 Mb/sec
              Manufacturer: Broadcom Corp
              Location ID: 0x1a130000 / 3
              Current Available (mA): 500
              Current Required (mA): 0

Please add it Bluetooth identificator [0x0b05:0x178a] to airport_kext_enabler...

 

[thy1225]

Hello everyone,

Got a hard time getting my AR9380 PCIE mini Card to work.
I tested this card on other customac, and it's working OOB,
but when I try this same card on my own setup, It just didn't show up.
what can I try ??

here's my setup:
Gigabyte P67A-UD3R-B3 F9
Intel SandyBridge i7 2700
8GB RAM DDR3
Intel 120G SSD
Running Maverick 10.9

I attached my DSDT, SSDT File, and some DPCIManage screenshot
hope this help, and if you need any info, please let me know.~

Really hope I can fix this...Thanks !!!

 

[toleda]

Really hope I can fix this...

The wifi card is not recognized in your system; installation problem?

 

[thy1225]

The wifi card is not recognized in your system; installation problem?

I think not.
I did a clean install, and replug it several times, even try every PCIE mini slot
dont know what can cause the problem..
Any suggestion I can try to fix it?

Or is there any settings in BIOS can possibly disabled my mini PCIE function?
so desperate....
help...

 

[RehabMan]

I think not.
I did a clean install, and replug it several times, even try every PCIE mini slot
dont know what can cause the problem..
Any suggestion I can try to fix it?

Or is there any settings in BIOS can possibly disabled my mini PCIE function?
so desperate....
help...

If 'lspci -nn' in Linux Terminal doesn't list it, then it is not working/not there.

Are you certain the card is not defective?

 

[thy1225]

If 'lspci -nn' in Linux Terminal doesn't list it, then it is not working/not there.

Are you certain the card is not defective?

I'm sure the card is fine, just tested few minutes ago again on my other customac.

Here's the result when the card is installed and run 'lspci -nn' in terminal
Is there any info in there? I can't recognize it.

Tim:~ Timothy$ lspci -nn
pcilib: 0000:04:00.0 64-bit device address ignored.
pcilib: 0000:04:00.0 64-bit device address ignored.
pcilib: 0000:01:00.0 64-bit device address ignored.
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Unknown device [8086:0100] (rev 09)
00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Unknown device [8086:0101] (rev 09)
00:16.0 Communication controller [0780]: Intel Corporation Unknown device [8086:1c3a] (rev 04)
00:1a.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation Unknown device [8086:1c2d] (rev 05)
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation Unknown device [8086:1c20] (rev 05)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Unknown device [8086:1c10] (rev b5)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Unknown device [8086:1c12] (rev b5)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Unknown device [8086:1c14] (rev b5)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge [8086:244e] (rev b5)
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation Unknown device [8086:1c26] (rev 05)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation Unknown device [8086:1c46] (rev 05)
00:1f.2 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation Unknown device [8086:1c02] (rev 05)
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation Unknown device [8086:1c22] (rev 05)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc Unknown device [1002:6739]
01:00.1 Audio device [0403]: ATI Technologies Inc Unknown device [1002:aa88]
03:00.0 USB Controller [0c03]: NEC Corporation Unknown device [1033:0194] (rev 04)
04:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller [10ec:8168] (rev 06)
05:00.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Integrated Technology Express, Inc. Unknown device [1283:8892] (rev 10)

 

[RehabMan]

I'm sure the card is fine, just tested few minutes ago again on my other customac.

Here's the result when the card is installed and run 'lspci -nn' in terminal
Is there any info in there? I can't recognize it.

Tim:~ Timothy$ lspci -nn
pcilib: 0000:04:00.0 64-bit device address ignored.
pcilib: 0000:04:00.0 64-bit device address ignored.
pcilib: 0000:01:00.0 64-bit device address ignored.
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Unknown device [8086:0100] (rev 09)
00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Unknown device [8086:0101] (rev 09)
00:16.0 Communication controller [0780]: Intel Corporation Unknown device [8086:1c3a] (rev 04)
00:1a.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation Unknown device [8086:1c2d] (rev 05)
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation Unknown device [8086:1c20] (rev 05)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Unknown device [8086:1c10] (rev b5)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Unknown device [8086:1c12] (rev b5)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Unknown device [8086:1c14] (rev b5)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge [8086:244e] (rev b5)
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation Unknown device [8086:1c26] (rev 05)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation Unknown device [8086:1c46] (rev 05)
00:1f.2 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation Unknown device [8086:1c02] (rev 05)
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation Unknown device [8086:1c22] (rev 05)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc Unknown device [1002:6739]
01:00.1 Audio device [0403]: ATI Technologies Inc Unknown device [1002:aa88]
03:00.0 USB Controller [0c03]: NEC Corporation Unknown device [1033:0194] (rev 04)
04:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller [10ec:8168] (rev 06)
05:00.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Integrated Technology Express, Inc. Unknown device [1283:8892] (rev 10)

There is no Atheros device on the PCI bus. Something is wrong with your installation of the card, the slot it is in, a BIOS setting (some BIOSes can disable cards), or something else.

 

[thy1225]

There is no Atheros device on the PCI bus. Something is wrong with your installation of the card, the slot it is in, a BIOS setting (some BIOSes can disable cards), or something else.

I see, and I still didn't find any solution yet.
Thanks for helping me.
Maybe all my PCIE mini slots broke together at the same time.... oh no...

 

[AEtHeLsYn]

Hi all. I managed to get my card recognized by Mavericks by droping DSDT with MaciASL and applying the patch at toleda repository, arpt3-bcm4352.txt. I had to add the device ARPT as under RP04 there was no device PXSX. After adding the device and applying the patch everything is working perfectly so... is there a way to do the same with SSDT so i dont have to mod the DSDT everytime i upgrade the bios? Thanks

 

[ikkoku]

just received an HP BCM943225 HMB and installed it.

Using the SSDT method, I was able to get it working.

Is it possible to enable the on/off switch in sysprefs/bluetooth without editing the plist in IOBluetoothFamily.kext? meaning, is there a SSDT,DSDT or kext enabler mod that I can do to achieve this? Purpose is to survive upgrades.