HELP - DW1390 WIFI stopped working under OSX

Its been working under iDeneb 1.4 since I got it two months ago. Now in the System Profiler it says:
Wireless Card Type: Third Party Wireless Card
Current Wireless Network: AirPort is currently turned off
The fan-shaped logo is not showing any curved lines within its outline; when I click "Turn AirPort On" I get a perpetual spinning colour wheel ...
The DW1390 is still connecting flawlessly under WinXP.
Please suggest how do I fix it for OSX. I want my WIFI connection back. Thanks.

 

The same thing happened to me today! Right now, I post from my Iphone, but just an hour ago, I was downloading big files from my AAO?! Frustrating, it is... May the Force (or the experts in here ) solve this problem of mysteries... Soon!

 

Installing Airport Update 2009001 sorted it for me... I had a broadcom 43xx based card (borrowed from a friend's HP laptop, he uses wired only) then I switched back to the 5007 to try the latest attempts to get OSX to play nice with it.... when I bought a new dw1390 from ebay it wouldn't load the drivers.

 

Thanks man Worked perfectly

 

:evil: Installed AirPort Update 2009001 but it didn't work for me.
When booting up, I can briefly see a grayed out fan logo with curved lines within, which changed into an empty fan outline logo when booting is complete.
BTW, can some expert tell me what is the name of the boot log for OSX and where is it located? I hope it may provide more clues to fix the problem. Thanks very much.

 

Well, mine don't work now either. Worked for a short while, and I also get the filled fan for a few seconds, but after that, AirPort is turned "Off" and can't be turned on again... Damn :s

 

I have located the boot log from /var/log/system.log and upload here for the experts to examine and diagnose why my DW1390 won't start and suggest a solution. The file contained the log of 2 consecutive boots.

 

I have located the boot log from /var/log/system.log and upload here for the experts to examine and diagnose why my DW1390 won't start and suggest a solution. The file contained the log of 2 consecutive boots. There are 10 lines where en1 (the WIFI card) has been mentioned.

 

Here's the link to the log file; please download and comment on a solution
http://rapidshare.com/files/266258814/Unable_to_activate_DW1390.log.html

 

The log doesn't tell much.
I can only see that the card is recognized as "Broadcom BCM4311 802.11 Wireless Controller", but I believe the interface doesn't go up.
Do you see any wireless or AirPort interface when you check "System Preferences"/"Network"? If yes, what happens when you try to turn it ON, clicking on the button (to the right hand side, same line as "Status")?
If I had the same card I would try to re-install the original drivers:
In iATKOS V7, you need to boot from the installation media, uncheck all items and then select only Drivers/Network/Wireless/Broadcom BCM43xx.
Proceed like in a normal installation. In the end you get an error message saying that it failed. Don't worry, it is always like that when you only re-install drivers.

 

Thank you very much for your reply.
In "System Preferences/Network" it says my AirPort 2 is off on the left panel; after clicking on "Turn AirPort On", the coloured spinning wheel appears and stays on forever. The only way to remove this is to force quit "System Preference". Note if I click on the "outline fan symbol" and invoke "Turn AirPort On" there, another coloured spinning wheel will appear if I move the cursor to the right of the fan symbol. This wheel cannot be force quit as it does not relate to any "not responding" application. In that case, I will not be able to get a clean shutdown and must resort to holding down the power-on button until the power goes off.
I'll try the re-install route as you suggested when I get home. Cheers.

 

I also noticed that Apple has deployed a software update for the wireless framework (http://gizmodo.com/5335875/airport-upda ... 058-issues).
Try to apply the latest Airport update through Software Update.

 

Hey Folks

I had this same issue when I upgraded to 10.5.8. I ran the latest Broadcom Enabler script rebooted and that sorted it out.

I have attached the script.

1. Unzip to your downloads folder

2. Open Terminal and type sudo -s and type your password.

3. Then type cd ~/Downloads

4. Type ./bcm43xx_enabler.sh let it run and then reboot.

Hope this helps some of you

 

I solved this problem by switching over the black and white cable attached to the card - Simple as that

 

10.5.8 has also stopped my Airport with a DW1390.

I have run the Airport Updater and installed all the kexts suggested in this and other (MSIWind) forums - all to no avail.

The black/white cable switch is final resort otherwise it's back to 10.5.7! Unless anyone else has any thoughts?


Kind Regards

 

Thank you so much for offering this help. Unfortunately, it didn't work for me. Thanks again. Cheers.

 

On the DW1390, there are two printed triangles, one white and one black, to designated where the white and black WIFI antenna wires should be attached. In any case I did the switchover but it just didn't work. Thanks anyway. Cheers.

 

I don't think the way the wires connect makes too much difference. I connected the wires in the same positions they were connected to the original Atheros card, which is opposite to the colour code marked on the DW 1390.

I've had the DW 1390 in both my AOA150's this way, and the wireless works fine

 

Guys, if there is no viable solution, I may have to resort to a re-install, which I hoped I don't have to.