Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2010 17:04:45 +0100 From: Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk> To: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> Cc: Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Intel PCI-E 4965AGN wireless iwn(4) isn't detected on Compaq 6715s laptop - USB bus? Message-ID: <20100802160445.GB39123@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <20100802150318.GA10347@slackbox.erewhon.net> References: <20100727092348.GA45883@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> <20100801135442.GA56091@slackbox.erewhon.net> <20100802123605.GB38334@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> <20100802134912.GB88816@slackbox.erewhon.net> <20100802140740.GA38783@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> <20100802150318.GA10347@slackbox.erewhon.net>
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On Mon, Aug 02, 2010 at 05:03:18PM +0200, Roland Smith wrote: > On Mon, Aug 02, 2010 at 03:07:40PM +0100, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > > > > The old Broadcom card had 2 connectors, this > > > > Intel card has 3, so I connected only terminals > > > > 1 and 2 to the laptop - there are no other wires. > > > > > > Wires on a built-in wireless? I don't follow you. > > > > sorry, I meant connectors. But I think this is all fine. > > > > There are 2 connectors coming from laptop > > to mini pci-e wireless: they are numbered 1 and 2. > > There are 3 matching connectors on the wireless > > device, labeled 1, 2 and 3. So I connect 1 to 1 > > and 2 to 2. This leaves connector 3 on the wireless > > device unconnected. > > As far as I can tell from the pictures, [see > http://www.intel.com/network/connectivity/products/wireless/wireless_n/overview.htm] > these cards have the following connectors: > > - PCIe & USB on the bottom > - 3 coaxial antenna connectors on the other side > - two power connections > > I'm assuming you are talking about the antenna connectors... AFAICT from the > product brief, it supports either two or three antennas, so that shouldn't be > a problem. > > Is the card getting power? How can I check? If the two plated holes at the top left and top right corner are the power connections, then probably yes. I screwed the 2 screws back into their places through these holes after putting the card in place. Maybe the device is just broken. Also, it seems to be a clone of the genuine intel device. It doesn't look exactly like in the above link (instead of the top three chips I have one silver box, but perhaps the Intel pic shows the card with this casing removed). The technical specification from the Intel page mentions an LED. I don't see any LED fire up when the laptop boots or is on. Perhaps this is an evidence for the card being broken. If I plug the old (the one installed in the laptop when I bought it, 2007) Broadcom device instead, it gets detected: none1@pci0:48:0:0: class=0x028000 card=0x1371103c chip=0x431214e4 rev=0x02 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Broadcom Corporation' device = 'BCM4310 UART (Wireless Ethernet Adapter)' class = network (I haven't checked bwi(4) yet, but will do if the Intel card comes to nothing). So to conclude, I'll have to assume that the Intel card is dead, so it seems.. many thanks for your help anton -- Anton Shterenlikht Room 2.6, Queen's Building Mech Eng Dept Bristol University University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TR, UK Tel: +44 (0)117 331 5944 Fax: +44 (0)117 929 4423
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