Broadcom 802.11n network Wireless

[AllStarMe441]

Hey guys,

Let me start by saying that this is my first post and I looked around for some time to make sure there wasn't already a thread on this. Also, I'm not a real experienced Windows user, so I'm sorry if this is a newbie question.

I was experiencing some issues with my sound coming out crackled, after looking around on the internet for a while, I found out that the issue was caused by a conflict between the wireless driver and the sound card. I tried to install the Broadcom Wireless Adapter update, thinking that would fix it??? and somehow during the process I uninstalled my Broadcom Wireless Driver???

I then went into the device manager and clicked on my Broadcom Wireless adapter and clicked on "update driver software". It runs a search and then tells me that my driver is up to date.

The Device Staus is:
This device cannot start. (Code 10)
The Driver Version is 4.170.25.19 10/26/2007

but when I try to connect to a wireless network, It tells me "the network adapter "broadcom 802.11n network adapter" is experiencing driver or hardware related issues"

Any thoughts on this??? Thanks for your time guys.

Please don't waste our time with comments like "ditch the Mac and get a real computer"

MacBook Pro
I am running Windows Vista Ultimate SP2 32-bit. Via BootCamp
Intel Core 2 Duo T9600 @ 2.8GHz 2.79Ghz
4.0 GB RAM

[lemur]

Don't install your update that way. You need to install it from the
computer or mfg site. What is the specific model of you broadcom
adapter?


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[Tae Song]

Ditch Vista and go Snow Leopard? No just kidding, I'm sure it has it's own
share of problems.

Go to Device Manager and bring up the driver's properties, click on Driver
tab and click on the Roll Back Driver button.

See if that fixes the problem.

[CrucialHoax]

Open the command prompt. and type *netsh wlan show interface* whats the
network card information?


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[Malke]

You probably installed a driver from Windows Update. This is not good since
you must use the Apple drivers provided with Boot Camp.

1. Repair your Boot Camp drivers:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.h...en/bc1143.html

2. Change Windows Update from automatic to the option that lets you download
and tells you when updates are ready. Then look at the updates before you
install them. If there are any driver updates, right-click on them and
choose "Hide". Do not install driver updates!

As for the sound being rubbish, this is a known issue if you have a MBP
unibody using the Cirrus sound drivers. It isn't being caused by a
"conflict". They are just cr*p drivers and there's nothing to be done about
it until Apple decides to write some new ones with Boot Camp 3.0.

If you don't have a unibody MBP, then when you are repairing your wireless
drivers, repair the ones for the sound too.

You cannot apply Windows solutions (what you found on the Internet) to
hardware issues like drivers on a Mac.

Malke
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