From: "Sam Lewis" Received: from [192.168.100.201] (HELO mail.2rosenthals.com) by 2rosenthals.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.16) with ESMTP id 2010622 for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Mon, 28 Dec 2009 23:21:26 -0500 Received: from secmgr-va.2rosenthals.com ([162.83.95.194] helo=mail2.2rosenthals.com) by secmgr-ny.randr with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.43) id 1NPTaC-0005XQ-RS for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Mon, 28 Dec 2009 23:21:25 -0500 Received: from mail-bw0-f226.google.com ([209.85.218.226]:60732) by mail2.2rosenthals.com with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NPTa3-0002wd-2U for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Mon, 28 Dec 2009 23:21:12 -0500 Received: by bwz26 with SMTP id 26so7409768bwz.7 for ; Mon, 28 Dec 2009 20:21:07 -0800 (PST) X-CTCH-RefID: str=0001.0A02020A.4B3983B8.0047,ss=1,fgs=0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.2.211 with SMTP id 19mr5426027bkk.6.1262060466738; Mon, 28 Dec 2009 20:21:06 -0800 (PST) X-Originating-IP: [75.106.30.13] In-Reply-To: References: Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2009 22:21:06 -0600 Message-ID: <438498020912282021r30a23976hdc620ba59ac276ad@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: [OS2Wireless] Re: More than 1GB of RAM To: "OS/2 Wireless Users Mailing List" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Spam-Score: 1.0 (+) X-Spam-Report: 1.0 RCVD_BY_IP Received by mail server with no name Lewis, I got tired of people who use outlook thinking that I just sent their email back and didn't bother to scroll down to see what I wrote. Now with the lack of a real email client on most OS's it's almost impossible to quote someone elses message and reply inline and most people don't know that is what you are doing. So I started typing my message at the top. I do miss the good old days of the fidonet groups and my silver express reader. Sam On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 9:18 PM, Lewis G Rosenthal wrote: > A: Because it's hard to follow the train of thought. > Q: Why is it so difficult to read top postings in mailing list threads? > > :-) > > More thoughts, below, Sam: > > On 12/28/09 09:49 pm, Sam Lewis thus wrote : >> >> Well I tried setting the shared video ram back to 32MB and that didn't >> make any difference. =A0Think it may be the actual driver .sys file? >> > > Hmmm... My first inclination would have been something to do with the amo= unt > of video RAM you reserved. As that appears to not be the case (you did po= wer > cycle after making that change, didn't you?), I might suspect something w= ith > the Windows driver itself. Do you have Windows installed on the machine? = I'd > be curious to know what version/timestamp the .inf & .sys files show. > > I'm much more familiar with the Intel wireless cards and their related > drivers, so I may need to turn this over to folks who know the Broadcom > wireless better. > > A quick Google, however, mentions a number of hits (possibly related) abo= ut > hangs and such with various builds of the bcmw15.sys driver: > > http://www.google.com/search?hl=3Den&q=3Dbcmwl5.sys+memory&aq=3Df&oq=3D&a= qi=3D > > You might want to try to track down a newer (or older) build of the drive= r, > and give that a whirl. The easiest way to do this is by checking HP's > downloads site for an updated driver for your notebook (Broadcom doesn't > seem to list the wireless drivers in their reference downloads). Hopefull= y, > the download will be a simple zip archive (even if it's a self-extracting > Windows exe, as long as it's really a zip archive, you can still open it > easily enough with the usual unarchiving tools). > > Anybody else have any better ideas? >> >> On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 8:05 PM, Sam Lewis wrote: >> >>> >>> Lewis, >>> Here is the directory of the wrapper directory. =A0Does this tell which >>> driver specifically it is? =A0Its the Broadcom B/G >>> >>> Directory of C:\genmac\driver\WRAPPER_14E4_4318 >>> >>> =A04-14-07 =A09:09p =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A00 ---- =A0. >>> =A04-14-07 =A09:09p =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A00 ---- =A0.. >>> =A09-02-05 =A07:23p =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 1,739 =A0 =A0 =A00 a--- =A0bcmwl5.i= nf >>> 12-22-04 =A02:32a =A0 =A0 =A0 369,024 =A0 =A0 =A00 a--- =A0bcmwl5.sys >>> =A0 =A0 =A0 4 file(s) =A0 =A0 370,763 bytes used >>> >>> There are no settings in the BIOS for memory, except for how much will >>> be used for the video card. =A0I was only using 32MB for the Video but >>> when I upgraded the RAM I changed it to 128MB. =A0I'll try and put that >>> back to 32MB and see what happens. >>> Thanks, >>> Sam >>> >>> On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 7:14 PM, Lewis G Rosenthal >>> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Hi, guys... >>>> >>>> On 12/28/09 07:43 pm, Sam Lewis thus wrote : >>>> >>>>> >>>>> I thought some folks were having some kind of issue like this a while >>>>> back. =A0I had been running Genmac 2.00, so I first updated to 14.104= a >>>>> kernel and that didn't make a difference so I updated to Genmac 2.20, >>>>> with that it will boot but the wifi won't work. =A0When doing the sca= n >>>>> the Wifi light just comes off and on, not quite a blink. >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> Sam >>>>> >>>>> On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 6:38 PM, Chuck McKinnis >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> My Lenovo T61 runs eCS 2.0RC7 with 2 Gb, GENMAC and all. >>>>>> >>>>>> Sam Lewis wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Has anyone had trouble with Genmac after installing 2GB of RAM? =A0= I >>>>>>> have had eCS 1.2r on my HP/Compaq Presario Notebook for 3 or so yea= rs >>>>>>> with no problems. =A0I just upgraded the system from 512MB to 2GB a= nd >>>>>>> now it won't boot after loading Genmac. =A0I can drop it to 1GB and= it >>>>>>> will work. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I reverted back to the wired Realtek interface and it now works fin= e. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>> >>>> Sam, what card is that in your machine, and what files *specifically* = do >>>> you >>>> have in the WRAPPER directory? My thinking is that this may be related >>>> to >>>> the Windows driver component (and perhaps its interaction with GenMAC) >>>> and >>>> not something which is directly related to GenMAC. I recently built a >>>> system >>>> with an Intel 2915ABG wireless card and 4GB RAM; no problems booting >>>> whatsoever. >>>> >>>> The issue which some saw was with booting the eCS CD itself with more >>>> than >>>> 1GB RAM, but this has since been addressed. Also, are there any >>>> memory-specific settings in the BIOS which you can try toggling (one a= t >>>> a >>>> time, preferably) to see if they have any effect? Perhaps with more th= an >>>> 1GB >>>> of RAM, the system is automatically mapping something to a previously >>>> uninstalled memory address. >>>> >>>> > > > > -- > Lewis > ------------------------------------------------------------- > Lewis G Rosenthal, CNA, CLP, CLE > Rosenthal & Rosenthal, LLC =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0www.2rosenthals= .com > Need a managed Wi-Fi hotspot? =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0www.hautspot= .com > Secure, stable, operating system =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0www.ecomstation.com > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > > =3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-= =3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > =A0the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > > To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to > > Send administrative queries to =A0 > To subscribe (new addresses), E-mail to: > and reply to the confirmation ema= il. > Web archives are publicly available at: http://lists.2rosenthals.com > > This list is hosted by Rosenthal & Rosenthal, LLC > P.O. 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