WiFi Disable = Hard Lockup!!

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WiFi Disable = Hard Lockup!!

Hello,
Could anyone else please confirm that disabling WiFi under XP/Boot Camp on a Santa Rosa Macbook Pro causes a hard system lockup?!
I then have to re-boot using "Previously known good configuration" to get back to the desktop.
Its driving me nuts as the Wireless card seems to conflict with the Firewire bus (disrupting Firewire audio), plus also I'd like to be able to extend battery life, be able to run XP/Boot Camp on flights etc.

Thanks for your time guys.

Macbook Pro 15" 2.4GHz, Mac OS X (10.4.11)

Posted on Dec 2, 2007 9:32 PM

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Gr8h8m Author

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Dec 3, 2007 10:10 AM in response to Gr8h8m

Anyone?

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Gr8h8m Author

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Dec 5, 2007 7:50 AM in response to Gr8h8m

Ok - to make life simpler maybe I should ask a different question.
Can anyone confirm that disabling WiFi on their Santa Rosa Macbook Pro under XP/Boot Camp 2.0 does not lock up their machine?

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Dec 5, 2007 7:09 PM in response to Gr8h8m

hopeful bump

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Gr8h8m Author

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Dec 11, 2007 7:30 AM in response to Gr8h8m

bump

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Fortuny

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Dec 11, 2007 11:28 PM in response to Gr8h8m

Hi and welcome to Discussions,

just so you are not alone in your thread 😉
I don't have a MB/MBP but I can confirm that disabling W-Lan on my iMac and my Mac Pro in Windows has never resulted in a lookup.

Stefan

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Gr8h8m Author

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Dec 12, 2007 1:28 AM in response to Fortuny

Hi Stefan,
thanks for the reply - was starting to wonder if anyone could hear me!
While your info is reassuring I've a feeling its a problem specific to the Santa Rosa Macbook Pros, so I'll have to wait to see if anyone else chimes in.

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rjaudio

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Dec 12, 2007 10:46 AM in response to Gr8h8m

Yes, I can confirm that this is a problem on SR mac book pro's. I am still running BC 1.4 hoping that the problem would be resolved in BC 2. Apparently not!! The work around (which I'm sure you have already figured out) is to disable WiFi at startup and then remember to enable before shutting down. Disabling bluetooth and 1394 networking does not seem to cause any problems. I really hope they get this fixed soon.

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Dec 12, 2007 11:24 AM in response to rjaudio

OMG! There's a workaround???? Honestly, I have exhausted every possible avenue trying to resolve this! Could you please elaborate on what you mean by "disable wifi at startup"? Thanks.

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Dec 12, 2007 11:48 AM in response to Gr8h8m

Sure, In the sys tray in the bottom right corner of the desktop, right click on the wireless card icon (a computer with "air waves" to the right. Select "Open Network Connections". In that window, Right Click on Wireless Network Connection, then select disable. Before you shut down or restart, make sure you enable so you don't have the "last know good configuration" problem. While you are at it, you can disable the 1394 Connection and the Bluetooth (if you are not using any bluetooth devices). These two need not be enabled at shutdown (at least on my system). This should help with audio device performance and certainly won't hurt.

In the meantime, if anyone knows of an actual solution, please speak up.

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Dec 12, 2007 12:15 PM in response to rjaudio

Thanks for the reply, but that doesn't help. Disabling Wireless from "Network Connections" has the same result as disabling from the Wireless systray icon, or from the Device Manager, ie a hard lock-up.

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Dec 12, 2007 1:46 PM in response to Gr8h8m

ok, well your problem is slightly different than mine, I only get a hard lockup if I startup/restart with wifi disabled. Once it's up and running disabling/enabling causes no problems

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Dec 12, 2007 3:16 PM in response to rjaudio

Well thanks for your help anyways. At least I don't feel totally alone 😟

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Dec 21, 2007 4:43 AM in response to Gr8h8m

Another hopeful bump..

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Dec 21, 2007 1:27 PM in response to Gr8h8m

Couldn't it be related to this problem ?

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1291028

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Dec 22, 2007 1:46 AM in response to Nikoolinux

Hmm, could well be. Very interesting. Certainly there's something extremely funky going on as regards the WLAN implementation. Still need some more feedback from folks however. Won't take more than 5 minutes to test....

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