vista drivers for airport wireless card

AmdMcBook · 04-26-2008, 12:18 AM

I purchased a refurb Mac Pro (quad 3ghz). This machine did not have a wireless card built in, so I purchased one from FastMac and installed it on my computer. OSX detects the card and I am able to use 802.11n. But the card does not work on my Bootcamp Vista (64-bit) installation.

Where can I get the wireless drivers for the airport extreme card for Vista OS? Has anyone dealt with this issue? I've looked on a number of places and have *surprisingly* not found any posts related to this.

appleman_design · 04-26-2008, 09:10 AM

have you installed the BC 2.1 for vista?? the drivers should be on the installer disk you create.

AmdMcBook · 04-26-2008, 05:58 PM

just did. Dowloaded BC 2.1 for Vista 64. Took a while to install, but nothing changed after install. I'm still having the two issues:
1. Does not recognize the wireless card (asks me to install drivers, it doesnt find any automatically or in the Mac OS X install DVD)
2. For some odd reason, the uadio always comes out of teh built in speakers instead of the line out speakers. OS X uses my Logitech speakers, but Vista uses the built in Mac Pro speakers....I have not been able to figure out how to make Vista use the line out.

BTW, do I need to buyrn a CD using Bootcamp...cant i just pop in the Mac OS X DVD in windows? When I do, I see folder that contain the drivers, so not sure what the cd buurn buys me?

AmdMcBook · 04-27-2008, 01:34 PM

Wireless problem solved!!!

Got the wireless drivers from here:
http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/forum/...howtopic=14833

Version v7.6.0.83. Direct exe link:
http://laptopvideo2go.com/drivers/wl..._v7.6.0.83.exe

With Leopard, u dont need o burn any driver CD, just pop your Mac OS X DVD in when in Windows and you can see all the drivers in there. For some reason, this one wasnt in there

BTW, I'm running Mac Pro 1,1 (Quad code Xeon 3GHz).

04-26-2008, 12:18 AM	#1
AmdMcBook Prospect Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 5	vista drivers for airport wireless card I purchased a refurb Mac Pro (quad 3ghz). This machine did not have a wireless card built in, so I purchased one from FastMac and installed it on my computer. OSX detects the card and I am able to use 802.11n. But the card does not work on my Bootcamp Vista (64-bit) installation. Where can I get the wireless drivers for the airport extreme card for Vista OS? Has anyone dealt with this issue? I've looked on a number of places and have surprisingly not found any posts related to this.

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04-26-2008, 09:10 AM	#2
appleman_design MVP Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 1,844	have you installed the BC 2.1 for vista?? the drivers should be on the installer disk you create.

04-26-2008, 05:58 PM	#3
AmdMcBook Prospect Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 5	just did. Dowloaded BC 2.1 for Vista 64. Took a while to install, but nothing changed after install. I'm still having the two issues: 1. Does not recognize the wireless card (asks me to install drivers, it doesnt find any automatically or in the Mac OS X install DVD) 2. For some odd reason, the uadio always comes out of teh built in speakers instead of the line out speakers. OS X uses my Logitech speakers, but Vista uses the built in Mac Pro speakers....I have not been able to figure out how to make Vista use the line out. BTW, do I need to buyrn a CD using Bootcamp...cant i just pop in the Mac OS X DVD in windows? When I do, I see folder that contain the drivers, so not sure what the cd buurn buys me?

04-27-2008, 01:34 PM	#4
AmdMcBook Prospect Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 5	Wireless problem solved!!! Got the wireless drivers from here: http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/forum/...howtopic=14833 Version v7.6.0.83. Direct exe link: http://laptopvideo2go.com/drivers/wl..._v7.6.0.83.exe With Leopard, u dont need o burn any driver CD, just pop your Mac OS X DVD in when in Windows and you can see all the drivers in there. For some reason, this one wasnt in there BTW, I'm running Mac Pro 1,1 (Quad code Xeon 3GHz).