AZW Z83II support

Quote from racef@ce

I experience the same problem as this thread every help is appreciated.

The WiFI controller isnt found when installing the newest build (bluetooth works well) .

This mini pc is relatively new so it's strange that the WiFi drivers are not supported in LibreELEC.

Indeed. I can confirm that this is also the case with latest pre-9.0. Never noticed it since I'm using wired network.

Hello,

Ampak bundles Broadcom-chips to "new" devices.

In theory broadcom drivers and firmware would do - but the device ID is not recognised.

see here: support for Ampak AP6255 (bcm43455c0 with SDIO device ID 0xa9bf) - Patchwork

Just checked: The kernel that gets used by current head (4.14.24) already knows about the device ID and the firmware files are present as well. But it is still not recognized. As I'm mainly using wired network only I do not have that much experience with this WLAN stuff so I cannot really help much except doing some testing

was a solution ever found for the OP?

next to the broadcom firmware for the OP's wifi chip on the Z83 II (brcmfmac43455-sdio.bin), you also need to supply the nvram text file.

A 'dmesg' would probably show that it cannot find it:

===> brcmfmac mmc1:0001:1: Direct firmware load for brcm/brcmfmac43455-sdio.txt failed with error -2

Copy the attached .txt file to the same folder (/lib/firmware/brcm).

Seeing this thread is called "AZW Z83 II Support", I would like to add another issue.

I have been trying to get sound from the audio jack, did anyone get this working?

same for me ^^^

Then you need to get in touch with the developers and have it added, I have not tried it with LibreElec

I'm using it successfully with a Volumio (volumio.org) installation, not LibreElec.

Just happened to stumble over this thread searching for audio jack clues on an AZW Z83II.

Just reinstalled Windows 10 Home X64 on my Z83 II. he only problem I have was the wireless Adapter. Found a fix. See this thread.

showthread.php?tid=8

Had to copy the 4345r6nvram.txt file to the \Window\System 32\Driver folder before updating file

Hope this helps someone

racef@ce

I just bought an AZW Z83 II as defective (wrong bios flashed) from ebay.

Could you provide me a backup of the yb1007 bios - so I can reflash it with a programmer.

I just found older versions, and i am not absolutely sure if they match this model.

istvan58 seems to search the same:

Z83V bios need

Thanks in advance ...

I have a Z83-II and I want to know how to reinstall Windows 10 on this machine.

kaydon

Hello, there is no special installation-procedure for these boxes.

Just use the MS MediaCreationTool to prepare a bootable pen-drive for installation.

There are installation-images from AZW as well:

AZW Intel Firmware (Z83,Z83-II,Z83S,Z83-V)

Most likely you will need a new activation-key for windows, even it was present at the purchase.

Could you send me the bios file for flash my device, please? Thank you