Help Getting Crystal HD working on MacMini

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Olly Stedall

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Feb 27, 2011, 11:10:20 AM2/27/11
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I live in China and recently read about the work being done for the Crystal HD card in XBMC. I decided to purchase a Crystal HD card for installing in my MacMini that I use as my HTPC.

I looked on the Chinese shopping website www.taobao.com and eventually found the card here:

http://s.taobao.com/search?q=BCM970012

I successfully ordered a card (you can see it below) and have installed it in my MacMini but so far have been able to get it working with drivers.

First Question:
Can anyone tell me for sure that this is actually the right Crystal HD card? Or have they sent me the wrong thing?

Secondly I had an Apple-certified service center here in Beijing install the card in my MacMini by replacing the wifi card (I was a bit nervous doing it myself!) and have tried installing pretty much all versions of the drivers from here:

http://code.google.com/p/crystalhd-for-osx/

However, the card is still not discoverable in the hardware devices, and does not show up in XBMC as an option.

Second Question:
Please could someone tell me the steps to get it working?

Last Question: Does anyone know if it is supported in Boxee? (This is my HTPC app of choice)

Many thanks in advance. I will be eternally grateful if someone can help me get this working!

Olly Stedall

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