Reaver used to work so fluently, im getting FAILED TO ASSOCIATE.?

Reaver used to work so fluently, im getting FAILED TO ASSOCIATE.?

I am running debian the latest with amd64 on a dell inspiron 1564 with a
Broadcom pci adapter BCM4312 part of the B43xx family.
im also running the latest version of reaver now I know this adapter I
have is not Linux-friendly, as it failed to install with the disc, it
asked me for some fw file but anyways I got it to work, I can surf the
web.
to my question I have been able to crack my random modems all using wps.
since I got this computer NONE.!
what happens is that it starts associating, BAM then it start trying BAM
then after around 1% - 4% it will start giving FAILED TO ASSOCIATE every
minute, it can do that all night
I have tried around 15 different modems and same story
is there a trick to get around this, maybe add more commands to do
something that will almost guarantee success?
thanks