Ok...this was a laptop that had an upgraded 0×16 wireless card so I don't understand (Athereos AR5008X)
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I’ve not edited it, I imagine it should be disabled for a successful boot?
Yes it should be disabled if you are running macOS Mojave on a unsupported Mac. Boot into recovery use the terminal enter csrutil disable and reboot
So beautiful is Mojave but alas..my heartbreaks back to os x el capitan
That's not an upgrade... That's the old crappy Atheros card from a 2006/2007 model. That's why it doesn't work.
Hmmm that ebay seller robbed me..lol that the same laptop I ask you about concerning the trackpad on high sierra... early 2008 my ass..anyway I have a broadcom broadcom bcm94313hmg2l from a lenovo..maybe that would work or an atheros AR5B225 from a samsung...
Googling suggests that an Apple part number 661-4766 AirPort Extreme will work at least according to OWC who sells them for $50. You can get one used from PowerbookMedic for $17.75.
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Oops. Those are for late 2008. It is a lot harder to find a compatible model at a decent price compared to a MacPro 3,1/4.1.
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Try them, if they fit in the slot. Otherwise, this is the card I normally recommend people upgrade to.
I just opened the laptop and jeez the airport card is so long...the ones from the windows laptops are really short...only the slot that fits..same cutout.. the three wires can't even reach the two holes...now I'm gonna go back to el Capitan and just chill out... can I downgrade without losing my files and apps?? If I have to well no biggie...just would lose progress on my threads of fate ps1 game from wine enabled epsxe...took me a long time to setup that ****. I'm in the caribbean so I would have to wait to get that compatible wireless card..too long...have a couple phones that need unlocking soon as possible.
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Thanks...they are too short for the three wires...the one you suggested only have to holes as compared to the three holes on the airport card...I'm gonna get the one you suggested...which connector do I have to use..and what functionality would I lose as it's only going to be two connections
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You'll lose no functionality, as they are just antennas. The middle connector (white one, I believe) is simply left unused.
That's correct. The system will also be very laggy and practically unusable.
yes, grey can be left dangling when using a two-antenna-connector card
I´ve done that on a couple of MacBook Pro 3,1 and 4,1. Works.
Hi, will there be a chance that the Video card issues for these AMD Radeon HD 5xxx/6xxx will be solved in the near future? Might there be a solution, or impossible? Thanks!
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https://hackintosher.com/guides/guide-to-fresh-installing-macos-mojave-on-a-hackintosh-10-14/ read that post, I can't confirm it but the person claims to get full acceleration on AMD cards only.....
Have there been any bootrom updates for MBP in this beta? Specifically wanting to see if the updated NVMe driver found in 2015 MBP is applied to the older 2013-2014 MBP 
Current bootrom version is MBP111.0146.B00
Current bootrom version is MBP111.0146.B00Hi @Edgecrusherr, I'm having exactly the same problem with a MBP8,3. It seems to me that dosdude1's GPU Disabler is causing the sleep and brightness issues, as the problem is happening on a clean install of High Sierra too, where no post install patches are required.
Have you fixed this yourself yet?
@dosdude1 I'm new to the forum and I've searched this thread but haven't found a solution yet. I really do appreciate your work on this but just want to see if you have a definitive answer on this?
Thanks in advance!
I wonder if the firmware on older Macs could be modified to support internet recovery? Or unsupported Mac system downloads?
That's an issue that it has under High Sierra, in order to get the system working perfectly, you'll need to do a hardware mod to disable the dGPU, as I've done in my thread here.
hello good morning anyone would know how to disable the macbook pro gpu amd 15 Late 2011? .......thank you.
how to disable amd gpu?
how to disable amd gpu?
Nope, two reasons.
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