After the third try, everything works like a charm. Wifi and bluetooth rock solid now. Only thing I did different is not install the Broadcom Patch
After the third try, everything works like a charm. Wifi and bluetooth rock solid now. Only thing I did different is not install the Broadcom Patch
Hi Trifero. I have a Mac Pro 3,1 and acquired a Broadcom BCM94360CD from eBay to replace my Atheros AR9380 wireless card. Once installed and correctly wired aerial-wise and having removed the factory Bluetooth card I reinstalled both patched Mojave and Catalina on two separate SSD drives.
In both cases no Bluetooth hardware shows up in system profiler and WiFi does what you described, connecting and disconnecting every couple of seconds. I may have screwed up by installing the Broadcom patch with the post install tool but don’t think so.
I cannot however explain why no Bluetooth hardware is shown. All I can think of is that the appropriate kext is not loading for Bluetooth 4.0 after patched OS is installed with the combo Broadcom card in place.
How did you get yours working? Am I missing an important step in the installation and patching process for both Mojave and Catalina? It’s possible that the card or the adapter are faulty so I have requested a replacement from the seller which is on its way from China.
I have reverted to my original Atheros and original separate Bluetooth in the meantime... reinstalled MacOS and working fine on Mojave and Catalina.
I look forward to to your thoughts on this.