[Guide] Lenovo T430 - El Capitan

al6042 said:

Nope...
her "rebranded" the Atheros AR9285 with the Vendor-, Device-, SubVendor- and SubDevice-IDs from the Original Intel Wifi-Card.
In that case the BIOS "thinks" its an original Intel Wifi and wont block the boot process.
http://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/rebranding-the-atheros-928x-cards-the-guide.115110/
But you have to use either a DSDT-Patch for "Device (ARPT)" with the Original IDs or a dedicated AtherosWifiInjector.kext.

Here is my DSDT-Entry for my AR9280 to Original Intel Advanced-N 6205:

Code:

                Device (ARPT)
                {
                    Name (_ADR, Zero)  // _ADR: Address
                    Name (_PRW, Package (0x02)  // _PRW: Power Resources for Wake
                    {
                        0x09,
                        0x04
                    })
                    Name (_SUN, One)  // _SUN: Slot User Number
                    Method (_DSM, 4, NotSerialized)  // _DSM: Device-Specific Method
                    {
                        Store (Package (0x14)
                            {
                                "AAPL,slot-name",
                                "AirPort",
                                "name",
                                "AirPort Extreme",
                                "model",
                                Buffer (0x37)
                                {
                                    "Atheros AR9x8x 802.11 a/b/g/n Wireless Network Adapter"
                                },

                                "device_type",
                                Buffer (0x08)
                                {
                                    "AirPort"
                                },

                                "vendor-id",
                                Buffer (0x04)
                                {
                                     0x86, 0x80, 0x00, 0x00                    
                                },

                                "device-id",
                                Buffer (0x04)
                                {
                                     0x85, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00                    
                                },

                                "subsystem-id",
                                Buffer (0x04)
                                {
                                     0x11, 0x13, 0x00, 0x00                    
                                },

                                "subsystem-vendor-id",
                                Buffer (0x04)
                                {
                                     0x86, 0x80, 0x00, 0x00                    
                                },

                                "built-in",
                                Buffer (One)
                                {
                                     0x00                                      
                                },

                                "compatible",
                                "pci168c,30"
                            }, Local0)
                        DTGP (Arg0, Arg1, Arg2, Arg3, RefOf (Local0))
                        Return (Local0)
                    }
                }

Together with FakePCIID and FakePCIID_AR928x_as_xxxx.kext it should work fine.

But be aware... after that, there is no way of using the Card in a dual-boot scenerio, since Windows will also recognize the card as Intel Wifi, but the drivers will not be able to start the device.

With Linux you might be able to create a workaround.

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al6042 said:

Nope...
her "rebranded" the Atheros AR9285 with the Vendor-, Device-, SubVendor- and SubDevice-IDs from the Original Intel Wifi-Card.
In that case the BIOS "thinks" its an original Intel Wifi and wont block the boot process.
http://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/rebranding-the-atheros-928x-cards-the-guide.115110/
But you have to use either a DSDT-Patch for "Device (ARPT)" with the Original IDs or a dedicated AtherosWifiInjector.kext.

Here is my DSDT-Entry for my AR9280 to Original Intel Advanced-N 6205:

Code:

                Device (ARPT)
                {
                    Name (_ADR, Zero)  // _ADR: Address
                    Name (_PRW, Package (0x02)  // _PRW: Power Resources for Wake
                    {
                        0x09,
                        0x04
                    })
                    Name (_SUN, One)  // _SUN: Slot User Number
                    Method (_DSM, 4, NotSerialized)  // _DSM: Device-Specific Method
                    {
                        Store (Package (0x14)
                            {
                                "AAPL,slot-name",
                                "AirPort",
                                "name",
                                "AirPort Extreme",
                                "model",
                                Buffer (0x37)
                                {
                                    "Atheros AR9x8x 802.11 a/b/g/n Wireless Network Adapter"
                                },

                                "device_type",
                                Buffer (0x08)
                                {
                                    "AirPort"
                                },

                                "vendor-id",
                                Buffer (0x04)
                                {
                                     0x86, 0x80, 0x00, 0x00                    
                                },

                                "device-id",
                                Buffer (0x04)
                                {
                                     0x85, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00                    
                                },

                                "subsystem-id",
                                Buffer (0x04)
                                {
                                     0x11, 0x13, 0x00, 0x00                    
                                },

                                "subsystem-vendor-id",
                                Buffer (0x04)
                                {
                                     0x86, 0x80, 0x00, 0x00                    
                                },

                                "built-in",
                                Buffer (One)
                                {
                                     0x00                                      
                                },

                                "compatible",
                                "pci168c,30"
                            }, Local0)
                        DTGP (Arg0, Arg1, Arg2, Arg3, RefOf (Local0))
                        Return (Local0)
                    }
                }

Together with FakePCIID and FakePCIID_AR928x_as_xxxx.kext it should work fine.

But be aware... after that, there is no way of using the Card in a dual-boot scenerio, since Windows will also recognize the card as Intel Wifi, but the drivers will not be able to start the device.

With Linux you might be able to create a workaround.

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al6042 said:

What is the correct model name of your Wifi-Card?
Maybe this is a special device which contains BT, but that's something we should have known before, since the AR9285 that I know don't have BT integrated.

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RehabMan said:

AR5B95: AR9285 WiFi only
AR5B195: AR9285 WiFi + AR3011 bluetooth

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kumaradevan_c said:

Yes it is AR9285 WiFi + AR3011 bluetooth. Anything can be done to get rid of the Bios error?

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RehabMan said:

An AR9285 can be rebranded to something that is allowed by your BIOS. Depending on the extent of the rebrand, the card will no longer work in Windows and will require FakePCIID kexts to work on OS X.

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kumaradevan_c said:

Thanks RehabMan, i have already rebranded it to intel centurion n6205 but the bluetooth device id is being blocked. is there a guide available to rebrand the bluetooth device id?

Thanks

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RehabMan said:

I've never seen a BIOS that blocks on a USB device. Are you sure? Please clarify.

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