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Hello everyone! I recently began the journey into OSX86 installation. My first try was with my desktop, using a well known distro... It was so slow and awful, although functioned. I found this site and really wanted to go the "legit" way, purchasing lion and using it with UniBeast. It worked perfectly thanks to this site after installing some kexts, normal post-install stuff, and is very fast and stable as a rock.
Then I moved to my G570 laptop... Oh boy
Upon installing using Unibeast to install Lion, the machine boots with perfectly working graphics (Intel HD3000) The next step, was to try to get wireless working, or even ethernet. Big trouble. It has the AR9285 wireless card... I know a LOT of people have trouble with it. I've searched high and low for kexts, and found many, with 20 or more posts apiece saying they all worked great for the AR9285. They don't here! Someone said I need to manually edit the kexts to add my hardware. I wondered if this is worth the effort to learn and try, or is the AR9285 more often than not a complete lost cause and I should move back to Windows on the laptop? Thanks!
Lenovo G570
1TB HDD
8GB RAM
Intel HD3000
Atheros AR9285 wireless
OS X 10.7.3
Then I moved to my G570 laptop... Oh boy
Upon installing using Unibeast to install Lion, the machine boots with perfectly working graphics (Intel HD3000) The next step, was to try to get wireless working, or even ethernet. Big trouble. It has the AR9285 wireless card... I know a LOT of people have trouble with it. I've searched high and low for kexts, and found many, with 20 or more posts apiece saying they all worked great for the AR9285. They don't here! Someone said I need to manually edit the kexts to add my hardware. I wondered if this is worth the effort to learn and try, or is the AR9285 more often than not a complete lost cause and I should move back to Windows on the laptop? Thanks!
Lenovo G570
1TB HDD
8GB RAM
Intel HD3000
Atheros AR9285 wireless
OS X 10.7.3