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[Guide] Airport - PCIe Half Mini v2

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Hello @toleda
Thanks for reply.
I'm attaching all needed files. Unfortunately I wasn't able to grab any airport data from Console. It simply does not exist.
Specs: Intel® Core™ i7 4750HQ Processor, Intel® HM86 Express Chipset, Integrated Intel® HD Graphics 4600
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 950M 2GB/4GB DDR3
Full specs: https://www.asus.com/ROG-Republic-Of-Gamers/ROG-G551JX/specifications/
Bios: American Megatrends, version 207, 2.15.1236
GOP Version: 5.5.1031
OSX: Sierra 10.12.6
 

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I use RehabMan's FakePCIID.kext, FakePCIID_Broadcom_WiFi.kext, BrcmFirmwareData.kext in S/L/E, BrcmFirmwareRepo.kext in Clover kext folder, BrcmPatchRAM2.kext
and then applied this patch:

Name: AirPortBrcm4360
Find: 81f952aa 00007529
Replace: 81f952aa 00006690
Comment: EnableWifiBCM94352Z

my bluetooth keyboard and magic trackpad is really lagging when wifi is connected to a 2.4ghz router, when using 5ghz no problem with bluetooth. Is there a patch for the bluetooth lag?
 
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No. BT and WiFi are distinctly different and designed not to interfere.

Turns out its my USB soundcard, I can connect to 2.4ghz network and bluetooth works fine, no lag when I plugged out all USB devices from motherboard backplate USB connector, now I plugged in my USB soundcard to the front panel connector, the lag is back but only a little, perhaps its the asus z170i antennas that's interfere with USB soundcard cable, or something else, I'll try to get a better antennas and see how it goes.
 
HELP!!!

I've been working on this for over a week now and cannot seem to get this right. I've run into kernel panics and had to restart from the beginning several times.

I installed what I thought was a supported WiFi card before I even attempted any of this but now I'm wondering if it is wrong. See below for the specifications of the card.

I tried to follow the Airport WIFI Injector Method from post 1 but it was a little confusing...

Roughly, here are the steps I followed and I've attached files.
  1. Downloaded and installed FakePCIID.kext and FakePCIID_Broadcom_WiFi.kext from RehabMan's Github.
  2. Used config-bcm94352-120.plist to update my config.plist using Clover Configurator.
  3. I backedup and edited my IO80211Family.kext as Toleda's guide instructed.
    1. However, I noticed I have an IO80211FamilyV2.kext as well. I did NOT edit this one but backed it up as well. Should I have edited this one to?
  4. Since the DSDT for my computer is not an "A M I" I skipped the DSDT edits as the guide said to.
  5. Since my card is a 94352, I used the SSDT file from the ssdt_arpt folder from Toleda's Github respository.
    1. I put this in the patched folder in the ACPI folder of my EFI partition.
    2. Now, Toleda's directions said to mark Drop OEM as true in my config file but that sent me into a kernel panic so I had to undo it. Is there a way around this that I just missed?
    3. Also, FixAirport_4000 would cause a kernel panic as well but the guide says step 5 isn't working for 10.12 anyway.

Like I said, I've been at this for over a week so there might be steps that I'm missing but honestly, any help would be appreciated.

ALSO, PLEASE DO NOT JUST TELL ME TO GO READ POST 1. I've tried and it just make things more confusing and frustrating.

Laptop: HP Spectre 360 13-4101dx
MaxOS: Sierra 10.12.5
CPU: Intel i7
WiFi: Broadcom BCM94352Z Dell DW1560 NGFF Wireless-AC 867Mbps WiFi Bluetooth 4.0 Card
 

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