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Looking at buying a Broadcom wireless card (OSX compatible) for my ThinkPad X230i.
This laptop has a BIOS whitelist which prevents the use of non-Lenovo wireless cards. It is NOT possible to remove this whitelist through modded BIOS or other means.
I know that it is possible to change the product/vendor ID's of the wireless card through modifying its firmware. So I have three questions:
1. If I change the product/vendor ID's of the wireless card to those of a Lenovo wireless card, will the system boot?
2. OS X will not use the card if its product/vendor ID's are wrong (because I changed them). Can I use Clover to inject the correct (Apple) ID's in order to get Airport working?
3. If I modify the card's ID's to something completely different to the original ones, will it still work in Windows/Linux? If not, is it possible to inject the correct ID's using something like Clover or another solution?
Thanks
This laptop has a BIOS whitelist which prevents the use of non-Lenovo wireless cards. It is NOT possible to remove this whitelist through modded BIOS or other means.
I know that it is possible to change the product/vendor ID's of the wireless card through modifying its firmware. So I have three questions:
1. If I change the product/vendor ID's of the wireless card to those of a Lenovo wireless card, will the system boot?
2. OS X will not use the card if its product/vendor ID's are wrong (because I changed them). Can I use Clover to inject the correct (Apple) ID's in order to get Airport working?
3. If I modify the card's ID's to something completely different to the original ones, will it still work in Windows/Linux? If not, is it possible to inject the correct ID's using something like Clover or another solution?
Thanks