gpetrowich Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 So the Dell D430 hackintosh needs the Broadcom wifi card, but my Linux and Windows partitions work better with the Intel wifi card. I see that there appear to be TWO wifi card slots in the D430. Can I put in both cards and tell OSX to use the Broadcom and let the other two OS use the Intel card? Don't know why I didn't see the extra slot before. What do they intend you to do with that slot if not two cards? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Hervé Posted May 23, 2014 Administrators Share Posted May 23, 2014 One slot is labelled WLAN, i.e. destined for wireless cards, the other one is labelled WWAN, i.e. destined for 3G cards. However, you can use either type of cards in either slots, so yes, you can have both cards at the same time. In your case, only the Broadcom card will work under OS X. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gpetrowich Posted May 23, 2014 Author Share Posted May 23, 2014 Thanks, and do you know if the OSX Hackintosh will be able to just ignore the Intel card in the other slot and use the Broadcom kext I already have installed? Or will I get some sort of kernel panic because of the hardware? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Hervé Posted May 23, 2014 Administrators Share Posted May 23, 2014 OS X will detect the Intel card at low/BIOS level but won't be able to load any driver (kext) for it, so no possibility to activate the card. The Broadcom card will be detected and added to the list of network interfaces in the Network preference panel. KPs are not systematic and somehow depend on the combination of laptop model/Intel wireless card model/OS X version. If you're still at OS X installation phase, I'd say use only the Broadcom 1st and add the Intel card once OS X is up and running.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Bronxteck Posted May 23, 2014 Administrators Share Posted May 23, 2014 in layman's terms herve said it might blow up!!! just kidding..... or.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gpetrowich Posted May 23, 2014 Author Share Posted May 23, 2014 Thanks, I'm already fully installed with 10.6.8, up and running. It's tripple boot (osx, win7, mint linux) and the linux partition works with the Broadcom card, but it's very slow. The OSX install works fine on the Broadcom card. So I would just add the Intel card to the second slot, remove the Broadcom driver from the Linux side (change nothing on the OSX side) and hope it all goes well. If not I'll remove the card and go back to the original setup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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