Hervé

February 7, 2013

Last update: 02 Feb 2020

'thought it would be useful to try and provide a recap of what is supported, what isn't, if it works OOB or if it does not, for which OS X version, etc.

I invite everyone to bring his/her own contribution and it'll be added to the list. This post will be updated as contributions come along in order to keep the list under control. Hardware specifications can be verified here: ~~http://wikidevi.com/wiki/Main_Page~~ https://wikidevi.wi-cat.ru/

Note:

OOB = Out of the Box
This inventory is now limited to Mac OS X/OS X versions in the range Snow Leopard 10.6 to El Capitan 10.11. A separate inventory for macOS versions is available here.

Unsupported:
Vendor Model Format Ven-Dev Chip Rate SL Li ML Ma Yo Ca OOB Kext (driver)
AzureWave AW-CB161H ½Min PCIe 10ec-8821 RTL8821AE A/B/G/N/AC N N N N N N - -

AzureWave AW-CB209NF NGFF/M.2 10ec-8821 RTL8821AE A/B/G/N/AC N N N N N N - -

AzureWave AW-CB210NF NGFF/M.2 14e4-43ec BCM4356 A/B/G/N/AC N N N N N N - -

AzureWave AW-NB155NF NGFF/M.2 14e4-4365 BCM43142 B/G/N N N N N N N - -

Dell DW1501 ½Min PCIe 14e4-4727 BCM4313 A/B/G/N N N N N N N - -

Dell DW1503 ½Min PCIe 14e4-4727 BCM4313 A/B/G/N N N N N N N    - -
Dell   DW1504 ½Min PCIe 14e4-4727 BCM4313 B/G/N   N N N N N N - -
Dell   DW1530 ½Min PCIe 14e4-4359 BCM43228 A/B/G/N N N N N N N    - -
Dell DW1540 ½Min PCIe 14e4-4359 BCM43228 A/B/G/N N N N N N N    - -
Dell   DW1701   ½Min PCIe 14e4-4727 BCM4313 B/G/N N N N N N N    - -
Dell DW1704 ½Min PCIe 14e4-4365 BCM43142 B/G/N N N N N N N    - -

Dell DW1810 NGFF/M.2   168c:0042 QCA9377 A/B/G/N/AC N N N N N N    - (=QCNFA435)
Dell DW1820 NGFF/M.2   168c:003e QCA6174A A/B/G/N/AC N N N N N N    - (=QCNFA344A)

Intel All - - - - N N N N N N    - No exception!

Qualcomm QCNFA335 NGFF/M.2 168c-0042 QCA9377 A/B/G/N/AC N N N N N N - -

Qualcomm QCNFA344A NGFF/M.2 168c-003e QCA6174A A/B/G/N/AC N N N N N N - -

Ralink RT5390 ½Min PCIe 1814-539b RT5390 B/G/N N N N N N N - -

Supported:
Vendor  Model Format Ven-Dev Chip   Rate   SL Li ML Ma Yo Ca OOB Kext (driver)
Atheros AR5B91 Mini PCIe 168c-002a AR9281 B/G/N Y Y Y Y   Y  Y Y -
Atheros AR5BXB6 Mini PCIe 168c-001c AR5424 A/B/G Y Y N N N N    Y up to Lion only
Atheros AR5BXB72 Mini PCIe 168c-0024 AR5418/5133 A/B/G/N Y Y Y Y Y Y    N patch Atheros40
Atheros AR5BXB92 Mini PCIe 168c-002a AR9280 A/B/G/N Y Y Y Y Y Y    Y -
Atheros AR5BXB112   Mini PCIe 168c-0030 AR9380 A/B/G/N Y Y Y Y Y Y    Y -
Atheros AR5B22   Mini PCIe 168c-0034 AR9462⁴ A/B/G/N N N N Y Y Y    N FW + Atheros40 patch

Atheros AR5B93   ½Min PCIe 168c-002a AR9283 B/G/N Y Y Y Y Y Y    Y -
Atheros AR5B95   ½Min PCIe 168c-002b AR9285 B/G/N Y Y Y Y Y Y    N DSDT/Atheros40 patch
Atheros AR5B97   ½Min PCIe 168c-002e AR9287 B/G/N Y Y Y Y Y Y    N DSDT/Atheros40 patch
Atheros AR5B195 ½Min PCIe 168c-002b AR9285 B/G/N Y Y Y Y Y Y    N (=AR5B95+BT3.0)
Atheros AR5B197 ½Min PCIe 168c-002e AR9287 B/G/N Y Y Y Y Y Y    N (=AR5B97+BT3.0)
Atheros AR5BHB92   ½Min PCIe 168c-002a AR9280 A/B/G/N Y Y Y Y Y Y    Y -
Atheros AR5BHB112 ½Min PCIe 168c-0030 AR9380 A/B/G/N Y Y Y Y³ Y Y    Y -
Atheros AR5B125 ½Min PCIe 168c-0032 AR9485⁴ B/G/N   N N N Y Y Y    N FW + Atheros40 patch
Atheros AR5B225 ½Min PCIe 168c-0032 AR9485⁴ B/G/N   N N N Y Y Y    N   FW + Atheros40 patch

AzureWave AW-NB037H   ½Min PCIe 168c-002b AR9285 B/G/N Y Y Y Y Y Y    N (=AR5B195)
AzureWave AW-NB048H   ½Min PCIe 168c-002b AR9285 B/G/N Y Y Y Y Y Y    N (=AR5B195)
AzureWave AW-NB290H   ½Min PCIe 14e4-4357 BCM43225 B/G/N N N Y Y Y Y    N DSDT/Brcm4360 patch
AzureWave AW-CE123H   ½Min PCIe 14e4-43b1   BCM4352 A/B/G/N/AC N N Y   Y Y Y    N DSDT/Brcm4360 patch

AzureWave AW-CB160H   ½Min PCIe 14e4-43a0 BCM4360 A/B/G/N/AC N N  N   Y Y Y    Y -

Dell DW1470 Mini PCI 14e4-4319 BCM4318 A/B/G Y Y Y Y Y  Y    Y -

Dell DW1390 Mini PCIe 14e4-4311 BCM4311 B/G Y Y Y   Y² Y Y    Y -
Dell DW1395 Mini PCIe 14e4-4315 BCM4312 B/G Y Y Y¹ N   N N    N BCM43xxxFamily & v2
Dell DW1490 Mini PCIe 14e4-4312 BCM4311 A/B/G   Y Y Y   Y² Y Y    Y -
Dell DW1505 Mini PCIe 14e4-4328 BCM4321 A/B/G/N Y Y Y Y² Y Y    Y -

Dell DW1397   ½Min PCIe 14e4-4315 BCM4312 B/G Y Y Y¹ N N N    N (=DW1395)
Dell   DW1502   ½Min PCIe 168c-002b AR9285 B/G/N Y Y Y Y   Y Y    N (=AR5B95)
Dell   DW1506   ½Min PCIe 168c-0032 AR9485⁴ B/G/N     N N N Y Y Y    N (=AR5B125)
Dell DW1510   ½Min PCIe 14e4-432b BCM4322 A/B/G/N Y Y Y   Y Y Y    Y -
Dell DW1515   ½Min PCIe 168C-002a AR9280 A/B/G/N Y Y Y   Y   Y Y    Y (=Atheros xB92)
Dell DW1520⁵ ½Min PCIe 14e4-4353 BCM43224 A/B/G/N N N Y Y Y Y    Y/N MBA5,2/Brcm4360 patch
Dell DW1550   ½Min PCIe 14e4-43b1 BCM4352 A/B/G/N/AC N N Y Y Y Y    N DSDT/Brcm4360 patch
Dell   DW1601   ½Min PCIe 168c-0034 AR9462⁴ A/B/G/N/AD N N N Y Y Y    N (=AR5B22)
Dell   DW1702   ½Min PCIe 168c-002b AR9285   B/G/N Y Y Y Y Y Y    N (=AR5B195)
Dell   DW1703   ½Min PCIe 168c-0032 AR9485⁴ B/G/N   N N N Y Y Y    N (=AR5B225)
Dell   DW1705   ½Min PCIe 168c-0036 AR9565⁴ B/G/N N N N Y Y Y    N FW + Atheros40 patch

Dell   DW1560   NGFF/M.2 14e4-43b1 BCM4352 A/B/G/N/AC N N Y   Y Y Y    N DSDT/Brcm4360 patch
Dell DW1707 NGFF/M.2 168c:0036 AR9565⁴ B/G/N N N N Y Y Y    N FW + Atheros40 patch
Dell   DW1802 NGFF/M.2 168c-0034 AR9462⁴ A/B/G/N N N N Y Y Y    N (=AR5B22)
Dell   DW1820A⁶      NGFF/M.2 14e4-43a3 BCM4350      A/B/G/N/AC N N N   N Y Y ? Expected OOB

Dell   DW1830   NGFF/M.2 14e4-43ba BCM43602     A/B/G/N/AC N N N   Y Y Y    Y OOB from Yosemite

Asus USB-N10 USB 2.0 0b05-1786 RTL8188SU B/G/N Y Y Y Y ? ?    N RealTek's v2.0.1
Asus USB-AC51 USB 2.0 0b05-17d1 MT7610U A/B/G/N/AC Y Y Y Y ? ?    N Asus's driver
CSL Nano V.2 USB 2.0 0bda-8176 RTL8188CUS B/G/N Y Y Y Y ? ?    N RealTek's v2.0.1
D-Link DWA-121 A1 USB 2.0 2001-3308 RTL8188CUS B/G/N Y Y Y Y ? ?    N RealTek's v2.0.1
Lafalink LF-D10 Nano   USB 2.0 148f-7601 MT7601 B/G/N Y Y Y Y Y Y    N Ralink's v4.2.9.10
Lafalink LF-D12 Nano USB 2.0 148f-5370 RT5370 B/G/N Y Y Y Y Y Y    N Ralink's v4.2.9.2
NetGear WNA3100M USB 2.0 0846-F001 RTL8192CU B/G/N Y Y Y Y Y Y    N Realtek's v2.0.1
On-Nwrks N300   USB 2.0 0846-F001 RTL8192CU B/G/N Y Y Y Y Y Y    N Realtek's v2.0.1
Tenda W522U USB 2.0 148f-3572 RT3572 A/B/G/N Y Y Y Y Y Y    N Ralink's v4.2.9.2
TP-Link TL-WN723N v3 USB 2.0 0bda-8179 RTL8188EUS B/G/N Y Y Y Y Y Y    N TP-Link's driver
TP-Link TL-WN725N v2  USB 2.0 0bda-8179 RTL8188EUS B/G/N Y Y Y Y Y Y    N TP-Link's driver

TP-Link TL-WN823N v1 USB 2.0 0bda-8178 RTL8192CU B/G/N ? Y Y Y Y Y N TP-Link's driver

TP-Link TL-WN823N v2  USB 2.0 2357-0109 RTL8192EU   B/G/N Y Y Y Y Y Y    N TP-Link's driver

Asus USB-AC56 USB 3.0 0b05-17d2 RTL8812AU A/B/G/N/AC Y Y Y Y ? ?    N Asus's driver

Asus   PCE-AC66 PCIe x1 14e4-43a0 BCM4360 A/B/G/N/AC N N N Y Y Y    Y -
Asus   PCE-AC68 PCIe x1 14e4-43a0 BCM4360 A/B/G/N/AC N N N Y Y Y    Y -
TP-Link TL-WN781ND v1 PCIe x1 168c-002b AR9285 B/G/N Y Y Y Y Y Y    N DSDT/Atheros40 patch

TP-Link TL-WDN4800 PCIe x1 168c-0030 AR9380 A/B/G/N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y -

TP-Link Archer T9E PCIe x1 14e4-43a0 BCM4360 A/B/G/N/AC N N N Y Y Y Y -

NB: Patching means adding the PCI ids of the listed card to the Info.plist file found inside the listed kext. In rare cases, binary patching may also be necessary.

For some cards, DSDT Patching can be a suitable and permanent alternative to kext patching (no need to repatch a kext after OS X updates and upgrades or new installations). For instance, in the case of the Atheros AR5B95 card (chip AR9285 168c,2b), adding compatibility with a chip known to be supported OOB such as AR9380 168c,30 or AR9280 168,2a (as found in the vanilla Atheros40 kext) in a _DSM method for the identified DSDT device does the trick once and for all since it'll make the OS load the associated kext:

                Device (<YourDevice>)   // Identified wireless device through IORegistryExplorer (usually: ARPT)
                {
                    ...
                    ...
                    ...
                    Method (_DSM, 4, NotSerialized)    // Device Specific Method for the wireless card
                    {
                        Store (Package ()
                        {
                            "model", 
                            Buffer (0x1E)
                            {
                                "Atheros AR5B95 b/g/n Wireless"
                            }, 
                            "device_type", 
                            Buffer (0x08)
                            {
                                "AirPort"
                            }, 
                            "built-in", 
                            Buffer (One)
                            {
                                0x00
                            }, 
                            "name", 
                            Buffer (0x10)
                            {
                                "AirPort Extreme"
                            }, 
                            "AAPL,slot-name", 
                            Buffer (0x09)
                            {
                                "Internal"
                            }, 
                            "compatible",      // Declares compatibility with a device
                            Buffer (0x0B)
                            {
                                "pci168c,30"   // PCI id of device supported OOB
                            }
                        }, Local0)
                        DTGP (Arg0, Arg1, Arg2, Arg3, RefOf (Local0))
                        Return (Local0)
                    }
                }

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In the same respect, in the case of the Broadcom BCM4322x cards (e.g.: chip BCM43225 14e4,4357) or BCM4352 cards (14e4,43b1), adding compatibility with a chip known to be supported OOB such as BCM94360 14e4,43ba or 14e4,43a0 (as found in the vanilla AirPortBrcm4360 kext) in a _DSM method for the identified DSDT device does the trick once and for all since it'll make the OS load the associated kext:

                Device (<YourDevice>)   // Identified wireless device through IORegistryExplorer (usually: ARPT)
                {
                    ...
                    ...
                    ...
                    Method (_DSM, 4, NotSerialized)    // Device Specific Method for the wireless card
                    {
                        Store (Package ()
                        {
                            "model", 
                            Buffer (0x23)
                            {
                                "AzureWare AW-NB290H b/g/n Wireless"
                            }, 
                            "device_type", 
                            Buffer (0x08)
                            {
                                "AirPort"
                            }, 
                            "built-in", 
                            Buffer (One)
                            {
                                0x00
                            }, 
                            "name", 
                            Buffer (0x10)
                            {
                                "AirPort Extreme"
                            }, 
                            "AAPL,slot-name", 
                            Buffer (0x09)
                            {
                                "Internal"
                            }, 
                            "compatible",      // Declares compatibility with a device
                            Buffer (0x0B)
                            {
                                "pci14e4,43a0" // PCI id of device supported OOB
                            }
                        }, Local0)
                        DTGP (Arg0, Arg1, Arg2, Arg3, RefOf (Local0))
                        Return (Local0)
                    }
                }

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Broadcom BCM43224-based cards with id 14e4:4353 (e.g. DW1520) are subject to whitelisting in AirPortBrcm4360 kext. Wireless will only work if using the SMBIOS of a supported Mac Model or after binary patching the kext to inject the Mac board-id of the desired SMBIOS. See our patching guide on the matter.

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¹ issues with 10.8.4/10.8.5: med/high-secured networks (eg: AES) unsupported, only clear/low-secured (eg: WEP) networks supported. For ML, revert to pre-10.8.4 airportd file to fix issue and apply following Terminal commands:
          sudo chmod 755 /usr/libexec/airportd
          sudo chown 0:0 /usr/libexec/airportd
          xattr -d com.apple.quarantine /usr/libexec/airportd
          Pre-ML10.8.4 airportd.zip

² issues with 10.9: secured networks (eg: AES (& WEP?)) unsupported, only clear (& WEP?) networks. ML fix not successful, so no fix available yet. According to forum member javamocha2000, DW1390 and DW1505 both operate OOB under Mavericks with WPA2-PSK encryption.

³Some BCM4311-based cards with PCI id 14e4-4311 and some Atheros AR9380-based cards are reported non-functional -> the affected devices are half-size mini PCIe models, full-size mini PCIe models being Ok.

⁴AR946x (168c,34), AR9485 (168c,32) and AR9565 (168c,36) work to some degree (i.e. not 100%) with alternative (re-written) Atheros40 driver as posted at InsanelyMac by Chunnann. Further patching facility posted here. These cards are NOT recommended.

⁵DW1520 (14e4,4353) is known to suffer from frequent and repeated wireless disconnections when plugged into mini PCIe-only slot and built-in Bluetooth is enabled. This may even lead to wireless turning off. This has been noticed on Dell Latitude E6x20 and E6x30. Wireless works Ok once built-in Bluetooth is disabled in BIOS or, as stated by wl_michael, if the card is fitted into combo PCIe/USB slot such as WWAN.

⁶DW1820A and other BCM4350-based cards should all be supported. See our BCM4350 guide for these cards.

February 7, 2013

No idea, sorry.

February 7, 2013

I guess the DVD is auto-mounted on insertion or myHack would not detect SL media to create the installer. But it's clearly reporting an issue reading some of the files, hence my conclusion that it may be damaged. Maybe you could make an image out of it and try to mount that disk image instead for myHack.

February 7, 2013

You mentionned "DVD drive"... Are you creating your USB installer using a mounted SL DVD? Could the DVD be damaged?

February 7, 2013

Well, I'm open to stand corrected, but I understand that myHack no longer supports installations on MBR partitioned HDD. That would exclude OS X on your current Win7 HDD. That would leave you with no other solution but use another disk, whether internal of USB external (that works for OS X, not for Win). I think I have an old 40Go IDE HDD with Win7 on it, I'll give that a try tonight after recovering a bit of space, to confirm.

February 7, 2013

Welcome and enjoy OSXL!

February 7, 2013

You download the bootpack (it goes as "Extra" to 'download' folder of user account by default). You run myHack -> Create Extra and point to the downloaded bootpack. That's it.

For EDP, you download the app, install it and run it. Start by building the pack relevant to your system. Then you may run other utilities, but they're optional.

February 7, 2013

Extract the BCMxxxx kext from the bootpack and copy it to /Extra/Extensions. Run myFix (full) and reboot.

Basically, similar problem as detailed here: https://osxlatitude.com/index.php?/topic/2112-snow-leopard-on-d620-no-sound/

February 7, 2013

You won't be able to boot without a bootloader and, if you friend's Mac does not closely ressembles your D830 hardwarewise, good luck!!!

Is there a particular reason why you won't partition your disk GUID?

February 6, 2013

Don't you simply need a TRIM enabler tool/app that you will use to enable TRIM on your SSD drive? A simple Google search will get you one.

February 6, 2013

It seems I cannot boot at all anymore. It remains blocked at: Read HFS+ file .... bytes

That's the result we've noticed when you have Chameleon module 'FileNVRAM.dylib' on /Extra/modules + a Chameleon boot file pre-v2169/2170. Remove that module and you'll be able to boot normally again. Meantime, try to boot off your USB installer.

February 6, 2013

Check that your USB installer contains a kext called IOATAFamily in /Extra/Extensions. If it's not there, search recent forum posts in D8xx section for invisible/missing SATA drive. I've copied the kext in one of my replies earlier this week.

February 6, 2013

To get help on the DSDT table, follow the process detailed here: https://osxlatitude.com/index.php?/topic/1945-dsdtssdt-patching/

February 5, 2013

Why don't you upgrade to 10.7.5? It's fully validated on the D630...

February 5, 2013

You should not have any errors. Make sure you have a proper retail version of 10.6.3 as only the retail version has all the necessary installation files...

February 5, 2013

Then you may have a defective USB key. Try a low level format with a windows tool maybe.

February 5, 2013

How did you partition/format that USB key? I'd recommend you went for a GUID partition formatted OS X (journaled).

February 5, 2013

Copy it to /E/E (=/Extra/Extensions).

February 5, 2013

<_ like i said:>"get it from the bootpack, copy it to /E/E and re-run myFix (full)"

February 5, 2013

You need BCM5722D kext in /E/E. If EDP does not appear to install it (something we need to look into), get it from the bootpack, copy it to /E/E and re-run myFix (full).

February 4, 2013

Mmm, you should have 'AppleBCM5751Ethernet' kext in /E/E. It's in the bootpack but it appears to be left behind during EDP kext installation phase. That will be fixed asap.

AppleBCM5751Ethernet.kext.zip

February 4, 2013

Re: Ethernet, there should be a BCM57xxx kext in /E/E. I can't explain why that'd be missing all of a sudden. We need to look at EDP to check if that has gone missing for some reason.

I'll check things up on my D620 GMA950 tonight and let you know.

February 4, 2013

Look for AppleHDA and Stac9200 kexts or VoodooHDA in your /Extra/Extensions folder. If they're missing, you'll have no sound.

February 4, 2013

My knowledge is fairly limited regarding audio, but I'm pretty sure that the headphone Jack socket does not support S/PDIF. That's a basic analog output only.

The port replicator/docking station does however have a RCA socket which supports S/PDIF (the socket is labelled SPDIF), but I have no idea whether that is supported under OS X on the D Series. If you have one, try it.

February 3, 2013

Yep, it works pretty well and the screen improved crispness is really nice under ML.

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