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EDIT/UPDATE:

Reverting and reapplying OCLP patches fixed it — I had accidentally booted into Monterey recovery and noticed wifi worked, which told me the card is natively supported. Reverted, rebooted, reapplied, and rebooted... SUCCESS! (oclp plus/3.2.2, didn't realize before).

For anyone wondering, any of the cheap adapters should be fine along with a $6 set of antennas. Some notes:

• The USB soldering step appears to only be for BT4.0/Continuity support. Making a plug and play thing with the original 4 pin BT module power plug won't work. Just giving it 5v isn't the problem. I only wanted Airplay anyways (and have the option now!), skipping this leaves the stock bluetooth capability intact.

• Make sure to get NEW antennas! (MHF4 RF1.13 is the size for the smaller female port on newer 2012*-2015 Airport cards). Nothing worse than finding out the stupid way...

• Squirreling the wire around the lcd is a pain but functionally worth it. I had to peel the insulation and expose the two bare wires to get the little corner cover on, and it still needed help staying flush (blue tack, glued the foam square in good, fingers crossed). The bare antennas/wires will fit under the LCD, even behind the board. Leave a bit of slack at the ends, 4-5cm gives adequate room iirc. Cut a little notch in the plastic ledge that hugs the LCD under the frame. Don't crimp the cable under the lcd bracket too much to keep the bezel flush. I left a small section of the thick insulation to hopefully cushion it, and with the notch it was fine. Maybe a soft crimp is fine.

Hasn't been long term tested, but anyone familiar with an A1181 knows that these have TONS of room, everywhere. Run the new antennas around either side, I even kept the old ones just in case and put electrical tape on the ends for when they're out of use. It wouldn't have free'd up space anyways. She'll be 'right.

Added for posterity, and to copy and post somewhere else more useful.

Original Post:

I installed a PCIe adapter to put a new airport card in my very special BlackBook 5,2. It took an hour and a half to reroute the new antennas behind the LCD cleanly where the old ones fit alongside them just in case...

Tested and verified to work in a MacOS 10.11 installer (can't figure out what date to set, Apple is the worst...)

It shows up in the system report in macOS 12 (see pic, only one readily available atm), but shows "status: not associated" and can only turn on and off in settings... But that's it. **No networks show up. I am gonna look for kexts after playing around with the settings more, but does anyone here have any ideas?**

I figured it might be a case of open core having a pre-configured list of kexts and stuff to install for each model, since hardware rarely varies much, and my MacBook5,2 configuration omitting drivers for a card that is rarely installed.

I don't know if I pulled this card from a 2014 or a 2015, and so I am not sure if I should expect it to work with Monterey out of box. *I just got everything cleaned up and put back together an hour ago (it does not look like the picture anymore!!!)* and figured I could wait for a reply here while digging into it myself.

I will update the OP with whatever gets it working, and helpful notes for other A1181-enjoyers out there.

Gender Male, Age 23, ( 23M ), 5'10" 180lb. Vape, 3x300mg Gabapentin, 2x200mg Ibuprofen for the past several days, TendSkin day and night from days 3-5 or so, and for the next 10 days: Doxycycline and Mupirocin 2x daily + warm towel kept warm with heating pad 4x daily. Attached is how it looks at the time of eriting after dabbing up dried leaked blood from the main cyst. — I also saw a day 2 pic in my gallery and I wish so badly it looked like that again :'(

Staph. on pubic area that has progressed to one large cyst and multiple small ones. 7-8 days in and only now deciding absolutely no pressing or squeezing, not even gentle. Can't really help bending over though, I don't think.

The short question is: the largest one (a third to a half of a mcdonalds nugget maybe) only drains blood now. Is surgical removal by incision by doctor or full removal the only way it'll drain now? Is there any chance it could resolve on its own with the meds and compresses? Would love general advice and info too.

A bit more info: I don't squeeze it anymore, I'm gonna give it a rest fully now. But since a few days ago I only lightly press it when it ruptures on its own because it often, though not always, means I can dry it, apply petroleum jelly, and go about my way.

And it ruptures or drains, unsure which, but it leaks just blood multiple times a day now. It is right above my penis, bending over seems to do it. Sometimes just walking. At this point, I don't know a practical way to avoid it. The smaller ones leak pus still, though it has turned green and yellow (doctor is aware).

I'm applying warm/hot moist towels 4x a day now for 20min or so each day. Sometimes I forget they're on, I'll admit. I'm setting timers now though. I assume too long is too long but I never have one on for longer than 30min. I'm scared of how bad this may get at this point. I don't understand why it has gotten so bad outside of the constant borderline abuse the boils/cysts have had.

Full timeline of symptoms and stupid things I've done:

Timeline dates are approximate, sequence is correct. Unsure if I have had this problem for 6 days or 8. Day 3 and 4 is where any additional day would be.

I've had the worst, what I think was, ingrown hair result I have ever experienced by far, despite good or at least average hygiene. I'd usually take this to the grave but at this point I am a bit scared of what is to come.

• Day 1, It started off as an annoying ingrown hair (I think), which had a tiny bit of redness around it. I would squeeze it to pop it like a pimple, which I would absolutely have never done in hindsight. It didn't get better. I used my face trimmers to trim down there to better see and look for a trapped hair. The hair didn't appear trapped. NOTE: It was an old blade on a phillips one blade, I was being a cheapskate and ignorantly thought that they didn't break the skin so a new one or regular sterilization wasn't needed. I think that is what caused the constellation of white heads that came at the top of my pubic area on day 2

• Day 2, "the constellation" appeared. The original bump had increased in size a small amount, no white head iirc. I kept trying to squeeze the first (from now forward, the main or the largest) boil, cleaning after.

• Day 3, I felt a rubbery tough cyst form under the main one. Kept stupidly trying to drain that as well as the several (5-6 actually) new little ones. In hindsight the actual cyst didn't shrink with drainage so I'm not even sure what I was trying to accomplish. I guess since it had worked my whole short life up to this point... Idk. The peripheral ones were proper white heads, one had a white head that was flat and almost a thumb tac/push pin back in diameter, which comprised of the entire diameter. I tried my best to literally lance them all, side ways, rubbing alcohol on the needle and antibacterial soap on me between each one. Only one I didnt do this to was the main one. Seemed pointless and I was too scared to poke the actual cyst.

• Day 4, I finally see a doctor. the main cyst is over a US quarter coin in size, tough and rubbery still, and still draining pus but now mixed with dark blood when messed with. Was prescribed Doxycycline pills and Mupirocin ointment. At this point, it is its current size but still some pus in the discharge I think. Was not able to pick up the prescription though, as I waited too long for it to be ready and had forgotten it was Sunday and they closed early.

• Day 5, main cyst had become size it is now and generally painful. Big change is that the main one only leaked blood now, still dark mostly. Memorial day, had read my pharmacy was closed and was pretty upset.

• Day 6, Pick up script in the morning, main cyst blood-only discharge is less dark, bright red even when dabbed up with toilet paper or a napkin. Like bloody nose color. Besides that, the only change is that one of the minor boils discharges greenish or maybe yellowish pus while bent over on the toilet and gently prodded. Picked up script. Knew I'd have to see a doc after green/yellow discharge but didn't know whether to see clinic or urgent care so asked pharmacist. She recommended clinic. At the clinic, the doc pretty much looked at it, confirmed it is Staph, noted no change beyond color of discharge, and said to take the antibiotics and visit if anything changes/worsened, unless emergency ofc.

• Now it is end of Day 6 (or 7), technically Day 7/8 (2am), No changes ofc but I have taken my second total doxycycline, reapplied ointment. 15 hours since first antibiotic. Officially: Im not even gonna gently prod my main cyst for more blood. It'll leak more later anyways, and at this point I'm scared and worried it will never properly drain/flatted on its own without an outside incision or full removal+stitches.

I bought a 2008 A1260 palmrest w/ trackpad through eBay, it has to be a multitouch trackpad! The guide I linked has tips for telling which is which when given limitted information. I put it into my 2009 A1181 — it has/I use a black 2008 keyboard, but this should work fine on 2006-2007 A1181 keyboards. The connector is identical iirc.

**I have gestures on my blackbook! I can't believe it!** I hope to make my blackbook one of a kind some day :D

All that is left to do is to add a keyboard backlight... Just need to find an easy 12V source to test a donor backlight... And also much better soldering skills...

Followed this guide, though the process is exactly what you'd imagine: https://lowendmac.com/2025/add-multitouch-to-your-older-macbook/

I'd be happy to write a better more detailed text guide that has tips that an inexperienced person would appreciate. I will probably put one on my blog one day, and link it wherever.

'03 Honda CRV LX, 2WD Automatic 68k - again.

I forgot to add pictures to my post asking about the front end suspension last night. I was tired and in a rush :(

Besides the problem circled in red, both sides look about the same. Will try to see how much play each part has this morning.

Had that metal soda can popping sound when going over bumps. She says it is also when taking sharp turns but I haven't noticed that when I take it for longer test drives. It came from the front passenger side two months ago, now sounds like an old trunk when going over bumps. Not in a deeply concerning way, not yet.

Attached are all the pics, and **the first pic has what I am curious about circled.** I see a tear and leakage, very concerning. The single sound when we first got it was from the passenger side, no doubt. The first picture, with the bit circled in red, is of the passenger side.

I can't find CV related parts on Rockauto, could they be named something else? It looks connected to what looks like the CV boot, but I want to make sure.

2003 CRV LX, FWD, ~68k miles.

The idle rpm seems a bit low, not atrociously low but low.

At idle/not moving, the car has a decently intense vibration in the interior that can also be deeply felt in the steering wheel. Revving it up helps a lot, and especially moving in gear with the brake off/just driving like normal.

I just want the car to not vibrate so hard when it idles. It vibrates a bit still when driving/above 1000 rpm, but I'd prefer it not shake/vibrate at all. All I can think to do is break down and spend the money on the four OEM engine mounts, and clean out the throttle body and IACV.

I'm not sure what else to do :(

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Below is a list of the engine mounts changed/not changed, what I've done so far, and what I plan to do:

- Right now the front mount is stock/original but appears intact/not torn at all.

- The passenger side front mount under the hood is after market.

- The rear trans mount under the car is aftermarket/windo-welded. The original one looked fine though so I kept it just in case.

- And the trans mount is stock/original, *and leaking a bit of orange fluid from a small tear* (I had replaced it with a windo-welded Anchor mount, bracket/pivot bolt started punching through it a week after install, absolute garbage).

Tomorrow I am going to try and take the throttle body and IACV out to clean them with some throttle body cleaner/whatever is recommended when I research more.

Later when that d*mn special wrench comes, I will change out the squeaky original (I think) belt out for a nice Gates one.

Can I remove the middle bolt and re-use what looks like a spacer?

It looks like I can replace this mount in 10 minutes, I don't even need to jack the car up it is high up as is (my jack cant even get the wheels off the ground, I assume Id need a block of wood or two)