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My A1502 MBP is stuck on Apple logo

What I have done to troubleshoot

I tried resetting PRAM and SMC with no change. I tried using recovery mode but it would also freeze up in there too. I also tried holding the option key right after pressing the power button which showed a boot disk selector with a WiFi connection prompt and my disks above it. I saw that the MBP would freeze up after a few seconds which made me think it was a Motherboard/CPU/RAM issue. Sadly since I didn't have a pentalobe screw driver to open my MacBook, I went to my last resort of trying another OS as I realised in that few seconds before the boot disk selector would freeze, I could select another boot disk.

 

I assumed there was a problem with my MacOS installation and got a Windows 10 USB I made from Rufus and tried booting into the USB and to my surprise, I could boot into Windows 10 perfectly fine and even go to install Windows 10 on my MacOS SSD. I downloaded the BootCamp drivers for Windows 10 and it installed the drivers fine but froze up when it said 'Installing Broadcom Wireless' and then showed a BSOD with the message 'WHEA Uncorrectable" So, I restarted my MBP and it would now freeze up as soon when I was in the lock screen and it tried to search for WiFi networks. So I suspected an issue with the WiFi chip and booted in Safe Mode without networking and was successfully able to go into Device Manager and disable the Broadcom Wireless Card and restart and have the laptop work perfectly fine. After I realised that it was a WiFi card issue and comfirmed it by enabling the WiFi chip again in device manager and seeing it crash immediately. I realised that Windows 10 without internet doesn't include drivers for my specific Broadcom Wireless card whereas MacOS would include them and it would crash as soon as MacOS was booted into because MacOS always checked for WiFi networks when it was on the Apple logo. Strangely, I didn't have to disable my Bluetooth chip which is on the same card as the WiFi chip which leads me to believe that there is something wrong with the PCIE mini port since the Bluetooth is separately connected by USB or the bottom cover on my laptop was shorting the WiFi card. I did realise the dent I made a few years ago on the bottom cover of the MBP which was located right where the PCIE mini connector for the WiFi chip is located and now know that I can't use my MBP with my WiFI turned on as of what I have seen currently with my trouble shooting steps. Below is my Wireless Card in Device manager if it helps.

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Question

With me now knowing I have an issue with my WiFi card I am wondering if I can try disabling my WiFi card without opening it up and without MacOS seeing my WiFi card. Is there a way to disable WiFi in some sort of BIOS settings that I don't know of? I have seen ways of removing driver files from the MacOS SSD. However, I have already removed MacOS from my SSD and cannot install MacOS in recovery mode without freeezing. I have tried making a recovery MacOS USB but it would even freeze in there beacuse it kept loading WiFi. I am wondering whether I can somehow remove WiFi drivers from my recovery MacOS USB.

 

I'm sorry for my lack of understanding Macs. I am not sure if any of this is possible but am asking just in case there is some way without opening my laptop.

 

I need XCode on Mac and am not allowed Hackintoshes at my school so I am stuck with trying to install MacOS on my MacBook and not being able to use my other laptop.

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