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jetjaguar
Jan 17, 2010, 04:23 PM
anyone done it ?? how hard is it to do yourself ?
i found this website that shows how to do it .. doesnt look to hard

http://meanderingpassage.com/2007/07/18/how-to-installing-an-airport-extreme-card-in-an-intel-mac-pro/


bozz2006
Jan 17, 2010, 04:38 PM
the method is easy as can be. the difficulty is screwing it onto the board with microscopic screws and connecting the antenna leads. If you are impatient, clumsy, or have large hands, it could turn out to be way more difficult than it should be. Just make sure you take your time and invest in a good, small, magnetic screwdriver.
jetjaguar
Jan 17, 2010, 04:45 PM
Alright thanks. Guess Ill give it a shot. Dont really feel like lugging my tower into an applestore to have them do it for me.
maviso5
Jan 18, 2010, 01:06 PM
the method is easy as can be. the difficulty is screwing it onto the board with microscopic screws and connecting the antenna leads. If you are impatient, clumsy, or have large hands, it could turn out to be way more difficult than it should be. Just make sure you take your time and invest in a good, small, magnetic screwdriver.

agreed, i did it in my machine just last week (09 pro) the hardest bit for me was trying not to mess up when connecting the antenna wires, wot i did was to get them aligned over the socket and then press down gently with a flathead screwdriver as my fingers are way too big.
Icaras
Jan 18, 2010, 01:18 PM
Besides the $50 price tag, is installation free from Apple? Or is there another fee for that? :mad:
maviso5
Feb 20, 2010, 08:39 AM
no idea, but its fairly easy to install just be careful with the connectors.
jetjaguar
Feb 20, 2010, 09:07 AM
Besides the $50 price tag, is installation free from Apple? Or is there another fee for that? :mad:

installation is not free from apple
Transporteur
Feb 20, 2010, 09:16 AM
anyone done it ?? how hard is it to do yourself ?
i found this website that shows how to do it .. doesnt look to hard

http://meanderingpassage.com/2007/07/18/how-to-installing-an-airport-extreme-card-in-an-intel-mac-pro/

Bear in mind that that's a original Mac Pro. The Airport card in the 2009 Pro is situated behind the CPU daughterboard. The installation process however is the same.
forester54
Feb 20, 2010, 07:34 PM
where is the best place to buy a card for an original Mac Pro?
mac88
Feb 20, 2010, 07:37 PM
where is the best place to buy a card for an original Mac Pro?

Give eBay a shot. You might get a deal on the price. Good luck.
forester54
Feb 20, 2010, 08:49 PM
do you think this one will work?

BCM94321MC

Dual-Band 802.11n PCI Express® MiniCard Reference Design
Techhie
Feb 20, 2010, 09:04 PM
installation is not free from apple

Maybe I am just lucky, but the '09 I had them do a few months back cost me a flat $50.
Techhie
Feb 20, 2010, 09:06 PM
do you think this one will work?

BCM94321MC

Dual-Band 802.11n PCI Express® MiniCard Reference Design

I wouldn't trust anything but the vanilla Apple hardware to work with the airport kexts. It might work using some homebrew code, but wireless devices are very finicky.
forester54
Feb 20, 2010, 09:12 PM
I just got one, there was 2, one a little cheaper but something looked fishy so I ordered the other one that was from apple, cant wait to get this in:)
mac88
Feb 20, 2010, 09:14 PM
I just got one, there was 2, one a little cheaper but something looked fishy so I ordered the other one that was from apple, cant wait to get this in:)

Great. Let us know how the installation goes and how it's working.
Nitro1
Feb 20, 2010, 11:43 PM
I got one a few months back on Ebay for 50 or so and it was a original from apple. It works great go with a original.

B. Installation for me was ok except i did not know about the antenna's so i did not install them and i had a hell of a time figuring out why it was not working all the time. So install was easy except the antenna are behind the motherboard hidden. I grabbed the antenna from the Bluetooth board and just followed it back. I am unsure if this is different on the 08 from the 09 like you have but that is what i did.

Be careful with the antenna they are very easy to break from what i have read since then.

Either way i would do it yourself. It is cheaper and give you the great feeling of i am the **** because i did it myself. LOL.

Ebay best choice for finding the board tho. IMO.

Good Luck
Nitro