which wires for airport card

[Tonytownsend]

Hi ive looked around cant find for 09 mac pro. What of the three wires have to be connected to airport card thanks

[Roman23]

Wires you want to connect are 1 and 3.. 2 - let it just hang there.. I am not even sure what the number 2 wire does, but 1 and 3 are what you need to connect.


Hi ive looked around cant find for 09 mac pro. What of the three wires have to be connected to airport card thanks

[WardC]

Wires you want to connect are 1 and 3.. 2 - let it just hang there.. I am not even sure what the number 2 wire does, but 1 and 3 are what you need to connect.

Roman23 is right, everything I have read points to wires 1 and 3, and the BT wire (BlueTooth). Wire 2 should not be connected. But this is not an easy upgrade, and one which I wouldn't try doing myself, I mean I wouldn't do it myself to be honest.

[Roman23]

I paid Apple 30 bucks to install it in my mac pro.. I don't do micro micro parts.. and I thought doing my processor upgrade was difficult.. that was far easier than the airport! Man, are those screws ever so TINY!

SO, what to do with the 2nd wire or wire 2? DOes it have a use for something, or is reserved for a future device?


Roman23 is right, everything I have read points to wires 1 and 3, and the BT wire (BlueTooth). Wire 2 should not be connected. But this is not an easy upgrade, and one which I wouldn't try doing myself, I mean I wouldn't do it myself to be honest.

[WardC]

You might want to try this site for more information installing the card. They did it, they have detailed photos, and there is a lengthy discussion section on the page about "which wires to connect" and "where to connect them" here:

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

[Roman23]

the 2009 mac pros are quite different.. as the airport connector is under the processor tray.. I will post a link to the 2009 airport install.

I think I found it.. looky here - macrumors!

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=666644


You might want to try this site for more information installing the card. They did it, they have detailed photos, and there is a lengthy discussion section on the page about "which wires to connect" and "where to connect them" here:

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

[Roman23]

Where does this connect to?? Anyone? Is it some special device yet to be released?