Mac Pro BT 4.0

Hello,
All your answers are here:

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1748061/

I tried the other path, removed my factory WiFi and BT cards and installed those two:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/191029765954

http://www.ebay.com/itm/390968179409

I am not sure if this item will work, and also, wonder why you should sacrifice a PCI port for something that fits elsewhere?

I hope this helps.

Yes, you remove both of the cards you have, and you install the adapter with the new card attached to the WiFi slot. Old BT card slot will be empty. Then you connect the wires with the order discribed on the other post I posted earlier and you are done. If you are on a Mac Pro 4,1/5,1 with this adapter you will be able to connect also an extra cable (included on the adapter item package I linked) to a USB port internally cause it's required.

I am on a Mac Pro 2,1 and don't know where exactly to connect this. Someone else will show you I am sure

When all these are done, you're good to go!

I got mine here: WiFi/BT upgrade

It works perfectly with continuity/handoff

rip-the-jacker said:

Yeah, but what did you have to do to get connected all together, remove all the mac pro innards?



RTJ

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No, just slide out the main tray. No screws or fasteners. Take the side panel off and slide it right out. There are instructions w/pictures on the website. Takes about 15min to install for a first timer.

I bought this along with the Bluetooth antenna extension cable. The USB part is plugged into the internal header on my USB 3.0 card (had to get an adapter to turn it into 2x USB 3.0 ports, then the cable plugged into one of the ports).

http://www.osxwifi.com/apple-broadc...-with-adapter-for-macpro-2009-and-macpro-2010

Which is basically the same thing that VAGDesign linked, except for the 4-pin to USB cable, and my bluetooth extension.

It works really well, doesn't even need a Handoff/Continuity enabler app so no patched kexts.

rip-the-jacker said:

hey guys,

would this not be the equivalent? (eBay code - 251754210499)



RTJ

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Yup, looks like the same. Go for it...

This item is the same with the one I linked earlier.
eBay has the same products in logical prices, sometimes I don't get
the 100% overprice from suppliers who buy the products from an eBay source as the rest of us...

It's not rocket science, it's plug and play. It's not a patent to ask for extra charge for the hard work... It is called rip-off in my book.

rip-the-jacker said:

hey guys,

would this not be the equivalent? (eBay code - 251754210499)



RTJ

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Actually, that one looks less like the other eBay options, and more like the one MVC does. They claim that in a 4,1 you don't have to run cables outside the system, so the only option is that it plugs into the BT header on the backplane - and the only source for that until now had been (as far as I know) MVC. Sometimes. Because making those cables is time-and-labor intensive.

DougTheImpaler said:

Actually, that one looks less like the other eBay options, and more like the one MVC does. They claim that in a 4,1 you don't have to run cables outside the system, so the only option is that it plugs into the BT header on the backplane - and the only source for that until now had been (as far as I know) MVC. Sometimes. Because making those cables is time-and-labor intensive.

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From what I can gather from the pictures, the only difference is the USB wire that goes from the adapter to the USB slot. MVC solders the wire into the adapter which connects to the original BT USB slot, eBay has a custom USB built into the adapter but the wire doesn't connect to the original BT slot but either internally/externally depending on availability of ports, and osxwifi seems to have built on the adapter some sort of way to avoid the soldering but instead use the top wire shown on the site to connect to the original BT slot.

Perhaps someone can shed some more light on this and correct me if I am wrong?

You don't need the external USB connection. You can use the power that used to go to the original BT card. Makes it all cleaner. See details in this thread - https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1748061/

rip-the-jacker said:

Just checked the progress of my order, and apparently its in the UK already

When installing my new processor, I'm sure I had a quick peek at my wi-fi card and could only see TWO gold connectors as apposed to THREE as I'm sure is meant to be???



RTJ

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The other wire is under your current Airport card. When you remove it you will find the 3rd wire.