no wifi slot in mac pro?

[davidterranova]

Hi, I have a mac pro a friend gave to me, not sure what year it is but the processor is a 2.26 Quad-Core Intel Xeon, if that helps pinpoint the generation?

I bought a wifi card for it but I can't find anywhere on the motherboard where to slot it in. By looking at various articles and photos online it just seems like I have a different layout on my motherboard.

Here's what I have

And this is the card

Any ideas?

 

[GGJstudios]

Hi, I have a mac pro a friend gave to me, not sure what year it is but the processor is a 2.26 Quad-Core Intel Xeon, if that helps pinpoint the generation?

If it's any help, here are the specs for your Mac: Apple Mac Pro "Eight Core" 2.26 (2009/Nehalem) Specs

 

[davidterranova]

If it's any help, here are the specs for your Mac: Apple Mac Pro "Eight Core" 2.26 (2009/Nehalem) Specs

That helps indeed! I found this post and it looks like the same situation, so I'll dig around and see.

Thanks a lot

 

[jayducharme]

I'm not sure if this is your model or not:

http://manuals.info.apple.com/MANUALS/1000/MA1639/en_US/mac_pro_mid2012_ug.pdf

Apple's site has all of their manuals. To find the exact model you have, get the serial number (click the apple on the menu bar and then click About This Mac) and go here:

http://www.appleserialnumberinfo.com/Desktop/index.php

The style of AirPort card varied somewhat from model to model. Sometimes you had to pull out the hard drive bays to see the socket.

 

[Celedral]

you might have a 5,1 MP, so you'll need to pull the CPU tray out to see it.

 

[davidterranova]

Thank you, yes it appears to be the same as the link I posted in my last message. I've found the slot and have inserted the card, but now I have 3 cables and I'm not sure which of these I'm supposed to attach to the card.

 

[davidterranova]

Ignore my last message, all sorted and working!
Thanks for pointing me in the right direction

 

[GGJstudios]

Ignore my last message, all sorted and working!
Thanks for pointing me in the right direction

Glad you got it working!

 

[jkeekij]

Glad you got it sorted out. The part of the thread I like the most is this: "I have a mac pro a friend gave to me" 😀

 

[Fastsavage]

you might have a 5,1 MP, so you'll need to pull the CPU tray out to see it.

My 4.1 2 x 2.26 has it behind the processor tray as well

 

[DisplacedMic]

Glad you got it sorted out. The part of the thread I like the most is this: "I have a mac pro a friend gave to me" 😀

missed that on the first read through...all i saw was "i have awesome friends"

 

[nateo200]

Your friend GAVE YOU A MAC PRO?! Oh man if he has any other Mac Pro's laying around just send me a message!