2008 mac pro and airport extreme card

hatehereyeshatehereyes
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in Current Mac Hardware edited January 2014
I have a 2008 mac pro but no airport extreme card installed.



is the one from the apple website the one that's compatible with my computer?



http://store.apple.com/us/product/M8...MQ&mco=MTg5Njg

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  • Reply 1 of 14
    prismprism Posts: 75member
    No, it's not compatible and doesn't even look the same.



    The Mac Pro wireless card is installed only by a authorized reseller/repair centre.

    Costs about 50 Euro's.

    That's the official part.



    I got mine from a authorized reseller and build it in myself.

    You need to know what you're doing since it's tiny as hell!

    I'm also not pleased with the thing. But maybe it's my module.

    Overall it works great, and suddenly the connection drops for like 30 seconds.

    It's completely random.
  • Reply 2 of 14
    hatehereyeshatehereyes Posts: 12member
    that's what i was thinking but i just though that they changed the picture on the apple website to make it look nice.





    but is there anywhere online that i can buy the card that's compatible with my system and i can just install myself?
  • Reply 3 of 14
    prismprism Posts: 75member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by hatehereyes View Post


    that's what i was thinking but i just though that they changed the picture on the apple website to make it look nice.





    but is there anywhere online that i can buy the card that's compatible with my system and i can just install myself?



    Nope, can't buy them online because officially you need to bring your Mac Pro to the authorized reseller and let them build it in.

    Hence it's of no use to sell them online.

    Although probably with some effort you might find someone selling, but it's hard.
  • Reply 4 of 14
    hatehereyeshatehereyes Posts: 12member
    would this card be compatible with my mac pro?



    http://www.powermax.com/parts/show/q34844
  • Reply 5 of 14
    prismprism Posts: 75member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by hatehereyes View Post


    would this card be compatible with my mac pro?



    http://www.powermax.com/parts/show/q34844



    Yes, that's the one.
  • Reply 6 of 14
    carniphagecarniphage Posts: 1,984member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Prism View Post


    Yes, that's the one.



    You'll need small fingers if you want to fit it yourself.



    The card fits into a slot (underneath the first hard drive).

    It takes two small screws to hold it down -

    then you need to attach two of the small coaxial antenna cables.



    C.
  • Reply 7 of 14
    prismprism Posts: 75member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Carniphage View Post


    You'll need small fingers if you want to fit it yourself.



    The card fits into a slot (underneath the first hard drive).

    It takes two small screws to hold it down -

    then you need to attach two of the small coaxial antenna cables.



    C.



    Installing the PCB isn't the problem, attaching the antenna cables is hell!

    They are so small and fit so tight it took me a while to get them attached.



    Atm I ain't even using the wireless module.

    It somehow looses connection every once in a while for no apparent reason.

    Complete network loss, but it restores itself in 30 seconds or so.

    No clue what goes wrong, but very annoying if you play a online game.
  • Reply 8 of 14
    zinfellazinfella Posts: 877member
    The simple way is to use the card bus slot. There are cards for this, and in fact I have one from Sonnet for my G4 Titanium. This eliminates all of the fuss with installing an internal card. Be sure to get the correct card for your particular model.
  • Reply 9 of 14
    prismprism Posts: 75member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by zinfella View Post


    The simple way is to use the card bus slot. There are cards for this, and in fact I have one from Sonnet for my G4 Titanium. This eliminates all of the fuss with installing an internal card. Be sure to get the correct card for your particular model.



    What card bus slot? Or do you mean buying a PCI-E card with a slot on it?

    And if you talking about the MacBook Pro, we're talking about the Mac Pro workstation.
  • Reply 10 of 14
    hatehereyeshatehereyes Posts: 12member
    ok thank you for helping me out. i am going to order that one now from powermax.



    but could you help me out and tell me which antenna wires go where?

    i got the wires out but i ended up pulling 3 of them out and i already have bluetooth installed so all 3 of those wires would have to be for the airport card.

    now which wire goes where?



  • Reply 11 of 14
    prismprism Posts: 75member
    Try this page for that.

    It's the one I used.



    http://guides.macrumors.com/Adding_B...s_to_a_Mac_Pro
  • Reply 12 of 14
    hatehereyeshatehereyes Posts: 12member
    ah thank you for this and all your help.



    after reading through that page i just found out that the cable for the bluetooth card were connected wrong.
  • Reply 13 of 14
    prismprism Posts: 75member
    Be sure to read the bottom part. It says something about different builds of the Mac Pro, and where the antennas have to be.
  • Reply 14 of 14
    zinfellazinfella Posts: 877member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Prism View Post


    What card bus slot? Or do you mean buying a PCI-E card with a slot on it?

    And if you talking about the MacBook Pro, we're talking about the Mac Pro workstation.





    Oooooops, I misread the title.
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