Wireless Card For MacPro???

[o CUBBY o]

Hello!

So just recently purchased a wireless card for my 2007 MacPro tower. I ordered the...Apple MB363Z/A Airport Extreme Wireless Upgrade Kit. When I received the card it looked very different from the photo and had a different model #. What I received was...Model #ARSBXB6 With a little research it turns out to be a Macbook Pro PCI-E Airport Extreme Card (and it didn't come with the screws, arrgh).

I wrote the seller and the response was that it was the same thing and would work in the MacPro, and a bunch of mumbo jumbo about different factories it could have been made in...is this true?

I opened up my MacPro last night and gave it a go. It fit into the slots, but I could not get the #2 #3 antenna to attach. When pushing them down, they would just pop right off. After an hour of trying, I gave up. Is there a trick to this? Do they need to be facing a certain direction? Or is this card not meant to be installed into this computer?

Thanks!

 

[chscag]

Do they need to be facing a certain direction? Or is this card not meant to be installed into this computer?

Send the card back to the seller and get a refund. That's not going to work in your Mac Pro. As you pointed out, the model numbers are different and the antenna connectors are not the same. You need the original.

 

[pigoo3]

As chscag recommended...return what you purchased...then head over to:

- Mac Repair - Mac Parts and Service for Apple Macbook, iPhone, iPad

They should have what you're looking for.

- Nick

 

[harryb2448]

On a Mac Pro 1.1 often the antenna wires were labelled incorrectly. Try switching them around. They just clip on. Screws for the card are sold separately alas.

http://meanderingpassage.com/2007/0...-an-airport-extreme-card-in-an-intel-mac-pro/


http://www.ebay.com/itm/Pack-of-4-Mac-Pro-Airport-Bluetooth-Card-SCREWS-922-7734-/150949076121