Wifi usb for 2009 mac pro upgrade#
Wifi usb for 2009 mac pro pro#
Wifi usb for 2009 mac pro Bluetooth#

Wifi usb for 2009 mac pro Bluetooth#

The loose end of our Bluetooth data cable must be connected to the motherboard: The loose end of our Bluetooth antenna extension cable should be connected to the existing Bluetooth antenna cable (disconnected previously from the old Bluetooth card). Tighten the adapter in place with one of two screws holding the old card. Slide the card with all 4 antennas attached into the mPCIe adapter then slide the adapter into the mPCIe slot. Connect three existing Wi-Fi antennas and one Bluetooth antenna extension cable to the card exactly as shown below: The new card with adapter goes in the PCIe slot where your old Wifi card was.

Unscrew 1 screw holding the old Bluetooth card, disconnect data cable and gold antenna connector, remove the card by pulling it towards you, it’s slightly glued with adhesive.

Unscrew two small screws holding the old AirPort Wifi card and disconnect 2 or 3 antennas by lightly pulling them towards you (depending on the model, one antenna can be unused and hidden below the card), remove the card by sliding it to the left.

Later we will be passing wires behind the area highlighted in the center. Wi-Fi card is highlighted on the left and the small Bluetooth card on the right. With the tray removed your computer should look as on the photo below.

Wifi usb for 2009 mac pro pro#

Open your Mac Pro and remove the CPU/RAM tray. Solder (or ask someone who has a soldering machine) D+ and D- contacts on the adapter to black and red wires correspondily (not quite neatly on the photo).Connect them to each other so you have enough length for Bluetooth data cable:.You will need THREE JST cables where you remove yellow and green wires (only black and red are used).D+ and D- connectors on the mPCIe adapter must be connected to the motherboard instead of the old Bluetooth card. The original Bluetooth card will be removed because the BCM94360CD has both Bluetooth and Wi-Fi on board. Solder Bluetooth data cable to the mPCIe adapter There’s a version of the mPCIe adapter that doesn’t require soldering! Amazon, Ebay. Some smart guy sells similar kit for around 215 USD + shipping but normally you get it for less than a quarter of the price (and free shipping from China) The Broadcom card mentioned in the kit is used in many iMac models thus natively supported by macOS.

Wifi usb for 2009 mac pro upgrade#

The upgrade kit described here is 100% native, doesn’t include any external cards, antennas and doesn’t require any additional software installation. We take zero responsibility if you damage your computer somehow (highly unlikely but you never know).

macOS 10.15 Catalina no longer supports old BCM94322MC Wi-Fi card so Wi-Fi will not work thereĭisclamer: this website is by no means associated with any of ebay sellers mentioned here.

Wi-Fi 802.11ac is insanely fast, Bluetooth 4.0 is more reliable, secure and way quicker.

You get Continuity, Handoff and new AirDrop working natively.

Here’re main reasons why you want to upgrade Wi-Fi to 802.11ac and Bluetooth to 4.0: Classic Mac Pro 5,1 (also 4,1 upgraded to 5,1) features only Wi-Fi 802.11n and Bluetooth 2.1.