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MP 1,1-5,1 802.11ac, BT 4.0, Continuity, and Handoff Working on Mac Pro 2010
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Would you mind giving me the detail usb signal position in some pictures？
Would you mind giving me the detail usb signal position in some pictures？
OSXwifi - where are you?
I've had no luck with the "simple install" of the OSXwifi card for my Mac Pro 5,1. I've trashed the plist, done a SMC reset, tried a different Bluetooth Aerial, connected to several different USB ports, uninstalled then reinstalled the card, then finally did a system restore - no joy, still no Bluetooth. The wifi seems to be ok, I can see the card in System Report, but it is not able to connect to Bluetooth.
I've had no luck with the "simple install" of the OSXwifi card for my Mac Pro 5,1. I've trashed the plist, done a SMC reset, tried a different Bluetooth Aerial, connected to several different USB ports, uninstalled then reinstalled the card, then finally did a system restore - no joy, still no Bluetooth. The wifi seems to be ok, I can see the card in System Report, but it is not able to connect to Bluetooth.
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They may be overwhelmed with demand for these cards, as we have been.
Also in their defense, the single screw that holds the iMac card in can allow the card to pivot and lose contact with pins. Usually that results in either no BT or no WiFi. We have had 2 or 3 cards fail at end user, despite our best efforts.
You do need to put everything back in "discover" mode as all of your devices are actually paired to former BT card. It is also possible that the BT part of your card is NG, or the antenna.
There is no denying that our kit is much more elegant and self contained, using the original connectors and antenna, with no ugly cable snaking out and using up a USB port. I am sure they can move their cards much faster as they are snapped together rather than soldered from obscure bits.
However, even after testing each card before shipment, some still die enroute or during install. If you are certain that antenna is connected and that you have put things in "discover" mode and they won't pair or show up, just demand a replacement.
If all of their cards were crap, there would be a BUNCH of bad reports here. I'm sure you will find an answer.
Problem solved now, all I had to do was disconnect the bluetooth antenna and connect up one of the wifi cables to the bluetooth (J3) connector. YAY, thanks OSXwifi, now I can update to Yosemite and use Continuity and Handoff. Only the SSD TRIM ordeal to cope with now, but that's for another thread.
I'm sorry. But each one is hand assembled and tested twice.Takes a great deal of time for such a small thing. Have built a Mini rig to do first test but final always in real 4,1.
Have a stack of them ready to build, all parts are here, will do more this coming week.
Bluetooth working, no WIFI - 2008 Mac Pro
I followed Ludacrisvp's guide from post #286 (https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/20273458/) and ordered an adapter and a BCM94360CD WIFI/Bluetooth card from the same amazon sellers as he recommended.
Both card and adapter arrived in just over a week, and installation was fiddly but no major issues.
I have 2008 3.1 octo-core Mac Pro, and it never had bluetooth or WIFI before. There was a group of 3 cables labeled 1, 2, 3, and a single longer cable that I assumed to be the bluetooth cable (even though there was no BT sticker on it). I attached this longer bluetooth cable to the J3 connector on the card, and attached the other cables in order of length so that the longest cable could reach the furthest connector when the card was installed (connectors facing down).
After multiple reboot attempts, I see the bluetooth adapater, but no WIFI.
I have read on this thread that loosening the retaining screw and just wiggling the card around could help, but no matter what I try, bluetooth always shows up fine in the System Report, but when I click WIFI, it only ever shows a short list of Software versions.
Is there some specific order needed for the 1,2,3 cables on the card? Is there any other step I'm missing?
Thanks!
I followed Ludacrisvp's guide from post #286 (https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/20273458/) and ordered an adapter and a BCM94360CD WIFI/Bluetooth card from the same amazon sellers as he recommended.
Both card and adapter arrived in just over a week, and installation was fiddly but no major issues.
I have 2008 3.1 octo-core Mac Pro, and it never had bluetooth or WIFI before. There was a group of 3 cables labeled 1, 2, 3, and a single longer cable that I assumed to be the bluetooth cable (even though there was no BT sticker on it). I attached this longer bluetooth cable to the J3 connector on the card, and attached the other cables in order of length so that the longest cable could reach the furthest connector when the card was installed (connectors facing down).
After multiple reboot attempts, I see the bluetooth adapater, but no WIFI.
I have read on this thread that loosening the retaining screw and just wiggling the card around could help, but no matter what I try, bluetooth always shows up fine in the System Report, but when I click WIFI, it only ever shows a short list of Software versions.
Is there some specific order needed for the 1,2,3 cables on the card? Is there any other step I'm missing?
Thanks!
The order of the Wi-Fi antennas shouldn't matter.
My guess would be that you may want to remove the combo card and use a can of air to clean out the pcie port since you've not used it before it may be dirty and you are only able to use part of the card.
My guess would be that you may want to remove the combo card and use a can of air to clean out the pcie port since you've not used it before it may be dirty and you are only able to use part of the card.
That's actually a really good idea! I'm going to try that right now. Also I'll take pictures while it's apart just in case. Thanks.
Alas, no go. I took everything apart so I could get good access. I gave the PCIE female connector a thorough cleaning with compressed air. Put it all back together and the same issue persists. Bluetooth but no WIFI.
I've ordered another BCM94360CD card off ebay for cheap. Just seems strange to me that bluetooth works via the PCIE and not the WIFI considering its an integrated unit.
See attached image for wire hookups. I think they are fine though.
I've ordered another BCM94360CD card off ebay for cheap. Just seems strange to me that bluetooth works via the PCIE and not the WIFI considering its an integrated unit.
See attached image for wire hookups. I think they are fine though.
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That sucks. Could have been an ESD damaged card. If you have some alcohol you may try cleaning the pins (and letting them dry) on the combo card and the adapter and see if that helps.
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Oh where that antenna wire #2 is connected I did snap off that screw hole header (it's made to break off) I did that to prevent possible grounding out of the card. You may want to remove that one too.
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Oh where that antenna wire #2 is connected I did snap off that screw hole header (it's made to break off) I did that to prevent possible grounding out of the card. You may want to remove that one too.
I'll try that next. I didn't realize how close those were until i flipped it over and took this picture. Thanks.
Digging up an old post but I was curious about this pinout question too. Looking at the original bluetooth board cable you can see the pins are shifted showing the change on pinout. It also measures the correct voltage (3.3v) to ground on pins 3 and 4 from the backplane.
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Problem solved now, all I had to do was disconnect the bluetooth antenna and connect up one of the wifi cables to the bluetooth (J3) connector. YAY, thanks OSXwifi, now I can update to Yosemite and use Continuity and Handoff. Only the SSD TRIM ordeal to cope with now, but that's for another thread.
Could you provide some more details on which cable and where this J3 connector is? I also have the OSXWifi card. I didn't know when I ordered it that an external USB port was required!!!
I had a PCI USB card with one internal USB port so that wasn't a problem for me.
I was instructed to disconnect the portable bluetooth antenna (if you ordered one of these, as you had to order it separately) and connect any one of the three wifi antenna's to the J3 connector.
Here is a picture of the card with the J3 connector marked, hope this helps:
I'd send it back and order a complete solution from mackvidcards.com. He's out of stock at the moment but if you contact him, I'm sure he'd put one together pretty quick. His cards don't require any additional USB to be added. Why should you have to buy an additional PCIe card just to provide an internal USB port when one is already provided? You just need the right connector soldered to the WiFi card. MVC does that work for you out of the box.
Yeah I've already tried to buy one of the mavids ones but they go in and out of stock so quickly I've lost my patience with it.
I don't mind the USB port thing as I was going to buy a USB 3.0 PCI-E card anyway, I just wanted to see if I need a specific thing to be compatible with the OSXWIFI card.
I am from the UK so sending back isn't quite so easy..