This is the board, together with the adapter, I got to upgrade my Mac Pro 2008. An eBay find from a seller called miraclelove, what a name. It takes more than a week to reach here all the way from China. But the items seem good quality. The guy could use a box to better protect the item but mine survived the long distance odyssey just fine. The cards appear brand new and in protective plastic bag, probably static proof or something. It seems like miraclelove is a decent seller who wrote me right away when he shipped the item and emphasized in case something something happened, contact the him or the seller first. I always appreciate an eBayer who is open to communication.
This has WiFi and BlueTooth together.
In my old 2008 Mac Pro (MacPro3,1) there are four antennae with paper flag marked 1 to 3 and one marked BT which has been attached with the BT module that came with the Mac Pro 2008 system. I removed the old BT module and set free the antenna for later use on the new module. I read somewhere regarding the antenna placement it says the BT antenna should be placed on the 3 position and the 3 antenna should go to the 0 position on the board. I guess something must have changed or this wire attachment simply is not for this card. So the first time I did it, the BT wasn't working. It wasn't working at all. It was like it didn't exist. WiFi was great though.
The second time, I just followed what the Broadcom card says and attached the antenna accordingly with the BT antenna attached to the 0 position on the board, and bang, it worked.
WiFi is very strong, it's the AC standard. BlueTooth I can't really tell as my attached devices aren't all that new. The BT magic keyboard is the second iteration that uses two AA batteries.
I have to say with poor eyesight it's a miracle that I can attach the four antennae, it's just very very difficult to feel your way to the connector. Using the wireless magic keyboard is such a breeze. Got to pay attention not to let any battery leak to the battery compartment though.
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