I've got a Mac Book Pro 17" 2.5 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo (Model Number: A1261) of 2008. My airport card worked very well till one day that I lost my connection unexpectedly. The only one message is: "Airport: Off" and "Turn Airport On" but although I try to turn it on the airport stays off. I've changed the card, thinking that was the problem, but isn't it. Now my Airpor work well at Mac startup and after a random time she goes off. When she's off the only way I can rekindle it is to restart the Mac.

I thought it can be a software problem and I've format my Mac several times with no results. The problem still the same.

Searching through internet I've found that there is a little card under the Airport card that can be the problem. With iFixit I've found the part and the guide to how to change it but before spending $100 I thought I'd ask here if it really can be the problem or not.

Do you have any ideas?

PS:

When the connection drops is always the same thing, If i click at the Wifi connection icon the only thing it said to me is: "No AirPort card installed". Isn't never a sleep problem and for the software is the same thing, isn't the same app running, sometimes i was running mail and sometimes only safari or OS updates.

I was thinking at the temperature problem too cause, sometimes, when i was using the ac/dc connection it seams to crash a little quickier than normal but it can be only my impression.

⟐ Answer edited June 19, 2013 at 6:17 am -0700

⟐ Answered September 4, 2012 at 4:30 pm -0700

And also, why is there a guide for replacing the card, but not the antenna!?

⟐ Commented May 26, 2012 at 5:08 pm -0700

everything works well except wifi.

how can i fix this problem....?

please give me a tip...thanks.

⟐ Answer accepted May 19, 2013 at 3:20 pm -0700

Its become unusable. I only get signal when my mac is next to the router. or within very very close range, it cuts out when im more than a meter away. I have a large antenna on my router, my pc is able to get full signal upstairs and my iPhone gets full signal when on the third level. Just wondering what i can do to resolve this issue?

I have a d-link wireless router... I notice i get a small improvement in signal strength when i have the laptop open at a 95 degree angle...

Hmm maybe my airport extreme card is on its way out? or the antenna in the lcd assembly is broken... orrrr maybe i need a airport base.. my router is old now, from 2005...

⟐ Answered November 5, 2012 at 4:31 am -0700

I have a distinct feeling I forgot something...A friend of mine spilled coffee on her MacBook Pro 13 inch and gave it to me. I replaced the keyboard (the bottom case) and everything works accept the camera and the wifi...(the wifi acts as though it's not there at all!). I have the distinct feeling I forgot something!

Update

OK, now that I'm positive that the cable behind the clutch cover is the problem I have two questions.

1. Can you remove the clutch cover WITHOUT removing the glass?
2. If so, where can I get a replacement cable?

Update 2

I have removed the clutch cover and found the other end of the cable. It splits into two, one goes into the airport (I think) and the other goes behind the glass, I assume that goes to the camera. While the computer was on, I wiggled the cable on the logic board end and got the camera to turn on.

Conclusion so far: I am 100% positive the cable is broken. I'm 50% sure I'm not going to be able to replace it without removing the glass. Any help on this would be awesome!

Update 3

OKAY after obsessing over this for the last 2 hours I kept messing with the plug on the logic board until the camera turned on...now it works and so does bluetooth. Are my troubles finished there?! NOPE, the wifi still isn't on...well I'm going to have to put this down at some point it might as well be now. Any updates...comments...help...is greatly appreciated.

⟐ Answer deleted January 30, 2011 at 10:23 pm -0700

Is there a way to just replace the wireless chip on the iPod or does the entire motherboard have to be replaced?

Thanks,

peder

⟐ Answered July 18, 2010 at 9:25 pm -0700

⟐ Answer edited September 30, 2011 at 5:18 am -0700

I just wonder if the GPS and the WIFI antenna is the same?

The black plastic looking thing on pic 23 and 24 shown here.

Best regards from sweden!

⟐ Answered May 11, 2012 at 4:05 am -0700

Any help is appreciated. Thanks!

⟐ Answered May 17, 2010 at 5:46 am -0700

if your wondering, my iPod got water damaged and now the wifi doesn't work anymore. I already replaced the battery, digitizer, and lcd now i need the wifi fixed

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⟐ Answered May 27, 2010 at 12:23 am -0700

i have some news, for the people who's wifi is not working.

i tried many things and now have more concrete facts about this problem.

my wifi can't find any networks.

first i thought that the problem is the wifi antenna.

on ebay there are many "wifi antennas".

all the vendors tell that this antenna http://www.traderscity.com/board/userpix... handels the wifi. but its not.

i disconnected it at a phone where wifi was working.

after disconnecting wifi still worked, but gps was not working.

so the wifi antenna must be somewhere else.

i think that this part http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sk... handels the wifi and the 3G.

i changed this part, but the phone was still not finding any networks.

so i thought, that the wifi chip on the logicboard maybe broken.

so i wanted to make another test and i installed the jailbroken app called "mywii".

with this app you can open a ad hoc network with your phone.

and it works.

so the wifi chip is not broken.

wifi antenna and chip are working fine. but phone is not finding any networks. this is very strange.

i have no idea what the problem can be.

but its not the antenna and not the wifi chip.

i also tried to reset network settings, made a update and restore. but nothing works.

⟐ Commented April 30, 2013 at 6:52 pm -0700

I'm not sure what causes this, but any suggestion on how to resolve this?

⟐ Answered June 19, 2010 at 11:13 am -0700

⟐ Answered June 23, 2010 at 6:08 pm -0700

⟐ Answered July 5, 2010 at 4:51 am -0700

Since noticing, I've reset, turned off notifications and fetch new data, turned wifi on and off, removed and replaced SIM, turned off 3g network, upgraded to version 4.something...

Not jailbroken, btw

Putting it in the freezer didn't help.

And I do have a MAC address.

⟐ Answered August 30, 2010 at 4:12 am -0700

⟐ Answered September 1, 2010 at 4:15 pm -0700

⟐ Answered November 5, 2010 at 8:31 pm -0700

I wanted to know if there is a definitive way to check the functionality of the different components involved (ie. antenna, airport, connections, etc...) or see if it's a software issue. I'd like to avoid a situation where I buy a new airport card only to find out it wasn't bad in the first place. If you have the answer already, that's cool too.

Supplementary information:

• MBP Purchased mid 2006
• 1yo replaced logic board
• Original airport card
• 1yo HD upgrade
• Screen hinges have been tightened several times in the past year.

Thanks in advance for the help. Sorry if there are any red hearings here.

⟐ Commented April 9, 2011 at 3:36 pm -0700

signal fluctuates from one to 3 bars from a total of 4 bars

⟐ Commented September 25, 2010 at 10:37 am -0700

Any ideas or suggestions as to what may have caused this and what is the best remdy for this problem.

I have tried to reset the network settings but that did not help, my next attempt will be to update the firmware hoping that may resolve the issue, however i strongly feel that this may be a hardware issue.

where is the wifi antenna located in the iphone 4?

If anyone has has this similar problem please share your experience with me.

⟐ Answered June 18, 2013 at 4:20 pm -0700

Anything I can do to repair it ?

*Since the cover is not from the original phone, and neither is the motherboard, the model listed to the right might not be accurate, because the motherboard is a 4gig and the cover says 8gig on it.

⟐ Answered April 5, 2011 at 3:49 am -0700

Any suggestions?

I have read lots of others have this problem, though my Apple store manager denies this.

⟐ Answer accepted November 18, 2010 at 4:20 am -0700

Does anyone have any suggestions as to what is wrong?

I also have a 1st gen iPod and it shows 3 bars where this 2nd gen shows 2 bars.

I am about ready to pull this 2nd gen back apart to replace a defective LCD under warranty(Has a small cluster of stuck pixels) and also to see why the Home key started sticking after rebuild.

So if anyone out there in expert land, has a idea of why my wifi range is diminished. Now is the time to step forward.

Update

when i tern my ipod on the apple comes up and thats it

⟐ Answer edited August 6, 2011 at 10:09 pm -0700

⟐ Answered January 28, 2011 at 4:01 pm -0700

So anyway, recently it stopped charging, worked until the battery went dead, I again visited apple and they diagnosed water damage to logic board, £140 (How so when it worked fine until battery died) so I narrowed it down myself and discovered all that needed replacing was the dock connector, done, back in great....however the WIFI signal is rubbish, I've put connector 6 back on right but it's just not what it used to be. I can stand literally 2 meters away from my router and have 2 bars?

Has anyone got any idea what's happening....

NB: Sorry, I didn't exactly keep it as short as I'd planned.

⟐ Answered May 17, 2012 at 12:32 pm -0700

It is not OK to just turn it off, has to be physically disabled, totally removed so can not be turned on accidentally. this is true in most secure areas in world, also true near any ordnance or explosives (HERO) and will soon become true for Oil and Gas installations and platforms.

We have had no problem taking apart the iPad and removing antennas, but zero luck with iTouch - need help -- wrecked about six so far .... We need help desperate !!!

How do we remove iTouch WiFi Bluetooth antenna and get back together ? - where is it or any other ideas how to totally disable or cook both WiFi and Blue-tooth in iTouch..

Thanks John Stevens

⟐ Commented January 13, 2011 at 4:25 am -0700

The problem is, I broke the little gold antenna in half, and I lost one of the halves. It still detects wifi networks, but will not connect, and I've tried multiple networks.

Is there a replacement that can be found somewhere, or something else that can be used in it's place, such as foil? I've tried a gum wrapper already, but that did not work. The cheaper the solution, the better. Thanks!

*EDIT*

I tried a piece of a foil gum wrapper. My wifi works now. I'm not sure if the wrapper did it, but I know that I don't want to touch it, now that it works.

⟐ Answered December 12, 2011 at 8:16 pm -0700

⟐ Answer accepted January 20, 2012 at 2:32 pm -0700

⟐ Answered August 11, 2012 at 5:37 pm -0700

I have recently discovered that I cannot use my WiFi at all. Apparently my iPhone has become victim to water damage. I don't know how this is possible since I am very careful with it. I can't remember getting it wet or even near water. Anyways, I took it to an Apple store and they took a look at it and said that two of the water damage indicators have turned red or something. I no longer have warranty and this isn't covered under warranty anyways. My only option through them is to buy another phone.

Everything on the phone works fine EXCEPT the WiFi. Under settings the phone just doesn't find any networks.

What are my options as far as fixing this problem? Could I simply replace the logic board?

Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks.

⟐ Answered June 30, 2012 at 6:19 pm -0700

At first: sorry for my bad english...i'm german.

I have a big issue with my MacBook 13" Unibody 2,0 Ghz. A few weeks ago i damaged the connector from the iSight, Bluetooth & Airport Cable that goes to the Mainboard. So i bought a new one and everything works exept the Airport. I thought i have damaged my old Airport card through my repair-session so i bought a new airport card from ebay. The seller from the card meant that the card isn't new but has 100% functionality. But after i replaced the new airpord card with the new one i still have no connectivity. OS X said, that "no airport-card is installed". Resetting PRAM and the other solutions doesn't work. Windows 7 via BootCamp still doesn't find a wifi-card too in the device manager.

So what can be the issue? Maybe the new card is damaged too? Or the connector that connects the airport card with the cable that i written? And when the airport card is the issue....can it be only the card or maybe the card + the antennas there next to the card?

One other small question? the cable that i plugged in the card has at one side a small white dot on it...in which direction the dot should looked to? to the user (away from the lcd) or to the lcd panel?

I hope anyone understand what i want to ask ;)

Greetings

⟐ Commented April 8, 2013 at 10:27 am -0700

Please help me! I have a iphone 3gs. it have noch wifi (i can´t activate it), no bluethout, no Modem.Firmware......

Please help me...

THX

⟐ Answered April 20, 2012 at 7:22 pm -0700

⟐ Answered September 27, 2012 at 6:09 am -0700

In this picture its the iPhone 2g without the LCD:

http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/1135/...

Which of the white cable(1, 2 or 3 in the pic) is responsible for the WIFI signal?

How can I know if the problem is the cable, or the whole ANTENNA Module (the red square in picture)?

the phone/network carrier signal is OK, its just the WIFI which bad.

And if I buy this Antenna module:

http://img861.imageshack.us/img861/817/4...

How the I replace it?

I should paste it?

Is it difficult to install it?

thanks

⟐ Commented June 14, 2011 at 4:28 am -0700

My answer: Is it a stupid idea? where can i find cables and plugs?

⟐ Commented June 23, 2011 at 1:09 am -0700

*the white bezel on iPad seems to be comming off near bottom

⟐ Edited April 11, 2013 at 4:48 pm -0700

⟐ Answered January 9, 2013 at 3:44 am -0700

Apple recently updated their Time Capsules and AirPort Extremes, with no official announcements as to what was updated even though their part numbers have changed.

This website did a quick teardown of the time capsule and they didn't find and changes to the hardware.

One can argue that the time capsules update was to go from 1TB & 2TB to 2TB & 3TB. But what was the reason behind the AirPort Extreme update??

IFixIt.com are you able to work your magic and dissect one?

Time Capsule:

Old (2TB): MC344LL/A

New (2TB): MD032LL/A

AirPort Extreme:

Old: MC340LL/A

New: MD031LL/A

⟐ Answered April 30, 2013 at 5:58 pm -0700

⟐ Answered July 21, 2011 at 12:16 pm -0700

anyone else getting this and is there anyway to fix it?

thanks

⟐ Answer accepted September 30, 2011 at 2:37 am -0700

⟐ Answered April 17, 2012 at 11:43 pm -0700

My iPhone has very poor WiFi connectivity. A week ago everything worked fine, but now only way I can connect to a WiFi is standing right in front of it. After a meter/yard WiFi quality drops dramatically.

My 3G (as in 3G connectivity, not the iPhone 3G) seems ok. No problems there.

I have tried removing software, restoring to factory defaults etc. but nothing worked. My other Apple devices (iPhone 2G, iPad2, macbook pro) all work fine (so the Wifi access point is not the problem).

By the way, my iPhone is not jailbroken.

I checked iFixit repair guides but am not able to find a WiFi replacement manual. Can someone point the WiFi part out in a existing iPhone 3GS repair guide (or even better: is someone willing to write a WiFi repair guide and put it online)?

Also, where can I buy an iPhone 3GS WiFi part?

Thank you.

⟐ Commented October 28, 2011 at 10:18 am -0700

Component Image Link

is it resistor, capasitor, inductor or diode?

Thanks

⟐ Answer deleted June 6, 2012 at 9:30 am -0700

⟐ Commented July 21, 2012 at 2:35 pm -0700

⟐ Answer accepted November 6, 2011 at 2:50 pm -0700

I successfully replaced the Front Panel (with some drawbacks, I broke the Volume/Power Flex Cable while disassembling the iPod) but now the Wifi Signal strength seems lower than before, especially when my hand is in the near of the upper left corner where the antenna is located.

The Wifi Antenna is still connected to the logic board (I guess, as I would'nt have any signal if it was disconnected?).

I don't remember if there was any connection between the Wifi Antenna and the iPod Steelcase for better connectivity.

Has anyone had a similar problem?

Greets

⟐ Answered January 2, 2012 at 12:03 pm -0700

⟐ Answer edited November 19, 2011 at 9:50 am -0700

Update

if i cut off that long black wire it would be disabled?

⟐ Comment deleted December 12, 2011 at 12:12 pm -0700