I just replaced the bottom case and added an upgrade airport card
When replacing the bottom case I thought I'd upgrade the airport card to the "n" for faster response time. Is there a driver that I don't have as I'm not able to pickup any wireless signal now and there are no wireless choices ie. wireless network is not working.
Is this a good question?
3 Comments
Can you give us a part number for the card and where it came from?
by mayer
Ok Thanks. Just to back track a little: Yes, I did as Jeff suggested ie, checked to see if the airport card had been accepted by the machine and it had which is why I kept pursuing a software fix. Since IFIXIT suggests that the 802.11n is an upgrade for the 802.11g I new there was a fix somewhere. Anyway, after following the instructions on ifixit and keeping all of those little screws organized in small sandwich bags with the step numbered on the front with a sharpie, the bottom case replacement with an upgradedairport card and upgraded (8x) DVD superdrive was successful. So I figure I got about $700 in upgrades if I would have had the apple store guys do the work for about $150 or so. This site is invaluable! Thank you IFIXIT!
by pegram
I'm a little messed up answering questions and adding comments but to answer mayer's question from 3 days ago: I got the airport card off of ebay (used) (card # is 802.11n) is the one that IFIXIT recommends as an upgrade for the older coreduo's which I have. You have to be a little careful here as some cards have 3 antennae hookups vice the two that the coreduo's and later models have. Anyway, mine screwed right in without issue and I do notice a difference in wireless connectivity speed over the original 802.11(g). Just as an added note: After cleaning the old heatsink goop off the tops of the processors
and replacing it with the new goop that IFIXIT sent, the laptop is running cooler which I hope translates into longer processor and logic board life.
by pegram