Bluetooth upgrade mac pro

MP 1,1-5,1 Cheap wifi/Bluetooth upgrade for Mac Pro 3,1

You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an alternative browser.

georgia-ctsv

macrumors member

So I’ve got a fully up to date Mac Pro 3,1 running DosDues1’s Catalina OS. I’ve been wanting to upgrade my WIFI/Bluetooth card and have ordered one of the mac cards with the adapter. The problem is when installed the Mac would not boot. So dealing with hackintoshes I have used the Fenvi FV T-919 with good results. This card allows you to be able to unlock with your apple watch handoff, and continuity. Comes with Bluetooth 4.0 and 802.11ac all for $59.99 fully compatible OOB. So I ordered one for the Mac Pro the problem is you need a USB Header plug which the Mac Pro does not have. BUT you can order a CRJ 9-Pin USB IDC Dupont Male Header to Single USB 2.0 Type A Male Cable which plugs on to the cable on the Fenvi card needed for Bluetooth and you just plug it into a USB plug on the back of the machine. It works great and for a total of less $70.00 it’s a cheap upgrade that takes 15mins to install. Here are the links to the parts you need:
Cable https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07Q4QZW57/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Fenvi Card https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07VCCZS54/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

isaiahfranco

macrumors newbie

So I’ve got a fully up to date Mac Pro 3,1 running DosDues1’s Catalina OS. I’ve been wanting to upgrade my WIFI/Bluetooth card and have ordered one of the mac cards with the adapter. The problem is when installed the Mac would not boot. So dealing with hackintoshes I have used the Fenvi FV T-919 with good results. This card allows you to be able to unlock with your apple watch handoff, and continuity. Comes with Bluetooth 4.0 and 802.11ac all for $59.99 fully compatible OOB. So I ordered one for the Mac Pro the problem is you need a USB Header plug which the Mac Pro does not have. BUT you can order a CRJ 9-Pin USB IDC Dupont Male Header to Single USB 2.0 Type A Male Cable which plugs on to the cable on the Fenvi card needed for Bluetooth and you just plug it into a USB plug on the back of the machine. It works great and for a total of less $70.00 it’s a cheap upgrade that takes 15mins to install. Here are the links to the parts you need:
Cable https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07Q4QZW57/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Fenvi Card https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07VCCZS54/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

georgia-ctsv

macrumors member

Yes sir with no added kexts. I did have to turn off wifi and bluetooth on my iphone and the Mac Pro then back on to get hand off to work. After that working 100%.

Источник

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

• You get Continuity, Handoff and new AirDrop working natively
• Wi-Fi 802.11ac is insanely fast, Bluetooth 4.0 is more reliable, secure and way quicker
• macOS 10.15 Catalina no longer supports old BCM94322MC Wi-Fi card so Wi-Fi will not work there

Disclamer: this website is by no means associated with any of ebay sellers mentioned here. Links are provided for your convenience. We take zero responsibility if you damage your computer somehow (highly unlikely but you never know).

The upgrade kit described here is 100% native, doesn’t include any external cards, antennas and doesn’t require any additional software installation. The Broadcom card mentioned in the kit is used in many iMac models thus natively supported by macOS. 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)

• Broadcom BCM94360CD + mPCIe adapter. Ebay
• Bluetooth antenna extension cable. Ebay
• JST GH 1.25MM 4Pin connectors (3). Ebay

UPDATE September 2019! There’s a version of the mPCIe adapter that doesn’t require soldering! Amazon, Ebay. In this case you can skip Step 1.

1. Solder Bluetooth data cable to the mPCIe adapter

The original Bluetooth card will be removed because the BCM94360CD has both Bluetooth and Wi-Fi on board. D+ and D- connectors on the mPCIe adapter must be connected to the motherboard instead of the old Bluetooth card.

• You will need THREE JST cables where you remove yellow and green wires (only black and red are used).
• Connect them to each other so you have enough length for Bluetooth data cable:

• 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).

2. Remove CPU/RAM tray

Open your Mac Pro and remove the CPU/RAM tray.

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

3. Remove old Wi-Fi & Bluetooth cards

• 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.

• 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.

4. Installing new Wi-Fi & Bluetooth card

The new card with adapter goes in the PCIe slot where your old Wifi card was. Connect three existing Wi-Fi antennas and one Bluetooth antenna extension cable to the card exactly as shown below:

Slide the card with all 4 antennas attached into the mPCIe adapter then slide the adapter into the mPCIe slot. Tighten the adapter in place with one of two screws holding the old card.

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).

The loose end of our Bluetooth data cable must be connected to the motherboard:

When possible use small pieces of tape to fix wires to ensure they stay securely connected and don’t move much.

The guide is based on this MacRumors thread.

Источник

Upgrade bluetooth on Mac Pro 3,1 in order to support Surface Keyboard

I bought a Microsoft Surface Ergonomic Keyboard for use with my Mac Pro 3,1 (early 2008 quad core). It requires Bluetooth 4.0, which I thought I had — under System Information, it tells me I’m running Apple Bluetooth Software Version 4.4.6f2. But it does not even show up when the bluetooth preferences panel is looking for devices to sync with (yes, the keyboard is in sync mode).

I’m running El Capitan 10.11.6. I’m aware of the hacks for running Sierra and High Sierra, but for a variety of reasons, I’m not willing to try installing them (again). The hack is not compatible with a couple of the upgrades I’ve got on this system, including OWC’s 64GB memory modules and a 2TB 6G SSD on an internal PCI-e controller (macOS installers don’t like to install on external drives, which they think my SSD is because it’s on the PCIe controller).

Now, reviewing the original specs for the Mac Pro, I see I may have been mistaking hardware and software versions. The original specs note the 3,1 has «Bluetooth 2.0+EDR», which I assume refers to the bluetooth radio/on-board hardware.

So question is. if we assume I keep running only El Capitan, how can I upgrade? Is the internal Bluetooth receiver replaceable? Is it a part of the wifi card? Soldered to the logic board? I do not use WiFi on the machine; the machine runs CAT6 cables. And I’m not opposed to soldering things if needed. Just trying to figure out what my options are.

Posted on Feb 22, 2018 2:59 PM

Similar questions

Mac Pro 4,1 (5,1) Bluetooth upgrade questions I have an 8 core Mac Pro 4,1 (flashed to 5,1) from early 2009 which did not come with wifi. The original Bluetooth was always very spotty, so I always used a dongle. This generally worked OK but lately, perhaps due to OS upgrades, I found myself losing connections frequently. I invested in a combo mini PCIe card from osxwifi.com which has latest wifi and bluetooth and is compatible with all features of High Sierra (my present OS) and Mojave. The installation instructions called for disconnecting the USB cable from the old Bluetooth module and then connecting it to an extension USB cable that came with the dual card. I did so, and also removed the old Bluetooth card. I found that the Bluetooth dongle I had been using stopped working once the old Bluetooth card and been disconnected from USB, but I did not notice if the Bluetooth preference was present in System Prefs. Now, after removing the old card, I can confirm that there is no Bluetooth preference and menu bar says «Bluetooth unavailable.» The new dual card has been connected to the USB connector that was removed from the old Bluetooth card and wifi works, but the system is not seeing any Bluetooth. Could it be that the old Bluetooth card is needed for the system to see any Bluetooth? In other words, is the USB connection to the original Bluetooth card the only logical connection to the system, or was there some other communication between the system board and the original Bluetooth module? The reason I ask is that I am wondering if replacing the old, original BT card with a used module might restore the Bluetooth system preference and enable the system to see the new Bluetooth on the dual card.

BlueTooth MacMini We are in May 2021, we have received and installed the latest update 11.3.1 and the bluetooth problems are still not solved. Am I alone. Any connection to a BlueTooth device (keyboard, mouse, headset, etc.) is futile. What a disappointment this MacMini is!

Bluetooth problem, reset bluetooth module button does not show up. I try to connect my Keychron K2V1 to my MacBook Pro 13″ 2019, I always have a problem with my Bluetooth connection. Sometimes it cannot see any of my Keychron devices. Sometimes it can see, but when I click to connect my keyboard, it will show the loading animation forever. I try to reset the Bluetooth module, and it works. So, I have to reset my Bluetooth every time I want to connect my keyboard via Bluetooth. But since I updated my MacBook to Monterey, the reset Bluetooth module button has disappeared. I also try to reset SMC too, and it still not working. What should I do to fix this problem? P.S. My Keychron’s Bluetooth module is working well, I can connect it to my other devices(my iPad).

Источник