kelman

Hoping someone has a secret fix I don't know about. I have a MBP 2.26 that no longer shows the airport card as an option for wifi, only ethernet and firewire. I tried adding it but it doesn't show airport as an option. Ok I tried an smc reset, pram and even reloading the osx (snow leopard) as well as downloading the newest firmware. Opened the back and all seems good for connections, I also read this seems to be an issue becoming more common as time goes by with these MBP's. Is there something I missed? Thanks for any suggestions as I no longer have applecare.

G-Mo

Try reseating the connection, if not, replace the card.

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kelman

tried reseating all the cables attached to the logic board following ifixit.
still no wifi
a card can just stop working I guess.

G-Mo

It can.

If you have an AASP near you, they should have a known good card for testing and likely wouldn't charge (or wouldn't charge much) to just throw it in and confirm. Otherwise, eBay has these cards for as low as $20. Alternately, you are looking at around $100 for the card plus labour for replacement.

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kelman

I have another mbp from the following year and I understand they are the same innards, I think it may be easier to swap logic boards or complete display units and see if it's the logic board or airport card/antenna.
Still open to ideas.

kelman

OK went to apple genius bar and had them check it out and he says it is the logic board connection. New board or usb wifi.

So, anyone know of any good mac compatible small wifi usb adapters?

CanadaRAM

The gold standard is the Newer Technology USB stick, it is a bit pricey.

We have had success with the Rosewill (generic) RNX-N180UBE USB stick $28 even though it does not claim Mac compatibility. It is a relatively small stick but it has a single positionable antenna.

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kelman

Thanks for the link although this is the style I would hope for
Canada Computers | Networking | Belkin N150 Wireless Micro USB Adapter - up to 150 Mbps (F7D1102)

Z06jerry

I came across this while looking for a friends mac mini that does't have a wifi card. Claims to be Mac compatible.

Ultra-Mini Nano USB 2.0 802.11n 150Mbps Wifi/WLAN Wireless Network Adapter - Free Shipping - DealExtreme

One of the reviewers stated that it uses a Realtek chip and worked in Leopard but he had to download drivers from Realtek's homepage for Snow Leopard . YMMV!

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kelman

that's what I was hoping to see, thanks I'll look into it!