I went and bought a new 15 incher (model 5,6) and now I discover the Airport Card is not accessible from the battery bay as shown here:
http://pbfixit.com/Guide/54/images_thumb/05.jpg
What I can learn on the internet is that my PB now features hardwired Airport Extreme and Bluetooth, possibly in one module.
Is it even possible to use an external antenna with this computer? Has anyone looked at the hardware? Ant websites talking about it?
-- Gnarlie
In article BEC74276.CAD0%gnarlodious@redacted.invalid, Gnarlodious gnarlodious@redacted.invalid wrote:
What I can learn on the internet is that my PB now features hardwired Airport Extreme and Bluetooth, possibly in one module.
No, that's wrong. The modules are separate and not "hardwired" but removable (as opposed to "user replaceable").
Is it even possible to use an external antenna with this computer? Has anyone looked at the hardware? Ant websites talking about it?
-- Gnarlie
Possible an easy way, or taking the PowerBook completely apart and drilling holes in your PB's case to allow external antenna access? No to the former.
I take these things apart for a living, so I'm not regurgitating some stuff I read somewhere.
You could just could just download the manual for this exact procedure from www.quickertek.com no drilling required
In article nchinn-6F3D47.00384805062005@redacted.invalid, Nick nchinn@redacted.invalid wrote:
In article BEC74276.CAD0%gnarlodious@redacted.invalid, Gnarlodious gnarlodious@redacted.invalid wrote:
What I can learn on the internet is that my PB now features hardwired Airport Extreme and Bluetooth, possibly in one module.
No, that's wrong. The modules are separate and not "hardwired" but removable (as opposed to "user replaceable").
Is it even possible to use an external antenna with this computer? Has anyone looked at the hardware? Ant websites talking about it?
-- Gnarlie
Possible an easy way, or taking the PowerBook completely apart and drilling holes in your PB's case to allow external antenna access? No to the former.
I take these things apart for a living, so I'm not regurgitating some stuff I read somewhere.