I've taken an old airport card from a Mac Mini, and installed it in an Early 2009 Mac Pro.
The unit should be fully compatible, but when I boot, it just hangs at the 50% mark on the startup screen.
If I remove the card, the machine boots just fine.
Is there a firmware update I need to make to the system, to tell it about the new wireless card?
What makes yo think it is compatible? It seems not to be.
Also these do not list a Mini card being compatible with a Mac Pro desktop card
Interesting.
The first link you posted seems to say it would work, but I guess I should double check the Mac Mini that I pulled it from.
And the card I pulled looks like neither of those shown. Mine only has two antenna connectors.
What makes you think it is compatible?
The first link you posted states compatibility with the Early 2009 Mac Pro and the Mid 2007 Mac Mini (which is what I think I pulled it from.)
It might be the case that the Mac Mini is a later model, and the card isn't compatible.
Does your card have a part number?
Maybe the card is defective and that is causing the problem
As you suspected, lllaass, the card I have isn't compatible with the Mac Pro.
I solved my issue by purchasing a PCI Express Adapter.
Mac Pro airport card boot issues
