I was thinking about changing the MBP Wireless card it is a Broadcom and it isn't very good I do a lot of streaming and downloading of HD and often get lag my router is 6 inches in front of my computer most of the time. I wanted to replace it with Intel Centrino Advanced-n 6200 or 6300.
Is this possible?
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Why don't you just use ethernet?
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no... you could get some USB connected one or something, otherwise everything is soldered onto the logic board in there, you cant swap stuff out... the only thing that can come on and off the board is the ram.
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Maybe it's not the macbook, maybe it's your router, or some of the settings on the router. If it's 6-inches away from the router, there shouldn't be a problem. I remember reading that mbp's like some routers less than others, maybe that's the case.
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Model A1143 MB053LL/A -
I think it would be worth mentioning that I do not think OS X supports Intel Wireless Cards.
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MacBook Pro 15" Unibody Mid 2010 Teardown - iFixit -
Also, have you tried any network connectivity tests to see what bandwidth you're actually getting? 130Mbps should be more than sufficient to stream HD video. I stream 1080p HD video to my Xbox from my MBP13 and from Synology NAS to my MBP13 without issue. Another item to check is to make sure the antenna leads are properly connected to the logic board.
Finally, AFAIK...the Intel Centrino based wifi "boards" are all chipset based built into the southbridge. So even if you could pull out the Broadcom board like in the 15" MBPs or in a PC for that matter, you can't get a "Centrino" replacement regardless. -
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jackluo923 Notebook Virtuoso
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Here is a plastic unibody tear down with the wifi card seperate, so if Apple soldered on the card just for the MBP 13 inch, that would be weird. http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/MacBook-Polycarbonate-Unibody/1239/1 -
It isn't soldered in the 15. Though you don't want to replace it unless you can do without WiFi in OSX as OSX does not support the Intel cards.
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Intel® Centrino® Ultimate-N 6300 and Intel® Centrino® Advanced-N 6200 Overview -
And Anandtech's 2010 13" MBP review has some nice interior pics which is still basically the same layout as the 2009 models, so the wifi is still on the logic board.
Apple's 13-inch MacBook Pro (Early 2010) Reviewed: Shaking the CPU/GPU Balance - AnandTech :: Your Source for Hardware Analysis and News -
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yes the 13" airport is built in the display hinge area.. I didn't mean to start some argument, I just typed faster than I thought it out... would have to be made exactly right... not just some standard part.
Can you replace MBP 13 2010 Wireless Card
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