04-13-2010, 07:37 PM
Hi there. I'm not even sure if this is the right forum for this, but I'm having a lot of trouble here trying to get this PowerBook G4 15" FW800 I got a while ago from a friend to even acknowledge the existence of an AirPort Extreme card. Maybe someone can point a finger in the right direction.
I've been using an Orinoco WiFi ethernet card up until this point but it's not very good; the signal dies easily through walls. I've tried two different used AirPort Extreme cards now, and the laptop refuses to even notice either one, even though I tried updating the AirPort software, and even reinstalling the OS and upgrading it to 10.4.11 again. Apparently when I go into the Network pane in System Preferences it should just say "card found", like it does with the ethernet connection, but it doesn't.
After a lot of no success, I thought it might be a hardware issue, so I took the laptop apart and snapped this pic of the area around the AirPort card slot. I have no evidence the slot in question ever worked, by the way.
Can anyone tell from that pic or anything else what the problem might be? Feel free to request a different pic with more parts removed or whatever if that will help.
I've been using an Orinoco WiFi ethernet card up until this point but it's not very good; the signal dies easily through walls. I've tried two different used AirPort Extreme cards now, and the laptop refuses to even notice either one, even though I tried updating the AirPort software, and even reinstalling the OS and upgrading it to 10.4.11 again. Apparently when I go into the Network pane in System Preferences it should just say "card found", like it does with the ethernet connection, but it doesn't.
After a lot of no success, I thought it might be a hardware issue, so I took the laptop apart and snapped this pic of the area around the AirPort card slot. I have no evidence the slot in question ever worked, by the way.
Can anyone tell from that pic or anything else what the problem might be? Feel free to request a different pic with more parts removed or whatever if that will help.