[X4U] AirPort Extreme card not working (was: Question about Airport Express)

Scott scott-xlists at scotist.com
Thu Feb 24 11:04:54 PST 2005


On Feb 23, 2005, at 2:22 PM, James S Jones wrote:

> You don't say which model iBook you have or what OS X and AirPort 
> software versions you're using. But, assuming  your iBook will work 
> with the AirPort Extreme card and your software is up-to-date, I'd 
> guess it isn't seated properly. It's surprisingly difficult to get 
> them in all the way.
> On Feb 23, 2005, at 1:28 PM, Winston MacKelvie wrote:
>> Hi all. I bought a factory packaged Airport Express card for my G3 
>> iBook> It fits perfectly. It didn't work. I returned it (by mail) for 
>> another. Same problem. It doesn't show up under Sys Profile under 
>> Airport. No Sys Prefs appears. No Network set-up appears.


All iBook G3 models use an Airport card, not an Airport Extreme card. 
They are not interchangeable. Apple no longer sells the Airport card. 
You can order one from a reseller or from a service provider as a 
service part.

-- 
Scott



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