"airport card not installed" and can't open network preferences

I was earlier having the problem of no ip address and not connecting to the Internet and self assigning an ip address. I tried everything to fix that and on my last attempt I turned off the airport and shut down but now it says I dont have an airport card installed. How do I fix this?

Your running snow leopard which may be the case. Probably not but i recommend doing a clean install of snow leopard if the problem perrsists.
Also I suggest going to the apple store anyways. I personally enjoy finding help on the forums but sometimes if you book in advance going to the apple is a whole lot simpler.
You might also want to try upgrading your operating system to Lion or Mountain Lion which may fix the problem.
Yet another option would be to open up the laptop (Voids your warranty) and check is the airpot card is loose and maybe not being recognized.
https://encrypted-tbn2.google.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR0HqbOHmgrl2qyu1kRZuMgFxgpt 0drL59Wz6IIiNGqKrh157p7vQ
^Picture of airport card^
Hope this helps,
-FRSH

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Sorry for the long post, just want to provide all relevant info.
I have a first gen intel mac book pro 15" that has been working fine from the day I got it (well except for the optical drive, but that's another story) and today it decided to start playing up.
I've tried numerous things after googling around without success. I would greatly appreciate if anyone could help me find a solution.
When I woke it from sleep by opening the lid today, it wouldn't connect to the wireless network so I clicked on the airport button in the menu and there appeared the message "No AirPort" card installed". Then I noticed that the volume button next to the AirPort button was also greyed out so I looked at Sound preferences and there appeared the message "No output devices found". Sometimes the screen would not turn on after waking from sleep so I tried connecting the laptop to my TV (no other monitor around) to see I could get a picture without success.
After a restart or two, the computer would sometimes not boot – the LED light at the front of the laptop would light up but the computer would not load. A couple of restarts by holding the power button down later, the computer would start.
At one point, when I hooked up the power adapter while logged in, the screen turned off. I had to restart the computer a few times to get it to work again (both with the power hooked up and when running on battery).
I did some googling and tried a number of things to try to resolve the issue without success. I tried the following:
- deleted the /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration folder. Apparently OSX gets confused with network adaptors sometimes.
- repaired disk permissions
- reset the NVRAM
- reset the SMC
- reset the PMU
- tried running the hardware tests from the Snow Leopard DVD but my optical drive decided not to accept the DVD when attempting to boot from it (ie. holding the D button) even though it reads the DVD fine from within OSX.
- i even booted OSX in verbose mode (cmd-V) to see if i could spot anything – didn't notice anything obvious.
Not sure if this has anything to do with these issues, but I recently replaced my power adapter with a new one after the original one stopped working. I got the new style 85W power adapters after talking to the MyMac sales guy about which one suits my laptop. Looks like the cable got damaged over the years.
Short of replacing the PVRAM battery in case it helps (apparently they last around 5 years), is there anything else anyone can suggest I try? or provide insight into the problem?
Any help is much appreciated.

Thanks for your suggestion.
One thing I forgot to mention was that I have a Bootcamp partition with Windows 7 and when I boot into Windows 7, the wifi and sound also do not work.
Do you think it is an OS X software problem if I'm having issues when booting into Windows 7?

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This Airport Card suddenly not available happened to me at the begining of 2012. It always worked since I bought my computer. I am researching this problem. Have you any suggestions for me from what you've learned? Thanks.

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No idea, but here is a thread on this very subject and many suggestions which have worked for some people:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1399798&tstart=15
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The dreaded Airport Card not Installed error

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Hello.
I opened my laptop's lid this morning to find that my airport card did not turn on automatically as it usually does. Nor would it turn on from the menu bar. So I decided to restart the machine. Upon restart and log in, Airport said that the card was not installed. Restarted again... kernal panic. Restarted a third time... another kernal panic. Then tried to safe boot, successfully booted and logged in. Restarted from the Apple Menu. Another kernal panic. Reset the PRAM and had a successful boot, but still have same airport not installed message.
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Jason:
Your Airport Extreme card is either not securely installed or has failed and needs to be replaced. Remove the Airport Extreme Card, wipe the contacts and re-install, making sure that it is securely in place. Then restart and see if the card is recognized. If it is not, you need a new card.
cornelius

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Does the iOS device connect to other networks?
Does the iOS device see the network?
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Do other devices now connect?
Did the iOS device connect before?
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least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.
- Power off and then back on the router
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- iOS: Recommended settings for Wi-Fi routers and access points
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When referring office 7 do you mean office 2007?
For update issue, windowsupdate.log will give us some clue.
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2.8GHz
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Hi, boot off your 10.6 Install Disc.
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Saabguy, Welcome to the discussion area!
Don't start a new thread. This makes troubleshooting even more difficult because people that read this thread have no idea what was suggested in your other thread. Therefore you will get the same suggestions here that you got in "Airport Card not installed - sigh".
The difference you are seeing has nothing to do with your problem.

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