Airport Extreme Card M8881Z/A not recognised

Hi,
I have a eMac (ATI-Graphics) 1Ghz G4 processor. I bought the above airport card, under the impression that it would be compatable and work. I have followed the instructions on the apple website but the emac does not recognise it. Is there anything I can do that might help?
I know it is a very broad question. The card does not show up in the networking section of system profiler. I am running Mac OS X 10.4.11.
Thanks

The Airport Extreme card is an extremely tight fit in the ATI-graphics eMac's card slot. It has been consistently reported for years that you can push the Airport Extreme card until it feels as if it's clicked into place, yet the card isn't really fully seated. This can cause problems from kernel panics on restarting to failure of the card to appear. It's also not unheard-of to have a defective card, especially one bought second-hand.
Try removing the card, and closely examine the pin edge of the card. If any of the pins appear bent, or the card pin edge itself is slightly bent, return the card in exchange for a replacement. If the card appears OK, try reinserting it (eMac - Do-It-Yourself), but after fully inserting the card, contiue to push the card into the slot until the 50-lb eMac just begins to slide away from you on your desk or table. Make sure the antenna connector is fully seated, too.

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