Airport Extreme card out of eMac into old G5

After getting a new iMac, i have reassigned all the Macs in our home. My old G5 tower had no wireless card. So, i took the Airport Extreme card out of an old eMac and put it into the G5. It fit, and I thought I had the problem solved. But, I am not getting the network to show up. Is the card compatible?

Current generation iBook G4's have a built in Airport Extreme interface - they don't make use of a user-installable Airport Extreme card.
Does your Mac have an Airport menu item (the fan-shaped icon near the right side of the MacOS menu bar)? If so, it already has an installed Airport interface.

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Airport Extreme Card does not fit into my laptop.

I recently purchased an Apple iBook G4 and a separate Airport Extreme Card. Maybe I'm just Mac-illiterate, but I can't figure out how to install the card. I've studied the directions in the manual and online but the diagrams don't seem to correspond with my laptop. For example, my laptop does not have the grey wire or metal bracket that are shown in Figure 6 at http://www.info.apple.com/usen/cip/pdf/ibkg4/ibg4-apc-cip1.pdf. In fact, that whole area in my laptop looks very different from the way it looks in the image. The card doesn't fit/snap in anywhere under the keyboard.
Am I totally missing something? Is the card supposed to be installed elsewhere? Did I perhaps purchase the wrong card?
Any support you can offer will be greatly appreciated. Hopefully my question isn't too stupid!

Current generation iBook G4's have a built in Airport Extreme interface - they don't make use of a user-installable Airport Extreme card.
Does your Mac have an Airport menu item (the fan-shaped icon near the right side of the MacOS menu bar)? If so, it already has an installed Airport interface.

Blank screen on my eMac after installing Airport Extreme Card

I just bought and installed (the right way, I checked) the Airport Extreme card on my eMac G4 desktop and at first the computer couldn't find it at all and after restarting several times, now the computer turns on but the screen is absolutely blank. I took the card out and restarted and it came on just fine. Can the card be affecting the screen? ANy help appreciated, I have no idea on this one.

This symptom is commonly seen when the Airport card is not FULLY seated into its socket. It can take a fair bit of force to do this.

Airport Extreme card installed, eMac stuck on gray Apple screen at start-up

I just installed an Airport Extreme card on my eMac (USB 2.0). When I try to boot, it gets stuck on the gray Apple screen, with the spinning gray "spokes." The card is pushed as far as it will go into the slot, and the antenna is all the way in as well. When I take the card out, the computer boots up fine. I tried installing the software first, but it doesn't appear to be installed after it does the required restart for new software. I'm not sure if I have the software already...
At any rate, the biggest issue is that it won't boot past the gray screen. Any thoughts? (I have a version of Tiger, though I'm not sure exactly which because I'm sick of the un/install process at the moment, and am staring at the gray screen.)

The card is pushed as far as it will go into the
slot, and the antenna is all the way in as well. When
I take the card out, the computer boots up fine. I
tried installing the software first, but it doesn't
appear to be installed after it does the required
restart for new software.
Hi, I have a 1GHz eMac ATI and had a problem installing my Airport Extreme card as well. It would boot fine, but the card would not connect. It turned out that the card was not seated properly and maybe this is something for you to look at.
If you look at the Airport slot with the card and cover removed you will see the end of a black plastic guide bar on the right of the slot when viewed from the front of the machine. (Assuming the ATI eMac and USB 2.0 are the same in this regard) When the card and the aerial are fully seated home, the silver top of the aerial plug should be just about level with the front end of the black plastic bar, just a whisker or 2 sticking out. If it is more than this (more than say 1-2mm - 1/16th inch) then your card is not far enough in to be connected properly. Believe me I found this out through trial and error and there is not much difference between the right position and not.
It is not just a matter of pushing harder, you need to wiggle it slightly up and down and push firmly with 2 fingers, one on each side so that the force is evenly distributed. Mine needed just a smidgeon more force than what it took to slide the machine back - try it a little bit at a time. Put it up against a wall so it doesn't slide back, but don't apply excessive force. Part of the problem is that is hard to get your fingers in there to do the job.
Hope this helps.

My eMac can't find installed airport Extreme card

Hello everyone,
Having bought a netgear wireless modem for a wi-fi connection, I was told to install an airport extreme card on my eMac, which I did - several times. But the eMac says he can't find when I look for it, either in the internet setup or in the general information about the hard and software. I also installed the accompanying software. Why can this be ? Thanks for your advice!
eMac Mac OS X (10.4.7)

It's an eMac (USB 2.0) model. I'm not certain I should try to push the card in more ? Are those cards defective frequently ?
Which eMac do you have? You can use KB 86325, eMac: How to locate the serial number
and identify your model to determine which model
you have.
If your eMac is the "eMac (ATI Graphics)", "eMac (USB
2.0)", or "eMac (2005)" the AirPort Extreme card is the correct
wireless card.
If your eMac is the "eMac", it requires the original
AirPort card and is not compatible with
the AirPort Extreme card.
Assuming that your eMac is compatible with the AirPort Extreme card, one or more of
the following must be true if the eMac is not
detecting the card.
The card is not installed
correctly.
The card is defective.
The
eMac's motherboard is defective.
eMac Mac OS X (10.4.7) 1.25 GHz / 768 Mo DDR SDRAM

Airport extreme card with G4 ATI emac (1GHZ)

I've purchased a previously used airport extreme card for my emac and installed it following the instalation guide on the apple website. But with the card inserted my emac wont boot. I just get the usual apple noise then a black screen and the caps lock lights up.
The card seems to be in properly as i got the "little click feeling" you have when something goes all the way in and the antena is also connected properly.
The emac boots up fine when the card is removed.
any ideas?

Thanks, I think i'm going to send it back as i thought that it was the card at fault but thought i'd better check all options first.
The card was correctly installed and there's nothing wrong with my emac so it must be the card.

Will airport extreme card work with my emac?

I want to put an airport extreme card in my Emac. Please let me know if it will work in my machine. My Emac specs:
Power PC G4
CPU Speed: 800MHz
L2 Cache: 256 KB
Memory: 1Gb
Bus Speed: 100MHz
Purchase year: 2002 (before USB2)

According to:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107440
Only the eMac ATI Graphics model and USB 2 models could take Airport Extreme.
According to:
http://www.designedinca.com/macs/emac/may2003/800cd/
the ATI Graphics model replaced the August 2002 to May 2003 which was also 800 Mhz.
Thus your machine was the one before the Airport Extreme became available:
http://www.designedinca.com/macs/emac/aug2002/800/
So no, you can't put an Airport Extreme card in it. You can though get Airport Extreme speeds via a LAN capable WiFi access point via its 10/100 ethernet port.
You can also buy the original Airport card from:
http://www.a1acomputing.com/usorapaicam7.html
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Computer won't recognize Airport Extreme Card

Okay, I need a little help. I bought an Airport Extreme card for my eMac today, which is what my manual told me I'd need to connect to a wireless Internet connection.
I followed the instructions to install it exactly, but the computer won't recognize that it's there. It still says "no information available" when I go look at the Airport card settings.
I'm not sure if it's a fault of mine, the card's, or the computer's. When I insert the card, should it snap into place? Should it slide out easily? How can I tell if it's in properly?
If anybody can help out, it'd make my year. I am dying to get this high-speed Internet set up. Thanks.

surfingbaku, Welcome to the discussion area!
Use the information in KB 86325, eMac: How to locate the serial number and identify your model to identify which type of eMac you have.
If you have one of these eMacs
eMac (ATI Graphics)
eMac (USB 2.0)
eMac (2005)
you require the AirPort Extreme card.
Any other eMac requires the original AirPort card.
If you are using the correct card and it is not being recognized, one or more of the following must be correct.
The card isn't installed correctly.
The card is defective.
The eMac's motherboard is defective and not recognizing the card.

Using Powermac G5 as a Base Station w/Airport Extreme Card...

Hello. Can anyone tell me if I am able to install an Airport Extreme card into my Powermac G5 and use it as a virtual base station to share the internet and network with my Powerbook (which has an Airport card)?
I have DSL going to my G5 via ethernet, and would like to share it wirelessly with my Powerbook. The cheapest way, if it works, would be to purchase an Airport Extreme card and install it into my G5. Any info is appreciated. Thanks!

Yes it's possible:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107484
The down side is that the G5 has to be on for it to work and the setting doesn't stick between restarts or sleeping.

Is Duel Ethernet Airport Base compatible with Airport Extreme Card?

I am about to upgrade to the new Macbook Pro 15" from my Titanium G4. I currenty have the original Airport card and the dual ethernet Airport Station.
Question - will the new Pro with the Airport Extreme card be compatible with the old base station?
If it will, what would be the advantages of upgrading to a new Extreme Basestation?
maginme
Macbook Pro 15" 2.16 Mac OS X (10.4.7) Powerbook G-4 Titanium

magicnme, Welcome to the discussion area!
Question - will the new Pro with the Airport Extreme card be compatible with the old base station?
Yes, the MacBook Pro can connect to a 802.11b base station like the Dual Ethernet (aka snow) AirPort base station (ABS).
If it will, what would be the advantages of upgrading to a new Extreme Basestation?
The AirPort Extreme base station (AEBS) offers a USB printer port for wireless printing.
The AEBS offers WPA and WPA2 wireless encryption.
Also if you have other computers on your local network, large file transfers between your computers will be faster.

How to install AirPort Extreme card in eMac?

I just recently acquired a 2005 G4 eMac (the top-of-the-line model with the SuperDrive and 160 GB hard drive), and I am trying to install an AirPort Extreme card into it. Apparently I think the instructions must differ from this one:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2596
Since this is for the older AirPort cards.
I pushed the card in all the way, logo facing downward, screwed in the antenna, etc., but the Mac still won't recognize it! What should I do to get it working?

Numerous eMac users who installed Airport Extreme cards in the past have brought up that the Extreme card is a very tight fit in the eMac Airport slot, especially compared to the original Airport card. Often, the card appears to be fully seated, but is actually some fraction of a millimeter out. After seating the card according to all the instructions, you have to push hard on the edge of the card to get it to really seat all the way, hard enough to just start to push the 50-lb eMac away from you (don't try this with the eMac on the very edge of the table or desk!). I ran into exactly that putting an Extreme card in my in-law's eMac, and I had already read other's warnings; that may give you some idea how firmly you really need to push the card once it feels as if it's seated.

Emac does not recognise airport extreme card.

I bought my emac less than a year ago and its running on the newest version of Mac osX. I also have a PC with broadband and a wireless router which is emitting. I was told that i needed to get an airport extreme card to let my mac use this internet aswell. I have bought the card and i installed the software on the disc and i then fitted the disc into my mac and i have checked to see that it is in firmly and so is the aerial. This said when i turn my emac on it does not search for available networks like it supposedly should and when i go into system profiler it says no information available for the airport card. I am not convinced that the disc actually installed anything onto my mac however since i cannot find any files that i would have thought would have come from the disc. Please any help would be greatly appreciated.
Emac Mac OS X (10.4.7)

P.O.R.G, Welcome to the discussion area!
There is no need to install the software from the disc. OS X contains all of the software needed to support the AirPort Extreme card.
The early eMac's require the original AirPort card instead of the AirPort Extreme card.
If you are using the correct card and the card is not recognized in System Profiler, there are only 3 possibilities:
The card is not installed properly.
The card is defective.
The eMac's motherboard is defective in the area interacting with the AirPort Extreme card

EMac Airport Extreme card doesn't fit???

I have tried and tried to get the card in the slot and just won't work. I have both an Airport and Airport Extreme card and it's obvious that the Extreme card is the right one. Here's the problem, inside the slot at the back, you can see 2 rows of prongs (male). This card is male as well. I think there is something missing inside my slot? The card just lays in there and you can't get it to reach the back. I think maybe there is a plastic piece that is supposed to be hooked over the prongs? Help?! Thanks!

Hey Rob,
OK found a 700 here's a pic of the bay:
http://s291.photobucket.com/albums/ll306/spudnuty/?action=view&current=eMac700Ai rportcardreceiver.jpg
and with the Old Airport installed:
http://s291.photobucket.com/albums/ll306/spudnuty/?action=view&current=eMac700Ai rportcardinstalled.jpg
It took a bit of wiggling and jiggling to get it to go in there. So firmly but not with a lot of force. If it won't go see if there are parts of the metal guides on either side are bent in, preventing it from sliding smoothly in.
Richard

Airport extreme card for eMac Ati

Is it possible to make an Airport extreme card react like a Base statrion.

You can use Internet sharing and make your eMac act as a base station. Unfortunately it has no options and therefore isn't as useful as a dedicated base station.

HT3024 after installing airport extreme card into g4 ibook 1.07ghz 512 ram it will only boot to open firmware, any ideas why? please help!

after installing airport extreme card into g4 ibook 1.07ghz 512 ram it will only boot to open firmware, any ideas why? please help!

Hi David,
Have you done a PRAM reset, CMD+Option+p+r...
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1379
In fact, do 3 in a row, takes a bit of time.
Tried resetting the PMU for PB/iB?
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=14449

Airport Extreme card out of eMac into old G5

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