Airport Hardware not Found

I have a G4 15" iBook witrh an Airport Exteme internal card. 1 GB memory
For the past month or so I have had wireless connectivity problems. I know lots of people have:-( Mine manifests itself with no recognition of the existance of the internal airport card, as evidenced in both Internet Connect and System Profiler. I have tried a number of work arounds, including resetting PRAM, nvram, and PMU. I have removed various airport preferences, reinstalled the Combo 1.4.8 updater, used cache cleaners, useed applejack, shut off all programs monitoring the network connection, etc. I have not yet done an archive and install. Of course many, if not most of these changes require a restart. In each case, I have ultimately been able to get the card recognized and it works fine. But never by the same "method". It seems random as to what helps. And the card is recognizable until I shut down the machine.
It occurred to me yesterday that maybe my 'successes" were not related to the software and hardware manipulation I was doing, but rather to the restarts. Sure enough, today I have shut it down several times, let it sit for 5 - 15 minutes, and then booted. In each case the card was not recognized, but after anywhere from 2 - 6 restarts, it was.
Is this an example of a bad card, bad electrical connection, or.....?
Help approciated.

One or more of the following is true:
The card isn't seated in the iBook properly. If it is a regular AirPort Extreme card, you can remove and reinstall it. If it is a built-in card there isn't any way for you to check.
The card is failing.
The iBook's motherboard is failing and causing it to not recognize the card.

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