Did Airport Card kill the Logic Board?

First, let me tell you that I am writing on my 12 yo son's behalf... after saving for two years he bought an iMac G4 15" flat screen in December 03. This year we gave him an airport card so he could finally have internet access. Three weeks later the logic board is fried.
When I spoke with Mac they had no record of that being a problem with this machine - and why would they since they refused to record my complaint?
Has anyone else heard of this problem?
Thank you.
Jess
iMac G4 (purchased 12/03) Mac OS X (10.4.1) I'm guess at the version of OS X he was using.
iMac G4 (purchased 12/03)   Mac OS X (10.4.1)  

bensapple, Welcome to the discussion area!
Is this a 700 MHz or 800 MHz 15" iMac G4? If so, the AirPort card shouldn't have caused any problem.
If this is a 1 GHz 15" iMac G4, then it requires the AirPort Extreme card, not the original AirPort card. If you installed an original AirPort card in this iMac, then the motherboard could have been damaged. Installing the AirPort Extreme card would not have caused a problem.
But if the card worked for 3 weeks, you had the correct card and it probably did not cause the motherboard to fail.
Hopefully you purchased AppleCare for this iMac...

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