Getting a wireless card working on a G5 PowerMac.

Hello there.
I am trying to help a friend get a wireless card working on his PowerMac. So far the machine knows about the card is there but it isn't working as an Airport.
Two cards have been tested, an Apple branded one and now a generic PC one which looks to be using the same chip-set coincidentally. The PC one had some Mac drivers which my friend said he installed, but somehow he ended up with FUSE on his system. :-? I don't know why that happened as a file-system handler isn't going to help get wireless working that I know of! LOL. :-D
The driver CD is missing now so I can't check it. And the box has nothing about the card. So I wouldn't even know where to get a compatible driver. I have searched using the PCI info but no luck.
The Apple card has Apple A1027 stamped on it. And the antenna has been connected on it AFAICT. I've also read Atirport cards can't simply be plugged into the PowerMac and an Apple technician must install it. Could this be the case? And what about the generic PC wireless card then?
The end result is that the machine knows the hardware is there but it can't get any wireless communication working. Also, a Apple Base Station has now replaced a wireless router. So can that be made to run a diagnostic and see if it find the Airport itself? Or even the same on the Mac?
Here is the Mac model:
Machine Name: Power Mac G5
Machine Model: PowerMac11,2
CPU Type: PowerPC G5 (1.1)
Number Of CPUs: 2
CPU Speed: 2.3 GHz
L2 Cache (per CPU): 1 MB
Memory: 1.5 GB
Bus Speed: 1.15 GHz
Boot ROM Version: 5.2.7f1
Serial Number: YM5430AUR6V
PCI info, both cards are the same:
bcom5714:
Type: network
Bus: PCI
Slot: GIGE
Vendor ID: 0x14e4
Device ID: 0x166a
Subsystem Vendor ID: 0x106b
Subsystem ID: 0x0085
Revision ID: 0x0003
AirPort Card:
AirPort Card Information:
Wireless Card Type: AirPort Extreme
Wireless Card Locale: USA
Wireless Card Firmware Version: 405.1 (3.90.34.0.p18)
Current Wireless Network: wireless network not available

Hypex wrote:
I am trying to help a friend get a wireless card working on his PowerMac.
You might find some useful advice here:
http://www.ifixit.com/Answers/View/27758/Howdo+I+install+the+airport-bluetooth+card+in+a+late+2005model
a Apple Base Station has now replaced a wireless router. So can that be made to run a diagnostic and see if it find the Airport itself? Or even the same on the Mac?
System Profiler (Apple menu -> About This Mac -> More Info) should show if the AirPort card is recognized. I'd then try to add an AirPort connection item in the Network panel of System Preferences, enable the AirPort menu bar item, then try to turn AirPort on.

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