Is my card dying?

I have an older G5 PowerMac, and I have verizon fios, and the standard verizon router. I think my card is possibly dying, but I'm not too sure. I checked some forums like mac fix it, but nothing seems to work. I might have to try a clean install, or maybe reseat my airport card, but I was curious if these symptoms indicate a dying card.
I haven't had a problem with it until the other day. My wireless signal started to drop sporadically from the network. I tried resetting the router, but that didn't help. I deleted the network preferences,keychain password, and removed then re-added my network info, restarted, and that seemed to work, but I still get dropped from the network.
Also, I have the correct settings for my network, but airport gives me the amber color, and despite entering in the correct password, I'm told it is incorrect. The system profiler lists the airport card, so I thought it wasn't dead.
Any suggestions?

chanyo1, Welcome to the discussion area!
Are you able to compare the wireless performance of your G5 with any other computer sitting next to the G5? It is possible that you are experiencing RF interference which is interfering with your network. Try configuring the base station to use a different channel. You can change the channel until you find one which works better or you run out of channels.

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Do airport cards die, croak, kick the bucket after a few years?
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The iMac detects the card, and the card gets signal from the base station when it boots up.
But five minutes after the computer boots, the connection between the card and the base station fizzles, quits, dies, poof-out.
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