Just bought a Refurb AirPort Extreme card for a fw800 g4...

OK, bought this card cheap from the apple store, install it into the airport slot, fits good. If I go to start it up w/ this car din place, all I get is the fans going on full blast. If I remove the card, the system works fine.
AM I missing something or did apple send me a junk card?

One or more of the following is true:
The card is defective.
The card is installed incorrectly.
The G4's motherboard is defective.

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