Late 2004 Dual 2.0 G5 + Airport Card = won't boot? then Reset your PRAM!

I bought a remanufactured dual 2.0 G5 and the darn thing would not boot when I put the airport extreme card in - - - the "techs" at apple care were totally, absolutely clueless, it appears that they know less about apple products than I do, I just switched this year from PC to Mac. I was absolutely disappointed at the lack of knowledge and support by the apple care phone techs, it's quite amazing how cluless the techs are. Maybe you have to work your way through layers of people until you get to someone who knows something. The best support is here - on this site - the questions and answers that people post and answer. I love Apple products and will never go back.... but I think the support stinks....

reset the pram, baby

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Mac G5 late 2004 dual 2.5 won't boot.

hi, i have late 2004 G5 dual 2.5 ppc and it won't boot,chime or show any video the only thing i get out of it is the cpu fans spool to 100% after a few minutes of power on time and the air is warm, I have tried to power it with no ram to see if there are going to be multiple chimes for missing ram notifications but to no avail, the bott with option key pressed produces no post, can it be saved with in resonalbe cost or have any sugestions, Help.

Hello,
Cheapest thing to try first is...
Might be time to replace the PRAM Battery, 4 years is close to their lifespan, far less if ever without AC power, & can cause strange startup problems...
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Newer%20Technology/BAA36VPRAM/
Have youblown yje dust out lately?

Airport Card Won't Stay Connected to Internet

I recently installed an original Airport Card in my iMac DV 400 SE Slot Loading. OS 10.3.9 recognizes it and will occasionally connect to the internet using Safari. But after a minute or so it drops out and is impossible to restart the connection. It will occasionally reconnect but I don't seem to be able to duplicate the steps. Anyone had experience with this?

Try reseating the airport card by removing it and putting it back in, and while you're in there, unplug the antennae wire and plug it back in. Might just be a bad connection.

Airport Card won't connect after changing wireless networks

Hello,
I have a black macbook with an internal airport extreme wireless card. I use the computer at school and at home. Both school and home have functioning wireless networks in which other computers are connected and running with no problems.
When I open my laptop and wake it from sleep after changing from school to home or visa versa the airport card often will not recognize the wireless network. On many occations, even when the network is recognized it will not automatically connect to it (I have it set to do). A message saying "There was an error joining the network" comes up. The only resolution has been to reset the computer (which doesn't always work) or reset the PRAM.
Sometimes after reseting the PRAM the computer doesn't even recognize that I have an airport card installed at all. When this happens I have to reset the PRAM again to resolve it.
As a final note, when the computer doesn't automatically recognize the network and I click on the desktop wireless network icon, I get the "spinning beach ball" for a period of time before the drop down box with the available networks shows up. This seems strange to me because it shouldn't be a RAM issue as I have 2GB of ram installed on this computer.
Any help would be appreciated.
K.
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Try the following:
Delete Preferred Network(s)
- System Preferences > Network > AirPort > Configure
- In the "By default, join:" pull-down menu, select "Preferred networks"
- Delete the network(s) you regularly use from the list
Delete AirPort Keychain Entries
- Launch the "Keychain Access" application located in Applications/Utilties.
- Click on the "Kind" filter at the top, and look for any "AirPort network password" entries...and delete them.
- Restart, or log out then back in.
Add Preferred Network(s)
- System Preferences > Network > AirPort > Configure
- In the "By default, join:" pull-down menu, select "Preferred networks"
- Add the preferred network(s) using the "+" button.
- Restart or log out then back in.
If you haven't already, you may want to consider creating a network location for each (school & home) with the appropriate network settings required for connectivity at each. For each location, you can set the preferred network.

Airport card won't auto select my AirPort network at boot up

I have two AirPort express routers in the house, configured together (to increase range) on one network, "Aspen". Its the only network I have. When I first set up my Mac several years ago I used the AirPort wizard. After initial config, my Mac would always automatically select the wireless network "Aspen" at every boot up. Over time, I started to see my neighbor's various networks listed too, but, the AirPort card always auto selected and connected to my network.
Somewhere along the way (with various network reconfigs happening to add the second router, reset a password so someone's WIndows machine could use the network, etc..) somehow my config got munged and for the last year or so my AirPort card would not auto connect. I'd have to manually select "Aspen". In the last few months, auto select has begun working again, but, it always, always selects my neighbors network, and I have to manually switch it over to mine.
I've used the Help docs below. I've got it set up exactly as they're saying. "Aspen" is the ONLY network on my AirPort list. When I boot, it says, "I can't find your network. Would you like to connect to "neighbors network"? What can I do to reconfigure this to work correctly?
Thanks so much!
Choosing preferred AirPort networks
By default, AirPort attempts to join the wireless network your computer was most recently connected to.
If you are in an environment with multiple wireless networks, you can set up your computer to join a preferred network when you start your computer, wake it from sleep, or turn AirPort on.
AirPort keeps track of the wireless networks your computer has connected to, and lists them in the Network pane of System Preferences.
To choose a preferred AirPort network using Mac OS X 10.4:
Open Network preferences, choose AirPort from the Show pop-up menu, and click AirPort.
Choose "Preferred networks" from the "By default, join" pop-up menu, and select a network from the list.
You can add wireless networks to the list by clicking the Add button, and clicking on the Network Name pop-up menu. Choose a network and enter a password for the network if necessary. Use the Delete button to remove a network from the list.
To give a network the highest priority, drag the name of the network to the top of the list. This is the network AirPort will attempt to join first.
If you are using Mac OS X 10.3, choose "A specific network" from the "By default, join" pop-up menu, and either type the name of the network in the Network field, or click the Network pop-up menu to display the available networks, choose one and then enter your password for the network.
You can set additional options to control the way your computer joins available networks. Click Options and choose an option from the "If no preferred networks are found" pop-up menu.
If you choose "Ask before joining an open network," you will be prompted when an open network becomes available. If you choose "Automatically join an open network," you will not be promoted, and will automatically join an open network when it becomes available. If you choose "Keep looking for recent networks," AirPort will continue looking for networks you have already joined, and automatically join the network when one is found.

You might try the steps in this Knowledge Base article;
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304482
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"No AirPort Card Installed" Message after PMU reset

My battery memory time was getting shorter and shorter, even after a full re-charge (less than 50 minutes). Apple Care suggested that I do a PMU reset and then recalibrate the battery. After I did that my AirPort icon has disappeared, and when I try to use Airport Setup Assistant, I get a message that says "No AirPort Card installed."
Yikes - any thoughts about how to get my AirPort working again?

You might want to post in the Powerbook G4 section, you might get more help there. Do you have built in airport or a card? If you have a card try pulling it out and re-seating it.

The airport card won't turn on

Sometimes, after awaking the computer from sleep, the three bars are gone and the triangle is there but is bare. Then I cannot turn on the airport card from touching the triangle or network preferences. I have to restart the computer, which always works.

Is this problem present no matter which of the LAN ports you use?
Have you tried using a different ethernet cable?
Does this Mac connect quickly if you cable its ethernet port directly to the cable modem?
What IP addresses are list on your Mac, when connected via cable, for the built in ethernet port?

Airport Card won't connect to the internet

I recently got my first Mac. It is a used MacPro and it ran off of the G4 OS. I upgraded to the MAC OX X Tiger system. The problem I am running into is that I cannot get it to connect to the internet. I have tried to use the wireless router that we have and have hard lined it with an ethernet cable. Both of which won't work. Are there any updates that I can use to get it connected to the internet? How can I hook this up? HELP!

No software updates are needed to connect to the Internet. Macs have been good at Internet long before Mac OS X.
The Mac is so simple to set up from scratch that an earlier model was called the Internet Mac, now shortened to iMac.
Ethernet cables have fewer variables, so I would recommend starting with that.
System preferences > Network > Ethernet ...
... (Assist me) > (Assistant) ...
... and set it up again from scratch (by answering the questions) including a new "Location", NOT "Automatic". This procedure eliminates all the old users preferences and starts over with no pre-conceived notions.
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EVGA Geforce GTX 960 Graphics Card won't boot on my Lenovo Ideacentre K410

PC: Lenovo Ideacentre K410
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Issue:
I plugged in my graphics card to my new power supply.
I get the Lenovo splash screen, then 3 beeps, then a black screen with a blinking cursor in the top left.
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hi mwvg79,
Welcome to Lenovo Community Forums!
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http://download.lenovo.com/consumer/desktop_pub/ideacentre_k430k410_hmm_20120627.pdf
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AirPort Extreme won't let me reset my password.

When I try to reset my password, I get the following message: "Advertising a service globally using Bonjour requires a global hostname." To my knowledge, I'm not even using Bonjour for anything.

I have exactly the same problem on a Mac, myiphone and my iPad. Also two accounts neither of the verified passords were accepted and neither of the two new resets worked. Also got "conatct customer care"...totally useless and gets you into a nonseseical loop of crazy questions...I just want to SPEAK to someone at SKPYE for help. Now 6 days!
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Why am I STILL getting "No AirPort card installed"?

Guys, I am really struggling with my laptop. Here's what happened.
My Macbook Pro 2009 13" was unexpectedly shutting down, freezing, etc. I took it into the Genius Bar and they ended up having to replace my hard drive bracket. Not terribly expensive, not a huge deal. When I got it home, it refused to acknowledge the AirPort card. It gave me "No AirPort card installed" and was not recognizing the hardware. I went back in, told them what happened, and they replaced the AirPort card (free of charge because I think someone there had messed it up since it had been fine before).
All was well until I had an oopsie moment and it took a serious bump upside while open. The computer wouldn't recognize the AirPort card again so I brought it into the Genius Bar again (and yes, that would be the third time in about a week and a half). They did not charge me and said all they had to do was reseed the card. Wonderful. It worked fine for about a day, then it started acting funny, not recognizing the card, but when I restarted it, all was well. I left it shut and charging last night and when I opened it this morning, yet again, "No AirPort card installed".
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Welcome to Apple Support Communities
If you are still having problems with your card and a new AirPort card doesn't solve anything, just ask for a new logic board. It will replace everything except the display, memory and hard drive, so this should work without any problem. If they refuse, insist because it looks like the only option in your case. Good luck

Dual G5 late 2004. Some problems with fan and freeze and now can't start

I just purchased a late 2004 Dual 2.5 Gig, with PCI-x and 1 gig ethernet. 1 Gig of what I presume to be factory ram and blue toothe. Connected to a new 23" Apple display.
The problems I have been having pale to where I stand now. I am stuck and can't move forward. At this point, the computer is off. When I try to turn it on, it does little to nothing and gradually the fan speed increases until the computer sounds like it wants to take off. The screen either stays dark, or sometimes I see the ? briefly, and then the grey screen with logo and that is where it stops. Currently I can't get past a lot of fan noise??
Can I get this thing started?? I have tried both starting from CD and hard drive. No luck.
This whole mess started yesterday and has continually gotten worse. Those details I can get into if needed, but for now, what can I do to see the screen and start over.
I just bought the machine, and I was doing a clean install that was acting funny. Hard drive sleep mode would cause the machine to not wake up. Specifically it was the monitor that would not wake up. The keyboard and the computer would still respond when I adjusted the volume. The screen was black.
I narrowed the problem to drive sleep, or monitor sleep by using the energy saver preferences. Just the monitor sleeping wasn't the probem. The computer would wake up. But if the hard drive went to sleep, then I could never get the screen back and the computer acted dormant. The only thing I could get was the volume sound from the computer and lights on the keyboard.
I ran Techtool Pro 4.1.2 ( i think ) and it reported possibe problems on the hard drive with the volume. I made the changes hoping that would fix the problem? No.
I decided to flush it all and start over with the install cd, make sure firmware was good, reformat the drive, and then install the System. But instead, I got caught is this loop of death that I can't get out of.
It had a kernal panic the first day I turned it on, but that was the last one. (dark screen with white message) The computer ran rather sluggish at times. I was shocked at times. Very slow finder response.
So? Suggestions? I have searched Apple support and tried anything I can think of. This is my first G5, but I have had some exposure to OSX beginning around 10.2. I am at my wits end and would greatly appreciate some input. For now I have to get some sleep.
Is my battery bad? It just won't start?
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Hi Lawson, and a Warm Welcome to the Power Mac G5 Forum!
You could try a PMU/SMU reset
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=300341
Use the second procedure if you have a button as shown in the photo - use the first method if you don't. You may not have to remove the intake fan assembly to get at the button. Observe static precautions and make sure to press the button once only.
Then try to start up on the CD/DVD.
If it fires up ok you could then proceed with the 10.4 install as before, and then combo update to 10.4.8
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/macosx1048comboupdateppc.html
I would connect only a display, wired keyboard and mouse to start with - and disable any of the sleep, etc. Options in Energy Saver.
You may wish to use the Disk Utility on the 10.4 retail disc(under Utilities in the menu) to Erase and zero(select Security Options) the drive before the install.
The kernel panic and other problems could have been caused by a corrupted system on the boot drive, or by hardware problems, such as RAM, video card, battery, etc. Some of the hardware stuff is linked-to further down the post here
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=3084827&#3084827
However, try the PMU/SMU reset and erase/install first, and post again with details if you still have problems.

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...

Airport card not picking up any signals after IP configuration changed

Just had cable internet installed in my apartment, and in the course of setting up the IP configuration for the built-in ethernet connection, my airport card has stopped recognizing wireless networks in my building. Before I changed these settings, the card was working, and there are several networks in the building that it recognized. Now, it recognizes none. The menu appears in the top bar, and I can turn the airport on and off, but it simply is not picking up any signals whatsoever.
I have tried a handful of tactics, including changing the Airport TCP/IP configuration in several different ways, rebooting several times, and even removing and reinserting the Airport card.
For info: I'm using an iBook G3 with OS 10.2.8. (I know, pretty old, but it's still chugging along...)
Any help you can offer would be greatly appreciated!

Not sure. What's strange is that the very same computer was picking up signals (not accessing them b/c they were all password protected), recognizing networks in the area at least, before I played with the other IP configuration settings. Now it picks up none. It shows that there are none in the area, even though I know that there are.
Also, often, when I click on the Airport icon in the menu bar, the computer hangs for up to a minute before the menu actually pops up.
I have an Airport Express unit that I have hooked up to the cable modem, and my Airport card won't even recognize that signal. I'm just not sure what I changed that made it go haywire. I've been using this computer on wireless networks for the entire time I've owned it. Never had this problem before yesterday.
Thanks for any additional suggestions anyone can offer.

Installed 10.5.5 - Airport Card is gone

To preface this post, I just got my laptop back from the Apple Store concerning another issue with my aiport card. I assumed it was fixed and apparently I was wrong. I turned it on today and everything worked beautifully until I installed 10.5.5. Everything seemed to work for about twenty minutes until my connection dropped out. I restarted my computer and it was as if my airport card had been removed. I restarted again thinking it was a glitch and still nothing. I called AppleCare and apparently people have been having some issues with 10.5.5 (at least I think that's what the girl said). So I have to take my laptop to the apple store yet again and have them give me a new Airport card ... again. I was wondering if anybody else had this particular issue and if they are as infuriated as I am.
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Not really enough info to help - what are you connecting to wirelessly for instance.
First thing to do is Apple Menu/About this Mac/More Info/Network/AirPort Card. Does it show the details in the RH pane. Does it show the 'Current Wireless Network'.
If the AirPort Card is showing OK, then go to System Preferences/Network/AirPort and reselect your network, click 'Accept'. Does it work now.
Try repair permissions using Disk Utility.
Hope this helps.

Late 2004 Dual 2.0 G5 + Airport Card = won't boot? then Reset your PRAM!

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