Missing Airport Hardware

I can't find airport hardware anymore. Selection does not appear in Network selection. Icon does not appear on panel. It totally disappeared from the laptop. Help!

Ditto. In fact I have replaced the Extreme Airport Card 3 times to no avail and I can tell you that finding the right card and installing it is NOT easy! You have to use the machine serial number to match the proper card. The placement of the ribbon cable can vary depending on which model you have. Furthermore, getting the ribbon cable back into position is the hardest part of the job. There is an indentation on the case that gets in the way of sliding the cable back into position and required a slight lift on the motherboard to get it through. Be careful that you do not lift it too much. The job requires delicate work with extremely small screws. Still don't show airport hardware after the third replacement. Everything else still works after opening the machine for the fourth time!
Good luck.

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Thank you for your reply......
I have tried using different OS 10.7, 10.8... further OS doesn't suit my MacBook, so currently I am on 10.6. I did reinstallation twice using 10.6 but the files were not restored.
Yes.. I am talking about internet wireless card.
I don't have back up files for files which i deleted and they are not in trash as well.... the reason I deleted files was from the image attached from OSXdaily.com
I have tried resetting the PRAM, NVRAM, SMC but to no use.
now what do I do.??

I have an iMac and I want to use it as WLAN Hotspot. But I miss Airport in the overview to choose from. What is wrong? And who can help me?

I have an iMac and I want to use it as WLAN Hotspot. But I miss Airport in the overview to choose from. What is wrong? And who can help me?

Hello Mark,
Have you done these 2 things?
Under he Airport icon choose Create Network...
And in System Preferences>Sharing, have you setup & enabled Internet Sharing?

Help!! Suddenly..no airport hardware found! Please help!

My 17" powerbook fell and now claims that no airport hardware can be found. I'm thinking the card dislodged or something but how do I re-secure it??
Please help.

I don't think they do loaners, since I've never been able to get them to do that when I've asked, but you can sometimes ask for a replacement machine if the repairs have been enough that they can't solve the problem. Never wait for them to call you back. I've never gotten a call back. Hold onto a case number and if you need to reach them for any reason call them on the case number. We can't really discuss Apple policy here, though I can certainly tell you what I've experienced.
A loaner would technically be a machine you can borrow while yours is off to repairs. The machine you'd ask for a replacement would be yours to keep, and you'd never get back the original machine. Hence the good reason for a backup so you can restore to the replacement machine.

Airport Hardware dissapeared

I own a DualCore 2.3ghz Powermac G5. As most of you know it came with Airport and Bluetooth 2.0 standard.
Today i was transfering some files (via our Airport Network) from our other 1.8ghz G5 to the DC2.3. I was transfering the file by mounting the Hard Drive of the 1.8 on the desktop of the DC2.3. About 15mins into the transfer an error occured and the transfer was stopped. I thought that maybe a restart was needed so i rebooted both of the computers. Upon the 1.8's restart i saw it was working fine and ready to transfer the files. Upon the DC2.3's restart i noticed that it could not connect or even find the 1.8 on our network. So i automatically looked up to the menu bar to check Airport status. The Airpor Status Menulet was gone completely. I went to the Network pane of Sys Prefs and saw that it said the Airport was off. Upon opening the Airport pane of Internet connect it said "No Airport Hardware Found". I looked at the Sys Profiler as well and it says that no Airport hardware is present on my computer....
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I had a similar problem with my G5 Quad a couple of months ago. The Airport hardware just dissapeared. The internet settings in system prefs said "no airport card detected" and I of course had one. The answer was a trip to the genius bar at Apple Retail and they replaced the airport card. It's worked fine every since. Hope this helps.

Unable to find Airport Hardware

I used my girlfriends MacBook Pro last night before going to sleep. I checked NFL.com and used iChat. Today, she went to use it and it would not connect. I looked....and the computer is no longer recognizing her Airport Card. I went to Internet Connect and it says "No Airport Hardware Found." I opened up the System Profiler, clicked on Airport Card and it says "No information found."
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Airport Hardware Dissappeared - After iTunes 7.0 and QuickTime 7.1.3

Hello,
On my powerbook G4, everything has been working great. I did a software update (via wireless connection) and iTunes 7.0 and QuickTime 7.1.3 were prompted. I went ahead with the update and performed the obligitory restart. After this reboot, the airport card hardware is no longer recognized.
In the log file during initiation when an internet connection is attempted, the following message occurs:
Internet Connect: WirelessAirPortDeviceNameCopy(): no AirPort drive found
I have tried many restarts (including a hard restart). I have reset the PRAM, and NVRAM but still nothing. This to me appears to be very much a software issue due to the circumstances. Are there any suggestions on how I may reinstall the airport driver or determine if there is a configuration problem?
Thanks in advance for any help.
PowerBook G4 15" 1.5Ghz 1.5GB RAM Mac OS X (10.4.7) Built in Airport Card

I don't think this is an isolate issue, as I'm having the same problem. After the update my computer is now saying "Airport hardware not found" although I've been using it for almost 2 years now. I fixed it briefly by dragging some folder to the desktop as per advice on this site, but today it did the same thing. I was watching videos on MTV.com when an alert came up saying "Error, you need to restart your computer" and after I did my Airport hardware was "not found" again. Since I haven't dropped the computer and I wouldn't know how to take the card out if I wanted to, I don't think it's a simple issue of the card not being installed/connected properly. I'm open to any suggestions. I have the original disks that came with my computer, but I can't reinstall the software b/c the old software is still on there....

Airport Hardware disappeared

All of a sudden, my Airport could not find any wireless networks. I turned it on and off. Nothing happened. Reset my router, but that did nothing. So i restarted my computer and now that Airport card is gone.
Has anybody else had this happen?
I figure it might be bad hardware and need to be replaced, just owndering if anyone has come accross this.

Have you had any luck with this? I have been having a ton of crashes on my new (< 14 days old) MBP. No kernel panics as described in some of the other threads, just a hard lock-up of all applications (force-quit doesn't work, no mouse movement or keyboard response at all - the DVD drive won't even suck in a new disc).
This happens even after I did an 'erase & install' of OSX 10.4.8 off of the installation media - still no joy.
4 times and counting this morning in only 2 hours of using the laptop. I think thats some kind of a record, even when compared against a windows box.
Occasionally when this happens the machine will soft-restart after 20-30 seconds, and if that happens then the mac reports that there is no airport hardware present.
The diagnostics off of DVD1 of the install set does not report the airport - ever. Shows no other problems.
Apple support folks say I will most likely have to get the airport card replaced at the repair depot.
Anybody else having problems this severe?
-bp
Ran the hardware test off dvd1, and the card was
still not showing up. even did the exteneded test.
Funny enough, after restarting the computer, the card
was present.
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Airport hardware has vanished off my system

Here's the deal:
Yesterday morning I installed 1GB of RAM. There are two slots for RAM on my powerbook so I left the 512MB that was there and installed the 1GB in the second slot (it's directly below the first one). Everything seemed to be going hunky-dorey until I tried to register a product I had purchased and could not access the internet. I went into my network setting to see if the Airport had been turned off, but that was not the case. The Airport hardware has somehow vanished. I'm assuming this happened when I installed the RAM, but I don't quite know how to fix it.

Sorry, my error, I was looking at the General Instructions for a PowerBook G4. Your PowerBook's AirPort card is NOT user accessable, so that's not the problem. Your memory instructions are
linked here - "PowerBook G4 (17-inch): DIY Instructions"
Is your new memory showing in "About This Mac" or in System Profiler's Memory category? Perhaps it didn't fully seat when you installed it. Note the instructions say:
"pushing the card firmly until fully seated."
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Imac G5 airport hardware no longer recognized

I have a 1st gen. imac G5. I've had it hard-connected to a network via ethernet. Before I moved, however, I used a wireless network. Lately, the computer fails to recognize that it even has wireless networking hardware. According to apple's website, I can change the airport card in this model, however after opening it up, it looked nothing like the illustrated instructions. There was no indication of airport hardware that I could fix/replace myself. Also, My computer has been have frequent "kernel panic" gray-screen-of-death issues at startup. I read briefly that this can have something to do with faulty wireless network software / hardware. Question: are these issues related? How can I fix my wireless problem? Thanks.

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Actually that is not enough information.
Was this to an AIM on PC Buddy ?
If so which version were they using ?
Was it to a Tiger Buddy on iChat ?
The log says it was one on the other and not a Leopard Buddy as there SIP port is listed as port 5061.
Also what routing devices are you using ?
Makes Models and version numbers please.
Which ports do you have open ?
What method did you use ?
In fact read this FAQ even though it was written at the time Tiger came out
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=2565168&#2565168
Other info to Start http://discussions.apple.com/ann.jspa?annID=100
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Missing airport icon in menu bar HELP PLEASE

Okay, I have a g4 powerbook that came with tiger.
I am missing the airport icon that once was there in the menu bar at the top right-hand side.
What I've done: ran disk utility, = all's well, check for software updates = all's well there too., and the most obvious, check the box under system pref. for airport config.
I check it and it is does, nothing. I go back to system pref. and is unchecked again.
IM AT A LOSS. Anyone with this problem PLEASE help.
thanks...

muecyl,
Do not concern yourself with the other files that you found at that location. Just leave them where they are.
Since your problem is also related to some extent to System Preferences, you may benefit from trying the procedures outlined by Dr. Smoke in Try the following....
Another possibility is to download and reinstall the Mac OS X 10.4.6 Combo for PPC.
;~)

Missing Airport Antenna!!!

Sorry for having double posted, but I inadventently put this in the Intel based iMac forum. I'm installing an Airport Extreme Card in my iMac G5 20". Trouble is, there is no antenna! It's just plain not there! Any ideas short of taking it to the Apple Store? Am I missing something? I'm not replacing the card; it's never had an Airport Card. This is a first time install some years after purchase. Please do not refer me to the install instructions; I've read them and I even have my original manuals. I wouldn't be having the problem if the antenna were present, but it isn't there!
matt

Hey Daddy,
The machine is a 1st Gen iMac G5 20". I can't find a document that shows the course of the antenna, just where the connector is supposed to exit the Airport Card slot.
My iMac had the bad capacitor problem that plagued that run and had the logic board replaced by Apple about 18 months ago. More recently, I had the bad power supply problem that also plagues that run of units and that was also replaced by Apple. Other than that, I've swapped hard drives and added RAM, but nothing else. I assume that the antenna was there at some point, but I had no reason to look before. I inadvertantly posted the same question on the Intel-based iMac board and someone there suggested that when the logic board was replaced they probably forgot to pull the antenna back around. Sounds like I'm headed back to the Apple Store.
matt

Troubleshooting Airport-Hardware Problems

Hello - I am wondering if anyone knows of a way to test if the airport card itself is malfunctioning or if there is possibly a different hardware problem.
Several months ago I believe my ethernet port got fried in a lightning storm (because my router, modem and ethernet port in my PC all got fried). I've been solely using my airport card since.
A couple days ago that didn't work either. I am able to connect wirelessly with my new iMac, so it doesn't seem that the problem is with my router. I cannot connect at any of my other wireless spots either.
Before I try to buy a new airport card, I'd like to find out if there's a way to test the hardware.
I have tried reinstalling the OS by doing a Archive and install, but that didn't seem to do any good.
Thanks.

Hi, Steve. Does System Profiler "see" your Airport card? If not, the first thing to make sure of is that your Airport card cage is securely connected to your logic board. That connection tends to work loose over time, especially in Tibooks that are picked up and transported frequently.
Go to this page for easy instructions on removing the Airport card from a Tibook. As soon as you get the bottom cover off the machine, the card is right in front of you. First remove it gently from its slot or cage, then reseat it firmly. Finally, press down hard on the rectangular tab at the end of the ribbon cable that's attached to it — that's its connector to the logic board, and that's what most often works loose. If yours is loose at all, you'll feel it click softly into place as you press on it. Then put the bottom cover back on and test again to see whether System Profiler sees the card. Post back with results.

Missing Airport Utility

I guess in my first post about this issue I was somewhat unclear. My Airport Utlity is missing. When I go to my Utilities folder and open my Network panel where the Wi-Fi, Ethernet, Bluetooth are displayed, there is suppose to be an Airport Utility selection is suppose to be there as well. Well that selection is not there. This makes it impossible to open the Airport Utility to change the passwords on your Wi-Fi Network.
Can anyone tell me how to fix this....? Stressing out on this one!
Thanks in advance!

sparks1957 wrote:
I guess in my first post about this issue I was somewhat unclear. My Airport Utlity is missing.
When I go to my Utilities folder and open my Network panel where the Wi-Fi, Ethernet, Bluetooth are displayed, there is suppose to be an Airport Utility
iMac, OS X Mavericks (10.9.1)
You can try updating your 10.9.1 to 10.9.2 and see if the combo update restores corrupt system preferences:
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1726

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