New Airport update won't install on my PMG5!

10.5.8 killed the airport card on my Power Mac G5, and this morning I see there is an update released, but it's only for laptops! And the fix on that dutch site didn't work. I know it's a software problem because it began right after I updated my OS. And if I boot onto my other HD which is running 10.5.2, wireless internet is perfectly fine. What can I do here?

At least you have a hard drive with 10.5.2 that proves it works there. That narrows down what my user tip that is still being reviewed here:
If you have Macbook or MacBook Pro, and have upgraded to 10.5.8, you may experience slower than normal airport connection due to a bug found in the original 10.5.8 installer. Apple has released this update for MacBooks and MacBook Pros to address the issue:
http://support.apple.com/downloads/AirPortClient_Update_for_MacBook_and_MacBookPro
It may not help in certain third party routers, in which case, it is recommended that you contact the third party router manufacturer for a firmware update, and find out also if others have your exact same router, and have found a resolution with your issue. Wireless issues can be caused by the following:
1. Interference on the same wireless channel.
2. Single channel connection from some third party routers not being strong enough to deal with interference. Apple Airport Express, Extreme, and Time capsule wireless routers all support dual channel connections, and also support networking with Windows as well as Mac.
3. Bad router tables in your router.
4. Power surges.
5. Interference from microwaves, or 2.4 Ghz non-cell wireless phones, whose signal is not tempered with channel hopping.
6. Distances less than 2 feet may have many overlapping wireless waves causing interference from the wireless router.
7. Distances greater than 150 feet from the wireless router.
8. Walls with numerous pipes, improper ground wiring, file cabinets with numerous papers between the computer and the router.
9. Run the hardware test that came with your computer, it may indicate an issue on the logicboard which could also impact your wireless card.
10. Improper security on your wireless connection. Setting up a WPA2 connection is preferred over WEP, which is preferred over no password.
11. 802.11n is a draft standard, meaning not all routers support it the same way.
12. Data corruption in the wireless cache settings, caused by improper system maintenance:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1772235
13. Migrating wireless settings with the Migration Assistant from a PowerPC to Intel Mac, or vice versa. It is better to follow these tips to avoid those problems:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=435350&tstart=0
Not everyone will get this problem.
14. Apple Airport and Time Capsule firmware updates can be found on:
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/apple/firmware_hardware/
to suggest the bare minimum you either performed improper maintenance, or the wireless driver in your installation of 10.5.8 is not compatible with the wireless firmware of your router.
Message was edited by: a brody
Message was edited by: a brody

Similar Messages

  • New Software updater won't install....old won't un...

    Hi,
    I have a laptop running Vista Home Premium SP1. I have the latest version of Nokia PC Suite and the previous version of software updater 1.4.53en. I have a Nokia 6300 running 6.60. I noticed that a new version of the firmware has been released 7.00 and tried to install this.
    When I launched the updater the system confirms that a newer version of the updating software is available. It downloads this but then on installation an error confirming "The version of Nokia Software Updater already installed on this computer is newer than the one you are trying to install. Installation will not continue." I then tried manually downloading the update file from Nokia site and the error message issued was the same. I then tried to uninstall the existing update software and this is prevented with a message "This action is only valid for products that are currently installed."
    I found the previous installer file for 1.4.53en but I get the same message confirming that a newer version is already installed.
    Can anyone help? How can I upgrade or remove this software?

    http://europe.nokia.com/get-support-and-software/d​ownload-software/nokia-pc-suites/how-to/nokia-pc-s​...
    try this, it might help your issue  
    You know what I love about you the most, the fact that you are not me ! In love with technology and all that it can offer. Join me in discovery....

  • New update won't install on my Dell Laptop Windows 7.  Even tried from the iTunes website.  Now all of my access is gone.  What must I do?

    New update won't install on my Dell Laptop Windows 7.  Even tried from the iTunes website.  Now all of my access is gone.  What must I do?

    Hello SandyJeanne,
    Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
    For more information on this, take a look at:
    iTunes 11.1.4 for Windows: Unable to install or open
    http://support.apple.com/kb/TS5376
    Check for .dll files
    Go to C:\Program Files (x86)\iTunes and C:\Program Files\iTunes and look for .dll files.
    If you find QTMovie.DLL, or any other .dll files, move them to the desktop.
    Reboot your computer.
    Note: Depending on your operating system, you may only have one of the listed paths.
    Uninstall and reinstall iTunes
    Uninstall iTunes and all of its related components.
    Reboot your computer. If you can't uninstall a piece of Apple software, try using the Microsoft Program Install and Uninstall Utility.
    Re-download and reinstall iTunes 11.1.4.
    Best of luck,
    Mario

  • Windows Updates won't install - Error 0x80072EFD

    Question 
    Windows Updates won’t install.  I’m receiving Error 0x80072EFD.  What can I do to solve this?
    Answer 
    This particular error means that your computer was not able to connect to the Internet when it tried to install updates.  First, check your Internet connection and then try again. If that doesn’t work, try the methods below.
    Method A: Make sure that Windows Firewall is turned on, and temporarily disable third-party firewalls
    Warning This workaround may make a computer or a network more vulnerable to attack by malicious users or by malicious software such as viruses. We do not recommend this workaround but are providing this information so that you can implement this workaround at your own discretion. Use this workaround at your own risk.
    To complete this method, follow these steps.
    Step 1: Make sure that Windows Firewall is turned on
    To open Windows Firewall, click the Start button, and then click Control Panel. In the search box, type firewall, and then click Windows Firewall.
    Click Turn Windows Firewall on or off.
    Click On (recommended), and then click OK.
    Step 2: Temporarily disable third-party firewalls
    Click the Start button, click Control Panel, and then, under System and Security, click Review your computer's status.
    Click the arrow button next to Security to expand the section.
    Under Firewall, read the firewall status note. This information will indicate which, if any, firewall is installed and whether the firewall is turned on. For example, for ZoneAlarm, the notice will say ZoneAlarm Firewall is currently ON.
    Open the third-party firewall application that is listed in the firewall status note, and temporarily disable the firewall. If necessary, refer to the firewall application documentation, or contact the application vendor for more information about how to temporarily disable the application.
    Step 3: Try to install the updates again
    If this method resolved your issue, follow the steps in Method B, step 2 to re-enable your third-party firewall. You might want to also check for and install any necessary updates to your third-party firewall.
    If this method did not resolve your issue, continue with Method B.
    Method B: Temporarily disable third-party antivirus software
    Warning This workaround may make a computer or a network more vulnerable to attack by malicious users or by malicious software such as viruses. We do not recommend this workaround but are providing this information so that you can implement this workaround at your own discretion. Use this workaround at your own risk.
    Note If your third-party firewall is still disabled from Method A, do not open e-mail messages, surf the Web, or use instant messenger at this point.
    Step 1: Locate and temporarily disable your third-party antivirus software
    Note Windows does not detect all antivirus software, and some antivirus software doesn't report its status to Windows. If your antivirus software is not displayed in Windows Security Center, and you're not sure how to find it, try any of the following:
    Look for the antivirus software in the list of programs on the Start menu.
    Type the name of the software or the publisher in the Search box on the Start menu.
    Look for the software in Action Center:
    Click the Start button, click Control Panel, and then, under System and Security, click Review your computer's status.
    Click the arrow button next to Security to expand the section.
    If Windows can detect your antivirus software, it will be listed under Virus protection.
    If the software is turned on, check the Help documentation that was included with the software for information about how to disable it.
    Note You may have to look in the application documentation to determine how to do this.
    Step 2: Check for Windows Updates
    As soon as the antivirus software is temporarily disabled, visit the Windows Update or Microsoft Update site again, and try to download and install updates.
    If this method resolved your issue, and you were able to install the updates successfully, you should re-enable your third-party antivirus software.
    If this method did not resolve your issue, continue with Method C.
    Method C: Disable software accelerator programs
    Disable any software accelerator programs that may be running. Some examples of these programs are file download accelerators and Internet speed accelerators.
    Note If your third-party firewall is still disabled from Method B, do not open e-mail messages, surf the Web, or use instant messenger at this point.
    Step 1: Disable software accelerator programs
    To do this, select from the following options:
    See the documentation that was included with the program.
    View the Help files for your program.
    Contact the program vendor. For information about how to contact the program vendor, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
    http://support.microsoft.com/gp/vendors
    Step 2: Install Updates
    As soon as the software accelerator program is disabled, visit the Windows Update or Microsoft Update site again, and try to download and install updates.
    If this method resolved your issue, you should enable the software accelerator programs that you disabled in Step 1.
    If this method did not resolve your issue, continue with Method E.
    Method D: Add the Windows Update Web site and the Microsoft Update Web site to the Trusted Sites list
    Note If your third-party firewall is still disabled from Method A, do not open e-mail messages, surf the Web, or use instant messenger at this point.
    To add the Windows Update Web site and the Microsoft Update Web site to the Trusted Sites list, follow these steps:
    Start Windows Internet Explorer.
    On the Tools menu, click Internet Options.
    Note If you are using Internet Explorer 7, and the menu is not available, press the ALT key on your keyboard to access the Internet Explorer Menu.
    Click the Security tab, and then click Trusted Sites.
    Click Sites, and then click to clear the Require server verification (https for all sites in this zone check box.
    In the Add this Web site to the zone box, type the following addresses, and then click Add after you type each address:
    http://update.microsoft.com
    http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com
    Click OK two times.
    Try to install the updates again.
    If this method resolved your issue and you were able to install updates successfully, you should re-enable your third-party firewall if it is still disabled. To do this, see step 2 in Method A.
    For more methods and advanced troubleshooting techniques, see You may encounter temporary connection-related errors when you use Windows Update or Microsoft Update to install updates.

    Mark, I've just been through this update issue with two installations.  In my case, it seemed intertwined with authentification and indexing not working, either.    Upon a transfer of my system disk to new hardware I got hit with the issue and couldn't fix it.  Which is why I did a clean install of Win7 ultimate 64bit on my T61p.  The install (including update) worked great until I ran the intel matrix storage manager update.  This broke windows update.  If you surf the web, and include "intel rapid storage manager" or "intel matrix storage manager" and "Windows update fails", you'll see that a lot of folks feel that the intel driver (or how windows handles it) is what breaks update.  I tracked this down to a driver, iastor.sys, in windows\system32\drivers.    I was able to fix my Window Update by copying an iastor.sys from another recently built machine (should be exactly the same, but this was my wife's T510, but still Win 7 Pro 64) to overwrite the iastor.sys that the intel update changed.  To be clear: I couldn't get windows update or indexing to work.  I overwrote* the "bad" iastor.sys with one that worked on another computer.  Rebooted.  Update worked. I just wanted to point out that instead of blindly installing updates to fix problems, folks should be aware that sometimes the update is the problem. Especially as these systems are off warranty and the drivers are not being updated.  I've asked elsewhere, so let me ask here: Where is the System Interface Driver for t61p?  Not listed anywhere on site, links on the web referring to it are all broken.  Is the System Interface Driver now part of another driver program?  Thanks! Jim T61p, Win 7 Ultimate 64bit, and T510, Win 7 Pro 64bit

  • IPhoto 9.1 update won't install

    I just bought a new MacBook Pro.  It came with iPhoto 11.  The iPhoto 9.1 update won't install.  It keeps saying that I need iPhoto 9.0 or greater, but I have iPhoto 11.  I have not moved iPhoto from its default location.  My computer is only 2 days old.  I've seen others with this problem, but no real solution.  Anyone have any suggestions?

    Thanks for your response TD, but this App, iPhoto 11 came already installed on my computer.  I registered my computer, but you can't register a product without a serial number.  I don't have the iPhoto 11 serial number because it came installed on my computer already.  I tried re-installing iPhoto 9.1 after registering my computer and got the same error message.  However, I did find out that I hae 90 days of complimentary phone support.  So I will be giving Apple a call.

  • Windows updates won't install

    Hello,
    I have a remote user whose Windows updates won't install. He has a Dell laptop with Windows 7 Pro 32-bit. You can bring up the update windows and start the install but, at exactly 10 seconds, it just says "Updates failed" and doesn't really give
    any more information.
    I saw the Windows update service was stopped, I started it and that didn't seem to help. I also tried the update troubleshooter and that didn't do anything. I checked for malware and didn't find any, and he has plenty of disk space. I didn't see
    anything in Even Viewer or Reliability Monitor either.
    What could it be?
    Thanks. 
    Chris Hansen

    Hi Chris,
    Firstly, please check if those Windows Update have already installed:
    1. Open Windows Update by clicking the Start button. In the search box, type
    Update, and then, in the list of results, click Windows Update.
    2.In the left pane, click View update history.
    3. Click Installed Updates at the top of the page, there check if any Windows Update installed recently.
    If there is no any Windows Update installed, try to
    reset the Windows Update component to check if it could resolve the issue.
    Karen Hu
    TechNet Community Support

  • 10.6.8 update won't install gets half way through then just freezes spinning beach ball for 4 hours any ideas y. Tried and restarted 3 times already does the same thing each time have to hold down the power button to restart

    10.6.8 update won't install gets half way through then just freezes spinning beach ball for 4 hours any ideas y. Tried and restarted 3 times already does the same thing each time have to hold down the power button to restart. Anyone can help

    Ok will check, as of right now I have 82.57gb free, that's plenty of space will check the disk though using disk utility. Also I am now downloading the update from the apple website instead of going through software update

  • Brand New Samsung s4 Won't Install Apps

    My Samsung S4 (brand new last night) won't install any apps. I click install, and it highlights like it's going to, but then it does nothing.

        That's odd mmchenry, let's get to the bottom of this. Are you trying this on 4G LTE or wi-fi? Launch your Play Store, select the Menu icon on the top left>Settings>Is the option to require a password enabled? If so, disable it. You can also try Settings>Application Manager>Playstore>Stop. Let me know if this works.
    AdaS_VZW
    Follow us on Twitter at @VZWSupport 

  • 10.4 update won't install

    latest iTunes update won't install correctly. Says to shut down iTunes for update to complete. I've made sure 3 times that iTunes was not opened.

    I'm having the same problem with Windows 7 and cannot download direct from the website. 

  • New iOS7 update won't let me restrict iTunes radio/images for my kids. Help?

    The new iOS7 update won't let me restrict iTunes radio/images for my kids. I've never had this problem with Apple before. I've always had the ability to restrict the iTunes store, and anything else I needed to restrict. I'm not a religous nut, I just don't want my kids looking at some of that stuff. I'm really disappointed with this feature. If anybody has any help I would appreciate it! Switching music to clean only blocks music, not album covers and artist pictures. I've always loved the parent friendly features of Apple. I hope they fix this soon! My family loves Apple, and I don't want to have to switch!

    Hi. Yes I've looked all through restrictions and there is nothing that will block it. This is weird. Apple usually always thinks of this stuff. Usually they provide ways to both choose a parental level or block it from being used all together. I can't do either. On some of my devices I want to restrict what I'm seeing/hearing from iTunes radio but on some I want to block it all together. I've been all through restrictions and there is no option for either.

  • Updates won't install,billing info wrong

    Updates won't install,keeps saying problem with billing info,then there was a problem with a previous payment,but I can't find out what is was.

    You'll have to update your billing info from itunes, here's a guide on how to do it on iOS http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1918?viewlocale=nl_nl .  It may be that there weren't suffecent funds at the time of the last purchase, in which case you'll just have to varify the three digit security code. Hope it helps!

  • Illustrator update won't install, even after uninstalling and retrying multiple times.

    Illustrator update won't install, even after uninstalling (using the "Uninstall Adobe Illustrator CS6" app and retrying (using Adobe Application Manager}multiple times. Now I can't open AI CS6 at all.
    The error message I get in Application Manager is:
    "Application could not be found. Restore in case it was trashed/moved to a different volume. Reinstall the application otherwise (U44M1P2B)"
    Help!

    Can you please try installing the Adobe Application Manager from http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=4774.
    If that doesn't work then the safest course would be to remove all Adobe Creative Software using the uninstallers located in Applications/Utilities/Adobe Installers.  This should then remove the Adobe Application Manager folder also inside Utilities.  Once the software is completely uninstalled and the Adobe Application Manager is removed then you should be able to reinstall from https://creative.adobe.com/.

  • Jam Pack 4 update won't install

    I've resinstalled *Jam Pack 4* 1.0 and went to Apple's site and downloaded the 1.0.1 update to correct some sound quality issues. However, the update won't install. I keep getting the message, "There is nothing to install," when I get to that step in the installation process. I see in an archived area others have had this problem as well with this Jam Pack 4 update. Why won't the update install?
    Any help out there for this?

    try repairing permissions:
    http://www.bulletsandbones.com/GB/Tutorials.html#repairingpermissions

  • New iOS 7.0.6 update won't install on my iphone 4

    I have 2 iPhone 4's in my family and the new update would not install on one of them. Any thoughts?

    Connect to iTune and Check for Updates (tap to enlarge image)

  • Asus Update won't install with X-Fi - some discoveries and possible new

    First of all, there is a possible solution here: http://forums.creative.com/creativel...ery.id=0#M3940
    To my discovery:
    Up until now when I've reinstalled WinXP, I've always used the CD that came with my X-Fi Fatalty card to install drivers and software. Doing this, even when I updated drivers with the latest one from web, still made the Asus Update impossible to install, or impossible to run if installed before X-Fi.
    The last time I reinstalled WinXP, I did NOT use the X-Fi CD, and did not install anything else but the drivers directly from the web. This time, NO problems at all with installing Asus Update or running it.
    This leads me to believe that it is the X-Fi *software* that is the problem, not the X-Fi drivers, not Asus, not the other products.
    So basically:
    X-Fi Drivers + Software (without Mediasource installed)
    and
    X-Fi Drivers + Software (with Mediasource installed)
    messes things up, but:
    X-Fi Drivers (at least 5. drivers) as only install, no software from the CD installed
    works perfectly.
    Message Edited by KriFos on 2-22-2005 :4 AM

    Makes sense to me since I have 2 partitions for my OS one is XP Home where I used the CD and the other is XP Pro 64bit where there were no drivers at release and can only use the update from the web. When I updated my BIOS for my ASUS A8N32-SLI board I had to do it in XP Pro 64 since it wouldn't run on XP home. Nice another fun issue with X-FI as if the crackling wasn't bad enough.

Maybe you are looking for