No Airport On Boot

Hi,
When I boot up my iBook it fails to register my built in airport.
It does not appear on the bar and when i look in the network settings it says no airport hardware installed.
If i restart my iBook the airport apears and works great.
The problem appears to be when booting after a complete shutdown. After a restart all is good.
If anyone knows how to solve this issue please could you help me having to startup twice everytime is getting to me now....
12" iBook G4 PPC 1.33GHZ (OS X 10.4.7)

Hi Damien,
I'm not sure if resetting the PMU will solve your problem but it can't do any harm to try and you certainly won't make things worse. The full instructions are as follows:
RESET PMU
1. If the computer is on, turn it off.
2. Reset the power manager by simultaneously pressing and then releasing Shift-Control-Option-Power on the keyboard. Do not press the fn (Function) key while using this combination of keystrokes.
3. Wait 5 seconds.
4. Press the Power button to restart the iBook.
The option key is the 'alt' or ⌥ key.
"…the one with the apple sysmbol and the squigle square" or ⌘ is known as the 'command' key.
You will get a warning when the iBook starts up that your clock is set to some obscure date and that some applications may not work as expected, don't worry about it. If you're set up to get time & date automatically it will do so as soon as you're on line again. Or it can be done in System Preferences> Date & Time.
If the PMU reset doesn't work a workaround might be to not shut your iBook down. I rarely shut mine down completely with the uptime often running into weeks. When I've finished for the day or taking it somewhere I just close the lid, wait a couple of seconds to make sure that 'sleep' has activated and I'm good to go.
If the problem persists you might like to contact Apple Service about it if you are still in warrantee.
Best of luck,
Adrian

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