Not recognising Airport card

hello...
i've recently bought an airport extreme card for an older g4 powerbook. I've installed all of the appropriate of updates, but the computer refused to recognise the fact that it has a card now - although when i reboot it makes an electronic tone that seems to indicate it does...
any ideas?
Thank you!

Hm... i bought it around that time, but i'm not sure exactly - is there a simple wat to tell if it is a titanium one??
How old a "G4 Powerbook" is this?
All G4 Powerbook's released prior to January 2003 (ie
the so-called "Titanium" Powerbook G4s) require an
original Airport card. You cannot install an Airport
Extreme card into one of these older Powerbook G4
models.

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