Power Mac G4 + Airport Extreme

so i just got a Power Mac G4 running OS 10.2
i put in an Airport Extreme card... tried starting it up, and my monitor wasn't picking the computer up.
so i started the computer up without the Airport in it, just to see what was happening, and while the grey startup screen was going i put in the Airport card, and the computer isn't detecting it in the "Network" System Prefence...
how do i get this thing working?

Very interesting especially since pretty much all Power Mac G4's will not work with an Airport Extreme Card. even my MDD Dual G4 i have which I got new in late 2003 only came with a good old std Airport Slot the good old 802.11b variety which is rated at 11Mbps max.
what model PowerMac G4 do you have?
Also OSX 10.2 doesnt have full capabilitiy to support the Airport Extreme codecs. You'd likely need to upgrade your OSX to Panther or Tiger.

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