G5 not starting up
20/04/09 Filed in: general troubleshooting | Hardware
We came home from a softball game and went to get on the laptop and it says there is no airport card. How can this happen while we were away for 2 hours?!
Any suggestions? Apple support says to reinstall it, but I don't know how to do that.
No sure what model laptop you have. Macbook? iBook? Powerbook?
Macbook
Ok. You did you do a restart?
yes
Try going to system preferences and selecting network, then toggle turn airport on/off. You could also use the plus sign to re-add airport wireless. It could be a hardware problem however.
Any suggestions? Apple support says to reinstall it, but I don't know how to do that.
No sure what model laptop you have. Macbook? iBook? Powerbook?
Macbook
Ok. You did you do a restart?
yes
Try going to system preferences and selecting network, then toggle turn airport on/off. You could also use the plus sign to re-add airport wireless. It could be a hardware problem however.
If it is hardware, then you may want to take it by the apple store first to have them check it out. They can do this by booting from an external drive and verifying the airport card's connectivity.
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