On Jun 8, 2010, at 6:26 PM, Albert Carter wrote:
Just actually had a chance to do this. So using CMD+V for
Verbose mode the only thing I see different is that the slow iBook
give the following line:
AirPortFirmware: start Sta f/w download
It stays here for a while. The other 2 do not do this. Is there a
firmware upgrade on the airport card I need to do?
No. As I understand it, the firmware is loaded each boot and comes
from the software version you've installed on the HD. Perhaps the
Airport card is a different hardware version than the other two? There
are several types. If you switch the Airport cards, and it changes
which iBook boots slowly, you'll have learned something worth knowing.
I've had really poor luck with the original Airport 802.11b cards. The
first couple I got from Apple were dead and replaced under a long
process warranty process. Later ones seemed flakey, and I'd say that
in my experience with about 8 cards total, less than 50% worked well,
and I've got two broken ones sitting around, and another one that only
works half the time. I'd say these cards are one of the Achilles heels
of these older iBooks.
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