I recently purchased a 12" 1.5 Ghz Powerbook on eBay (running OS 10.5.x). The auction description said "the Airport Extreme card doesn't seem to be working correctly." Once I received the laptop, I figured out that the problem is really that this powerbook has a very short wireless reception distance - such that when I first powered it on, sitting at my computer desk about 5 feet from the wireless router (linksys) it worked just fine. But when I sat with the laptop on the other side of the same room, about 15 feet from the router, reception was only fair. Take the laptop to the next room, about 25 feet from the router, and you're totally out of luck.
So at first I thought the problem must be with the Airport card, so I bought another one - they aren't very expensive. Now I find that the reception problem has not changed at all, so the card can't be the problem. Can anyone tell me what the real problem is? I'm just hoping it's not on the motherboard, because they really are expensive. Bruce - in Orlando -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
