I don't know about removing the Åirport Extreme card from the iBook, but putting it into the G5 is not that difficult. There are plenty of instructions to be found by googling. You just have to take your time, and line everything up carefully when inserting the card in its slot. My main problem was attaching the antenna wire that's built into the G5 to the card itself... takes some nimble fingers, as it's tight quarters.
My card (removed from dead Powerbook G4) worked OK with just the internal wire attached, though sometimes my airport reception, as indicated by the Airport menubar icon, would drop to just one or two bars. Once I got the little "T" antenna (for $12 on the Swaplist, as cited by Kris), all bars are present in the icon when connected to my home network, and I can see most of the neighborhood in the menu. On Feb 7, 9:39 pm, Kris Tilford <[email protected]> wrote: > On Feb 7, 2012, at 6:55 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > > Now, what it does NOT have is an Airport Extreme card installed. I > > have one in my dead G4 iBook. Could I just swap it in? > > It appears you could swap in the Airport Extreme card from your iBook, > but... > > You'd need to acquire an Airport G5 "T" antenna because without the > little "T" antenna you won't have good reception. There was one listed > on LEM-Swap for $12 recently. You might be able to improvise an > alternative antenna to make due? > > You'll only get 802.11g speed of 54mbps whereas if you bought any > Broadcom chipset 802.11n PCI card which will recognize by OS X as > Apple Airport you can get minimally 130mbps for single channel 802.11n > or up to 300mbps if you get a dual-band card. > > If you have to buy the "T" antenna, you might check out prices for > Broadcom chipset 802.11n PCI cards which could be a better deal in the > long run? > > The price on your G5 is good, but get more RAM, and perhaps a better > video card. -- 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
