Hi Steven,
Check the connector for the Airport antenna is FULLY seated into its
socket on the Airport Extreme card - this can take a fair bit of
force to do properly.
Use the Photos in KB 108039 'Properly attaching the antenna on an
Airport Extreme Card' to verify that the antenna wire is properly
attached.
<http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=108039>
This document might help show you how to get to the Airport Extreme
Card & Antenna.
<http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=88058>
I've also found ifixit guides handy.
<http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Mac/PowerBook-G4-Al-17-Inch/Airport-
Extreme>
Cheers,
Ronni
On 07/11/2006, at 7:48 PM, Steven wrote:
Further to the message (copied below) about my Powerbook reception
issue,
the problem continues, and I think that there must be some kind of
internal
aerial that's come loose. I understand that in some models the
aerial sits
in the lid, and sometimes it seems that if I pull the lid down and
then
open, it seems to make a difference.
Does anyone know of any graphics or diagrams on the web that show
me how the
internal airport card and/or aerial are set up? I'm pondering
whether to
climb in and try fixing it myself.
Cheers, Steven
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From: Steven
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2006 23:18:06 +1000
To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Conversation: Airport on 17" Powerbook playing up
Subject: Airport on 17" Powerbook playing up
Hi run a wireless network at home, both an Airport Extreme and Airport
Express on the same network.
Lately, for no apparent reason, my 17² PowerBook, running 10.4.8,
seems to
display a relatively low signal strength (eg. 1st bar only, or 1st
and 2nd
bar on the Airport status symbol in the menu bar). It also seems
slow to
access web pages and send/receive mail, and intermittently goes
offline
altogether.
I also have an iBook (same OS) and Hewlett-Packard PC accessing the
network,
and when I put these machines in the same location as the
PowerBook, no
problem with them in terms of signal strength.
Also, there is a neighbour with a wireless network as well.
Normally, both
iBook and PowerBook have no trouble seeing this network. Now, the
iBook
does, but the PowerBook doesn't.
It all seems to point to something wrong with the PowerBook. Can
anyone
suggest what might be different? Could it be an Airport hardware
issue with
the PowerBook?
Thanks! Steven
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