airport won't turn on

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airport won't turn on

I have just recently not been able to turn on my airport wireless control. After clicking on the airport icon, "turn airport on" nothing happens. I have a small amount of my machine partitioned for XP. The XP side's wireless works just fine, but I can't seem to get the Mac side to work.

Any help?

mac book pro 17" intel duo core, Mac OS X (10.5.5)

Posted on Dec 23, 2008 3:25 PM

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Answer 1

Mar 21, 2017 5:45 AM in response to mr weasel

Same as all others.

Removing the battery and replacing it resolved the issue. Sounds unreasonable, but this worked in 90% of the cases. So, try this before moving to any other steps of re-installing the OS.

This was for my MacBookPro (early 2011) running Mac OS X 10.6.8

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Answer 2

iVmichael

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Dec 23, 2008 3:47 PM in response to mr weasel

Try doing a Parameter RAM reset - hold down apple/option/p/r keys at start up and wait for three chimes before releasing the keys.

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mr weasel Author

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Dec 23, 2008 8:42 PM in response to iVmichael

Thanks for the response and info. I feel a little silly, but I did some more searching after I posted and solved the problem... removed and re-installed the battery. Who would of thought?!

Thanks again

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Answer 4

5miles

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Jan 4, 2009 12:13 PM in response to mr weasel

Just had this exact problem and yes, took the battery out, put it back in and voila, everything works again! Cheers Mr Weasel ;-D

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Answer 5

Jan 29, 2009 8:42 PM in response to mr weasel

Ditto! Thanks for the save!

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Answer 6

Feb 9, 2009 5:22 AM in response to mr weasel

I had the same problem this morning! Reset PRAM - no change. Removed battery - everything is fine! Gotta hand it to Apple Discussions!

Joe

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Answer 7

Mar 21, 2009 5:24 AM in response to mr weasel

Because it worked, I wanted to say "me too". Airport wouldn't turn on ... removed the battery, and now my wireless is just fine. Gotta love the interwebs.

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Answer 8

Swatpa

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May 7, 2009 2:04 AM in response to mr weasel

Had the same problem today. Found this discussion and the battery trick helped!

Thanks for the help.

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Answer 9

Jul 3, 2009 10:43 AM in response to Swatpa

yes - removing the battery works nicely

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Answer 10

Jul 3, 2009 10:05 PM in response to mr weasel

Add one more - thanks.

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Answer 11

Jul 20, 2009 10:29 AM in response to mr weasel

I have tried this, doesn't work. I have tried removing battery, does not work. Also If I restart my computer I have keep starting it over and over for it to come on. I just bought my mac and things were fine 'til I started doing the updates, not sure what updates were done to make it not work properly.

My Mac: MacBook Pro 2.4 intel Core 2 Duo 2GB OSX 10.5.7

thanks much for any help

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Answer 12

Sep 12, 2009 7:28 PM in response to mr weasel

Battery trick worked! Thanks a lot!

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Answer 13

Sep 25, 2009 5:04 PM in response to iVmichael

I am having difficulty connecting to my schools network (Miami) I can connect in Oxford and as of last week I could connect at the branch campuses but today for some reason it kept trying to connect and even asked me for my password and in network said it was connected but safari wouldn't connect to the internet...tried the Parameter RAM reset but all that did was bring back the apple upon booting up (previously it was the black screen showing all the processes) I also tried the battery but it didn't work then i created a new location and that allowed airport to turn on so that made me think that airport was broken maybe a configuration issue? IDK! any help would be appreciated i have to read a book i can only access on campus

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Answer 14

JohnWys

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Nov 3, 2009 8:03 AM in response to mr weasel

Worked for me too, though I don't know why.

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Answer 15

Dec 6, 2009 6:11 PM in response to mr weasel

This issue could be resolved by going to system preferences clicking network, and up next to where it says location click on the box, then click edit locations, click the + and type a name for a new location which could be anything then click done. then go back in and click on the name you just typed, and click on apply at the bottom of the screen then it should work

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