DanTheBudgie

Q: Why won't my Power Mac G5 not connect to my Wifi?

My Power Mac G5 will not connect to my Wifi. I have tried rebooting and other methods, and none seem to work. Any advice or tips would be much appreciated!

iMac, Mac OS X (10.5.8)

Posted on Jan 5, 2014 6:22 PM

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Q: Why won't my Power Mac G5 not connect to my Wifi?

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  • by kaz-k,

    kaz-k kaz-k Jan 6, 2014 12:02 AM in response to DanTheBudgie
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    Jan 6, 2014 12:02 AM in response to DanTheBudgie

    Does your PowerMac G5 have Airport Extreme card?

    http://www.ebay.com/bhp/airport-extreme-card-powermac-g5

  • by nutsonshells13,

    nutsonshells13 nutsonshells13 Jun 25, 2014 1:10 AM in response to DanTheBudgie
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    Jun 25, 2014 1:10 AM in response to DanTheBudgie

    I had the same problem, my G5 didn't find any wireless network anymore.

     

    After doing lots of trouble shooting as advised on various websites I finally had as last resort a look inside my G5 and sure enough I found one of the connections wasn't plugged in!

     

    I normally don't use WIFI very often on my G5, so I can't pin point when it stopped, but having said this, I did have my G5 in the Apple store 3 months ago to get a new graphic card. Surely they would have seen the issue and fixed it at the same time, one assumes.

     

    Anyway, after fiddling around for at least 30 minutes, because I have a Raid card installed and it's covering half of the wifi card, I finally managed to plug in the tiny button and voila the wireless network was working again.

     

    To find out where your wifi card is, I found this service guide, explaining all the inside parts and where they are.

    http://tim.id.au/laptops/apple/macpro/macpro_early2008.pdf

     

    Hope that helps somebody else.