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G5 + Airport Extreme Card = No Network?!
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<blockquote data-quote="jimhsu" data-source="post: 703460" data-attributes="member: 63156"><p>kriss41,</p><p></p><p>I did a little more research and it turns out that later G5s like the dual and the quad cannot use the Airport Extremem card even though there is a slot for it.</p><p></p><p>It needs a completely different kit: both wireless and bluetooth, and it goes into the PCI-E slot.</p><p></p><p>It is listed as a "Mac installed, non-customer-installed" part, and when I called Apple today they say "We don't even know where to get it."</p><p></p><p>The "IT" goes by the code of ma252g/a, and if you search for that you will see many, many people owning G5 also have problems and are confused by this twist.</p><p></p><p>Finally, it is available for purchase and there are forums with photo instructions on how to install it (text in German) if you search for ma252g/a .... and it costs $210.</p><p></p><p>Hope this helps. There are also PCI cards by non-Apple parties (search macsales.com) but I don't think they work as well as having the Airport card from Apple because it probably will be controlled by non-Airport software so user interface is not as smooth?! But that might be my only hope of ever seeing the Internet. </p><p></p><p><strong>A vital part for Internet connection is no longer available from Apple itself: such a silly problem for supposedly the last and the greatest of the G5s....</strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jimhsu, post: 703460, member: 63156"] kriss41, I did a little more research and it turns out that later G5s like the dual and the quad cannot use the Airport Extremem card even though there is a slot for it. It needs a completely different kit: both wireless and bluetooth, and it goes into the PCI-E slot. It is listed as a "Mac installed, non-customer-installed" part, and when I called Apple today they say "We don't even know where to get it." The "IT" goes by the code of ma252g/a, and if you search for that you will see many, many people owning G5 also have problems and are confused by this twist. Finally, it is available for purchase and there are forums with photo instructions on how to install it (text in German) if you search for ma252g/a .... and it costs $210. Hope this helps. There are also PCI cards by non-Apple parties (search macsales.com) but I don't think they work as well as having the Airport card from Apple because it probably will be controlled by non-Airport software so user interface is not as smooth?! But that might be my only hope of ever seeing the Internet. [B]A vital part for Internet connection is no longer available from Apple itself: such a silly problem for supposedly the last and the greatest of the G5s....[/B] [/QUOTE]
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