I had a scare on my 11,2 2gig G5 today, the network card started acting up and eventually stopped showing up after a few boots. I pulled the card and it sure did not visually match any airport card on ebay at all. The PCB has 2 holes for of those inner/outer construction plastic rivets that hold the card to the chassis above it. Most cards have a nice looking housing. This one is a bare pcb. I am a bit worried about sourcing a spare card. Last I checked, the G5 ethernet ports aren't supported and that leaves only PciE cards for ethernet as a possible option for networking.

I put some DeOxit electronics cleaner on the connector edge and worked it in/out a few times before wiping off the excess. It came back to life on the next boot.

Did you get your airport card working? I am half way tempted to get one with the same connector edge, but the ebay seller states it isn't compatible late '05 dual cores...

Cheers,

-E

G5 "1117" 11,2 2Ghz Airport Card

[ Edited by EVX 27.01.2026 - 08:42 ]