PowerBook G4 Titanium Mercury Airport Card Replacement

ID: 61

Description: Install an original Airport 802.11b card...

Steps:

  1. Turn the G4 over.
  2. Remove the eight Phillips screws from the lower case.
  3. Using your thumbs, slide the lower case away from you.
  4. The lower case may stick in the front on a tab just above the center of the DVD drive. Be careful as you work the case off, or you may break the thin strip of plastic just above the drive.
  5. Lift the lower case off.
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  6. Your laptop should look approximately like this.
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  7. Skip this step if your computer does not have an Airport card.
  8. Firmly grasp the plastic tab attached to the Airport card and pull up and to the left.
  9. Disconnect the antenna cable from the left side of the Airport card.
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