iBook airport problem (very weak or no signal)

jordaneatworld

I bought my iBook back in march and up until about a month ago my airport card worked great. I always got a great signal anywhere in my house. Then about a month ago I installed more memory (512mb, from crucial, not from apple) into my iBook. Since then, my iBook gets no airport signal when I have in places, that although are far away from the wireless router, I used to get a very good signal from. Also, now I get a very weak signal when I have my iBook right next to the wireless router.



As most of you know, in order to install memory one must take out/unplug the aiport card so you can have access to the memory bay, so one might think I damaged the airport card when installing the new memory. However, I took out the aiport card very carefully and when I was done installing the memory I made sure I put the airport card back in correctly and made sure the antenna was plugged in correctly/tightly. I have even gone back and checked the card a few times to make sure that everything was plugged in correctly/snuggly.



Has anyone else had this problem or know what I could do to fix it? Any info will be much appreciated. Thanks in advance.



-Jordan

reg

Try repairing permissions. I had the same problem with a powerbook. I seldom got a signal higher than one bar even when I was next to a base station. Once I repaired permissions it jumped up to the top.



reg

jordaneatworld

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Originally posted by reg

Try repairing permissions. I had the same problem with a powerbook. I seldom got a signal higher than one bar even when I was next to a base station. Once I repaired permissions it jumped up to the top.



reg

What is 'repair permissions' or how do I do a repair permission? Thanks.



-Jordan

reg

Applications / Utilities / disk Utility / select your HD by clicking on it. Under First Aid click on Repair Disk Permissions. That will repair your permissions. Then check your airport reception and see if that helped.



reg