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iMac Intel 20" EMC 2266: Internet connects most of the time but not always

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:11:42 -0700

Ok, I seem to have a little problem with it. Sometimes when I turn it on it boots up fine, no chime but I have the sound muted. When I go to launch firefox (newest one) it never loads. My airport menu (thingy at the top of the menu bar) says I have a full signal (the airport express and iMac are less than 20 feet away from each other). Same thing with Safari. Everything else still works, i.e. xbox 360, MacBook, wii, and an iPod touch, at the same time. Sometimes it works right the first time but other times it will not work at all. Restarting and turning it off then back on doesn't help either. I have to turn it off for over 30 minutes then try again and it always works after that. Any ideas?

p.s.- sorry about the length

⟐ Answered March 11, 2010 at 8:11 am -0700

iBook: My internet turns on, but won`t work

Mon, 31 May 2010 14:38:02 -0700

O.k, so it finds my homes wireless internet, so obviously its not the wireless connection. But, I click on Safari and it says the internet isn`t hooked up, last time I restarted my iBook, and it worked but, that was last time, this time I just clicked the thing to hook it back up, and it asks for the password, I type it in, but it either just doesn`t go through, or it says wrong password. What`s wrong with it?

⟐ Answered May 31, 2010 at 2:38 pm -0700

iBook G4 14" 1.42 GHz: why does my wireless stop transimitting and my mouse freeze up?

Wed, 02 Jun 2010 13:30:06 -0700

Sometime it happens only a few seconds after turning on the machine, other times, it happens after using the machine for several minutes or up to an hour. Eventually, the wireless icon goes blank, as if it has stopped transmitting. If it doesn't freeze up at the sometime, shortly thereafter, the mouse freezes up.

The machine is running on the original battery (which does not hold a charge any longer)and I replaced my broken charger with a "MacCharger" from MacWizzards.com. The machine has never had any other problems in the four and a half years I have owned it.

I have already swapped out the DC-in on the recommendation of a friend. Obviously, that didn't resolve the problem. Anyone have any other ideas?

⟐ Answered June 2, 2010 at 1:30 pm -0700

MacBook Pro: how to i get my wireless to work

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:43:18 -0700

how to create a wireless connection

⟐ Answer edited February 5, 2012 at 4:43 pm -0700

iBook G4 12" 1.33 GHz: I cannot use Airport for 802.11 wireless connection

Tue, 08 Jun 2010 13:37:20 -0700

When I try to use airport to connect to my 802.11 wireless network, my iBook says that there is no power to the airport. In a device directory under "about this Mac" it shows no airport installed. However I can get the bluetooth to work fine. I came to your site to buy an airport card and found in your description of Product code: IF183-054-1 Apple Part #: 661-3692, you describe the card as a airport/bluetooth card. Does the same card provide both capabilities in all cases? Or just this model card? I am trying to determine If I need an airport card or do I already have one (since I get bluetooth) and it just needs to be "turned on" in some way?

⟐ Answered June 8, 2010 at 1:37 pm -0700

iMac: My wi fi airport extreme,

Mon, 28 Jun 2010 14:55:22 -0700

I have a 3rd generation iMac, my wirless router is upstairs about 15 mts away, my MacBook laptop shows solid signal strength, my iMac sometimes works and other times nothing.

Took it to local apple workshops (no authorised as I live in saudi arabia) who stated that the internal antenna was loose, supposedly fixed lasted a few days and now no longer working NO signal strength at all, how do I replace check that airport extreme card is faulty or not connected properly

⟐ Answered June 28, 2010 at 2:55 pm -0700

PowerBook G4 Aluminum 12" 1-1.5 GHz: Airport will not come on

Sat, 18 Sep 2010 18:29:21 -0700

Usually comes on in presence but I cannot get it to come on at all.

⟐ Answer deleted September 18, 2010 at 6:29 pm -0700

iBook G4 14" 1.42 GHz: My airport wireless wont work sometimes.

Wed, 22 Sep 2010 13:51:21 -0700

My airport wireless works only sometimes, i get internet if wired.

do i need to change the card?

⟐ Commented September 22, 2010 at 1:51 pm -0700

iPhone 3GS: Can a phone with a wifi hardward problem/failure (genius) be fixed?

Sat, 12 Feb 2011 22:33:19 -0700

I have not been able to receive wireless on my iPhone 3GS. I have done all the troubleshooting I could find on the Internet, worked with Apple support via phone and finally visited a store and a Genius checked out the phone. He said it was a hardware failure problem and that I would need to pay $199 to replace the phone. A tech savvy friend pointed me to this site. What a find.

Anyway, 1. Is there a definitive way to test to see if there's a hardware problem and 2. If there is a hardware problem is it something I may be able to fix myself? Thx a million!!

Update

It seems that your response was cut off (...Proper hot-air rework station and liquid flux) or I don't understand what 'proper hot-air rework tation and liqid flux' means. Will you respond to this? Is it somethin I should/could do?

⟐ Commented February 12, 2011 at 10:33 pm -0700

iBook G3 12": I cant connect to the internet through airport

Tue, 15 Feb 2011 20:19:38 -0700

I've just installed a new hard drive into my I book and successfully installed Mac OS X but i cannot connect to the internet through airport can anybody help please. I have an airport card installed and tried everything.

⟐ Commented February 15, 2011 at 8:19 pm -0700