Hold down the power button for 10 seconds perhaps after reboot will detect your airport card. Unscrew two small screws holding the old airport wifi card and. In cases like that this connection setup has been reported to be correct. When i built my mac pro 3, 1 machine early 2008 back in the day, i chose not to get an airport extreme card since i only intended to connect it via an ethernet cable.
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