Replace that system with a fresh one, bring it up to date and all your problems "should" go away.
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Here is the story. I close the screen on my iBook G4 (14'', 10.4.9) and it goes to sleep. When it wakes up, what was previously a full Airport wifi signal is now blank. It does not show any options to connect to, not even the one I connect to every day. I turn it off and on, it does nothing. So I do a restart, and when I log in again, the airport icon is Gone! The computer says I don't have it installed it on my computer. So I shut it down and leave it like that for maybe a minute. When I reboot, it usually, 60% of the time, crashes, so I need to shut down and reboot again. Then, about 10% of the time, it will crash apon it's second reboot. But if it doesn't I log in, and 50% of the time there is still no icon. Another shut down and reboot, and finally it shows up, with a strong signal!!! This is driving me crazy! It sometimes takes FIVE cycles to get it working again, and the Constant Crashes have me backing up all my data on DVDs every five days!
Please, somebody help me!
Thank You in advance.

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