macbook g4 can't bootup after wireless driver installed

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Hardware: PowerBook G4 (DVI) and (1GHz/867MHz)
System is Mac OS X 10.2.x

I have a Wireless Card based on SIS163U chipset, and find some driver for mac, then install it.
I'm sorry to say I have forgot the download link of wireless driver, unless I can enter G4 OS X system again. I only remember it is dmg file.

When I restart G4, it hang up at the apple logo.
Because the G4 is bought at about 2002, I can't find the install CD.

Then I found I can't enter the single user model.
When I enter the open firmware, I find there are 3 devices I can't get OK echo:

fwx /pci@f2000000/firewire
enetx /pci@f2000000/ethernet
wireless /pci@f2000000/mac-io@17/@30000


0>dev fwx can't find device fwx ok
0>dev enetx can't find device enetx ok
0>dev wireless can't find device wireless ok

I tried several ways to remove these device:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1812
0 > reset-nvram
0 > reset-all
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1379
Command-Option-P-R
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1431?viewlocale=en_US
Press and release the reset button 5 seconds.

These devices are still there, and the boot up process hang at apple logo.
Is there any suggest, without install CD, to save the G4?
Thx :(
 
Mac OS X 10.2? It's most likely that the driver you have downloaded is much newer than your OS supports. Currently most drivers come for 10.5 to 10.7 - if you are lucky, maybe 10.4. But Mac OS X 10.2 hasn't been the most up to date Mac OS X version since late 2003. And the driver you have downloaded could also have been for Intel-based Macs. Now Mac OS X 10.2 is ancient and pre-historic, even though it was light years better than Mac OS X 10.1.

You might be able to get it booted in safe mode - hold down shift at boot. It should disable wireless - if you can get it to log in (even when there are no problems, logging in safe mode takes longer than normally, so be prepared for it to take minutes), then you'd need to uninstall the driver.

Do you remember how much RAM do you have installed? Your system would probably work with Mac OS X 10.4 - if you can find the install discs for those (try Ebay - retail discs are black, never gray).
 
Thank you very much for your reply
I am sorry to say, now I can't enter safe mode neither.
It seem the only place I can enter is open firmware
and it will be not boot up successfully until I find the install disc.

After all, thx again.
 
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