Airport card is no longer detected

Hi,
This is my first time here, but I'm hoping to find some answers.
I've owned my computer for a year with no problems (the airport worked perfectly).
I recently was installing some system updates (think Itunes, Quicktime, and a Security one) and got an error of some sort that it was unable to complete. After restarting, my airport card was no longer detected.
I have since:
uninstalled I Tunes and Quicktime
Taken Airport Card out, booted up, shut down, put card back in
Updated to new 10.4.11
Let battery drain completely down
The card is not even detected in system profiler anymore.
Anybody have any ideas? I would love some help. Thanks!
Specs:
Ibook G3 600mhz
256mb Ram
Airport Card
OS X 10.4.11

Take a look here and see if you can pick it out:
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/apple/security_updates/
(I'm afraid I don't know a thing about Microsoft Fixes. Like many cleaning ladies, I don't do Windows.)
If rerunning the Security Update doesn't do it, you may want to consider an _Archive and Install_ of the OS (which would mean you would need to run the combo updater to get back to OS X 10.4.11).

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