Airport card not conected

all of a sudden i can not conect wirelesly when i click on the wireles icon it says airport card not conected and if i try to turn on airport nothing happens can the card come loose or is it a more serious problem

(10.5.3)
Use Software Update to update your OS to last version of Leopard.  Install all the other updates that goes along w/it.  Don't remember if any Airpport updates for Leopard.
After the installations, repair permissions and restart your computer.
Please post back your results.

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