AirPort hardware no longer being recognized! Help!

I know this is something I should just take in to the Genius Bar, but I figured I would see if I can get any answers here first.
I use a PowerBook G4 running 10.4.8 (yes, I need to upgrade) and my laptop came with an AirPort card installed. I have had no problems up until recently with the use of my AirPort. What is happening is that my laptop has stopped recognizing the card completey. This is NOT a connection issue, this is directly related to the fact that the laptop "thinks" there is no card when, in fact, there is. I have not had any work done on it so there is no way it could have been removed. The only answer I can come up with is that it took a light fall and it may have knocked the card out of place (if that's possible) or somehow damaged it so that it no longer works.
Has anyone ever heard of this happening and if so, is there a way to fix it?
Thankfully I also have ethernet and it is still fully operational, so I know it is in no way related to the laptop's ability to connect.
Any insight would be greatly appreciated.
~Roxanne
12 inch PowerBook using 10.4.8 Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Maybe you need to upgrade to 10.4.10
after all it is a free Update.
I think that will fix your issue.
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