Broken internal antenna!

Hi all! First time I post here :P
It's like this. I broke my internal antenna on my PowerBook G4 12" when I was going to check which airport card I had. I'm kind of.. violence of myself but anyway. I was going to check which card I had and the antenna.. Popped of the card. Or atleast I think it is the antenna.
Well, it broke and now I CAN still found the card, but no connections (:P). Am I able to reconnect the cable in some way? Because there is some metallic thing sticking out from the card and the cable is.. Loose, and it's now harder to shut that little door to the card. Well.. I think that's all I can say for now.
Here's two pic's of the thing ^_^ (Photo's taken with my mobile)
Thanks for now! I hope you are able to help me!
I can take pic's with my real digital camera if anyone wants better quality.
PowerBook G4 12" Mac OS X (10.4.7)

Welcome to the discussions
You have one of 2 choices you can either take it to an Apple store or contact Applecare, if you have it.
Or if you want to attempt it, look at the link and you will see you can unplug the connecter to the card and twist the cable and insert it and either crimp it or solder it and then re attach it.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=108039
Cheers Don

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