G5 Dual Core Powermac says no card detected

Hi All
It's been a frustrating day - first off I carted my mac 30 miles to an Apple Centre and waited for a long time whilst they installed an Airport Extreme Card with Bluetooth into My brand new G5 2Ghz Powermac (Dual Core).
Got the machine home and it turns out that they re installed the RAM incorrectly and after half an hour or so I sorted that.
I turn on the machine and try to detect the Airport Card and it says "no card is installed' The card is installed but it just doesn't work.
I can't get back to the store until next week and I was wondering if anyone had any ideas on what may be wrong. It looks like the antenna is connected and everything seems secure.
Help anyone please.

You might want to read the thread Airport Card & the new Dual Core Powermac's.
Otherwise your choices are:
Card is not installed correctly.
Card is defective.
Motherboard of G5 is defective.

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