Internal Airport Antenna

Hey
During my move the movers droped my g5. Lucky for me not to hard...but some wires are loose now.
I connected them all back but now the tricky one.
My airport antenna wire is loose. And its not the part that connects with the card itself. But its the other end, that goes inside the logic board. My question is. Does anyone know where to put it back in?because i really don't! Thanks guys!

I figured out that there is a antenna port where the wire should be connected to. No i just figure out how...the where part is solved

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