My Imac (brand new) isnt recognizing my airport card!

Hello lets get down to business.
So yesterday i finally moved to a mac and everything worked perfectly. The airport card was getting the internet signal perfectly yet when i woke up this morning a horrible thing happened! my imac says (on the top bar) that there is no airport card installed!
I'm talking about the one which already comes inbuilt with the Imac by the way. So what do you think it is and can I fix it or do i have to send it back to the store to have it fixed there?
thanks everyone
oh and im using wired internet now ( the explanation for how i can get here in the first place!)

Not, you can't fix it yourself. Take the computer back where it was purchased. If you purchased it new, you can have it replaced within the first 14 days with no questions asked.

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