Trouble fitting airport card

hi i've bought airport extreme card and tried to fit it but the antenna is a tiny bit to short to connect to the card...so we connected the antenna to the card first then tried to fit it but its going in on an angel ..any suggestions plz?....thnx

akbp80, Welcome to the discussion area!
Which iMac G4? If the clock speed is less than 1 GHz, you need the original AirPort card! The AirPort Extreme card will not work and may damage that iMac's motherboard.

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