WRT 55 AG Broken Antenna

Our WRT55AG has a broken antenna. The break is internal. Someone (cough cough) tried to unscrew the antenna without realising that they don't unscrew and I fear that it is broken internally.We have lost the A channel for my sons xbox 360. It is out of warranty. I though I might try to repair it myself by dismantling the unit but cannot see any screws. Any ideas?
Message Edited by Bibliophile on 03-07-2008 07:37 PM

Thanks. We figured it out. Its fixed now

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Sorry for the late reply. I had a bad experience with the Apple Store and the 'Genius' Bar where I live. However, in the end, I received my MacBook Pro back from repair and everything is working.
Like I said in my previous post, the first time the Wi-Fi broke, I was using Lion. The mother (Logic) board was replaced as well as the Wi-Fi card.
The second time it broke, I was using Mountain Lion. Booting up the Recovery partition and Snow Leopard (new install) did not solve the issue. The Apple Store confirmed that the Wi-Fi card was broken through various testing, which I observed.
Since the attenna wires for the Wi-Fi run through the display, we decided the next logical step was to replace the Wi-Fi card and the display. The reasoning is that there could have been a short or cross connection in the attenna wiring that was causing the Wi-Fi cards to short-out/burn-out. The Bluetooth continued to work in both cases the Wi-Fi failed, meaning that it was unlikely a cable problem.
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