No wifi -- Airport antenna damaged. Any ideas?

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DolemiteJackson

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I have dropped my iBook 500mhz and destroyed the screen. Unfortunately, I no longer receive wifi. I've concluded that the antenna running through the hinge has become damaged. Since portability is no longer a factor, what can I do to utilize my Airport card and once again receive wifi? External antenna? (how?),
USB antenna thingy (such thing?) All help is appreciated. Thanks.
 
I'd open it up to see exactly what happened in there. Best case scenario, the airport card just fell out of the socket.
It's easy to check, just pop off the keyboard.
Here's the service manual, which has instructions:
http://www.repairyourmac.com/iBook_Dual_USB.pdf

Actually, I don't think that the antenna runs though the hinge, that's the macbook (correct me if I'm wrong)
 
Eric, thank you for the response. I've reseated the Airport card and checked the antenna connection. Both seem fine. For a while, I was getting wifi when the lid was open at a certain angle, but now that's failed.

Seems to me I could buy an external antenna that would fit into the airport card.
 
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