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Replacing the wireless card, Procedure, Post-requisites

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Replacing the wireless card WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety information that shipped with your computer and follow the steps in Before Working Inside Your Computer. After working inside your computer, follow the instructions in After Working Inside Your Computer. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at dell.com/regulatory_compliance. Procedure CAUTION: To avoid damaging the wireless card, do not place any cables under it. 1 Align the notch on the wireless card with the tab on the wireless-card slot. 2 Slide the wireless card at an angle into the wireless-card slot. 3 Connect the antenna cables to the wireless card. The following table provides the antenna-cable color scheme for the wireless card supported by your computer. Connectors on the wireless card Antenna-cable color Main (white triangle) White Auxiliary (black triangle) Black 4 Align the screw hole on the wireless-card bracket with the screw hole on the wireless card. 5 Replace the screw that secures the wireless-card bracket and the wireless card to the system board. Post-requisites Replace the base panel. 33

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Replacing the wireless card
WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety
information that shipped with your computer and follow the steps in
Before Working Inside Your Computer
. After working inside your
computer, follow the instructions in
After Working Inside Your
Computer
. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory
Compliance home page at dell.com/regulatory_compliance.
Procedure
CAUTION: To avoid damaging the wireless card, do not place any
cables under it.
1
Align the notch on the wireless card with the tab on the wireless-card
slot.
2
Slide the wireless card at an angle into the wireless-card slot.
3
Connect the antenna cables to the wireless card.
The following table provides the antenna-cable color scheme for the
wireless card supported by your computer.
Connectors on the wireless card
Antenna-cable color
Main (white triangle)
White
Auxiliary (black triangle)
Black
4
Align the screw hole on the wireless-card bracket with the screw hole on
the wireless card.
5
Replace the screw that secures the wireless-card bracket and the
wireless card to the system board.
Post-requisites
Replace the
base panel
.
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