How to replace the wireless card in Aurora R11

Learn how to replace the wireless card on your Alienware-Aurora R11. This video helps to guide you through the steps for removing and installing a wireless card on your Alienware-Aurora R11. Before removing the wireless card, read through the safety guidelines to protect your computer from potential damage and ensure your personal safety. Ensure that you turn off your computer and all attached peripherals.

In this video, we will demonstrate how to remove and install the wireless card. Before removing the wireless card, read through the safety guidelines to protect your computer from potential damage and ensure your personal safety. For more information about safety guidelines, see the Alienware Aurora Service Manual at dell.com/support.

Before you begin, ensure that you turn off your computer and disconnect all attached peripherals. To remove the left-side cover, Remove the screw that secures the side-cover release latch to the chassis. Pull the side-cover release latch to release the left-side cover away from the chassis. Lift the left-side panel from the chassis. Now let’s remove the single graphics card.

The computer on its right side. Press the releasing clip on the power-cable connectors and disconnect the power cables from the graphics card. Slide the power-supply unit cage release latches to the unlocked position. Lift the power supply unit cage and rotate the power supply unit cage it away from the chassis.

Lift to release the graphics-card bracket from the chassis. Push the securing tab on the PCIe slot away from the graphics card, grasp the card by its top corner, and ease it out of the slot. Now let’s remove the wireless card. Remove the screw that secures the wireless card to the system board.

Lift the wireless card bracket off the wireless card. Disconnect the antenna cables from the wireless card. Slide and remove the wireless card from the wireless-card slot. You have successfully removed the wireless card. Now, let’s see how to install the wireless card. Connect the antenna cables to the wireless card.

Place the wireless-card bracket on the wireless card. Align the notch on the wireless card with the tab on the wireless card slot. Slide the wireless card at an angle into the wireless-card slot. Replace the screw that secures the wireless card to the system board. Once the wireless card is installed, install the single-graphics card.

Place the card into the X16 slot and press down firmly until the graphics card snaps into place. Slide the tab on the graphics-card bracket into the slot on the chassis and rotate it into place. Rotate the power-supply unit cage towards the chassis. Slide the power-supply unit cage release latches towards the locked position.

Connect the power cables to the graphics card. Once the single graphics card is installed, install the left-side cover. To install the left-side cover, locate the tabs on the left-side cover and slots on the chassis. Rotate the left-side cover towards the chassis until it snaps into place.

Replace the screw that secures the side-cover release latch to the chassis. The wireless card installation process is now completed. For more information, see the Service Manual document at dell.com/support.