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Latitude 5430 Rugged Service Manual

Removing the Wi-Fi I/O board

Prerequisites

  1. Follow the procedure in before working inside your computer.
  2. Remove the battery.
  3. Remove the primary M.2 2280 solid state drive or primary M.2 2230 solid state drive.
  4. Remove the base cover.

About this task

The following images indicate the location of the Wi-Fi I/O board and provide a visual representation of the removal procedure.

This image displays the removal of Wi-Fi I/O board

Steps

  1. Disconnect the WLAN, WWAN, and GPS antennas from the Wi-Fi I/O board.
    Table 1. Cable connectors on Latitude 5430 RuggedThis table provides the cable connections of your system:
    Cable number Antenna
    5 WWAN antenna on Wi-Fi I/O board
    1 WWAN antenna on Wi-Fi I/O board
    12 WWAN antenna on Wi-Fi I/O board
    2 WLAN antenna on Wi-Fi I/O board
    13 WLAN antenna on Wi-Fi I/O board
    10 WLAN antenna on Wi-Fi I/O board
    11 GPS antenna on Wi-Fi I/O board
    14 GPS antenna on Wi-Fi I/O board
    4 GPS antenna on Wi-Fi I/O board
  2. Peel the adhesive tape and disconnect the flexible printed cable from the Wi-Fi I/O board.
  3. Remove the two (M2.5x5) screws that secure the Wi-Fi I/O board to the system board.
  4. Lift the Wi-Fi I/O board from the system board.

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