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OptiPlex 5400 Service Manual

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Removing the wireless card

Prerequisites

  1. Follow the procedure in Before working inside your computer.
  2. Remove the stand.
  3. Remove the cable cover (optional).
  4. Remove the back cover.
  5. Remove the system-board shield.

About this task

The following image indicates the location of the wireless card and provides a visual representation of the removal procedure.

Image: Removing the wireless card

Steps

  1. Remove the two screws (M2x2.5) that secure the wireless-card shield to the system board.
  2. Unroute the antenna cables from the routing guides on the wireless-card shield.
  3. Lift the wireless-card shield out of the system.
  4. Remove the screw (M2x2.5) that secures the wireless-card bracket to the wireless card.
  5. Slide and remove the wireless-card bracket off the wireless card.
  6. Disconnect the antenna cables from the wireless card.
    NOTE: The antenna cables are preinstalled in your computer at the point of sale, even if you have obtained the computer without the WLAN card.
  7. Slide and remove the wireless card from the wireless-card slot.

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