- Notes, cautions, and warnings
- Working on your computer
- Major components of your system
- Technology and components
- Disassembly and reassembly
- Recommended tools
- Screw List
- Side cover
- Front bezel
- Fan shroud
- Hard-drive assembly
- 3.5-inch hard drive
- Solid-state drive
- Memory modules
- Processor fan and heat-sink assembly
- Processor
- Graphics card
- Graphical processing unit
- Coin-cell battery
- WLAN card
- Slim optical-drive
- Slim optical-drive bracket
- Power button
- Power-supply unit
- Intrusion switch
- System board
- Troubleshooting
- Getting help and contacting Dell
Vostro 3888 Service Manual
Installing the wireless card
Prerequisites
About this task
The following image indicates the location of the wireless card and provides a visual representation of the installation procedure.
Steps
- Connect the antenna cables to the wireless card.
The following table provides the antenna-cable color scheme for the wireless card of your computer.
Table 1. Antenna-cable color schemeThe table provides the antenna-cable color scheme for the WLAN card: Connectors on the wireless card Antenna-cable color Main (white triangle) White Auxiliary (black triangle) Black - Slide and 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 (M2x3) that secures the wireless card to the system board.
Next steps
- Install the
Powered GPU.
NOTE This step is required only if the system is configured with powered GPU.
- Install the Side Cover.
- Follow the procedure in Working inside your computer.
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