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                          15 minutes

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  • Wi-Fi Card
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Introduction

What you need

Step 1

              Wi-Fi Card
  • Turn off the laptop and make sure it is unplugged from power before proceeding.
  • Unscrew the 15 screws on the bottom panel using a Phillips #00 screwdriver.
  • Pry open the back cover with a plastic spudger.
  • Lift the back cover away from computer. Make sure nothing is attached.
  • Unplug the battery cable from the motherboard to prevent a ground fault.
  • Too much pressure from the spudger can break the clips that secure the back panel, but some flex is not dangerous.

Turn off the laptop and make sure it is unplugged from power before proceeding.

Unscrew the 15 screws on the bottom panel using a Phillips #00 screwdriver.

Pry open the back cover with a plastic spudger.

Lift the back cover away from computer. Make sure nothing is attached.

Unplug the battery cable from the motherboard to prevent a ground fault.

Too much pressure from the spudger can break the clips that secure the back panel, but some flex is not dangerous.

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Step 2

  • Unscrew the single screw from the Wifi card using a Phillips #00 screwdriver.
  • Apply upward pressure on the cables using a plastic tweezer.
  • Using either your hand or the plastic tweezer, grab and wiggle the card out of the socket.
  • Pull the card upward from the slot.
  • Wifi cables are fragile.
  • To reassemble the laptop, simply reverse these steps.

Unscrew the single screw from the Wifi card using a Phillips #00 screwdriver.

Apply upward pressure on the cables using a plastic tweezer.

Using either your hand or the plastic tweezer, grab and wiggle the card out of the socket.

Pull the card upward from the slot.

Wifi cables are fragile.

To reassemble the laptop, simply reverse these steps.

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keith dragon - Mar 3, 2018

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Is this a msata card or a m.2 card?

Bastien Allaoui - Mar 23, 2020

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Hi, do you know where I can find some new wifi cables? I broke mine (with my WiFi card) and looking to repair it

Best regards

Adriano - Jan 6, 2023

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Hi there , the wifi cable (aux) its not connecting to the card , probaly I have bent it , what problem does it cause because right now I still can use the wifi, and most important thing , where can I buy it and how can change it ? Thanks