Dell 1537 manual Wireless Mini-Card, Removing the Mini-Card

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Wireless Mini-Card

Dell™ Studio 1535/1536/1537 Service Manual

CAUTION: Before you begin any of the procedures in this section, follow the safety instructions that shipped with your computer.

NOTICE: To help prevent damage to the system board, you must remove the battery from the battery bay before you begin working inside the computer.

Your computer supports three Mini-Card slots:

•Two Full Mini-Card slots – for WWAN, WPAN, UWB, Bluetooth

•One Half Mini-Card slot – for WLAN

NOTE: Depending on the configuration of your system, one or more of the Mini-Cards might not be present.

The types of Mini-Cards supported are:

•Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) — Half Mini-Card

•Ultra Wide Band (UWB) — Full Mini-Card

•Mobile broadband or Wireless Wide Area Network (WWAN) — Full Mini-Card

•Wireless Personal Area Network (WPAN) or Internal Card with Bluetooth® Wireless Technology — Full Mini-Card

NOTE: Your computer can only support two Full Mini-Cards and one Half Mini-Card at a time.

NOTE: The WLAN slot supports a half Mini-Card.

Removing the Mini-Card

1.Follow the instructions in Before You Begin.

2.Remove the base cover (see Removing the Base Cover).

NOTICE: When you disconnect a cable, pull on its connector or on its pull-tab, not on the cable itself. Some cables have connectors with locking tabs; if you are disconnecting this type of cable, press in on the locking tabs before you disconnect the cable. As you pull connectors apart, keep them evenly aligned to avoid bending any connector pins. Also, before you connect a cable, ensure that both connectors are correctly oriented and aligned.

3. Disconnect the antenna cables from the Mini-Card.

1 WWAN/WLAN Mini-Card 2 M2 x 3-mm securing screw 3 antenna cable connectors (2)

NOTE: If you are removing a WPAN/UWB Mini-Card, disconnect the blue antenna cable from the Mini-Card.

4.Remove the securing screw that connects the Mini-Card to the system board.

5.Lift the Mini-Card out of the system board connector.

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Contents Model PP33L August 2008 Rev. A01 Replacing the Base Cover Base CoverRemoving the Base Cover Before You Begin Recommended Tools Before Working Inside Your ComputerBack to Contents Flashing the Bios From the Hard Drive Flashing the BiosFlashing the Bios From a CD Back to Contents Replacing the USB/Audio Board USB/Audio BoardRemoving the USB/Audio Board Replacing the Camera Module CameraRemoving the Camera Module Center Control Cover Removing the Center Control CoverReplacing the Center Control Cover Replacing the Coin-Cell Battery Coin-Cell BatteryRemoving the Coin-Cell Battery Replacing the Processor Module Processor ModuleRemoving the Processor Module Back to Contents Replacing the Processor Thermal-Cooling Assembly Processor Thermal-Cooling AssemblyRemoving the Processor Thermal-Cooling Assembly Page Removing the Display Assembly DisplayReplacing the Display Assembly Removing the Display Bezel Replacing the Display BezelDisplay Panel Removing the Display PanelReplacing the Display Panel Removing the Display Hinges Removing the Display InverterReplacing the Display Inverter Replacing the Display Hinges Hard Drive Removing the Hard DriveReplacing the Hard Drive Keyboard Removing the KeyboardReplacing the Keyboard Replacing the Battery Latch Assembly Battery Latch AssemblyRemoving the Battery Latch Assembly Back to Contents Replacing Memory Modules MemoryRemoving Memory Modules Back to Contents Replacing the Microphone Module MicrophoneRemoving the Microphone Module Wireless Mini-Card Removing the Mini-CardReplacing the Mini-Card Wlan 2 or 3 antenna cablesBack to Contents Optical Drive Removing the Optical DriveReplacing the Optical Drive Removing the Optical Drive InterposerOptical drive Optical drive interposer Palm Rest Removing the Palm RestReplacing the Palm Rest Replacing the Speaker Assembly Speaker AssemblyRemoving the Speaker Assembly Replacing the System Board Assembly System Board AssemblyRemoving the System Board Assembly Back to Contents Back to Contents
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