Dell M1530 Removing a Mobile Broadband or WWAN Card

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1. Insert the WLAN card connector at a 45-degree angle into the system board connector labeled "WLAN."
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2. Press the other end of the WLAN card down into the slot on the system board until the card clicks into place.
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3. Replace the M2 x 3-mm securing screw.
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4. Connect the appropriate antenna cables to the WLAN card you are installing:
If the WLAN card has two triangles on the label (white and black), connect the white antenna cable to the connector labeled "main" (white triangle), and
connect the black antenna cable to the connector labeled "aux" (black triangle).
If the WLAN card has three triangles on the label (white, black, and gray), connect the white antenna cable to the white triangle, connect the black
antenna cable to the black triangle, and connect the gray antenna cable to the gray triangle.
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5. Secure unused antenna cables in the protective mylar sleeve.
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6. Replace the cover and tighten the captive screws.
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Removing a Mobile Broadband or WWAN Card
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1. Follow the procedures in Before You Begin.
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2. Turn the computer over.
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3. Loosen the two captive screws on the Mini Card module cover and remove the cover.
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4. Disconnect the two antenna cables from the WWAN card.
NOTE: The gray antenna cable may not be available in all computers. The presence of the gray antenna cable in your Mini Card compartment
depends upon the type of display.
NOTE: WWAN is also available on an ExpressCard (see "Using ExpressCards" in your Owner's Manual).
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WWAN
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M2 x 3-mm securing
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antenna cable connectors