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Mini-Cards

Dell™ Vostro™ A840/A860 Service Manual

Removing the WLAN Card

Replacing the WLAN Card

CAUTION:

Before working inside your computer, read the safety information that shipped with your computer. For additional safety best

practices information, see the Regulatory Compliance Homepage at www.dell.com/regulatory_compliance.

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.

NOTE:

If you ordered a WLAN card with your computer, the card is already installed.

NOTE:

Dell does not guarantee compatibility or provide support for Mini-Cards from sources other than Dell.

Your computer supports two Mini-Card slots:

Two Full Mini-Card slot – for WLAN and Bluetooth

NOTE:

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

The two types of Mini-Cards supported are:

Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) — Full Mini-Card

Wireless Personal Area Network (WPAN) or Internal Card with Bluetooth

Removing the WLAN Card

1. Follow the procedures in

Before You

2. Remove the module cover (see

3. Disconnect the antenna cables from the WLAN card.

1 WLAN card

2 securing screw (2)

3 antenna cable connector (2)

4. Remove the two securing screws from the card.

5. Lift the WLAN card out of its system board connector.

Begin.

Removing the Module

Cover).

Wireless Technology — Full Mini-Card