Dell OptiPlex 960 Service Manual page 98

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1 wireless card assembly
3 Wi-Fi external antenna connector
5 card retention clasp
To install the card, do the following:
 
1. Perform the procedure
Before Working on Your
 
2. If installed, remove the filler plug covering the opening in the back panel for the Wi-Fi external antenna connector.
 
3. Locate the wireless card connector on the system board (see
 
4. Position the wireless card connector directly above the system board connector with cable edge of the card toward the back of the chassis.
 
5. Insert the wireless card connector into the system board connector until the card retention clasp catches the metal loop on the side of the chassis and
holds the card securely in place.
1 wireless card cable
3 Wi-Fi external antenna connector
5 wireless card connector
 
NOTICE:
When routing the wireless card cable through the chassis, avoid making sharp bends. This can cause signal degradation.
 
6. Route the wireless card cable through the cable channel on the top of the heatsink assembly, through the cable guides on the side of the hard drive
shroud, and to the back panel. Use cable clips with existing cable bundles to manage excess cable if necessary.
 
7. Remove the plug on the back panel where the connector for the Wi-FI antenna is installed.
 
8. Position the external antenna connector at the end of the wireless card cable in the antenna connector opening in the back panel so that the retaining
tabs on the connector faceplate pass through the opening, and the bent end of the connector faceplate is pointed away from the power supply.
 
9. Slide the connector sideways along the back panel slightly so that the retaining tabs on the connector faceplate hold the connector to the back panel.
 
10. Connect the Wi-Fi external antenna to the wireless card cable connector.
2 wireless card cable to antenna
4 card retention clasp release
 
 
Computer.
System Board
2 cable guides on hard drive shroud
4 wireless card assembly
 
 
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