Dell Studio 1735 Service Manual page 36

one Half Mini-Card slot – for WLAN
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The types of Mini-Cards supported are:
Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) — Half Mini-Card
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Ultra Wide Band (UWB) — Full Mini-Card
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Mobile broadband or Wireless Wide Area Network (WWAN) — Full Mini-Card
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Wireless Personal Area Network (WPAN) or Internal Card with Bluetooth
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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.
NOTE: Depending on the configuration of the system when it was sold, one or more of the Mini-Card slots may not have Mini-Cards installed in them.
Removing the Mini-Card
1. Follow the instructions in Before You
2. Turn the computer over and remove the base cover (see
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 Mini-Card 2 securing screw
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.
Begin.
Removing the Base
3 antenna cable connectors (2)
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Wireless Technology — Full Mini-Card
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