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WWAN Card: Dell Latitude E6500 Service Manual

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WWAN Card

Dell™ Latitude™ E6500 Service Manual

  Removing a WWAN Card

  Replacing a WWAN Card


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.

Your computer supports a Wireless Wide Area Network (WWAN) card. If you ordered a WWAN card with your computer, the card is already installed.

NOTE: Flash Cache Modules (FCMs) fit into WWAN and WPAN Mini-Card slots. For more information about FCMs, see Flash Cache Modules.

Removing a WWAN Card

  1. Follow the procedures in Before Working on Your Computer.

  2. Close the display and turn the computer over.

  3. Remove the bottom of the base assembly (see Removing the Bottom of the Base Assembly).

  4. Disconnect the antenna cables from the WWAN card.

  5. Remove the M2 x 3-mm screw that secures the WWAN card. The card will pop up to a 30-degree angle to the system board.

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M2 x 3 screw

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WWAN card

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antenna cable connectors (2)

 

 

  1. Slide the WWAN card at a 45-degree angle out of its connector.


Replacing a WWAN Card

CAUTION: The connectors are keyed to ensure correct insertion. If you feel resistance, check the connectors on the card and on the system board, and realign the card.
CAUTION: To avoid damage to the WWAN card, ensure the cables are not under the card when you click the card into place.
CAUTION: The words WWAN/FCM are silk-screened inside the card slot. Do not install WWAN cards in any other Mini-Card slot.
  1. Slide the WWAN card into the connector.

  2. Press the card down to the alignment post and hold in position.

  3. Replace the M2 x 3 screw.

  4. 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).

  5. Replace the bottom of the base assembly (see Removing the Bottom of the Base Assembly).


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