Dell Inspiron 17R-5721 WLAN Card Replacement
Introduction
Go to step 1Integral to establishing internet connection, the WLAN card happens to be the final dismantling step before one can access the motherboard.
What you need
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Located on the bottom of the laptop’s external shell, there should be two plastic sliding tabs to the right and left of the battery pack. Using your fingers, push these two tabs away from each other, toward the sides of the machine.
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Using a Phillips #000 screwdriver, loosen the two screws at the top left and top right of the access door.
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Using a Phillips #000 screwdriver, remove the three 5 mm screws securing the hard drive to the laptop.
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Using your fingers, separate the metal tabs located on the left and right of each stick of RAM by pulling them apart from each other.
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Open the laptop to reveal the keyboard.
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Using a plastic opening tool, pry the keyboard free from the palmrest assembly at the plastic tabs located across the top of the keyboard.
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On the bottom of the laptop, use the Phillips screwdriver to remove nine total 5 mm screws from the following locations:
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Four screws at each corner of the laptop’s bottom panel
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Two screws within the battery slot
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One screw to the left of the hard drive
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Two screws located below the RAM
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Use the metal spudger at the bottom-right corner of the palmrest’s faceplate to pry underneath the plastic casing and separate the palmrest from the laptop’s bottom plastic shell.
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Once the spudger has leverage between the two halves of the case, work the tool around the right, bottom, and left edges of the palmrest, prying the top from the bottom at around every half-inch.
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Lift off the palmrest assembly.
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To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
Team
UMass Dartmouth, Team S2-G6, Bailey Spring 2019 Member of UMass Dartmouth, Team S2-G6, Bailey Spring 2019
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