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Lenovo Yoga 3 11 Wireless Card Replacement

Introduction

Use this guide to replace the wireless card in your Lenovo Yoga 3 11.

What you need

  1. Lenovo Yoga 3 11 Wireless Card Replacement, Lower Case: step 1, image 1 of 1

    • Remove the eleven 6 mm T5 Torx screws securing the lower case.

    • Gently lift the lower case up and away from the device.

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  2. Lenovo Yoga 3 11 Wireless Card Replacement, Battery: step 2, image 1 of 3 Lenovo Yoga 3 11 Wireless Card Replacement, Battery: step 2, image 2 of 3 Lenovo Yoga 3 11 Wireless Card Replacement, Battery: step 2, image 3 of 3

    • Remove the two 3 mm Phillips #00 screws securing the battery.

    • There are arrows on the battery indicating the location of the screws.

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  3. Lenovo Yoga 3 11 Wireless Card Replacement: step 3, image 1 of 1
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    • Use a pair of tweezers to gently disconnect the battery connector.

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  4. Lenovo Yoga 3 11 Wireless Card Replacement: step 4, image 1 of 2 Lenovo Yoga 3 11 Wireless Card Replacement: step 4, image 2 of 2

    • Use a pair of tweezers to gently disconnect the speaker cable.

    • Remove the wires from underneath the battery tabs using the tweezers.

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  6. Lenovo Yoga 3 11 Wireless Card Replacement: step 5, image 1 of 1

    • Carefully remove the battery from the device.

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  7. Lenovo Yoga 3 11 Wireless Card Replacement, Wireless Card: step 6, image 1 of 1
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    • Use a pair of tweezers to disconnect the motherboard-size of the trackpad ribbon cable. Gently lift up the black tab, and the cable should come free from the ZIF connector.

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  8. Lenovo Yoga 3 11 Wireless Card Replacement: step 7, image 1 of 1

    • Use a pair of tweezers to disconnect the keyboard ribbon cable from the motherboard ZIF connector. Gently lift up the white tab, and the cable should come free.

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  9. Lenovo Yoga 3 11 Wireless Card Replacement: step 8, image 1 of 1

    • Use a pair of tweezers to disconnect the motherboard-side of the SD board ribbon cable. Gently lift up the black tab, and then ribbon cable should come free from the ZIF connector.

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  10. Lenovo Yoga 3 11 Wireless Card Replacement: step 9, image 1 of 1

    • Use the tweezers to unplug the USB port from the motherboard by gently lifting the white connector up from the black motherboard connector.

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  11. Lenovo Yoga 3 11 Wireless Card Replacement: step 10, image 1 of 1

    • Use a plastic opening tool to gently pry up the screen cable from the motherboard.

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  12. Lenovo Yoga 3 11 Wireless Card Replacement: step 11, image 1 of 3 Lenovo Yoga 3 11 Wireless Card Replacement: step 11, image 2 of 3 Lenovo Yoga 3 11 Wireless Card Replacement: step 11, image 3 of 3

    • Use a pair of tweezers to disconnect the "I/O Side" of the ribbon cable connecting the audio jack/USB port assembly to the motherboard. Gently lift up the black tab, and the ribbon cable should come free from the ZIF connector.

    • Use a pair of tweezers to disconnect the "MB Side" of the ribbon cable connecting the audio jack/USB port assembly to the motherboard. Gently lift up the black tab, and the ribbon cable should come free from the ZIF connector.

    • Remove the ribbon cable from the device.

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  13. Lenovo Yoga 3 11 Wireless Card Replacement: step 12, image 1 of 2 Lenovo Yoga 3 11 Wireless Card Replacement: step 12, image 2 of 2

    • Remove the single 2 mm Phillips #00 screws securing the wireless card.

    • Use a pair of tweezers to disconnect the black and white antenna cables that are connected to the wireless card.

    • Gently lift the wireless card up and out of the device.

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Conclusion

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

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2 Comments

Thanks for the useful views and explanations about what’s there, however I don’t see why the battery has to be removed at all for this procedure?

(The network card appears to be accessible without)

Pete R

Pete Reimann - Reply

Are there any H*ckintosh compatible wireless cards that can be installed in this Lenovo Yoga 3 11 laptop? Asking for a friend. ;)

Jaime Hancock - Reply

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