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Broken wifi antenna connector Vostro 1520

Discussion in 'Dell Latitude, Vostro, and Precision' started by nguirado, Dec 29, 2010.

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    nguirado Notebook Guru

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    My brother broke the wifi connector to the wifi card (taking out the screw). It was the black wire. I plugged in the black wire from the cellular card. Is this very bad? I don't feel like taking apart the lcd and using another wire.
     
    nguirado, Dec 29, 2010
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    Does it work? I would expect it to, but with reduced range because the cellular antenna is designed for a different frequency.

    John
     
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    The connection is OK, but erratic. I guess I'll open it up some day. Darn! I wish he would have disconnected the antenna first.
     
    nguirado, Dec 29, 2010
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    The actual antenna isn't very expensive, just annoying to replace.
     
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