Although most of the elements go inside a laptopUnable to expand, there are three common: RAM, storage and, interestingly enough, a wireless card. And we say "weird" because, one would think such a card could be attached to a particular PCB part of the laptop. However, nothing further from the original.
Laptop wireless card is usually expansion card. Connected to its associated port of the road. Like antennas, it lets you do the work it is designed for.
Tips before upgrading your wireless laptop cards
Before you start buying the first wireless card you see for your laptop, there are some advice that you should pay attention.
Consistency
There are PC manufacturers in charge of that Only certain products or models are supported Wireless Card So, you should try to find out if the manufacturer of your model is what they are doing. Because it is not a plan for us to buy a network card, which will not use it because it doesn't fit.
Dimensions
Although by now almost all wireless cards are popular, they are probably ours it's portable you still use full height cards. For example, the WiFi card in the previous photo is half the height. However, in the next picture is the full height.
The the difference Between both types of cards, they are pretty obvious.
Antennas
The last factor to consider the number of antennas You will be using our new WiFi card. Oldest laptop models can use only one antenna. Therefore, the new card we are purchasing should use only one antenna. When it comes to using multiple antennas, we have to worry about how to put an extra antenna inside the laptop.
Installing a new WiFi card on our laptop
The first thing we will do is skip battery laptop. Also, when compiled, we will subtract the current from capacitors of your board. To do this, we will keep the power button on the laptop pressed for a few seconds.
Now we'll find where the wireless card is located. In some models it is usually included under room, which we can reach by removing certain screws.
However, there may be some types that require it separate completely laptop down access the card in question.
Once we have it, we should continue with it disconnect the card antennas. This step will be done with extreme care, so as not to damage the connectors attached to the card.
It would be easy to take a picture of how they are connected to an old WiFi card, so that later it becomes easier for you to connect them to the new.
We will now remove the old card, remove the screws or the others storage system provided by the computer manufacturer of our model. This, in most cases, will cause the card to rise at an angle of 30º, which will make it easier for us to remove it from the connection line.
When installing new WiFi card, we will follow the same steps we have taken to distinguish, but in opposite directions. That is, we will first install the new card and secure it to the laptop PCB with its corresponding exchange program. We will connect the antennas to their corresponding connector and it will be done.
Now we just have to connect our laptop directly power outages and start it. In most cases, currently when the app gets a new WiFi card, it will try to install its drivers, if they have it automatically. Or, you never end up downloading compatible content drivers from the card manufacturer's website. This will ensure that we use the most modern version of this.
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