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antenna wires for a minipci wireless card

post #1 of 8
9/15/04 at 11:05am
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my friend's laptop died a few days ago so before he tossed it, he gave me his 802.11g intel 2200bg wireless minipci card. i have a sager 5650 with an open minpci slot, but there weren't any antenna, so i bought some off pricewatch. one end fits well with the antenna sockets on the card, but the other end are brackets. if anyone knows where these are supposed to go, please let me know. i don't care about ripping my laptop apart.
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post #2 of 8
9/17/04 at 4:11pm
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*bump*

come one guys i'm sure one of you had to have done something like this yourself. i've done a fair bit of searching and i really want this to work.
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post #3 of 8
9/17/04 at 4:32pm
Sorry, I would help but I use a PCMCIA 54g wlan card... when the 5600D came out no one really made minipci cards except gemtek and they were very rare.
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post #4 of 8
9/20/04 at 6:01pm
The brackets are to attach to some kind of mount. I'm not sure but I think most Sagers that ship with internal Wifi have the antenna mounted behind the LCD display in the lid. It might be a little tricky to get your antenna in there without being loose or pressing against the LCD and causing weird display issues.
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post #5 of 8
9/20/04 at 10:41pm
Depending on the brackets you can take the plastic surround off the lcd cover and see if the will fit in there. On the 5670 the leads wrap around the outer edge of the lcd and double stickied to the top of the actual lcd frame. (metal)
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post #6 of 8
9/21/04 at 9:40pm
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hmm i was hoping i wouldn't have to do the LCD. i initially thought they'd wrap around the processor, but they seem a bit too small. i might just be bootleg about this and have them hanging out somewhere. or, do you guys think it'd be ok to just have them hide in a hollow part of the chassis somewhere? i don't see how that would be a problem in and of itself, it just might add to the already annoying overheating. oh well i'll play around with it and let you guys know whenever i get some time (read: toss it in the corner until i'm bored enough to try it).

thanks again!
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post #7 of 8
11/28/04 at 6:40pm
Well, once you have it open take off the heatsink, get rid of the "tape" that comes default and add proper silicon goo, that will dissipate heat batter.

Also, i don't see why just wrapping it around the inside would be a problem.
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post #8 of 8
11/28/04 at 7:24pm
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Originally Posted by bubbl07
hmm i was hoping i wouldn't have to do the LCD. i initially thought they'd wrap around the processor, but they seem a bit too small. i might just be bootleg about this and have them hanging out somewhere. or, do you guys think it'd be ok to just have them hide in a hollow part of the chassis somewhere? i don't see how that would be a problem in and of itself, it just might add to the already annoying overheating. oh well i'll play around with it and let you guys know whenever i get some time (read: toss it in the corner until i'm bored enough to try it).

thanks again!
The main thing I'd think is that the antennae be somewhere where it wouldn't pick up a lot of interference. I think this is why wrapping around the LCD makes sense.

I don't have an internal wireless on my D500P (5680), but I did replace the LCD cover (cracked hinges) - it's not that big a job to remove the front bezel and wrap the wire - but you'll need to bring the wire up through the hinge - that might be tricky.

Another thing - I know several people have complained about the lack of wireless reception even with the antennae wrapped around the LCD. When I replaced the LCD cover, I noticed a large metallic RF shield on the inside of the panel. It seemed to go right to the edge of the panel, thereby shielding ( to some extent) the antennae as well. If I were to get an internal wireless card, I'd probably want to clip about a half inch of the shielding off the sides and top.

-Peter
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