Personal Computer User Manual
ReplacingtheWI-FIcard
Attention
Donotopenyourcomputerorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstandingthe“Importantsafety
information”intheThinkCentreSafetyandWarrantyGuidethatcamewithyourcomputer.Toobtainacopy
oftheThinkCentreSafetyandWarrantyGuide,goto:
http://www.lenovo.com/support
ThissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoreplacetheWI-FIcard.
Note:TheWI-FIcardisavailableonlyinsomemodels.
ToreplacetheWI-FIcard,dothefollowing:
1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandthecomputer.Then,disconnect
allpowercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtothecomputer.
2.Placeasoft,cleantowelorclothonthedeskorotheratsurface.Holdthesidesofyourcomputerand
gentlylayitdownsothatthescreenisagainstthesurfaceandthecoverisfacingup.
3.Removethecomputercover.See“Removingthecomputercover”onpage91.
4.Removethesystemboardshield.See“Removingandreinstallingthesystemboardshield”onpage98.
5.LocatetheWI-FIcardonthesystemboard.See“FRUlocations”onpage82.
6.RemovetherearI/Oassembly.See“ReplacingtherearI/Oassembly”onpage96.
7.DisconnectthetwocablesfromtheWI-FIcard,andthencarefullyremovethescrewthatsecures
theWI-FIcardtothesystemboard.
Figure48.RemovingthescrewthatsecurestheWI-FIcardtothesystemboard
8.PivottheWI-FIcardupwardandlifttheWI-FIcardoutoftheminiPCIExpressslot.
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