HP TouchSmart 310 PC
introduced fall 2010

wireless antennas

  about before removal  
  removal installation  
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about
     
 
 
A view of the wireless antenna located at the top of the unit. The two wireless antennas have a combined connector that runs from the wireless LAN card.
 
 
     
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before removal
     
 

To remove the wireless antennas, first remove the optical drive...

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...the stand cover...

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...the stand...

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...the rear cover...

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...and the motherboard EMI shield.

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removal
     
 
To remove the antennas, first detach the antenna connectors from the wireless LAN card.   

Free the connector from the cable guide near the motherboard...

  
...and untape it from the top of the middle frame.   tape

Peel back the large piece of Mylar tape at the top of the unit.

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Pull the antenna connectors free of the cable guides at the top edge of the middle frame.   guides
Free the connectors from any tape at the top edge.   tape
Detach the single screw securing the first antenna to the unit.   screw

Remove while carefully peeling off the antenna’s grounding tape from the middle frame.

Repeat for the second antenna.

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Pull the antennas free from the cables at the top of the unit.

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installation
     
 

Each antenna has a small hole...

   hole

... that fits over a locator peg at the top of the middle frame.

   peg

Before installing the antennas, make sure each antenna has a piece of grounding tape attached to the top.

   tape

To install the antennas, place each antenna over its locator peg and replace the grounding tape against the middle frame.

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Secure each antenna with a single screw.

   screw

Retape the left antenna connector to the middle frame.

   tape

Replace the antenna connectors back into the cable guides on the top edge of the middle frame.

  guides
Press the Mylar tape back into place over the cable guides. 

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Retape the combined connector to the middle frame...   tape
...and secure it in its cable guide near the motherboard.  
Replace the antenna connectors to the wireless LAN card.  
 
     
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