WIFI Antennas Wires

E

Executioner

Older Than FrgMstr
Joined
Apr 22, 2015
Messages
1,055
Never had this happen until today. I have a Dell laptop that required removal of the heatsink. In order to do this, I had to remove the WIFI card. No big deal. I've done this hundreds of times. After I get the heatsink back in, now comes the WIFI card. Insert the card then got the black wire connector on, but I could not get the white wire to connect. Using a magnifying glass, the reason it won't connect because the connector on the WIFI card has broken off inside the wire.
I was able to splice another wire and install a new WIFI card, but anyone else ever run into this issue? Do they make replacement connectors?
 
You can get connector to connector cables. Just need to look up which connector is on each side and what length you need. If you spliced in non-impedance matched cable that isn't shielded, you will be doing more harm than good.
 
Darunion said:
You can get connector to connector cables. Just need to look up which connector is on each side and what length you need. If you spliced in non-impedance matched cable that isn't shielded, you will be doing more harm than good.
Click to expand...
Can you explain? The cable that I used did look like it had a shield, but hard to tell since it was so small. I actually grabbed a scrapped laptop that I had and got the wire from there. I soldered the two wires together then slipped over some heat shrink tubing.
Also do you have a picture of the "connector to connector"?
 
Executioner said:
Can you explain? The cable that I used did look like it had a shield, but hard to tell since it was so small. I actually grabbed a scrapped laptop that I had and got the wire from there. I soldered the two wires together then slipped over some heat shrink tubing.
Also do you have a picture of the "connector to connector"?
Click to expand...
You would need to show me the connectors. I didn’t know if this is sma to sma or sma to just a wire antenna or sma to pcb antenna. But if it works then just ignore me and enjoy. Worst case is you have less range with that rigged fix. But if you don’t care it’s fine.
 
Bottom line is I don't like these new smaller connectors. Seems more fragile than the ones used years ago. What made this bad is trying to remove the connector that remained attached to the wire. I tried, but gave up after 10 minutes. If I was able to remove it, then all I needed was a replacement WIFI card.
 
They are a pain. I’ve done enough with Bluetooth and WiFi testing that I got used to them but there is a graveyard of mistakes behind me haha
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top