Service Manual
Table Of Contents
- Precision 3460 Small Form Factor Service Manual
- Contents
- Working inside your computer
- Removing and installing components
- Recommended tools
- Screw list
- Major components of Precision 3460 Small Form Factor
- Side cover
- Front bezel
- Hard drive
- Hard-drive and optical-drive bracket
- M.2 solid-state drive
- Removing the M.2 2230 solid-state drive (slot-1)
- Installing the M.2 2230 solid-state drive (slot-1)
- Removing the M.2 2230 solid-state drive (slot-2)
- Installing the M.2 2230 solid-state drive (slot-2)
- Removing the M.2 2280 solid-state drive (slot-1)
- Installing the M.2 2280 solid-state drive (slot-1)
- Removing the M.2 2280 solid-state drive (slot-3)
- Installing the M.2 2280 solid-state drive (slot-3)
- WLAN card
- WLAN antenna
- Coin-cell battery
- Memory
- Hard-drive and optical-drive supporting bracket
- Expansion card
- Optical drive
- Speakers
- Processor fan and heat-sink assembly
- Processor
- Power-supply unit
- Fan
- Power button
- Intrusion switch
- SD-card reader
- Optional I/O modules (PS2/Serial)
- System board
- Software
- System setup
- Troubleshooting
- Getting help and contacting Dell
Steps
1. Remove the screw (M2x3) that secures the WLAN card to the system board.
2. Slide and lift the WLAN card bracket off the WLAN card.
3. Disconnect the antenna cables from the WLAN card.
4. Slide and remove the WLAN card from the connector on the system board.
Installing the WLAN card
Prerequisites
If you are replacing a component, remove the existing component before performing the installation procedure.
About this task
The following images indicate the location of the wireless card and provides a visual representation of the installation procedure.
Steps
1. Connect the antenna cables to the WLAN card.
The following table provides the antenna-cable color scheme for the WLAN card of your computer.
Table 2. Antenna-cable color scheme
Connectors on the wireless card Antenna-cable color
Main (white triangle) White
Auxiliary (black triangle) Black
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