Service Manual
Table Of Contents
- OptiPlex 3000 Small Form Factor Service Manual
- Contents
- Working inside your computer
- Removing and installing components
- Recommended tools
- Screw list
- Customer Replaceable Units (CRU) and Field Replaceable Units (FRU) list
- Major components of OptiPlex 3000 Small Form Factor
- Side cover
- Front bezel
- Intrusion switch
- Hard drive
- Disk-drive cage
- Optical drive
- Solid-state drive
- Bay-support bracket
- Coin-cell battery
- Power button
- WLAN card
- WLAN antenna
- WLAN antennas (External)
- Memory
- Processor fan and heat-sink assembly
- Processor
- Expansion card
- Optional I/O modules (PS2/Serial)
- Optional I/O modules (VGA/HDMI/DP)
- Speakers
- Power-supply unit
- System board
- Drivers and downloads
- Getting help and contacting Dell
Steps
1. Remove the nut and washer from the two antenna heads.
2. Gently pry and remove the antenna heads from the chassis.
3. Remove the antenna cables from routing point on the system board.
4. Lift and remove the antenna-module from the system.
Installing the external WLAN antenna
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 WLAN antennas and provide a visual representation of the installation
procedure.
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Removing and installing components