Skip to main content
  • Place orders quickly and easily
  • View orders and track your shipping status
  • Enjoy members-only rewards and discounts
  • Create and access a list of your products
  • Manage your Dell EMC sites, products, and product-level contacts using Company Administration.

Inspiron 14 7430 2-in-1 Owner's Manual

Installing the wireless card

Prerequisites

If you are replacing a component, remove the existing component before performing the installation procedure.

About this task

The following image indicates the location of the wireless card and provides a visual representation of the installation procedure.

Wireless card installation

Steps

  1. Connect the antenna cables to the wireless card.
    The following table provides the antenna-cable color scheme for the wireless card that is supported by your computer.
    Table 1. Antenna-cable color schemeThe following table provides the antenna-cable color scheme for the WLAN card of your computer.
    Connectors on the wireless card Antenna-cable color Silkscreen marking
    Main White MAIN △ (white triangle)
    Auxiliary Black AUX ▲ (black triangle)
  2. Align the notch on the wireless card with the tab on the M.2 wireless-card slot on the system board.
  3. Slide the wireless card into the M.2 wireless-card slot on the system board.
  4. Place the wireless-card bracket on the wireless card and align the screw hole on the wireless-card bracket with the screw hole on the wireless card.
  5. Replace the screw (M2x3) that secures the wireless card and wireless-card bracket to the system board.

Next steps

  1. Install the base cover.
  2. Follow the procedure in After working inside your computer.

Rate this content

Accurate
Useful
Easy to understand
Was this article helpful?
0/3000 characters
  Please provide ratings (1-5 stars).
  Please provide ratings (1-5 stars).
  Please provide ratings (1-5 stars).
  Please select whether the article was helpful or not.
  Comments cannot contain these special characters: <>()\