Re: Where is the WiFi antenna in Inspiron 2200?



Pretty much all laptops that have built in wirless have the antenna wires in
the LCD screen assembly.


"Ed" <Huckleberry_REMOVE_@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>
> My friend has a Dell Inspiron 2200 with built in wireless. The
> wireless system has never worked properly for him, and appears to be very
> erratic in behaviour with signal strength, usually dropping out after a
> half minute of connectivity, at best.
>
> He has done the following:
>
> 1) Updated all drivers & wifi software to the very latest Dell.
>
> 2) Uninstalled, and reinstalled the unit.
>
> 3) Installed and tested a Linksys PCMCIA wifi card (which worked
> well.)
>
> 4) Replaced the Dell wifi card with a brand new Intel wifi card, which
> gave him the very same symptoms. He also inspected the antenna cable
> connection to his card; it didn't appear to be a loose connection.
>
>
> It seems to me that his built-in wifi system has an antenna problem.
> Can anyone advise where exactly the antenna is in this Inspiron 2200?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ed


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