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‎02-12-2022 06:15 PM

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Product: HP Pavilion 500-c60 Desktop PC (ENERGY STAR)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)

Took cover off to clean cooling fan and a little black wire came loose from the motherboard.  I think it is my wireless antenna because it will not connect to my network now.  I cannot find where it should connect.

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‎02-12-2022 06:41 PM - edited ‎02-12-2022 06:41 PM

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Hi:

 

Yes, that sounds like the wifi antenna wire got disconnected from the wifi card.

 

This is what the wireless card looks like.

 

Paul_Tikkanen_2-1644716326609.jpeg

 

It will be lying flat on the motherboard, and you connect the antenna wire to the terminal marked 1.

 

The card is about an inch wide and 3/4 of an inch long.

 

You center the antenna connector over the terminal and push down on it, and it will snap on over the connector.

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‎02-12-2022 06:41 PM - edited ‎02-12-2022 06:41 PM

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Hi:

 

Yes, that sounds like the wifi antenna wire got disconnected from the wifi card.

 

This is what the wireless card looks like.

 

Paul_Tikkanen_2-1644716326609.jpeg

 

It will be lying flat on the motherboard, and you connect the antenna wire to the terminal marked 1.

 

The card is about an inch wide and 3/4 of an inch long.

 

You center the antenna connector over the terminal and push down on it, and it will snap on over the connector.

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‎02-13-2022 11:40 AM

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Thanks for the info.  That was exactly what I needed!!!

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‎02-13-2022 11:52 AM

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You're very welcome.

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