Removing the WiFi cables off of the WiFi card. (Alienware 17R4 / 15R3) - Killer 1535

As I was disassembling a 17R4, I thought it'd be interesting to show you guys a refresh removal of the WiFi cables on the Killer 1535. Enjoy.

[@gertwallen]

Nice video, but you should make another one showing how to reattach those pins to the new card, which in my opinion is much more prone to damage if not done right

[@lolllllll]

How about you do it in a video response?

[@RicardoHernandez-zr1pw]

I damaged mine trying to put it back on

[@zedx3443]

​@@RicardoHernandez-zr1pw did you manage to fix it? I've done the same aha

[@RicardoHernandez-zr1pw]

@@zedx3443 No. I just bought another wifi adapter on Amazon with new cables for cheap and used electrical tape to organize it in the laptop. It works well for my purposes.

[@ericleonhuertamanzanilla4262]

I can confirm that those sockets on the card are very sensitive to pressure and could be easily broken and get stuck inside the female cable terminals, which may require either replacing the complete cables or micro-soldering new connectors to the line, and you will need a new card. The video is worth every minute.

[@wentaocai8138]

My friend removed the cables successfully, but when he reinstall the plastic above the cable, the solder point broke. So is there any points should be noticed when reinstall the cables?

[@xuimod]

3:15, Thank you. Didn't realize about the clips.... only video on KZbin that I've seen mention those.

[@AkshayKumar-pv9cq]

Can we swap the cable slot means tell me is there any fix slot for these 2 cables

[@Freddylikefood]

What about putting the cables back into the card? I found challenging to put back the pin for the white cable.

[@dittofauzandhiiya7645]

Hello, i managed to removed it, unfortunately i found that the circle in the aux pin was broken (the center pin is okay). Is it okay if the antenna cables is not connected to the aux pin? I tried to connect but it couldn't attached. Kindly please answer.. thanks great video btw👏

[@StevenSenegalU]

I was on 2.4ghz for so long because 1 cable was out 💀. Thank you so much for your help

[@iunlock4261]

Glad that the info was useful. Happy Holidays.

[@sushifragrance5528]

Ok so I removed them but now uhhh, how do I insert it back?

[@danieldougan269]

Yeah that's where I am stuck. I might have used too much force removing them. I wasn't even trying to remove it to upgrade it, just to get it out of the way so I could replace the battery. They won't go back on for anything now.

[@BabyYoda0303]

Did you ever manage to put them back in? I’m having the same issue

[@Heradd]

Thank you a lot!

[@RicardoHernandez-zr1pw]

How do you get the ring out of the antenna if it gets stuck/broken in there? This seems to be a big issue with these cards. I'm not buying Alienware again for this reason. I just changed the battery and had to dismantle the entire thing and the wifi card aux broke in the antenna.

[@JohnRambo1947-July-6th]

msi gs73vr wifi card cable came off. What do I do?

[@beninvr489]

What do I do if I put to much pressure on the cables

[@clmariano]

Thank you. I have some problems with the connection of my laptop and here is the answer.

[@JAD0113]

Hoping beyond hope you might see this and reply - my card seemed to be already compromised on opening and the point for the main has broken off in the cable. Do you know how I could fix this? Is there a replacement cable? Edit: Just went and bought a new chip altogether. Works much better than the prior. Will never go with Killer again if I can help it!

[@zergslayer69]

For those people who are thinking "what's the point of this video? there's no big deal with removing wifi cables" you guys clearly haven't done this personally. It's very easy to snap off the solder point if you attempt to just remove it however. It's definitely kind of common unfortunately.

[@isabelletuekam6345]

Mine just broke is their a way to like change the cables ?

[@zergslayer69]

@@isabelletuekam6345 yikes, I believe the cables go into the top half with the screen, you'd have to take that apart to remove the cables. It's been a while since I've messed with that laptop

[@Rrrrrrraaaaahhhh]

Well crap, I may of damaged the connector on the Wi-Fi antenna cables because I could only get the main cord of my laptop to connect to my new AX200 wi-fi card. If it’s damaged is there a way to resolve this issue or am I screwed?

[@iunlock4261]

Sorry to hear. Very tough task, but possible. If you look closely there's an outer ring and an inner ring. With something very fine and sharp you'll have to try and bend the collapsed areas of the ring that's preventing it to clip, back into shape. Due to how fragile the metal is you may have only a few chances before it softens too much from metal fatigue. Take your time and have the right tools. Good luck!

[@davidbedard7195]

Thanks - it's so easy to mess this up . . .

[@firstnamelastlame8081]

What are the cables each for

[@G_techlab]

My hp laptop has only one cable & two slots on the wifi card. I accidentally broke the first, now using cable in 2nd. But works only 50% of the time, very hard to find available network.

[@faisalhukkeri5117]

The gloves protects from ESD damage? If yes which gloves are they? I hope you reply

[@iunlock4261]

Just OCD :P

[@beattrixer7947]

How about installation?

[@jonathanchoo540]

Wish I saw this earlier :(

[@rpk2012]

Where can I find a part number/replacement antenna?

[@UncleKing]

Ryan Kemp I actually broke those pin so looking for replacement as well lol

[@MadelnEngland]

Khoa Hoang did you find any?? One fell off mine

[@Timesking]

I got the same problem, did u fix it?

[@rpk2012]

@@Timesking Sort of. lol. I got it all together again, but the main board had another problem. So now I have a screen with a new antenna but not a working system.

[@WarriorZest15476]

can you put a 1550 instead of 1535? or something similiar to 1550?

[@iunlock4261]

Yes. Just make sure to install the correct WiFi card driver.

[@Fishlampclock]

I know this video is old but the connector for the main (white)cable I believe broke off inside the cable and I need to replace the cables. Do you have any videos showing something like that? Replacing the u.fl cable? I also don't know what to order as far as new cables. Any help would be great. Help me obi won kenoni.

[@brucekrause3726]

Curious if you have found anything yet. Thanks!

[@Fishlampclock]

@brucekrause3726 I had to replace the entire antennae which involved completely disassembling the laptop and removing the screen and screen bezel, etc., and installing a new antennae.

[@hibosmo]

tricky question: stupid old me just use a sharp knife and brutally disconnected the cables not noticing that i BROKE the pins, how do i remove the cables AND the wifi card?

[@maximum_deep1854]

How do you reconnect them do you just push it back in?

[@iunlock4261]

Yes, gently align the pin over the stud on the WiFi card to make sure that the inside rings are aligned, then gently click it back into place. The most important thing is the alignment of the inside ring as to not damage it. Hope that helps!

[@mutewitness786]

@@iunlock4261 please make a video as reconnecting is far difficult

[@ferkovicsbenjamin7320]

What can i do if i fuck up and its deformed..both cabels and on the board?

[@pigeon3891]

I want to change case but the problem is that the cables are sticked in the old one what do I do

[@iunlock4261]

You'll have to remove the display panel from the main base as the WiFi cables run into the panel assembly.

[@johanneskirestos5316]

How do i connect em again? For some reason they got detached

[@iunlock4261]

Hello, hover the pins over the circle to align it up. You have to go by feel here, but once you have the pin over the circle and can feel it locked in place, use your thumb nail to gently push in the pin. The most important thing here is in making sure the pin is aligned right so that it doesn't bend the inner circular ring inside of the pin. When aligning (hovering the pin) over the WiFi stubs, give it a slight wiggle and you can feel if the inner circular ring is aligned or not.

[@johanneskirestos5316]

@@iunlock4261 ok i managed to plug in the 1st one. But i pushed a little hard and the curcle is slightly deformed. I tried a couple of times but failed. I decided to give it a try any ways and wifi is back on again. Its working fine now but should i be worried? What does the 2nd cable do?

[@iunlock4261]

@@johanneskirestos5316 Oh ok. That's the reason for hovering the pin over to align it to ensure the inner circular pin doesn't get bent. Did it go in ok the 2nd time? One of the wires is for Bluetooth. If everything is working you're good to go.

[@johanneskirestos5316]

@@iunlock4261 ow i see. This means the one which is bent is the bluetooth one if ur correct. I just left it hanging there. Maybe ill get that fixed later on. Thanks for ur advice:)

[@iunlock4261]

@@johanneskirestos5316, NP...the good news is that it's fixable. It's very intricate though.

[@lluther9282]

So I broke the killer terminal off and it's stuck in the white wire terminal. Can I connect a new terminal end on the white wire?

[@Timesking]

I broken my white terminal too, did u fix it?

[@lluther9282]

I had to use a 5 x lighted magnifier to see the ring that broke off the sucky Killer card and stuck to the antenna main.. I then held the main lead from the antenna with needle nose pliers and used a long pin to pop out the tiny ring. After that I was able to snap both antenna leads on the Intel 9260 Wifi card. I took some pictures, but don't know how to add them to this thread. [e-mail].

[@Timesking]

@@lluther9282 is yours 15R3?

[@lluther9282]

@@Timesking my Killer card was 1535. I believe may be the same problem though. The Killer card connection point broke off and stuck to the antenna, therefore the antenna lead could not stick to the new Intel card. My Dell is a XPS 15 9560.

[@user-lu9sw1xz3i]

The sockets especially those of the junk Killer card types are extreme sensitive so if you switch off the female plug in 95% of the cases the socket breaks off and you have the brocken part sitting inside of the female plug. You can try to get it out by using a needle but it most cases you will demage the female plug so that you must replace it. Buying a cable with attached female plugs ...but where to buy such parts ???

[@T.B.E.N]

It fucking works now i dont need to spend money to get This fixed you are a lige saver

[@renecastro6110]

lol these can be a pain. Silly design imho. lol look at them wrong & they bend and de-solder and the brass is like 0.2mm thick. I used to take apart electronic garbage to git dem golds & other win metals with aqua regia so it didnt matter to break them...lol and cellphone ones are even tinier (which is what i am working on rn, broken usb c and phone wont charge). Earlier I tried sticking some tape to the flat top of the connector with the idea of just pulling the tape up and not exert any "pinch" on its sides. However, the area is much too small for the tape to have any real grip. Ended up using a filed down toothpick. I know this vid is a bit old but I could not find much info about these pesky micro coax connectors. srsly, they should start making these the same as ZIF connectors or so (Zero Insertion Force). Thanks for the video.

[@susilkumar18]

I broke my pins and the pin is inside the white cable . Can you give me one wireless card

[@chucknorris6078]

Why did you do this?

[@iunlock4261]

Maybe because there is a known issue with crappy Killer WiFi cards... Almost 75%+ if not more people have been breaking off the pins, which is very tedious to fix.

[@koltinbinford2312]

"Just started this tear down" Yeah, in another video, how did you get to here?

[@jeanjaques4860]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/lajWl51poNx_obc

[@sibgathassan6281]

why there are two different wires .why not one

[@iunlock4261]

One is for WiFi and the other one is for Bluetooth. They are two physical component's.

[@sarshanewton2647]

SOMEONE PLEASE HOW TO RECONNECT THE FRICKING CABLE

[@iunlock4261]

Gently hover the end of the wire over the circular ring on the WiFi card. When you feel it align press down on the gold clip to snap it back into place. Note: It's all by feel. When hovering over the ring you're trying to align the circular ring of the WiFi to the circular ring of the wire's tip. There's very little room for error. If you force press it when it's not aligned it'll bend the wire tip preventing you go securely clip in the wire again.

[@sarshanewton2647]

@@iunlock4261 thank you do much for your response 🥺 but I gave up and just taped it down 💀💀 ill try again tomorrow

[@WilliamAfton2]

Cleaned my computer fans for some reason the net worm card wires came off one of them refused to go back on and suddenly the wire on the black ripped out of the head this is the cheapest quality ever I have seen cheap laptops that are 10 years old preform better in quality (note this laptop is $1000) it’s absolutely ridiculous to take out my fans I should have to take out the network card in the first place it’s outrageous

[@mw5905]

What the hell is with everybody and this ridiculous glove trend for everything?

[@rondhole]

it is not too bad, I broke the wifi cable connector on soldered wifi card. very sucks.

[@ohshitniggaaa]

these are such a pain. the wires pop out too easily during installation