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Need instructions for replacing or upgrading the internal wireless card on an Asus M2400N notebook? Here it is. With this guide you’ll be able to remove the notebook keyboard and get down to the wireless card slot.
I used an Atheros Cardbus card for a while, using the madwifi driver, but the laptop has only one PCMCIA slot, and it was a bit of a pain to have it always occupied.
Now I have bought an Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG mini-pci card, which I managed to insert into the laptop with not too much difficulty.
Instructions for replacing the old wireless card:
1. Unsnap the antenna cable from the wireless card with your fingers. Do not use plyers, use fingers or you can damage the connector.
2. Spread the latches on both sides of the card. The wireless card will pop up at a 30 degree angle.
3. Carefully pull the wireless card from the slot by the card edges. Do not touch chips on the card.
4. Insert a new wireless card and connect the antenna cable. There are two connectors on the card – Main and Auxiliary. Snap the antenna cable on the main connector.
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September 14th, 2008 at 10:18 am
Thank you!
I’ve been trying to get my keyboard out to clean for weeks now.
December 11th, 2008 at 12:35 pm
Hi. I’m Mark. Thank you for this guide. I want to replace the Intel 3945 of my laptop with a Dell 1390 but I want to know if my Asus A6F have a “whitelist” which don’t permit this replacement. Thank you and excuse me for my english.
Bye
Mark
June 13th, 2009 at 2:54 pm
I replaced my wireless card, no problem. But it was impossible to find drivers for it. Really ticked me off, I called Asus a half-dozen times, they would not take the card back and it was basically my tough luck.
The replacement instructions were right on though….