![]() You will need to move aside this wraparound portion. This groove corresponds to the end of the metal portion where the back wraps around to the front. The lines in red show the outermost groove lining the sides of the card. The next step is to take the card apart in half by removing the top cover, which consists of both the remaining plastic portion and the metal housing. Then to remove the backpanel completely away, just push or pull the backpanel in the direction of the blue arrow. You just need to use either your fingernails or a small screwdriver (or both) to pop the tabs up and out. There are four tabs (shown by the four red arrowheads) that attach the backpanel to the plastic housing. To start disassembling your card, first you must take apart the plastic panel on the back of the card, as shown here: The card is actually not too difficult to open, and the plus of this card is that there appeared no glue was used to put the external case together, so re-assembly of the card was a snap, literally. Obviously, I decided, then, to drill a hole to access the connector on the DWL-G650 (as shown by my pictures). Lo and behold, after opening the card, there was already a connector attached to the PCB! Actually, this wasn't that surprising, since others on the net reported the the D-Link DWL-650+ (802.11b) card also had a built-in connector and all that was required of you to use this connector was to drill an access hole and move a capacitor. Sadly, it was sort of an impulse buy, considering that I didn't research whether or not the card had an connector for an external connector - you never know when you need more POWER! Well, the geek in me made me quite impatient after getting the card, I just had to open it up to find out whether or not I could add a connector. ![]() The DWL-G650 was going for $35 after rebate (I quickly sent in the rebate, of course). Buy.com had a deal I couldn't resist, especially since I needed a new wifi card. D-Link DWL-G650 AirPlus Xtreme Wireless G Card ![]()
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