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Mac Mini Detached Antenna
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<blockquote data-quote="samihanna" data-source="post: 1603599" data-attributes="member: 332686"><p>Hi There</p><p></p><p>I tried to install a Hard Drive on an Early 2009 Mac Mini. </p><p></p><p>When I was detaching the antenna's I used a little too much pull and one of the antenna came away from the wire. It was the antenna with code 1513389-1 rev5 which I believe to be the left WLAN antenna.</p><p></p><p>It looks like the wire could be soldered back however I have never soldered anything like this before and am nervous to try. </p><p></p><p>My questions are.</p><p></p><p> If i got a solder iron will the original solder on the antenna melt? or will i need to add my own solder?</p><p>Is there an alternative to soldering it? Could i tape it in place or is there any electronic glue that can be used.</p><p>If I did not solder the antenna back and left it out. Would it cause me much bother. I have never heard of left and right WLAN before. This particular machine is usually ethernet connected so I wonder I should just leave it but I just wonder if it would cause other problems elsewhere. Please forgive my ignorance when it comes to this sort of stuff.</p><p></p><p>Any help or advice would be really appreciated.</p><p></p><p>Thanks</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="samihanna, post: 1603599, member: 332686"] Hi There I tried to install a Hard Drive on an Early 2009 Mac Mini. When I was detaching the antenna's I used a little too much pull and one of the antenna came away from the wire. It was the antenna with code 1513389-1 rev5 which I believe to be the left WLAN antenna. It looks like the wire could be soldered back however I have never soldered anything like this before and am nervous to try. My questions are. If i got a solder iron will the original solder on the antenna melt? or will i need to add my own solder? Is there an alternative to soldering it? Could i tape it in place or is there any electronic glue that can be used. If I did not solder the antenna back and left it out. Would it cause me much bother. I have never heard of left and right WLAN before. This particular machine is usually ethernet connected so I wonder I should just leave it but I just wonder if it would cause other problems elsewhere. Please forgive my ignorance when it comes to this sort of stuff. Any help or advice would be really appreciated. Thanks [/QUOTE]
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