Question Loose Wifi antenna connectitons

[BoomerD]

Well...that was a PITA...had to remove the rear 140mm fan, video card, unplug EVERYTHING from the motherboard...left the AIO cooler in place, phll the board. Only 4 screws holding the IO shield and heat sink in place. A couple of turns with a 1/4" drive socket (no ratchet, just a screwdriver with hex adapter) and that's done. Now comes the fun part of reconnecting everything...and hoping I get it right.

 

[Tech Junky]

Ooh, you have one of those dumb cartridge cards. Those leads are very short and glued into place. Stick the card into a toaster oven to melt the glue off the internal mount.

When I was monkeying around with a GB to swap a better WiFi card the glue ripped one of the OE connectors off the card.

 

[BoomerD]

Bah...of course...in the process of trying to re-route the ARGB connectors and power for the 6 fans...I got "lost." 🤬 Well...not lost exactly...but I AM going to have to redo it all...and, of course, MSI, in their infinite wisdom, put two of the ARGB connectors on the bottom of the board...too far away to connect to things. I'll have to order a couple of extension cables.

 

[BoomerD]

Well...it was a definite PITA...just to tighten the antenna connections. I have the be quiet! Dark Base Pro 900 Rev.2 case. I had to remove the video card, the PSU shroud, the AIO cooler/radiator, the rear 140mm fan, all the case cables, fan cables, etc...then remove the board. I left the CPU AIO pump in place,, just worked with the limited amount of room that gave me. 4 screws to remove the IO shield and heat sink...tightened the antenna connections, replaced those screws, reinstalled the motherboard...then, because I had it all apart, I re-did the fan connections and ARGB cables...as I mentioned above, the cables from the Arctic Cooling ARGB fans were too short to reach the two "JRAINBOW 1 & 2" connections on the bottom left of the board, (was able to plug in the rear 140mm fan into one) so I ordered a single ARGB extension cable from Amazon...got next day service.
Those fricken fan and ARGB cables were a PITA. l ended up making "tags" to ID each fan and ARGB cable, re-routed a few things...finally got it all back together...and it WORKS!

<phew!>