Repairing and Upgrading WireLess LAN PCMCIA/CardBus/CF-Cards

Do you want to upgrade or repair a PCMCIA/CardBus/CF PC-Card? Here are links to free do-it-yourself instructions. If you have written a repair guide yourself (or if you know of a report not linked here), please submit a new entry.

3Com 3CRSHPW796	Disassembly pictures.
BuffaloTech AirStation 54Mbps Wireless CardBus card (WLI-CB-G54)	Pictures from the inside of the CardBus Card.
D-Link DWL-650 Air (aka Compaq HNW-100, Dr. Neuhaus FuryLAN	The PC-Card does not have any means of connecting to an external antenna, but can be easily modified to do so.
D-Link DWL-650	How to pry apart instructions to add a MMCX connector for an external antenna.
D-Link DWL-G650 AirPlus Xtreme Wireless G Card	Disassembly to add an external antenna.
D-Link DWL-650+ AirPlus WLAN CardBus	Attaching an external antenna to the wireless card.
D-Link DWL-650+ AirPlus WLAN CardBus (aka Pheenet WL-0022, USR 2210 etc)	How to take apart and to 'pigtail' the card.
D-Link DWL-650+ AirPlus WLAN CardBus (aka TEW-301PC)	Detailed explanation and pictures about pigtailing an external antenna (in Croatian).
LinkSys WPC11 PC-Card	How to add an external antenna.
NetGear MA401 PC-Card	An illustrated guide about adding an external antenna connector.
SMC EZ Connect SMC2632W WLAN PC-Card	802.11b Mods: Adding an external antenna to a PCMCIA WLAN Card.
SMC-2632 802.11 PC-Card	Transceiver modification to add a SMA connector for external antennas.
Sony Ericsson GC83 Wireless Network Card	Make a new antenna to replace the one broken off inside the PCMCIA card.
External WiFi Antenna in PCMCIA Slot	Add range to your laptop's WiFi card by installing a removable antenna which is connected to the internal wireless card via the PCMCIA card slot. You need: an antenna, a short pigtail connector, a pigtail to RP-TNC connector and a "blank" PCMCIA card.

How to Fit a WLAN PCMCIA Card Into a Laptop

Apple iBook Dual-USB	How to refit an iBook without AirPort card, with a Senao 200mW wireless PCMCIA card. With some dremel work on the antenna connector, the card just fits.
Apple iBook G3 Clamshell (Indigo)	PCMCIA mod: how to use a cheap Orinoco Silver PCMCIA card (or any other card with Lucent chip) instead of an AirPort card. An illustrated explanation.
Apple iBook G3	How to fit a DIY airport into the notebook.
Apple iBook G3 500 (IceBook)	AirPort card mod: how to fit a Buffalo AirCard (or a card with the same Lucent chipset) into the case.