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Use this guide to replace your Wi-Fi antenna to regain wireless internet connectivity.
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Use the tip of a spudger to remove the black rubber screw cover from the side of the PS3.
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Remove the single 8.5 mm T10 Security Torx screw from the smart plate.
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Pull the smart plate toward the hard drive bay, then lift it off the body of the PS3.
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Remove the following seven screws:
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Six 52 mm Phillips screws
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One 30 mm Phillips screw
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Lift the top cover from its rear edge and rotate it toward the front of the PS3.
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Remove the top cover.
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There is a plastic hook located in a hole on the top back right hand side corner. Carefully push the plastic hook a bit from the rear of the machine with a spudger to release the rear right of the casing.
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Remove the two 9 mm Phillips screws securing the memory card reader to the chassis.
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Lift the memory card reader out of the PS3 enough to access its cable.
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Flip up the retaining flap on the memory card reader ribbon cable socket.
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Pull the ribbon cable out of its socket.
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Remove the memory card reader from the PS3.
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Use the flat end of a spudger to pry the Wi-Fi antenna connector off its socket on the Wi-Fi/Bluetooth board.
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De-route the Wi-Fi antenna cable from the gap between the power supply and the Blu-ray drive.
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Remove the 9 mm Phillips screw securing the Wi-Fi antenna to the chassis.
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Remove the Wi-Fi antenna, minding its cable that may get caught.
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To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
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I used this guide to remove the stock antenna, learn my way through the PS3, and add a new external antenna. I removed the old one and bought an 8 inch 6 dbi antenna and a 12 inch R-SMA female pigtail adapter. Then drilled a hole with a 1/4" drill bit, attached the adapter, inserted the wire to the motherboard where the old one was connected, screwed on the antenna, and put everything back together. 5 times the internet speed!!! I did have to remove the power supply and disk drive however to get to the wire but still I never would have been able to complete this without the guide! Thanks to whoever did that! :D
Pretty good guide! I just replaced my wifi antenna on my old ps3. I have to say that it was pretty easy since I never opened an ps3 before.
Yeah didn't quiet happen that way
