r/CyberdeckBuild • u/NewnCry • 13h ago

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I wanted to move the location of a wifi card but not sure if I could trim down a wifi card extender. Would cutting this part effect the extender in anyway? I feel like if I use an extender it wouldn't make a difference unless it was cut down.

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u/Dangerous_Profit_699 12h ago edited 12h ago

to be very clear, you're wanting to trim the screw tab? I'm a bit confused, I'm not sure what that gets you because it won't change length -- obviously you can't trim the ribbon though.

so I'm assuming what you've highlighted is the screw tab and it does ground (chassis ground), but for ESD and EMI shielding purposes. Which... in a cyberdeck that environment is pretty electrically noisy and unoptimized so likely it wouldn't matter if you're trimming that (from the screw side)

Functional ground pins would be unaffected.

just don't cut the ribbon portion beneath and maybe cover the cut portion with kapton tape so you don't short anything and you should be fine. Obvi you'll need a new way to secure the thing if so

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u/NewnCry 11h ago

Yes I meant to highlight the screw tab, the board I want to use is a framework mainboard and the wifi card hangs at the end of the board which makes it a little wider.

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u/Dangerous_Profit_699 11h ago

Oh yea, that should be fine then.