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Snip off WiFi antenna?
So have been repairing a few old laptops and one I stupidly put a screw through the antenna to the WiFi card when putting it back together. Replacing the antennae is too much trouble (having taken the screen off to look). So am going to get a usb WiFi dongle instead. But not happy at leaving a damaged antennae wire inside - could it short? So am wondering if it’s ok to just snip it off at the screen end where it shouldn’t be getting any power? The black cable for
Bluetooth (?) is fine so planned to leave the WiFi card in the laptop but with the white cable removed I’d then have a bare/unused connector. Would that’s be safe? Or should I just take the card out and snip both wires? Removing the wires is too complicated without risking other issues as intertwined behind the screen with cmos etc