Changing wireless card in Satellite L630

Hi,
I recently bought a Satellite L630, which has a Realtek 8172 (or possibly an 8191SE; I can't tell from the PCI ID) wireless chipset.
I installed a 64 bit version of Linux on it, and there seems to be a complete lack of driver support for the wireless card.
The only available driver from Realtek is a binary blob and crashes my whole system when I try to load it.
I have a Intel 4965AGN miniPCI wireless card lying around that I know works very well under Linux, and I want to switch that wireless card with the Realtek card if possible. First though, I need a few questions answered:
1. Does the Satellite L630 use a miniPCI slot for the wireless card?
2. Approximately where on the motherboard is the wireless card located? (I can't find any internal diagrams of the L630 anywhere)
3. If I do this, will it void my warranty?
Thanks for your help!
Nick

Hi
As far as I know the WLan card is placed under the keyboard.
On some notebook models the Wlan card is placed at the bottom of the unit and other notebook models contain the Wlan card under the keyboard.
So you would need to remove only the keyboard in order to get access to WLan card.
In order to remove the keyboard you will need to remove the thin plastic keyboard cover which is placed above the F1-F12 button row.
There are 10 or 11 latches one on the right an left and four or five at the bottom and at the top. After you have removed the thin cover, you would need to remove the two screws securing the keyboard. Then disconnect the keyboard cable carefully from motherboard connector.
But be careful mate

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