Putting Satellite A30 together again

Hi all, beginner is I.
Have Satellite A30, which I had to take apart as it had broken pin in external power socket and cost of total repair was so great!
Mother board has been returned with new power socket and I am putting back together again. BUT, there are two wires (one black & one white ending in rubber termination points, almost as if they should fit onto two pins somewhere) which come from the display unit and disappear through oblong slot in m/board.
Does anyone know where they are connected - PC repair shop suggested they floated around the wireless bock on M/board - I would like to know the proper location for them.
Robin

Hi there,
these two mysterious wires belong to the wireless antennas located in your display cover and the small thingy on each wire is a mini-coax plug. The white wire is the main antenna and the black one is the auxiliary ant. , so if you connect the wires to a wireless card take care and check the connector on the wifi card for which one is main and aux.
Hope I was able to help you.
Greets
Dennis

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