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    Aspire 5102 WLmi 5102Wlmi Mini-Pcie Port not working / detected

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by ds1gig, Sep 5, 2009.

  1. ds1gig

    ds1gig Newbie

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    Hello, my question is about the empty mini-pcie slot inside the 5102wlmi. I plugged in a sprint novatel e725 wwan card, but windows doesn't detect anything. Any ideas? Is there a modded bios that detects it?
     
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    bump bump bump
     
    ds1gig, Sep 8, 2009
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    techiediva Notebook Consultant

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    from the wwan cards I have seen, most are usb based minicard form factors. most likely the 5100 does not have usb lanes on the minicard slot.

    try a normal wireless card to see if that will detect in the slot to let you know if it is bad or not.
     
    techiediva, Sep 8, 2009
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    I tried an Intel 3945ABG card, and it would keep rebooting at bios level. I think it's because these intel cards were possibly made somehow proprietary to intel chipsets. So it seems the port is active. The card was taken out of a USB adapter - Novatel U760.
     
    ds1gig, Sep 9, 2009
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    yep, since the 5100 is amd based, no intel cards will work. got any others?
     
    techiediva, Sep 9, 2009
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    no i don't :(
     
    ds1gig, Sep 11, 2009
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